Old dog seeks new trick

[Old Dog]

I should stress that this sort of reinforcing behaviour is something I need to work on but she won't necessarily appreciate right now as it's one of my failings and could be seen as chasing. Tightropes! I tell you I'm not a fan.

Whose behavior are you trying to reinforce......and which behavior?

Ah no. I mean one of the things that W brought up was my inability to do the kind of things that Gerald Rogers wrote about in his 'things I wish I'd known about' viral post. Just simple things like tell your wife you love her.

I either don't understand what you are talking about here, or you've missed the point.

The only thing I am seeing as reinforcing behavior is you gushing over more boots she's bought. I can see that reinforcing her shopping behavior and buying things she doesn't need......b/c she thinks she has your blessings. How does this all play into the more important issues you need to deal with right now?

Hmmm, yes. Red herring alert. It doesn't relate does it. I don't mind how many boots she owns, but when I joke 'how many' every time, I guess it ceases to be funny.i can stop doing that anyway.