August 27, 2026

My Flatmate and I Had Our Third Argument This Month About Whose Turn It Is to Buy Milk, and I Think We Both Know We’re Being Ridiculous

Vivienne Pratfall’s diary on flatshare politics and the genuinely petty things that become genuinely serious

It’s never actually about the milk. We both know this. It’s about six weeks of unspoken flatshare tension finally finding a socially acceptable outlet, and milk, it turns out, is a wonderfully acceptable outlet. We resolved it over actual conversation, which felt suspiciously mature for two people who’d just spent ten minutes arguing about dairy. Further London diary entries continue at bohiney.com, with the original piece live at prat.uk.

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Vivienne Pratfall