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Does Your Spouse Like Sports?

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DubCoffman62

DubCoffman62

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I ask this because mine doesn't usually she respects my right to enjoy a game without bothering me but every now and again she likes to try to get my goat. Last night during the Rose Bowl was one of those "now and agains". What she'll do is ask me a stupid question and follow up my answer with another stupid question. I answer her patiently, not letting her know that I'm getting pisssed because if I get pissed off it goes into the "you love sports more than me bit. Here's how the conversation went last night, it started after they showed Brutus on the screen. Keep in mind she's an Italian girl from Brooklyn and has never been to Ohio nor does she have any desire to ever go.

Her: What was that?
Me: That's Brutus, the mascot.
Her: Is that a Buckeye?
Me: No, a Buckeye is a tree, the state tree as a matter of fact.
Her: So why isn't the mascot a tree?
Me: Because it isn't.
Her: Why does he look like that?
Me: Because his head is a Bucknut which comes from a Buckeye tree.
Her: So why don't they call their team the Bucknuts then if their mascot is a Bucknut?
Me: Their fans are referred to as Bucknuts.
Her: That doesn't sound very flattering.
Me: Why's that?
Her: Think about it.
Me: Maybe later, right now I could care less.
Her: Well I hope that you and your nuts are happy after the game.

Whenever she does this I usually giggle afterward because it always reminds me of of a time when I was in the Air Force. I lived in a predomantly African-American dorm and a bunch of us were in the common room watching the NCAA championship game, Indiana vs Syracuse, the Keith Smart game. One of the guys had his girlfriend with him and she was a sassy broad, jealous that the game was getting more attention than she was so was doing a running mock commentary and we were starting to get tired of it but no one was saying anything. Finally, out of nowhere, this guy who'd had enough jumps up and says "man, why don't you just slap 'dat silly ho!?!"
 
DubCoffman62;1633327; said:
90% of the time she doesn't bother me, she let's me watch the games and is able to occupy herself with one of her many hobbies.
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yeah.....usually during gametime she has the kiddo to keep her occupied, but there's an understanding that when the games aren't on, I help out and I don't have a problem with that at all.
 
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No, but she lets me watch and joins in occasionally. I rarely make her watch non-OSU games (maybe 1-2 a month), and attending the home games cuts down on the former.

Likewise, she almost never makes me watch pointless, girly or otherwise insufferable programming.
 
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My wife pretty much hates sports unless the Suns are playing. She can tolerate them for some reason. She watched the Super Bowl last year because the Cardinals were in it.

For this reason, I have 2 TV's in my family room so she can watch whatever she wants and I watch my sports on mute unless it's a game I really want to watch and then she is prohibited from using either TV. This setup has made my life much easier.
 
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Dating a girl that loves OSU football...I was impressed when she threw out the players names yesterday. She watches other sports with me too, she even likes UFC. She may be a keeper just from the information above.
 
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First of all, Brutus' head is a buckeye. The tree is named after the nut which resembles the eye of a male deer. Ohioans are also called buckeyes by outsiders. I'm not a fucking Bucknut. I'm a Buckeye.

Second...sounds like your wife could use a good smack.
 
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I'm very lucky, my wife is a huge sports fan especially football. She is more into pro football and I am more into college football. She also likes golf and we plan to go to all the tournaments some day.

By default my daughter grew up having football on all weekend. Which, I think is why she is considering changing her major from Biology to Broadcast Journalism (to be a sports reporter).
 
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BUCKYLE;1633359; said:
First of all, Brutus' head is a buckeye. The tree is named after the nut which resembles the eye of a male deer. Ohioans are also called buckeyes by outsiders. I'm not a [censored]ing Bucknut. I'm a Buckeye.

Second...sounds like your wife could use a good smack.
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But you are one hell of a Buckeye nut.....:biggrin:
 
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BUCKYLE;1633359; said:
First of all, Brutus' head is a buckeye. The tree is named after the nut which resembles the eye of a male deer. Ohioans are also called buckeyes by outsiders. I'm not a fucking Bucknut. I'm a Buckeye
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I thought you were a buckyle??
 
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BUCKYLE;1633359; said:
First of all, Brutus' head is a buckeye. The tree is named after the nut which resembles the eye of a male deer. Ohioans are also called buckeyes by outsiders. I'm not a [censored]ing Bucknut. I'm a Buckeye.

Second...sounds like your wife could use a good smack.
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Thanks for the clarification, you have to realize that I haven't been back to Ohio in over 20 years. Everyone I knew is either dead, has left or is too much of an asshole for me to care about.
 
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