Things our partners are doing in lockdown that are driving us up the wall

Lockdown tends to suspend people in a heightened state of being — and for those stuck between four walls with their significant other, it appears the additional "quality time" isn't without its perils.

As a fresh wave of isolation sweeps states across Australia, so too has a fresh hell for new, old and casual couples sharing a far too intimate space together.

In the interest of feeling less alone, 9Honey asked a few (anonymous) couples what their partners did that was driving them wild — and not in the good way — during lockdown.

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"My partner just wants to have sex all the time, to the point where it's gotten unbearable," shared one person.

"He's great in bed, but even I've lost the will to orgasm at this rate."

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A few respondents found newly-formed "cleaning habits" to be a point of contention in the home.

"[My husband has] a sudden cleaning obsession - not the productive kind, but the 'there's a crumb on the floor and I can't deal' kind," said one aggrieved person.

"Turning the dishwasher off mid-cycle to get something out and not turning it back on again, so when you go to empty it at the end of the day, it's still stuck on mid-cycle!" shared another.

Many others had noise complaints about their loved ones.

"Eating too LOUDLY, talking too LOUDLY on calls," said one person.

"Breathing too loudly," added another.

"I got in trouble for boiling the kettle because it was too loud," claimed a third.

A fourth noted, "My boyfriend is working from home for the first time all COVID with me and honestly, the fact that I can hear his music over his headphones, I'm about ready to yell at him."

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"My partner has been eating all of my chocolate," shared one person.

"They're policing my snacks," commented another.

Last year's lockdown provided some less-than-glimmering insights into the impact of isolation on relationships.

British law firm Stewarts logged a 122 per cent increase in divorce enquiries between July and October compared with the same period last year and in the US, a 34 per cent rise in the sales of basic divorce agreement contracts were documented.

Fortunately, some annoying habits merely get "amplified" when you throw too much quality time into the mix.

"My partner plays and flips his phone around and I got the s--ts and put it in the cupboard. I also yelled at him for having cold hands," shared one woman.

"My husband has this presumption that working from home means not really working. 'You're off today, aren't you?'" said another.

And one person had a particularly specific gripe with their significant other: "They annoy me by not existing."

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