Suzie embraced everything about us getting engaged and married. She asked Mum what happened at a Vietnamese engagement party and Mum took her shopping for an áo dài [Vietnamese dress]. When I turned up at the party, she looked amazing. ‘There are ups and downs, of course, but our marriage has only become more magical over time.’Anh Do She’ll always try new things. When she came with me to a big Vietnamese family event [before we were married], one of my uncles offered her this weird dish made of offal – like a Vietnamese black pudding. Without hesitation, Suzie tried it and said it was delicious. Then she offered it to the aunties. “No way!” they said. “Even we don’t eat that stuff!” Our 2001 wedding was in the church at St Aloysius [in Sydney]. It was raining, but just as we said our vows, the sun burst through the stained-glass window. I was crying so much; all my dreams had come true. I’m told it was magical – and that’s what our life has been like. There are ups and downs, of course, but our marriage has only become more magical over time. Suzie was on the uni debating team, so she’s good at winning arguments. That’s annoying. If I sense I’m not going to win, I try humour, but that can get me into even more trouble. Recently, our 15-year-old son, Leon, wanted to play in an open rugby tournament. I thought he should, but Suzie thought he shouldn’t because he’d be playing against older boys and he had a lead role in the school production of The Little Mermaid that week; he was playing Sebastian the crab. “What if he breaks his arm?” she asked. I said, “If his arm’s in a red cast, he’ll look even more crabby.” I lost that argument.