How Do I Make a Request Without it Sounding Like a Criticism?
My wife often takes what I consider to be "simple" requests as criticism. For example, I am now doing the laundry and I would like to say to her "Honey, would you please do me a favor? When you take your clothes off at night, would you please turn them right side out?" I want to ask her this because it would save me time in folding/hanging up clothes, because as it is now - all her clothes are inside out and I have to spend at least 5 minutes or more turning them right side out when I do the laundry.