Expiration Dates

My dad used to save sunscreen well past it's "best used by" date. 

My sister and I would give him such a hard time about it, but he just could not understand why he should throw something away when it "was still perfectly good". Not sure SPF 50 is supposed to be yellow and run like the water that comes out of a mustard bottle if you don't shake it before opening it, but his devotion to not being wasteful never wavered.  He kept all of the bottles in a gallon sized zip-loc, and anytime we'd go somewhere sunny he'd pull it out from under the bathroom sink - excited for us to use it.  I'm not positive but I'm pretty sure my mother secretly started swapping out the old with new just so she wouldn't have to smell them. 

I no longer have a leg to stand on in my judgement of him. 


I just found a jam in my refrigerator that expired in june of 2012. Just for reference it is November of 2014. 

Which means that for the last two years and six months, I have been eating expired peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  

Thanks Pop.