Over the holidays, my family converted to one of those new religions you’ve been reading so much about on MySpace and Google. We chose the “Cheese Promise Keepers,” a group that restores the authority over all family cheese decisions to the man of the house. While the “Cheese Promise Keepers” may not be for everyone, we’ve found a lot of joy in their teachings, and I wanted to take a minute to share the good news in case they might be a good fit for you too.
\nHere’s how it works: if my wife or one of our kids wants to have some cheese, they’ll turn to me and say “should I have this cheese?” and I’ll say “yes” or “no” depending on my sense of what would be best for the family.
\nSometimes they won’t be in the mood for cheese, and I’ll say “try some cheese with that.” Or if they’re having Swiss cheese, I might say “how about some Gouda instead? It’s Dutch.”
\nWhile these probably sound like suggestions, they’re really more like commandments. As in: “thou shalt have some Gouda instead!”
\nMy family appreciates the fact that the “Cheese Promise Keepers” have taken all the pressure out of their cheese-related decisions. And I like the fact that they’ve made me feel more like a true man.
\nBefore the “Cheese Promise Keepers,” cheese used to play a disproprtionately large role in our family dynamics. There were arguments over cheese. Slap fights. But now we’re putting people first, instead of putting cheese first. And isn’t that the way things ought to be? After all, in the Bible it says that God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and edam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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