A man has been praised in a viral post on Reddit for taking decisive action to stop his husband from keeping smelly open beer bottles in their fridge.

When it comes to what we eat or drink, a recent survey of 2,000 Americans revealed that two-thirds of people feel judged by their partners for their guilty pleasures.

A 2016 study published in The Journals of Gerontology examined the impact of partners' drinking habits on marriage satisfaction. Based on data from a sample of U.S. couples, the study found that couples with the same drinking habits—whether enjoying a drink together or abstaining—had higher relationship satisfaction than those in relationships where only one person drinks.

The irritated man took to Reddit to share his frustration at his partner's beer habit. In a post on the popular r/AmITheA**hole forum that now has thousands of upvotes and comments, user u/redarmbandfurry wrote: "My husband and I have been married for three years. I love this man with the entirety of my life, but a year ago, he picked up this little habit where he stocks up on cheap beers and leaves them open in the fridge."

He explained that this was fine when it was just a few beers, but before long the beers began taking up an entire section of the fridge.

"He puts as many as he can fit under the drawer, and it f***ing stinks," shared the poster: "The entire fridge smells of frat bro puke after a day and half of his beers being in it, and frankly I was sick of it."

Taking matters into his own hands, the Redditor explained how he rearranged the fridge—removing the shelf that was being used to store beers and locking it away. But when his husband discovered the shelf had been moved, he wasn't happy.

"While I was out he opened two beers, stuck them next to all our condiments and immediately went to his dad, p***ed that I was trying to 'emasculate him' by 'denying him his beers,' even though the man's been buying a 24-pack a week every week, and I have never stopped him. The man knows his limits. I am just sick of smelling rancid beer every time I open our fridge," he wrote.

When confronted by his partner's father, the man explained: "I tell his dad it's not about the beer, its that he leaves it open until it stinks up the place before drinking it and he said: 'you're gay, if he wanted to be with a controlling b****, he'd go be with a woman, stop trying to control my son."

Swallowing his anger, the Redditor offered to go halves on a drinks fridge for his husband, but this didn't have the desired effect.

"He looks me dead in the eyes and says, 'the fridge in the kitchen is just as much mine as it is yours, you heard my dad. Now drop it and put my shelf back.'," wrote the poster.

After reading the story online, Redditors took to the comments to share their thoughts and reactions.

"You should really think hard about the level of disrespect you're being shown by your husband and father-in-law," said one reply. While another wrote: "Who does this? Why open more if there's some open? I don't understand what he's trying to achieve."

"Both your husband and his dad are acting like kids," said another response.

One commenter wrote: "It's your fridge too, and maybe if he finished them he would get a pass, but just leaving them there to pile up... no. Beer smells horrible as it is, I don't want to imagine how that must stink. Also, why is he telling his dad? He's a grown man and should be able to not get offended about the issue."

"Honey, You are married to a jerk of an alcoholic," said another reply: "You cannot emasculate someone who's doing that job by himself."

Newsweek has reached out to u/redarmbandfurry for comment.

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