Listen Up Ladies!!

Hi Ladies! With the upcoming holiday known as Valentine’s Day AKA “Lover’s Day”,  I decided to peruse an article I read back in February 2012 from *Women’s Health Magazine *entitled "WHAT MEN THINK OF VALENTINE'S DAY" and share it with you. As you read an excerpt from this article, keep in mind that it is coming from a man’s point of view. ;-))

“Most guys have a love/hate relationship with Valentine's Day. Sure, it's a fine opportunity to
show just how much we care about you, to smother you with tokens of affection, to gorge on chocolate-covered-everything (Please) and suck down mid-week champagne like it's New Year's Eve. But to many of us, it's also a ginned-up, commercialized, soul-sucking sham of a holiday that goads us, each year, into obligatory (and expensive) displays of ardor we’d rather spend in other ways, at other times (though still on you, of course).

Fact is, if we’ve been doing our jobs right as boyfriends, fiancés, husbands and sons, February 14th shouldn’t hold sway as such a spotlight moment, this steroidal, adrenalized love hijacking dressed in red ribbon and made sick on bad candies and cheap wine.

If we’ve been pulling our weight, we wouldn’t be force-marched through this macabre amateur hour, with its teeming hoards of mind-controlled love zombies dully thronging the city, just going through the motions while the *REAL ROMANCE*—stolen moments, unexpected gestures—is left backstage.

Okay, okay. We’ll suck it up. But if we had our way, it’d just be the two of us, some big glasses of wine, and —some takeout (or some skirt steak and hen-of-the-woods mushrooms if we’re feeling ambitious).

As for us? If you’re really so inclined, help us evolve a bit. A boutique bourbon instead of a handle of the cheap stuff—maybe even an appointment to tour a local distillery. Or how about a butchery class, with a nice new chef’s knife that, come to think of it, might slice nicely through the aforementioned beef. Is a buttery-smooth overnight bag stuffed with some beach clothes and two round-trip tickets to someplace sandy too much to ask? Probably.

But you get the point. We love you—we really do. We just want to show it OUR way, NOT Hallmark’s. And we want you to do the same. And if we’re doing our job, as I’ve mentioned, we already will have said thoughtful things, commented subtly on your new haircut, maybe even picked something up at the store for you on an out-of-town business trip.

So help us stand apart from the pack. Valentine’s day, to most guys, isn’t about following a script. It’s about getting away from all of that. Okay, some of the sappy stuff we’ll keep: You, me, a bearskin rug in front of some roaring oak limbs. We'll put on some slow jams. The wine will flow. Will there be s'mores? That's up to you. Yes? Great, we’ll bring the chocolates. But whatever the case, we'll spend the night melting into each other instead of a manufactured tray of waxy, pre-packaged chocolates.

Wouldn’t that be nice?”

Are you listening ladies? An interesting article that really makes you think, huh? While you’re on your quest to "doing you well"…I advise you to NOT be selfish on this day! Remember, it’s a holiday about the love and affection between TWO people…and contrary to what we’ve been taught, it’s NOT just about us! Take the pressure off your significant other ladies and enjoy the day! Thank God He gave you someone who loves you for you and as the gentlemen in the article said…"we love you, we really do. We just want to show it OUR way, NOT Hallmark’s". So...to each and every one of you out there, whether you're in a relationship or not; always remember AND don't ever forget...;-)...the GREATEST love is that shown to us by the Son, who gave His life so that we might LIVE...now THAT'S TRUE LOVE!! 1 John 4:10, John 3:16 


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xoxoxo

Michell