Ladies how come sooo many of you do the EXACT OPPOSITE a man demands ? Seriously it is so reliable that?

Question

to get a woman to do exactly what you want her to do you have to demand the opposite of her ? Why is that ?

Answer 1

Have you considered getting a dog?

Answer 2

Reverse psychology is the surest way to obtain desirable behavior from a petulant and rebellious person...

Answer 3

Not if you have high social proof and she has *low self esteem (most do at some point)  - then you can get her to do exactly what you ask.

Answer 4

God help the man who "demands" anything from me.  I don't take any kind of abuse from a man.

Answer 5

Because women are independent creatures. Don't DEMAND anything of us, it pisses us off. Ask us, treat us like people, not animals

Answer 6

The eternal stuggle...

I've actually never had a woman do the opposite.

Answer 7

I consider requests, I will do the opposite of a demand out of spite.

Answer 8

I always do as I am told; with that I have one fault I won't surrender my beliefs.  Quite the contrary as one already said; nor do I suffer from low self-esteem; I merely do as I am told when completed I go on to the next thing; meaning the rest of my life.

Answer 9

All you have to do is be respectful when requesting me to do things for you. Otherwise, I don't want to.

What's up with the manipulation and control questions?

Answer 10

Funny I find I have that same problem with every person I talk to.  Have you never been told that you catch more flies with honey than vinegar????  This isn't a woman thing, it's a human thing.  People prefer to be treated nicely and with respect.  You do not DEMAND things, you ask for things.

Add:  So what you're saying is that you want your own way all the time and being a demanding jerk works in getting that for you?  That's fine man, but what goes around comes around so why keep coming back complaining about how terrible women are?  Maybe if you quit being a selfish, game playing fool they wouldn't be so terrible.

Answer 11

Because he's making demands.

Ever think of asking nicely?

Edit:  Well, that's how relationships are...nobody gets eveything they ask for all the time.  

Or did your mommy give you everything you wanted and now you have come to expect that from all women in your life?

Answer 12

too each his or her own ,that sounds like game playing to me.oh whats good for the goose isnt good for gander ?stop messing with low self-esteem women and get a real woman,all i am saying is if you have to do all that she or he isnt for you.

Answer 13

Do what I demand of you and delete your account.

Answer 14

I do the exact opposite of anyone's "demands." I am not a dog or a child. I don't respond to demands.

Answer 15

I know not to which ladies you refer, but no one has the right to "demand" anything of me.  One suspects therein lies your problem.

Answer 16

Aw cassy you never heard of reverse psychology? ;-) You can do it with anyone. If you demand anything, the person will not like being demanded so will deliberately not do what you want.

Answer 17

Well  most women or people for that matter don't respond well to demands. So if you demand someone to do the opposite of what you want them to do I could see how that work to achieve your goal. However I usually am happy to please the people around my that I care about so if my husband or any other man asked me in a polite manor to do something I would. It sounds like either the person you're taking about is rude or you're asking ridiculous things. Mind games are never fun

Answer 18

"Reverse psychology is the surest way to obtain desirable behavior from a petulant and rebellious person..."

Molly put it the best way. Simple minds succumb to reverse psychology.

Nic also answered your question perfectly.

I WILL NOT do something if my husband DEMANDS it of me. However, I will be MORE THAN HAPPY to help him in any way, shape or form if simply requests it. If I cannot get to it at that exact moment, I simply and politely inform him, put it on my list and come to it a slightly later time.

Children make demands and parents make demands of their children.

Demanding an adult results in nothing but chaos.

Answer 19

Remind me again why men deserve to demand things from their women, and vice-versa?