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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???
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)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.
Irish_Dem
(45,640 posts)You claimed it first. But he called Dibs first.
For marital harmony cut it in half.
Enterstageleft
(3,389 posts)SHARE!
RainCaster
(10,690 posts)That's how it works.
RockRaven
(14,784 posts)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.
yankeepants
(1,979 posts)birdographer
(1,218 posts)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.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)Every week we get one bagel, 3 ozs. of cream cheese and some smoked salmon, and we share!
I can't eat a whole one anyway!
AleksS
(1,665 posts)Then whoever gives it up to let it live, gets to keep it?
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)LuvLoogie
(6,855 posts)He didn't actually say dibs on that bagel, did he? Two can play at that game.