Everyone has played The Empty Game before. It’s that game you play when you are a little short on cash and you don’t want to fork out for fuel. When the needle is finally pointing to the red “E” you start telling yourself, ‘hey man, she’s got at least another 10 kilometers in her’. The problem is that 10 kilometers passes by and you find yourself saying, ‘maybe another ten?’ And so the game is named The Empty Game.
The reason I bring this up is because so many things in life go back to the rules of The Empty Game, seriously. I don’t think anyone has ever considered this before me, which means I either have too much time on my hands or I am smarter than the average bear. Personally I wish it was because I am smart, but I know better. I am going to show you a few things in life that closely relate to The Empty Game.
When will he call - Girls play this game after *every* single date they go on. They don’t really mind who calls who, but if they are going to be the one doing the call, they play the game. They wait as long as possible without calling their date. After about 16 hours, they really want to call their date, they want to find out if they were a good kisser or if their hair smelled pretty, all that stuff, but they are too scared to call him. So they don’t and as it becomes closer to 48 hours, they get anxious again, but by this time they are just certain he’ll call any minute and before they know it; it is 4 days after the date and the only reason they call is out of desperation and fear of rejection. Of course once they call, they realize how silly they’ve been and that the only reason he hasn’t called is because out of nerves they wrote their phone number down wrong.
When will he be home - Parents play this game when the kids go over to the park and they are told to be back by 4:00pm. The parents are fine until about 4:10pm and they start pacing around and getting a bit of a temper. They start yelling, “He better be home soon or I’ll kick that kids ass.” Now this game is played on two levels, let me explain both.
Level One: There is a certain time that parents will wait before going to pick their kids up and abusing them in front of their friends. This time usually starts at 10 minutes and works it’s way close to an hour before they actually go through with it. Then there is hell to pay.
Level Two: Deep down inside, I think parents want to be just about at the point of leaving, or, at the very least, half way to the car. This allows for maximum stress release onto the child and allows the parent to really go haywire and vent all their work related frustrations.
If you really sit down and think about it, The Empty Game applies to so many situations in life. For married women; they sometimes play the “When is he gonna tell me he loves me, it’s been 4 days” game, this is closest related to the Level Two of the When will he be home game, because they want it to be a long time before it happens so they can really blow up. I’m certain that there is nothing more disappointing for an old married woman then being 5 minutes from blowing her head off at her husband and he says, “Honey… I love you! Nice pancakes!”
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