Partner Pet Peeves: What Drives People Crazy in Relationships
Reddit user ExistingAI4149 asked: 'What are some pet peeves you've experienced with a partner?'
A pet peeve is defined as something a person finds especially annoying.
These tend to vary from person to person which makes them a frequent issue in relationships. From small habits to major personality traits, it's hard to know what will set someone else off.
A partner's interesting quirks or routine habits might inadvertently get on their significant others last nerve.
Reddit user ExistingAI4149 asked:
"What are some pet peeves you've experienced with a partner?"
Sleep Deprived
"Had an ex that always woke me up to cuddle/kiss before he left for the day even after I had asked him a couple times to please let me sleep."
"Maybe that sounds cold, but If I'm deeply asleep and you wake up for work hours before I have to, you should let me sleep."
"A quick kiss would be one thing but he would legit start spooning me and stroking my hair, rubbing my back etc... which always woke me up and I wanted to sleep, not have a full cuddle sesh."
~ nancycat92
Too Tired To Bend Over?
"When he takes a shower before going to bed, he leaves his clothes on the bathroom floor, even if the laundy basket is right there."
"Instead he puts them in the basket the next morning."
"I cannot for the life of me understand this, but whatever."
~ 029384756
Waste Not, Want Not
"I hate unnecessary waste."
"My partner has a habit of doing things like...leaving bread and chip bags open so they get stale."
"Opening a can of seltzer and taking one sip and then I find it the next day still mostly full and flat."
"Leaving the cap off the toothpaste so it gets dry."
"Throwing things away before I've used the last bit."
"Drives me nuts."
~ autumn_bonfire
Social Media
"Having to sit next to them in the evening while they watch TikTok for hours instead of spending time together or paying attention to a movie or show."
~ waffler71
Say What You Want
"Lack of communication."
"Literally everyone says they value communication but I've only had a few partners who actually did so. Most people say they do, but the extent that they actually value good communication is mundane stuff like discussing where to get dinner."
"When deeper emotions and/or conflicts need to be discussed, most people go tell everybody else besides their partner and that doesn't sit well with me."
~ Secret-Ad3715
TP Turmoil
"She used a lot of toilet paper, and when we started to run low, she wouldn't buy more. She'd wait until we were out, and then she'd flip out and throw a tantrum when she went to the bathroom and we were out."
"So I started keeping a reserve supply so that the next time this happened I wouldn't need to yet again rush to the store to save the situation."
"When it inevitably happened and I proudly presented a fresh roll she flipped out at me for keeping my reserve stash a secret."
~ Stargazer5781
Ssssshhhh! 🤫🤐
"When we're watching something she is interested in, the phone will be down, and there will be silence with the exception of the occasional comment or question about what we are watching."
"If it's something only I am interested in then it's time to talk about her day, or something she saw on the look of faces, to the point where I'll pause what we're watching so I can concentrate on her at which point I'll get, 'Do you want me to stop talking?'."
"Well, yes, but I'm not about to tell her that..."
~ Zombie_Jesus_83
Bright Idea
"Can you please turn a light switch back off once in awhile?"
~ ExerciseAshamed208
Not The Word You're Looking For
"She will say 'kick your a**hole' instead of 'kick your a**' when trying to threaten someone."
~ Craigothy-YeOldeLord
Brown Sugar
"Using the same teaspoon when making a cup of coffee, then putting the instant coffee granules covered spoon in the sugar jar."
~ Ok_Astronaut7075
Attention Span
"She wants to watch a show or movie and gets up every 3 f*cking minutes and leaves the room."
"Trying to show her something and say 'WATCH THIS' and she gets distracted within like 10 seconds."
~ PlainOGolfer
Eternal Critic
"Sh*tting on music or TV that I like."
"YOU don’t have to like it, but it’s really a bummer when I’m trying to enjoy something and you just won’t stop talking about how stupid you think it is."
~ Any-Angle-8479
Waiting
"Giving a fair warning what time we need to leave, and not being ready by the time I’m standing at the door."
~ Von_Blazen
Speak Up
"Being silent when we need to talk through an issue."
~ Real_Willingness1004
Another Perspective
"When my late wife started getting sick and had to stop working she was home all day so she would text me all day."
"When I'd get home she'd be working on dinner and the second I put my keys down she'd say something like 'oh can you run to the store? I need an onion' or some other thing that was needed for what she was making.
"It used to irritate the sh*t out of me that she would text me all day and not one text was'can you stop at the store on the way home'. She saved that for the second I walked in the door."
"She died in 2013."
"I'd give almost anything to get home from a long day at work now and have her need me to go to the store."
"It's funny the little irritations become the things you miss the most."
~ HumpieDouglas
Pet peeves can sometimes evolve into endearing quirks.
And other times they never stop driving you crazy or even end the relationship.
What pet peeves have you had about a partner?
All it takes to ruin what could've been the perfect TV show or movie is one character.
There could be several reasons for this.
One, it could be because audience members are unable to separate the indiscretions of an actor off-camera who was maybe embroiled in a drawn-out court case.
Or, it might be due to a horribly written character that either makes zero contributions to the over-arching plot or has distracting idiosyncrasies.
It turns out there are plenty of characters audiences could've done without.
Redditor Goingdown_in321 asked:
"Who is the most annoying character in a TV show or movie?"
Some less-than-desired characters are heavily despised through no fault of the actor.
The Problem With Perfection
"Joffrey in Game of Thrones. Incredibly well acted and written, I've never felt more active desire to beat the sh*t out of any other fictional character."
– shoeless255
Precociousness
"Any precocious child character that is wiser than the adults and has to teach them the error of their ways with sass."
– Fawqueue
He's Just Doing This Job
"Boom mic guy from The Office."
– Dinosalad88
We love to hate them.
The Bully
"Buzz from Home Alone. He was a jerk to Kevin in both movies and got away with it."
"He purposely ate Kevin's pizza, Kevin reacts and gets sent to bed."
"He teases/humiliates Kevin during the Christmas concert, Kevin reacts and his family makes him look like the bad guy."
– bre34
Religious Nut
"Mrs. Carmody from the movie 'the Mist'. Just evil."
"Marcia Gay Harden was amazing in that role!"
– anon
British Ministry Of Magic's Most Hated
"Professor Umbridge"
– satirevaitneics
"She wasn’t horrible enough in the movies compared to the book. One of the most vile characters in any series hands down."
– Deus_Ex_Dramond
They meant well, but were not among audiences' favorite.
"Did I Do That?"
"This is very old school, but back in the day, Steve Urkel from Family Matters. It was a polarising character. You either loved him or absolutely hated him."
– trunks176
"We recently rewatched the series and his inability to accept Laura's constant "no" to his advances is not funny."
– 5pens
Tritagonist Late Wife
"Lori Grimes from the walking dead. I just cannot stand her. She is the reason I cannot be bothered to finish the show and it's a shame because I really like it and all the characters but damn I cannot stand that woman."
– Waste-Ad-6298
"Bro, if she’s the reason you can’t be bothered to finish the show, I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news."
– LadnavIV
Hopeless City Romantic
"Also Carrie Bradshaw. Main character and definitely the 'main character' in her mind at all times. Irksome."
– makebelievegenius
"Ya Carrie bugged the Hell out of me too. But I was obsessed with the show anyway. It's not the same without Samantha. She was my fav."
– Successful-Side8902
At Least She Was Pretty
"Rory gilmore. Cannot stand her at all."
– Other_Whereas2766
"For such a smart person she sure made a lot of stupid decisions."
– Deadpoolgoesboop
I think Jar Jar Binks was definitely the most annoying character that failed to connect with audiences.
The wacky Gungan outcast is one of several reasons why the prequel Star Wars trilogy is not my favorite.
The addition of his character as an attempt to inject some levity was so forced, and many viewers couldn't help but notice he was a racist caricature," pointing out similarities between his look and accent and the style and dialects spoken in the West Indies."
Given enough time, we all change as we get older.
But sometimes the ways we change can surprise us, including things we no longer like or which now annoy us.
Redditor HumanlyCapable asked:
"What are you starting to dislike more as you get older?"
It's Hard Out Here
"For me, I'm 47, it was coming to accept and understand that life is really f**king difficult. It's difficult for everyone."
"We do what we do, say what we say, and think what we think as a way of coping with and navigating those difficulties. Some are better at it than others, and we all consistently slip up and fail."
"Given this, really internalizing how much I struggle myself, moves me towards compassion for others going through the same. The fact that other people are here means that they are still trying. I'm not going to beat them down for that, and maybe I can find ways to help them do better. I love people because we're going through the same things and we need each other for support, even a**hole strangers, and Becky."
- Oliver_DeNom
Better Late Than Never
"I’m in my 70s and it’s the best time of my life. Almost everything I used to dislike, I can easily avoid now."
- Gorf_the_Magnificent
Faith in Humanity
"In my thirties, there was an epiphany when I realized how many people are traumatized before 18. And it doesn't even have to be anything in particular. Just the whole childhood is bad."
"And this seems to be fairly common for lower socioeconomic groups. They're traumatized, made stupid not just ignorant, and with no value for trust or reputation."
"It's difficult to hate criminals and a**holes for who they are when I know they're hurt. I'm not saying it excuses the behavior, but there's so much cruel nuance there."
- BitterLeif
Age Brackets
"Realizing I'm the oldest person in a group."
- bundlebundle
"I'm 29 and work in construction. About a year ago, I started to notice, 'Hey, there's one or two people here younger than me.' I recognized right then that that realization was going to occur more and more often."
"I still feel like a kid, and have no plans of changing that, but I can see that my 'young' years are almost over."
- stfleming1
Time Perspective
"The 80s will forever be 20 years ago."
- ListenItWillIHear
"I felt shocked when I realized you could be born after 2000 and be old enough to buy alcohol."
- Universeintheflesh
Truly Unsettling
"I was in healthcare a long time, and saw more and more patients die with birthdates in the 1940s and '50s, thinking, 'Oh, d**n, that's so young.'"
"Nope, that's my parent's age, and those people are in their 70s and 80s. They die from falling, or from other minor accidents. It's a hard thing to adjust to."
- DwarfDrugar
Retirement Status
"I’m 62 and retired, and my wife and I are living comfortably on my retirement pension. Once you are guaranteed that check, I say you’ve reached the 'f**k you' status in your life. You no longer have to put up with bulls**t demands from an employer. If you don’t like a certain situation, usually you are in a position to just say fuck this and walk away."
- wyoflyboy68
Ads and Paywalls
"Everything slowly 'evolving' into a subscription service. Even heated seats are getting those, for f**k's sake."
- AchyBrakeyHeart
"My wife thinks I'm nuts because I'm transitioning back to physical media. Keeps insisting that everything I want to watch is on streaming and then gets surprised when it isn't or was and they took it off."
- thugloofio
"My wife wanted me to get rid of all my DVDs and Blu Rays. I have some obscure s**t in that collection along with a ton of stuff you can find anywhere. But I compromised and moved them all to a massive but cheap Amazon essentials case."
"I needed a few extra cases too, but no way am I losing those. Like another person said, soon enough some of them will only be available behind a paywall or with ads every 10 minutes. Hard pass."
- afoz345
The Dating Scene
"Dating. When I was 20, it was fun. Take 10 minutes to get ready and have a good time. Now that I’m older, it’s a whole ordeal and feels more like a job interview."
- RedditorChristopher
Aging Parents
"That my parents are also getting older and the fear of losing them soon terrifies me."
- Maso_TGN
"I’ve lost one. It sucks. It’s one of those events that rocks the foundations of your life."
"BUT…"
"I accidentally had a conversation with my father after he had to have urgent surgery they had some scary moments. I wasn’t able to be with him but talked to him about my feelings and wondering if I was going to lose him."
"He told me that he had a great life and he was proud of my brother and I. He told me when the time comes, to think kindly of him and keep on going."
"About a decade later he died. I was in a hotel room with him and he died in his sleep. It sucked, but that conversation I had with him a decade before about his own mortality really got me through it."
"Why am I telling you this? Sit down with your parents and have the hard conversation. Ask them what they want done with their body when they die. Discuss medical decisions and DNRs. Let them know you love them and you’re scared. When the time comes, you’ll be glad you had that talk."
- slider728
Lack of Motivation
"Myself but more specifically the lack of motivation to do things anymore. I find myself always exhausted and unfulfilled by just everything around me and I can't seem to do anything about it."
- FaultFinal5248
"I'm the same way. I hate that no matter how hard I try, I just can't bring myself to do the things that I need to do. I can't even do the things I enjoy doing."
- point50tracer
Cleaning Woes
"Dust, it just never goes away. Tips would be appreciated."
- Sinister-Kid
"My pro tip for dust is when I finish drying my dishes, I wipe over my kitchen with the wet towel. Top of the fridge, benches, etc. Walk towards the laundry to put the towel in the basket, wiping all surfaces on the way. It means I never actually have to 'dust' those areas when I'm dusting."
- working_class_tired
People Are Just Too Peopley
"People. Nobody knows what respect is."
"My one friend who repeatedly says they don’t care about people shows me more respect than almost anyone else. They don’t care about people and even they know how to not be unnecessarily rude and judgemental. I don't know why it’s so hard for most people."
- I_Am_My_Truth
"I can even look past the rudeness and judgy behavior because I honestly don't freaking care anymore. What really gets me is the lack of social awareness, like is it really cool to be up in someone's 'personal bubble,' should I maybe not block an entire supermarket aisle with my cart, maybe not everyone in my vicinity wants to know about my son's wife."
"Can we just run our errands and live our lives without inadvertently being intrusive or obstructive? I hate people. Respect has done died."
- Sinfullymad
Poor Priorities
"I know someone who died of pancreatic cancer at age 35."
"In the same week, I hear of drama from a separate group of people surrounding the f**king stupidest s**t (high school level of pettiness)."
"Someone just a few years older than us f**king died and the rest of us are having a fit about how Bethany didn't invite Melinda to a BBQ because she's a b***h."
"I couldn't express how astoundingly meaningless 99% of our problems seemed from that point on."
"I wasn't even that close to the person who passed away, but it was one of the rudest wake-up calls in my life. He had a lot of things he wanted to do. I think about it a lot."
- octoriceball
Former Pastimes
"Concerts. My feet hurt, the music is too loud, I've become very sensitive to the strobe light effects most of them use, the fees to buy tickets are outrageous plus parking... and frankly, I get bored. It could be the greatest show on earth and I still get bored after an hour or so."
- toomanycats21
As we age, we know that certain aspects of our lives are going to change, but we don't always think about how our perspectives and priorities might change as the time passes.
If this thread taught us anything, it's to prioritize the important things over the drama, and to make those time-sucking tasks as easy as possible, so we can spend more time on the things that matter.
Sharing a home with a roommate is always a delicate situation.
Whether it's one of your closest friends, or someone you only met through newspaper ads or referrals, maintaining a harmonious living situation can be challenging.
As long as all residents do their share of the chores, keep common living spaces clean, and are respectful of noise, it's not so hard to get along.
In some cases, however, people find themselves running to a studio apartment, possibly smaller than their bedroom, owing to how truly unbearable their roommates are to live with.
"What is your worst roommate stories?"
"Roger, That..."
"In my last two years of school, I rented a house split between 5 guys, one of whom was a last-minute addition that I begged them not to let live with us."
"I even offered to pay the rent on his room while I looked for a new one."
"But I got outvoted, and so we had this guy, who I'll call Roger because he looked like Roger from American Dad."
"Roger did not seem physically able to walk without stamping his feet. Multiple guests commented on how f*cking loud he was."
"Oh, and he wore his winter boots inside."
"Roger said our wifi was too slow, he wanted to play Xbox live while watching Netflix."
"So he ran an ethernet cable from our kitchen, through the front hall and up the stairs into his bedroom."
"He didn't tape it down nearly either, it hung low in several spots giving our house the appearance of a spaceship in disrepair."
"He loudly proclaimed how brilliant he was an how much faster the internet was now, not realizing someone had already cut the ethernet cable."
"Roger frequently fell asleep with loud music or tv playing on his tower speakers, and would not turn if off unless his favorite roommate asked him to."
"Yes, he would tell the other three of us to f*ck off and then act all apologetic if Juan would tell him to be quiet."
"One night it came to a head."
"He fell asleep during exams with some loud music playing and it woke the whole house up."
"All of us (his mancrush Juan included) knocked on his door for almost an hour trying to get him to turn it down."
"When he wouldn't answer, we decided to jimmy his lock and turn it down ourselves."
'He was fast asleep with noise cancelling headphones on."
"All this time he was falling asleep to music and tv, it was just to antagonize us."- eatmereddit
gamer GIF by TotorialGiphyHere's Hoping He Got The Help He Needed
"Right after college, I lived in a house that rented out rooms on an individual basis."
"Most people were completely fine but you'd get the occasional sh*t roommate."
"Then there was Doug."
"Doug was about our age, unemployed, and an alcoholic who would drink himself to blackout almost every day."
"He was also a total slob and would make huge messes in the kitchen before going back to his room to drink some more and blast loud music."
"The next day, he wouldn't remember anything, see the big mess in the kitchen, and whine about 'people being gross'."
"Of course when any of us pointed out that it was his mess, he'd always say he didn't remember doing it and that it couldn't be his mess."
"Yeah Doug, I can't imagine why you don't remember."
"I'm sure the handle of vodka you drank last night had nothing to do with that."
"He was eventually kicked out because his parents refused to pay his rent anymore."
"I genuinely hope he got some help because the amount he drank every day would kill an elephant."- apocalypticradish
Keep Your Dirty Laundry To Yourself...
"My first college roommate never did laundry."
"For dates, he'd 'borrow' my clean underwear (even though I clearly told him to leave my junk alone) and return them dirty (unwashed) afterwards."- Back2Bach
Clothes Mess GIF by Big Brother AustraliaGiphyA Thief And A Liar!
"Senior year of boarding school my roommate stole my prescription Adderall, Oxys from getting my wisdom teeth out, and alcohol I had hidden in a chest under my bed while I was away for the weekend."
"She ended up overdosing and then told the school I gave it all to her."
"I got suspended, lost my scholarship for the remainder of the semester, and almost had my college acceptances rescinded."- Additional-Force-795
Bad Decisions Have A Way Of Catching Up To You...
"Freshman year of college I had a roommate who would get high with her bf and come back to our dorm room and bone while I was also in the dorm room."
"She also listened to Basshunter non stop, and had up close pictures of her own eyeballs all over the room."- futhisplace
Latter Day Pervert...
"Horny Mormon."
"He'd be up until 3 AM perving on women on Facebook going 'she's go hot, oh my gosh' and sweating, and he'd stand too close to girls and try and grab their shoulders and sh*t."
"Genuinely concerned he was going to assault someone someday."
"I brought my girlfriend over there one time, and he'd keep hitting on her and trying to take selfies with her, and he stole her phone and installed the Mormon scriptures app onto it."
"Also, he had some kind of foot fungus and smelled like f*cking sh*t."- AdamBombKelley
south park hello GIF by The Book of Mormon (Musical)GiphyGot What He Deserved
"In college I rented a room in a house from a slumlord, roommates were addicts (and twin brothers) who would constantly steal my food."
"I baked a batch of brownies with a whole pack of ex-lax in em, figuring they'd take one or two, get the squirts, and I'd tell them not to f*ck with my shit anymore."
"One ate the WHOLE PAN."
"Overnight, I heard puking, followed by dry heaving."
"It went on for a while."
"He told me the next day he had food poisoning, and everything came out another end."
"I never told him."- bigleafychode
Worse Than A Lifetime Movie...
"Moved into a house with my three friends."
"One was my best friend, and he was cool."
"The other was his girlfriend and our mutual friend, who was also another girl."
"We were the luckiest people alive because we were renting a 3 bedroom house for 500 a month."
"My buddy grew up poor, and I was homeless for a year."
"We both knew how lucky we were."
"We fought hard for everything we had, but the two girls we lived with were spoiled."
"They f*cked everything up for us."
"They would do everything from invite strangers over to party without asking us on work nights to skipping the rent."
"They would steal our food and never go grocery shopping."
"They would turn the AC down to 63° in the middle of 100° heatwaves, causing our utility bill to be higher than our rent."
"They'd break sh*t in the house and start arguments with each other."
"The one girl even brought in two friends to live in her bedroom with her for six months without even asking us."
"I worked a seriously demanding job at the time."
"I woke up at 4am every morning and got to work by 5am."
"I wouldn't be home until anywhere from 8pm to 1am most nights."
"It was incredibly stressful."
"This was very difficult when the girls kept inviting anywhere from ten to thirty people to party at our house EVERY f*cking night."
"I even came home at 1am once to find a stranger passed out in my bed covered in vomit."
"They also played music so loud every night that it would shake my bedroom wall."
"The girls didn't give a f*ck because they just called out constantly and eventually quit their jobs."
"Did I also mention that half these strangers were teenagers who were illegally drinking at our house and then driving home?"
"One night, my friends girlfriend got drunk and started stabbing the bedroom door with a knife."
"This isn't even our property!"
"My buddy went to stop her, and she stabbed him three times."
"I had to go pin her against the wall and have some random stranger come grab the knife from her friend."
"It was f*cking insane.'
"I had to beg the landlord not to kick us out and replaced the door."
"One time, somebody in the house ripped the shower head off in the shower during one of their parties."
"The threads were ruined, and I had to replace the entire pipe."
"They also raided our fridge and went through my month's worth of food I had just bought in a single night."
"This was a reoccurring event."
"I eventually bought a mini fridge and a lock for my door."
"That worked for a while until someone drunkenly fell through my door in the middle of the night while I was sleeping."
"One of the girls friends f*cking hated me because I'd always come out and kick people out."
"See, my roommate was a small girl who would tell me she'd stop doing this sh*t, but then do it the next day anyways."
"She ended up befriending this huge girl who would sh*t talk me constantly in my own house for her."
"They would constantly disrespect me in front of people and tell them to keep partying."
"She didn't even f*cking live there."
"She just came over to talk sh*t, get drunk.
"One time, they had so many people in the house that a floor joist broke."
"My buddy and I had to fix it to keep us all from getting kicked out."
"It cost us a ton of money and an entire weekend that I should have spent relaxing."
"It's just another thing to add to the list I had to fix there."
"I fixed lights and windows that were shattered, punched drywall, toilets, holes in the yard from cars parking in the yard, outlets that were ripped out, paint that was scratched or drawn on, our mailbox after being hit by a drunken teen, counter tops that had been burned by thousands of cigarettes, busted water pipes from idiots crawling under the sink."
"I could go on all day."
"I spent thousands on this house to avoid losing the only place I could afford to rent."
"One day I came home from work to a complete nightmare."
"They broke half the drywall in the living room."
"Somebody had scratched up the hard wood floor so bad that half of it would need to be replaced."
"The curtain rods on two of the windows had been ripped off the wall."
"The kitchen sink had been pulled off the wall and had leaked into the floor all night."
"Our refrigerator had been turned over entirely."
"This was when the table I bought was snapped in two."
"There was vomit all over the house."
"People were passed out on the ground everywhere."
"My bookshelf had been knocked over, and half of them were burnt in the yard from what I heard my buddy tell me."
"I just quit that day."
"I recorded it all, met up with the landlord, and showed them the video later that day."
"She was understandably furious."
"I admitted to her that I had been repairing things for about a year now to hide it from her."
"She wasn't even angry at me, surprisingly."
"She was just happy one of her tenants was being honest."
"I sent her all the video evidence and told her that the people were all still there when I left, just passed out on the floor."
"I told her I had found another living arrangement and had to leave."
"She thanked me, and I left."
"I had packed all my stuff that night and left without saying a word."
"About the time I got done talking to the landlord, my roommate was messaging me how she needed help cleaning and fixing the house."
"I just ignored her and took all my stuff to my girlfriend's house."
"She later messaged me, saying the cops were there."
"She had an entire court case about it and was evicted."
"She had to pay the last month's rent and utilities alone, as well as all the damages."
"I haven't talked to her since then."
"Ash, if you're reading this, f**k you, b*tch!"- ModsGayandMad
Heidi Klum Wow GIF by LifetimeGiphyYou Can't Make This Sh*t Up...
"Was in college living in a suite style apartment."
"4 bedrooms with private bath, shared living and shared kitchen."
"My friend rented a room, I had a room and we got two randos assigned to us."
"After a few months our places started to increasingly smell worse and we couldn't figure out what was going on."
"We deep cleaned, bleached everything, but could not find the source."
"Only thing we didn't do was go through the 2 randos' rooms."
"One day one of the random's went home for the weekend."
"My buddy and I broke into his room and discovered the source."
"This dude was sh*tting in plastic bin and keeping it under his bed."
"After a big WTF moment we disposed of it and confronted him."
"He of course denied it all and claimed he never did such a thing."
"After several days the smell went away and never came back."
"Poopbucket is now a cop."- popsicle425
Violet Reaction GIF by Murdoch MysteriesGiphyRoommates are something of a right of passage that everyone has to deal with at one point or another.
Sometimes resulting in lasting friendships.
Other times forming mortal enemies...
More often than not, when we indulge in a television show, we accept the fact that not everything we're watching is 100% realistic.
Even outside the world of science fiction and fantasy, we acknowledge that certain conflicts resolve a bit easier than they likely would in real life ("you had me at hello"? seriously?), or that modern medicine hasn't evolved quite that much (Meredith Grey drowning and coming back to life anyone?)
However, there are certain tropes and clichés which are becoming increasingly commonplace in film and television which result in viewers finding themselves truly unable to suspend their disbelief.
Sometimes not even coming until the film's climax, leading viewers to think "surely they're not going to go there?"
Only to find themselves infuriatingly disappointed that yes, they did.
"What single trope can cause you to fully lose interest in a movie/show?"
That is quite an unusual set of skills
"I can’t stand seeing specialists being cast as masters of multiple highly specialized skill sets or areas of study."
"I understand that it’s a popular action movie trope, but you also see this in the medical and academic fields."- BeatMeElmo
Income/Housing Disparity
"The main character bakes muffins part-time 3 days a week but lives in a 2500 sq ft loft penthouse in the chic part of town."- SeaTie
Henchmen Have Families Too...
"If I kill him I'm no better than him"
"Motherf*cker you just smoked 19 of his henchmen and put 5 more in a wheelchair for life, end his a**."
"And of course the bad guy gets let go, but decides at the last second to try to kill the good guy, justifying a bullet between the eyes, usually by either the good guy's sidek ick, or the bad guy's henchmen that he just got done betraying."- Pyrochazm
matt damon punch GIF by Jason BourneGiphyGet It Over With!!!
"The main character is about to get killed."
"The antagonist is sitting there pointing a gun at them about to shoot them, but they first have to give a 30-second speech."
"This gives the love interest/forgotten sidekick/child with developing fighting skills to come kill the enemy instead."
"Follow it up with a quote from them saying 'you think I’d miss this party?'."- Jimbo19091
Mortal Wound? No Problem!
"Being mildly impacted by lethal injuries."
"Likewise, when in subfreezing temperatures, not succumbing to hypothermia when soaking wet.'
"Not always enough to shut it off, but it always stands out and strains the illusion."- spill_oreilly
No Conflict? Let's Make Some...
"Smart people making dumb decisions for drama."
"I have stopped watching several shows because of this."- TheWalkingBlondeJoke
hey arnold nicksplat GIFGiphy"We Can't Do It Without Them!"
"The cop who is about to retire, the soldier with one last mission before they're out, and the person who was about to get married WHEN THEY GOT KILLED."- virgilreality
"The ex-cop/FBI agent that comes out of retirement because the entire government can't catch a criminal."- The_Spyre
Just Kiss Already!!!
"'Will they won't they'."
"I liked watching 'New Girl', but when they completely restarted the main characters' relationship I was like, 'Oh, so it's going to be like that'."
"Dear producers, please let your characters grow."- MrMToomey
"But she has glasses! And a ponytail..."
"The 'clumsy, nerdy, awkward girl' who are normally played by the hottest actresses out there..."- Icy_Note_8154
It Only Took Two And A Half Hours To Figure Out!!
'“Wait!'
"I can explain this very obvious and easy to explain scenario'.”
“'Nope'."
"You’re dead to me."
"Now stare speechless as I’m meander my way out of your life slowly'.”-Aerhart941
"Something that can be fixed right away with just a conversation."- Beginning-Match592
"If an entire conundrum can be solved by just someone waiting 1 minute for the other person to explain but chooses not to."
"Irritates me to no end and I'd much rather stop watching the movie."- charthrowawayliet
Tyler Perry Problem Solved GIF by NickelodeonGiphyBig Words Can't Get You Everything...
"When a character is repeatedly hyped as being insanely intelligent, but then they just have a decent vocabulary and aren't particularly insightful or clever."- Gloomy-Flamingo-1733
The best part of sitting back and watching a movie or a TV show is to surrender to a world completely different from our own.
And enjoying them in the comfort of our own homes gives us the freedom to scream at our TV sets when something happens to annoy us.