Sports probably saves our relationship - especially on those shopping holidays the in-laws like to go on with us once a year. You won't believe how often I will be standing there wondering what the difference between article A and article B is and how anyone can spend that much time trying to decide and then find a better deal when the father in law will go "heh, you want to go catch a game?". Yes please and I don't care who is playing what. Football (or whatever sport) gives me and the father in law something to talk about over a couple drinks while they try to figure out how much cheaper they can find article A.

Anonymous wrote:Sit in the room with him, put earplugs in, and read a book ~ if you don't like watching football. But be together.

co-dependent

I watch football all weekend with my boys. DD and Mom go shopping. They hate sports. We hate shopping. So, all are happy. Plus, our pastime costs less!

As a guy who watches football, the good thing about the sport is that there's time to get stuff done while it's on. If you watch literally 12 hours Saturday in a row or 12 hours Sunday in a row, it's too much. Everyone needs a break. You need to choose priorities, maybe one particular game on Saturday and one on Sunday you want to concentrate on. And kudos to the women who can enjoy it too.

Anonymous wrote:Sit in the room with him, put earplugs in, and read a book ~ if you don't like watching football. But be together.

He watches it all day so I can't just "be together" with him. I need to get stuff done and be with our kids ...and so does he!

I'm all for letting him relax and have some down time but if I told him I was just going to sit in front of the TV for 9 hours on a Sunday to watch a TV series I had already watched on Monday, Thursday and Saturday he would definitely have a problem with that.

Sit in the room with him, put earplugs in, and read a book ~ if you don't like watching football. But be together.

Anonymous wrote:* bigger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! not the n word

Had to just grin a little bit when I saw this. Happy to see the first post was an oops, and what an oops it was.

* bigger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! not the n word

Anonymous wrote:What annoys me is our bigger TV is the one with the DVR and Amazon/Netflix so tonight I can't watch stuff I want to watch while he watches football because he needs the nigger TV. He won't watch it upstairs so I can watch something on Netflix I've been waiting to see.

If he rooted for a hometown team, I'd have more sympathy but he watches whatever game is on because he and his friends bet on them all!

Whoa. No need to break out the slurs here.

What annoys me is our bigger TV is the one with the DVR and Amazon/Netflix so tonight I can't watch stuff I want to watch while he watches football because he needs the nigger TV. He won't watch it upstairs so I can watch something on Netflix I've been waiting to see.

If he rooted for a hometown team, I'd have more sympathy but he watches whatever game is on because he and his friends bet on them all!

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Anonymous wrote:He doesn't spend that much time watching football, but he does religiously watch one particular college team. It's not a problem time-wise, but I really don't like the side of him on display during those games. He screams and cusses, whether the kids are around or not. It's like he can't control it. It does diminish my esteem for him.

Is the team Florida? Sounds like a Florida fan. Or Notre Dame, blech.

Go Irish!

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Anonymous wrote:It's a terrible time of year for us. I don't want to self identify, but husband and I are fans of rival teams. We usually spend Sunday trash talking, which leads to a fight about how horrible his team his, when he reminds me of the time his team beat mine in some AFC championship game from eons ago.

It's very stressful, I envy those couples who love the same team and go to games together.

Sigh.

You do realize that you are just as immature as he is? You're probably a good match, actually.

We are very immature! Happily married 10 years, perfect match. There are days I go to bed thinking how lucky I am and how amazing my life is.

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Anonymous wrote:It's a terrible time of year for us. I don't want to self identify, but husband and I are fans of rival teams. We usually spend Sunday trash talking, which leads to a fight about how horrible his team his, when he reminds me of the time his team beat mine in some AFC championship game from eons ago.

It's very stressful, I envy those couples who love the same team and go to games together.

Sigh.

You do realize that you are just as immature as he is? You're probably a good match, actually.

Relax...I'm sure it's good natured and not divorce worthy, geez.

Anonymous wrote:It's a terrible time of year for us. I don't want to self identify, but husband and I are fans of rival teams. We usually spend Sunday trash talking, which leads to a fight about how horrible his team his, when he reminds me of the time his team beat mine in some AFC championship game from eons ago.

It's very stressful, I envy those couples who love the same team and go to games together.

Sigh.

You do realize that you are just as immature as he is? You're probably a good match, actually.

Anonymous wrote:He doesn't spend that much time watching football, but he does religiously watch one particular college team. It's not a problem time-wise, but I really don't like the side of him on display during those games. He screams and cusses, whether the kids are around or not. It's like he can't control it. It does diminish my esteem for him.

Is the team Florida? Sounds like a Florida fan. Or Notre Dame, blech.