Honouring your debts - A cowards way out

After being reminded of a twenty dollar bet I’ve been owing to a friend for about eight months now, and with no immediate intention of paying this money I began to think that perhaps a real man doesn’t always honour his debts as the old saying would suggest he does.

Perhaps my resilience in avoiding this payment is one of the many characteristics that actually make a true ‘man’. In fact I would go as far as saying my fox like behaviour in being able to avoid this debt should be the catalyst for a changing way in which we view men, and what it takes to be a “man”

Anybody could have easily rolled over and paid the twenty dollars when it was first owing. Only a real man would think long and hard about excuses for why he shouldn’t have to, or why he is physically unable to honour his debt though.

My arrogant, ‘glass half full’ attitude doesn’t stop at suggesting I’m the platform in which all men should now be measured against.
I’m a role model, a leader, an innovator, call it what you like, but my attitude when it comes to avoiding debts makes me all of those things plus more.

If people follow my example we will all learn that losing is not OK, nor does it have to be accepted. Being a good sport or gracious in defeat is a hollow attribute to which no one should want their name associated.

Everyone should be a winner. Like me, and other small debt avoiders.

You see, until I actually hand over the twenty dollars I haven’t technically lost the bet. At the moment it’s still a draw.

So follow my example and next time you owe a mate a small amount of money, don’t pay him.

You’re a loser once you do.