Saying “my spouse has quirks” is a nicer way of saying “ugh, my spouse is so annoying!” I often find that I’m on the receiving end of those types of statements about as often as I say them. We mostly deal with it by either ignoring it or politely suggesting they change. Or else! It’s funny though, because you wouldn’t know a lot of these kinds of things unless you lived with them before. Sometimes, it’s new quirks that they develop after a while of living with someone.

Just for fun, here are some of our quirks. At this point, we can laugh at them. In the beginning of living together, however, we faced these issues head on with heavy sighs and a good dose of sarcasm. I’d like to think we’ve grown a bit since then.

As for me, I have a couple bad habits that drive Matt batty. The first is leaving cabinet doors open. I’m not exactly methodical when it comes to cooking/baking. (Which might explain the one time I accidentally used laundry detergent instead of oil when baking!) The second quirk I’m sharing with you today is displayed below.

This is probably one of my worst habits. No matter what I bring into the house, I usually place it in the middle of a walkway. It’s amazing how I never realized this. I was literally stepping over my purse and bags that were in the way and didn’t notice it. I’d like to think I’ve gotten better at this. Matt seems to think so, too.

Surprisingly, Matt does have a few not-so-lovely habits. I’ll be nice though and not complain about him to the world wide web. Most of it probably stems from our personality traits butting heads. Matt is a very methodical person and often makes me slow down with my creative ways (be it cooking, shopping or driving … just kidding on the last one!) One of the more bothersome of his quirks is having the sheets on our bed “just so.” If there is a wrinkle, if I sleep on top of the sheets, etc. he doesn’t sleep well. He likes the sheets to be folded over and just at his shoulders, whereas I smush the top of the sheets up in my face for maximum comfort. In the end, we got a king-size bed with king-size sheets so we hardly notice the other and can sleep soundly.