Don’t pitch your tent on THIN ICE
Today, let me boldly return where no man should.
The Thin Ice Regions of ‘Dating and Marriage world.’
Ok, not boldly, but maybe awkwardly cartwheeled onto thin ice to pitch my tent, or auger a fishing hole.
History has taught mankind that THIN ICE moments are found most often when one of the FROZEN FOUR rules for marriage is violated. (listed below)
When a man…
Speaks or does not speak when he should not or should.
Does or does not do things he should or should not do.
Thinks things he should not. CUZ SHE KNOWS!
Some days, just breathing is frowned upon. (I have an example of this one) ** see footnote
You say that it is confusing. Of course, any man in a relationship with a woman for more than 5 minutes knows the FROZEN FOUR list is all true, but still, you do not realize the ice is cracking until you are going down.
So, YES, it is confusing!
Side note: Why are women called the fairer sex when guys are in trouble for violating an ever-changing list of dos & don'ts? (SO NOT FAIR)
End of note:
I still find myself on thin ice from time to time. Sometimes, by mistake, I wander, as 'the mind of the fairer sex' continues to be a mystery, and so the thin ice appears to have moved.
But other times, I test the ice and even step out further when I know it is thin. I confess, it is an adrenaline rush!
This rush is similar to the rush of those who get out of a safe boat into shark-infested waters to study these man-eaters.
A SHARK may EAT you, the other will BITE your head off.
Either way, you are DEAD.
In the end, testing Thin Ice is a dead man’s folly. My advice is not to test thin ice unless you are a seasoned professional. LIKE ME. Even then… JUST DON’T.
There, I have exhausted my words, so let me finish out today's blog with one more cartoon, as they say, a picture is worth 1,000 words. So my cartoons should get me at least 250-500 words each.
May God bless and use each of you today in ways that are beyond your dreams... even the men found tap dancing on THIN ICE.
Jeff (not so thin on thin ice) Larson
** Back in February 1986, my wife and I were about to have our first child, and my wife was amid labor pains, and so as a good husband I was coaching her breathing, but was breathing in my wife’s face ( a little ) when she through clenched teeth said to man she claimed to love STOP BREATHING!
