What if you qualified for the Trials, but your wife asked you not to go because of Valentine's Day?

just another guy wrote:

I don't really understand the problem here. This is a fairly binary problem, if you love your wife you will skip the race. Come on now, running is just a hobby of yours, your wife is your soulmate. During the exchange of vows you promised for better or worse and this just so happens to be one of the 'or worse' times. While I am sure you would like to run the race you shouldn't forsake your wife for the opportunity. Valentine's day should be treated as a sacred day by those that pledge their love to one another. Not spending the day with your betrothed would be like not eating turkey on thanksgiving, or not exchanging presents on Christmas, or not counting down for New Years, or not watching fireworks on July fourth, or not drinking beer on St Patrick's day, or not hunting for eggs on Easter, or not dressing up on Halloween, or not reading the Declaration of Independence on President's day, or not pretending to have a heart attack on April 1st, or not calling your parents on Mother's/Father's days. There are just certain things one MUST do to live a respectable life.

Just grow the f*ck up and realize that this world is not all about you.

just another guy wrote:

I don't really understand the problem here. This is a fairly binary problem, if you love your wife you will skip the race. Come on now, running is just a hobby of yours, your wife is your soulmate. During the exchange of vows you promised for better or worse and this just so happens to be one of the 'or worse' times. While I am sure you would like to run the race you shouldn't forsake your wife for the opportunity. Valentine's day should be treated as a sacred day by those that pledge their love to one another. Not spending the day with your betrothed would be like not eating turkey on thanksgiving, or not exchanging presents on Christmas, or not counting down for New Years, or not watching fireworks on July fourth, or not drinking beer on St Patrick's day, or not hunting for eggs on Easter, or not dressing up on Halloween, or not reading the Declaration of Independence on President's day, or not pretending to have a heart attack on April 1st, or not calling your parents on Mother's/Father's days. There are just certain things one MUST do to live a respectable life.

Just grow the f*ck up and realize that this world is not all about you.

Lib Rules wrote:

just another guy wrote:

I don't really understand the problem here. This is a fairly binary problem, if you love your wife you will skip the race. Come on now, running is just a hobby of yours, your wife is your soulmate. During the exchange of vows you promised for better or worse and this just so happens to be one of the 'or worse' times. While I am sure you would like to run the race you shouldn't forsake your wife for the opportunity. Valentine's day should be treated as a sacred day by those that pledge their love to one another. Not spending the day with your betrothed would be like not eating turkey on thanksgiving, or not exchanging presents on Christmas, or not counting down for New Years, or not watching fireworks on July fourth, or not drinking beer on St Patrick's day, or not hunting for eggs on Easter, or not dressing up on Halloween, or not reading the Declaration of Independence on President's day, or not pretending to have a heart attack on April 1st, or not calling your parents on Mother's/Father's days. There are just certain things one MUST do to live a respectable life.

Just grow the f*ck up and realize that this world is not all about you.

So, what happens if you are not an American - or a christian - and don't celebrate any of those holidays? Open your eyes. The world is full of people like this...

just another guy wrote:

I don't really understand the problem here. This is a fairly binary problem, if you love your wife you will skip the race. Come on now, running is just a hobby of yours, your wife is your soulmate. During the exchange of vows you promised for better or worse and this just so happens to be one of the 'or worse' times. While I am sure you would like to run the race you shouldn't forsake your wife for the opportunity. Valentine's day should be treated as a sacred day by those that pledge their love to one another. Not spending the day with your betrothed would be like not eating turkey on thanksgiving, or not exchanging presents on Christmas, or not counting down for New Years, or not watching fireworks on July fourth, or not drinking beer on St Patrick's day, or not hunting for eggs on Easter, or not dressing up on Halloween, or not reading the Declaration of Independence on President's day, or not pretending to have a heart attack on April 1st, or not calling your parents on Mother's/Father's days. There are just certain things one MUST do to live a respectable life.

Just grow the f*ck up and realize that this world is not all about you.

just another guy wrote:

I don't really understand the problem here. This is a fairly binary problem, if you love your wife you will skip the race. Come on now, running is just a hobby of yours, your wife is your soulmate. During the exchange of vows you promised for better or worse and this just so happens to be one of the 'or worse' times. While I am sure you would like to run the race you shouldn't forsake your wife for the opportunity. Valentine's day should be treated as a sacred day by those that pledge their love to one another. Not spending the day with your betrothed would be like not eating turkey on thanksgiving, or not exchanging presents on Christmas, or not counting down for New Years, or not watching fireworks on July fourth, or not drinking beer on St Patrick's day, or not hunting for eggs on Easter, or not dressing up on Halloween, or not reading the Declaration of Independence on President's day, or not pretending to have a heart attack on April 1st, or not calling your parents on Mother's/Father's days. There are just certain things one MUST do to live a respectable life.

Just grow the f*ck up and realize that this world is not all about you.

Lib Rules wrote:

just another guy wrote:

This is exactly the problem with America that Trump is trying to solve. This, my friend, IS America and America is a Christian country. As an American citizen it is your civic responsibility to observe these fundamental holidays. So open YOUR eyes and realize where you are. The wall that President Trump is promising is long, long overdue.

Valentines day - It's manufactured by for profit businesses

Thanksgiving - See Columbus day and the atrocities associated

Xmas - A cover up for a pagan holiday. Your god wasn't born on that day.

New Years - You think this is sacred?

July 4th - I'd probably observe this holiday above all others as a citizen.

St Patrick's Day - Yet another instance of religious celebration not for everyone.

Easter - See St. Pat's

Halloween - See New Years

The rest - Seriously?

Christianity has been forced down the throats of many in the US. I find it hard to believe that people think forced religion is a good thing.

And Trump? You hold up Trump as the role model for your religion? How many times has he been divorced? How much hate toward groups of people has he spouted, let alone practiced? Yeah, a real upstanding ambassador of the Christian faith.