I'm sure it's happened to most blokes out there. You are half an hour late to meet your girlfriend, wife. You are majorly embarrassed. You know it's looks bad. You say sorry, but try not to collapse in a heap of repentance. After all, it's not a 100% your fault because of delays on transport and something came up at work. Still you try and take the rap for what IS your fault, not leaving enough time, and then try and get on with the night.
Then comes the guilt-trip. Your lateness epitomises your bad attitude, your total lack of respect, your fundamental selfishness your being 'out-of-touch' with her needs ... and on and on and on it goes.
By admitting the smallest amount of guilt it's almost as if you've made it worse. The floodgates of moral superiority open. All your achievements are derided, all your concessions forgotten, all her mistakes written out of history. This one incident comes to represent the whole relationship.
What do you say to that? You say what Tony Abbott said, of course.
"That's bullshit"
