Husband wonders if he was wrong for confronting his wife about her 'fridgescaping'

Many people dive into new hobbies with enthusiasm and passion, but sometimes these hobbies can become a source of irritation for those around them. That's exactly what happened to Reddit user u/Icy-Shelter9897, who grew frustrated with his wife's latest hobby. Unsure if he was wrong for voicing his annoyance, he turned to Reddit for advice.

"Recently my wife has taken to 'fridgescaping.' I guess it's a recent trend because I'd never heard about it before this," the post began. "She started decorating our fridge and it was really getting on my nerves, for example, she put flowers in the fridge, in vases, in front of food so you have to move things just to get to the food," the man explained. "She put all our food in fancy baskets, jars and similar things. I know it sounds absurd but if you just search up 'fridgescaping' you’ll see what I’m talking about." The man initially wasn't bothered much with it because he doesn't use the fridge a lot or cook much anyway.

But soon the wife started getting too particular about the fridge and began decorating it more. "It’s made the fridge very uninviting for me. She gets upset when I get something from the fridge and don’t put things back perfectly," the husband shared. "She keeps taking it as a personal slight and acts like I’ve done something to deliberately hurt her when I haven’t, I just find it unnecessary to maintain such an organized fridge." He went on to note how earlier it took him 30 seconds to take something from the fridge but it was much more difficult since his wife's fridgescaping. "Last weekend she confronted me after I grabbed some leftovers from the fridge and left it in 'disarray' according to her," the man shared.

"I explained how I find the hobby stupid and she can decorate other things, it doesn’t have to be the fridge. It gets in the way when I want to quickly eat, when I come home from work hungry and tired and want to grab a quick bite it’s frustrating," the husband remarked. "I also talked to my son about it, and he finds it annoying, which I told her. She didn’t argue back after that and she’s removed all of the decorations from the fridge, which I have to admit has been relieving." However, the woman has been distant towards her husband after that, so he wondered if he was wrong for telling his wife that he hated her hobby. People in the comments section had mixed opinions about the same. 

u/Kavanaugh82 wrote, "I love being able to pull out my cheese basket, or the lunch meat basket and not have to move a bunch of stuff individually. My wife implemented the baskets, but not the floral arrangements. She asked me what I thought, and I told her that since she is the one that is in it most of the time I would roll with what was working for her."

u/Kami_Sang commented, "Look I love an organized space but a fridge is still a functional, high-usage space. Sometimes you need to just grab and go or put something in the fridge quickly wherever you see space. The fridge decor is b******* for me but I use all the fridge storage containers. No one in my house can keep that up. So if I'm being real, that level of a completely organized fridge which appeals to me greatly is high maintenance and with busy working adults and active kids - not gonna happen." u/Bubbly-Evening-9900 expressed, "I actually had to google it to know what it's all about. Only someone with a lot of free time can keep up with this. I need to have access to my food and that's it. I would probably wreck all the decor in two days."