I’m about to out myself as a cookie hog by telling you a real-life text thread between Sweetums and me.
The background: Sweetums’ youngest son, Groover, was with us last weekend and Groover and I walked up to Edgar’s Bakery near our home. He got a cupcake and chose one iced pumpkin-shaped sugar cookie each for me and Sweetums. I ate mine as soon as we got home. Sweetums did not.
Our texts from Monday morning, when Sweetums was at the office and I was home:
Me: “You left your cookie in my line of sight. Does this mean it’s fair game?”
(I am a firm believer that if someone doesn’t eat a special treat gifted to him within 24 hours, he forfeits his rights to it. Besides, that cookie was a thing of beauty.)
Sweetums: “I meant to eat it this morning but you are more than welcome to it.”
Me (hoping to alleviate any guilt and also ensure I had done due diligence to obtain permission): “I really should save it for you. But I don’t want to.”
Sweetums: “Up to you. You are not going to hurt my feelings if you eat it. If you don’t I will eat it so you don’t. My affection for cookies is not as high as yours.” (He knows I like him to get sweets out of my way because I am working to get fit. He also knows there was very little chance the cookie would still be there when he got home.)
Me: “Obvi.” Nom, nom, nom.
The epilogue: That cookie was worth every extra calorie …. and being teased by Sweetums.
KellyKazek.com 
I like the 24-hour rule. My husband will ask me, weeks later, where the chocolates are. Really? They flung themselves at me every time I walked into the kitchen. They didn’t survive a week.
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Right? Do they REALLY think it will still be there? Don’t they know us at all???
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I would have eaten it and never mentioned it again. But my “sweetums” doesn’t care for any cookies other than homemade Toll House chocolate chip cookies. The kids and I have been known to hide them after baking (many years ago), but how do you get that delicious smell out of the house?
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Hahaha. My Sweetums would have eventually asked about that cookie so I had to ask. I LOVE the smell of Toll House cookies
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