Lack of communication. Yup! You did exactly as you were told; whatever you wanted. Your wife needs some lessons on communication; clear and concise. You should have gotten a "Thank you, Honey!" and that's ALL.

But next time, if you want her to think you can read her mind, do "men" things around the house; things she can't do as well or as easily as you can.

It might help you if you ask her to be more precise in what she would like you to do. Tell her that you don't want to disappoint her like you did this last time.

We women do expect our husbands to know what we want and need, but it's NOT FAIR. I don't know any mind readers, do you? It's not fair of either partner to expect the other to know what the other wants or needs. We need to learn to communicate.

Sometimes I need to ask my husband what he heard me say or ask for to make sure he gets it. He'll hear a word or two and think he knows the rest of what I'm going to say and invariably gets it all wrong. EEESH!

There was a book that came out a long, long time ago called P.E.T. It's about communication. I hated it back then, but there have been times I've had to use the information in it. There may be better books today.