Tide or Cheer?

This weekend was a super productive weekend in the Pedersen Pad. John is traveling all week and then has "guys" weekend with a few friends from Chicago while I am heading to El Paso for my own "gals" weekend. We knew we had to spend this weekend getting on top of all that needed to be done. Not ones to ever loose focus, we wrote out our "to-do" list for the weekend on Friday. A raining Saturday greeted us, but did not deter. After all, we knew the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow would be college football watching, wing eating and a few cold brewskies.

One of these "to-do" was the grocery store. Now for those that know me best, know that I can talk myself out of going to the grocery store and settling for the selection at the local Exxon Tiger mart. However, there was no getting out of this one. We divided and conquered. John got fruit, while I pulled vegetables. He picked up the meats and I got the cheeses. All was going quite well until I asked John to get "Tide" while I got cereal. He came back with "Cheer". "Cheer," I asked, "Why did you get "Cheer"?" He just shrugged his shoulders.

Now, I did not grow up in a house of brand loyalty by any means, but when it came to laundry detergent there was a clear choice. My friend Stephanie always detested my use of Tide. She campaigned against the smell most of all. "All those fragrances that they put in to make them sell the product are no good for your skin," she would say. So ok, she had a valid point, but I still bought it.

So marriage is all about the compromise, I get it, but I am not sure that after 3 months of marriage I am ready to compromise on laundry detergent. This has never been an issue before? So I must let the question remain: Are we are "Cheer" house or a "Tide" house? What are you?