Also, it becomes a little messy while dividing the household chores among couples. And to tell you the truth, it is not at all easy. Here a wife created a point system that was likely to motivate her husband to keep up with her list of things.

She had posted the whole story on Reddit’s TIFU group. It was about the idea that she had put into use. She wrote: “Yesterday I had this brilliant idea to make a list of activities he could do to keep busy that would earn him ‘points’ and a list of rewards he could redeem the points for.”

She continued: “The things to earn points consisted of a blend of fun things like ‘Invent a new dish using items we have in the pantry,’ ‘Walk the dog’ and ‘find your new favorite TV show.’ These were combined with more practical things like ‘Do a batch of laundry’ or Clean out your dresser’” As the points gained could be redeemed in the future, she had put some rewards in return for it as well.

TIFU by instituting a “point system” for my spouse to try to get housework done from tifu

“On the rewards part, I put some small things like ‘I’ll watch a movie of your choosing’ or ‘I’ll cook any dish you’d like,’” she apprised. “I decided that one of the rewards is that he could have me do anything on the activities list if he redeemed double the points value,” she explained. “I made this little game in less than 15 minutes when he was taking a shower and didn’t really put much thought into how it might be exploited.”

On the other hand, the husband started with his duties as soon as he got the list. It seemed like his wife’s charade was working well on him. “By the end of the day the dog has had five walks, and I’ve eaten four small gourmet meals, and everything easy or fun is checked off once or more,” she added. “He’s earned enough ‘points’ to redeem everything on the rewards list and hasn’t used anything. I’m thinking I’m pretty smart and that this was hugely successful.”

But then, it came back to her with the difficulty appearing to have expanded. She explained:

“I wake up and he immediately starts redeeming his points to have me do all the hard stuff. It’s been six hours and I’ve already cleaned out his dresser, done all the laundry, and walked the dog in the rain….twice. I’ve just now taken a break to write this. He still hasn’t used all his points.”

Several comments came through, appreciating the husband’s diversion. Someone suggested: “Should have made it a “daily quest” system, where you can only earn points for the specific activity once per day.”

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