just say yes
Do you have problems committing? I’m not talking about anything as drastic marrying someone when there’s a chance of an upgrade or moving in with some hag but something as simple as planning a trip. I just can’t figure out why some people are so friggin’ flakey when it comes to making a plan. I can tell you right not that barring a death or the coming of the apocalypse that I can 100% commit to any date you throw at me right now regardless of how far off it is. A good example is a tradition that when someone turns 21 in our family we go as a group to Vegas. My niece, the one with the funky spelling of her name, is 1 years old. I will commit right now in front of all you crazy people who actually read this thing that I will be on that trip in 20 years. If I didn’t want to come to your shin-dig I will tell you I don’t want to or make up some great lie and voila, no drama.
I know a good portion of my family reading this will say that I can make this claim because I don’t have kids. Well, that’s bull crap and they know it. If I had 14 kids I would still be able to commit to something and keep my word, because that’s what you do. You know the people that you hang with who are going to flake and the ones that will be there every time regardless of the occasion. Happy hour, poker, whatever. Actually there is this one guy I know who recently set up a poker game at his house then flaked but you gotta chalk that one up to the dementia of old age. By the way, if you are one of those flakey bastards we all talk about you when you’re not there which by the nature of it, is most of the time.
The only thing worse than being a wishy-washy-can’t-commit-big-ol’-Vage is agreeing to do something then backing out at the last minute. This recently happened to me on a trip that was planned 8+ months in advance. Needless to say the culprit catapulted to the very top of my shit-list and is holding tight to the number one spot.