Not long ago, I went dancing with some buddies of mine. As I was tearing up the dance floor with moves discarded from an old Michael Jackson video, I noticed my dance partner smiling at me. We'd just met that night, but after chatting about church and our mutual love for writing, I figured she'd be a fun and relatively safe date for the evening. As we were dancing, she smiled and tried to tell me something. Of course, the bass was so loud my intestines were rattling and it was impossible to hear her. The fact that she was about eight inches shorter than me didn't help either. After a few failed attempts to communicate, she gave me the universal hand signal for "come a little closer." As I bent down to hear what she was saying, she lunged and latched onto my lips like a malfunctioning Hoover. Shocked and a little scared, I pulled away and stumbled off the dance floor like a newborn giraffe.

One of my friends who'd been watching from a distance asked what happened. After explaining the twilight zone experience with Leech Woman, he asked why I didn't pull away quicker. I responded, "Because she had my lower lip between her teeth."

Now, I'll admit this is an extreme example of an aggressive Christian woman, but there are other documented examples out there. In the last month alone, I've spoken to about half a dozen godly men who have been dumbfounded by the bluntness and aggression of our female counterparts. Rhett, a successful and handsome businessman in his late 20s, told me that after taking a girl on ONE date, she calls him about ten times a day. Josh, a medical student and Bible study leader, told a rather funny story about ducking out of church each week through a different exit to avoid a girl who wouldn't accept just friendship. And then there was Michael. Poor Michael. He tried to pursue a sweet Christian girl whom he met at a party. But when he called to ask her out on a date, her roommate pulled the old switcheroo on him. Imagine his surprise when he reached her front door only to find her roommate all prettied up for a night on the town! Yes, it's that time of the year. With the holidays right around the corner, there's Christmas music and desperation in the air.

Ladies, before you start sending me anthrax wrapped in the latest issue of Sports Illustrated, please understand I'm not blaming you. In fact, the majority of Christian women are doing a wonderful job of being approachable and noticeable without being predatory. But like most things, the misguided minority can give the whole female gender a bad reputation. If you dig down to the root of the problem, the reason many women feel the need to hunt down a date like they're on an African safari is because men have become so passive. Instead of roaming around the dating jungle like a lion, many men are simply sitting in the stagnant pond of romance like a bloated water buffalo. We shouldn't be surprised that we're now caught between the crosshairs of some love–hungry tribal women.?