The Good and The Bad and The Snugly

We popped to see Ted and Beryl yesterday and it was quite a family affair, so we got to see some of their descendants that we haven't seen in months and that was lovely. Ted still looks very frail, bless him, but he IS old, so it's to be expected. He was ranting about "that nancy Southgate" being in charge of the England team, and how he has no expectations that 'we'll win the Euros, or anything else' in his lifetime. We did a 'predictions' bet and Rory, being very much 'not in the know' about these things, went for a 3-2 win for Serbia. The laughter in the room was pleasant, but unfortunately aimed at me. Philippa said 2-1 to England and won the bloody bet because it ended 1-0 and she was closest to the actual result. We also did a sweepstake for the whole tournament and I have ended up with Belgium and Georgia. I did a bit of late-night research, and Belgium are ranked 3rd in the world, while Georgia sit at 75th. I'm thinking that one of those has a much better chance of being Champions than the other. But Georgia do have one of the best flags in existence, so I'm happy to throw them my support.

There is still a fair amount of frostiness at home. I guess, after a couple of months of disharmony, you can't turn the corner in one weekend. Now I know I am very much to blame as much as Philippa, but I also think I may have got to the root of what the main problem is. And it will make it sound like I'm putting it all on her, and I'm not, but I really do think that the 'third child' conversations, and me closing the door on that as an option, were the catalyst for everything that has happened since. She very strongly wants to have another baby, whereas I am absolutely against the idea. I thought that we would just be able to carry on and be happy but something has changed in our relationship. We're both coming at this from completely different angles now, and failing to meet in the middle. So I don't know what the answer is, but at least there's been (mostly) a respite from the rage; and we've had some very loving cuddles and lovely chats about other aspects of life.

RC 17-6-24