Hilariously Unfortunate Moments When Someone Thought, “I Didn’t Know I Married A Monster”

June Steele | July 7, 2025 10:00 pm

Living together uncovers aspects of someone you never noticed before, even if you believed you knew them completely. It's in their personal space that their true habits come to light.

You might discover your girlfriend is obsessed with keeping everything spotless, vacuuming twice a week, or that your husband doesn’t hesitate to toss every kind of pasta into one container without a second thought.

Stocking Up

wife who doesnt check stock before buying groceries so she keeps buying things they already have
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Unlike most people, this man married someone who loves going grocery shopping without ever checking what's already at home first.

As a result, his wife frequently buys items they don’t actually need, leaving their pantry looking more like a doomsday prepper’s stash than a typical household.

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Always Check The Oven Before Preheating

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melted cutting boards in oven because husband didn't look before turning it on
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His wife often uses the oven as extra storage, keeping things like their plastic cutting boards inside.

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Unfortunately, the husband sometimes forgets to check the oven before turning it on to preheat.

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That Was Her Favorite Knife...

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husband used wife's favorite knife as a gardening tool
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Not only did this husband make the big mistake of using his wife's favorite kitchen knife for gardening, but he also broke that beloved knife on a cactus.

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Hold on—is that a fork stuck in there too? What on earth was he trying to do? Eat the cactus, maybe?

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His Wife Said It Was An "Empty" Jar

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wife claiming peanut buter jar is empty so she was throwing it out but there's still tons left in the jar
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Peanut butter isn't exactly a cheap staple.

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This man’s wife wanted to toss out this jar, claiming it was empty—but we can clearly see there’s still at least a dollar or two worth of peanut butter left inside.

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Leave It For Someone Else To Clean

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stove burner with baked on food and dirt
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It's obvious that whoever lives here isn’t much of a cook and could use some adult supervision in the kitchen.

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To make matters worse, they didn’t even bother cleaning up the mess they left behind.

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We Don't Have The Energy To Tolerate This

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roommate through out energy drinks of another housemate because they were unhealthy
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Anyone who's ever lived with others knows the unspoken rule: don’t touch food that isn’t yours.

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If we came home to discover our roommates had thrown away our food or drinks just because they deemed them unhealthy, there’d definitely be an uprising.

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All The Marshmallows Are Gone

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count chocula box where wife ate all of the marshmallows
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This guy is stuck without marshmallows after his wife picked every single one from the family-sized box of Count Chocula.

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You'd expect all those marshmallows to send her into a sugar coma, but somehow, she’s still going strong.

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What Was The Goal Here?

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husband took bite out of every donut
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The only situation where this behavior might be justified is if every donut in the box was a different flavor and they were trying to taste them all.

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But since there are clearly duplicates here, no excuse applies. Plus, there's always a knife that could have easily sorted this out.

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A Loose Piece Of Steak To Entice You

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husband put piece of cooked steak unwrapped in the refridgerator
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The guy—who might as well be a caveman—living here thinks it's okay to just toss loose steak pieces straight into the fridge.

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Sure, using a plate would be better, but some Tupperware would’ve been the real way to go.

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Taking A Bite Out Of The Butter

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dad who bites the butter
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This picture raises quite a few questions, but the biggest one is: why does your dad take bites straight out of the butter stick and then put it back in the fridge?

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And just as important—does eating raw butter even taste good?

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Maybe This Is Why Your House Is Cold

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wife complains the house is cold but also blocks the vent with swiffer, with couch, with gloves
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A common gripe in this household is that the heating system isn't working well or that his wife is always cold.

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After looking into it, the real reason for the chill turns out to be that his wife keeps blocking the vent with things like a Swiffer broom, winter gloves, or even the couch.

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He Thinks Taking The Plastic Off Would Make It Worse

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melted plastic on side of computer because husband refuses to peel it off
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The owner of this disaster claims that removing the plastic would cause scratches and turn the case into an "eyesore"—as if the melted plastic covering it now isn't already one.

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Seriously, just peel it off, man. It’s not like you’re going to tank its resale value.

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So Now It's Just Open In The Fridge All The Time

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dole juice carton with ripped open flap instead of using pour cap
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This guy grabbed the juice carton from the fridge, noticed the clear twist-off cap, and immediately thought, "Nope, that's not going to cut it for me."

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He probably sensed something was wrong when he ripped it open—but he went ahead anyway.

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Something Doesn't Add Up

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jars in kitchen that are labelled but have wrong items in them
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In this household, it seems the labels on the containers don't matter at all. The sugar jar holds tea, the tea jar is full of sugar, and the coffee ends up tasting surprisingly salty.

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If you’re just going to ignore the labels, why bother buying labeled containers in the first place?

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Your Days Are Numbered

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whiteboard counter on fridge for how many days dirty pan has been sitting on the stove
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When you share a home with someone who constantly leaves messes behind, eventually you hit your limit.

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The resident of this house has clearly reached that moment and is now caught in a tense standoff with a stove covered in dirty dishes.

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Trying To Avoid Slicing The Pepperonis

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boyfriend cuts pizza in weird shapes to avoid cutting pepperoni pieces
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This woman's boyfriend always cuts his pizza into strange-shaped pieces because he likes to avoid cutting through any of the pepperonis, which leaves them with pizza pieces that are rectangular.

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This is the kind of thing you need to find out before you move in together. I'm not saying it'd be a dealbreaker, but it is certainly worth thinking about.

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Apparently, She Doesn't Like The Edges

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sister cut brownie from the center of the pan
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We get it—sometimes the edges of a brownie can get a little too crispy while baking.

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But instead of cutting off the hard edge, she went ahead and ruined the entire pan.

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Comfort For One

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memory foam on only husband's side of the bed
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Imagine walking into your bedroom and finding that your husband bought a memory foam mattress topper—but only for his side of the bed.

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What do you do in that situation? Do you make him take it back and get a full-sized one, or do you just accept the eternal struggle of sleeping next to a random 3-inch thick foam piece?

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She's Not His Better Half

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wife left husband half a kitkat but she bit into it without breaking the pieces apart properly
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His "better" half, also known as his wife, left him half a Kit Kat in the wrapper for him to enjoy.

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It's hard to enjoy it, though, when it comes with the knowledge that your wife doesn't know how to properly eat a Kit Kat.

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A Strange Habit To Have

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cereal pieces left in the sink drain
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"Every time my boyfriend eats cereal, he eats until there's only a few left floating in the milk, then he pours that out into the sink and leaves it there for me to clean up."

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Collect the cereal pieces and leave them in his shoes. He'll never leave them in the sink again.

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It Takes Two Seconds To Change

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new roll of toilet paper resting on empty one
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You're already sitting right there!

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It takes two seconds and a very minimal amount of effort to switch out the empty roll of toilet paper for the new roll before you leave the bathroom.

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Saving The Ice Cream For Later

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mom eats outer layer of chocolate from ice cream bar then puts it back in freezer
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For some unknown reason, the lady of this house likes to eat the outside layer of chocolate off an ice cream bar first.

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The problem is, though, rather than eating the rest of the ice cream bar, she puts it back in the freezer?

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That's Not The Pattern Of The Sink

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boyfriend leaves shaving remnants all over bathroom sink
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From a distance, it looks like these people have a speckled pattern going on for the porcelain of their sink.

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Unfortunately, though, that's not part of the pattern. The sink is covered in pieces of hair—the remnants of her husband shaving over the sink.

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Her Husband Claimed He Was "Helping"

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husband put all types of pasta into the same jar
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The man who was guilty of this treasonous behavior says that he thought it was the most efficient use of space to put all pasta into one container in the cupboard.

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However, now you have to spend extra time trying to pick out the pieces of spaghetti and separating them from the penne or rotini, so we'd like to question that efficiency.

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Bags On Bags On Bags

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girlfriend puts groceries away still in the plastic bags
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Every time his wife "puts away" the groceries, she just takes them directly from the car to the cupboard or the fridge.

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For some reason, no one ever taught her that you're supposed to take the food out of the plastic bags first.

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It's Clear Who The Clean One In The Relationship Is

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boyfriend's clean toothpaste tube compared to girlfriend's messy tube
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If you really want to get to know someone or learn what type of person they are, take a look at their tube of toothpaste.

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The man who took this photo wanted the validation that his girlfriend is abusing her toothpaste tube, and he got that reassurance.

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How Does This Even Happen?

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girlfriend eating gets food all over the table
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If this much of their food is ending up on the kitchen table, how much of it is actually making it to their mouth?

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We're willing to bet part of that meal ended up on the floor too.

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They Never Clean The Remote

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close up shot of dirty remote control
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What do you have to be doing to your remote control to allow it to get this dirty?

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Are they dipping it into the chip bag, or do they just have a particularly dusty living room?

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There's No Way The Dishes Get Cleaned

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wife loaded dishwasher incorrectly, piling everything on top of each other
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If there's one thing that you're guaranteed to learn after you get married, it's that there is a right way and a wrong way to load the dishwasher.

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This wife has not yet learned the lesson, though, and her husband is left to deal with the packed dishwasher.

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It's Not Milk

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laundry detergent in milk
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This person's girlfriend likes to store laundry detergent in recycled milk containers, and the liquid happens to look suspiciously like milk.

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The only saving grace is that we'd hope someone would know enough to not drink a jug of milk that was warm and sitting on top of the washing machine.

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