Yes, ignoring it works as an extinguisher if you do it everytime. Yeah right, it might work if you lived in only one whining situation, but in the real world all the variables change and before you know it the whining has already been reacted to, before you even realize you're responding.
Your too funny with the husband thing. I have to ask my husband daily,"why must you wind him up". Maybe they are related?
Jo-Ann