is it pmt or reasonable to be outraged

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that DH, who is well into middle years, put the fruit in the fruit bowl last night

bananas first
and about 20 apples emptied on top of bananas

it is surely a given that bananas, which bruise easily, go at the top of a fruit bowl

PMT ?

Righteous outrage?

your vote counts before he gets home in an hour

YANBU

PMT

it is banana abuse. Very controlling of him and quite bullying towards the softer centred fruit.
Is he generally bananist?

PMT. Mildly pissed off, fine, but outraged? Definately PMT! Have some sunflower seeds and some chocolate.

bananist - genius

PMT. You are both BU
I thought everyone has a banana tree

as an homage to trolls everywhere I offer further information

any job DH does around the house he does "not quite right" so that I have to do something as well

doesn't use tie-backs when opening curtains

doesn't brush off sofa cushions when hoovering

always leaves 3 items out when putting shopping away

doesn't fill pans full of soapy water to soak - just puts a couple of cms at bottom of pan

It's called "Planned Incompetence" It is the equivilent of breaking plates whist washing up. Meaning they don't get asked to do a job 'cos they never do it properly.

Ummm bananas should be separated from other fruit anyway. They release a gas that ripens themselves and other fruit, hence they sould be put in a basket or a bowl with holes in it. Men need you to show them how you like things to be done, if they continue then they are being forgetful arsey for the sake of it.

my dh did that once before we got a banana tree.

I made him come back and do it properly it was first day of being on though. I haven't had an issue since.

I am surrounded by men in my family though (waits for DD to get a bit older so we can take them all on)

Do not leave bananas at bottom of fruit bowl, this leads to foul smelling 'banana soup'.

banana cake

Mmmmmm.

And don't give DH any

Y chromosomes don't make people ignorant of how bananas should be stored. People make people ignorant of how bananas should be stored. His mother probably didn't teach him about banana storage. Probably partly PMT but it's a fair enough thing to be irritated by. Now please come and sympathise with me on my 'ahh hormones' thread?

Fruit bowls should always be arranged artistically.

This will never happen with bananas at the bottom. Or grapes.

Do you see what mother nature has planned here? Soft furit always looks better on top.

What was he thinking?

mumdrivenmad Im so glad someone mentioned that, was beginning to think Id imagined it.

it's stupid - I'd be irritated & utter a tut, but the outrage will be PMT.

then again you insist on curtain tie-backs - I'd revolt against those too

But really bananas should be kept apart from other fruit (so not in fruit bowl) unless you want the other fruit to get ripe/overripe really quickly.

I also think you should delve further into his motivation.

Did he have banana-related issues with former partners?

Does he describe ex-bananas in a derogatory way? (eg. 'stupid, easily-bruised bitchnanas).

When you object to his rough handling, does he claim the bananas have a tenuous grip on reality and are exaggerating?

This is called 'bananalighting'.

YANBU - it's banana abuse.

booboo rofl at "bitchnanas"

I can only go by my own measure of when I've got PMT, and that's when I become enraged by inanimate objects, so I'd have to say that because your rage is aimed at your dh and not the bananas, it is probably not PMT.

Not entirely unreasonable though.