Honestly, your wife's opinion of football shouldn't matter. If it's important

Aug 10, 2022
8:22:06am

Roko's Basilisk All-American

to you (and if you can calmly and reasonably articulate that) then she should respect it, even if she doesn't understand it. If she doesn't, you have much bigger problems than just missing a game here or there.

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Roko's Basilisk

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PSA about how to handle football season if you're married...

Roko's Basilisk

8/10/22 7:55am

Yep. Calendaring saved my marriage.

ebv

8/10/22 7:58am

RE: Yep. Calendaring saved my marriage.

Str8CashCougar

8/10/22 4:00pm

My wife puts them on her calendar herself

TheHop

8/10/22 7:59am

Same here. My wife also put an end to inviting other families to watch games

BerkeleyCoug

8/10/22 8:51am

Same

TheHop

8/10/22 9:03am

RE: Same here. My wife also put an end to inviting other families to watch

ZubbyCoug

8/10/22 9:54am

You are a lucky, lucky man.

Orem58thBall

8/10/22 10:34am

RE: Same here. My wife also put an end to inviting other families to watch

Hooda88

8/10/22 10:51am

Also, DVR when necessary and watch it later (avoiding score alerts).

byuwahoo

8/10/22 8:02am

I can’t do this.

brazilcoug

8/10/22 8:09am

Same here because I am convinced my cheering influences the outcome of the game.

Soy Celeste

8/10/22 8:12am

it doesn't

Sea Chicken

8/10/22 8:15am

RE: it doesn't

CrashMcLarson

8/10/22 8:20am

It is easier If you live outside of Utah and away from NCAAF fans.

byuwahoo

8/10/22 8:17am

Yep. I turn off CB and all score notifications, ask my family to not look up the

thewaterboy

8/10/22 8:41am

I find it funny that people don't do this more often. I usually have to watch

Cougar TD

8/10/22 8:27am

DVR is a useful tool in the toolbox.

ForzaPuma

8/10/22 8:32am

I love DVR. Helps I live in so cal. Nobody talks about cfb out here. Trump, viruses, homelessness and lgbqt+

gmoney7

8/10/22 8:46am

This is the way

BYU Fan

8/10/22 9:18am

This only works if you married someone who thinks watching football is an

robin

8/10/22 8:06am

This can also be solved by dating more than a week before making permanent decisions...

Dark Forest Green

8/10/22 8:10am

or dating in the fall.

SWKTDweller

8/10/22 8:14am

Even if you date for 6 months before getting engaged, it is still important to

robin

8/10/22 8:15am

It's cute that you think dating for 6 months is actually a long enough time to work out all the kinks in a relationship.

Dark Forest Green

8/10/22 8:20am

It's cute that you think dating for any period of time is actually long enough

Abe Froman

8/10/22 8:23am

That is correct.

Dark Forest Green

8/10/22 8:30am

Just because they go to the games with you, doesn't mean they like it

Dr T-bone

8/10/22 8:27am

Got married long enough ago that away games were only on KSL radio and we were

Florwood

8/10/22 8:21am

Honestly, your wife's opinion of football shouldn't matter. If it's important

Roko's Basilisk

8/10/22 8:22am

Man, I wish.

robin

8/10/22 10:03am

This isn't so much a question of football as it is

Northwest Cougar

8/10/22 8:23am

RE: This only works if you married someone who thinks watching football is an

Ursas Puma

8/10/22 11:28am

RE: This only works if you married someone who thinks watching football is an

Blue for Life

8/10/22 1:48pm

My wife has scars on her knuckles from

'92Coug

8/10/22 3:41pm

My wife is constantly adding things to our joint family calendar.

IdahoCoug

8/10/22 8:12am

Position of power. Hahahahaha. This guy must be a newlywed.

Big McLargeHuge

8/10/22 8:15am

17th anniversary coming up next May, my friend.

Roko's Basilisk

8/10/22 8:27am

Yep, newlywed

airwolf

8/10/22 9:07am

Ya'll have some weird relationships.

rad dawg

8/10/22 8:27am

How in the world do you function without a shared calendar? With kids'

Roko's Basilisk

8/10/22 8:33am

No kids.

rad dawg

8/10/22 8:41am

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ColonelMustard

8/10/22 9:01am

weird is in the eye of the beholder. some might say that putting football before

ColonelMustard

8/10/22 9:12am

My wife of 23 years knew going into marriage what sports meant to me. Playing, watching, and even reffing (HS and

specsauce

8/10/22 8:28am

Months ago my wife ask me if I wanted a ticket to Morgan Wallen in September

Chazz Reinhold

8/10/22 8:34am

My rule is we never schedule anything on a fall Saturday. That time is reserved

Soy Celeste

8/10/22 8:41am

Repentance is real. Forgiveness is real. Some sins are mistakes. Others, like even considering going to a

IdahoCoug

8/10/22 9:07am

Quite the response to my OP

Ol Big Bear

8/10/22 8:40am

My wife simply respects that I'm busy every Saturday between now and New Year's

Doogal McCougar

8/10/22 8:50am

RE: PSA about how to handle football season if you're married...

Hooda88

8/10/22 9:17am

The only problem is that I feel like there are probably many women who

Hooda88

8/10/22 9:26am

Like many wives think football trump's wedding vows

TheHop

8/10/22 9:19am

Make sure to take the opportunity to include your kids.

AltTabbins

8/10/22 10:22am

Does anyone have a wife who pretended to like football while they were dating?

curls

8/10/22 10:26am

Yes. Went to/watched many with her while dating. Now she just doesn't want to

Orem58thBall

8/10/22 10:47am

Yes. She says it’s my fault she doesn’t like it anymore because I occasionally

MormonThug

8/10/22 12:23pm

My wife grew up a huge fan, grew up going to games regularly. Her dad volunteers

NYC and Japan

8/10/22 2:31pm

Yes, but she's into it now and makes "cougar cakes" GameDay morning, we try

libertycoug

8/10/22 9:22pm

My wife told me the other day she was bummed it was almost September…

NonmormonYfan89

8/10/22 10:46am

My wife probably likes football as much as I do. She definitely is more animated

Pigskin Pete

8/10/22 11:03am

So anyways, I watch a lot less football today than when I was married 28

md7Coug

8/10/22 11:19am

12 games. If you can’t give me 12 games per year I don’t want to be

MormonThug

8/10/22 12:21pm

You can have 40 Saturdays of the year and I get 12. Seems more than reasonable.

CougarCrazyfromAZ

8/10/22 1:12pm

I only go crazy not missing a BYU game until we lose one. Then I still watch all of them but sometimes DVR if there is

EternalOptimism

8/10/22 2:24pm

RE: I only go crazy not missing a BYU game until we lose one. Then I still watch all of them but sometimes DVR if there

Dark Forest Green

8/10/22 2:29pm

Even better, is marrying a BYU fan who would skip her own wedding if scheduled

Powerbait DPM

8/10/22 3:07pm

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