Sitara, When I choose to reply to you, I always run out of words. Magnificently written! Hope these two words sum it all up. But then, it made me recollect a similar anecdote you had written few years ago. Is Mareea the same friend you had back then? Once again you have successfully portrayed her thick accent and the gung-ho yet confused self. Marriage certainly fails to deliver the mode of survival, but over the years of hits and misses you have to create it on your own. I have written a standard operating procedure, my wife further adorned it with stern work instructions, and when they both fail to work at times, I craft CAPAs (Corrective and Preventive actions).