Tricking your DH/SO/whoever

Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha · February 2013

I found myself tricking my husband into sorting a mountain of papers with me tonight. I told him I wanted to get all our tax papers together - and then proceeded to sort through everything in the process.

I don't feel the least bit bad for doing it, as it was part of our 30-minute challenge (thought I'll admit that took us way more than 30 minutes). Plus they're OUR papers and going through them is a PITA (I am SO buying a filing cabinet once we're moved into our new house), so it's only fair that we'D both do it.

Am I the only one who tricks her husband (or anyone else, really) into doing things?

NativeFloridian · February 2013

Guilty.

I trick my family into eating foods they don't like all the time.

And sometimes I can trick them into going through piles of crud by going through it myself and looking very threatening with a garbage bag in hand.

I need to trick myself into cleaning my room, though. My fit of sulkies has meant that I've been too drained to do jack sh!t in my own living space and it's lookin' rough up in hurr.

Rachey1082 · February 2013

I trick people into eating things they don't like all the time. I either hide them in something or tell them after they try it and say they like it.

Sometimes I get DH to do things I want him to do by not giving part of the details. I guess that's kinda tricking.

Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha · February 2013

Oh yes, food. I do it all the time, especially with DD1: If I make a tomato-based sauce/recipe, I tell her it's ketchup sauce and she eats it all up. I also added carrots to our mashed potatoes for lunch, and then served cucumber slices on the sice. Again, she gobbled it all up, and was SO excited that she "didn't have veggies on her plate".

ladybugpjb · February 2013

I don't think I've ever successfully tricked DH.Since I'm not a creative cook, I haven't tried hiding veggies. He's pretty sharp - not easily manipulated or tricked.