A Twitter thread asking married couples to share the ‘stupid, recurring’ arguments they cannot stop having has received over 5,000 responses. Highlighting just how common it is to have decade long petty fights, the replies range from hilarious to downright infuriating.
‘Married people: tell me about the stupid, recurring argument you and your spouse just cannot, will not stop having,’ tweeted Rabia O’Chaudry on Thursday evening. She had clearly touched on a pressure point, because she instantly received tons of responses.
‘My husband insists that clothes he has worn once are not dirty enough for the hamper but not clean enough for the closet. So he leaves them on the floor,’ replied Jennifer Thigpen, to the tune of near 3,000 likes.
With many seeming to share the same petty arguments, a number of the replies revolved around food habits, be them eating or storage solutions.
‘She removes eggs from either end of the egg carton, so eggs are left only in the center. I move all the eggs to one end, so when you grab the front of the carton, you're holding the center of gravity. We have silently been moving eggs back and forth in the carton for years,’ replied Tim Pierce to over 7,000 likes.
‘Fruit. She doesn’t eat fruit. The kids don’t eat fruit. I don’t need fruit. But she buys fruit in case somebody wants to eat fruit because fruit is good for you. And we all slowly watch the fruit rot. Then she buys more fruit. WTF?’ added another Twitter user who goes by @stiffarm3.
The most intriguing replies, though, revolve around those where the argument has gone past confrontation and into passive aggressive or revenge territory – you know, the only logical solution when someone continues to do something that annoys you.
‘When my husband opens an orange juice bottle or a vitamin bottle or anything with plastic wrap keeping the lid closed or the bottle sealed he leaves it on the counter EVERY TIME. Once I collected them all for weeks and crammed them in his pillow case. 12yrs later he still does it,’ said a Twitter user who goes by @stephlmacp.
And while situations like the above are annoying, some of the replies are downright infuriating even to those not experiencing it. Take Rebecca Johnson, for example, whose husband has been interrupting her sleep for the last 15 years.
‘Husband likes to hit snooze for a solid hour,’ she tweeted. ‘I like sleeping for the entire hour and not being woken up 6 times (every 10 mins) during it and just setting the alarm for the correct time, not an hour early. He "can't wake up that fast". That's the 15 year (and counting) fight.’
You’ll be happy to know though, she was offered a solution by fellow Twitter user Jenny Burns who suggested she make him purchase a fitness tracker wristband which vibrates as an alarm. ‘That's genius,’ she replied. Twitter threads, saving marriages everywhere.
Honestly though, these arguments make a strong case for separate laundry baskets, kitchens, maybe even houses.
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