The average British household spends 34 mins a day shouting at each other. How long in your house?

Question

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/aug/22/socialtrends

Do you and yours beat the national average?

Answer 1

we've never had a shouting match and a cross word between us maybe happens once a week.  Are we abnormal? lol

I'm a bit of a hippy so I'm all about the peace and harmony!

I also believe strongly in compromise....

Answer 2

We don't shout at each other.

Answer 3

Our house is quiet now the kids have grown up and left.  I can identity with Haz's description of family life, doors slammed, whether it's because someone's in a hurry, or a huff. With the huff we used to get bouncing up the stairs too, accompanied by "I didn't ask to be born!!  Usually by daughter, hurry one was usually one of our sons, with a quick retreat back for forgotten items.

Oh and the naughty but (sometimes) nice sound of much laughter accompanied by the thud, thud of jumping on beds.  Running of bathroom taps with someone outside banging on the door to shouts of 'HURRY UP."

But do you know, I miss all that, (some of the time.) LOL

Answer 4

Never a raised voice in my house or any of my families.  When I first met my husband, he would shout, but now he realises that it just upsets me and I end up switching off to what he is saying, so he is wasting his time.  Shouting gets you nowhere.

Answer 5

No we don't shout it is far too common, and don't you know we are posh southerners innit :) :)

Answer 6

never ever that long!

Arguments usually last 10 minutes, any long than that and he'll go out or I'll go upstairs and sit in a huff till he comes up looking for me

Answer 7

about 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Answer 8

Shouting each other is a human nature depending on the situation and circumstances.  In my house, the first sound will come from my wife and i on my part will respond calmly (!!!) with a sound.  On hearing our sounds, my sons and daughters will give sounds against us.  Their sounds overpowers our sounds. There will be maximum more than an hour sound will be there.  It is routine matter, and if my wife goes out, i will go out and shout with my friends.  it is part and parcel of life. surprisingly, my wife will come home after a fight with others and this is also by giving sounds.  we need no reason and for any simple matter, there will be a sound.  what to do?

Answer 9

I can put hand on heart and say althought my wife and I have been now married for over 3 years we have ever only had one row. It started on the day we got married and

Answer 10

Nooooo I never shout, it's just me and the kids so there's no need! They wind me up, but rarely that much. When the male is here we bicker, but we don't really argue, so I doubt we hit more than 5 mins a day, unless shouting between rooms counts?!

Answer 11

24/7/365

Answer 12

I blew my quota since the sprogs broke up from school....

My youngest has now discovered the joys of door slamming. So along with his older sister ' flounce extraordinaire' and me shouting-

" RIGHT...THAT'S IT !!!"

Fourteen times a day, family Haz have failed miserably. :-(

Answer 13

LOL

My one year old spends alot of time shouting, but mainly because she thinks she's the boss. If she had a little moustache I'd be convinced she was an army general in another life.

Otherwise we shout only rarely. My husband doesn't but he gets under my skin so bad sometimes I can't help but shout. That's maybe twice a year.

Answer 14

No shouting in our house (except occasionally at the dogs!) and no arguing either.

Answer 15

That's maybe the weekly average for us.  I try not to shout at my partner, even in arguments, as he just shouts louder and I can't think straight when he does that!  We both make a point of not shouting at the kids, but sometimes you just can't help it ;o)

Answer 16

Zero. I had that problem but I sent it packin. Everyone who has those problems should send them packin. No reason to put up with this.

Answer 17

We don't shout at each other or any of the kids. I always found that if I lower my voice the kid's know I mean it ! My partner and I would rather talk through things than bellow at each other !

Answer 18

None. I live alone. But, I enjoy listening to the neighbors fight.  

Answer 19

Seriously?

My god and we wonder why the "youth of today" are so awful?

I'd say my other half and I might have a quick go every few months, the baby on the other hand, well he'll have a good holler every time we wash his hair, don't feed him immediately he wants it etc . . . he's really the only one who 'shouts' in this house and bless him, why not - its not as if he can say "excuse me mummy, please could I have a bit more milk before you get dressed?"

The house I grew up in on the other hand? My step-dad was a proper shouter - to this day if someone shouts as me, I'm likely to cry - more so since I've had the baby! So even when me and the Mr fall out, it rarely lasts more than a couple of minutes before I storm off in tears or holler louder!

Answer 20

about 2 hrs lol

Answer 21

I don't shout, I just seethe while my bf winds me up (he does it on purpose, he says its his way of getting me out of bad mood.  The downside being that the bad mood gives way to pure rage).  

Answer 22

i smoke to much marijuana to get all upset and yell.  my wife on the other hand likes to yell, but then she also smokes some marijuana and it all turns into laughter. especially considering it is all ways over something stupid,  she just gets mad cause no matter what we talk about i have a perm-a-grin on my face.  

thank you Lord for the wonderful plant

Answer 23

There was some shouting this morning when I saw my 300 quid phone bill lol