Good point, I noticed the Wife could not take on board constructive criticism easily and nor could her friends yet could be very frank on most things

Im sure plenty of Phills can but it does seem that many dont like it which is understandable I guess to a degree.
Hello somebody! If you will allow me, I just would like to make a comment here. Wife whatever nationality is a wife and will not always take criticism lightly. And so with husbands. Given -two people of different backgrounds, living under one roof, what do you expect? Of course, an argument! And to say they both come from different culture, that is a riot?! Don't you think?
Heres an example for your Book, Bless Books, the Wife found it hard at work when even though she worked hard fellow co workers or managers would be critical about her work. We worked together on it as a couple and broke down the comments and apart from a few stupid ones many were "gifts" free constructive advice

She took it on board flourished in her jobs and now its like water of a ducks back. Just recently was telling me, she was mentoring a far older then her pinay who she works with on what a supervisor was trying to do

In the past and even today people are highly critical of the UK how do you think the NHS happened?