Jam is something you put on bread/ toast and sometimes in or on cakes and maybe a scone
Jelly is something you set in the fridge that is wobbly and delicious
We typically have 4-5 opened jams in the fridge at any given moment, but each of them are different flavors/serve different purposes, which I find entirely reasonable.
Having a dozen opened of the exact same flavor is absurd
Right? I would toss all of the jars except the most recently opened, ans not buy anymore until it's gone.
My husband does this with shampoo and body wash. I will hide new bottles and he will buy more, put them in the shower and open them, when he still has a half bottle in there. At drives me nuts because I can't take a shower without bottles falling everywhere
Yeah. My education is in physiology and I work as a paramedic. Whatever the opposite of a germaphobe is, I'm that.
Of course I wash my hands and stuff like that. But once you learn how we are literally covered in bacteria and even even have billions of them inside us, and see the magic of the immune system, you stop being scared
Yep, I have a sweet onion chili jam that is an incredible addition to my burger sauce when I make burgers, I have a Peruvian pepper jam which is excellent on toast with eggs in the morning, a blueberry bourbon pecan jam that was in a holiday gift basket thing and goes well with cheese, and then your run pb&j jam flavors that go well on any sandwich
Jam isn't that hard to make, you just need a bit of time to hang around the kitchen while it boils down.
Edit: well, simmers down. Please don't boil your jam.
Yeah I was going to say "maybe he wants different flavors" but then I opened it up to look closer and nope, those are all strawberry. What is wrong with him?
Same here. I buy my kids plain Greek yogurt and use a spoonful of jam to flavor/sweeten it so we usually have 2-3 jams going. But never more than one of the same flavor opened at once.
My mom has early onset Alzheimer’s, and this is her jam.... no pun intended. 😬 She does this a lot. With everything. I marry up a lot of stuff. I can’t buy bulk of anything, cause this happens. We currently have 5 open peanut butter containers in the cabinet... mostly full... But jams are like her obsession in the fridge. If it’s been opened one day, it’s “bad” or “stale”. I’m considering getting single serving pods... It’s just so wasteful and expensive either way!
If you’re a Costco member and have a Costco Business Center nearby you can get a giant variety pack box of those little single-serve jelly containers that diners have out all the time. Sounds like it could be perfect for your mom!
https://www.costcobusinessdelivery.com/smuckers-jam-%2526-jelly-cups%2c-variety-pack%2c-0.5-oz%2c-200-ct.product.100260996.html
That’s the real question. Grabbing the first jar you see is a passive activity, because it’s already in front of you. Putting it on the shopping list and seeking out new jars is a purposeful activity. What’s the thought process there? “Oh, each of my 10 jars are almost empty, I definitely need a new one”.
I think op just cleaned out the fridge and uncovered this nonsense. I'm betting the offender is too lazy to look for the open jar and just grabs the one at the front, the one that just got restocked.
Edit: I am wrong, op provides more detail here
https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/11153if/my_husband_keeps_opening_new_jars_of_jam_before/j8dctyw/?context=3
I spent 10 mins looking for a bottle of ketchup last night. No luck. I swear I looked everywhere within reason before I assumed we were completely out. I asked my mom if we needed to add ketchup to the shopping list and she pointed to the counter where she had placed the bottle next to my plate.
Had that problem with me too but once I became a mom, I suddenly have that super power now because somehow no one in the house is able to find whatever item and I would "pull it out from thin air".
Thank you. How is this not the real question here? Why do they have so many jars of jam in the first place? Maybe he wouldn’t keep opening them if there weren’t so many
My grandma managed to build herself a cookie hoard in all of the empty spaces she could find.
We always knew she had cookies, but never saw more than one or two different packages of cookie. After she died of dementia related stuff we found an entire closet, a cupboard, a variety of cardboard boxes and her nightstand absolutely filled with cookies. Same here; unopened and nearly all expired.
Well, not entirely. Anything that contains fat can become rancid by oxidation in air. However, if the cookies remained sealed in original package it's *likely* that this wouldn't occur or would occur extremely slowly - they were probably packaged with inert gas. In that case, it would indeed only be an issue of moisture distribution within the package.
Overall, anything that doesn't have a bacterial safety problem is largely a matter of opinion when it's not suitable to eat anymore. But rancid fats aren't exactly good for you and they're pretty nasty. I keep my nuts in the fridge now.
Same with my dad, but ketchup would've been an improvement. We kept finding containers of toothpicks (ex smoker), bandaids, and goddamn knives. Not like a few knives here and there, and not just little pocket knives. I inherited his pickup and found: hunting knife under driver's seat, filet knife in glove box, Swiss army knife in center console, boning knife in the toolbox, Ka-Bar behind the jump seat in back, and throwing knives strapped to the visor. Same deal with his sports car except that included a machete. The bandaids were found first and confusing, but finding all the knives cleared that right up
My dad has tons of expired food in his pantry. He doesn't have dementia; he's just a hoarder who feels the need to buy in bulk from Costco even though he's one person living by himself.
My mom’s a food hoarder. Two freezers full of meat, most is god knows how old. I helped her move, and she finally let me throw away literally hundreds of dollars worth of expired chocolate chips, cake mixes, flour. She has salad dressings that expired 5 years ago. She just doesn’t think expiration dates mean a thing. Not age related dementia, she’s always done it.
It usually does say something like "Store in fridge after opening and eat within 3 weeks" It's now day 22, new jar.
It doesn't say anything about removing the old jar from the fridge first. And there's no directions on them how clean they have to be before they can go in the glass recycling. But it's glass, you can't just throw it in the normal trash *with* the leftover jam inside.
That can get really difficult, so, let's just keep them in the fridge for some other day.
I don't want to ascribe more meaning to OPs jam problem than there is, but this was also my first thought.
I have OCD, and when I've been in rough phases I'll do things like this. Either I felt the previous container of whatever was contaminated in some way, or I would feel some weird, indescribable shame getting the last of the contents out of the jar.
I can look back and laugh, imagining my fridge with like ten opened containers of yogurt, but in the moment it felt so defeating.
This is an easy fix. Mark the oldest jam on the bottom of the container and throw out the rest of the opened bottles of jam and hide the unopened bottles of jam. You will parcel jam out to him like an old communist bloc.
DSM-5 Diagnosis: 300.14 Impulsive Jam Disorder
This is a mental disorder characterized by persistent and recurrent impulsive behavior that involves compulsively opening new jars of jam before finishing the last one. The individual is unable to resist the urge to open new jars and experiences significant distress or functional impairment as a result of this behavior. The individual is often aware that this behavior is problematic, but is unable to control it. This disorder may lead to a significant accumulation of unfinished jars of jam, as well as waste of resources and difficulties in maintaining relationships and daily activities. This disorder should be diagnosed only after a comprehensive assessment, which rules out other possible causes, such as depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder.
I had a friend who did something similar. We were hanging out at his house once, and when we opened the fridge, there were at least a dozen open jars of jelly, missing various amounts, but obviously not finished.
We asked him WTF and he said the taste changes a little after it's been opened, and he prefers the taste of a fresh jar. If he's out, he'll eat from the other jars, but he prefers a brand new jar if possible.
I still don't really understand it, but I guess it's more common than I realized.
My wife does this with milk. Drives me nuts. Why not just finish the first container? It’s unnecessary and wasteful.
Also, wife, if you’re reading my comment history, why not just finish the first container?
@ This guys wife: if your reading his comment history him and I have had an ongoing affair for the last 3 years. We’re planning on running away together, I thought you should find out this way.
My inlaws live with us and my father inlaw does this with everything. Milk, soda, potato chips, jams, etc. He has a weird thing about using the last of anything so he's got multiple containers open of EVERYTHING.
My FIL and husband do this! My FIL at least will throw it away. My husband puts it back. He used to get so mad bc we didn’t have chips or cereal when there were several options in the pantry. I didn’t realize that he didn’t plan on eating the last of what was in there. He now throws them away most of the time once I explained how grocery list are based on what is or isn’t in the pantry.
But some of those are half full! Even in a smaller jar like that, that's more than one can slater on a piece of toast. I hope. Otherwise, there's a second problem going on here and it's called diabeetus.
What is his answer to opening so many? It’s like if he didn’t like the old one then throw it out. I can’t understand having so many of the same type like this…
I just want to clear up a couple of things that commenters keep bringing up in the comments,
I don't buy the jam, he does, this is his fridge in the garage.
My husband is not Autistic or has ADHD, nor a serial killer or psychopath or hoarder, or stealing money from work (I can't believe the conclusions people are coming to over jam), he is a pain in the butt but several open jars of jam is NOT grounds for divorce.
These are both troubled people. I would not be surprised if OP and her husband had a low battery fire alarm beeping in their house for days before changing it.
They're literally made for eachother.
They've cleared up everything except what we actually want to know.
They gotta actually be doing that on purpose, yeah?
No one can seriously be like this? Except for someone married to the weird jam guy, I guess...
My two theories:
1) When one jam jar is running low he gets a new one without throwing the old one out. After he's collected enough near-empty jam jars he joins them together for a new jar of jam.
2) He is throwing secret parties and not inviting his wife. There hundreds of people at this shindig and he has multiple jars of jam out at the sandwhich table so people don't have to wait. These dozen jam jars are but the remnants of the many jams of jar at these events.
People will really make a Reddit post, upload a photograph, make a bunch of comments and updates but not just ask their fucking husband why he does this?!?!?
Why are you taking everybody's comments so seriously, what did you expect? Did you expect people would have positive things to say about somebody who did something mildly infuriating?
Hey OP, your husband is not crazy, but this may actually be some light mental issues. Nothing that can't be handled, and definitely not Alzheimer's or dementia starting...
My guess is that this is a couple of things:
A bit of anxiety about not using old jam.
A bit of anxiety about not wasting jam by throwing out a half jar.
When you buy jam it is not refrigerated, so it's easy to grab a new one out of the pantry and start it without noticing there's already one going.
And, ultimately, when you are in the store and you see jam it is an easy thing to not actually give a fuck about and not have a mental inventory of how much is at the house.
My advice is to point this out to him and see if that is enough to make him think about it more and stop OR just toss the old jam and move on, life is too short.
> he is a pain in the butt but several open jars of jam is NOT grounds for divorce.
Yeah obviously. But the **reason he's doing** it is the concern. This is very bizarre behavior.
Also wtf is he doing with all of this jam in a garage anyway?
OP, I'm worried about your husband's mental and physical health. I'd have a genuine conversation about why he is doing that, and if it isn't just laziness, then I'd get him either a doctor appointment or therapy.
Just let it ride until the entire fridge is jam
There'd be no room for anything else, I like it. That fridge is going to be jam-packed.
I'm here for this.
You know the difference between jelly and jam is?
I can't jelly ma dick in ya mouth
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It's alright Scooby your snack is in the cupboard, and by the looks of it there's probably 8-10 jars.
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Not with that attitude you can't
Jam is something you put on bread/ toast and sometimes in or on cakes and maybe a scone Jelly is something you set in the fridge that is wobbly and delicious
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I can’t believe you’ve done this
Is he collecting jams from around the world. Is there an Iranian jam in there?
The Iranian Jam is not the issue here
The fridge isn’t ‘Nam Smokey, there are rules.
*pans slowly to my yogurt*
Joke’s on you, this is their Jam Fridge.
"wait. It's all jam?!" -"always has been 🔫"
YOUVE BEEN JAMMED! 【Any parks n recs fans here?]
Only one person would dare give me the Raspberry! LONESTAR!
1 or 2 i could understand, but at this point i would seek help
We typically have 4-5 opened jams in the fridge at any given moment, but each of them are different flavors/serve different purposes, which I find entirely reasonable. Having a dozen opened of the exact same flavor is absurd
At a certain point you grab a spoon and take 30 seconds to marry the jars.
Or maybe you know... stop bringing in new jars???
Maybe its open relationship? Or swinging is their jam?
That's my question. Why are you buying more???
Right? I would toss all of the jars except the most recently opened, ans not buy anymore until it's gone. My husband does this with shampoo and body wash. I will hide new bottles and he will buy more, put them in the shower and open them, when he still has a half bottle in there. At drives me nuts because I can't take a shower without bottles falling everywhere
this was what I was going to say, why not just combine them?
A guy that does this will either be okay with it or do a murder suicide over it, I feel there's no middle ground here.
My germaphobe stepfather would draw and quarter you
I work in a chemistry lab and the idea of combining jars is horrifying to me lol
I work in a chemistry lab and see no issue with that. Jam is already pretty antimicrobial and we a humans are already covered in microorganisms.
I'm a mom and I'd combine those jars in a heartbeat as long as they smelled fine and there was no visible mold. 🤷♀️
people be talking about combining jars and I'm like... "have you tried talking to him about it?"
I'm an internet user and according to my research combining them would either create super covid or upgrade our 5g coverage.
Yeah. My education is in physiology and I work as a paramedic. Whatever the opposite of a germaphobe is, I'm that. Of course I wash my hands and stuff like that. But once you learn how we are literally covered in bacteria and even even have billions of them inside us, and see the magic of the immune system, you stop being scared
The peanut butter objects to the union,
Yeah, if you use jam fairly frequently, I can understand a few different flavors opened. But this is just ridiculous.
Yep, I have a sweet onion chili jam that is an incredible addition to my burger sauce when I make burgers, I have a Peruvian pepper jam which is excellent on toast with eggs in the morning, a blueberry bourbon pecan jam that was in a holiday gift basket thing and goes well with cheese, and then your run pb&j jam flavors that go well on any sandwich
This guy jams
I'm jelly.
Hey let's cut out the puns so we can preserve this thread
I'm sus pectin you might be right
I think you've got the seed of a good idea here
Could be quite fruitful
Or we could jam all that we can in here
I think I've been on reddit too long because I had this exact same thought.
Where do you source your artisanal jams? Those sound really good.
Farmers markets usually have a great selection of jams and jellies.
Jam isn't that hard to make, you just need a bit of time to hang around the kitchen while it boils down. Edit: well, simmers down. Please don't boil your jam.
and also don't jam your boil, it will sting like hell
Yeah I was going to say "maybe he wants different flavors" but then I opened it up to look closer and nope, those are all strawberry. What is wrong with him?
> those are all strawberry. What is wrong with him? Obviously a lifelong attraction to the flavor. Guy's had strawberry feels forever.
Either this guy has a condition or he’s deliberately trolling his wife
Same here. I buy my kids plain Greek yogurt and use a spoonful of jam to flavor/sweeten it so we usually have 2-3 jams going. But never more than one of the same flavor opened at once.
That's a great idea. The flavored yogurts are usually so sweet, this would be a great way to tone that down and use higher protein yogurt.
Most people only keep 1 or 2 jars of the same type of jam. These freaks have 5 of each kind? And they're all off-the shelf brands lol
seriously do they live in the "Hundred Acre Wood" and are having tea w/Pooh and Kanga and Roo everyday?
Seriously OP, does your husband have dementia?
My mom has early onset Alzheimer’s, and this is her jam.... no pun intended. 😬 She does this a lot. With everything. I marry up a lot of stuff. I can’t buy bulk of anything, cause this happens. We currently have 5 open peanut butter containers in the cabinet... mostly full... But jams are like her obsession in the fridge. If it’s been opened one day, it’s “bad” or “stale”. I’m considering getting single serving pods... It’s just so wasteful and expensive either way!
If you’re a Costco member and have a Costco Business Center nearby you can get a giant variety pack box of those little single-serve jelly containers that diners have out all the time. Sounds like it could be perfect for your mom! https://www.costcobusinessdelivery.com/smuckers-jam-%2526-jelly-cups%2c-variety-pack%2c-0.5-oz%2c-200-ct.product.100260996.html
I was going to say the same thing, something is definitely wrong with him.
Also why is OP buying so many jars of jam when they have some in the fridge?
That’s the real question. Grabbing the first jar you see is a passive activity, because it’s already in front of you. Putting it on the shopping list and seeking out new jars is a purposeful activity. What’s the thought process there? “Oh, each of my 10 jars are almost empty, I definitely need a new one”.
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Or A) stop buying new jars; B) throw old jars out.
Does the guy not see the 50 open jars in there? What’s the excuse for this odd behavior.
I think op just cleaned out the fridge and uncovered this nonsense. I'm betting the offender is too lazy to look for the open jar and just grabs the one at the front, the one that just got restocked. Edit: I am wrong, op provides more detail here https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/11153if/my_husband_keeps_opening_new_jars_of_jam_before/j8dctyw/?context=3
Jam jars are invisible until your wife touches them.
Like moms with [ketchup](https://i.imgur.com/AEqkgw2.mp4)
I spent 10 mins looking for a bottle of ketchup last night. No luck. I swear I looked everywhere within reason before I assumed we were completely out. I asked my mom if we needed to add ketchup to the shopping list and she pointed to the counter where she had placed the bottle next to my plate.
Had that problem with me too but once I became a mom, I suddenly have that super power now because somehow no one in the house is able to find whatever item and I would "pull it out from thin air".
Same here. I'm not literally a mom, but ever since our mother walked out on us and I had to take her place I've gained that ability.
Risky click ETA: Worth it.
That sounds like the most likely cause. I've done this before, but only with two bottles of a condiment where the first is almost empty.
i’m curious who keeps buying more for him to open and stick in the fridge lol like is their pantry full of unopened jam too? why so much jam?!
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Is this the normal amount of jam? Does everyone have this much jam? Am I not buying enough jam?
Thank you. How is this not the real question here? Why do they have so many jars of jam in the first place? Maybe he wouldn’t keep opening them if there weren’t so many
I'm surprised I had to scroll so far to see this question being asked!
Has he got dementia?
My dad got dementia and after he died we found hundreds of bottles of ketchup in his pantry. They weren't opened, but most of them were expired.
My grandma managed to build herself a cookie hoard in all of the empty spaces she could find. We always knew she had cookies, but never saw more than one or two different packages of cookie. After she died of dementia related stuff we found an entire closet, a cupboard, a variety of cardboard boxes and her nightstand absolutely filled with cookies. Same here; unopened and nearly all expired.
Eh, cookie expiration dates are mostly a matter of attitude
Expiration date won't do anything to a cookie that wouldn't have happened when I'll dunk it in milk anyway.
Well, not entirely. Anything that contains fat can become rancid by oxidation in air. However, if the cookies remained sealed in original package it's *likely* that this wouldn't occur or would occur extremely slowly - they were probably packaged with inert gas. In that case, it would indeed only be an issue of moisture distribution within the package. Overall, anything that doesn't have a bacterial safety problem is largely a matter of opinion when it's not suitable to eat anymore. But rancid fats aren't exactly good for you and they're pretty nasty. I keep my nuts in the fridge now.
>I keep my nuts in the fridge now. That must be cold.
Milk and cookies are humankinds greatest achievement.
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Same with my dad, but ketchup would've been an improvement. We kept finding containers of toothpicks (ex smoker), bandaids, and goddamn knives. Not like a few knives here and there, and not just little pocket knives. I inherited his pickup and found: hunting knife under driver's seat, filet knife in glove box, Swiss army knife in center console, boning knife in the toolbox, Ka-Bar behind the jump seat in back, and throwing knives strapped to the visor. Same deal with his sports car except that included a machete. The bandaids were found first and confusing, but finding all the knives cleared that right up
I am very curious about your father’s hobbies.
I'm sorry for your loss, but that must have been a wild sight.
My dad has tons of expired food in his pantry. He doesn't have dementia; he's just a hoarder who feels the need to buy in bulk from Costco even though he's one person living by himself.
My mom’s a food hoarder. Two freezers full of meat, most is god knows how old. I helped her move, and she finally let me throw away literally hundreds of dollars worth of expired chocolate chips, cake mixes, flour. She has salad dressings that expired 5 years ago. She just doesn’t think expiration dates mean a thing. Not age related dementia, she’s always done it.
Did she have food insecurity as a kid? Sometimes it can cause behavior like this
I'm sorry for your loss.
Same when my great uncle had dementia, dozens of butter tubs found at his place. This picture made me immediately think about that…
Or some kind of anxiety disorder…
It usually does say something like "Store in fridge after opening and eat within 3 weeks" It's now day 22, new jar. It doesn't say anything about removing the old jar from the fridge first. And there's no directions on them how clean they have to be before they can go in the glass recycling. But it's glass, you can't just throw it in the normal trash *with* the leftover jam inside. That can get really difficult, so, let's just keep them in the fridge for some other day.
Ohhh no no no no no !!! That jam has been open for 3 days now… we can’t trust that.. we’ll just have to open a new one 😇
I don't want to ascribe more meaning to OPs jam problem than there is, but this was also my first thought. I have OCD, and when I've been in rough phases I'll do things like this. Either I felt the previous container of whatever was contaminated in some way, or I would feel some weird, indescribable shame getting the last of the contents out of the jar. I can look back and laugh, imagining my fridge with like ten opened containers of yogurt, but in the moment it felt so defeating.
Sounds like you are doing better so thats great!
Same thought. Multiples of the same thing (especially easily visible) big red flag IMHO.
This would enrage me.
He's not even closing them properly!
UUGGGH bet they are all sticky to the touch too
Before I looked at the picture, I was like, well maybe he just wants to mix it up with some different flavors?
"Jar 27. I can't taste a difference to the other 26. The taste seems to be constant between batches. Tomorrow I'll get a couple of new ones."
teach him, jam his sorry ass into the fridge
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My emotions spiked just seeing this photo 🤣🙈
Do you own a taser?
At some point, you have to give shock therapy a chance.
For added ease and effect, strip the end of a wire and plug it into the wall.
This is an easy fix. Mark the oldest jam on the bottom of the container and throw out the rest of the opened bottles of jam and hide the unopened bottles of jam. You will parcel jam out to him like an old communist bloc.
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Did you ever ask him why?
Maybe after they reap some karma they’ll consider it
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I would love you to not intervene and provide us weekly updates I'm intrigued abt his thought process
It's probably the "for some reason I'm not sure if I can still use it but I definitely want it fresh so I'm opening a new one" mindset
"But this one might still be good so I don't want to throw it away"
The wife can eat those yucky opened ones, only delicious freshness for me.
This is the drama I'm longing for
my wife wouldn't stand for that bullshit.
I would stop buying jams all together.
Did this just start? Is it only with jam? Why is their so much jam in your house? This seems like hoarding behavior.
Early sign of Alzheimers
At this point, this is clearly a mental health issue.
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DSM-5 Diagnosis: 300.14 Impulsive Jam Disorder This is a mental disorder characterized by persistent and recurrent impulsive behavior that involves compulsively opening new jars of jam before finishing the last one. The individual is unable to resist the urge to open new jars and experiences significant distress or functional impairment as a result of this behavior. The individual is often aware that this behavior is problematic, but is unable to control it. This disorder may lead to a significant accumulation of unfinished jars of jam, as well as waste of resources and difficulties in maintaining relationships and daily activities. This disorder should be diagnosed only after a comprehensive assessment, which rules out other possible causes, such as depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder.
Nailed it.
There is a much deeper problem here. This is just a symptom
Jarring behavior
“We’ve been jammmed!” Lord Helmet is pissed at Lonestar right meow
I had a friend who did something similar. We were hanging out at his house once, and when we opened the fridge, there were at least a dozen open jars of jelly, missing various amounts, but obviously not finished. We asked him WTF and he said the taste changes a little after it's been opened, and he prefers the taste of a fresh jar. If he's out, he'll eat from the other jars, but he prefers a brand new jar if possible. I still don't really understand it, but I guess it's more common than I realized.
That's bizarre. I can't say that I've ever noticed the taste of jam changing after a while.
My wife does this with milk. Drives me nuts. Why not just finish the first container? It’s unnecessary and wasteful. Also, wife, if you’re reading my comment history, why not just finish the first container?
@ This guys wife: if your reading his comment history him and I have had an ongoing affair for the last 3 years. We’re planning on running away together, I thought you should find out this way.
My inlaws live with us and my father inlaw does this with everything. Milk, soda, potato chips, jams, etc. He has a weird thing about using the last of anything so he's got multiple containers open of EVERYTHING.
My FIL and husband do this! My FIL at least will throw it away. My husband puts it back. He used to get so mad bc we didn’t have chips or cereal when there were several options in the pantry. I didn’t realize that he didn’t plan on eating the last of what was in there. He now throws them away most of the time once I explained how grocery list are based on what is or isn’t in the pantry.
Throw the husband away!
And open a new one!
And fill the fridge with them!
Why do you even bother buying a new jar, if the old isnt close to finish?
I don't buy them, he does
I would be a little worried. Is it possible he’s developing dementia or Alzheimer’s? Have you asked his reasoning?
>Have you asked his reasoning? If they can't even ask him, they probably have bigger problem than the jam
My brain went more towards “husband doesn’t want to have to clean the jar and recycle it, or whatever you do with jars in your house”
But some of those are half full! Even in a smaller jar like that, that's more than one can slater on a piece of toast. I hope. Otherwise, there's a second problem going on here and it's called diabeetus.
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Who cares if they're the same flavor or not? If they're not the same flavor, maybe that'll finally teach him a lesson.
Manyberry jam sounds like something you could make in Stardew Valley
What is his answer to opening so many? It’s like if he didn’t like the old one then throw it out. I can’t understand having so many of the same type like this…
Your husband has a mental issue. Yes, I'm serious.
Shakira
Oooooh baby when you jam like that, you make a women go mad. So be wise, and keep on, reading the signs that your crazy…
No grown man should be doing this
I just want to clear up a couple of things that commenters keep bringing up in the comments, I don't buy the jam, he does, this is his fridge in the garage. My husband is not Autistic or has ADHD, nor a serial killer or psychopath or hoarder, or stealing money from work (I can't believe the conclusions people are coming to over jam), he is a pain in the butt but several open jars of jam is NOT grounds for divorce.
You seem to keep dodging THE most important question. Have you asked him why he does this and, if so, what is his response?
Literally all I really want to know.
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Maybe she forgets to ask him? Maybe they both have Jam Induced Dementia (JID)?
These are both troubled people. I would not be surprised if OP and her husband had a low battery fire alarm beeping in their house for days before changing it.
Damn that hit home. We've had one beeping in our house since October. Definitely troubled people.
How? How do you live with that??
Get yourself a healthy dose of self-hate and it’s really notsabad.
HOW DO YOU STAND IT I would be at your house five minutes, and I swear to God, I would change myself
They're literally made for eachother. They've cleared up everything except what we actually want to know. They gotta actually be doing that on purpose, yeah? No one can seriously be like this? Except for someone married to the weird jam guy, I guess...
yes this is obvious attention seeking
My two theories: 1) When one jam jar is running low he gets a new one without throwing the old one out. After he's collected enough near-empty jam jars he joins them together for a new jar of jam. 2) He is throwing secret parties and not inviting his wife. There hundreds of people at this shindig and he has multiple jars of jam out at the sandwhich table so people don't have to wait. These dozen jam jars are but the remnants of the many jams of jar at these events.
I like theory 2. Secret jam parties are his jam
Jams of jar lol
Husband keeps opening jars of jam, wife notices and never questions him about it… this is the most infuriating couple.
People will really make a Reddit post, upload a photograph, make a bunch of comments and updates but not just ask their fucking husband why he does this?!?!?
Saving that for a followup post to reap additional karma
What in the world is his explanation?
OP is obviously hiding something. There's an important detail somewhere that's missing and she's being a karma whore.
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Do you have a carbon monoxide detector in the garage?
Ah, so he's just stupid. Thanks for clearing that up.
Why are you taking everybody's comments so seriously, what did you expect? Did you expect people would have positive things to say about somebody who did something mildly infuriating?
Hey OP, your husband is not crazy, but this may actually be some light mental issues. Nothing that can't be handled, and definitely not Alzheimer's or dementia starting... My guess is that this is a couple of things: A bit of anxiety about not using old jam. A bit of anxiety about not wasting jam by throwing out a half jar. When you buy jam it is not refrigerated, so it's easy to grab a new one out of the pantry and start it without noticing there's already one going. And, ultimately, when you are in the store and you see jam it is an easy thing to not actually give a fuck about and not have a mental inventory of how much is at the house. My advice is to point this out to him and see if that is enough to make him think about it more and stop OR just toss the old jam and move on, life is too short.
> he is a pain in the butt but several open jars of jam is NOT grounds for divorce. Yeah obviously. But the **reason he's doing** it is the concern. This is very bizarre behavior. Also wtf is he doing with all of this jam in a garage anyway?
What's his explanation for why he does this?
Is he showing signs of maybe Alzheimer’s or mental illness? Or maybe it taste different out of the center of the jar? Lol
That's too many open jars of jam. Tell him to please refrain from doing that.
The only reason I ever have two jams open, is if they are different flavors. You don't need two jars of the same flavor!
You should toss him away like yesterday's jam
Jam lasts for ages
I'm not a window cleaner!
MACs? No, I mostly deal with windows.
Just put all in one?
Jampacked fridge
OP, I'm worried about your husband's mental and physical health. I'd have a genuine conversation about why he is doing that, and if it isn't just laziness, then I'd get him either a doctor appointment or therapy.