Thu Dec 17, 2020, 12:59 AM

Your thoughts on dibs

So we only have one bagel left. We went to get more on Monday, but the bagel shop in our very small town decided to be closed on Mondays. So, one poppyseed bagel left. We were reading before bed tonight. I said "I'm going to have that bagel for breakfast tomorrow" and my husband said "Dibs."

I didn't technically dib it. But I did say I was going to have it, which clearly shows intention. Can I please have some DU opinions on the rules of dibs? Does his dib count???

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13 replies	Author	Time	Post
Your thoughts on dibs (Original post)	birdographer	Dec 2020	OP
Your declaring you were going to eat that bagel constitutes a valid dibs claim by you.	PoliticAverse	Dec 2020	#1
Cut it in half.	Irish_Dem	Dec 2020	#2
rule of dibs? How about a rule of love?	Enterstageleft	Dec 2020	#3
One of you cuts it, the other chooses	RainCaster	Dec 2020	#4
If it's just a matter of dibs, your declaration IS a dibs. Had you questioned WHO would eat it,	RockRaven	Dec 2020	#5
Dibs is nulified by your full throated pre-emptive claim. Enjoy your bagel.	yankeepants	Dec 2020	#6
Yeah, but	birdographer	Dec 2020	#7
Definitely Share!	CaliforniaPeggy	Dec 2020	#8
Threaten to cut the bagel in half	AleksS	Dec 2020	#9
Solomon, is that really you?	Marie Marie	Dec 2020	#10
Dibs on what? Who gets to take the first shit in the morning?	LuvLoogie	Dec 2020	#11
In cases like those, I always say "I licked it." Usually takes care of it. :) n/t	brewens	Dec 2020	#12
kickety-kick/r	abqtommy	Dec 2020	#13

Response to birdographer (Original post)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 01:02 AM

PoliticAverse (25,976 posts)

1. Your declaring you were going to eat that bagel constitutes a valid dibs claim by you.

If you had merely noted "there is one bagle left" and not said you were going to eat it then your husband's dibs claim would have been valid.

To ensure domestic tranquility I would advise you to share the bagel.

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Response to birdographer (Original post)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 01:04 AM

Irish_Dem (23,576 posts)

2. Cut it in half.

You claimed it first. But he called Dibs first.
For marital harmony cut it in half.

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Response to birdographer (Original post)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 01:04 AM

Enterstageleft (2,478 posts)

3. rule of dibs? How about a rule of love?

SHARE!

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Response to birdographer (Original post)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 01:06 AM

RainCaster (8,622 posts)

4. One of you cuts it, the other chooses

That's how it works.

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Thu Dec 17, 2020, 01:15 AM

RockRaven (10,375 posts)

5. If it's just a matter of dibs, your declaration IS a dibs. Had you questioned WHO would eat it,

or merely noted that there was only one bagel without expressing any intent, then his dibs would have counted. But you did not question, you declared. The declaration of dibs need not be the word itself; the word is just a sufficient shorthand when the matter is an open question.

However, in the interest of harmony, perhaps a compromise is in order. Maybe you can split the bagel, but since your claim dominates, he can repay your magnanimous gesture by preparing breakfast, both the bagel and whatever else.

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Response to birdographer (Original post)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 01:17 AM

yankeepants (1,972 posts)

6. Dibs is nulified by your full throated pre-emptive claim. Enjoy your bagel.

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Response to birdographer (Original post)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 01:18 AM

birdographer (884 posts)

7. Yeah, but

we have found from experience that half of these bagels is less than satisfying. The understand is that it's the whole bagel. Although I do understand all the sharing responses. Dibs is dibs on the whole bagel. I might want to mention that this is all in fun, after 49 years of marriage, a bagel will not undo anything. But come on! I said I was going to have it!!! But I do bow to a dib.

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Response to birdographer (Original post)

Thu Dec 17, 2020, 01:20 AM

CaliforniaPeggy (141,733 posts)