Using My Toothpaste Can Be Bad For Your Health
Posted in At Home and tagged with Steph, Toothpaste, Wedding on 03/03/2010 08:00 am by JennMegan at Undomestic Diva wrote a pretty passionate blog post about toothpaste. Although it may seem silly, lame, or boring to most, I must admit it got me going.
As some of you know, I have a thing about toothpaste being squeezed in the middle. I think my neurosis stems from sharing a bathroom with my sister when we were younger. I feel so strongly about it that the morning of Stephtastic’s wedding I came storming out of the bathroom, “Stephtastic, you used my toothpaste didn’ you?!” Immediately looking chagrined she admitted it followed by “I’m soooo sorry. I forgot!” The photographers thought it was hilarious and shared their own toothpaste stories. I stared her down and said “Remember, this is your day. Tomorrow it’s back to the real world. The one where I punch you for squeezing in the middle, just like when we were kids.” (I’m totally kidding. I didn’t stare her down.)
I think in any couple there is someone who squeezes from the bottom (me) and someone who squeezes from the middle (everyone else). The battle wages eternal. I wish that was all that bugged me, but there are more things…
I hate when someone leaves globs of toothpaste in the sink.
I hate when there is so much extra crap coming out of the top of the tube that the cap cannot be screwed on properly.
Like the Undomestic Diva, I hate bad tasting toothpaste (anything in gel form. I’m traditional. I like the paste.). I mean, as I commented to her, it isn’t like a bad tasting food where you can spit it out immediately. You not only have to keep it in your mouth for 2 minutes, you have to scrub that crap right in there. And more than once a day. However, this doesn’t stop me from buying toothpaste if it is on sale (as long as it is a paste).
Yes, I realize that it is slightly ironic that someone who has had some of the most epic dust bunnies ever is that particular about her toothpaste, but like I said, I blame Stephtastic.
So Megan, now you can feel less lonely about blogging about toothpaste. Although, reading yours again I see mine is much more neurotic.
Yeah, That Just Happened!
March 3rd, 2010 at 8:51 am
Wow. I never worried about toothpaste that much!
My sister was obsessed with me flushing the toilet. I would leave it unflushed just to annoy her.
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March 3rd, 2010 at 12:08 pm
LOL…I hate the gunk in the toothpaste lid thing too. AND COME ON, do i have to be the ONLY one who squeezes from the bottom in my house????
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March 3rd, 2010 at 9:21 pm
Well, I once blogged about how we fold/not fold toilet paper so don’t feel bad!!! And I’m a middle squeezer while my husband is a roll neatly from the bottom type … a mixed marriage!
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Jenn Reply:
March 4th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Oh yeah, I voted in that poll (scrunched is always better!) Good to know someone else is in the same situation.
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March 4th, 2010 at 10:31 am
Yeah its true I am a toothpaste terror… it drives Kyle nuts! we have seperate tubes (i once got the tube so gunked up on the top it started coming out the bottom of the package and Kyle got his own tube that very same day).
At least i know it… that helps right? right?
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Jenn Reply:
March 4th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Um…right.
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March 4th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
the crust is the worst, in my house it used to get so bad you’d have to jam the cap back on, so you ended up with nice clean teeth and a little bicep on the side.
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March 7th, 2010 at 6:33 pm
I completely agree with you about the blog of toothpaste that some people leave on the outer rim of the tube. It’s just too gross. We solved the problem by buying separate tubes of toothpaste. Now if someone makes a mess it’s obvious who gets the blame.
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March 8th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
Is it crazy to tell you I’ve solved this problem in our house by buying TWO tubes of toothpaste?
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Jenn Reply:
March 9th, 2010 at 12:51 am
Not at all! We definitely have two tubes of toothpaste in our house.
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