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Yesterday went very well. My wife was very happy with my happy demeanor. And she was also very happy that I put up our (her) new ceiling fan, which involved over 3 hours since the instructions contained some errors! So I think she would have been happy even without the smiles.
Otherwise, I did some gardening. The kids were mostly gone at their friends or out with my wife so I did not see much of them. So it was just me and the garden, and the fan, and my happy wife.
Yesterday (actually the evening before), I started a new smiling experiment. I have summer break now and am spending a lot more time around family. So this will be mostly an experiment around my wife and kids. Mostly my wife as my kids are busy doing their own thing much of the time.
My wife immediately responded in a very positive manner. Like night and day compared to the few days previous. And frankly, with this new experiment, I have been trying to be a bit more considerate as well. But, as I mentioned before, it is difficult to brew up a disagreement with someone if you are smiling at them and they are smiling back.
On this first day I made a quick stop at our local grocery store. I gave the lady that has known me for near 15 years a big smile and greeting by name. I think she was a bit shocked since she seems to regard me as a perfect stranger. It was a nice way to kick off this new smiling campaign.
My youngest daughter, just turned 8, is now a “Daddy’s girl”. She has been since the end of the Original 30-Day Smiling Experiment. She is so responsive to a smile. And I am happy to say that I never stopped smiling at her even at the conclusion of that experiment. So some of it “stuck”.
At any rate, I am liking this already. Stay tuned!
