Do you have friends with annoying habits?

@m_perez (506)
United States
July 26, 2010 12:44am CST
I have a friend that has the habit of always grabbing from my plate and eating it without even asking. It annoys me and i can't get her to stop.
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28 responses
@jdyrj777 (6530)
• United States
27 Jul 10
That would be annoying. Especially since i always save my best bites for last. What have you done to try to get her to stop? If you have asked her to stop and she dont you could always stick her hand with your fork. Lol!!! No kidding after a couple times that may make her stop.
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@jdyrj777 (6530)
• United States
27 Jul 10
Im glad to hear im not the only one that saves the best bites for last. Its a thing i started as a child to make sure i eat everything on my plate. I always thought the adults in my younger years caused me to have a complex of some sort. Havent you told your friend how annoying that is for her to take food from your plate?
@m_perez (506)
• United States
6 Aug 10
No I haven't told her that's it's annoying. I have told her though that it's not good manners to eat off someone's plate but I have only told her this when she eats off another person's plate.
@m_perez (506)
• United States
27 Jul 10
Lol!!Ok that's probably the best advice so far. I'll just stab her with my fork and make it seem like an accident. Eventually she'll know that I think it's really annoying and she'll stop. By the way I do the same..save my best bites for last. XP
@pogi253 (1586)
• Philippines
27 Jul 10
Yup i have a friend that has a turret disease, and it annoys me, i don't know if i spelled it correctly.
• United States
28 Jul 10
I think he's referring to Tourette Syndrome. It's characterized by physical tics (odd movements or twitches) and one or more verbal tics. It's an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder that usually starts in childhood. It can be very annoying and distracting, but these folks really can't help themselves.
@m_perez (506)
• United States
28 Jul 10
Oh I have heard of that..thanks for clearing it up for me :). Now I remember...I once watched on television people who have tourette syndrome and go about living their lives. pogi253 if your friend has that I really wouldn't consider it an annoying habit especially since he/she can't controll it.
@m_perez (506)
• United States
27 Jul 10
Turret disease? Hmm..yep i'm clueless.. I have never heard about that.If you could please explain to me what it is. :D
@alottodo (3056)
• Australia
28 Jul 10
Hey here is a good way to stop your friend doing that!...next time your friend is getting something of your plate... smack his/her hand hard.
@alottodo (3056)
• Australia
30 Jul 10
That will teach her...I really do not like people [any one] taking food out of my plate...if someone ask for a taste of what I have...then I would gladly share...it often happens when we are eating in a restaurant we taste each others food and that is fine...but we don't go around snatching others people food...that is rude!!!
@m_perez (506)
• United States
28 Jul 10
Someone suggested something close to that except their suggestion was a bit more cruel. Lol!! someone told me to stab her hand with my fork every time she reached for my plate.
@o0jopak0o (6394)
• Philippines
27 Jul 10
well its not really annoying but she had a habit of using the same word again and again in every sentence.
@o0jopak0o (6394)
• Philippines
30 Jul 10
we used to that with our high school teacher but with a word but with the way she pronounces some words, she sometimes end then with a "sss" like a sizzle sound. those that makes a boring lecture fun is alright to me
@m_perez (506)
• United States
28 Jul 10
Actually I think that's very annoying. One time in my english class a girl was trying to explain something. She used the word 'like' too many times. I actually started counting after a while. I counted the word 'like'..hmm..let's see if I remember..about 29. It was hilarious. I turned to other people to see if they noticed and of course..they signaled me that they did. Nobody understood what point she was trying to make especially with the same word coming up every five words or so. XD
@T_Diamond (965)
• New Zealand
26 Jul 10
haha, sounds like you'll be needing a second plate! I guess I'm lucky most of my friends are close to being "human"
@m_perez (506)
• United States
27 Jul 10
Lucky you. I'm sure though that one day you'll have to deal with someone that has a bad habbit. I think everyone has a bad habbit..maybe they just don't notice it. Well I'm also lucky that I have some decent friends. Oh by the way I Love your avatar..I always did love penguins!
• New Zealand
28 Jul 10
haha, thank you.
@GDTimothy (446)
• United States
27 Jul 10
Doesn't everybody have friends with annoying habits? LOL! But seriously, yes, I have one friend who regularly cooks dinner for his wife and me outside on his charcoal barbecue grill, and he always licks off the basting brush before putting it back into the basting sauce. And then he uses that same brush to baste the meat with again. Now, I think any germs transmitted this way would probably be killed by the heat of the cooking process, but it is simply disgusting. I even told him once that I preferred not to eat his cooked saliva, but it's too ingrained in him to stop apparently! :-(
• United States
28 Jul 10
The thing is, I said that to him in front of his wife and she never said a word. Apparently it doesn't bother her. But I did have a bit of vicarious revenge one day when his grown son happened to be visiting and told him it was disgusting and refused to eat. But like I said, apparently old habits die hard, and he just can't keep himself from doing it.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
27 Jul 10
Hi, m_perez. This sounds very annoying. I don't think that I would like for my friend to do this to me either. I don't like it when this girl that I used to call on the telephone would ask me, "So What's new?". This would really annoy me. I would not say anything to her but it got on my nerves. It is like, she is eager to hear what is new that I have to tell her that is going on in my life. That is why, I have not talked to her in over a year as of now. It is like, she is being very nosy and I don't really like nosy people.
@m_perez (506)
• United States
28 Jul 10
I feel for you...I don't like nosy people at all. It's like they don't have a life of their own or just like to talk about gossip. I really don't like telling people about personal things in my life especially if it's constant. Well the way you talked about her seemed like you never saw her as a friend since you referred to her as 'this girl'. But if she is your friend try to fix it and if she isn't just let it be.(well i'm sure you alredy did that since you havent talked to her in over a year) Anyways have a nice day... :D
@RachelleNH (1396)
• United States
27 Jul 10
Wow, don't know anyone that does that..that's a problem. I only have one close friend that has made it a habit to complain about her hubby all the time-the rest are pretty distant.
@m_perez (506)
• United States
6 Aug 10
you sure are lucky that you don't have to deal with that. Complaining can sometimes get annoying though.
@jonnifc (1017)
• Philippines
27 Jul 10
I have a friend who is so demanding of my time and attention. She always wants me to include her in my plans, like when I plan to go to the mall or eat out or watch a movie. She will definitely get mad if I don't ask her to come with me. Also, she wants to know any news about me. I understand that because I also want to know about what's new with her. But she gets mad if I don't tell her immediately then she says that maybe I don't want to be friends with her anymore since I tell other people first about what goes on with me. Sometimes I feel so trapped with her. She's so caught up with the title of "best friend". Sometimes I just want to "break up" with her. =(
@m_perez (506)
• United States
30 Jul 10
Well maybe she's lacking attention from other people and so she seeks it from you. She probably wants to keep you as her best friend so she always tries to hang out with you or talk to you about personal things. I don't think you should just break it of with her..it would hurt her feelings. Instead you should confront her about. I know how it feels to have your space crowded by a person and it's very annoying. I don't have trouble telling a person to give me some space. They understand maybe she will too. If she doesn't well just hope for the best. Good luck on trying to solve that situation. :)
27 Jul 10
I get annoyed when a certain friend bosses me around and tries to ask me to get things for her without thinking that I'm older than her and much longer in the job. I've had enough when she tried to tell me to get things for her in front of other people as if she was the boss. I did not confront her so the next time she told me to do something, what I did was I just ignored her and pretend not to hear what she's saying, it went on for a couple of times until she got it to her head that I won't be her slave.
@Skade24 (750)
• Romania
28 Jul 10
I have a girl buddy/friend that always, keeps on annoying me to go out with her, and sometimes i don`t have the necessary mood for going out, but she still insists, and i tell her to stop, and sometimes i yell at her to leave me alone, and then she gets upset.
@m_perez (506)
• United States
28 Jul 10
Doesn't she have others friends who can go out with her or does she just love to go with you instead. Hmmm..well I would probably just make up some really good excuses but I don't think that would work. Your friend seems really persistent. Well I hope you really find a way to stop this.
@rjkmrr (172)
• India
27 Jul 10
Ah! It is a habit of true friend. We don't ask permission from our true friend. They know our good nature and they feel free to do that.
@m_perez (506)
• United States
6 Aug 10
Well she is a true friend I will say that much. I just am those kind of people who get really bothered when no one asks permission for something and also I'm the kind of person who let's it happen.
@bokal2703 (802)
• Philippines
27 Jul 10
I have a friend who bites her fingernails when she is nervous. I always caution her whenever I see her doing that because it looks annoying especially at her age. Some said that annoying habits are caused by trauma at childhood or any bad experience, and those habits are being used to adapt to the situation. Another friend of mine always coughed out whenever he felt full after a meal...that can be annoying too especially when we are dining in a restaurant...
@m_perez (506)
• United States
30 Jul 10
Well I used to have the habit of biting my fingernails all the time. Luckily I finally broke that habbit. I just clip my fingernails very often so as to avoid biting them in public. You can't bite something that's not there :p . You should tell her to do the same hopefully soon she'll leave that habit. I have also heard that habits are caused because of childhood experiences or past situations. I think it's very true and I always try to trace my bad habits to see how I got them.
• India
27 Jul 10
when I was young I do had a friend with a bad character. she was really naughty. she used to steal my pens, pencil in school.I don't have habit to fight but my friends used to fight for a small things also and she was very weak in studies and she used to take my books. one day she took my book and didn't return back. My teacher scold me very much.
@m_perez (506)
• United States
6 Aug 10
I really hate it when I get in trouble for someones bad deeds. Really I don't know how you used to put up with it. I mean pens and pencils are nothing but steeling is a whole other issue especially if it's with a friend. Still though I don't think I should judge her like that because she was young. Let's face it some of us to bad things when we're young.
@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
27 Jul 10
Hi, Feel sad for you having such an annoying friend. Do you ever explain to her to be more polite in future? If I were you, I might tell her nicely to be more polite. If she want to eat,she can get her own place and not taking other people's plate. It is a kinda of courtesy. By the way,how old is your friend? Even a small kid,after being trained and disciplined,even know what is right and wrong. You have to stay firm to her, to help your friend get rid of this bad habit.
@m_perez (506)
• United States
27 Jul 10
Well my friend is 17..she's almost 18 so she should know good manners. But unlucky for me she doesn't. When she grabs from another persons plate, I actually tell her that it's very rude and she should stop doing it. Although she takes it as a joke and continues to eat away.
@sach143_u (859)
• India
26 Jul 10
Its nice to have annoying friends, i like them a lot. Yup i am also having a friend who always do the samething, he will grab my eatable items and even if we go out there also he won't leave me alone and he use to do so many mischievious things but i won't get angry rather than at i feel happy on that moment.
@m_perez (506)
• United States
27 Jul 10
I wish I could be like you. Being able to ignore annoying things and just enjoying everything and everyone. Not being able to get angry(this has gotten me into alot of trouble). Your so lucky to be a person like that. D:
@darylT (85)
• Philippines
26 Jul 10
i don't have friends who eat from my plate since i only put a small amount of food on it. but i have a friend who's annoying because she always expects me to pay for our food when we eat out.
@m_perez (506)
• United States
27 Jul 10
Well why don't you just tell your friend that your broke and can't pay for her food too. Works for me.
@iquincy (15)
• Philippines
26 Jul 10
we have same friends habit... :D even with that annoying habits they have we still blessed of having them...even they eat and grab our food, sometimes they still left a little for us ... things funny.. Even they have that habit that makes me annoy I still treasured them :D they are my friends...
@m_perez (506)
• United States
27 Jul 10
Ya your right she is my best friend and although she eats away my food, I could never be mad at her. I've known her for about hmm.. let's see about seven years. I guess she thinks it's ok because I used to always share with her when we were younger and now she thinks she doesn't have to ask my permission...she probably thinks I'll say yes anyway. It's true though because I'm a big push over when it comes to my friends . XP
• Mauritius
26 Jul 10
you are lucky that he/she only eat from your plate,i have a friend who talk and talk and talk.at times i want to ask her to shut up.but i can't be rude,think this is friendship.acept the person accept how he is. :)
@m_perez (506)
• United States
27 Jul 10
I actually also have a friend like that and I don't mind if she talks alot. The only time I do mind is when I'm having a bad day or I'm really tired, and when I just want to relax. But she's still fun to hang around with..although sometimes I think she gets a little too crazy with the talking. Without friends like that, life would be kind of boring..I guess. :p
• India
26 Jul 10
Yes I have friends with annoying habits. I hate when they yawn while having food. It's a bad omen and despite telling him so many times, he still does the same thing.
@m_perez (506)
• United States
27 Jul 10
XD That just reminded me of the most hilarious story ever. Well it wasn't too funny because my friend went through quite a bit of pain. Anyways I'll tell you the story. It was like 5 years ago my friend and I were eating outside on some table. She was talking with her mouth full. I was just watching in disgust. Then she yawned and out of nowhere a bee flew into her mouth and stung her tongue. Well I guess this story isn't too funny because then she started to cry but at least she learned her lesson. It was nature's way of helping me out.