Ahh, yes..the "better half" is usually most involved and cued in right at the mention of that question (is spending too much time on PM affecting me). i. e. " Well maybe if you weren't on Perl Monks all night you could've done blahblah..." or "Oh, Perl Monks again...How are the boys..." or "Maybe if you spent less time on Perl Monks and more time on blahdeblah....".
PM Relationship Saving Excuses <-- Latest node addition! (This is the birth of an idea, people, not really alive yet, so even though it seemingly should be a link to something, it isn't, so don't click on it, I made it appear as a real link for comic effect, it's all working together for the group effort towards my charm :D) All monks get together and donate their best, most widely successful "I was on PM all night, again, because..." sentence finishers.