r/FridgeDetective • u/temorr249 • 13d ago

What does my mom's fridge say about her? Meta

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u/Grouchy-Engine1584 13d ago

Actually I’m guessing the rest of the house is fine. This fridge screams food insecurity from childhood.

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u/Vee_32 13d ago

Yes. My relative is the same way. Fear of running out of food between 2 people who don’t eat much.

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u/s33n_ 13d ago

It's really disorganized for that to the be the only area like that IMO. 

I think it's more than just food insecurity and general poverty hoarding

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u/Confident-Hat5761 13d ago

My MIL had a similar fridge, refused to ever part with food. Rest of the house is immaculate. Had a stable upbringing with a large family on a farm, cooked lots of big meals, never learned how to scale it back. Had a fridge, full sized freezer, and spare fridge in the garage.

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u/Tricky_Gur8679 13d ago

My mom suffers from food insecurity and it drives me MAD. She hates throwing shit away.

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u/Soohwan_Song 13d ago

But at the same time will make more food than is needed that your forced to eat for days....

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u/Tricky_Gur8679 13d ago

Oh so you’ve met my mom. Wonderful. 😅

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u/anisahlayne 9d ago

My aunt was the same way. Her dad used to get her to shoplift because they were starving. She basically set up a store room in her basement. She actually stopped doing it, which is a sign that she’s healed from that trauma