Soon my wonderful, sweet husband will spend countless hours in front of the t.v. watching sport center or, if he’s lucky… watching the actual games. As you can probably tell, if you are very sharp, I will NOT be watching those games with him. I will be bored to death on the couch, or I will pester him about things I want to do or get done.
In some cases, I will pack 1, 2 or 3 kids and head out the door to “do something”. He will likely respond that he is “doing something”. I may leave to go shopping, visit a neighbor, or visit the Children’s Museum, maybe this year I will venture out to a kid movie, it doesn’t matter as long as I get away.
In other cases, he will go with us, but I can tell by the look in his eye, he really wants to be home watching “the game”. If we go out to eat at a place with t.v.’s, he will try to postition himself to watch the scores. If another man comments about his team wear (sometimes I know he picks the opposite team from the regional favorites!). Then I have to listen and smile politely as if I’m interested (I really don’t HAVE to, but like to be viewed as ‘nice’). Usually when the person leaves, I will have to get a breakdown on what he said, why he said it, how he’s gonna wish he never said it (when they lose)…. or on the other hand, he will agree whole heartedly and explain his reasoning (this part can last a loooong time).
I wish I could be in involved in this part of my husband’s life, he really cares about the game and the players. I’ve tried but I find it so boring, can’t they do something interesting during the game? I don’t know what they could incorporate but losing that “stadium music” would be a start. Not to mention that song about “those twins” if they play that again, I’m going to vomit for sure. And all the Gatorade things, how annoying, then when they have the players wearing Gatorade headbands or headscarves… give me a BREAK. And all those MEAN, angry looks from the coaches make me so mad, I want to scream out, “you’ve got it made, you’re on t.v., you make lots of money!! Smile!” The only time *I* cheer is when the coaches get dunked with the drinks!
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Kathleen Milazzo says:
We never watch any sports in my house, just not our thing. I enjoyed your blog though. You dig in and you never know what your going to get, It’s fun!
October 2nd, 2006 at 10:06 am
kirkette says:
hi kathleen! thanks, I’ll be by your blog later on!
October 5th, 2006 at 8:47 pm