In a survey I’m way too lazy to look up myself, it is reported (allegedly) that most couples fight about finances and temperature control, which I find interesting since Bryan and I have the tendency to bicker the most about really stupid things like what we’re having for dinner. In a recent enlightening conversation with a girlfriend, she said that she made an executive decision to grab Chinese food for dinner one night, which relieved the stress of having to go back and forth about who wants what.
That is what I like to call one smart cookie.
Of course, like any other old married (even though we’re not yet married, ahem) couple, Bryan and I bicker about other things, too. Like when it’s my turn to pay for groceries and he walks the aisles like a drunk college kid and adds munchies and $6 gourmet artisanal coffee drinks to the cart.
Also when I asked Bryan for his thoughts on things we argue about the most, his response was “being annoying, you moving my stuff, cleaning…” and then I zoned out because who puts “being annoying” as #1?
But I digress.
Below you’ll find a sampling of some of the bicker fests we’ve had in recent weeks.
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Me: Are you hungry?
Bryan: I can eat.
Me: …
Me: So like, what are you in the mood for?
Bryan: I dunno.
Me: [rummages through the fridge and rattles off list of possible choices]
Bryan: [sighs loudly, because the weight of the world rests on his shoulders] I don’t know, Char… Nothing is jumping out at me.
Me: strangles Bryan to death.
Bryan: Oh, my god, Charlotte. Those shoes.
Me: What’s wrong with them? You told me you to wear these over the other ones!
Bryan: That was before we left the house and you started clomping next to me. It’s like walking next to a Clydesdale.
Me: Did you [fill in the blank]?
Bryan: What? NO! You always [fill in the blank]. I thought you did it! <—recurring argument, sadly
Bryan: Want to watch something?
Me: Sure. What do we have saved?
Bryan: This show on knife building that looks awesome, the Nerd Olympics, How it’s Made: the Quinoa Edition, Pawn Stars…
Me: Do we have any housewives episodes? Those are always fun.
Bryan: …
What are some of the stupid things that you bicker about in your relationship?
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Haha! We get in the same arguments!!!
I love this, Chars!! 🙂 Temperature control…that’s so funny! But, I can totally see why that’s one of the top arguments for couples. Todd and I bicker about that. It’s honestly one of the only things we truly bicker about–but, that’s the topic! I love how you were compared to a Clydesdale with your shoes. Too, too funny. I loved your reenactments of the arguments you guys have. These definitely sounded familiar! Hmm, I’m trying to think about what else Todd and I argue about. I think bodily functions come in to play…and where it’s okay and where it’s NOT okay to fart. :-)))) Love you!!!!!
Okay first of all HOLY SHIT you are ripped and gorgeous!! Secondly, LOLz at the first argument about food. Totally my fiance and I!
Rosie O’donnell. This isn’t a recurring fight but who fights about her in the first place???
Wooops, I mean–thanks for that… but that’s totally a WeHeartIt pic of another couple boxing–I WISH I HAD THESE ABS 😉
We are the same, argue about what to eat especially when it’s take out. We argue about the room temperature or why he drives so slow and I drive too fast and too far right..,,the list goes on and on… 🙂
Ha! The shoe one probably would have made me stomp on his foot. Mostly, we argue about his working all. the. time. I know we need money, but I also need help.
It’s funny because Chris and I literally never argue or bicker about anything. It’s almost disconcerting that we never fight, honestly. A couple of weeks ago, his 9-year-old was telling her mother that we never fight except about the dishes. And I had to laugh because we DO bicker playfully about the dishes, but it’s over who GETS to wash them instead of who HAS to because neither of us wants the other to have to do it. We’re kind of sickening, aren’t we?
We don’t bicker terribly often, but when we do, it’s about technology – more specifically, bring cell phones to the dinner table or during our quality TV watching time, lol.
It’s normal to bicker but we need to find ways to defuse unavoidable friction and return to a state of love. I’ve mastered that but it took years to learn.
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE FOOD THING IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY FIANCE AND I! BAHH HA HA AH AH! He always says, “food is your thing. So you decide.” but honestly, if I really had it my way, I’d eat sushi every dang day of my life. I think he’d be okay with that but I don’t wanna be “boring” – LOL!! That isn’t even bickering though. We honestly don’t bicker much at all.
Haha, it is the little things that cause the most bickering!
Haha–this is just like the ridiculous stuff that my husband and I get into. Our favorite things to fuss over include who has cleaned less (since we’re both awful at cleaning in general), who picked the place to eat last, and who has to put our kid to bed at night. 🙂
LMAO @ “the quinoa edition.” Boys watch stupid tv.
We argue about the dishes, and how whomever takes the dog out, the other has to put the dog food in the dish because “IT’S COMMON COURTESY DO I HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING AROUND HERE?!”
Seriously, “I dunno, what do you wanna do?” should’ve been in our wedding vows. LOL
Hahaha!! This made me smile! Great post. My husband and I argue about stupid stuff then end up laughing at how stupid it was to begin with.
Being annoying huh? Wtf is that response?!? No really, wtf? And that model in the pic above needs to eat a meal. Or 39!
We argue over some really stupid shit, too, not to worry. 😉
Shawn actually walks away.
I think I scare him 😛
Well we did go through the kitchen/living room renovation phase where everything was about paint colours and tiles and we came close to divorcing because OMG don’t ever do any sort of renovating.
welcome to the club!
Those fights are sounding awfully familiar! Especially the rummaging in the fridge and the lack of ideas for dinner. Haha! great and honest post, Charlotte. 🙂
Ok, that is a little hilarious. We don’t have many good bickering things – usually it’s more heated or passive-aggressive. Clearly, that’s a sign we need to be arguing over dumb stuff again. I hope we do!
There are various things a couple will always argue about. Finances, in-laws, and sex are always at the top of the list. And interestingly too who should have control over the television at prime time when hubby wants to watch soccer and wifey wants to watch her favorite soap.