Marital combat

By Victoria Farncombe on Jun 7, 08 07:49 PM

Me: Will you just hold her while I have a shower?

Him: But I've been holding her all morning.

Me: She was asleep, it doesn't count. I looked after her when she was grouchy.

Him: I rocked her to sleep.

Me: I get up in the night.

Him: I go to work.

Me: Work is easier than looking after a baby.

Him: Why don't you go to work then and I'll stay at home?

Me: Ha, as if! You'd leave her to cry all day.

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Thought hubby and I were the only newbie parents to have this row. But no, major revelation, we're all at it.

Just returned from lovely mini break to Center Parcs with our parent friends (as in friends who are parents, not our parents) and wow, they rowed just like us.

It was BRILLIANT, better than Relate. By the end of the holiday, Mr F and I were like a pair of honeymooners, holding hands and beaming proudly at our baby girl.

It goes to show the devastating effect the media portrayal of happy families does to us normal folk.

Once you realise that ALL new mums and dads consider d-i-v-o-r-c-e on an hourly basis, it's so much easier to bear.