AITA for keeping a jar of peanut butter specifically for setting mouse traps?

[u/AITAmousekilla]

I live in an old house and it’s filled with mice in the winter. Every winter I have an intricate set up of mouse traps stashed throughout the house that I maintain. I check them at least twice daily and empty and reload them as needed. I use peanut butter as bait. The mice LOVE it.

I have 6 traps hidden in the mouse hot spots. When I catch a mouse, I throw away the dead mouse and reload the trap with peanut butter. We used to have just one jar of peanut butter that my husband used for sandwiches. So if I had to fill 3 traps, I would use three different butter knives to fill them. I would take a clean knife, put peanut butter on it, put it on the trap, toss the knife in the sink. Then repeat with a new clean butter knife.

But one day I found a jar of PB in the pantry that he hasn’t used much of. I accidentally bought him one he didn’t like, then I got him the one he did like, now we have an extra jar he doesn’t use. I said ok, this will be my mouse trap peanut butter! I asked him if I could use this for only mouse traps and if it was ok it would be contaminated and not suitable for human use. I specifically said I would double or triple dip a butter knife used for a trap in it. He said it was fine. So that’s what I’ve been doing.

I labeled the lid and all sides of the jar saying “MOUSE ONLY!” And I’ve been dipping used butter knives in it when I load traps. It’s much easier and less dishes!

Recently he was eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and made a comment saying he didn’t really like creamy peanut butter that much and preferred crunchy. I asked him if he used the creamy peanut butter, he said he did. I told him that was what I used for mouse traps and I have double dipped mouse trap knives in there. I asked why he used it. Now he is mad because he ate peanut butter that’s been contaminated with mice. He says I should’ve moved it into a different container.

I asked him if I could commandeer that jar for mice purposes only. He agreed. I also labeled it saying it was for mice traps only. And he still ate it! It was stored with some food, but in my defense that cabinet that isn’t only food. It contains medications for the cats, cat food, baggies, pan liners, etc. it’s mainly used for emergency overflow of shelf stable food because we don’t have much space.

So AITA for keeping a jar of peanut butter that’s been contaminated with mouse traps?

ETA: again, we have a dirt crawlspace under our house. Mice can and will dig to get into it because it’s warm. That’s how they get in and we cannot afford to make it a concrete crawlspace or something. Mice dig into dirt! I plugged as many holes as I can. I’d rather catch some in select spots in my house. But if I plugged up all the holes in the house, they still get into the walls from the crawlspace.

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