to refuse to allocate any mental space to dh's ideas about what should go where in the fridge

As long as uncooked meat is separate from cooked meat no problems. Milk should really be kept inside the fridge, not the door as the door isn't as cold as the rest of the fridge for obvious reasons.

I used to work with a chef who did this regarding temperatures in different parts of his fridge, a bit ott for the home though.

Your post made me smile. Sorry.

I once tried to impose a dairy-shelf in our fridge and I came to my senses when I realised it was unreasonable to be annoyed at my Dh for putting the cheese back on the wrong shelf.

So, I say your DH is the unreasonable one.

I generally keep raw meat(never have much) and cheese in it's box on the bottom shelf. Some veg in the box but it never all fits. Bottles, cartons, eggs etc in the door, beer on the top shelf. For some reason in my fridge this is very cold and random things like lettuce have been known to freeze on that shelf.

I think he needs to get over it a bit TBH. But agree with others.

My DP is a very random man, he dumps stuff in inappropriate places all over the house and is continualy asking me if i have seen his glasses/wallet/mobile/keys etc etc

I like to put certain things in certain places in the fridge, partly becuase of the coldness factor and partly so i can see at a glance how many yoghurts or whatever i have. FWIW DP does most of the shopping and cooking but i do most of the dishwashing and tidying/cleaning in the kitchen.

I Think your dh is rather odd.

I also think that if this is a 'foible' of his an he isn't one of those mad types a la julia roberts film (?) then perhaps you should send him to do the shopping regularly and then he can put it away.

As i detest food shopping this seems like a good idea to me

how odd

I just shove stuff in where it fits

none of us have died yet

Send him to me He is practising health and safety in his fridge, something my dh doesnt do and it drives me mad.

He puts uncooked meats high on the shelf and next to cooked meats and vegetables, arrgh!

I dont know how we havent all gone down with something or other.

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tell him if he shops, cooks, ie puts all food away and gets all food out, then fine go ahead and rearrange the fridge

if you do this then tell him to butt out

if he carries on being a pita go reorganise his sock drawer/ tool box/ dvds in the most bizarre way you can find based on some barking geek system you found on google

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He should feel free to rearrange the fridge but agree he shouldn't tell you about it, or tell you off for putting things back wrong.

Neither of you are unreasonable as such though - he's mildly obsessive and you are sleep-deprived.

If he moves them, do you have a hard time finding them?

Do you think he has actual valid reasons for his preferences?

Is he generally a giant PITA?

As long as his OCD fridge-rearranging habits aren't making your life harder, I'd try for a 'don't ask don't tell' policy about it. He can juggle the fridge contents all he likes, but as long as you're not getting any sleep, he should stop telling you about them.