Read an interesting story last week about a guy who loves to play monopoly. The ‘interesting’ part was that he announces prior to game that he always cheats in monopoly. Everyone has a good chuckle and game gets underway.

Well of course you guessed it, when Joe wins game cleaning everyone out of their money and Real Estate, they moan that Joe didn’t play fair. Well, dah-h-h!

Now my daddy didn’t raise a dummie, so I like to think that I would not have joined that game of monopoly. I attended Annapolis, had a 20-year career in Navy, mostly in Intelligence field, and am now retired.

So naturally when I read on Internet that “for a $5 monthly investment, you can have $109,000 a year for life”, I consider it another game of monopoly, and Joe/Owner has just admitted that he cheats.

Did this program get members? Oh, you bet they did. And they aren’t only game in town either.

I know that if I believe in miracles I can really “make $1000 commission with each sale”, “earn a 6 figure income in 90 days”, “…join and do nothing”. Another tells me I will be “left in dust, or profit insanely”; choice is mine.

Arm yourself with following strategies, and you're sure to blow it in a relationship right from start.

1. Assume person is your soul mate immediately upon meeting or shortly thereafter. Look for signs that faith has brought you together and be amazed by correlations in your lives.

2. Forget about your life, your friends, your self-care. When you have a soul mate, why would you need a life outside of relationship?

3. Reveal everything, and test your partner with your worst behavior. Let it all hang out. After all, if this is truly your soul mate, he or she will love you no matter what.

4. Have sex right away. If you are meant to be together for a lifetime, you might as well get started on fun part right away.

5. Ignore anything about your partner that does not mesh with your values, lifestyle, or belief system. True love can conquer such insignificant differences.

6. Do lots of drama together. Job, family, and life crises are great ways to establish a relationship and test whether or not you are meant to be together.

7. Spend as much time together as possible. When it's true love, you can't bear to let your partner out of your sight.