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Whats the biggest thing that creates friction in your house hold???

Kids !

And re-modelling shock

About moving back to England, how, why, how much its going to cost.

We argue about the fact that my husband feels like a loser at times cos he is a bit knackered after double knee surgery, skin cancer and testicular cancer. He feels bad cos he can't do all the things he used to do without pain or getting tired and I can't convince him he is MY Mr Wonderful.

We used to argue over his mother a lot (as she was disabled thru no fault of her own but the biggest bitch walking, which we agreed on!) but since she passed away that's let up with a lot of pressure.

We argue about silly crap most of the time, the stuff you forget about within the hour.

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To answer your question honestly, we hardly have any friction.

E being the accountant tends to fret about my books and book keeping but it's only minor because I tend to update once a month and she'd prefer each week - small stuff really but when you're gone every other week it's not practical (IMO). But I try to update each week as I'm not going to moan about someone wanting to keep my books in order...

Aside from that, it's all about bliss and international fame and fortune.

Andrew :)

I could so get all Derek and Clive about friction. But I don't. :mrgreen:

/marital bliss
//after 7 years you get used to not pushing buttons
///friction fnarr fnarr

Have you tried nanny 911 and debbie travis?

The only thing these days that cause me to get PO'd is the kids not doing the trash and the dishes when I ask them to.

I hear you on that one - it's generally only the eldest that forgets and doesn't think beyond himself at times. But the middle one, now she has entered her teenage years, is slowly getting that way too :roll: I've said it before and I will say it again - teenagers are a different breed unto themselves. :lol:

Between hubby and I the only arguments we would have would involve his family. then we moved 3,000 miles away and it was utter bliss. Now his sister has reared her ugly head again and the tension started again for a very short while (I won't put up with it anymore so refuse to have his family disturb ours so won't even talk about his sister. If he wants to contact her, he does it on his own and he never bothers!). Have to say, though, it is rarely his parents anymore. They make such an effort and really care, and don't interfere anymore which is wonderful. :)

Moslty just really pointless things

Its very rare that we argue, as neither of us can be bother to be honest which is probably a bad thing.

The one thing that both gets us riled up, are the kids. We don't argue about them but with them, constantly. They are on the whole fine but sometimes they become completely blind to anything but themselves and their needs.

I read an article yesterday entitled 'Why teenagers act like Kevin - it's the new wiring in their brains' It explains a lot.

http//education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,1565924,00.html

Trouble is Alan's brain has be rewiring for about 6 yrs now.... wink

No !
My kids are not brats and Debbie Travis just paints . . we've built out :roll:

We used to argue about Politics, so we just don't go there anymore (except for those times I just can't keep my big mouth shut mrgreen ).
Other than that, we rarely argue. If we do have a disagreement, it's usually very quickly forgotten - by him. I'm female, so I never forget. razz wink

Debbie travis and her team, do more than painting :wink: Never said the kids were brats, then again, I don't know you lot