Ah, Valentine’s Day. That time of the year when tens of millions of men suddenly find themselves playing the relational equivalent of Chutes and Ladders minus the ladders. You see, generally speaking, the best a guy can hope for on Cupid Day is to break even, to not botch things and find himself suddenly plummeting down an unintended relational slide, undoing all the progress he’s incrementally made throughout the year.
So when I say that Valentine’s Day is a test applied against men, I’m only stating the obvious. But, as an admittedly well-secured married man with three kids, allow me to suggest something scandalous. What if men in dating relationships decided to treat Valentine’s Day as a test of their own? What if they deliberately underperformed on Monday for the sole purpose of seeing what happens?
One of the great opportunities of the dating relationship, is to decipher who you might really be marrying. How will she handle disappointment? How will she handle your failures? Will she be devastated or vindictive…or forgiving? As a married man, trust me when I say these are questions you want answered early and clearly. Maybe Monday is just the time to get some answers…the hard way.
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