Well, when they "argued", it was more damaging to the furniture. I had a mountain of laundry every weekend. And our food budget was astronomical!
side note: before anyone comments about having them do their own laundry, we tried that. It was far worse than me doing it. They either over-filled or under-filled the washer, so they either wasted water/soap or caused the washer to unbalance and jump around the room, and they rarely remember to clear the lint trap on the dryer so I ended up replacing the heat coil.