I know exactly the battle. One of us LIKES eating peas or beans that don’t have bits of stems and unidentifiable “things” floating around in the mix. The other’s rationale? “For 3 cents a can less you can just pick them out – those bits have never actually KILLED anyone!” Yea, right… but we’re just going to spend the differnce in replacement bulbs when the light over the dining room table is turned ALL the way up so I can do a complete invenotry of each spoonful!
On these kinds of things we’ve agreed to disagree. I think Mary’s come around on the Dawn dish soap. I mean hey, it’s the only thing that can clean up some of my greasiest messes, especially those two deep fryers … meanwhile, she gets her super-soft toilet paper. I can use the stuff that feels like cardboard. One guy I know used to make toilet paper at a plant in Virginia. His thing at the time was, “How can I take pride in my work, knowing what people do with it?”
Here’s my suggestion for you; Tell him he can have one of his shopping preferences (the good beer?) if you can have those decent paper towel. That way, when he spills his beer it costs less to clean it up in the long run.
I’ve had so many people tell me they have had some sort of similar stand off with their spouse. I’m not a fan of peas either. LPC sound like quite a negotiation suggestion!
furiousball
being single means i’m the only one that screws up the shopping and i rarely argue with myself unless i found the vodka i hid from myself
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Rebecca Regnier
I argue with myself quite a bit. I always lose.
Mekales
I know exactly the battle. One of us LIKES eating peas or beans that don’t have bits of stems and unidentifiable “things” floating around in the mix. The other’s rationale? “For 3 cents a can less you can just pick them out – those bits have never actually KILLED anyone!” Yea, right… but we’re just going to spend the differnce in replacement bulbs when the light over the dining room table is turned ALL the way up so I can do a complete invenotry of each spoonful!
Luna Pier Cook
On these kinds of things we’ve agreed to disagree. I think Mary’s come around on the Dawn dish soap. I mean hey, it’s the only thing that can clean up some of my greasiest messes, especially those two deep fryers … meanwhile, she gets her super-soft toilet paper. I can use the stuff that feels like cardboard. One guy I know used to make toilet paper at a plant in Virginia. His thing at the time was, “How can I take pride in my work, knowing what people do with it?”
Here’s my suggestion for you; Tell him he can have one of his shopping preferences (the good beer?) if you can have those decent paper towel. That way, when he spills his beer it costs less to clean it up in the long run.
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Rebecca Regnier
I’ve had so many people tell me they have had some sort of similar stand off with their spouse. I’m not a fan of peas either. LPC sound like quite a negotiation suggestion!
Tuli
Cheap paper products annoy me. You use twice as much as the super-absorbent good stuff and end up saving NO money.
Lucky for me, I am a one-person household. I buy what I like.
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