[X&Y] Valentine's Day... Backwards [Quick Tip]
Published: Mon, 02/14/11
X & Y COMMUNICATIONS SPECIAL EDITION
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VALENTINE'S DAY...BACKWARDS
OK, by now you guys know exactly where I stand on Valentine's Day.
I think most of us guys get "pwned" into kissing up to women on
February 14th every year...assuming we have a woman in our life to
actually feel manipulated into spending lots of "celebratory" $$$ on.
Yeah, well...let's not kid ourselves. Even most of the women out
there dread this day also, believe it or not. It's "equal
opportunity" frustration.
Now, that's not to say you can't make lemonade from lemons here, of
course.
And no doubt, if you've had your head on straight and you've followed
my recommendations from a couple of weeks ago, you probably have had
dates lined up ALL WEEKEND LONG with new women you've met online.
In other words, I sincerely hope you took one great woman out on
Friday night, another Saturday during the day, one Saturday night and
at least another two more yesterday.
You've had a veritable bonanza before you this year in particular.
After all, since February 14th falls on a Monday this year, you very
well could have handled that type of creative scheduling while still
giving your FULL attention to each woman in your life.
You've just got to love it when Valentine's day falls on a Monday.
But what's that you say? Your "big date" is actually TONIGHT?
Ah...well no worries, my good man.
And hey, never mind the fact that your plans for the evening aren't
exactly etched in stone just yet.
That's why I've got your back.
And what I'm about to share with you is EXACTLY how I (successfully)
ran my first Valentine's Day with Emily...exactly three days after
I first met her.
(Yes...that was five years ago on Friday, for those of you keeping
score)
OK, so you can already figure out that I probably took a couple of
days back in '06 to ponder what to do about Valentine's Day's swift
approach having met this new chick on that fateful February 11th.
Sure enough, after SHE took ME to lunch on February 14th and pretty
much "cashed in my dummy" for good, I knew I needed to make plans
with her for that night.
To be perfectly frank with you, the fact that it was Valentine's Day
was more of an inconvenience than some fortuitous happenstance.
All I knew is that I wanted to see her that night, and she was
completely game.
And, well, sure enough...everything was COMPLETELY BOOKED UP in this
great city.
But by somewhat of an accident, I stumbled upon the GENIUS STRATEGY
I'm now going to share with you.
You see, I know we as guys are born procrastinators. If anything, we
just take genuine enjoyment in "pulling rabbits out of hats" at the
last minute, don't we though?
Indeed, incidental procrastination (as was the case on 2/14/06 for
me) can be rather heroic when orchestrated with expert precision.
So here's what you do.
Even while EVERY OTHER GUY IN YOUR ENTIRE METRO AREA has planned
"dinner and a movie" or "dinner and dancing", you can BEAT THE SYSTEM
and probably get into ANYWHERE YOU WANT tonight--even at the last
minute--simply by doing this:
Planning the evening in the OPPOSITE ORDER as is "logical".
That's right.
First off, forget the movie entirely, frankly. That idea just sucks.
But if you know she loves to go dancing, be her hero and take her
there FIRST.
You know it. Hit the Tango Club at 7.45 or 8p sharp.
Stay there a couple hours and THEN go to a restaurant around 10...
AFTER you've worked up an appetite.
All the cool eateries that know what they're doing will STILL be
open, and it doesn't matter whether they take reservations or what.
Either way, my solemn bet is that they'll not only have a table for
you, they'll be THRILLED to see you at that hour.
...Even on a Monday, because this is no "normal" Monday.
At the end of your meal, when you and your favorite gal are gazing
into each other's eyes with a sense of (almost) total satisfaction,
you'll get this burning feeling in the pit of your stomach that you
should write me and thank me.
...Which you're welcome to do.
After all, she'll pretty much view you as her hero. You will have
summarily "beaten the system" and had a smooth and trouble-free
evening devoid of any long waits or disappointing "walks of shame".
And that not only never sucks, it often leads to "happy Mondays"...
more so than you might have even expected.
And hey...what if you DON'T exactly have a woman lined up to take
out tonight?
No worries, man. I've got an AMAZING post-V-Day plan for you coming
up.
But all the same, keep what I just shared with you in your back
pocket for next year.
Be Good,
Scot McKay
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