Happy events such these should be kept secret. When I told my darling Celia that I had claimed her unused Marital Allowance (£1150 pa) she insisted on equal shares. I admit that tested my diminishing powers of recovery. It took two visits to Bluewater and an hour in Zara on each occasion to recover normal guarded discourse. She even threatened to invoke holy intervention over the Winter Fuel Allowance being halved between us. There's just no gratitude any more. Even Brussels is more equitable.
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