The food of love?

How's this for mad - a newlywed Kuwaiti woman has filed for divorce just a week into her marriage after discovering that her husband prefers to use bread, rather than a fork, to eat peas.  Apparently, the woman accused her husband of poor table manners and said his method of eating peas was a 'shocking sight'.  The article, in Al Arabiya News, doesn't say whether the divorce proceeded...

However, this isn't the only case - in 2012 a UK man filed for divorce on the basis that his wife 'maliciously and repeatedly' served him his least favourite meal.

So what was it?

Tuna casserole!

Who gets the dog?

Apparently 20% of separating couples argue as much over who gets the dog as they do over who should care for the children!

According to an article in the Independent, Liam Gallagher and estranged wife Nicole Appleton even went to Court over who got the dogs.

Some couples are even including dogs in their pre-nups, and many ex-partners demand maintenance for their pooches.

However, poor little doggy can come out of it badly - with many being discarded when neither partner wants to take it on.

And if you think it’s strange for couples to argue about the dog - I’ve even known of separation agreements saying who gets the Hoover…

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Love's a funny thing...

Following on from my post last week about a husband and wife falling out over the Christmas decorations, an article in The Guardian recently showed that Greater Manchester Police had more than their fair share of family arguments this festive season.

In one incident a mother and daughter were arguing in the street because the mum hadn't got the Christmas dinner ready when the daughter wanted it, and the neighbours called the police. Another man was charged with breach of the peace after an argument with his wife, which began when she locked him out after accusing him of not helping enough with the Christmas meal.

On Christmas Eve, a 60-year-old man threw a boiling kettle over his wife after a row that began after he ordered her to get him some clothes because he was cold. This one turned nasty - she ended up with a fractured neck after falling down the stairs.

In another incident, police were called out after a row that began because a woman thought her boyfriend was more attracted to Katy Perry than her.

In Eccles a 19-year-old lad denied spitting on his mother and smashing her windows after she refused to give him money to buy new trainers.

Then there was the 48-year-old mother who was locked up after being accused of assaulting her 23-year-old daughter after the daughter's new dog scratched the kitchen cupboards while the family were out at a do.

As one of the Detective Constables said: "Love's a funny thing, isn't it?"

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Happy New Year?

Christmas and New Year are often the times of most stress for couples and families - we're all at home, eating and drinking and really not doing a lot else!  Couples are more likely to split up in January than in any other month of the year.  I know of one husband and wife who actually broke up on 2nd January one year because they agreed they'd take the tree down together, the wife got sick of waiting for her husband to get dressed, started dismantling the tree and he got into a rage because he said she had made him feel guilty by starting without him...  Of course it wasn't just about the tinsel and baubles - that was probably just the last straw, but for the wife there was definitely the thought of a whole new year stretching ahead with more of the same.

I hope you've all had a more pleasurable Christmas, but if the story above rings some bells with you, remember there are places to get help, people to talk to, and resolutions to be found.

I hope you all have a very happy and relaxed New Year!