Winning Strategy

A young man called his mother and announced
excitedly that he had just met the woman of his
dreams.

Now what should he do?

His mother had an idea:
"Why don't you send her flowers, and on the card
invite her to your place for a home-cooked meal?"

He thought this was a great strategy and
arranged a date for a week later.

His mother called the day after the big date to
see how things had gone.

"The evening was a disaster," he moaned.

"Why, didn't she come over?" asked his mother.

"Oh, she came over, but ..... she refused to cook."