Hi LnL - Good point - how do I execute this 180 without coming across as spiteful? Well, I guess the scene has been set slowly over the past few months, I have been slowly easing away from my previously 'assumed' roles - NG and I talk about things that need to get done, and share them more evenly now. In the past, I used to get bothered about stuff like cleaning the shed - now, I just let it be, and learn to tolerate things - NG does get round to eventually doing his bit.
So the thing with guests will just be an extension of the 'new deal' between us. To be honest, I think I will have more of a problem holding myself back, than NG getting upset - he can be amazingly laid back - I'm learning from him