My husband and I love our Girl Scout cookies! Yep, it is a special time of year when you see little, innocent girls learning the fine art of suggestive selling techniques by setting up shop with their color cookie boxes on display outside the grocery store, the mall, and best of all, the gym. Who cares that these over-priced, highly addictive cookies only show up once a year and the box seems to be shrinking a little more in size each time... you forget all your troubles once you pop that first Thin-Mint in your mouth.
As I mentioned, Girl Scout cookies are a big deal in our house and because of that David and I set some ground rules a few years back. But before I tell you these ground rules, I must share the background behind the need for them.
While David and I have only been married for a few years, we have actually been together for 10 years. And during our courtship, we learn a few things about each other rather quickly. For example, David learned that there is good reason that I should never eat peanut butter, that I do not like people in my kitchen, spontaneous is not my true nature and that he can pretty much end any fight by scratching my back. I learned that David could eat pizza every single day of his life, he has a weird thing about the blinds needing to be closed the minute the sun starts setting, and that I have never met anyone with a stronger sweet tooth. And to top that list off, we both learned that Girl Scout cookies are not something that we joke around about.
When it comes to eating things, I believe that people fall into 1 of 2 groups - People that eat the whole box of something in 1 day versus people that have a box that lasts for a while because they eat just a couple at a time. David is in the first group and I am in the second group. This has never really been an issue between us. I never cared that the ice cream was gone or that David ate the last piece of pizza. It just never bothered me... until Girl Scout cookie season.
So let's rewind to the early 2000's, where a much younger, better-looking, smaller version of me decides to buy some Girl Scout cookies for both me and my boyfriend, David. Being a generous girlfriend and knowing that my boyfriend has crazy sweet tooth, I buy 2 boxes of Thin Mints and 2 boxes of Samoas. I figure that will last a good long time. Later that evening, a cute, thinner, less-gray-hair version of David is sitting next to me on the couch as we open 1 box of Thin Mints and share some cookies together. It is nice moment.
Now fast forward 2 days... I have had a long, stressful day at work. I am feeling beat up and taken advantage of and I am ready to go home and enjoy some Girl Scout cookies. I had earned them that day and was really looking forward to eat a few. I have not had any since that night sitting on the couch with my man. I walk into the kitchen, look in the pantry, and for the life of me can not find them anywhere. How odd! Surely David just moved them to the freezer because everybody knows Girl Scout Cookies taste especially good when frozen. Nope. Not in there.
Just then David gets home. I ask him where the Girl Scout cookies are. Avoiding eye contact, he points to the trash can. Imagine my dismay when I open the lid to see the empty carcasses of Girl Scout Cookie boxes just laying there!
I am not sure exactly what happened next... there may have been rage, there may have been a few choice words, one or two empty Girl Scout cookie boxes may have been thrown. Not quite sure. I think my mind has blocked it from memory. But I do know that it was that evening that the Girl Scout Cookie Ground Rules were born. They are as follows:
I am sure that many of you readers think we are crazy. And we most definitely are. But for us, the Girl Scout Cookie Ground Rules work.
So tell me... what crazy rule(s), do you and your significant other have in place to keep sanity? I would LOVE to hear them.
As I mentioned, Girl Scout cookies are a big deal in our house and because of that David and I set some ground rules a few years back. But before I tell you these ground rules, I must share the background behind the need for them.
While David and I have only been married for a few years, we have actually been together for 10 years. And during our courtship, we learn a few things about each other rather quickly. For example, David learned that there is good reason that I should never eat peanut butter, that I do not like people in my kitchen, spontaneous is not my true nature and that he can pretty much end any fight by scratching my back. I learned that David could eat pizza every single day of his life, he has a weird thing about the blinds needing to be closed the minute the sun starts setting, and that I have never met anyone with a stronger sweet tooth. And to top that list off, we both learned that Girl Scout cookies are not something that we joke around about.
When it comes to eating things, I believe that people fall into 1 of 2 groups - People that eat the whole box of something in 1 day versus people that have a box that lasts for a while because they eat just a couple at a time. David is in the first group and I am in the second group. This has never really been an issue between us. I never cared that the ice cream was gone or that David ate the last piece of pizza. It just never bothered me... until Girl Scout cookie season.
So let's rewind to the early 2000's, where a much younger, better-looking, smaller version of me decides to buy some Girl Scout cookies for both me and my boyfriend, David. Being a generous girlfriend and knowing that my boyfriend has crazy sweet tooth, I buy 2 boxes of Thin Mints and 2 boxes of Samoas. I figure that will last a good long time. Later that evening, a cute, thinner, less-gray-hair version of David is sitting next to me on the couch as we open 1 box of Thin Mints and share some cookies together. It is nice moment.
Now fast forward 2 days... I have had a long, stressful day at work. I am feeling beat up and taken advantage of and I am ready to go home and enjoy some Girl Scout cookies. I had earned them that day and was really looking forward to eat a few. I have not had any since that night sitting on the couch with my man. I walk into the kitchen, look in the pantry, and for the life of me can not find them anywhere. How odd! Surely David just moved them to the freezer because everybody knows Girl Scout Cookies taste especially good when frozen. Nope. Not in there.
Just then David gets home. I ask him where the Girl Scout cookies are. Avoiding eye contact, he points to the trash can. Imagine my dismay when I open the lid to see the empty carcasses of Girl Scout Cookie boxes just laying there!
I am not sure exactly what happened next... there may have been rage, there may have been a few choice words, one or two empty Girl Scout cookie boxes may have been thrown. Not quite sure. I think my mind has blocked it from memory. But I do know that it was that evening that the Girl Scout Cookie Ground Rules were born. They are as follows:
- Each year equal boxes of Girl Scout Cookies will be purchased for each person.
- Each person will write their name on their boxes.
- There will be no judgment if a person chooses to eat their cookies all in one sitting.
- Under no circumstances should the other person EVER touch, open, eat or offer from the other person's boxes. (This is important because David once offered my cookies to his friends so that he would not have to share his box of cookies.)
I am sure that many of you readers think we are crazy. And we most definitely are. But for us, the Girl Scout Cookie Ground Rules work.
So tell me... what crazy rule(s), do you and your significant other have in place to keep sanity? I would LOVE to hear them.
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