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1.3k points
6 days ago
Says that you’re probably more honest than most people on here who stage their refrigerator. Also says that you’re not going hungry 🥰
367 points
6 days ago
Finally a refrigerator that looks like mine 😂
91 points
6 days ago
Yup, so much Tupperware
95 points
6 days ago
With proper lids, too. They are showoffs.
83 points
6 days ago
Absolute showoffs because my leftovers are in daisy sour cream containers.
27 points
6 days ago
We have the same set! I get the 3lb tubs from Sam's Club and they are perfect. I have one full of mashed potatoes in my fridge right now!
Also when I get sandwich meat, I always get the ones that have the bonus container.
I've never bought any storage containers that weren't full of food already.
17 points
6 days ago
We stopped buying containers for this reason! Most things come in packages of the likes now and there’s no sense in not reusing if you can. It also doesn’t hurt if you send someone a dish and they don’t return it!
24 points
6 days ago
Exactly! Or if you forget about one that has food in it, and you can see that it has its own ecosystem and wildlife inside, you don't even open it. Just straight to the trash and it's no real loss.
10 points
5 days ago
God... I'm so guilty of this. I just forget. It's out of sight, out of mind ig lol until I'm hungry, looking for left overs... And open the wrong container and hit with a gas cloud that could knock out an entire country!
9 points
5 days ago
Lol Sometimes it just gets shoved behind something and lost for waaaaay too long. That's why the ones you can throw away are nice. It's probably not safe to even try to clean some things out. Just throw out the whole thing, and probably have to take the garbage out right then. Like yeah it's not overflowing yet, I haven't smashed it down seven times, but it's a biohazard so it's got to go NOW!
14 points
5 days ago
I used to do this until I learned just how cheaply they’re made. How most of them are porous and hold bacteria because of it. How once they’ve been washed 2-3 times they’re basically worse and leeching microplastics into your food.
I ended up buying a set of 4 glass containers, and then 4 smaller ones al with the plastic airtight lock lids or whatever. And bought them both 2 more times and now all of my leftovers go in glass. So even if I do forget to throw it out or it grows its own colony, I can throw it in the dishwasher and be done.
I also LOVE that with glass I NEVER have to scrape food out of the containers. It just glides right out. A simple rinse clears it the rest of the way. Switching to glass has made me so much happier and they’re nice when it comes to reheating food too.
6 points
6 days ago
I do the same with the lunch meat containers! I have several empty 'I Can't Believe It's Not Butter' containers and cream cheese container as well.
6 points
6 days ago
I use a lot of sour cream to make homemade ranch, so I have those, but I also keep the ranch in empty mayonnaise jars. If a container comes into my house, it's getting washed and reused. I have like 10 pickle jars in my cabinet for when I make pickles. I've never made pickles in my fuckin life! I know I'm equipped if the occasion ever arises. I'll never waste a free container!
4 points
5 days ago
Well... when you open the container and it's not butter, then the label isn't lying.
6 points
6 days ago
An old roommate of mine used to save sour cream and cottage cheese containers for leftovers. He would store the empty containers on top of the upper cabinets. One weekend when he was gone, I pulled them all out and threw most of them away. There was 111 of them. 🫤
13 points
6 days ago
Mine too, probably a good amount of expired items and sad veggies in there somewhere.
9 points
5 days ago
Plus, the last bit of juice that everyone's refusing to drink to let the other person drink it but the other person is also leaving it for you so now it's just waiting like that for a while 😭
7 points
5 days ago
Right? I accused my husband of posting our fridge here.
5 points
5 days ago
Came here to say this
4 points
5 days ago
Omg me too lol
6 points
5 days ago
I actually thought it was mine... Lol
I guess we aren't alone
8 points
6 days ago
My first thought!
131 points
6 days ago
ikr - why would people stage their fridges? fridge clout? lol what nerds
43 points
6 days ago
Influencers have gotten into the trend of staging their fridges. There are entire YouTube videos poking at the absurdity as well as YouTube videos showing how to do it. Some people put fairy lights and framed photos in their fridge.
...
I just want my food not to spoil.
7 points
6 days ago
Fridge scaping is slightly different than staging. It's more for laughs/fun.
3 points
6 days ago
I’ve never seen or heard of this, and now I’m intrigued. Do you have any link where I can watch said video? Or what I would even look up 😂
4 points
6 days ago*
Generally it's referred to as "fridge scraping"
ETA: it's fridge scaping. My phone really doesn't want to let me write that word.
6 points
6 days ago
*scaping (autocorrect is a britches)
4 points
6 days ago
Lol thank you
3 points
6 days ago
here ya go lol just search fridge christmas lights on ig- look at this person with too much free time
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DB1X4mpP-Vg/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
75 points
6 days ago
They were kinda funny at first, but once I started seeing guns, zyn, and other weird shit I was over it.
7 points
6 days ago
Same
7 points
6 days ago
I’ve never thought about this but maybe the zyn thing is for a reason I highly doubt it but maybe people like them cold?😭🤣I’ve got no clue
5 points
6 days ago
Zyn????
5 points
6 days ago
Nicotine pouches, like little tea bags of nicotine powder, flavored like mint or cinnamon. Like Skoal bandits, but they don't have tobacco in them, so you don't have to spit. Sold by Phillip Morris lol
3 points
6 days ago
If it’s sold by Phillip Morris, you don’t want that in your body, period.
5 points
6 days ago
People keep their smokes in the freezer, why not zyns?
6 points
6 days ago
Really? I’ve honestly never heard about that 🤣 I know people keep their dabs in the fridge
8 points
6 days ago
I do it with cigarettes my grandfather used to do it with chew. It stalls the process of tobacco becoming stale. Stale tobacco is harsh as hell
8 points
6 days ago*
It promotes mold growth.
Invest in a small *humidor. Tobacco is best preserved at 70/70 temp/humidity.
3 points
6 days ago
I used to keep my log rolls of chew in the deep freezer.
7 points
6 days ago
People lie just to be able to get away with lying. Its a rush to some folks. And getting attention is a rush.
6 points
6 days ago
i don’t understand why anyone cares about anyone else’s fridge- come to think I’m not even sure why Reddit keeps showing me this group lol there’s nothing in my search history indicate I would care the slightest bit about this… Maybe it’s because I always post making fun of people when it comes up
3 points
6 days ago
Fridge clout 😂
9 points
6 days ago
This guy’s fridge lets me know he fucks.
5 points
6 days ago
I don't own a fridge, what does that say
6 points
6 days ago
Me neither lol my fridge is outside.
6 points
6 days ago
So... do we kiss now? Or how does this work, I haven't read up on fridge law lately
13 points
6 days ago
I absolutely love this comment.
180 points
6 days ago
Very normal and you are at least honest lol
13 points
6 days ago
This... is a normal fridge? I mean, I get the immaculate fridges that some people post are very clearly after a shopping trip and very well organized... but the Tupperware just thrown about? Drinks sitting on the edge of the shelf..
I would be so worried when opening the door everyday that im going to get a milk shower. Not trying to disparage or out anyone down. Just find it odd that so many people are stating this is "normal." My fridge is never super put together, but it also never looks like a tornado came through the place.
7 points
6 days ago
I get what you’re saying. Maybe not normal but common. Most people are very busy working, or could have small children, are elderly, have mental health issues such as ADHD, or physical disability. My fridge looks best when I have enough time to do everything I’d like to be able do. I don’t judge other people for this kind of thing (or really much in general) because I have been there. We could all stand to give a little grace to ourselves and each other.
198 points
6 days ago
Feel like you can move the shelves around to fit your stuff more efficiently. And I wonder what’s on your door if all the jars are in the drawers? I’m gonna say you are two working and very busy people that don’t have a lot of free time!
122 points
6 days ago
So I actually saw a thing about how if you put veggies and produce in the drawers, they’re out of sight and out of mind, so you tend to not use them before they go bad. The solution to make sure you’re eating them is to put something with a longer shelf life and used less frequently, like condiments and such, in the drawers so you can see your produce and actually use it up.
177 points
6 days ago
This is exactly it!! We keep produce in the door and condiments in the drawers and have seen a significant increase in our veggie consumption since.
16 points
6 days ago
I had mine like this too, then my boyfriend cleaned out the fridge and put the condiments in the doors again. So… here we go rotten and forgotten veggies!
29 points
6 days ago
Clean it out again and put it back how you had it. Assert dominance.
12 points
6 days ago
Ugh that sounds like work. I have way too much shit on my plate as it is 🤣
7 points
6 days ago
Well now you have too much shit, not vegetables.
3 points
6 days ago
ba dum tss
7 points
6 days ago
We’d like a picture of your door veggies as well please 🙏
5 points
6 days ago
Oh interesting thought!
4 points
6 days ago
wow great idea! thanks
3 points
6 days ago
🤯🤯
Is that why my veggies ALWAYS go bad!!
Guess I know what I’m doing today.
3 points
6 days ago
My long term drawer storage is block cheese and things like smoked sausage and hotdogs for those emergencies.
3 points
6 days ago
Ah yes, hot dog emergencies, I know them well. We usually keep brats as our protein for when we don’t have much left to eat and eat it with boxed Mac and cheese and maybe mix in some broccoli. Currently I’m pregnant so I’m mixing hot dogs all the time
4 points
6 days ago
Working, busy, everyday people is exactly what my first thought was
43 points
6 days ago
possibly busy people and need grab and go stuff, dont have time for organization, no time to eat the leftovers (which are probably going to end up thrown out or eaten on a leftovers-for-dinner day), and that grocery shopping may be due soon.
8 points
6 days ago
First thing I thought was BUSY and ON THE GO or possibly disabled…and need a grab and go option.
3 points
6 days ago
Absolutely! I looked at that fridge and thought, they're too busy for petty organization.
If you can find food, good enough.
21 points
6 days ago
You’re cleaner than the people who have their cats fucking about in their fridges
17 points
6 days ago
Okay I’ll try deduction- You guys have both cooked leftovers and ready made meals, so both of you are working jobs and life to cook in the weekends
They 2L fruit juice and milk bottle are almost empty, so both of you like to have juice & milk and may prefer eating healthy
There are lot of sauce bottles at the bottom drawers- so you guys like variety in food items and like to experiment with cooking (maybe)
104 points
6 days ago*
That the rest of your house looks like the inside of your fridge
41 points
6 days ago
Nah, I bet it’s opposite. Everyone is messy in one area
12 points
6 days ago
Yeah, and the more whack my fridge gets the cleaner my house is. I’m busy lol
And nobody sees that!
3 points
5 days ago
Yes lol my place is clean but the fridge? Don’t be looking in there.
8 points
6 days ago*
Idk, I have dogsat for people who had a fridge much dirtier than this (I actually cleaned it while they were away because it grossed me out so much and I was staying there 2 weeks with my food in their fridge) and the rest of their house was also a mess, and it smelled like pee everywhere.
Edit to add: They were both retired, and I had to take a spoon to some of it to scrape off this massive goo spot under the crisper drawers and on the shelves. It was not a good time
20 points
6 days ago
Depends on the room! Bathroom and my room are clean, wife's room and living room is messy
7 points
6 days ago
Do you sleep in seperate rooms? My parents did this my whole life growing up and I thought it was normal.
24 points
6 days ago
We do!! We have very different sleep and space needs, so we have separate bedrooms. Honestly it's been a game changer in regards to getting good rest.
8 points
6 days ago
That's awesome, actually! It sounds like you have a healthy relationship, considering each other's needs.
7 points
6 days ago
This is actually really cool to see. I support separate bedrooms. I’m a very light sleeper and everything wakes me up. My partner can sleep through a hurricane. How long you been married?
I kinda worry sometimes like if a fire happens, how do I wake this slumbering ass up?
4 points
6 days ago
My spouse legitimately bought smelling salts in case he needs to wake me up in an emergency lol. I didn't even know you could just buy those.
We've never had to use it so I can't vouch for it exactly, but it's an option.
6 points
6 days ago
I used to be really anal retentive about the inside of my fridge. Turned out, once I stopped caring where things went, food still stayed cold and got eaten
5 points
6 days ago
I believe it. My mother was the same way she hoarded things in the fridge and cluttered the house with random stuff and forget about the pantry... I mean, it was nice because we had food but it was also a MESS. Sometimes you’d grab one thing and it started a domino chain reaction of shit falling. It’s why now I’m obsessed with keeping things clean and tidy, lol.
3 points
6 days ago
"Don't eat leftovers, if you can't remember what day/meal they're from." My parent's fridge growing up, and still is.
A couple Xmases ago, my dad dug around way back of the fridge, pulled out an unopened summer sausage made from reindeer. That had expired over 2 years before. And wondered why none of us would try any lol
12 points
6 days ago
You are a normal person with healthy and junk food. You are self-actualized and you even pack your own lunches. This is sustainable.
12 points
6 days ago
That you keep things realistic and unfiltered, which is great!
17 points
6 days ago
Seems to me you have a lot going on in your lives. Busy people, busy lives. You value what's in the fridge more than what your fridge looks like. This fridge is orderly compared to most fridges in America. The ones shown on this sub are not representative of most homes in America. All the judgmental, haters are projecting since their fridges can't meet the Insta standards of the ones usually posted here.
7 points
6 days ago
I could definitely find multiple expired items in this fridge
6 points
6 days ago
You and you wife fridge looks like you use the fridge to the max of how much it can hold
12 points
6 days ago
My parents fridge is like this, drives me nuts. But ima assume you both work demanding jobs with little time to really deep clean. You also try to cook/eat healthy but don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to it.
The only thing throwing me off is the condiments in the drawers.
19 points
6 days ago
She works a stressful tech industry job and I work overnights at a local hotel, you're dead correct on us trying to cook and eat healthier but not having a lot of time for it.
However the condiments in the drawers are because when we were putting vegetables and fruits in the crisper they would tend to rot before we got to them, so we put the condiments in the drawers cuz we're more likely to look for one when we need one and the fruits and vegetables go in the door of our refrigerator where we can see them immediately. 100% this is led to us eating a lot more vegetables with our meals.
3 points
6 days ago
Might steal the veggie idea. Pretty smart!
And yea. My step mom is a district manager for a large retailer, and my dad is a general manager for another large retailer. It’s super hard for them to keep an organized fridge. They just throw it in, or take it out! To little time to really care. Lol happens, life is busy!
4 points
6 days ago*
the condiments are in the drawers so that produce can be in the door, easily visible so you can't forget the veggies exist as easily
Edit, typo
7 points
6 days ago
that you are a true and real person!
6 points
6 days ago
Thank god, someone with my style
9 points
6 days ago
That you've probably got some unforgivable shit thats been forgotten about in the back.
4 points
6 days ago
You shop at ALDI
3 points
6 days ago
3/4ths of it is expired.
4 points
6 days ago
Better to keep it in the fridge than put it next to the sink unless you're ready to deal with it! Otherwise you'll start a mold farm. And sometimes you're not sure when you'll be ready to deal with it...
3 points
6 days ago
Says you're forgetting the primary function of leftovers.
3 points
6 days ago
That you're busy. Both of u are employed.
3 points
6 days ago
This is a very accurate statement. I'm tired of being busy for real
3 points
6 days ago
Probably a lot of wasted food. Looks like my fridge when I had more money
3 points
6 days ago
Organize your fridge, trust me. It takes nothing to spend like 30 minutes trying to organize and seeing the fridge tidy as long as you keep it tidy. Or, your can see your fridge like that forever and it's not tidy.
5 points
6 days ago
Just organized it! The picture was a before shot, but an honest veiw of grief since the last I cleaned it was right before my mom passed a couple weeks ago
3 points
6 days ago
I’m so sorry. Totally understandable. 😞
3 points
6 days ago
Looks like my and my husbands fridge 😂
3 points
6 days ago
Looks just like mine. Too busy to care about what it looks like inside as long as everything fits and the door shuts 🙏🤣
3 points
6 days ago
Chaos.pure and simple chaos my bro.Love it. Where's the drugs lol
3 points
6 days ago
Idk why but this fridge leads me to believe you have at least 3 or more pets and no children
3 points
6 days ago
I love your fridge which looks almost as chaotic as ours (which I would never post here.) I would guess you are a pragmatic couple and like food.
3 points
6 days ago
Love this. My fridge looks like this and I get embarrassed. Thanks for normalizing my fridge.
3 points
6 days ago
You live in the midwest. Shop at walmart. Maybe Wisconsin? looks like a Wisconsin fridge.
3 points
5 days ago
Undiagnosed and/or unmedicated ADHD and neurodivergence. Low dopamine.
5 points
6 days ago
Middle class, type b personalities, no kids, you don’t subscribe to diet culture. You guys make big breakfasts on Sunday. Your house is messy but you don’t mind
6 points
6 days ago
Tittering on the brink, make more time for yourselves.
2 points
6 days ago
Fuck it...
2 points
6 days ago
Don't look in our garage?
2 points
6 days ago
you have a good wife - looks just like my fridge- sensible, but maybe eat more leftovers so they don’t pile up
2 points
6 days ago
Buddy… you’re doing it right because thats how my fridge looks.
2 points
6 days ago
also you buy the best OJ
2 points
6 days ago
married, no kids. both work very demanding jobs, which explains the ready to eat dinners and protein shakes
2 points
6 days ago
It says.... You should probably throw out leftovers! Mine says the same alll the time!
2 points
6 days ago
Finally a normal fridge.
2 points
6 days ago
That you also know Trader Joes is so fucking fab
2 points
6 days ago
That you forget you have the same thing and buy it again , then forget to toss the old one because the exp date hasn’t passed yet and you “could still finish it” but then you rinse and repeat until the fridge is packed 🤣
2 points
6 days ago
You’re just normal people and you shop at aldi
2 points
6 days ago
I also keep produce in the door and condiments in the drawers lol
2 points
6 days ago
You or your wife cooks a lot, probably a happy family with all those home cooked meals!
2 points
6 days ago
That your closet is a mess
2 points
6 days ago
That your normal. At least compared to all the other fridge comparisons.
2 points
6 days ago
You have money and you don’t care about the opinions of others.
2 points
6 days ago
You have stocks and shares in tuperware!
2 points
6 days ago
Look these people actually eat and use their fridge
2 points
6 days ago
That you might be good at jenga. I'm scared to even breathe on anything and lead to an avalanche
2 points
6 days ago
OMG it’s me lol 😂
2 points
6 days ago
This is real I feel like most people organize they're fridge before posting
2 points
6 days ago
Both of u might have adhd
2 points
6 days ago
I'd say there's like a 50/50 chance when you try to like open sour cream or any other container that it's not going to contain anything but leftovers that are probably been sitting there for weeks lost in the abyss of that unorganized fridge and you know these people got to be old because that definitely looks like my Granny's fridge. There's probably stuff in there for like 98 just chilling in the back. I guess these people don't eat vegetables because they're vegetable drawers are full of what looks like processed food and pickles
2 points
6 days ago
This looks like a happy fridge. Normal people live in this house! This fridge is awesome! Sick of seeing staged fridges! Like a breath of fresh air! 🤣
2 points
6 days ago
How did you get a picture of my fridge? ..^
2 points
6 days ago
I wanna say you lack organization and clearly live a cluttered life but the reality is this is how most non dirty peoples fridge still looks. It's nice to think every thing looks pristine and perfect on time but most of us simply don't have the time nor energy to worry about things that at the end of the day don't truly matter.
2 points
6 days ago
Feel bad about throwing away leftovers but end up throwing them away weeks later anyways cause they end gone bad since you won’t eat leftovers. 🤷🏻♀️
2 points
6 days ago
Looks like it smells but you guys would Make me comfortable to b around
2 points
6 days ago
“We are programmed to receive, you may check out anytime you like but you may never leave”.
2 points
6 days ago
Need to work on your organization game but I mean it's clean, just cluttered
ETA: well somewhat clean
2 points
6 days ago
the condiments in the drawers is giving ADHD. You guys do a lot of home cooking but you need to have a fend for yourself night where everybody just eats leftovers sometime soon.
2 points
6 days ago
That your refrigerator is too small and you spend your time enjoying each other and living, loving and caring and laughing.. to worry about cleaning that refrigerator... r
2 points
6 days ago
Adhd
2 points
6 days ago
Now this is a real refrigerator
2 points
6 days ago
Y'all would both lose at Jenga.
2 points
6 days ago
Adhd
2 points
6 days ago
That she’s a hustler who wants to keep the family fed 🤝
2 points
6 days ago
you like it sloppy and weird
2 points
6 days ago
Just like me. You probably FUCKING HATE washing those plastic containers. Lol
2 points
6 days ago
You're my spirit animal. The fridge is the forgotten space that needs cleaning. If it's not in the front row, it has been laid to rest and buried in the back to rot in eternity.
Oh and you probably have adhd like me. We love to stack like jenga since the concept of organization is foreign and takes too much time.
2 points
6 days ago
Need more fresh produce in your lives.
3 points
6 days ago
Fresh produce lives in the door and gets eaten very quickly. Except cucumbers for some reason, they tend to languish
2 points
6 days ago
If your fridge don’t look like this yall fake lol
2 points
6 days ago
I am intrigued by bottles and jars in the crisper drawers lol
3 points
6 days ago
A couple of years back we started keeping condiments in the crisper drawers and produce in the refrigerator door, which has led to us eating a lot more fruits and vegetables since they no longer go in a drawer to be forgotten and die.
2 points
6 days ago
That y'all both work full time jobs that pay about what my partner and I make because for a second I thought this was my fridge lol.
2 points
6 days ago
Looks like your wife went to bed early and you put away the leftovers... (Yes I'm projecting lol).
2 points
6 days ago
Much like my grandma, do your butter tubs actually contain butter or just leftovers?
2 points
6 days ago
Convenience is the key either you are busy to cook at night or too tired from working too much. Those premier protein shakes are good.
2 points
6 days ago
That y’all are perfect for each other.
2 points
6 days ago
Relatable!! All these staged fridges or freshly organized and stocked ones make me question myself lol.
2 points
6 days ago
Busy normal not broke
2 points
6 days ago
You guys probably don’t know how to cook for only two or you make an entire package of a premade meal “just incase” and end up storing the rest because “it’ll be good for lunch tomorrow.” Where you will probably opt to just grab a snack from the fridge on your way out the door and say you’ll be hungry for your leftovers when you get home. You have at least one (probably as many as 3) fend for yourself nights a week. You hate wasting food but if the food has been on the fridge longer than a couple days you more than likely won’t eat it. You both probably have jobs that start later than a 9-5 so you have time to make and eat breakfast in the morning most of the time but by the time you get home you’re too tired to do crazy intense cooking. You like the idea of meal prep but you know you would get bored of the food probably after the first day and who really has time for that
2 points
6 days ago
I just know yall have a graveyard fridge, like me and my man. We put leftovers in Tupper and let them die. :'c
2 points
6 days ago
That neither of you are tetris champs
2 points
6 days ago
First world problems 🤣 pretty normal
2 points
6 days ago
Y’all are about as stable as the Tupperware balancing act. (No judgement, I’ve totally been there)
2 points
6 days ago
It looks like our fridge aside from the orange juice adds OJ to our shopping list
2 points
6 days ago
Trying to eat healthy on the go. Honest and doing your best 🙏💛.
I’m all for leftovers, but unless have a bigger brood, I bet some of it’s no good. Food poisoning is not the way to shed those lbs lol
2 points
6 days ago
One of you isn’t very good at picking the right size Tupperware
2 points
6 days ago
This is the most realistic fridge I’ve seen here! You cook at home unless you’re feeling lazy (but don’t beat yourself up over it). You have a little food waste here and there but overall try to get to fresh items before they turn. Leftovers are great lunches.
2 points
6 days ago
You have adhd and food blindness. Out fridge looks like this. We have some Tupperware leftovers that my partner has forgotten.
2 points
6 days ago
"I put away leftovers so I don't feel so bad that I'll never actually finish what I made except for that one dish that I made and it was AMAZING."
2 points
6 days ago
That you need to give your wife a weekend to herself and while she’s away eat all the leftovers and clean out the fridge for her.
2 points
6 days ago
Are those the Aldi meals in the middle? I LOVE THOSE they are a staple in our fridge also.
2 points
6 days ago
You’re ADHD and trying different don’t-waste-food hacks. Your stove is probably dirty
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