I know what you mean Sandy. the little things in life used to bother me but as I got older I realised how silly that was, now when the wife starts chattering to me about trifle little things that I have absolutely no interest in, I pretend to be listening out of politeness, I'm like one of those nodding dogs they used to have on car windscreens, inside me I'm hoping she won't be asking any questions when she's finished, funny how she has never copped on, maybe she has but out of politeness just rambles on.
The way I look at things now is there are only two real worries at this stage of life, if one has to worry about something that is, sickness and death, and one of them you can do nothing about, everything else is just not worth the worry.