Comments on: EXCLUSIVE: Pictures of the National Security Minister controlling his household purse-strings by shopping at Lidl, with his aides lifting and packing

By: John Galea

John Galea — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 11:36:46 +0000

What’s the whole point of this story?

By: mattie

mattie — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 11:19:37 +0000

In reply to Paul Bonnici.

Yes Paul, why not? The point here is not that he shouldn’t go to LIDL. We are talking about the domestic situation.

In a marriage, any marriage, it’s give and take – secret rule.

The husband should give and take, the wife should give and take.

Someone taking over completely in a marriage, shopping, household bills, domestic administration, is either in a marriage of failure or a marriage of convenience.

By: Natalie Mallett

Natalie Mallett — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 21:22:08 +0000

In reply to john. I believe Lidl do not have security cameras, at least that's what they told my daughter when her purse was stolen from her trolley.

By: Natalie Mallett

Natalie Mallett — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 21:14:49 +0000

In reply to Min Jaf. Ah but when that T-Shirt gets a hole from wear and tear he can adjust it to fit his wife.

By: Josette

Josette — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 20:41:18 +0000

I don’t think this is a question of not giving his wife housekeeping money which she might spend ‘badly’ or ‘unwisely’.

This is pure and simple control.

She has no money ergo she has few or no options.

She probably has to beg for every single thing and, believe me, there are men who make their wives do that, delighting in showing them who is boss.

She cannot just up and leave. She cannot afford it and he probably has made sure that she would not get a cent.

There is also the question of the children.

She’s always been the weaker party in the marriage and now that he is minister she probably is even more trapped.

By: Josette

Josette — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 20:32:21 +0000

In reply to Antoine Vella. I think that there was a special arrangement regarding Romanians and Bulgarians (which is about to expire) and that their freedom to move to other EU member states was subject to restrictions.

By: Josette

Josette — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 20:29:41 +0000

In reply to john. And what can he do about it? Arrest the person who took the pics?

By: La Redoute

La Redoute — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 13:56:41 +0000

In reply to Gannini Borg. Why would anyone want to see Manwel Mallia naked? I doubt his wife does, or ever did.

By: Gannini Borg

Gannini Borg — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:36:27 +0000

Is this a scoop? I though he would be naked or something.

[Daphne – Cyrus Engerer is not a member of my international worldwide network of spies.]

By: Toyger

Toyger — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:25:01 +0000

In reply to woman.

I completely agree with your comments, Daphne. Yesterday had to go to one of the few supermarkets that were open as during the week I have no time for grocery shopping.

It was so crowded that after a while I just went to the cash registers with only half the list being fulfilled.

The other option was to leave the trolley in the middle and just leave, but that would have been disrespectful to the employees.

As regards to LIDL, the situation is nearly always like that, and that’s why I stay away from there