[ blech. he helps but not because he wants to!!! he has his own agenda...probably. ]

You seem to have the ability to either annoy someone enough to get them to rebel against your wishes or the ability to get along with them enough to get them to do what you want them to do.

[ you know. ]

We might want to be careful about making the latter too wildly encouraged. Co-conspirators can make use of that to make them less obvious. [ it's good thinking but he'll always want to offer the flips side. you know, just food for thought. ] If it already hasn't become obvious to them.