I always clean as I cook and put everything away immediately

You are definitely not crazy.

I think it is more of a lifestyle choice.

However, it doesn't help to leave cookware on the stove if you need some other cookware that is still in the cupboards. Also if the place settings are always on the tale, than it prevents the table being used for anything other than eating. What is you want to play scrabble or a game of cards?

Washing dishes ranks near the top of my most hated chores list. No way would I leave items out that food will be prepared on or eaten from. I would just have to wash them again prior to use. In a cabinet, things tend to stay clean for longer, to a point.

The option I would have chosen -- neither is crazy, it's just a matter of preference.

I tend to be a tad neat freakish, so I would vote with you if the three of us lived together and we would win!

Unless you have dinner guests every single day, I would think leaving things out would collect dirt, dust, cat hairs, fly shit, etc. I think it takes less than a minute to grab a few dishes or pots and pans from inside the cabinets...but, hey...to each their own. Just not for me.

As a 20+ year pet-sitter, I've seen two clients who had the ''set the table 24/7" compulsion. I've wondered if they realize their cats wander about on that table....

What difference does it make? If it pleases someone to do this fine.

Maybe it's her way of making the kitchen table not turn into a catch all. I know mine sure does.

Crazy for sure or OCD

Not crazy, stupid. You don't know what your going to need until you've planned your meal. That applies to cooking and eating. Just leaving shit all over gets in the way.

I would think if you left eating and cooking utensils out they would get dusty then they have to be cleaned again before use. Doesn't make sense to me . Besides I use my table for other things (including collecting dust) but not a lot of eating much. Paper plates sure come in handy

Many people follow your roomie's choice.I, personally, follow yours. Leaving things on the stove is a fire hazard.Keaving things on the table is a cat hazard.

If you had, say, really nice cookware - like Le Creuset or something - it'd be ok to want to display it in your own home. In a shared house, meanwhile - weird. She's mad!

I can understand leaving the dining table set as if for dinner, IF the house is being shown to perspective buyers or renters and it's part of the staging. But for regular homelife, keeping table and stove clear makes more sense. A dining table can be used for other things when not meal time.

Maybe it was some high end expensive kitchenware, and she wanted everyone to see it. There are a lot of people who are obsessed by top labels as they believe it confers status on them.

?I use paper plates and plastic silverware, haven’t done dishes in a year.