Jeannine: Thanks, I can't wait for the book to turn up.
Nik: I did have a very small piece of bread, just couldn't resist! I kept looking at that loaf and saying you are an Atkins Diet Buster (DB'er) I will pop over to your thread now.
Susan: Thanks for your input, you are right I need to frame things as positive suggestions - please do this, rather than don't do that. However I have tried that with him and he still manages to regard it as a criticism. I might say <<I like it when you do X>> to which his reply is <<Oh so you don't like it when I do Y>>. Crazy
Fran
if we can be sufficient to ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs Erica Jong