Ten reasons why nagging is good

1. A healthy bout of harassment is necessary when you don't want to be the one going to the supermarket every time the fridge needs replenishing. 

2. Repetitive reminders about what's right eventually make your partner see the light. 

3. You call it nagging. I call it effective communication with emphasis. 

4. A nail that goes into the plank with one tap of the hammer is either a perfect fit or it was driven into a rare piece of wood, which goes to show that one usually needs to hammer in a point. 

5. Kids don't need money. The moment they nag you for it is the time to pay them in silence. 

6. Do you really think he's going to fix the broken cupboard door if you don't point out its feng shui importance umpteen times? 

7. When in doubt, nag. You'll either figure out what you really want or make it someone else's problem. 

8. Children tidying up after one request is about as rare as a singing chimp. Recurrent cajoling and a few threats is a language understood the world over. 

9. Sometimes happiness can only be attained at the expense of someone else's couch-potato time; and you have to say it more than once to make them see it. 

10. The line to get them thinking if the nagging doesn't: "Of course I could do it myself; but then what good are you to me?"