MARITAL BLISS IN A TUBE?

A recent article in the newspaper caught my eye entitled, "Happiness In A Tube." It's about the fusses between husbands and wives about the toothpaste tube. The writer says, "In the olden days, toothpaste was a paste, and it came in stiff, foil-like tubes. Squeezing from the bottom of the tube was critical. But few could resist placing a big thumb print in the plump middle of a new tube." He goes on to say that this caused many a fight in his own marriage.
"But thes days," the writer says, "toothpaste is more likely a gel, and it comes in a pliable tube or even a squeeze bottle. Squeeze anywhere. It doesn't matter."
Milton and I solved this pesky little problem early on. We each got our own tubes, and it's been that way for years. Before that, I'm the one who usually grabbed it and squeezed it in the middle--it's easier and faster. He didn't like it because it created more work for him. He had to squeeze the bulging parts through the skinny parts and work it up to the opening, taking more time.

Oh well. As the writer said, those days are gone with the new types of toothpaste tubes. "Marital bliss in a tube," he quips.

Was the toothpaste tube a bugaboo in your marriage?