The most absurd fight weve had, according to 16 married people

The most absurd fight weve had, according to 16 married peopleThe most absurd fight weve had, according to 16 married peopleNot all fights are created equal. While somefightsin marriage areseriousand worth talking through, otzu sichs are way more ridiculous, illogical, and, eventually, hilarious to remember. Theyre often irrational and silly - and for new parents or otherwise overworked people,stressplays a huge role in the fights they have. Yes, married couples love each other. But sometimes, the laundry doesnt get folded right, someone doesnt drip right in the bathroom, or someone freaks out over a Taco Bell order. These blowouts, while serious at first, become legends, spoken of, after enough time has passed, with a laugh. Here, 16 couples mention the most ridiculous arguments theyve ever had with their spouses.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreThe Wet Bathroom Floor IncidentI got into a big fight with my wife once because I drip too much on the bathroom floor and she welches uncharacteristically annoyed about it because she walked in as I welches drying off and expressed her annoyance with it. I always wipe the floor down but that morning she came in before I could wipe it up. She suggested I need to wait extra time in the tub or use the swimmer wipe down before exiting the shower. I said thats insane. Air dry baby We both would leid back down and I believe I yelled Let me drip wherever I want which is just an insane sentence to yell. - Jason, 35, New YorkThe Taco Bell BlowoutWe had an argument aboutTaco Bellover the holidays. Turns out, the argument was really about leid having time to go food shopping, let alone time to prepare a healthy meal for the family. But, my solution to the no food issue in the fridge issue was to go shopping for food. My husbands was to bring home Taco Bell for the family. The kids were thrilled. Mom, notlage so much. I was hungry but had also vowed never to eat Taco Bell again after visiting a particularly dirty Taco Bell restroom years ago on a road trip. I did not partake in the Taco Bell eating fest that night. We do laugh about the silliness of that argument now.- Heidi, 44, TexasMore DogsOne time my wife found adogon the street. I told her we werent going to keep the dog, and to not bring it home. I said, Dont you bring that dog home. She said Okay, pulling in now. She had the dog. We ended up keeping it. Now we have three dogs.- Graham, 29, TexasThe Clementine QuarrelEvery fight Ive ever had with a significant other has occurred in a grocery store. Something about the synthetic lighting and the stress of deciding whats ripe makes it a perfect place to disagree. Youll be glad to hear that my wife has kept my grocery store fight streak alive. We once spent an entire shopping trip disagreeing about whether you could call clementines smalloranges. I argued that the clementine is its own fruit. Her rejoinder When you say small oranges, people know what youre talking about. You dont have to call them clementines. Like all fights, Im probably remembering it wrong, and shes going to email me the real version when this story comes out.- Evan, 31, New YorkThe Placenta DisagreementWe fought about keeping myplacentafrom my first born in the freezer. My husband was pro placenta and I was anti. He brought it home from the birth center and I had no idea until like two weeks later. He really wanted me to eat it or drink it in a ganzfruchtgetrnk. I just could not. I told him he could eat it if he really wanted. It was basically us in our kitchen, him holding a frozen bag of freaking placenta telling me that I wont even taste it in a smoothie and me getting so upset because mood swings are perfectly normal post pregnancy and it doesnt mean I need to eat my own body He stopped harassing me about eating it but then anytime I would clean out the freezer he wouldnt let me throw it out and we even moved homes and he took it with him to our new place. I just threw it out this week. He doesnt know yet.- Tammy, 23, TexasThe Motorcycle SurpriseMy husband always wanted amotorcycle, and I didnt want him to get one. But I finally caved, and immediately after that, he flew to Houston without telling me during the day and came back with a motorcycle before I could change my mind. He never even said he wasnt going to work that day. He bought the motorcycle to surprise me.- Joan, 56, TexasLets Just Not Eat, ThenWithout any doubt, the most ridiculous fight my partner and I used to get into (on a fairly regular basis) was the what do you want for dinner debate. We would regularly argue about this, and even reach a point of saying Okay, I guess we wont eat dinner tonight. When framed in comparison to other problems in the world and in retrospect, this is definitely one of the most ridiculous classic couples arguments you can engage in. If youre not craving the same thing for dinner , you can simply whip up a variety or grab different takeout. The fact that we lived in NYC with limitless options makes this an even worse confession and perhaps more ridiculous.- Beverly, 30, New YorkThe Spicy Food FightIts very petty. It happened while I was pregnant. I was craving for spicy food, however, I was forbidden toeat spicy foodbecause it was acidic. I cried buckets, and I kept telling my husband how I felt so unloved. I guess he forgot I was pregnant, he got pissed off. He walked out. After five minutes, he went back saying, Honey, I think I forgot something. Youre pregnant. Dont listen to your hormones. And I was like, Oh yeah. Right.- Pratibha, 33, New YorkThe Pork Chop DisagreementNot too long ago, my husband and I got into a fight because I refused to cut up hispork chopsfor him. No joke. He was on his way home from work and called me on the way to ask me about dinner. When I told him Id made pork chops, he said, Oh good. Will you cut them up for me so I can eat them fast? My eyes nearly rolled into the back of my head. Normally, Im pretty accommodating, but cutting up a grown mans food for him while feeding, cleaning up after, etc., three kids was a bit much. I honestly figured he wouldnt mind that I didnt do it, but he was genuinely irritated. We fought for about 15 minutes and he spent the rest of the night giving me the silent treatment. Now, whenever he asks something thats coming close to the outrageous line, I ask him if he wants me to cut up his pork chops too.- Brianna, 28, IowaThe Cleaning ConundrumWe had a 3,000 square foot home at one point. I was off from work and school and decided to give the housean A-Z cleaning. From lawn work to to the kitchen sink. I began at 7 a.m. and finished at about 4 p.m. The very belastung thing I did was the lawn. I even cooked. I am very bad at cooking, but I wanted to surprise my then-girlfriend, now wife, when she got home at 530pm with an absolutely spotless home, manicured lawn, and a nice d inner. Since the grass was the last thing I did, I walked in, closed the door and left my boots in the foyer, in front of the main door, which were full of grass debris. No harm no foul. Around 530 p.m., I was in the kitchen waiting for her to walk in. She opened the door. The boots wouldnt allow her to get the door completely open and the shouting began. WHAT THE FUCK WHY ARE THESE BOOTS IN THE WAY? We argued for hours We didnt speak to each other for three days and on the fourth day, she realized how bad she reacted and apologized. It took three days but at least she said, thanks.- Henry, 46, MassachusettsThe Mysterious Phone Charger FightI had a drawer at my now-husbands apartment, and I saw a charger plugged into the wall. I didnt recognize it so I instantly was like, What the hell?Hes like Um, psycho, I bought you a charger for your work phone for the nights you sleep over.Were 15 years strong and my phone is totenstill never charged. - Marnie, 34, New JerseyThe Monopoly Deal B rawlMy partner and I love to spend time together by playing board games at cafes, so we decided one fateful evening to tackle MonopolyDeal. Were both naturally very competitive people, so the game, though it started lightheartedly, quickly became tense. I was on a small winning streak that flared my pride up a bit, so I began to tease him in between our turns. He got hurt, then I became upset, and we both threw the cards on the table to show that we were sick of playing with each other. For some reason this made me emotional, so I walked out, saying I didnt even want to eat dinner. When he followed me and asked, Really? I turned to him and said No, Im hungry, but you made me upset. So I guess we can eat. As soon as food entered our stomachs, the fight was long over. - Shiwon, 24, New YorkThe Font FiascoWe recently got into a fight over the font size of a printed promotional eintrag I was making for my business. We both prefer small font. But I was thinking of my target audience - s mall businesses owners, typically male between 55-65 years old - and I assumed a larger font size would be better for aging eyes. We didnt talk all night. The next morning settled on making the font size the average.- Sara, 28, North CarolinaA Recycling ReckoningI just got into an argument with my wife the other day about her not collapsing her Amazon delivery cardboard boxes before tossing them in the wiedergewinnung bin. By mid-week, the bins typically full, and I have to pull all of her boxes out, get out the box cutter, and flatten them all down so I can put more recycling in there. The way I solved it was by saying, Hey hon, I need your help collapsing the boxes in the bin so I can add morerecyclingto the can. She huffed, came down and grudgingly helped me collapse her boxes. Shes been collapsing them ever since.- Rick, 51, CaliforniaThe Mothers Day MomentThere was that one time I didnt get aMothers Day giftfor my first Mothers Day because my husband said Im not his mother. Our son was like, 10 months old, so obviously, my husband couldnt get to the store. He just didnt know that getting me the gift was his job. So he went to Albertsons and brought home a plant. I was really mad then, but now, its a great story.- Elizabeth, 48, TexasThe Laundry DisagreementYou need to stopfolding laundrylike that. It is funny how your wife telling you that you dont fold laundry well enough can turn into a full fledged argument, but that happened. My response was admittedly not the best, If you dont like how I fold laundry then you can start doing your own. Unfortunately her tone and criticism combined with my defensiveness led to a bigger issue. Our compromise Will this matter in five years?- Josh, 32, VirginiaThis article originally appeared on Fatherly.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people