Squeeze Me! Roll Me!

I never thought it would be an issue. I thought I only read about it in novels. Certainly not in real life.

But it was true.

Our marriage had strife over a tube of toothpaste!

Hubby has "S" traits. So it didnt matter to him whether the toothpaste was squeezed or rolled or whatever. He wasnt brought up to have that matter. So for the sake of peace, he would just make sure the toothpaste was neatly put away.

But usually he squeezed. Anywhere along the tube. Just wherever he was holding. He squeezed.I have some "C" traits. This makes me to see details. It also makes me particular.

I was brought up to roll the tube. In this way, I was being energy efficient. It also satisfied the "C" in me to know roughly how much toothpaste was left in the tube. Furthermore, it looked neat.

I would "present my case" to Hubby. He would try to remember to roll the toothpaste to please me. But he often forgot. I couldnt blame him - when he was using the toothpaste, he was usually half awake having got out of bed or half awake about to go to sleep.

Still, knowing didnt help. In fact, it still grated on me that he squeezed my toothpaste! My "C" trait said it was not right.

However, my "C" trait also knew that this was too petty to have disagreements over.

So I thought over it.

And came up with a simple solution.

Two tubes of toothpaste.
Now that's understanding our inclinations and using them.