Monday, November 21, 2005

Give a little, get a little...

We've changed the kids chores around in the past few weeks and have been working on helping them learn the new tasks. This morning, I critiqued the youngest's job on a bathroom sink, and the middle child's completion of the toilet cleaning. After pointing out what they each had done wrong and what we expected, I gave each of them a compliment on how well they have been doing and how proud I am of what they've done so far.

Moments later, the wife critiques me on cleaning up my breakfast mess:

Wife: Make sure you get that mess cleaned up...
Me: You know, I don't mind the criticism, but at least I gave the kids complements while critiqueing...
Wife: You are absolutely right. You are a slob who needs to clean up your breakfast mess neatly please. Oh, and it's a good thing you are good...

You know, she's probably lying, but I liked the compliment so well that it did get the kitchen mess cleaned up neatly almost immediately...

4 comments:

susabellpr said...

Actually the comment went like this....."you are a complete slob, but you're great in bed!" I have to remember this, it worked great!!!

darprice said...

I'm sorry. It was an attempt to not sound too smug about the compliment nor to outdate the G rating we try to keep on the site. Very difficult line to draw...let the world know about one, while risking umpteen thousands of additional dollars in the childrens therapy bills...hmm, that was easy...

KellBell said...

TMI!!!!!

darprice said...

tee hee...