To think nobody truly does this with their cutlery?

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I've just seen a post on the "Very British Problems" Facebook page, which says that some people don't use a divider in their cutlery drawer, they just chuck everything in!

This can't be true.

YABU - Cutlery dividers are pointless and a cutlery free for all is the way forward.

YANBU - People who don't use a cutlery divider are disturbed and an intervention is required.

Oh God. I am close to divorcing DH because he puts forks in the knife section. Grrrr!

Canteen of cutlery, that’s the way to go. All nicely arranged. Only problem is it’s silver and needs cleaning regularly

I didn't even find out cutlery drawers were a thing till I was a very old adult (40s)
mu my doesn't have a cutlery divider and I have adhd

I have ocd and one of my obsessions was having all of my cutlery in the correct order in the liner, with all teaspoons pointing the same way.

I’ve had cbt now, and my cutlery drawer has no liner at all (very small drawer) and they are all chucked in together in one mess - I smile every time I see it and even sometimes congratulate myself quietly in my head for coming so far.

Do the sorting when you put the dirty cutlery in the dishwasher, then you can grab from the sections and straight into the right bit of the divider in the drawer.

And it's definitely knife-fork-big spoon with teaspoons across the front.

Presumably you are all the people who slide the cutlery into the little spaces on the cutlery section of the dishwasher? (I just wham it all in any old how)

Let yourself go - see what it's like to live the rebellious life! You'll be amazed how liberating it is.
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You can get adjustable dividers. some cheaper than others, but I got similar to the ones linked. Love it, looks solid and built in, and a lot deeper than regular cutlery trays.

www.amazon.co.uk/ANTOWIN-Dividers-Separators-Adjustable-Organizer/dp/B097R38DRB/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=319ZREZBR4SV7&keywords=drawer+dividers+bamboo&qid=1674410763&sprefix=drawer+dividers+bamboo%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-3

All of you are wrong !!!! Cutlery in a pot on the side. No cutlery drawer at all.

Yikes ;

Where does it end though @ortonym?? Before you know it my bras are in my pants drawer and I’ve done an arson!

It also has to be

knives | forks | spoons

You have separate bra and pants drawers! do you arrange your socks and tights by colour in their drawer?

Even aged 21 choosing cutlery wedding present I went for Oneida Mozart. I knew then I was too lazy to polish silver 😃

Exactly this.

It takes little effort once you’ve decided the order of placing cutlery in the dishwasher rack.

Couldn't deal with rifling through to find what I needed when I could immediately find it in an ordered tray.

Mines very posh, antique and has the family crest on

But where are your coffee spoons, grapefruit spoons, soup spoons, fruit spoons and so on, I could use a cutlery tray with many secions just for spoons!

I actually Enjoy filling the canteen of cutlery. I bought two more boxes over the years because we inherited stuff. I'm OCD about the mug cupboard too 🙈

Mine do.

You shouldn't have cutlery if you aren't prepared to train it properly.

It isn't hard - 5 minutes a day, make it fun, and give them plenty of treats. Forks especially are really good at picking stuff up!

What gives you the right to reorganise someone else's drawers? Would you accept this from your MIL, reorganising your kitchen to her taste?

Yes! Cake forks, fish knives and forks. Cupboards to hold all your different wine glasses, mustn’t mix up the ones used for white and those for red wine, champagne glasses, sherry glasses. The list goes on and on

www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_nkw=cutlery+canteen+box+empty&_trksid=p2499334.m4084.l1311

Lots of empty cutlery boxes on eBay.

Wine glasses, yep keep those together too

Interestingly, and believe me I have spent a considerable amount of time reviewing all the options, the socks are arranged in a seasonal rotation system and the tights have their own area but not a drawer per se. But now you’ve got me thinking they need their own drawer…

We have a separate section for SOUP SPOONS.

We don't have one because our cutlery drawer is silly and narrow and we can't fit one in.