Many people throw themselves into new hobbies with enthusiasm and passion, but sometimes those hobbies can become a source of irritation for those around them. That’s exactly what happened to Reddit user u/Icy-Shelter9897, who became frustrated with his wife’s latest hobby. Unsure if it was wrong to voice his anger, he turned to Reddit for advice.
“Recently my wife started ‘fridgescaping.’ I guess it’s a new trend because I had never heard of it before,” the post began. “She started decorating our fridge and it really got on my nerves. Like she would put flowers in vases in the fridge in front of the groceries so you had to move things around just to get to the food,” the man explained. “She would put all of our groceries in fancy baskets, jars and things like that. I know that sounds absurd but if you just search for ‘fridgescaping’ you’ll know what I mean.” The man didn’t mind too much at first because he doesn’t use the fridge much or cook much anyway.
But soon the wife became too picky about the fridge and started decorating it more. “This makes the fridge look very uncomfortable to me. She gets angry if I take something out of the fridge and don’t put it back properly,” the husband said. “She always takes it as a personal insult and acts like I did something to hurt her on purpose, even though that’s not the case. I just find it unnecessary to have such a well-organized fridge.” He further mentioned that it used to take him 30 seconds to take something out of the fridge, but since his wife designed the fridge this way, it has become much more difficult. “Last weekend she confronted me after I took some leftover food out of the fridge and left it in what she thought was a ‘disarray,'” the husband said.
“I explained to her that I think the hobby is stupid and that she can decorate other things, it doesn’t necessarily have to be the fridge. It gets in the way when I want to eat quickly, when I come home from work hungry and tired and want to eat something quickly, it’s frustrating,” the husband noted. “I also talked to my son about it and he finds it annoying, which I also told her. She didn’t argue after that and removed all the decorations from the fridge, which I must admit was a relief.” However, the woman acted distant towards her husband afterward, leaving him to wonder if it was wrong to tell his wife that he hated her hobby. People in the comments section were divided on the matter.
u/Kavanaugh82 wrote, “I love being able to pull out my cheese basket or charcuterie basket without having to move a bunch of stuff one at a time. My wife has used the baskets but not the floral arrangements. She asked me what I thought and I told her since she’s the one standing in it most of the time, I’d go with what works for her.”
u/Kami_Sang commented, “I love an organized space, but a fridge is still a functional, frequently used space. Sometimes you just need to quickly take something out or put something in the fridge wherever you see space. Fridge decor sucks for me, but I use all the fridge bins. No one in my house can keep that up, so if I’m being honest, a completely organized fridge, which I really like, is very high maintenance and with busy working adults and active kids, that’s not going to happen.” u/Bubbly-Evening-9900 expressed, “I actually had to google to know what this is about. Only someone with a lot of free time can keep that up. I need to have access to my groceries and that’s all. I’d probably ruin the whole decor in two days.”
