My pet peave

The kids and I were talking about who knows what the other day and Ty asked me, "Is that your puppy dog thing?"  What?  I began searching around in my mind for what he had meant.  "MamA, you know, things that annoy you a lot... your puppy dog thing?"

---So, Fumino Mercy and I were talking while making dinner the other day and something came up about men's hairy necks.  That's normal dinner prep. convo., no?  And I said that it was my pet peave and then went on to explain to her what that phrase meant.---

Obviously Ty had been listening... well, kind of!