Argument with Wife Log 1

SUBJECT OF ARGUMENT

FUNNY LOOK WHEN I WENT TO THE PUB WITH DAN

MAIN POINTS – WIFE

‘I didn’t give you a funny look. Maybe you feel guilty.’

MAIN POINTS – BUCKLES

‘I don’t feel guilty at all. And you DID give me a funny look.’

WINNER

BUCKLES

SUBJECT OF ARGUMENT

MONEY

MAIN POINTS – WIFE

‘We need to save more and spend less on gadgets.’

MAIN POINTS – BUCKLES

‘I need those so-called “gadgets” for my work.’

WINNER

BUCKLES

SUBJECT OF ARGUMENT

‘RUDENESS’ WHEN FRIENDS OF WIFE CAME TO STAY

MAIN POINTS – WIFE

‘You immediately went to your shed when they arrived.’

MAIN POINTS – BUCKLES

‘I needed to check on the rat traps, which, if you recall, you asked me to put there in the first place.’

WINNER

ONGOING

SUBJECT OF ARGUMENT

PAINTING A LARGE MURAL OF MY FACE ON THE SHED

MAIN POINTS – WIFE

‘It’s a waste of time and money and it’s insane.’

MAIN POINTS – BUCKLES

‘Remind me again who graduated with first-class honours from art school?’ (I did.)

WINNER

WIFE

SUBJECT OF ARGUMENT

WIFE NEVER BUYING MY FAVOURITE FLAVOUR OF JAM

MAIN POINTS – WIFE

‘Everyone in the house likes raspberry.’

MAIN POINTS – BUCKLES

‘I loathe raspberry. Do you even know my favourite jam flavour?’

WINNER

BUCKLES

SUBJECT OF ARGUMENT

TOILET-ROLL HOLDERS

MAIN POINTS – WIFE

‘The vertical wooden pole is classy.’

MAIN POINTS – BUCKLES

‘The wall-mounted holder is fine. The pole is bourgeois.’

WINNER

WIFE