I have a question for all of you. Especially women. Answer this simple question.
Why is this a "Guy Fridge"?
You'll notice that there's not even that much alcohol in it. I was proud that I could see the bottom without moving even one six pack, or fifth of liquor of any sort. And it even had the potential for a few meals in there (sammich' fixin's in the drawer are hard to see, but present.) And yet, all I hear is "oh, that's such a guy's refrigerator."
What the hell do you have to put in there to make it not a guy's fridge? Tampons? Help me out here.
What the hell do you have to put in there to make it not a guy's fridge? Tampons? Help me out here.
I wish I could give you the exponent that would stop people from saying, "that is such a guy fridge," but I can't.
ReplyDeleteFirst, let me just say that you have the CLEANEST guy fridge I have ever seen.
Second, the lack of alcohol with the cleanliness does make one wonder if it is actually a "guy fridge."
Third, what made me IMMEDIATELY think guy fridge is the placement of the big ole red meat on the top shelf. I won't make it an "every girl does this statement," but among people I know girls are much more likely to put meat on the bottom shelf or drawer. In my case, it was because that is what my mother taught me to do. Not necessarily an explanantion for your plight, but a thought.
Fourth, it could be how empty it looks. Usually a guy fridge will have a pretty empty fridge, but a very full freezer with the pizzas and hot pockets and what not because they are easier to make for themselves.
Just deal with the fact that you are a guy and you have a guy fridge. It isn't that bad.
J Fi,
ReplyDeleteI do not begrudge the fact that I have a "guy fridge," as much as the tone in which this is said. To be honest, it's the kind I'd prefer to have. I mean, it beats "Metro Fridge" or "Girl Fridge."
I just felt that the contents of my refrigerator were as socio-culturally neutral as they had ever been, and then was repeatedly informed that it was in fact a guy fridge.
Really, that's about as non-guy as it's ever been. So if that's my low end, the high end (a more recent picture) would be ridiculous.
(Also, it's clean because I had just cleaned it.)
- Scott
So I haven't commented in awhile, but I'm still here! I think one other distinction between guy and girl fridges is leftovers from things like casseroles and other baked goods. And the meat on the top fridge did push you right over the top!
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My addition is your relative lack of condom(ents). In my fridge, the entire top shelf is full of jams and jars of chocolate fudge topping and caramel and very small pots of chipotle sauce and wee packages of maple syrup and 8 different kinds of mustard. This in complete defiance of the fact that I do not eat mustard. Ever. With anything.
ReplyDeleteMy total lack of interest in mustard does not stop me from cooing over every new jar of mustard from Stonewall Kitchen. I dare YOU to resist things like Maine Maple Champagne Mustard, or Bourbon Molasses Mustard!
Besides, you never know who may be stopping by, and their personal taste in mustard.
Which leads me, ultimately, to the real reason that your fridge is a guy fridge. I can't believe none of these other girls has pegged it yet. Your fridge is stocked for you. A girl's fridge is stocked for EVERYONE ELSE.
Firstly, a combination of the last two. It is stocked for you, and you alone, and there are no leftovers.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, it has everything you need in it. No more, no less. Nothing added 'just in case'.
yeah, it's all about the real estate. It's way too empty to be a chick fridge.
ReplyDeleteNo fruit or vegetables and no cans of Slim Fast that have been shoved to the very back because even though you want to lose weight you can't bring yourself to drink those because they are disgusting.
ReplyDeleteSteak and beer. Red meat and beer, to me, say "guy fridge." However, you have the cleanest fridge I think I have ever seen that is not brand new out of the box. My roommate's and my fridge is jam-packed with things that will never be consumed and that are, in fact, probably no longer safe for human consumption. And we're girls.
ReplyDeleteIt's not bad, 2 hotty. It's clean, which definitely doesn't scream "guy." And you're right, the alcohol is at a minimum. I'd have to say what gives it away is two-fold - a) the slab of raw meat (non-chicken) and b) the condiments, slam-packed to the rafter, of which you have more of than any other item.
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