A New Tooth Brush

At the store the other day I remembered that I wanted to buy a new toothbrush. Mine didn't seem to have soft bristles. I thought as long as I was there I would get one for Jeff too. His is the same as mine so it must not be soft bristles either. I must have forgotten to check the bristle type when I bought them last.

I was looking for the cheapest ones that specifically said soft. I found a package that sold two tooth brushes for the price of one and specifically labeled the brushes as soft. Sold. When I got them home and was taking the two new tooth brushes out of their packages I noticed that one was yellow and one was green.

I decided to put the green one on Jeff's side and the yellow one on my side. I just thought green was more boyish or manly and Jeff might not enjoy a yellow toothbrush. I didn't think anything else about the tooth brushes. We share a toothbrush holder mine is always the toothbrush on the left, Jeff's is always the one on the right. My drawer is also on the left and I keep some of my things on the counter on the left. Jeff's drawer, counter space and cupboard are on the right. I thought the placement of the toothbrush and the color would be a clear indication to Jeff which one was his. I didn't really think about making a point of telling him which one was his.

A week went by and then one day Jeff was about to brush his teeth and he asked me which one of the tooth brushes was his. I told him the green one. He told me oops he had been using my toothbrush all week. He thought since green is my favorite color the green one would naturally be mine. The funny thing is that each and every time he brushed his teeth the entire week with my toothbrush he was standing about six feet away from me and could have easily asked me. He said I was sleeping. I would have been happy to have been woken up to avoid having shared a toothbrush for a week. EWWWW.

Now he thinks it is ok for me to continue to use the yellow soiled toothbrush while he moves on to the never used green one.