There is an article in the paper today entitled “The secret to a happy marriage: no children”. Lots and lots of research has been done on this subject by a professor of psychology at Harvard University. He told a conference in Sydney that “children do seem to increase happiness while you’re expecting them, but as soon as you have them, trouble sets in”.
Well, I hope he hasn’t invested too much time and effort in coming to this conclusion. I could have told him that for free. Particularly in light of the fact that I have just received a phone bill for over £300.00 – this time I’m putting my foot down. My son has run up an enormous bill talking to a girl I’ve never heard of (only found that out because I threatened to phone the number to see which one of my children was responsible for paying me back) and my daughter has run up an equally large bill talking to her friend.
Still, at least it’s a way of finding out that son clearly has a girlfriend.
May 12th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
good grief! that’s a telephone bill to frame and stick on a teenager’s wall.
and i agree, marriage takes a real body blow … however much we adore our kids …
May 12th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Well, it’s God help me then, isn’t it?
May 12th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Don’t let ‘em see this, but I once spent 70 pounds on a single phone call to a girl on the other side of the world.
We have now been married more than 21 years.
May 12th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
That is a lovely story and makes me feel much better…love exceeds all boundaries, even your mother’s really ridiculously expensive telephone bill x
May 14th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
300 pounds? For a PHONE BILL? And he STILL BREATHES? Why the nerve…of course you know this won’t be the last time it happens since you let him live, right? Good luck to you
oh, and David sent me by…
Sandi
May 14th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
I can certainly relate. We have all three of our kids’ cell phones on our bill…it’s like the national debt!
I’m over here from David’s. Nice blog.
May 14th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Wow, I think I should start a savings plan for the cell phone bill in addition to the college fund. Wow. That’s staggering.
Congratulations on Post of the Day at David’s!
May 14th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Oooooooooh!
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Have they never heard of skype? Or one of those dial-around numbers that give you international calls for a few cents? (2 Euro cents to call the USA from Vienna, for example).
Yes children, love’em, pay their phone bills!
May 15th, 2008 at 12:14 am
Hello all you lovely new people…must rush over to thank David immediately for introducing me! x