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No, that;s fine. I am only 5'2'' and have the seat as far forward as it goes, but I have the seat back at an angle rather than bolt upright. In fact, I have the seat so far forward that when Mr W wants to drive, he can't even get in the car and has to pull the seat back before attempting to get in. ?

Ooh, I hate the colour peach too. Its like it just can't put in the effort to be orange

Gah, the antiseptic handwash thing - I understand there might be some benefits to using this rather than simply washing your hands (medical staff, the immunocompromised...) but it really seems to have proliferated beyond any sensible boundaries. We went to Eygpt and in Luxor and Aswan there was this couple who seemed to be in every cafe and restaurant where we ate. Every time the food came, the man would get his big tub of antiseptic handwash out and very, very demonstratively apply it liberally and with exaggerated hand movements. Yes, so hygiene standards on the Nile might not be what you're used to in the UK - how about old-fashioned hand-washing or at least being a little discreet and not signalling directly to the waiters that you think they're about to poison you!

(I think his wife/girlfriend was rolling her eyes as well!)

Cleaning my teeth. I have to MAKE myself do it because I dislike the sensation so much. Don't even start me off on going to the dentist ...

People who go to the gym who have no intention of working out - too busy chatting to each other with the machine on level 0, chatting on their phone or texting or watching TV while they go in reverse! But also people who have no idea what they're doing. This is aimed more at older women - there are quite a few at my gym who do the most bizarre "moves" - lots of standing on one leg and waggling - and I'm thinking what on earth that will achieve. ?

People who ask me whether I have children and when I say no, make this sort of "oh ..." sound that usually peters out into an embarrassed silence. Which I then end up filling with loads of stupid gabble about how I've got a dog ....

I cannot STAND this! I was once shown around a property by an estate agent who used my name every other word (in an attempt to feign a positive relationship, I guess). I ended up swearing at him. In terms of language hates, I have an intense dislike of 'moving forwards.' Why do people say this????

I am in the camp of hating upright drivers, especially when they are young women with bouncy, shiny ponytails. I think this is a case of hatred-meets-jealousy!

I hate it when my OH clears his throat and actually want to slit it in order to solve the problem.

I hate my shins being touch <vomit>

I know there are plenty more, and I shall be back, no doubt!

NB - I have major paranoia that I'm guilty of always having a tale to tell now!

British people who affect an Australian way of speaking (not even an accent) by making their tone rise at the end of every sentence to make it sound like a question when it really isn't.

It's infuriating and my reaction to it isn't very rational, at all.

Brown and yellow together.

Invites to 'parties' where someone is going to sell me something. Tthough thinking it about it, that is quite a rational dislike.

The word 'pongy'.

The word 'spondoolies'.

When people say 'it was very unique'....it's either unique or it isn't, surely??

Chewing cotton wool. Its irrational because, lets face it, when am I ever likely to be in a situation when chewing cotton wool is required. It still makes me heave though.

I hate teethbrushing too! I'm shuddering as I type this. I have to trick myself into it by not thinking about it right up untilt he moment the brush goes into my mouth. It's more the noise than the sensation for me, although both are awful.

I gag at Aquafresh ads.

fully agree.

and anyone who says 'doh!'

Ooooh... me too! It gives me the rage! (Mr FJ says I'm unreasonable for getting so wound up by this, but it's just SO rude! So, maybe it's a rational hatred after all?!)

I loathe the sound of people masticating. I had an ex who did it all the time, I once kicked him out of my car because I couldn't stand listening to him eat.

People on the phone who are chewing gum, it's repulsive, and rude, and common. So there.

[Shudder] People touching my feet. Or any of my hinge joints like knees. I always think they'll pop out the wrong way. ?

Peas, I can't bear the look of the word or the look of the actual vegetable. Even writing the word makes me feel sick. They are banned from my house and if we go out for a meal, H is not allowed them on his plate, and neither is my daughter. On the times that restaurants have put them on without mentioning it on the menu, I've sent the order back and have practically had a panic attack over it. The worst times are when we're out with family and they have them, the little buggers always fall onto the table and shrivel, I have to move the menu to block them from my sight. (I have never tasted them?)

Smoothie makers. Glad I'm not the only one. I wasn't so sure about mini-beer fridges either, until someone lent us one to keep milk in while renovating our house!

Hair extensions

The word 'hubby'

Most of all, the term 'cupcake'. Its a f ucking over sweetened excuse for a decent bun, if you ask me.

Oh I've thought of something. We have a composter in the garden and, I admit, I'm sometimes less than brilliant about walking the extra 10m to put my vegetable peelings into the composter when I could just put them in the bin. My husband, quite rightly, picks me up on this.

The thing I hate and frankly consider grounds for divorce, however, is when I put something teeny tiny small in the bin- a teabag, say, or the lemon from a G&T- and my husand wordlessly walks to the bin, takes it out and puts it in the composter. One fucking teabag. And he says nothing, as if he's the long-suffering one but won't complain about it. I can almost see his halo shine as he trudges down the garden with the fucking teabag. I hate it and it's irrational because I know he's actually right.

Geekypants, I agree about cupcakes. When I was a lass, and cakes knew their place, we used to eat fairy cakes and they were perfectly adequate. I generally don't like how oversweet overblown cakes like American muffins and cupcakes are driving out our native scones, muffins and cakes.

Dishcloths <shudder>

The children from next door who play outside in the street, kicking a ball around/carying her dog around in her bag etc. I have to shut the blinds as it irritates the hell out of me.

MrB when he picks the post up from the doormat and spends ages looking at the envelope, wondering who the letter is from. Just open the fecking thing and you will find out who its from.

Gemma Bissix.

Certain nicknames people give others- this is mad, as it is none of my business what people choose to nickname their children/partners/parents etc. but shortenings of certain names set my teeth on edge. I can't give examples as there is bound to be someone on here who does it but it is a definite irrational hatred of mine.

People who make everything about them.

The word moist.

People scraping their cutlery on their teeth- not so irrational though.

Why don't you just get one of these and some liner bags and avoid divorce?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kitchen-Compost-Caddy-and-Filter/dp/B000KPDLGU

We got a free one from Islington council when they started picking up brown waste. I actually have a spare but it would be a pain to post. If you're ever in the Cotswolds... ?

Supermarkets grrrr

Knownowt, you need one of these /10879/peely-bin

Nonie, I don't think dishes in the sink is irrational, it's horrible. Even worse is water left in the sink after washing up or with washing up still in there, the thought of putting my hand in to pull the plug out freaks me out

Not sure if it is irrational, but friends who cancel plans at the last minute.

My friend and I went to body pump last night, and we agreed to go jogging tonight, but at the last minute she has decided her legs hurt too much (like 20 min before she was due to come round)

Why she couldn''t have told me a couple of hours ago I don't know

The phrase 'good clean fun' and a person on a guiding newsgroup who seems to think that we should all be doing things like the Scouts and Guides did in the 1950s. Oh, and Simon Derby's weblog.

ETA: Wise Monkey, I thought I was the only person who felt like that about Danny Dyer !

Oh I like that peely bin ? (and ? also Zeb) I've been put off getting such a thing because most are so horrid but that's fine. Sadly, I fear it won't solve our problem- if I'm standing by the normal bin I'll probably still put my teabag in it, just because I'm not concentrating (and sometimes I do it out of bloody-mindedness) and H will still fish it out and put it in the peely bin, so we'll go through the whole rigmarole still. But maybe I will give it a try. I realise I am far from an innocent in this matter.

People who stand in "my" space in gym classes, regardless of whether I'm actually stood there.

Mr I also does the thing where he waves to thank other motorists when I'm driving. Drives me mad.

People who say "accordingly" when they mean "apparantly".

The word "lush" unless used in it's proper form to describe a lawn.

People who think it's cute to show you pictures of their child with food around it's mouth/face. It makes me feel sick. I am thinking of carrying around a picture of my dogs taking a dump to pull out for such occasions.

I am a nose snob and can take an instant dislike to someone with a nose I find offensive. Coleen Rooney being one such person.

Double dippers - it's just plain rude and disgusting.

People who smell.

People who have anything dangling from their rear view mirror

The Big Issue seller in Feltham because she says "Beeeeeg Eeeeeeeshew" (not because she's selling the mag)

Pointless garnish on plates of food - if I'd wanted a sprig or parsley, I would have ordered it

"Fairly unique" - it's either unique or it isn't

People who pronounce specific as pacific.

When sweetcorn and peas are served mixed in together. Horrible.

The fact that every day some driver always cuts me up on the same roundabout on the way to work despite it being very clearly signposted.

That H leaves his shoes wherever he takes them off resulting in 3 or 4 pairs of size 10s in the middle of the floor.

Grown women wearing their hair in bunches.

People saying "I/we were sat/stood there"-It's like nails running down a blackboard to me!

Yummy mummies (not them as a group specifically) and their kids wizzing around on tandem bikes/scooters over the pavements during the school run on my route to work. It looks soooo wanky!

Bad teeth......I find I get horribly fixated.

Lily Allen

David Tennent. I'd like to punch his chip munky face. Repeatedly.

Russell Brand. Cut your hair and have a wash you skanky looking ***!

At this very moment BB's Cairon - pull your fecking pants up, seriously. Grrr