is it bitchy.....?

[shockey]

for my wife to always rail against football on tv during thanksgiving? it's become an 18-year rant. you'd think she'd just accept it by now, right?

ladies? gents?

 

[spnited]

Shockey my friend, you should know by now she will NEVER accept it.

And Happy Thanksgiving to you and the family

 

[shockey]

Shockey my friend, you should know by now she will NEVER accept it.

And Happy Thanksgiving to you and the family

i suppose. i guess i just wish i wasn't the olnly one she's vent to.... it's not helped by the fact that we're the home team this year, so she's stressed out to begin with. oh, yeah, and it's my family coming.

it's all my fault. i should just suck it up.

happy thanksgiving to you, too, spnited, my bud.

 

[Cadet]

The only time it's bitchy is if you don't help with a damn thing: if you don't help with shopping, food prep, cleaning and entertaining, she's got every right to *****.

If you help out as much as you can (or, in some cases, as much as she'll let you), then all bets are off.

 

[imjustagirl2]

If you think it's bitchy for her not to have accepted it in 18 years...shouldn't you have accepted she's going to *****?

Goes both ways. :D

 

[Highway 101]

Comcast digital cable/Tivo/whatever technology - record it during the meal then fast forward during commercials and stops in play allows you to catch up for the second or third game. You can earn bonus points for being there for the meal and catch up on what you missed before the next one.

 

[shockey]

If you think it's bitchy for her not to have accepted it in 18 years...shouldn't you have accepted she's going to *****?

Goes both ways. :D

good point.

also, since i'm disabled, everything falls on the mrs., although my fam is bringing everything except the turkey and sweet potato concoction. i'm well aware of how much the mrs. has on her plate. but the nfl games bitching goes on whether we're the home team or not and took place even when we were the home team and i was healthy enough to pitch in mightily.

oh, well. i know i should never complain about the mrs. she's a real gem.

my bad. i was weakened by the latest kvetch.

 

[imjustagirl2]

Aw, it's OK shockey.

Just throw a few hundred smiles at her and you'll be fine.

:D :D :D :D :D 8) 8) 8) [/shockey]

 

[Cadet]

Well 18 years of bitching would be enough to get on anyone's nerves... :)

 

[shockey]

Comcast digital cable/Tivo/whatever technology - record it during the meal then fast forward during commercials and stops in play allows you to catch up for the second or third game. You can earn bonus points for being there for the meal and catch up on what you missed before the next one.

i should also clarify: there's no football watching during the meal. most of the fam pre- and post-meal are in the living room, sans tv. a few men are in the den at that time, checking out the game, but it's not as if we're glued to the tube.

the rant of the mrs. is simply about railing over why these games are such an accepted part of the fabric of a family holiday. i agree with her point, bbut just don't see the sense in beating your head against the wall of what is a traditional part of the holiday.

i think i best shut up now.

 

[shockey]

Aw, it's OK shockey.

Just throw a few hundred smiles at her and you'll be fine.

:D :D :D :D :D 8) 8) 8) [/shockey]

i heart you, ijag. ;D ;D ;D

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Comcast digital cable/Tivo/whatever technology - record it during the meal then fast forward during commercials and stops in play allows you to catch up for the second or third game. You can earn bonus points for being there for the meal and catch up on what you missed before the next one.

If you think it's bitchy for her not to have accepted it in 18 years...shouldn't you have accepted she's going to *****?

Goes both ways. :D

My brain hurts.

 

[imjustagirl2]

I seem to be hurting your brain a lot, Fenian. Perhaps you should sleep.


And I heart you too, shockey.

 

[ballscribe]

She's arguing on principle. And, on principle, she's right. She knows it ain't going to change, just wants to get the bitching in.
So there's no way to win that one.
From a wife's perspective, one who sometimes (altho not for 18 years, and NEVER about sports, obviously) does the same, the best thing you can do is say this: "You're right, dear."

Commiserate a bit about the unfairness of it all, and then as you were. :)

 

[spaceman]

she should get used to it.

for crying out loud what is she, some kind of furriner?

 

[bigpern23]

Ditch the *****. :P

 

[shockey]

Well 18 years of bitching would be enough to get on anyone's nerves... :)

the happy recap: our guests didn't arrive until about 4, so the first game was over. much to my wife's delight and my relief, the adults spent the entire time in the living room and then at the dinner table with the kids joining us at their adjacent children's table. then we adjourned again to the living room. the cowboys-bucs game was on in the den, with my oldest son checking periodically to give us scoring updates. the game never was interesting enough to warrant viewing.

a happy thanksgiving, indeed. whew!!

safe for another year. woo-hoo!! ;D ;D ;D

 

[shotglass]

Glad it turned out well (and happy Thanksgiving. ;))

But geez. You are a sports professional, and if there's one doggone day during the course of the year you should be able to commandeer the TV choice, it's during Turkey Day football. The Super Bowl and that. No. 1 and No. 2. Period.

 

[Stupid]

Besides, what else is there to watch on Thanksgiving?

 

[terrier]

There's no bitching about football in my family, but then again, my mother won the pool last week.