Steve Freides wrote:

> > What made you grate the whole block?
>
> She said she wanted me to buy a bag of grated cheese - she wants it
> there, grated, when she cooks. My wife does most of the cooking, I do
> most of the shopping.

You chose the wrong solution, IMO. You should volunteer to grate the
cheese for her on demand.

Sometimes you can sub sliced cheese for grated. Whatever irrational
objection she has to grating may not impede her from slicing.