Sometimes, it’s good to teach our partners a little lesson.
Tech Troubles
I wanted to set up the new TV, but my husband took the remote from me with a smile, saying he’d do it faster. So, I secretly downloaded a remote app on my phone and started switching the TV on and off from the kitchen, driving him crazy. After he’d been arguing on the phone with the manufacturer for an hour, I went over and quickly set everything up. Since then, he respects my tech skills more—and he still doesn’t know I was messing with him.
Who’s Right?
My husband owns a café, so after a big argument, I always go there, buy a coffee, pay for it, and tell him I’m right because the customer is always right.
Nightmare
My husband has a serious aversion to raisins—he’s almost phobic about dried grapes. One time, he didn’t wash the dishes as promised, so before bed, I stuffed his pillowcase with raisins. He woke up at dawn with them stuck to his face, screaming like a little kid. I’ve never laughed that hard in my life.
Hurt Feelings
He didn’t want to take me on vacation but happily went with his buddies. The day before he left, I went to the bank and transferred all the money from our joint account to mine, then ignored his calls for a week. With no cash and a blocked card, he had to ask his brother to send him money.
The Right Way
Two years into our marriage, my husband complained I wasn’t washing his clothes properly. I think he regretted it because 18 years later, I still haven’t washed a single thing of his.
Proof
My husband and I are both pretty know-it-alls, convinced we’re always right. Once, during a phone argument, I looked it up online and found out I was wrong—so I edited a Wikipedia article just to prove to him that I was right.
How It Ends
My husband brought a book on vacation and got so absorbed in it for days that he didn’t want to join any plans. I said nothing, went out alone, but tore out the last two chapters. I only gave it back when we got home. Years later, he got hooked on a Netflix series the same way—I waited until the finale and then changed the password.
The Prank
My husband teased me for still sleeping with a nightlight as an adult, so I swapped every lightbulb in the house and downloaded an app on my phone to control the lights and dim them. I’ve been playing with it for a month, and now he actually thinks the house is haunted.
Packed Up
I begged my partner for weeks to hang a shelf, but he just played video games. So for the weekend, I packed up the router and PlayStation and went to my parents’ place. When he called, I didn’t answer—just sent a message saying now he’d have time to hang the shelf.
Tangled Up
My husband didn’t compliment my cooking, so in a huff, I sewed up the leg of his pants and neatly laid out his clothes. At dawn, he struggled for ten minutes in the dark, cursing and finally fell while trying to get dressed. Since then, he never forgets to praise the dinner I make.
