Newsnight could sound the death knell for middle class marriages
Add to My Stories Share Ever suspected those blazing rows might be the ultimate sign your marriage is in crisis? Well, the good news is it is time to think again If you are middle class, that is.Instead,alarms should start ringing if you avoid arguing because you feel it isnot worth the energy and start saying nothing is wrong when asked what is on your mind.And be worried, very worried, if your other half starts staying up to watch Newsnight on BBC2 with only presenters Jeremy Paxman or Emily Maitlis for company after you have gone to bed. 
Signs of a marriage in crisis
Sign of trouble: Your partner watches Newsnight with only presenters Jeremy Paxman for company after you have gone to bed
Signs of a marriage in crisis
Not having the energy to argue and saying nothing when asked what's wrongYour other half starts staying up to watch Newsnight on BBC2 after you have gone to bedBoth agreeing a night out isnt worth the cost of a babysitter One person struggling to read in darkness after the other half has gone to sleepHaving nothing to talk about in the pub apart from the children No longer pretending to enjoy visiting each others familiesThinking your beloved is moaning about work again rather than sympathising with themMeanwhile,on those occasions when you do actually bother to watch television together, you should further fear for your future happiness if you both sit there separately tweeting.
For these are all tell-tale signs of serious trouble among the archetypal couple from Tunbridge Wells with 2.4 children, according to a guide to behaviour in Middle England.
'Yourpartner clocks this, and says: Are you sure? Or something similar, and you say, Yes, Im fine, and then there is a period of silence after which, with any luck something happens to distract you, and then gradually it can be forgotten.
Youmay also want to take a good, long look at the state of your marriage if you no longer pretend to enjoy visiting each others families, or if you start thinking your beloved is moaning about work again rather than sympathising with them, it suggests.Fortunately, the blog, which has also tackled such middle class preoccupations as how to apologise for thingsthat are not your fault and why modern fathers are obsessed by Bugaboos, Stokkes and other superbuggies, also offers advice on how to put th! e life b ack into a relationship.A bracing walk on a beach in Norfolk or a long session with a Wallander box set usually does it for us, it helpfully suggests.It also asks: Do non-middle-class couples argue differently? Sometimes in these nothing moments of self-loathing one is tempted to think they are more honest and passionate than your self-suppressing middle-class self, but who knows? Not me. Earlier this year, figures released from the Office of National Statistics showed the number of couples getting divorced in England and Wales had actually fallen to its lowest level since 1977.
It was the six successive year the rate had dropped.
For these are all tell-tale signs of serious trouble among the archetypal couple from Tunbridge Wells with 2.4 children, according to a guide to behaviour in Middle England.
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'Yourpartner clocks this, and says: Are you sure? Or something similar, and you say, Yes, Im fine, and then there is a period of silence after which, with any luck something happens to distract you, and then gradually it can be forgotten.
Solution: A walk on a Norfolk beach or a long session with a Wallander (pictured) box set usually helpsOther warning signs that all is not well between couples inhabiting Englands Acacia Avenues include agreeing a night out isnt worth the cost of a babysitter, one person struggling to read in darkness after the other half has gone to sleep, and having nothing to talk about in the pub apart from the children.
Youmay also want to take a good, long look at the state of your marriage if you no longer pretend to enjoy visiting each others families, or if you start thinking your beloved is moaning about work again rather than sympathising with them, it suggests.Fortunately, the blog, which has also tackled such middle class preoccupations as how to apologise for thingsthat are not your fault and why modern fathers are obsessed by Bugaboos, Stokkes and other superbuggies, also offers advice on how to put th! e life b ack into a relationship.A bracing walk on a beach in Norfolk or a long session with a Wallander box set usually does it for us, it helpfully suggests.It also asks: Do non-middle-class couples argue differently? Sometimes in these nothing moments of self-loathing one is tempted to think they are more honest and passionate than your self-suppressing middle-class self, but who knows? Not me. Earlier this year, figures released from the Office of National Statistics showed the number of couples getting divorced in England and Wales had actually fallen to its lowest level since 1977. It was the six successive year the rate had dropped.
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