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I hear dogs are easier to train, but it’s the same concept. Works for husbands, too.
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That is HYSTERICAL!!!! who knew?!
LOL that’s totally funny.
Actually, you’d be surprised how many dog training methods can actually work on people! Operant conditioning (such as clicker training), for example – in humans this is usually called ‘shaping’ – where when a person performs a certain behavior on their own that’s close to behavior that you like, you’d praise them for it (For example, in the case of your boyfriend you can praise by saying: “You’re so manly when you talk about going to the gym and getting in shape, honey. Would you like a massage?”) (or whatever works for you
.) The boyfriend will pick up on the praise and slowly his behavior will develop more and more into the direction of what you actually want.
Some people call this manipulative and I can definitely see where they’re coming from. But in reality, we ‘shape’ people every day – we respond positively to behaviors we like and this encourages them to continue the behavior.
Phew, quite an essay I wrote there
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Haha, thanks Liza. You are right! You’d think I’d be better at training my boyfriend …
HAHAHA!!! I’m right there with Liza – and my hubby is pretty well trained but there are things I can work on. The NY Times actually had a Modern Love column that was one of the most popular columns, where a woman read about operant conditioning as a training technique for orca (Shamu, basically) and then tried it on her husband. It was hilarious.
Here it is!
What Shamu taught me about a happy marriage:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/fashion/25love.html
Haha!