A seemingly simple household task has sparked a heated online debate about respect, effort and power dynamics in relationships.
A post on Reddit has gone viral after a user shared a photo of his cutlery drawer overflowing with haphazardly placed utensils—something his girlfriend did when asked to unload the dishwasher. The post has received 15,000 upvotes and over 1,000 comments in only one day.
“Asked my girlfriend to unload the dishwasher,” the original poster wrote, clarifying in the comments that they live together, and that they both should know where things in the kitchen are meant to go.
Most Redditors were quick to condemn the girlfriend’s approach. “Straight to jail,” one user wrote, while another labeled the act as “weaponized incompetence,” suggesting it as an intentional move to avoid being asked to do the chore again. Another commenter agreed: “This is the job of someone who does not want to put …