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Husbands Who Resist Change
I Had to Laugh
I learned a trick a long time ago. If there is something I would like my husband to do, I suggest that somebody else said it first. That’s all it takes. It smooths out bad and sad feelings. It’s just how he is.
If I say to him, which is happening right now, “As your bookkeeper, you should….” He shakes his head like a horse. I kid you not. Like a horse and doesn’t even let me finish my sentence. The next time I said it, I said, “As your accountant, you should…” Again, the same treatment.
I just realized the next time I say it, I will say, “Pam says blah, blah, blah.” See, Pam took over my job when I retired. She’s having about as much fun as I did, which isn’t saying much. I used to say it before I got the position. I would say, “Janice says…” Eventually, Janice retired, but I kept saying it for years. Who has more authority than somebody other than your wife?
It worked.
Why argue with success?
What reminded me of this was I happened to see an advertisement for waffle weave towels while I was reading the news. Actually, the ad was more exciting than the news, so I clicked the button. I knew about waffle weave towels. One of our kitchen towels is a waffle weave. It’s almost threadbare; it is so old, but it is one of my favorites. I can attest that it gets things dry and, once wet, will quickly dry itself better than our other kitchen towels.
I didn’t realize you could get them as bath towels, so rather than continue with the advertisement, which was getting to be long-winded, I went to Amazon. At $36, a set of two bath, face, and hand towels is not a bad price. They come in a variety of colors. Although they are not the fancy ones from Imabari, Japan, they will do the trick.
I read one of the reviews, and a lady said even her husband, who is resistant to change, got used to them and now likes their towels.
Hey, that works for me.
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