Use the time honoured system practiced by ALL wives!
The wife waits until her husband is watching something that really interests him on TV and then asks his permission to do whatever it is that they want to do.
The resulting "grunt" will be taken as a "Yes!" and whenever he objects the wife will immediately point out "YOU agreed that I should do it!" with a flash of temper followed by "You NEVER listen to me!" If the last one is accompanied by a hint of tears then so much the better!
The system has never been known to fail, especially if the wife follows up the argument by flouncing out of the room with the body language that says "Don't even try to apologise or even come near me!" and indicates that all female favours will be off the menu for the foreseeable future!
Other (younger and less experienced) men may think I'm being cynical, but all women who have been married for more than a year will know that I have rumbled them ...
... even though I am powerless to resist their wiles and guiles!