Why I'm Making My Husband Miss The Super Bowl

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I would have no problems missing the Super Bowl for the woman I love. In fact, If I were lucky enough as this guy to have a beautiful wife, I'd rather spend the day cuddled with her in bed watching The Notebook and eating ice cream instead of watching the Super Bowl, even if my team were in it.
 
Compromises are just fine but when you start keeping count that's when you have a problem. She very quickly pulled up the "I take out the dog, give foot rubs" line.

It's my mom's birthday tonight and I'm heading over around dinner. I'm not going to hold it against anyone that I can't watch the game live and I'm not going to write a stupid little article. The wife just doesn't understand how marriage works. I'm not saying it's bad he's missing the game but "making" the husband miss the game is a little dumb. Regular people just don't do that.
 
Ninja Scooter said:
I would have no problems missing the Super Bowl for the woman I love. In fact, If I were lucky enough as this guy to have a beautiful wife, I'd rather spend the day cuddled with her in bed watching The Notebook and eating ice cream instead of watching the Super Bowl, even if my team were in it.
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This is a depressing post.
 
Futureman said:
what would his sacrifices be? DVR the game and watch it Monday night? OMG.

My GF would never pull anything like this. Like someone said earlier, we celebrate dates pretty much when they fit in.

but some girls are different and if I loved her I would give a big middle finger to a fucking football game.
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I meant in general as she was using foot rubs and dog walks to justify her position. It seems like she's more dead set on making a statement than celebrating her anniversary.
 
brucewaynegretzky said:
I think they are certainly less qualified, and are generally worse at it if that's what you're getting at. There are certainly those who do it well, but they are far from the norm. Typically players/coaches are just better analysts. You wouldn't let someone who never operated machinery train factory workers unless you had a good reason to think they could. That's typically how I approach commentators.
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This is not on topic, but I find ex players to be generally worse as announcers. Mind, I'm talking mostly about baseball which is the sport I follow the most. Dunno how it's on other sports.
 
It might just be from the way she writes and makes her argument, but she doesn't come across as very sympathetic to him and sounds rather controlling (the title, which she might not have picked, sure doesn't help. Good marriages aren't about "making" either do anything.). Sounds like she pushed to pick the wedding date just because of the convenience and neither of them bothered to think the same problem would happen every damn year. I don't give a fuck about football but if it's important to him, sounds like someone should have thought this through. There's an
 
Obsessed said:
Sometimes I really think sports is a religion because of how fanatical and irrational people get about it.
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You're right. He shouldn't like sports so much because you don't.

The crux of this is it's something important to him, not that it's sports or the super bowl.
 
brucewaynegretzky said:
I think they are certainly less qualified, and are generally worse at it if that's what you're getting at. There are certainly those who do it well, but they are far from the norm. Typically players/coaches are just better analysts. You wouldn't let someone who never operated machinery train factory workers unless you had a good reason to think they could. That's typically how I approach commentators.
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I guess you never critizize a movie because you didn't make one yourself. Or a game. Or a painting.

There are plenty of people who know about sports and haven't played the game professionaly themselves.

As for the topic. If they both agree, why should we care?
 
brucewaynegretzky said:
I think they are certainly less qualified, and are generally worse at it if that's what you're getting at. There are certainly those who do it well, but they are far from the norm. Typically players/coaches are just better analysts. You wouldn't let someone who never operated machinery train factory workers unless you had a good reason to think they could. That's typically how I approach commentators.
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Besides, the black leather dress I plan on wearing Sunday night trumps Giants uniform spandex any day of the week.

^This chick seriously is deluded, right or wrong she comes off as completely unlikeable.
 
But guys, why are you so obsessed with sports?

*plays FFXIII for 15 hours straight*

And I never understood DVR'ing games. Shit loses its magic when you're a day late.
 
If you can't take your wedding anniversary over something you can fucking DVR and watch a few hours later you have some bigger problems to worry about.
 
One of these things can be moved to a different date with absolutely no consequence. The other can not be moved at all.

There isn't even a question who should be compromising in an equal relationship here. Of course, this woman gets her way and wants to pretend she is compromising too.
 
peterb0y said:
Besides, the black leather dress I plan on wearing Sunday night trumps Giants uniform spandex any day of the week.

^This chick seriously is deluded, right or wrong she comes off as completely unlikeable.
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Also, black leather dresses, unless serious $$$ look like wannabe matrix shit.
 
peterb0y said:
Besides, the black leather dress I plan on wearing Sunday night trumps Giants uniform spandex any day of the week.

^This chick seriously is deluded, right or wrong she comes off as completely unlikeable.
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meh.



peterb0y said:
You can also just have dinner the night before?
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(Not intentionally quoting you twice)

You could... but that's not your anniversary. You don't even have to postpone the game viewing a whole day.
If you can move the dinner celebration, why cant you move the game watching?
 
And yet I wasn't going to let a football game -- even the football game -- get in the way.
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Well why the fuck not? That's how your dude makes his living. You crazy woman.
 
brucewaynegretzky said:
Sure, but the immediate "lol, sports" reaction that often pops up around here just reeks of "ridiculed highschool videogame kid."
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Lets pretend you guys were married and your wife wasn't a pillow, and your anniversary happened to fall on the day of the E3 press conferences and she wanted to spend the entire day at some remote bed and breakfast with no internet connection. What do you do?
 
All you single bastards talking shit.

Marriage is about compromise and both did some. He gets to see some at the bar and she gets their anniversary out.

Dvr the game if it's a big deal.

Dress pic?

He should trade in a deal if the texans ever make the Super Bowl- they get to actually attend!
 
thinking about it a little more... They are both borderline retarded to not just have their wedding a week later. Her reason? She doesn't want to be sweaty in her wedding photos.

what? is Feb 5th the only day you won't sweat?

but they both made their beds and now have to live with it.
 
Jme said:
If you can't take your wedding anniversary over something you can fucking DVR and watch a few hours later you have some bigger problems to worry about.
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It's more than just the game. The game is just the vessel for the holiday that is Super Bowl Sunday. It's like blowing off your grandparents for Thanksgiving dinner because of a anniversary.
 
I'm missing the game too. My band, all men aged 34 to 55, decided to practice today without even realizing that the Super Bowl was today. Since none of us watch football, that made the practice even better! We have some of the best beers in the world waiting for us (Pliny the Elder, Hopslam, Old Rasputin XIV Year Anniversary Barrel Aged Stout, Breakfast Stouts, Celebrations, etc.). We'll have BBQ on hand as well. It's going to be a good day.

Traditionally, I just turn the game on for a second, have my lovely wife bring me a beer and pretzels, then we turn it off and watch a movie instead. She's on her own today though.
 
brucewaynegretzky said:
Sure, but the immediate "lol, sports" reaction that often pops up around here just reeks of "ridiculed highschool videogame kid."



This....
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I think I just misread you; fair enough, and I mostly agree. Pretty much anything outside of videogames gets a lol from a lot of people here, sports gets doubled up on probably because of the associated stereotypes etc.
 
Ninja Scooter said:
Lets pretend you guys were married and your wife wasn't a pillow, and your anniversary happened to fall on the day of the E3 press conferences and she wanted to spend the entire day at some remote bed and breakfast with no internet connection. What do you do?
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Except for a lot of people, the Super Bowl is an event. I know I'm going to a friend's place with like ten other people and having a good time.

It's more than just a game.
 
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