I think one of the keys to harmony in a household is that each family member should have a stash of snacks that are off limits to others. My late husband and I had our own cookie jars. And we asked if we could dip into the other's cookie jar (hmmm, that sounds naughty, doesn't it? ) Some of us <ahem> when through our cookies faster than others and sometimes needed a loan.

He was a potter, and one year for Christmas I asked him to make cookie jar pairs for some couples that we knew. That way H and W could have their own snacks (candy, chips, etc.) and not worry about coming home and finding that the sour-cream-onion-ranch-mesquite-sea-salt-pita-chips were all gone because their spouse had eaten the whole bag while they were at work!

There are communal snacks, of course, but you always have your special stash and you know it's safe from raiders.

Separate and inviolate snacks make for a peaceful, happy household. That and plenty of great sex.

BTW, hairdog, I saw that pudding incident last night on CNN. Honey's right-- you really ARE good looking! Didn't you notice Anderson Cooper out in the driveway interviewing your neighbors about the brown creamy stains on your kitchen windows? I think it's going to be covered on Meet the Press this weekend, too. Big relief for that Alito guy to finally be edged off the front page!