How to Score Points With Your Girlfriend's Mom

(repost)




Blogophilia Week 4
Topic:  You Scored Three Points With That Bullet
Bonus points (hard, 2 points):  Reference Occam’s Razor.
Bonus points (easy, 1 point): Incorporate a line from your favorite song.

How To Score Points With Your Girlfriend’s Mom

Michael had never had a girlfriend whose mother liked him.  He’d recently begun dating Amanda, and he really, really liked her.  It was really important to him to impress her mother, because he thinks he just may marry this girl some day.  He came to me asking me for advice on how to score points with Amanda’s mom.  He wanted to come up with a list of things he could do to slowly win her over.  First, he was going to invite her to go to dinner with he and Amanda.  When he arrived to pick them up, he planned to bring her a bouquet of flowers.  Once they arrived at the restaurant, he would begin to compliment her looks, telling her how beautiful she looked.  Then, he figured he could offer to fix things around the house.  The most important thing he felt he could do to impress her would be to stay out of jail.  He’d surely score 3 points with that bullet.  I told him that Occam’s razor would give him the answer he needed.  I explained the definition of Occam’s razor:  all other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best.  Therefore, he just needed to be respectful and appreciative towards her and her daughter, but not just to score points.    Like the Sawyer Brown song says:  If you treat her right, show her you care,  when you need her she’ll be there.  Life is not about tallying up points.  It’s about loving others with sincerity and honesty.