Reading the post has reminded me of an incident!!
When I first divorced I moved into a terraced house with a long narrow garden, it still looked pretty but my neighbours, both retired, had made thiers stunning, the whole garden was full of flowers all year around something was blossoming and giving colour and all around the walles and fences were an assortment of climbing plants, Jasmine, Ivy,Clematis, Wisteria, 2 types of Honeysuckle etc etc, so not only pretty but a wonderful smell!!! My new partner (16 years ago he was new) had never realy gardened before and did not like bits comming through the fence, I did, anyway, I came home one day and found he had cut them all off, that is all the bits comming through the fence, pluss some of our trees and shrubs and more
I was not happy but a few day's later, my neighbour asked us to go and have a look at her stunning garden and guess what!! my man had cut off all the stems of the climbing plants that had taken years to grow the whole way around the garden and vertualy join up, covering her walls and fences!!! SHe acutaly was very nice and we did have a laugh about it and we bought them both a few pressies to help ease the pain, bottle of WHiskey, Gin, chockies and flowers!!! In the end she said it was OK as it identified a repair that needed doing, needless to say, he learnt his lesson.