Well, from his writing, it sounds like his DP likes the squabbling. I don't think I could cope with living with someone who wrote professionally about our squabbling (or, tbh, someone who enjoyed squabbling quite as much as he seems to), but I expect it works for them.
Frances, you get a gold star for lecherous effort, so early in the morning. Why aren't you off frightening your DP at this hour, if you can work up that much energy?