What Should Guys Do When Valentine's Day Falls On Wings Wednesday With The Boys? | POLL

Ladies and gentlemen, I have a developing crisis on my hands that revolves around Valentine's Day competing with tasty wings.

Wednesday is Valentine's Day, and I'll make my stance crystal clear for anyone who doesn't already know. I think it's a fraud holiday enjoyed by people easily swayed by corporate marketing. It means nothing. It's not real, but people will still happily shell out money. It's mind-boggling to me.

At the same time, I like to think that I'm a good boyfriend, and over the years, I've allowed a woman's joy for Valentine's Day to trump my hatred for it. Please, don't call me a hero. It's just smart thinking.

However, Valentine's Day rarely clashes with anything important. That's no longer the case. What do you do when the fake holiday is at the same time as Wings Wednesday with the boys?

Should guys choose wings with the guys or Valentine's Day?

Allow me to give you guys a little background. Every Wednesday, a group of guys from the Washington, D.C. area get together at Union Pub for $.40 cent wings. We talk politics, life, sports, women, money and anything else guys can think of.

More than anything, it's just an opportunity for like-minded gentlemen to get together and blow off a little steam over wings, beer and good conversation. There's no excuse for missing it unless you're in the hospital, but what about Valentine's Day?

It's a borderline impossible choice. Do I choose wings with the boys or a date night with my longtime girlfriend (who is a saint for the record just in case she's reading this)?

I took the question to X, and the results weren't close. OutKick readers have spoken, and the choice is clear:

Choose wings with the boys over Valentine's Day by a margin of 65% to 35%.

Of course, that's a hell of a lot easier said than done when someone is voting from behind a computer screen. I'm having to dodge actual relationship bullets in this situation.

I decided to fire off a text to my GF to see what she was thinking for Valentine's Day. Apparently, she thinks I'm Mr. Moneybags. I also floated just combining the ideas. What about Valentine's Day *AT* Wings Wednesdays with the boys. It was shot down in hilarious fashion.

Should men choose Wings Wednesday with the boys or Valentine's Day. (Credit: David Hookstead)

Let's go over some pros and cons of choosing each option:

Pros of choosing Wings Wednesday:

• I get to eat the best wings in Washington, D.C. at a bargain price.
• I get to have a couple beers with the boys.
• The tradition of Wings Wednesdays isn't broken or interrupted.
• I save a lot of money.

Now, let's run down the cons of choosing Wings Wednesday:

• My girlfriend is disappointed and not happy.

What about the pros and cons of Valentine's Day plans over Wings Wednesdays?

Pros:

• Girlfriend is happy
• My life, while interrupted with the boys, still remains normal.
• Perhaps the food is solid.

Cons:

• It will cost a fortune.
• I break the tradition with the boys.
• I will spend all dinner wondering what the boys are talking about.
• The beer won't taste as good because I'll just be thinking about Wings Wednesdays.
• World peace isn't solved because I'm busy at a fancy restaurant instead of at Union Pub with the thought leaders of a generation.

On paper, it seems like the choice is obvious, and it's the choice the readers voted for: Just go get the wings! However, everyone in a relationship - married or dating - knows the stakes of such a decision are far greater than anything the dynamics on paper could accurately show.

Is Valentine's Day or Wings Wednesday with the boys more important? (Credit: Getty Images)

Now, there might be an option here to split the difference. It's a Hail Mary shot, but desperate times call for desperate measures. I go to the store and get a nice bottle of champagne, flowers and chocolate. Expensive? Sure, but still a bargain compared to going out to dinner. Around 4:30 p.m., I stage a phone call from an "undisclosed source" who says there's a security issue unfolding in the Middle East that they need me to make a connection on. I have no choice but to cancel dinner plans (they were never scheduled to begin with).

My girlfriend will immediately question the validity of this situation. She will ask questions. I will refuse to answer citing the urgency and sensitivity of the situation as I rush out the door. I'll be rambling off fake code words, dropping lines about high alert status and a bunch of other nonsense that I picked up from Tom Clancy books.

Instead of heading off to an undisclosed location, I conveniently find myself at Union Pub having wings with the boys discussing the Middle East crisis. A white lie? Perhaps, but perhaps not. 

It's a plan so crazy that it just might work.

Or, I'll end up just doing whatever makes my night easier. Stay tuned to find out, and let me know what you would do at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.