Pet Peeves
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Quote: smoothgrhQuote: DRichPet peeve:
My wife never puts the cap back on the toothpaste. I even started buying the one with the flip-top thinking she would close it but she never does. It bothers me every single morning for 12 years and I have never said a word. I know if I bring it up she will have 50 different thing to complain about how I do them and I don't plan on changing.
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My wife does this as well, but I've learned over the years that it's better to ignore these small things for the good of the overall relationship. I'm not going to get divorced over how she loads the dishwasher. Plus, as you mentioned, husbands do things that aren't so great either. Perfect people should live by themselves.
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It sounds like we think alike.
Quote: smoothgrhQuote: DRichPet peeve:
My wife never puts the cap back on the toothpaste. I even started buying the one with the flip-top thinking she would close it but she never does. It bothers me every single morning for 12 years and I have never said a word. I know if I bring it up she will have 50 different thing to complain about how I do them and I don't plan on changing.
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My wife does this as well, but I've learned over the years that it's better to ignore these small things for the good of the overall relationship. I'm not going to get divorced over how she loads the dishwasher. Plus, as you mentioned, husbands do things that aren't so great either. Perfect people should live by themselves.
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I am not married any more (since 1975). Therefore, I do not have to contend with peeves created by a marriage.
I do have two workable easily achieved answers to the predicament.
1. Use separate bathrooms.
2. Buy another tube of toothpaste and label it for your exclusive use.
tuttigym
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2. Buy another tube of toothpaste and label it for your exclusive use.
tuttigym
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I sometimes hide my own tube under the counter.
And to show my love in a way that won't ever be known, I sometimes roll up her tube so it's more easily squeezable.
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2. Buy another tube of toothpaste and label it for your exclusive use.
That would just create a new problem as she would ask why we need two tubes of toothpaste. Much safer to not even address the problem.
Quote: DRichQuote: tuttigym
2. Buy another tube of toothpaste and label it for your exclusive use.
That would just create a new problem as she would ask why we need two tubes of toothpaste. Much safer to not even address the problem.
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There is an appropriate response, but I would be suspended, so fill in the blank _______!
tuttigym
Quote: tuttigymQuote: smoothgrhQuote: DRichPet peeve:
My wife never puts the cap back on the toothpaste. I even started buying the one with the flip-top thinking she would close it but she never does. It bothers me every single morning for 12 years and I have never said a word. I know if I bring it up she will have 50 different thing to complain about how I do them and I don't plan on changing.
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My wife does this as well, but I've learned over the years that it's better to ignore these small things for the good of the overall relationship. I'm not going to get divorced over how she loads the dishwasher. Plus, as you mentioned, husbands do things that aren't so great either. Perfect people should live by themselves.
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I am not married any more (since 1975). Therefore, I do not have to contend with peeves created by a marriage.
I do have two workable easily achieved answers to the predicament.
1. Use separate bathrooms.
2. Buy another tube of toothpaste and label it for your exclusive use.
tuttigym
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Oh, but were it so simple to guard my dentifrice supply from the perils of being squeezed in the middle.
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Oh, but were it so simple to guard my dentifrice supply from the perils of being squeezed in the middle.
Indeed.
tuttigym
Would she notice and care if the cap was gone/missing?Quote: DRichQuote: tuttigym
2. Buy another tube of toothpaste and label it for your exclusive use.
That would just create a new problem as she would ask why we need two tubes of toothpaste. Much safer to not even address the problem.
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If so, steal the cap a few times and when she asks about it say you don't know perhaps I'm forgetting to put it on and it's getting lost. She might make sure she puts it back on herself.
I know how to wash clothes properly, load the dishwasher, and put stuff away correctly, however, my wife doesn't think so, or at least she thinks I won't do it properly, therefore, she forbids me from doing those things.
