So your wife asks if you have you mown the lawns because the...

So your wife asks if you have you mown the lawns because the grass is getting long and you promised to do something about it.
You avoid the question and answer a different one, replying that if the previous owners were still here the grass would be even longer.
Your wife tries to pin you down and asks you to answer the question and you get stroppy and blame her for your own shortcomings.
Is that how it goes?