dialogue: Dave: hi darling, you OK?
  Mari: yes, but my sister's been here with the twins, Christ! What a pair of hooligans! They'd have ripped off the new wallpaper if I hadn't stopped them. Louise is hopeless!
  Dave: yeah, one little thing, I'm driving up to Kidderminster with Sharon tomorrow and I really can't sort out Ethan. Can your mother take him to nursery?
  Mari: yeah, sure it'll be ok. I'll ring her now. What is that woman making you do now?
  Dave: Well, It's the regional marketing thing for the new campaign I've been working on. Ashley can't go, because of her arm, so Sharon asked me,
  Mari: Asked you? Ordered you to do it, more like! Really Dave, you must stand up to that woman. You boss me around when you feel like it!
  Dave: that's true! Anyway, Sharon says her balls are on the line with this campaign if it isn't 100% brilliant!
  Mari: her balls! The cheek of the woman! It's you who will get it in the neck if it tanks, love. 
  Dave: No, she wouldn't do that!
  Mari: she would! She's unscrupulous! Remember old Gareth, she threw him under the bus! Come on, stand up to her, love!
  Dave: Well, I could tell her I want to present the project as I worked on from from the word go. Why should she get all the credit!
  Mari: That's the spirit, Dave sweetheart. She's a nasty bully. In fact, I'd have a quiet word with Ian about her. 
  Dave: Yeah, he knows all her tricks! Gareth complained to him about her, but he didn't have the stomach for a fight.
  Mari: Dave, tell Sharon you're in charge tomorrow and then go and see Ian in his office on Friday.
  Dave: Thanks love, I don't know what I'd do without you!
  Mari: It's what I'm here for, you big soft idiot!
  Dave: She's undermined me far too long, it's time I took action!
  Mari: I'm so pleased to hear you say that my love! I love you as a man of action!
  Dave: I'm always your Action Man!
  Mari: Love you xxxxxx
  Dave: See you later, gorgeous!
summary: Mari had a visit from her sister with the twins and they were misbehaving. Mari's mother will take Ethan to the nursery tomorrow. Following Mari's advice, Dave will stand up to his boss who has been a bully.