Frank wrote:
Wife say's dishes must be rinsed before loading in dishwasher.
Husband say's get garbage off dishes and let the machine do it's job.
Wife is winning. Husband rinses.
Any allies on either side?
Frank

Original dishwasher sales were abysmal based on "labor-saving" claims.
Researchers found that women LIKED to wash dishes, they WANTED to wash
dishes, they NEEDED to wash dishes. Social scientists were flumoxed,
executives were confused, sales people actually died from confusion.

But American ingenuity saved the day: dishwashers were re-marketed with a
rationale of cleanliness and sterilization. The notion of sanitation trumped
whatever emotional attachment the ladies had to doing the dishes by hand and
sales sky-rocketed.

What we have here is the emergence of a recessive gene in your wife. But a
compromise is available. Let her rinse the dishes and everybody gets what
they need. Except those who like to follow logic.