Our biggest beef is over a Sunday roast
Our biggest beef is over a Sunday roast: Classic meal causes more arguments among couples than any other, study finds
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Sunday roasts should be a time for the family to come together.
But they cause more arguments among couples than any other meal, a study has found.
A quarter of couples admitted always rowing when planning a roast.
Sunday roasts should be a time for the family to come together. But they cause more arguments among couples than any other meal, a study has found
The choice of meat and how to do the potatoes, Yorkshire puds and gravy – and which veg to have – were the main causes of friction.
The poll by Sainsbury’s also found the average couple hadn’t sat down to a romantic home-cooked meal for seven months, instead relying on takeaways or microwave meals.
Sainsbury’s is now offering ‘couple’s cooking counselling’.
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