SUBJECT OF ARGUMENT |
WHETHER TO SAY ‘LEASH’ OR ‘LEAD’ |
MAIN POINTS – WIFE |
‘A leash is used to tether an animal. A lead is used to walk it.’ |
MAIN POINTS – BUCKLES |
‘Jesus Christ!’ |
WINNER |
WIFE |
SUBJECT OF ARGUMENT |
CHILDREN’S SCREEN TIME |
MAIN POINTS – WIFE |
‘They have no more screen time than their friends.’ |
MAIN POINTS – BUCKLES |
‘Fuck their friends! We’re talking about OUR children! To be clear, I’m not literally suggesting we fuck their friends.’ |
WINNER |
ONGOING AT TIME OF WRITING |
SUBJECT OF ARGUMENT |
WAS HELENA CHRISTENSEN’S SON ‘MINGUS’ NAMED AFTER CHARLIE MINGUS? |
MAIN POINTS – WIFE |
‘No. Mingus is a common Danish name.’ |
MAIN POINTS – BUCKLES |
‘Of course she named him after Charlie Mingus! Unless she thought it was funny to make a baby name out of the words “minge” and “dingus”.’ |
WINNER |
BUCKLES |
SUBJECT OF ARGUMENT |
CUTLERY DRAWER |
MAIN POINTS – WIFE |
‘Does it really matter where the spoons go?’ |
MAIN POINTS – BUCKLES |
‘Does anything really matter?’ |
WINNER |
BUCKLES |
SUBJECT OF ARGUMENT |
FAILURE TO TAKE REUSABLE SHOPPING BAGS TO SUPERMARKET |
MAIN POINTS – WIFE |
‘I hadn’t planned to do a shop so I didn’t have the bags.’ |
MAIN POINTS – BUCKLES |
‘Had you planned to KILL THE PLANET?’ |
WINNER |
BUCKLES |
SUBJECT OF ARGUMENT |
TEXTING WHILE WE WATCH TV |
MAIN POINTS – WIFE |
‘I’m organising the entire running of this household.’ |
MAIN POINTS – BUCKLES |
‘You’re missing the nuances of Ant and Dec’s I’m a Celebrity … links, which is rude and annoying.’ |
WINNER |
WIFE |
SUBJECT OF ARGUMENT |
REFERRING TO A GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN AS ‘GUYS’ |
MAIN POINTS – WIFE |
‘Women find it offensive to be called “guys”. It’s a gender-specific term.’ |
MAIN POINTS – BUCKLES |
‘Not the way I use it.’ |
WINNER |
BUCKLES |