Wow, about the food? They pick interesting things to get up in arms about, don't they. You would think that she would realize that if you were going to punish her in some way, it probably wouldn't be by cooking a meal she didn't care for. I don't particularly care for brussel sprouts, but my wife would still cook them from time to time. I never thought she was punishing me for serving them. As a matter of fact, I would still tr and eat them because I know they are good for you. As a side note, when W was moving out and separating out our stuff, there were brussel sprouts in the fridge. I took them out of the crisper and told her she could have ALL of them, I did't need my half