Board games are a common sight in my house and date nights wouldn’t be complete without them. Better than fighting over what to watch, sitting down to challenge each other in a battle of wits is a satisfying past time.
The problem is my wife is very competitive and hates losing.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m also a very competitive person. However, I’ve learned over the years to take a loss and move on. My lovely, better half?
She’ll smile and go, “Oh, you won this time! Let’s play again.”
Which is code for we’re going to play again so I can win and even when I do, I’m still going to be mad at you for winning one.
However, I have to give her credit because she plays all things until she wins and learns very quickly why she loses. Once she’s mastered a game, my only recourse is to keep distracting her with more wine until I can eek out a victory. Even then, it’s still a gamble and she catches on quickly.
In some instances, she’ll play the long game.
Hmmmm… I notice my husband doesn’t eat enough vegetables, but will eat them first to get to the meat. I’m going to slowly increase the amount of vegetables on his plate and shrink the amount of meat.
Within a year, I suddenly notice I have more of an appetite and taste for veggies and less for other foods.
She doesn’t like to lose and it’s taught me two important lessons:
- How to take a loss and learn from it
- How to find a way to win