Ok. This is my first time asking here dons firefighting kit, douses self in ice water and flame-retardant gel, prepares self-pitying whine
TL;DR version: my partner wants to leave random things lying around our tiny flat, I want him to pick stuff up and just put it away or something.
Background: I live with my partner in a small 2-bed furnished rented flat so storage etc is really at a bare minimum. We both have a lot of gadgets like electrical items, kitchen gadgets etc. I try to keep my stuff as tidy as possible but I like to put things like away when I'm done with them. Not right away, maybe, but I try to be tidy and considerate.
Problem: My partner thinks it's ok to leave out phone chargers, kindle chargers, xbox controllers, random bits of paper and just general detritus out on the table, coffee table, tops of sideboards, tops of chests of drawers, kitchen work surfaces any available flat surface because at some point in the near future he will use it again.
This annoys the bejayzus out of me, to the point where I feel like SCREAMING and kicking the stuff around the room, or throwing it out of the window. I feel like I'm surrounded by his things everywhere, and it's not a shared flat, it's his flat. I pointed out he kept communal areas tidier in shared student houses, even if his room was less tidy. He replied 'That's because other people lived there.'
He already has the spare room set out like he wants so he can do his hobbies, why can't he be a bit more flexible about communal areas?) We keep having huge arguments about this issue.
AIBU about clearing stuff up or do I just need to take a breath and not be so uptight?