Late one evening, a husband sent a text to his wife:
“Hi, I’ll be late. Please try and wash all my dirty clothes and make sure you prepare my favorite dish before I return.”
He waited.
No reply.
Maybe she was busy. Maybe she didn’t see it.
A few minutes later, he decided to send a follow-up message:
“And I forgot to tell you—I got a raise! End of the month, I’m getting you a new car.”
Within seconds, his phone lit up.
“OMG! Really? That’s amazing! I’ll start dinner now and the laundry’s already in!”
He smiled to himself.
Then he sent a final message:
“I was just checking if you were reading my texts.”
Her reply?
“And I was just checking if I married a fool.”
Moral of the story?
Words matter. But timing, tone… and maybe a little incentive? That makes all the difference.