We all have choices in life and last weekend was no different. I wanted to watch Season 2 of Yellowstone but my wife wanted the roof cleaned. My plan was to get her to suggest we hire someone to clean the roof, you see, it had to be her idea. I knew she remembered all the times I’ve fallen attempting to clean the roof therefore I just needed to put a little frosting on the cake. So I dragged our accountant into my scheme who really didn’t want to get involved but I convinced him to send over our retirement report with these comments: “Full retirement in 13 years is based on Greg not doing anything else stupid that could have an adverse effect on his income, including, but not limited to, attempting to clean metal roofs”. With all of this laid out I said I think I’ll clean the roof this weekend and then I just shut up and waited. After several seconds she said, don’t you think we should call a professional? And that folks is how you use reverse psychology successfully. Make sure you look for my column next week on how to never do the dishes again and more importantly, how your wife will thank you for that.
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