I am sure there are many husbands around the world who feel spurned, mistreated and like they have been unduly cast into the depths of hell. They are probably all husbands who’s wives are enchanted by the BBC series Pride and Prejudice.
While completing a comprehensive annual household budget and after cooking dinner for my wife I dared to speak of domestic financial issues and was dealt some harsh words – ” DO NOT speak to me while Pride and Prejudice is on the TV.”
Silence. I retreated to the spare room and logged into Wordpress to create this blog entry.
She used to be a lovely wife. Cable TV had Lifestyle Channel to keep her sane in the daily grind of work/commuter/home life until her favourite shows stopped being shown so prolifically. Those shows were British real estate shows like Property Ladder.
Now that the British property ladder has lost its rungs and anyone hanging onto that ladder has fallen and impaled themselves on a garden stake holding up some snapdragons, I thought that my evenings would be free to contemplate life with the better half, to discuss our wonderful union or plan for a holiday somewhere peaceful. Alas.
Mr. Darcy has other fucking ideas for my beloved partner.
Said…