How am I expected to cope without it?

My dishwasher is broken, and I am desolated... seriously, since Hairy left home no-one really helps me clear up the kitchen after dinner - Mouse loads the now broken dishwasher, but that's it. Washing or drying up are outside his area of expertise. I can see that now I don't have a dishwasher for him to load, he will have to go and console himself by talking to BF on the eggbox instead. Handsome has the excuse that he does all the cooking, so I'll let him off, maybe, as long as he puts some serious consideration into getting the dishwasher fixed as soon as possible.

My Mama jinxed it, she asked me on Saturday what we wanted as a wedding anniversary present this year, then she said 'Or shall I just wait and see what breaks down first?'. Obviously it's her fault!

In part my failure to cope is due to a lack of serious ammounts of caffeine - because my expresso machine broke down last week...