Thanks for all your comments ladies. It has, as many of you have suggested, turned out to have been "just a bad day". Trouble is, Mr Ding suffers from mild depression (self-diagnosed and, being a bloke, totally untreated!) which gives him days like this. I don't always recognise them so we have agreed to have a code-word so he can tell me when it's happening. It's no good him just saying "I'm having a cr^p day" coz this could mean anything from the shop not having his favourite sandwich to being stuck in a traffic jam all day but if he says "It's all gone sky-blue-pink today" (or whatever!) I will know to back off and leave him to sort himself out.
You're right, we are a strong couple, but days like Sunday just give me the jitters!!
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