every family has this drawer. We have this drawer. The solution to having this drawer is having this drawer.

The only surprise is that your family didn't have this drawer, apparently?

Of course, the junk drawer.

I don't think I've ever been in a home without one.

I honestly have multiple drawers like it.

Your wife is correct.

my family has had 2 of these since the 90s and now i have 2 of my own.

Of course, everyone has this drawer. It's called a junk drawer. Where else would you put this crap. What planet are you living on?

Yes, every family has this drawer, and every family also has a member who despises this drawer and fruitlessly reorganizes, labels and makes it easy for everyone else but it takes one load of dishes and…

What were we talking about again. Oh yeah, that’s normal.

At least one. Usually more.

Yep, have one. Its perfectly organised, because those things always go back in that drawer so that's just where they go.

Of course I have that drawer. Why do you need a solution? What's the problem?

My wife has serious ADHD, this is every drawer.

When my daughter was 4, she named it the “Don’t know where go drawer” and that’s how we’ve referred to it since.

I also have a man drawer.

Yep, we have that drawer. Ours is much larger and much more full. My wife loves baking, which accounts for a lot of it - there's about 5 pie servers in there, for example, along with various spatulas of many sizes. There are also three ice cream scoops so the odds are good I'll have at least one that is clean when I need it. Lemon zester, spoons, all kinds of baking and cooking-related stuff. The rubber things you use to get stubborn jars open. I can't even think of what else is in there, but there's a lot.

This is separate from the drawer that has rarely-used knives (we have a knife block for the commonly used knives), cake decorating materials, and similar stuff.

And both of those are separate from the designated "junk drawer" that has random stuff like box cutters, can coozies, gift cards, coupons, etc.

You guys can open THE drawer?!

Attempt at organizing said drawer of ours

Every family has this drawer

Empty the drawer into a box. Whenever you use a box item, it goes into a drawer. After a year, donate the box

What do you mean? This is organized! And I have such a drawer too. This is the collection of slightly large kitchen tools that are not large enough to place them in the cupboard.

Whether every family has this drawer or not, I wouldn't know, so I'm not very helpful with settling your argument. I'd bet, every family has this drawer though. Because everyone must have those kinds of utensils, and there's no other logical place to store them. Some people hang some of them on the wall, but even then, there are some that cannot be hung on the wall. Those go into this drawer.

If you don’t have this drawer you simply don’t have drawers.

I have no drawers that are not this drawer.

Yes, and as others have mentioned, the scale sits on the counter since it's delicate.

I do not have that drawer. Mine is at least twice as full.

Sorry to say, your wife is right. Sorry to say, even if she is wrong she is right.

I live alone and have this drawer.

Just to the left of the stove, and the goddamn potato masher always manages to wiggle its way to the top and block the drawer opening.

It’s also how some fruit is grown so leave the drawer ecosystem alone.

Every single organization system will fail. When we try to put things into categories, there will always be some things that don't fit. That is why every organization scheme needs a miscellaneous category. That seems to be the purpose of this drawer, and that's great.

Our catch-all drawer has screwdrivers, pliers and enough other tools to rebuild an engine, plus office supplies.

Aaaah, the "As seen on TV"+drawer! Yes we have that one.

I am ridiculously organized and clean. I do that 5 minutes of swift pickup/wipe a few times each day.

That said, still have this drawer. There is always a collection of items that don't seem to go "together" but they're always used. That's what this drawer is for.

I don't get the stock picture though. It's an obvious arrangement of tools that haven't even been used.

Yeah, everyone has such a drawer. But what is that green thing at the top? Something for baking?

Jesus fuck, it's fine.

I have this drawer.

It's not a junk drawer.

It's an irregular kitchen items drawer.

It's just the cost of being someone who actually uses their kitchen. We have the garlic press, scissors, pizza cutter, bench scrapers, microplaners, thermometers, etc... in there. All useful things that fit poorly with other things, so they get a drawer all to themselves.

The junk drawer with batteries and twist ties is another drawer.

We have 2 drawers like that. What's the problem with it if you don't have a better place to put that shit?

Yep, we all do. Although you might be going a little far in putting the food scale in there.

Every house has that drawer.