[stuckinhell]

My husband and I had one of our first major fights over fruits and newspapers. I'm a bit of a packrat, and he is someone who embodies minimalism. I let fruit rot a bit in the kitchen, and kept a lot of newspapers, magazines, and other "junk mail".

Eventually one day he flipped out over them. We have come to an unpleasant compromise. Once a month, he gives me a week notice, he's going to throw it all out, and then he does. I've come to accept it, since there isn't much he gets bothered by otherwise.