Just a minor rant about my sister-in-law. First, I should mention that I bought six boxes of Girl Scout cookies this year, two each of Samoas, Tagalongs (my absolute favorite) and Thin Mints. When they arrived Saturday afternoon, I put one box of each straight into the downstairs (storage) freezer. On Sunday night, my sister-in-law - she lives with us, by the way - asked if she could open the Samoas. I said sure, and she took two. I had a couple as well.

Tonight, I opened up my pantry (we have a pantry, and the in-laws have a pantry) and noticed the box of Tagalongs had been opened and placed in there. I decided to see how many were gone, and there were four missing. Out of a box of just 15. I thought maybe my partner had taken some with her for lunch, so I asked my sister-in-law if she’d opened it and how many she’d had.

She had four. Out of 15. Almost a third of the box.

Her voice was timid when she said “four,” and she said she’d buy me more. But that’s not the point. She didn’t ask me if she could open the box at all - and we don’t generally share food without asking - and then she took almost a third of the box. Now the box is open, tempting me, especially since there’s only one more cookie in the first row - part of me wants to make things even again by eating that one. I also don’t need her to buy me more. If I want more, I’ll buy them. I spent $21 on those six boxes because I like supporting the Girl Scouts - I used to sell cookies for them myself. So I can spend another $3 for 15 more Tagalongs, but again…that’s not the point.

Why oh why didn’t she take four Thin Mints? I wouldn’t have cared at all.