by Maggie West

Created on: November 13, 2008   Last Updated: December 26, 2008

Ever notice how annoying our husbands or boyfriends can be by leaving the toothpaste spilling onto the bathroom sink? Why can't they put the cap back on the darn thing? What about toothpaste spit everywhere? How revolting. Hair shavings stuck to the hand soap, the faucet, the tissue box, and glass containers of Q-tips and cotton balls are enough to make us start pulling our hair out. Don't even get me going on the toilet seat issue.

And men, how irritating is the presence of a pair of nylons hanging on the shower rod, left in the sink soaking, or spread over the door. How many times has a dull razor nicked a piece of skin off during a rushed morning shave because it's been used to shave armpits and legs? Ouch! Tampons remnants all over the bathroom. Cosmetics and hair products overcrowding every nook and cranny where ample space is provided in order to store each partner's personal items. A woman takes up every inch of space and leaves no room for manly toiletries. It's exasperating, isn't it?

Cracking knuckles, farting, burping, picking feet, clipping toenails in the living room, over shopping, spending too much time with friends, working long days and weeks, clothes strewn all over the house, playing video games all night, or too much time vegging out in front of the television; how many annoyances can one come up with? Quite a few, I imagine.

I often hear that men can be the most self-centered creatures on earth and women are excessively neurotic or evil aliens; pick one.

Life's sick joke on us all is that these two species are brought together as one for a lifetime of misery: For example, through love, sex, and marriage. Men don't understand women, women don't understand men; it's one hell of a vicious cycle.

The irony ...

During my conversations with people who have lost their girlfriends, boyfriends, husbands, or wives, it is these annoyances that are missed the most. They want to be irritated again. They miss being infuriated.

Why?

I have a pretty good guess. Wanna hear it? Did I hear a "no" in the crowd?

Awww, oh well, I'll speak regardless of what others think; those who know me can attest to that. I have no problem giving my two-cents worth even when it's unwanted.

To this day, "Love is blind," is one of the most notable quotes. But why stop here? I believe love renders us deaf, dumb, and blind. We hear what we want to hear, not what the other person is saying. We see what we want to see, not what is right in front of our eyes. We lose our knowledge and common

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