Another of my Maxims

I explained the 90% rule in a previous post.  That one I will stick by until it no longer applies to my corpse.  My second rule states, "when someone really wants to do something, he will figure out any way to get it done.  Conversely, when he does not want to do something, he will find any excuse not to do it."

When I was married, I would usually run early on Sunday morning and my ex was responsible for the kids.  On Saturday she would do her kick boxing and I would take the kids for breakfast and to the park.  However, on certain Sundays circumstance would dictate that I needed to figure out another time to run.  If that meant the 40 minutes in between shuttling the kids to baseball and a birthday party, I worked it.  This used to drive my ex crazy because she thought everything else was priority and I should sacrifice my run.  I would counter that we did everything else and I worked it out.

Have you ever made a plan to go to a concert with someone only to start hearing the week before that he could not make the engagement because he to pick his uncle up at the airport or some other lame excuse.  then you remind him that the concert was the next day.  Somehow, two days before the event he tells you he is not feeling well, so you tell him let's see how you are in two days.  Then on the day of the event he locks himself out of his apartment.  Obviously, he did not want to go to the concert.  Now on the first excuse I ask, if he really wants to go.