"You're going to watch another game right now and Penn State doesn't even play until eight?"
Ah, I could be mistaken here. I'll take my chances.
Ah, I could be mistaken here. I'll take my chances.
Reading my wife's face:
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Good Luck with that. Maybe suggest a "halftimer"?
That line sounds familiar as I hear it all the time. I just keep watching and make up for it later.
It's all about compromise - go ahead and rule out the west coast game that comes on after PSU!
Well does she buy the first dress she sees? Does she not not try on different dresses before she finds the one she likes and has always had in mind?
It's no different.
It's no different.
Let her watch QVC during the commercials. It's all about compromise.
I'm going with the 12, 3:30, PSU and the USC game. Is that wrong?
I like to tell mine to make herself useful and go make me a sandwich. I then apply a firm forehand to the rear, indicating that this requires immediacy. Bonus points if done in front of her friends. Follow up with a "don't forget the beer." Works every time.
I have the opposite problem. Since I stopped watching any games but ours, I often ask my wife "want to go for a walk?" or "feel like helping me clean the garage?" or, my favorite, "how about we spend a little private time together?" and she looks as me as if to say "Why can't you watch football like other guys?".
Hhhhmmmm, that face is usually not that hard to interpret....just say'in...
I read about you guys watching games all day....I have to plan my whole Saturday around watching our Lions only. I literally have to wake up early to get my tasks done.
Jim, tell your wife to get back in the kitchen and finish cooking dinner. And... If she still has time to worry about your tv viewing habits or whatever else you are doing, then maybe she should start the laundry or scrub a toilet or two!
i think I've gotten up 3 times since 11:00 this morning. It's been glorious.
Oh grasshopper. That is when you suggest "doing something together" .....something other than watching football that you know she utterly despises. She'll say "no thanks" and youll be off the hook.
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Listen go out and buy her something nice, like a pack of sweeper bags or the family size bottle of Tide. She'll melt, trust me.
Makes no difference if it's the face or the mouth. It's all bartering for future negotiation. Just accept the turbulence and enjoy college football. It is bound to get windy no matter what you are doing at any given time. I get comments from the kitchen (where I bought her, her own TV), like, "the refs can't hear you"! Too funny not to enjoy.
Compromise? Isn't that when you agree to use KY on those "special" date nights?
LOL - Tooooo much information...
Not that there is anything wrong with a little tête-à-tête
Honey, bring me another beer. I don't want to miss this key 3rd down.
