7 Annoying Couple-isms

Kiki T
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 11:13 am: [report]

WHEN THEY DRESS ALIKE!!!!

WinkyFace
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 11:19 am: [report]

I love #5. I have a few friends who do that. They MUST sit next to each other, or they’ll die. It’s extremely annoying.

How about #8: Hinting that you just had/are going to have lots and lots of sex. We get it. You’re a couple. You have sex. There is no need to pretend to be sly about it when you’re really just trying to rub it in everyone’s faces!

Amelia
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 11:21 am: [report]

#5 is sooooo annnnnoying. The only time when this is good is when I’m stuck in the middle seat on a plane and the person on the aisle offers to switch seats so he/she can be near their spouse. Other than that, I always say no

Also, my pet peeve is the from behind, arms around the waist hug, commonly performed by couple swayed to music at concerts.

joyy
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 11:22 am: [report]

@kiki - THANK YOU!  And as happy as I am for friends who are getting married ... nothing is more annoying to me than a facebook album of poorly shot engagement photos where the couple is dressed alike.  The only person I know who avoided this offense (with style) is a professional photog.

Annika Harris
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 11:23 am: [report]

The couple sitting in front of me on a plane on Monday kissed each other every time one of got up or sat down.

Amelia
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 11:25 am: [report]

Oh also, I hate those couples who are so attached at the hip that they are ALWAYS each others date to events, even ones that they’re not interested in. Like they could not possibly consider a night apart.

jerseygrl
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 11:27 am: [report]

it’s girls night and she shows up with him because they can’t NOT go absolute EVERYWHERE together

Kiki T
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 11:28 am: [report]

@amelia, that is alex and simon van kempton! aka natasha and boris as my frien tali so rightly nicknamed them.

Perceptible
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 11:32 am: [report]

What’s wrong with putting your hand inside eachother’s back pockets? Is that really so offensive?

Kiki T
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 11:35 am: [report]

@jerseygrl, that is simon and alex van kempton!

They are the most annoyingly gross couple on TV, EVER!

doridori
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 11:38 am: [report]

1)Moderate PDA is fine such as hand holding, OCCASIONAL peck on the cheek or lips…but it drives me crazy when you see couples where they hang all over one another… you aren’t Siamese twins separated a birth only to be found and reattached again. We all know that you’re together, congratulations, I promise that it’s okay for you to be separated… the world will not stop spinning on it’s axis.
2) I can’t stand when you see two people slurping and sucking face in public… it simply makes me think of discovery channel/animal planet shows… I just want to say he is not a mama animal regurgitating pre-chewed food for you to enjoy. Yuck.
3) Lap sitting. I for one do not want to see you perform a lap dance for your man with a very happy ending while I’m at the club, at dinner, or even at the movies… thank you very much.

Humble Bee
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 11:40 am: [report]

I HATE feeding eachother. My ex would LOVE to do that, I would quickly shove it in his mouth and laugh, and say, “i’m sexy huh?” Let’s just say, he didn’t find it very funny.
He would sensually and slowly approach the fork in my mouth, it was THEE most annoying thing in the world. Thats not a turn on at all!

Also,
I once sat next to him at a restaurant (instead of across) because of the glare of the light, it was just annoying me, so he thought that I wanted to hold his hand, and be all cuddly, ever since then he would sit next to EVERY time we would go to dinner and try to hold my hand and put his head on my shoulder. (I’m trying to eat here!)
I love being single, I just miss sex.

spanishdoll
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 11:49 am: [report]

Aww, I like “date night,” just because my parents (who have been married for 28 years) have date night once a week, almost no matter what. I think it’s sweet, but then my parents don’t do any of these other things…well…maybe the “we,” but 30 years together would do that to you.

pasted
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 11:52 am: [report]

@Perceptible - I don’t think it’s so much “offensive” as annoying, I mean, grabbing each other’s bums in public and standing that close that you’re basically on top of each other? I think that would be annoying whether it was a happy couple or not who was doing it!

Alison Wonderland
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 11:59 am: [report]

The choke-hold walk. When a couple is walking together and the guy is practically hanging on his girlfriend with his arm draped over her shoulders/neck. I just want to punch all those dudes in the face.

retro chic
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 11:59 am: [report]

Eye-daggers for the “When Harry Met Sally” syndrome of Conversationae Interruptum and Annoyus… finishing each other’s sentences to sound more together.

Or, the “I’ll have to check with my husband/wife,” before blowing their own nose.

#6 In-yo-endos: My medicine for one couple was to talk in lurid detail about my own hot frequent single sex that delivers every d*mn time, and watch their eyes sink, they cling dutifully to each other… followed by their weak retort of “wellll… married sex is so much better!”

HitOrMissJudy
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 12:06 pm: [report]

When couples share the same email address. That makes me mental. Hi, I don’t want your husband to know I have weird bump on my labia.

Also, coupled-up women who give you the sad face because you’re single.

SociallyAlexander
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 12:12 pm: [report]

I’m married and Saturday is date day for us.  We’re not attached at the hip and I like having single friends.  We, yes as in “We-ing” everything, like having our own lives.  Aside from that we can’t agree on a lot of things, he’s a leo with an ego and I’m a gemini who’s a different person everyday.

retro chic
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 12:34 pm: [report]

OoooOOO, Judy, I wish I read your’s first… *so true* But now they know not to do the sad face anymore unless it’s for themselves when they see how full my world is with my BF and child.

And yep, joint email accounts, wife’s recorded voicemail greeting, etc. Like one spouse has completely absorbed the other like the Disappearing Twin; or is marking territory, like that’s going to prevent straying.

justme
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 12:44 pm: [report]

OMG Judy, I f’n HATE sad face!
...and the choke hold.  I dated choke hold guy for a minute, it is so uncomfortable.

gillybeans
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 12:54 pm: [report]

Those ones that say “I love you” at the end of every single phone conversation even if they chat several times a day. Complete and utter barferama. Now name that movie quote.

MarriedWhiteMale
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 01:06 pm: [report]

Gillybeans: It was “Stand By Me” said during the pie eating contest   “A complete and total barforama”.  Do I get a prize?  Oh and my pet peeve is people who dress identically.

Amelia
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 01:16 pm: [report]

@gillybeans Stand By Me, greatest movie ever, possibly. Make like a tree and get out of here!

vanya
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 01:27 pm: [report]

The joint email is nothing compared to the family email.  Just wait until all your annoying couple friends with joint email start having kids and get their family email.  You don’t want the husband knowing you have a weird bump on your labia? Then you definitely don’t want their 8-year-old son knowing, either…

Jamie Lee
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 01:28 pm: [report]

i hate couples that everytime they say goodbye to each other its like one of them is going to study snowflakes at the top of mount everest for a year…jesus people you are going to see each other in like a few hours ENOUGH ALREADY!! Also saying you miss someone three seconds after they leave…find me a trashcan so i can hurl in it PLEASE.

@Amelia your new pic is SUPER CUTE!!!!!

joyy
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 01:44 pm: [report]

oh, how could any of us forget the worst one of all: BABY TALK

It’s bad enough that I baby talk to the dog (I try not to, really, but he’s just WAY too cute) - but to your bf/husband?  BARF.  Seeing “I love you too angel!!! MUAH! I lubba you this much!!” on your facebook page is enough to make me un-friend you.

christianay
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 01:48 pm: [report]

@ Amelia, I agree with Jamie Lee.

My pet peeve arises out of the fact that 2 of my close friends are dating each other, and I hate that I tell the female something that happened to me, and her boyfriend automatically knows the next day. Couples tell each other everything, I know, but must you talk about your mutual friend’s love life? I feel like I have nothing to tell him anymore. So basically I hate the privileges that they get just because they’re dating. They can talk about whatever they want.

doridori
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 01:49 pm: [report]

@joyy- LMAFO

Amelia
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 02:07 pm: [report]

Thanks guys! Our art person took it.

Tarvold
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 02:39 pm: [report]

Here’s one…

When you’re giving a couple a lift, and they even dare to ask to both sit in the back seats together.

I’m not your driver, damnit.

The Spartan Sweetheart
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 03:33 pm: [report]

How about when you IM one half of the couple and the other person answers/is reading over their shoulder. I once had a major crisis and wanted to talk to my best friend, and her boyfriend answered my IM with “I have to take Sara away now! ” Ugh, so rude.

Dianna T
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 03:59 pm: [report]

Guilty of #2, the rest is gross.

twinkles
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 04:59 pm: [report]

This last summer I was at a baseball game in the standing section.  In the front of the section there was this couple just making out the entire time, not even watching the game!! Totally unfair, my friend actually asked one of the ushers if the couple could be removed from the front so others can actually see the game,(where you get to stand is a first come, first serve kinda deal) answer was no!!! Everyone there was getting annoyed with this so some dude goes up to the couple and starts hitting on the guy and trying to make out with him, askin to “join the action”!! The discomfort on kissy guy’s face was priceless.

Madie Jae
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 05:21 pm: [report]

There’s a lot of things that pester me about couples. -The need to be with each other 24/7 -Excessive making out & such in public -25 I Miss You’s and I Love You’s before they separate -Their way of nonchalantly telling you about their sex lives -Constantly talking about the other when that side’s not with the other (that one was kind of confusing). I personally think people in relationships are my pet peeve. Hahaha. =]

sunrise
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 05:46 pm: [report]

I don’t care what you say, I think #7 is adorable

elpee
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 06:42 pm: [report]

From CollegeCandy: 1. Making out in totally non-romantic places. Really? I tend to roll my eyes more when I see people trying to be all lovey-dovey in totally cliche places like the Trevi fountain. I must say, I have some friends that are engaged and made an entire album of cheesy photos of them in awkward unnatural poses on the beach and it was so bad that it went way past bad and came all the way back to good. I couldn’t tear myself away. I also have two good friends that are dating and they always 1) try to get me to have a threesome with them (and i think this would mess things up) and 2) they invite me along, sometimes i feel, simply to entertain them. i am a craaaAAaaazy single girl who makes an excellent third wheel. i should have business cards made.

EarthGoddess
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 08:18 pm: [report]

WOW we are guilty of a lot of relationship “sins” by these standards! My hubby and I both work from home and are together 24/7. We regularly say “I love you” all day long, as well as have little cuddle/makeout breaks. We don’t socialize apart except for maybe twice a year, if that ... if you invite one of us, you should expect both of us. We are publicly affectionate, without being too graphic of course. His voice is on my cell’s voicemail greeting ... makes me feel better for some reason. We have each other’s login info for all emails, social networking sites, etc. We don’t make decisions without consulting the other one. Ever. Ya know what? I wouldn’t change a thing about our relationship ... we’re solid and I love it!

vegdumpling
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 08:24 pm: [report]

okay, i might feed him on occasion but that is purely unromantic.  i don’t want his fork meating up my veggie plate. 

and the email… well, we’re lazy and we can set it as a homepage.  we’ve never had a problem with reading each other’s mail so intimate details are not leaked.

saysay
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 08:43 pm: [report]

I think people being in relationships is annoying, because I am single and bitter. Only kidding, but I happen to be surrounded by the most annoying couples of all time who embody this list and then some.

xcontrol
wrote on March 19 2009 @ 11:03 pm: [report]

I found a lot of these comments kind of funny. I guess all this is is everyones opinion on how much THEY let stupid things like this bother them… Just stay positive and focus on yourself and don’t worry about other people. I mean, if it is excessive like people grinding up on each other in public then yeah, that is totally unnecessary but things like sitting on the same side of the booth, kissing, hugging, walking down the sidewalk with hands in the other persons back pocket… if they’re truly happy enough to be doing that, they obviously don’t care what other people think. And I am saying this from experience. I am so happy and in love with the person I am currently with that when we go out, its like he and I are the only people in the world and I could give two #&@$% about who see’s us doing what because we’re happy. I’m not saying we do it intentionally at all, not trying to bother people but when you find ‘the one’ everybody expresses their feelings and shows it differently.

MilesMiles
wrote on March 20 2009 @ 05:33 am: [report]

Xcontrol, I think you expressed the exact single reason most people find annoying couples so…well, annoying. You’re “so happy and in love” that when you go out its like you’re “the only people in the world” and you could give to sh**s about anyone else, and that’s the problem. You AREN’T the only people around. Have a little consideration for the people around you who don’t want to watch you make-out and feed each other and don’t want to give up their seats so you can sit together.

Little Lamb
wrote on March 20 2009 @ 07:14 am: [report]

If you’re looking for reasons, single people can be obnoxious as well…

Maybe number one is “Jealous of people in a relationship.”

I’ve been there, so I completely understand…just sayin’...

lalaland
wrote on March 20 2009 @ 07:26 am: [report]

@ lacey I don’t think the sentiments being shared here are jealousy of couple-dome. I think it’s more annoyance at excessive PDA (I don’t want to, nor should I have to, watch you make out with your SO in a public place!)

And statements like that are another annoy thing couples do! They assume you’re jealous because their excessive PDA annoys you (we’re not… us single people get to make out with hot strangers, we just assume the rest of the world doesn’t want to see us do so)!

Just sayin’…

bunnymatic
wrote on March 20 2009 @ 10:24 am: [report]

i’m in a very very happy relationship. we do the baby talk, i love you, non-stop kissing and grabbing, can’t live without yous and holding hands- BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. i don’t know, but i’ve always felt that a constant expression of “lovey doveyness” or physical action in public is a sign of unsuccessful companionship behind closed doors. i am not implicating that this is a fact, but from many relationships that i’ve seen it has usually worked out this way. i DON’T call my boyfriend his petname in front of friends, i DON’T put my tongue down his throat in public and i DON’T put my hand in his back pocket in public because no one needs to see that to reaffirm our happiness. i think a lot of couples unconsciously do that to reaffirm an image to society that they are functioning and completely romantic as all ideal couples should be.

Little Lamb
wrote on March 20 2009 @ 10:47 am: [report]

@ lalaland- I did read that many of the complaints were about PDAs.  However, there are also more than a handful that are not at all about PDAs.  I agree that PDAs should be kept to a minimum (things that are appropriate for Disney movies—-“Love you"s and a quick smooch every now and then).  There should be no reason to be upset if my SO and I call it a date night when we go out after dark or if his voice is also on my voice mail (we do neither of these things).  The only reason I said anything about jealousy, is because I know this was a feeling I frequently experienced when I was single…and I’m sure I rolled my eyes at or complained about a few of my happily coupled friends when I was feeling extraordinarily low…

java82
wrote on March 20 2009 @ 10:47 am: [report]

See, I wouldn’t mind #5; it’s a better alternative to someone sitting on her guy’s lap on a crowded bus or metro. One of you sits, the other stands; the loss of physical contact isn’t the end of the world.

Other pet-peeve: calling one another ‘baby’ every other sentence.

writergirl
wrote on March 20 2009 @ 04:42 pm: [report]

Wow.  My husband and I would be everybody’s favorite couple.  When you see us together, if you didn’t know we were married, you wouldn’t even suspect.

We basically ignore eachother.

ashleynicole2212
wrote on March 20 2009 @ 07:34 pm: [report]

So let me get this straight…people in love should never kiss, hold hands, link arms, hug, have alife together, talk about their lives, want to be near each other (no matter how little) or have the same colors in their wardrobe?

woww thats lame.

my bf and i have matched before. its called an accident most times. we like similar colors. we both own a LOT of blue shirts. wow, guess that makes us DISTGUSTING. and yes, i kiss his cheek hold his hand and tell him i love him after EVERY phone call. i also tell my mom and my dad and my brother i love them after every phone call. it’s called treasuring loved ones.

i agree that some pda is gross. it really is. but even a little kiss? no tongue? ive seen parents kiss their kids like that. no one says anything.

i can agree with a few of your comments but i mean com on? being in love is aboout finding that one person you can spend time with and who share a life. how can you share a life and really LOVE each other when you ignore each other and arent affectionate?

you cant.

xcontrol
wrote on March 20 2009 @ 11:00 pm: [report]

@MilesMiles- I clearly stated any form of PDA that I take part in… which were none of the things that you listed off in your response to me. I said that anything excessive is not necessary, and the furthest we go is the hand in each others back pocket and honestly, its usually only me with my hand there because when he has his arm around my shoulder I am just THAT much shorter than him… I throroughly DON’T enjoy when I see girls OR guys going out to the bar every night grinding up and swapping spit with up to 3-4 different strangers in the same night… is being drunk an excuse for that…?

t-majestic
wrote on March 21 2009 @ 10:36 am: [report]

Reminds me of Bridget Jones’ “Smug Marrieds”. Why does Bridget think there are so many unmarried women of her age? “...because we may seem normal to you but underneath our clothes we’re covered in scales.”

One of my old high school friends is getting married now (after several failed engagements) and she’s suddenly turned into one of these. She’s gotten so condescending/patronizing and is always telling me how much my world view is going to change once I get married. Supposedly I’ll stop being so focused on my career and understand the desire to stay home and take care of babies like she plans to do (never mind how many working moms are out there… and how many valid lifestyle options women have now). She says I have “issues” that have prevented me from finding someone permanent- I guess she’s just superior to me now b/c she caught a man (note the sarcasm).

But if you want to remain friends with these people, I suppose you just have to handle it with humor and grace, a la Bridget. Hehe.

mavsqueen2010
wrote on March 22 2009 @ 12:08 am: [report]

Calling eachother “momma” and “poppa” all the time. Seriously this is not the 1800s and we do not live in Alabama. It’s not cute! it’s irritating!

starfish
wrote on March 22 2009 @ 01:35 pm: [report]

One refering to the other as “my boyfriend” or “my girfriend” and not by their actual name,they’re a person, and they actually have a name, their not just your signifigant other. ass.

Bokkie
wrote on March 24 2009 @ 10:03 am: [report]

I am pretty unimpressed with the list and most of the comments here - yes, excessive PDA is gross, unnecessary, makes bystanders uncomfortable and should be avoided, but most of the other complaints here sound more like jealous rants than legitimate issues (with a few exceptions - for example, the inability to have a private conversation with a friend is definitely a problem with some people/couples).

As for number 5…what’s so bad about asking? They’re not demanding - you can say no if you don’t want to move! I’ve asked people to scoot down an aisle so my parents and I could sit together at the movies - is that just as objectionable? What about if you’re with your kid, say she’s 12 or so - old enough to sit alone, but don’t we all like to sit with the person we came with?? I am always happy to move on someone else’s behalf and am always grateful when someone does me the same favor.

And really, I don’t want to call anyone out specifically, but y’all might need to think about how you approach the world if the way a couple chooses to hug or walk makes you so unhappy. I can think of lots worse things you can direct that indignation towards if you need some ideas. (And yes, I tell everyone I love (my parents, my brother, my boyfriend) that I love them at the end of every phone call or departure. Sue me.)

Lost in Snowball
wrote on March 25 2009 @ 12:49 am: [report]

When everytime they address eachother it’s “babe…babe…babe” ugh. And I agree completely about people who can’t spend 2 seconds apart, and have no time for friends!

Brittany Sprecco
wrote on September 5 2009 @ 04:15 am: [report]

i hate when couples talk 24/7 and like, non-stop

boa_dicea
wrote on October 1 2009 @ 08:55 am: [report]

When every single one of your 45 daily Facebook status updates is either bragging about ‘the great breakfast in bed your knight in shining armor made you’, or telling everyone ‘how blessed you are to have found such an awesome man’...it’s annoying. We get it, you like him.

Along the same topic, its annoying when the couple posts lovey dovey things to each other all day long on their FB wall. Seriously, why would someone post, “hey hon, thanks for taking the kids to school today. I love you soooooo much. I can’t wait until you get home!!!!!” or “Good morning sexy woman!” I mean, at least save these comments for the phone or text or say it at home, instead of posting it where everyone else can see.

Last (this is a couple trait, but usually happens more with women, even moreso with stay at home moms), the woman who won’t let the guy have play time with his boyz on the weekend. Even though he has worked a 60-70 hour work week and wouldn’t mind a night out with the guys, she demands he spend the entire weekend cuddled up at home. With her.

BlueVibe
wrote on October 1 2009 @ 09:30 am: [report]

Amen!  Making all of their Facebook status updates about each other.  Yeah, I know you like the guy, but nobody else cares that you’re “Dying for this day to be over so I can eat dinner with my sweetie” or “Looking forward to a long weekend with my handsome hubby.”  Blargh.

I’m not even single and I think it’s annoying.  No, I do not post FB status updates about my boyfriend unless he does something that’s amusing [in a nice way, not at his expense, of course] in general.

I also have a friend who is incapable of living without checking in with her girlfriend by cell phone at every possible opportunity.  They call each other on work breaks, in the car, everywhere, even if nothing is going on.  Seriously—do you need a blow-by-blow of each others’ unremarkable work days??  All it does is create drama: One of them will mention a trivial, fleeting, problem [“Traffic is bad”] and suddenly it gets blown into a life-threatening situation [“Oh, no!  Be careful!  I don’t know what I’d do if something happened to you!  I get so worried about your commute . . . “]  It’s like the use it to avoid what’s going on right in front of them.

kimba999
wrote on October 1 2009 @ 09:57 am: [report]

I agree with Bokkie - I don’t understand why some of these things are offensive to people. Why do you care if someone has their hand in the other’s back pocket? How is that affecting you? I really don’t care if someone is kissing in public. It doesn’t bother me and never has. I’m “guilty” of it and my boyfriend and I have decided we don’t really care if it bothers other people. If it does, that’s their problem. As long as we’re not groping each other’s genitals, so what? If you’re too busy making out to give your friends the time of day, Ok, I can see that being a problem. Otherwise, get over it.
The “we-ing” everything is annoying to me. If someone asks my opinion, I give mine - not “ours”. I don’t assume that my boyfriend and I have the same opinions about everything. I have a friend who did this constantly. Once, I asked her opinion about a movie and she turned to her girlfriend and asked, “Did we like that movie or not?”

C.Munro
wrote on October 1 2009 @ 03:38 pm: [report]

#3 is one of my biggest peeves.  Really, I don’t resent them for their blissed-out state of coupledom, but just because they’re happy in that situation does not qualify them to meddle in my own love life.  Why on earth should they care whether I’m dating or not?  Is it because they miss dating and want to live vicariously through me? 

I’ve totally been guilty of #7 a few times, though.