Good to hear it went well, love. If things had gone pear-shaped, I'd hardly be able to do much about it- except pour you a drink, of course. But honestly, yelling? I don't fault you for trying, but see here, you've shifted the life-story he envisioned for himself, yeah? You know, the one where the two of you end up together. And blokes who are proud, they don't give up easily on that sort of thing. I expect he won't truly budge until he knows that his vision is just the stuff of fancy, which might not be until well after we're married. Or never at all.

I have a hard time seeing how I've changed you for the better. I'm sceptical, see, because you were pretty close to perfect when we met. Plus there's all those comments I get now about how a "good woman" has finally brought out the best in me and whatnot. So far as I can tell, the situation is quite reversed.