How to Drive Your Husband Crazy: Laughter in Marriage
72When it comes to practical jokes my husband's score is higher for the number of times he has been able to get me. I argue that my practical jokes are of higher quality and therefore the scores are even. Over the years we have laughed with and at each other. I do admit I get much more enjoyment form laughing at my husband then a loving wife probable should...but such is the way of things sometimes. I am a big believer that laughter in a marriage is essential. It makes the hard times easier, the bond between couples stronger, and just feels good. So here are some ways to get your husband for whatever reason you choose.
A real easy game to play on a spouse or significant other is the dumb game. I am not sure if all men like to do this but mine loves to explain everything is very specific detail. The Mr. thinks it is good for me to know how the tires are rotated or the specifics of electricity in our house. I do not care. That may sound mean but I don't care anymore then he cares about how I budget our money or why I organize the kitchen they way I do. So when he starts explaining the need to fill up the gas tank before it is on "E" I play this game. I come up with the most obvious dumb questions I can possible think of give him my wide eyed look and wait. I am laughing inside waiting to see how long it will take him to get I am asking these question on purpose. Eventually, he throws up his hands and says "you don't really care do you?" and begins to laugh I then laugh, pat him on the head and promise to get better about doing whatever it is he was lecturing me on. (Which in all honesty I never do)
My husband didn't know I could cook for about the first 3 years of our relationship. I did this on purpose because I hate to cook. In reality, I cook very well when I feel like it but it is not really my thing. I never ruined any food on purpose because I can't stand wastefulness but that doesn't mean you can't have fun with food. I love food coloring. Every now and then I will add a little to make food a different color . Purple eggs or green rice is always a good funny. I also believe in food sculpting make the potatoes look like a snowman. Write something sexy with the whip cream on desert. Have fun. Anything to get a chuckle. A good meal always includes good conversation and lots of laughter. Did the hubby come home from having a bad day at work? He won't stay annoyed long when he looks at his plate and see I love you written in gravy across the plate. You could coax a chuckle from him with a plate of food shaped like a smiley face. The more creative the better.
Sometimes it is great when a plan comes together. Once and a while a really good idea comes to you for a practicle joke. If it's really good cultivate it like a garden. The big belly laugh jokes need to be personal for each person. My husband is a morning person. He is - God forbid - a happy morning person. So I decided to get him when he "wakes" so to speak. I went online and found a sound clip of a dog bark. With a few basic computer skills I took that one bark and made a 3 minute clip that sounded like a kennel of hungry dogs. Using the alarm on my computer I uploaded my master piece and set the time - 4:58 a.m. The God awful sound of dogs barking rang through our small house in the wee hours of the morning. Then our real dogs began barking. My husband (completely in the buff) flipped out of the bed. Like a wild mad man ran to the door yelling for our dogs to be quiet; then realized that our dogs were standing next to him. He flew back to our room to see his loving wife hysterically laughing on the floor. Finally, the light of understanding hit his face and the alarm finally went off. Lets just say he was not a happy morning person that day and I had to make the coffee. Years later he still grumbles with a smile about the time I got him good.
It is not always easy to be married to my husband and I know he feels the same way. The laughter doesn't fix everything but it goes along way to help. "We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh" - Agnes Repplier
