I need your honest opinion.
Is it wrong for me to spend the weekend in front of the television watching football?
My girlfriend thinks it is.
Here’s the deal: I told her from the time that we became “we” that September through January is reserved for football. I have been up front with the fact that Saturdays and Sundays in the fall are my days – time for me to relax and unwind.
That doesn’t mean that I don’t care about her or want her to share in my love for the sport, but she cannot get mad when I tell her to stop talking because it’s third and long and my team needs to convert. Of course I always get the, “Well I should just leave since you don’t want to focus on me!”
Damn skippy! Or maybe just shut your noisemaker for two consecutive minutes.
Perhaps I am not the sensitive, cry-my-eyes-out-while-watching “Terms of Endearment” type, but I know how to take care of a lady.
I have no problem taking time out of my schedule on Monday through Friday, except for three hours for “Monday Night Football” and “ESPN College Football Primetime” on Thursday nights. But seriously, this is my life. College football is my job, my passion, my future and my escape.
The bottom line is that for the past three months I have been preaching that weekends will be spent either watching games in person or on the television. So now that it is three months later, why is it necessary to complain about it?
For instance, last Sunday when I was watching football, it felt like I was being poked in the side saying, “When’s it over?” I seriously wondered what in the hell was going on; am I not dating a mature adult that has a license and a car?
So I told her that I had been warning her for months and that this Sunday was no different than the rest. And that next Sunday would be similar. Honestly, she said something that made me want to laugh and scream at the same time.
“Well you could have reminded me.”
I pulled a John McEnroe and shouted, “You cannot be serious!”
She was, but in the end I watched the football that I wanted to. I did have to compromise and let her watch television on my other set, but I dibbed sound first.
The thing is that she is not the only person that acts like this. I have encountered it by countless women from the time I was young. First it was my mom, and since it has transferred from girlfriend to girlfriend.
My goal is to get to the point where I can watch the games, do my thing and not be bothered with negative statements and complaining. I don’t know if I will ever reach that, but I’m sure going to try.
Advice for my fellow football brothers: be strong, stand up for football and put your woman in her place. Which if you are lucky, is right next to you on the couch.

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