Fact vs. Selective Memory

I don't want to argue about proven facts any more.

Surely, it's a proven fact that washing dishes by hand is more wasteful and less hygenic than using a dishwasher. And there must be proof somewhere that eating lying down in bed is bad for you and that you shouldn't eat two or three large bags of snack food in a week, all by yourself. Also, isn't there a study somewhere that says the more you lie around, the less energy you'll have. And I know I read that having hobbies and having friends is good for your mental and physical health.

Our latest spousal quibble is about the dishwasher because he doesn't believe that it gets the dishes dry enough. When I empty it, the dishes are so hot I can hardly handle them and the only things wet have indentations on their tops which end up holding some water. Not good enough for him, so he has decided to wash all his own dishes by hand because that's what his mom did, so it must be best. My mom did too, but she loved her dishwasher when she got it and didn't balk at a little science to help her out in the kitchen. Actually so did Joe's mom love her dishwasher. But he has a selective memory which won't allow for that.