During the nothing week between Christmas and NYE, I've been slothing and rewatching old episodes of TV shows I watched as a teenager, namely Kitchen Nightmares UK. When I watched it over a decade ago, the glaringly obvious common thread of LVM never struck me. Now, after being on FDS for over a year and levelling up, it's insane how often it happens. It's like clockwork!

These men are more than happy to lie to their wives and children who are working in the business or dependent on it, hide money, run up secret debt, refuse Gordon's necessary help because of their ego, and generally make the business worse. Watching the dynamics between spouses is eye-opening and shocking most of the time. Even when the husband-wife team are co-running the restaurant, he automatically thinks he's in charge and will ignore her prudent advice. These guys would rather run their business into the ground than listen to their partner. Astounding. Yet the women all stuck by these men. Madness.