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Post by 950nancy on Oct 6, 2024 1:01:49 GMT
I would say for 99% of it. When we have a holiday meal, he doesn't always know where a few things go.
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Post by gar on Oct 6, 2024 8:22:57 GMT
The thing that annoys me most is when they mess up my very meticulously organised Tupperware / plastic container drawer. I have a lot of plastic containers that take up a whole big drawer. I stack similar sized and shaped containers inside each other. There are three tubs inside the drawer - one for big lids, one for medium lids, and one for small lids. Whenever DSO or DS unpacks the dishwasher, they just throw stuff in there willy nilly, which of course makes it hard to find anything and also takes up more room than my neatly stacking method. I started telling them to leave that stuff on the sink and I would put it away. But I'm not a fan of weaponised incompetence. They also always complain that they can never find a lid for whatever container they want. The only reason that would be true is if they didn't put the lid back in one of the tubs. The last time I cleaned out the drawer, I only put containers and their matching lids in there. Anything that was missing a lid, or a lid with no container, did not get put in the drawer. I am going to clean out that drawer again today, and if either of them complain about not being able to find a lid, I will slap a big lid from the big lid tub either side of their heads!  Could you pop over and sort out my plastic containers...pretty please? It doesn't help that the cupboard is right next to the dishwasher, in the corner so when the dishwasher is open it's nt easy to get into that cupboard and its swing out shelving. Consequently I bung them in as best I can or they get left on the worksurface for ages  |
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Post by gillyp on Oct 6, 2024 9:23:49 GMT
If it's everyday crockery and cutlery he knows where it goes but he has no clue in relation to anything else and I spend quite some time staring at a cupboard or drawer and asking myself where the item is likely to be if it were put away by someone with no clue. I agree though, it's not worth the effort of complaining about it, I'm happier to have the dishwasher emptied and filled, which he shares with me, so I will accept something out of place without saying a word.
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hannahruth
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Post by hannahruth on Oct 6, 2024 15:10:37 GMT
DH hardly knows where the kitchen is let alone where things are kept in there😳
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Anita
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Post by Anita on Oct 6, 2024 19:57:15 GMT
Yes. The kitchen is his domain. He does the majority of the cooking. I bake, but he cooks.
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Post by finsup on Oct 6, 2024 20:18:01 GMT
It’s a damn scavenger hunt for me every day in my kitchen.
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Post by bc2ca on Oct 6, 2024 20:43:09 GMT
In the last year or so DH has been making healthy muffins once a week, usually on a Sunday morning. He quickly learned where the measuring spoons/cups and muffin pan were but has set up his own supply of ingredients. He did learn that if he leaves them sitting out on the counter too long, I put them away where they belong in the family storage. Then I hear "where is my cinnamon", etc., the next week. I had no idea he'd set up his own baking ingredient center.  |
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Gennifer
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Post by Gennifer on Oct 6, 2024 20:44:54 GMT
Yes. (He does unload the dishwasher more often than me, but I cook more, so it all evens out.)
I couldn’t handle weaponized incompetence.
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Post by AussieMeg on Oct 6, 2024 21:30:49 GMT
Could you pop over and sort out my plastic containers...pretty please? It doesn't help that the cupboard is right next to the dishwasher, in the corner so when the dishwasher is open it's nt easy to get into that cupboard and its swing out shelving. Consequently I bung them in as best I can or they get left on the worksurface for ages The number of times I threw a hissy fit when I was trying to find a container, and I'd reach into that pesky corner cupboard next to the dishwasher, and everything would tumble out..... ugh! That's why my number one requirement when we renovated our kitchen was to have as many drawers as possible, in place of cupboards. I still have a pesky corner cupboard near the dishwasher, but I bung other things in there now, and the containers are all in a big drawer. I think it saved my sanity, to be honest! |
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Post by gar on Oct 6, 2024 21:36:45 GMT
Could you pop over and sort out my plastic containers...pretty please? It doesn't help that the cupboard is right next to the dishwasher, in the corner so when the dishwasher is open it's nt easy to get into that cupboard and its swing out shelving. Consequently I bung them in as best I can or they get left on the worksurface for ages The number of times I threw a hissy fit when I was trying to find a container, and I'd reach into that pesky corner cupboard next to the dishwasher, and everything would tumble out..... ugh! That's why my number one requirement when we renovated our kitchen was to have as many drawers as possible, in place of cupboards. I still have a pesky corner cupboard near the dishwasher, but I bung other things in there now, and the containers are all in a big drawer. I think it saved my sanity, to be honest! I believe you! Whenever we move/re-do the kitchen or whatever, I know drawers are the way to go! 😊 |
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Post by melanell on Oct 7, 2024 0:16:28 GMT
Just today I had to ask DH where something was in the kitchen!  |
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Post by Merge on Oct 7, 2024 0:19:22 GMT
Generally, yes. He will sometimes ask about a piece of equipment that isn't used very often.
And ladies, I will say that the reverse of expecting him to know where stuff is in the kitchen is that we should know where basic tools, DIY supplies, and lawn equipment is kept.
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Post by melanell on Oct 7, 2024 2:03:13 GMT
Generally, yes. He will sometimes ask about a piece of equipment that isn't used very often. And ladies, I will say that the reverse of expecting him to know where stuff is in the kitchen is that we should know where basic tools, DIY supplies, and lawn equipment is kept. I know the tools are mostly in the basement, and I also know I avoid going down there unless it's an absolute necessity. Maybe I need a basic toolbox to keep on the main floor just for myself.  |
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Post by jlynnbarth on Oct 7, 2024 3:13:44 GMT
My dh knows where the basics are/go. The one two things he asks for the most a platter and the bbq tongs?  Nope. Never remembers where they are/go. Pots/pans and baking sheets he will dry and leave on the counter for me to put away. Not sure his aversion to putting those away. He has no problem pulling them out. I have my own neat and tidy tool box. His tools are all “out” on his workbench in the shop and garage. Drives me batty. He can never find what he’s looking for. Always blames someone else “did ds or dd take my Phillips head screw driver when they were here”? Ummm dude… they live out of state and haven’t been here in a year!!! Fix yourself!!! 🤣🤣 |
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Post by Basket1lady on Oct 7, 2024 5:27:19 GMT
DH knows where nothing belongs. We’ve lived in 18 houses in our marriage, but things are almost always grouped together the same from house to house. We live for months in a new house with tape on the cupboards with “plates” or “silverware” written on them so that DH can find things. When he unloads the dishwasher, he just leaves the puzzling items out on the counter for me to put away. Early on in our marriage, his mom reorganized my kitchen when I was at work one day and they were visiting us. I still rant about it sometimes!
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Post by gar on Oct 7, 2024 7:24:29 GMT
Early on in our marriage, his mom reorganized my kitchen when I was at work one day and they were visiting us. I still rant about it sometimes!  |
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Post by scrappinsportzmom on Oct 7, 2024 10:51:46 GMT
We have 2 adult daughters and one day they were both at the house for dinner. We have lived in the same house since 1987.
This is a funny question because my husband asked if we had any brown grocery sacks. I said yes they are in the kitchen. He asked … where??
My girls and I looked at each other like … did he really just ask where? I told him under the sink on the left side. My older DD said “dad! That’s where she always keeps them!” I had to add in that for 30 years I have kept them there. And yet he still didn’t know where they were. Anyway… it was a good laugh for all of us.
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Post by cakediva on Oct 7, 2024 18:04:29 GMT
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Post by scrapmaven on Oct 8, 2024 1:50:23 GMT
My husband has great spatial relations and I do not. So, he arranged the entire kitchen.
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Post by lg on Oct 8, 2024 13:16:30 GMT
I got in trouble the other day for putting the crackers up a container in the stack (instead of being in the middle they were on top.) I did this as I noticed we were eating a lot of crackers and wanted to make them easier to reach (we go through phases of favourite snacks).
I got in trouble for them being in the wrong place… me… the label making, minimalist queen, everything in special order/size Tupperware containers pantry diva.
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Post by wordyphotogbabe on Oct 8, 2024 15:09:18 GMT
This is my husband's biggest pet peeve! He really cares where things go in the kitchen, and everyone else in the house... really doesn't. We had to switch my oldest off washing dishes because they didn't always put things back where they went (even if they had for weeks on end) and/or started putting things in other random places and it was driving my husband up the wall. My husband is the tidiest (and the only one without ADHD) so he has a place for everything in the common areas and the rest of us try our best to keep things in order. |
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Nope. Never remembers where they are/go. Pots/pans and baking sheets he will dry and leave on the counter for me to put away. Not sure his aversion to putting those away. He has no problem pulling them out.
