Failing at the Tupperware system.

As some of you might know, I have been trying to train my husband on the Towel System for more than 15 years. With little to zero success.  This failure has been a source of great dismay to me, but I am trying to live with the pain.  However, there is another, less common failure that I don't often mention.  Mostly because I fear the situation is somewhat hopeless.  It is the Tupperware System.  My husband has proven to be as poor in his adherence to the Tupperware System as he is to the Towel System.

As many of you will know, Tupperware is a serious thing.  The absence of a system when it comes to Tuppeware leads to bottomless lids and lidless bottoms. A bottomless, lidless pit of anger, anxiety and general unhappiness.

I recently treated myself to (a) a Tupperware clean up (which entails the difficult but necessary task of euthanasing unmatched Tupperware) and (b) a rather substantial and expensive purchase of new, matching, non-generic Tupperware.  In particular a set of special round Tupperware bowls purchased specifically for my morning cereal.  There is something deeply unsettling about eating cereal out of a square dish.  It is just... wrong.  It's not a good way to start your day.

Because Tupperware is expensive, and because one doesn't like to frivolous, I only purchased two (2) special new round Tupperware bowls for my morning cereal. I figured this was more than sufficient as there should always be one available to use (the other one being in the wash).  Which is all good and well if everyone in the house adheres to the System.  Unfortunately this is not the situation in my house.  As with the Towel System, my husband has proven to be totally untrainable in the Tupperware System.  It pains me to speak about this, but previous offenses have included using my expensive Tupperware to (a) store his DIY supplies, (b) catch tadpoles with the kids and the latest insult, (c) using one of my only two round Tupperware bowls to store his solitary piece of left over pizza in the fridge.  I just can't.  There is no respect.  There are 23329783 square and rectangular Tupperware containers in the cupboard (with lids) and he uses one of my only two ROUND cereal bowls for his one measly piece of leftover pizza.  IT DOESN'T EVEN FIT PROPERLY!!!

I know I should try to put this in perspective.  I know there are worst things in the world.  But I am really struggling right now.  I'm trying, but it's not easy.  #pain #norespect #sendprayers

 

Comments

[Evilisa]

I could have wrote this. Seriously.

[Jade Leth]

Wow, I don't know how you put up with that. What kind of person puts a flat item in a round bottomed container?

[Terri Lailvaux]

This made me laugh out loud as it could have been written by me. Why is it that these obvious and basic rules that we intrinsically know are lost on "THEM"? GRRR

[21stcenturyMom]

Is nothing sacred?

[Kristen in CO, USA]

The horror! The HORROR! I hope you had a nice glass (or two) of wine to help ease your pain. Perhaps accompanied by a nice slice of leftover pizza? I say anything in your round bowls automatically becomes your property. Eat/use/dispose of these items as you see fit! Best of luck.

[carole]

42 years in the marital trenches and the husband still does not understand my "towel protocol". I have learned to hang "decoy" towels in the bathroom up to the very last second before company comes, because he always, ALWAYS takes a shower in the pristine bathroom right before they arrive (only one bathroom in our house). But he thwarts me by also trimming his eyebrows and any other facial hair at the last minute, so there is a mess of tiny hairs all over the sink and vanity. And no one has loved Tupperware over the years more than I and I am down to just a few random pieces. I raised 3 sons who didn't understand Tupperware either, and most of my pieces were lost or mistreated in some way. Even when I switched to off-brand plastic containers, I periodically have to go purge bottoms with no lids and lids with no bottoms. And now, finally, we are giving up plastic altogether in favor of glass, but I frequently find jars with no lids. Lids with no jars, I could understand (breakage), but jars with no lids? A mystery.

[Kristin]

Is no one going to ask the obvious question? Tupperware is for sealing and storing. Why do you need to eat your cereal out of a lidded Tupperware bowl? Why not just a regular bowl from the cupboard? Unless you need to transport your cereal to another location, I'm going to have to side with Marko and say that his is a more appropriate use of Tupperware--though I will admit that a bowl is an odd choice for pizza storage.

[Andrea]

I do concur with Kristin that the use of a Tupperware bowl to eat cereal out of is not clear to me. However, I will sympathize with you on the leftover pizza storage debacle. My husband will store several pieces of leftover pizza in a large glass bowl. wtf. All on top of each other, with the top of some pieces sticking to the bottom of others, and with them all curved up the sides of the bowl. Which of course renders them inedible. Doesn't he know that you should place them in a large Ziploc bag in a single layer? Or if layering is utterly necessary, then placing waxed paper inbetween? It's amazing he made it to 48 without that knowledge. I know your struggle.