By Ajay Hotchandani

Order, Order, Order!  The Court of Man Law is currently in session. On the agenda today is the enforceability, legality and the validity of a contract/promise.  It has been called to our attention that there are a growing number of cases against men brought forth by their girlfriend(s)/wife/friends-with-benefits and/or one time pleasure partners.  The pattern of chief complaint in these cases is the breach of promises made by men (no surprises there).  However, it must be addressed before this plague spreads further.

First, it must be noted that according to the Court of Man Law, a promise is the equivalent of a verbal contract.  Therefore, an oral promise (no pun intended) can be held against a man as a binding contract or agreement.  However, it must be duly noted that just because the man verbally made a promise, it does not immediately validate the said promise.  It must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the promise was made without the fear of repercussion or denial of some form of loving.  Statements such as “you get the sofa tonight”, “don’t come close to me for a week” or “are you sure you want to do this?” will be mandated as coercion and duress therefore sufficient to revoke such contracts.

Here are articles extracted from Man Law – Contracts, which should help clarify the situation.

A man shall be held accountable to fulfill any promise made to his partner, regardless if the said promise was verbal, written, or acted out during a game of charades.  Implied, speculated or expected promises are not sufficient enough to warrant being fulfilled.  With that said, here are the following rules in which a man will not and cannot be held accountable for his promises irrelevant of the method of delivery of such promise even if it was written on bond paper, notarized and under seal (and I do say promises because the male species is not the brightest and is guaranteed to repeat the mistake several times):

a) Promises made in an attempt to impress a girl, woman, women or anyone of the opposite sex (sex change operations count too).

b) Promises made half an hour prior to and/or after a minimum of a “make-out” session. Make out session is defined as any form of touching with the lips anywhere.

c)

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