What is it with women getting "quirks" as they age?

[Fritzo]

Standing around the water cooler this morning, we were all talking about our wives, and each one of us was able to spout off something instantly that was completely unreasonable about them. WTF is wrong with women?

- One mentioned their wife takes the batteries out of the remote controls when they're not in use.
- One won't allow their wireless router and DSL modem to stay on over night because it uses too much electricity.
- One throws away any food that is more than 1 day old in the refrigerator.
- One won't allow anything to sit on a table or counters. The poor guy has to charge his cell phone at work because it's not allowed to be on the counter while charging.

There were a good dozen or more of these stories. I think the penis releases hormones that level out your personality as you get older. The lack of one is making them go crazy

 

[lxskllr]

Estrogen poisoning.

 

[Lean L]

Holy crap. For once I am happy I'm single haha. Seems like undiagnosed OCD for most of these.

 

[Texashiker]

My exwife went crazy as she got older, it was like she went biopolar.

If the kids were doing something she did not like, instead of dealing with the issue, she would go into screaming fits of rage.

The same thing went for me. If there was an issue, instead of talking about it, the only way she knew how to deal with a problem was a screaming fit.

I finally drew the line, I left and we divorced.

My exwife was not like that when we met. As she got older she got worse with her anger issues. One thing that helped desolve the marriage was when she refused to get help. Several times I tried to sit down with her and talk about the issue, and her answer was another screaming rage tantrum.

 

[actuarial]

Everyone has similar ridiculous quirks, it's just very hard to identify your own. I guarantee your wife has the same conversation with her girlfriends about their husbands.

 

[lxskllr]

Everyone has similar ridiculous quirks, it's just very hard to identify your own. I guarantee your wife has the same conversation with her girlfriends about their husbands.

I don't think I have any quirks that aren't logic based, and I'm willing to change when presented with better information.

 

[Texashiker]

Everyone has similar ridiculous quirks, it's just very hard to identify your own. I guarantee your wife has the same conversation with her girlfriends about their husbands.

There is a difference in developing a quirk, and developing a mental illness.

A buddy of mine developed some kind of mental issue in his 30s. As he ages, the issue is getting worse. His brother thinks its something like schizophrenia.

 

[RavenSEAL]

That is all.

 

[actuarial]

There is a difference in developing a quirk, and developing a mental illness.

A buddy of mine developed some kind of mental issue in his 30s. As he ages, the issue is getting worse. His brother thinks its something like schizophrenia.

My post was directed at the OP (which are all quirks) not yours (which looks to be crazy).

 

[SP33Demon]

 

[slayer202]

At a certain point in their lives it becomes impossible to hide the craziness. Once they are married it all just spills out

 

[ky54]

You pups ain't seen nothing yet. My wife is 55 and smack in the middle of you know what. You think women in their 30's have quirks? LOL, just wait.

 

[JimKiler]

- One won't allow anything to sit on a table or counters. The poor guy has to charge his cell phone at work because it's not allowed to be on the counter while charging.
QUOTE]

This is quirky but i use my laptop USB to charge my blackberry every day and it works great. I use our home PC to charge my wife's andriod phone as well since it can charge even when the PC is off.

I was expecting more germ phobic stories which women are prone to. They get really bad when you have kids and then loosen up when they realize the amount of sanitation needed to live germ free is insane and unattainable.

But taking batteries out would drive me nuts!

 

[manimal]

Its called baggage.


Bags as they fill with crap get heavier....

 

[PingSpike]

I'm trying to think of my quirks, but all I can think of is things I don't do because of laziness. I do turn all the options off on the car before I shut it off though. Its something my dad did when he drove junk cars as he was convinced it gave them a better chance of starting. When my dad taught me how to drive I somehow ended up copying this behavior and now I automatically do it every time I go to shut off the car.

My wife can be pretty nuts sometimes though. She insists that I unplug turned off window fans and shut off bathroom fans because she thinks they'll catch fire or burn out if not observed constantly or something. Its not to bad usually but she's pregnant right now so my stamina is tested daily on this front.

She's nervous about the baby and so am I but she worries about ridiculous things sometimes. The straight up worst I can think of is the cat's worm medication. Some of it got spilled on the carpet and she was worried that she stepped on it and it harmed the baby. She even called the vet who said it was safe for pregnant cats, my wife was always wearing stocks and its taken orally by the cat. But she was still worried that somehow the tiny amount of medication, which doesn't harm babies anyway, passed through her socks and then was absorbed through her skin (even though it doesn't work that way) and passed into the bloodstream to harm the baby, which it wouldn't because it doesn't. Are you kidding me? This stuff drives me to drink.

I was so exacerbated at that exchange that I ended up using what is really a bad strategy to sooth a pregnant woman and told her that she should be more worried about inhaling diesel fumes and fumes from cars rotted exhausts that roll off the road by our house. I mean, after all gas fumes actually have been proven to cause cancer and we're inhaling them pretty much every day. Somehow that seemed to end the topic, but I think she just ran out of steam.

 

[Zebo]

Mine was a cleaning fanatic like vacuumed everyday kids and me learned her real quick.

She almost killed me when I was spray painting a motorcycle gas tank in living room over some newspaper over almost white carpet. It was too cold outside to spary.

Took away paper and guess what? light red square were paper wasnt. She's gotten used to us by in large but still way too much for me. Like counters have to be immaculate and shinny before bed. I have to use kids restroom.

 

[sourceninja]

I've been with my wife for a little over 10 years, she doesn't have any quirks I'm aware of. Unless you count enjoying craft beer, playing video games, and buying expensive toys.

 

[SP33Demon]

- One won't allow anything to sit on a table or counters. The poor guy has to charge his cell phone at work because it's not allowed to be on the counter while charging.
QUOTE]

This is quirky but i use my laptop USB to charge my blackberry every day and it works great. I use our home PC to charge my wife's andriod phone as well since it can charge even when the PC is off.

I was expecting more germ phobic stories which women are prone to. They get really bad when you have kids and then loosen up when they realize the amount of sanitation needed to live germ free is insane and unattainable.

But taking batteries out would drive me nuts!

Yeah, the taking the batteries out is flat out stupid. Print out an article on Sanyo Eneloops for her.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Sound to me like those guys need to grow some balls and stand up to their wives rather than bitch about it around a water cooler like a bunch women.

 

[SagaLore]

My guess is that those quirks always existed, but as they get older they stop trying to hide them.

 

[Zebo]

buying expensive toys.

That's normal. I only spend about 10% of what's on CC. Had to order an extra trash can at the house for all the shit that comes to door everyday and goes out the back door 6 months later.

 

[Fritzo]

Everyone has similar ridiculous quirks, it's just very hard to identify your own. I guarantee your wife has the same conversation with her girlfriends about their husbands.

I can honestly say I don't have any annoying quirks like that. My quirks involve things like "I like to use the best technology solution for anything" or "make sure I get regular oil changes in my vehicles", or "only use fresh vegetables when cooking".

My quirks are more for an ultimate goal rather than to just be annoying. My wife doesn't really have any annoying quirks like that either, other than insisting that every possible lock on every entrance way and window is locked at all times...but again that's more for an ultimate goal (safety) than just being annoying.

 

[TheAdvocate]

Are we looking for a serious answer or just opening the door for good jokes about crazy wives?

In my experience, most women are control freaks/borderline OCD by nurture. It's how they're socialized growing up, so if they have any latent tendencies, those fires are stoked.

Later in life, they seek to control even meaningless variables in their life, to counteract the feelings of helplessness to control or combat bigger issues that they have to deal with in their daily lives. Whether it's the typical gender bias in the workplace, over competitive girl"friends" who will smile while trying to plot against them, or being trapped in an unrewarding job or loveless marriage, with the burden of children that they cannot afford to raise alone, but dont want to be parted from, even if the kids are overly needy pests who drive everyone crazy.

In short, they're acting out in less self destructive ways than the cliche'd descent into alcohol/drugs/sex/depression.

Also, the guy who says his wife of 10 years just enjoys beer/vid games/buying stuff and doesnt do this - willing to bet that you dont have kids, and if she has a job, she doesn't hate it. She also doesn't have to depend on any especially viscious female friends for companionship - cause she gets what she needs from you, cause you arent distracted by a high stress job and a litter of kids.

I could be wrong, but I doubt it.

 

[pelov]

Is that the new term for cellulite? Quirks?

 

[Fritzo]

Mine was a cleaning fanatic like vacuumed everyday kids and me learned her real quick.

She almost killed me when I was spray painting a motorcycle gas tank in living room over some newspaper over almost white carpet. It was too cold outside to spary.

Took away paper and guess what? light red square were paper wasnt. She's gotten used to us by in large but still way too much for me. Like counters have to be immaculate and shinny before bed. I have to use kids restroom.

WTF? LOL! I would have killed you too! Sounds like a "You might be a redneck" joke!