I'm facing a dilemma (sp)

Tell her you're actually starting at QB this weekend for the Skins.

This thread is hilarious.

Watch the game. Never look back.

There are 1000 ways to handle this and none of them include missing the game...

You have allready made the first mistake. My wife knows there are 16 must see games every football season (that has been especially true the past 12 years). She knows not even to ask me to do anything on these days. She also has learned that I'm no fun to go shopping with so she never ask me to go. I will go every once in awhile to make her happy but not on game day. Your 17 so its time you establish some rules for your daily life and the first should be watching the skins play. The second should be when forced to go shopping drag you feet and be real impatient and she will start to ask a girl friend to go instead. If you start with these first two rules to manhood life will be much easier and you will never have this dilemma again. One other good note is to keep a copy of the skins schedule in your wallet and when asked if you can do something and its during a game say no I already have something planed for that day.

Ask her if you can bring breakfast...To further recap, you are loving, caring, listening, a Church-goer, a giver, and patient! (Remember patience when dealing with the sisters at DQ!)

:lol: Funniest Post ever!

Ok, whereas backrow gave you details, he's got the gist of the situation down pat.

I'm glad all the women I've had in my life like football...my wife would understand that we'd celebrate her birthday on Saturday, in order to watch the Skins on Sunday...

Basically, you need to get into a situation where you watch the game..NO MATTER WHAT. If you back down now, as said earlier, you will have to succumb to her wants every Sunday. She has to understand that Sundays from 1pm til whenever the last game it over is your time, not hers.

Taking her to FedEx is out of the question...if she's not much into football, then it won't fly, no matter how well fed she is and how much stuff you get her.

Tell her how much the game means to you, but that no matter what, you will get done whatever it is she wants to do, because she comes first.

Breakfast is a good idea...but it has to be early (and cheap, but i'll explain that later). If you both are church-going, suggest you guys go to the earliest mass available (usually between 8 and 9), so that you'll have the whole day together.

On Sundays, the malls and stores usually open between 11 and 12. This is crucial, to be at the stores as soon as they open. Make sure she doesn't want to go all over town either...that sucks when the plan is to hit stores across town from each other.

Make it a point to buy her something nice "just because"...a pair of earrings, that sweater she eyes in the window of Abercrombie & Fitch, a cute stuffed animal at the toy store.

Oh, and you better butter her up with an awesome birthday present that you give to her BEFORE you go shopping. That way, when you do buy her something nice, it'll mean even more.

Around game time, you head to the local Applebee's/Chili's/place that will certainly have the game on. A nice lunch, with a TV within eye/ear shot will keep you close to the action while you stay focused on her. It being game day, service will be slow, and you'll keep tabs on the first half of the game.

Make sure you get back to her house by 3:30...no matter what you miss of the game (which you certainly can miss pieces here and there, as long as to keep her happy), that you would like to see the end of the game with her. Watch the game with her, explaining what's going on...Most women who don't like football don't understand it.

Oh, and while you're in the car with her...make sure to have the game tuned in, so that she'll know you'd rather be watching, but are spending time with her instead...will make it much easier to see the rest of the season's games.

Above all else...if things seems to be rocky from the start, you best tuck tail and ditch the game. You can use it as one of the reasons why you dump her down the road...

Roofie colada?

Giggity.

I meant it as more of a general question and not just directed specifically towards him, though I'm sure he's at least seen some highlights from that game.

Matty,

Didn't mean it as a criticism. I went to that vikings game. Wasn't it the week following the "Too Legit to quit" Falcons playoff game?

My point was some guys were giving him advice like he had the dough to spend you have when you have a real job, and real worries (Like, will my wife look at my cell phone bill carefully?)


Roofie colada?

Giggity.

Giggity Giggity.

Guys this is a funny thread, but it just makes me want to share this story. My wife and I have been married for 13 years. Yes, if you do the math we got married in 1992, so it was a good year all the way around because that was the last time the Skins won the Super Bowl, so I blame our marriage on their failure since then. No I am kidding, anyway back to the story.... my beautiful wife and mother of my two kids, knows I love the Redskins. I live in Southwestern KY and have to watch the Titans all the time, so a friend of mine that is as big a Skins fan as me AND is single has NFL Sunday Ticket and we watch the Skins games every week at his house. Sunday September 11th at noon we are all set to watch the Skins/Bears game and his girlfriend calls on her cell phone to talk (she is driving down the road and has time on her hands!) Anyway, he feels obligated to talk to her for like 30 minutes and misses almost the entire 1st quarter of their opening game. Geez! I wanted to tell him to call her back in 3 hours and talk all you want. He was obviously miserable and said to me when he got off the phone "be glad you are married to someone who understands football" I was like DUH! This guy needs to drop her like a rock or explain what a Skins fan is like.....Obsessive!

You need to tell your girlfriend to plan shopping days around bye weeks and weeks when the Skins are playing in prime time. Other than that, sundays 1-4 or 4-7 are all booked up!

Matty,

Didn't mean it as a criticism. I went to that vikings game. Wasn't it the week following the "Too Legit to quit" Falcons playoff game?

My point was some guys were giving him advice like he had the dough to spend you have when you have a real job, and real worries (Like, will my wife look at my cell phone bill carefully?)




Giggity Giggity.

No, the next week the Skins lost to SF.

I'm talking about the 92-93 season when the Skins were coming off the SB win and they went 9-7 in the regular season.