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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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