My Top 10 Pet Peeeves

I can't stand it when... (remember: every sentence, except for the last, starts with "I can't stand it when...")
1...people chew loud (I will stay calm and not say anything for some time, hoping the person will get the hint (from the expression of my face, of course), but when the person keep chewing like a cow, I will turn ballistic on the poor soul).
2...companies list both their email and phone # on their contact page, and when you email them a loooooong letter with all your questions they reply and say, please call and give their phone number!!!! (Ugh!!!!!!!!! That company just lost my business. PERIOD. I got your email from the same page as your phone number. Why list the email address if you don't use it??? If I wanted to call I would have called, not emailed. HELLO!!! I am not blind, I just don't like being on the phone!!!)
3...friends are jealous of their friends having other friends! I did not marry you, I am allowed to have more than one friend.
4... friends compete with each other. I don't know about other people but I personally can't be friends with someone who constantly competes with me or makes me want to compete with them. Friendship is all about comfort. If I know we are competing I can never be open with you.
5...moms who think that they are specialists in childbirth just because they have kids to show for it. (If you have conducted enough research you know that every pregnancy and every childbirth is different and yours is not the only way. Teachers who teach childbirth classes report that first-time moms do best in class because they are more curious and pay more attention as opposed to 2+-moms who consider themselves experts in the matter. I wrote this one because some moms ask me about my childbirth plans and before I can utter a sentence, they jump in, interrupt me and say that I am wrong to think in this or that way (just because it differs from their experience). Read some books, do some research, watch some documentaires, take some classes people!!!!!!). As you can tell, this is a new pet peeve, lol.
6...people don't return their phone calls. (You didn't pick up, you're busy, I get it! You couldn't call that same day because you were tired after work/school/whatever, I get it! You don't return my call at all, ok, I'll let this one go. This repeats over and over again (without valid reason)...I won't pick up your phone calls any more. So don't act all surprised when I miss your calls over and over again. This surprise probably irritates me the most.
7...you argue with someone and to prove their point they bring up a fact from your life/personality/history that was told to them in confidence and when you were feeling most vulnerable. This is more than a pet peeve, I think. Do this to someone, and they will never look at you the same.
8...the following happens. You are extremely close with someone, you talk to each other any way you want: you can jokingly curse at each other, be rude to each other, basically act at ease with each other as if you were sisters/brothers/whatever, and then that person talks to you in that same way when there are other people around. And then when you're hurt (for a reason), they act as if they didn't do anything wrong, and your sensitivity is to blame.
9...someone donates to a charity or does good stuff for other people and others say, "Oh, he/she does that for tax return purposes". Ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am not even going to get into this one. It is just too frustrating. (I mostly hear people saying this about my idol: Oprah, and it irritates me SO!!!!!) I hope you, the reader, are not one of those people. However if you are, comment below if you want to argue with me about this. I guarantee you an interesting argument!
10. Racists, ageists, sexists, other -ists, in short bigots, are my biggest pet peeves! I think everyone who knows me knows how strongly I despise bigotry!!!
The points are not in any particular order. They are not the only pet peeves I have either! I didn't plan this blog post. I just went with the flow and wrote whatever came to mind. Comment below if you would like to read more "top 10...." posts in my blog. Until then my loves!!!