Wife Studies Why Husband Ignores Nagging

Science Daily ^ | 2-13-2007

[blam]

Happy Valentine's Day.

[pogo101]

Yes, dear.

[Brilliant]

It's genetic. Either God invented us so that we'd ignore them, or we evolved that way. Either way, it's for the better.

[facedown]

"My husband, while very charming in many ways, has an annoying tendency of doing exactly the opposite of what I would like him to do in many situations," Chartrand said in a release.

Maybe you're just a jerk, Ms. Chartrand, and hubby has found a passive-aggressive way to get your goat.

[Recon Dad]

But in your mind you're saying..........

[Sax]

"some people will act in ways that are not to their own benefit simply because they wish to avoid doing what other people want them" to do.

I would say it is to their benefit in the long run, because just like a child's whine, they are not rewarding the nag.

[Dan(9698)]

exactly the opposite

So --- Just ask him to do exactly opposite of what you really want.

There, that wasn't so hard.

[Larry Lucido]

Easy. It's either ignore the nagging, move out, or face an inquest for her mysterious disappearance.

[CatQuilt]

Wives don't do this to husbands....

;-)

[AppyPappy]

Maybe the world doesn't revolve around you. If you want the housework done, do it. I doubt your husband walks around the house wondering why you aren't cleaning the gutters.

[Dreagon]

Ignoring women is natures way of preventing us from killing them.

[SauronOfMordor]

Why does your husband ignore your nagging? Because smashing in your skull with a crowbar would cause too much fuss

[Old Professer]

Ah, the science of bitching; how gauche, we all know it's an art.

[RKV]

"because they wish to avoid doing what other people want pressure them" to do." There, fixed. Cooperation needs to be mutual, otherwise, one of the parties will decide not accommodate the other.

[No Blue States]

She is nagging too, so I'm ignoring her also.

[NavyCanDo]

Ever since EVE asked ADAM "Does this Fig Leaf make me look fat?" man has developed selective hearing. It's a matter of survival.

[blam]

"Maybe the world doesn't revolve around you. If you want the housework done, do it. I doubt your husband walks around the house wondering why you aren't cleaning the gutters."

I've already cleaned the gutters and done the house work. I don't have a wife.

[AppyPappy]

Did you write the article?

[thulldud]

Ever since EVE asked ADAM "Does this Fig Leaf make me look fat?" man has developed selective hearing. It's a matter of survival.

If she had asked him THAT, none of us would be here. There is no such thing as a right answer to that question.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Who paid for this BS study? If it's taxpayers, I'm gonna be PO'd!