I just gave my wife a valentines day gift she’ll never know about (unless she reads this post). It’s a GREAT gift that every guy should consider giving her wife: I did NOT click the SI Swimsuit Edition link on my Yahoo news feed.
Every year Sports Illustrated publishes their “swimsuit edition.” It has nothing to do with swimsuits.
By not clicking that link I kept my focus on the wife I have instead of the model I don’t have. A danger guys get into is getting their priorities mixed up. If I put my wife first in my network of human relationships that means I take intentional steps to favor her above all others (just like I promised in my marriage vows). If I choose to spend time slobbering over images of women I’ll never meet who I’ve made no promises to and care nothing at all about me … and instead focus with a laser-like precision on the needs of the one woman I’ll spend time with today, who I’ve made many promises to, and who cares for me intensely … that’s an awesome valentines day gift.
I’ve also given her something less important, a trinket of some kind I think. But the gift she’ll never see is far more important.
Don’t click it. She’d thank you if she knew.