Recently, Phil came up with an idea for recruiting females to our team; using me as bait. I tried to tell him that, being married, I would be providing a false image. However, he insisted, claiming that Mandy would leave him if he did it and since I was already "in" with Sara it would take more than this to lose her.

This is a great opportunity to explain "in" to my almost married friends. You may think that once you're married you're "in," but good women are never that easy. What actually happens is "in" takes on a more literal meaning. So while she can't dump you anymore, you may still be "out."

I think my old track coach described the change best: "You're not looking for singles anymore, you're looking to go all the way around." This takes hard work and commitment. For some people it may even require performance enhancing drugs.

So maintaining "in" status actually gets harder after marriage and it's not something I'm willing to jeopardize over some lame publicity stunt, especially after dealing with all the hoopla about leg shaving.

P.S. A very special Happy Birthday to Nils. Make sure to congratulate him on now being able to date women half his age, legally.