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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: GGGG on December 07, 2012, 08:21:16 AM
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Wife to me this morning. "Remember we have my office Christmas party tomorrow night....6:00."
Son of a....
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Exact same experience with father-in-law's birthday dinner.
Son of a....
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Two more reasons to stay single.....wish I had learned them 20+ years ago.
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Get even. Make out with her hot co-worker.
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Get even. Make out with her hot co-worker.
Do it before the party and you will be single by game time. Problem solved
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Get even. Make out with her hot co-worker.
She works with a lot of old biddies and two-ton tessies so her hottest co-worker is probably a dude. And there are some steps I just can't take.
Good news is that I have a DVR and no one is likely going to give me a score.
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She works with a lot of old biddies and two-ton tessies so her hottest co-worker is probably a dude. And there are some steps I just can't take.
Good news is that I have a DVR and no one is likely going to give me a score.
So what you're saying is that making out with a dude is the lesser of two evils?
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Wife to me this morning. "Remember we have my office Christmas party tomorrow night....6:00."
Son of a....
No worries...game will be over by half time.
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i will be there, been waiting for this one!!! Stop at Major Goolsby's for a burger and fries, and some frosty cold brewskis!!! If your there, I'll have on the carolina blue MU cap at the bar!!!! Stop on by!!! GO WARRIORS!!!!
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If we lose, it's on you.
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My wife's birthday is the 6th. Every year it seems the UW game is either on her birthday or the Saturday nearest- meaning that's the night we go out for it. It's always a bit dicey. This year I tried to get creative. I offered an 8pm reservation at Sanford and a room at the Pfister, and she gets spa treatments while I'm at the game. Had the parents lined up to take the kids for the evening.
Didn't go for it. The worst part is that I knew I had no chance even while i was pitching it. I generally love watching games on the DVR, but for some reason I have to watch the UW game live. I guess I'm relegated to the DVR and avoiding the cell phone until we get home. Or worse- watching until the last 10 minutes of the game and not being able to catch the end. I love my wife, though.
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See, in the back of my mind, I knew about the party. But I thought the game was at 3:00 until earlier this week. Ugh....
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She works with a lot of old biddies and two-ton tessies so her hottest co-worker is probably a dude. And there are some steps I just can't take.
Good news is that I have a DVR and no one is likely going to give me a score.
I'm guessing that the War Department is not a scooper. ;D
Hope she doesn't know warriorchick....if so, you're busted.
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My wife's birthday is the 6th. Every year it seems the UW game is either on her birthday or the Saturday nearest- meaning that's the night we go out for it. It's always a bit dicey. This year I tried to get creative. I offered an 8pm reservation at Sanford and a room at the Pfister, and she gets spa treatments while I'm at the game. Had the parents lined up to take the kids for the evening.
Didn't go for it. The worst part is that I knew I had no chance even while i was pitching it. I generally love watching games on the DVR, but for some reason I have to watch the UW game live. I guess I'm relegated to the DVR and avoiding the cell phone until we get home. Or worse- watching until the last 10 minutes of the game and not being able to catch the end. I love my wife, though.
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Wow. I mean, wow.
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I'm guessing that the War Department is not a scooper. ;D
Hope she doesn't know warriorchick....if so, you're busted.
No, she's a Whitewater alum and has no clue this message board even exists.
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No, she's a Whitewater alum and has no clue this message board even exists.
She is going to be pissed when she finds out you have 9000 posts.
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She is going to be pissed when she finds out you have 9000 posts.
The Facebook and Pinterest queen? Don't think she has anything on me.
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She is going to be pissed when she finds out you have 9000 posts.
+1
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My wife's birthday is the 6th. Every year it seems the UW game is either on her birthday or the Saturday nearest- meaning that's the night we go out for it. It's always a bit dicey. This year I tried to get creative. I offered an 8pm reservation at Sanford and a room at the Pfister, and she gets spa treatments while I'm at the game. Had the parents lined up to take the kids for the evening.
Didn't go for it. The worst part is that I knew I had no chance even while i was pitching it. I generally love watching games on the DVR, but for some reason I have to watch the UW game live. I guess I'm relegated to the DVR and avoiding the cell phone until we get home. Or worse- watching until the last 10 minutes of the game and not being able to catch the end. I love my wife, though.
Listen, it's one thing to get the shaft on her birthday (that's life)... it's another thing to get the shaft on your own. Just be thankful your wife doesn't goes off and spend your money on something she wants on your birthday and lets you pay for it. Just a couple weeks ago she dragged me into a "vacation" that she decided she wanted and so unilaterally decided we were going to take it "together," all the while justifying the expense by saying it was a "birthday" present for me, even though my birthday wasn't until a week after we got home and she's never spent more than $50 on my birthday since we met. Then my real birthday comes, and all I got was a musical birthday card and a bunch of credit card bills to pay off.
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My wife's birthday is the 6th. Every year it seems the UW game is either on her birthday or the Saturday nearest- meaning that's the night we go out for it. It's always a bit dicey. This year I tried to get creative. I offered an 8pm reservation at Sanford and a room at the Pfister, and she gets spa treatments while I'm at the game. Had the parents lined up to take the kids for the evening.
Didn't go for it. The worst part is that I knew I had no chance even while i was pitching it. I generally love watching games on the DVR, but for some reason I have to watch the UW game live. I guess I'm relegated to the DVR and avoiding the cell phone until we get home. Or worse- watching until the last 10 minutes of the game and not being able to catch the end. I love my wife, though.
Sounds like you need a new wife.
But seriously ... do women (and men, for that matter), really insist on birthdays/anniversaries being celebrated on the actual day -- or in this case, the nearest Saturday? I can't tell you how many times we have celebrated each other's birthdays and even our anniversary days (or sometimes even weeks) later out of convenience. It's just a day. Presumably, you still love each other regardless of when the celebration is.
Frankly, you went above and beyond the call of duty with the arrangements you made. Way above and beyond. If she can't appreciate that, well, maybe I wasn't kidding about you needing a new wife after all!!
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Listen, it's one thing to get the shaft on her birthday (that's life)... it's another thing to get the shaft on your own. Just be thankful your wife doesn't goes off and spend your money on something she wants on your birthday and lets you pay for it. Just a couple weeks ago she dragged me into a "vacation" that she decided she wanted and so unilaterally decided we were going to take it "together," all the while justifying the expense by saying it was a "birthday" present for me, even though my birthday wasn't until a week after we got home and she's never spent more than $50 on my birthday since we met. Then my real birthday comes, and all I got was a musical birthday card and a bunch of credit card bills to pay off.
Another gentleman who needs a new wife.
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Listen, it's one thing to get the shaft on her birthday (that's life)... it's another thing to get the shaft on your own. Just be thankful your wife doesn't goes off and spend your money on something she wants on your birthday and lets you pay for it. Just a couple weeks ago she dragged me into a "vacation" that she decided she wanted and so unilaterally decided we were going to take it "together," all the while justifying the expense by saying it was a "birthday" present for me, even though my birthday wasn't until a week after we got home and she's never spent more than $50 on my birthday since we met. Then my real birthday comes, and all I got was a musical birthday card and a bunch of credit card bills to pay off.
Damn! Now i see why a lot of you gentleman spend most of your lives on Scoop! :) Of course i know you guys love your wives more than anything though ;)
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I figured I'd get these responses. Not a problem. The wife's position frankly doesn't bother me THAT much, because when you boil it down what she thinks I'm effectively saying is that I think a college basketball game is more important to me than her birthday. We as men don't see it that way, I sure don't. But they do. Try arguing it with them and see how it goes. Not worth it.
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Priorities.
When the MU schedule comes out .. IMMEDIATELY put all games on the family calendar.
Helps to have made the good decision to take a spouse who went to MU, as well.
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I figured I'd get these responses. Not a problem. The wife's position frankly doesn't bother me THAT much, because when you boil it down what she thinks I'm effectively saying is that I think a college basketball game is more important to me than her birthday. We as men don't see it that way, I sure don't. But they do. Try arguing it with them and see how it goes. Not worth it.
+1,000,000,000
Hmmm, maybe Rocky can turn scoop into the new Match.com?
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See, this is why I made sure that included in her marriage vows last week were the words "I promise to love you, respect you, trust you, stay with you, and accept your passion for Marquette basketball as long as we both shall live." ;D
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Is this a bad time to point out that I'll be at the game because of the season tickets the girlfriend bought me?
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Sultan - the party STARTS at 6:00. Walk out the door as the game ends and arrive fashionably late - it's a freakin' office party.
Jake - you planned an afternoon/evening/night most wives would kill for. If your wife is so big a ballbuster that it's not enough you might want to reconsider how you feel.
Benny - call a lawyer or buy a gun.
(hope the sarcasm was obvious enough to not require teal)
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Is this a bad time to point out that I'll be at the game because of the season tickets the girlfriend bought me?
I was going to bring something similar up that my girlfriend wants to go to this game more than anything. However i wasn't sure this was the time or place to do so. Just a question for the more seasoned males out there. Were your wives at the time more open to going to games and then once the papers were signed they turned into non fans of MU basketball? If that's the case i'm not sure i'll ever want to get married. ?-(
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Sultan - the party STARTS at 6:00. Walk out the door as the game ends and arrive fashionably late - it's a freakin' office party.
Jake - you planned an afternoon/evening/night most wives would kill for. If your wife is so big a ballbuster that it's not enough you might want to reconsider how you feel.
Benny - call a lawyer or buy a gun.
And buy a Warren Zevon record.
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Sultan - the party STARTS at 6:00. Walk out the door as the game ends and arrive fashionably late - it's a freakin' office party.
It's actually a really nice dinner...followed by some drinking. Can't really be late and it actually isn't *that* bad of a time.
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Man, there are a lot of hairy wet cats on this board. Bring your damn iPad's to the office party and lock your self in the stall in the men's room claiming the clam sauce was bad. Good lord.
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I was going to bring something similar up that my girlfriend wants to go to this game more than anything. However i wasn't sure this was the time or place to do so. Just a question for the more seasoned males out there. Were your wives at the time more open to going to games and then once the papers were signed they turned into non fans of MU basketball? If that's the case i'm not sure i'll ever want to get married. ?-(
My wife understood that when she married me, she married a Marquette season ticket holder (and die-hard Cubs and Bears fan). It's a package deal. If your girlfriend doesn't understand that about you, she should become your ex-girlfriend who tried to make you stop doing something you truly enjoy.
Word to the wise, don't let your wife hear you refer to marriage as "getting papers signed" or anything similar ;)
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My wife understood that when she married me, she married a Marquette season ticket holder (and die-hard Cubs and Bears fan). It's a package deal. If your girlfriend doesn't understand that about you, she should become your ex-girlfriend who tried to make you stop doing something you truly enjoy.
Word to the wise, don't let your wife hear you refer to marriage as "getting papers signed" or anything similar ;)
That's why I wrote it into the vows. Quite simply, you don't sign on for life with me without realizing there are certain caveats that come with the package. By the same token, I have no problem with her scrapbooking, her love of going out dancing with friends, or handling all the grocery shopping myself.
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I'll answer JDuquaine's question since it was my post that started that tangent.
The wife didn't change her position on hoops after marriage. She was never a big hoops fan, but she'll watch Michigan State games (her school) on occasion. She likes football and will gladly watch and go to games with me. She's a Bear fan and I'm a Packer fan, so that makes it "interesting". We have a not-too subtle war going on for the football allegiances of our two sons. I've got the 7-year old locked in for the Pack, and she recently got the 5 year old to flip to her side. But that kid is smart enough to use this for leverage on his own ("Mom stop teasing or I won't like the Bears"). It's fascinating actually.
Sorry for that additional tangent. The MU game thing wasn't a matter of not "offering" enough. I don't think it mattered what it was. She wanted to spend her birthday together, not at a high end spa by herself. I really can't get mad at that, can I? Especially when I can just record the game and watch it later. Something I do for many of the games anyway, save for the 8-9 I go to in person. Just because I don't want to record the game isn't much of an argument for watering down her birthday.
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I was going to bring something similar up that my girlfriend wants to go to this game more than anything. However i wasn't sure this was the time or place to do so. Just a question for the more seasoned males out there. Were your wives at the time more open to going to games and then once the papers were signed they turned into non fans of MU basketball? If that's the case i'm not sure i'll ever want to get married. ?-(
Stay single. Make sex a retail arrangement. Make your time your own and keep your money. Or not. Marriage does change women but not nearly as much as children do. Those mommy hormones are amazing in how they change the woman you married into a creature that you do not recognize. My wife had an extensive knowledge of basketball, having grown up in Indiana with a huge crush on Steve Alford, (all girls her age from Indiana had a crush on him to some degree). One of the things that attracted me to her was her ability to have a reasonable basketball discussion. With the years, the stresses, the time commitments, the kidlings, she couldn't care less anymore. She accepts my MU obsession because in comparison to the options it is relatively harmless and Lord knows she has her own Facebook fetish.
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First of all, I have never understood why, once you get past 21 a Birthday is such a big deal to people anyway?? It's just another freaking day. Secondly, in all seriousness, you all need to get your priorities straight. NOTHING should EVER interefere with an MU game, especially the MU-UW game. Stay home, watch it. What's she going to do?? Divorce you over it?? I highly doubt it. Mine divorced me for other reasons, and i couldn't be happier. I don't have to answer to anyone about MU ball for any reason. :)
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First of all, I have never understood why, once you get past 21 a Birthday is such a big deal to people anyway?? It's just another freaking day. Secondly, in all seriousness, you all need to get your priorities straight. NOTHING should EVER interefere with an MU game, especially the MU-UW game. Stay home, watch it. What's she going to do?? Divorce you over it?? I highly doubt it. Mine divorced me for other reasons, and i couldn't be happier. I don't have to answer to anyone about MU ball for any reason. :)
Nobody is ever going to divorce somebody for watching basketball instead of a birthday dinner.
However, subscribing to the theory: "What are you going to do, divorce me?" might ultimately lead to the answer "Yes, I am."
I don't think adult birthdays are a big deal, but in the grand scheme of life, if watching the game on DVR makes my wife happy... I'll do it. Happy wife = happy life.
Jake, enjoy your dinner and the game on DVR.
I will be drunk downtown from about noon until I can't walk anymore (10pm?).
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Being born on pearl harbor day, my birthday is ALWAYS like within 3 days of the wisconsin game. It has been a very popular gift for me for a while now. My 21st was actually the day after an MU home wisconsin game, that MU won, naturally, so drank at the game, went to a party after, hit bars at midnight. All and all it was pretty cool. My girlfriend is also an MU alum with passion for the team so watching the Marquette game is something I have to inform her of so she keeps her plans free so she can remember to watch it more than anything else.
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I was going to bring something similar up that my girlfriend wants to go to this game more than anything. However i wasn't sure this was the time or place to do so. Just a question for the more seasoned males out there. Were your wives at the time more open to going to games and then once the papers were signed they turned into non fans of MU basketball? If that's the case i'm not sure i'll ever want to get married. ?-(
I know some guys whose girlfriends did a 180 regarding habits, friends and hobbies before the ink was dry on the marriage license. The choice was change or be miserable or change and be miserable. I think it was more common in my day when the pressure to marry early was greater. Young people today aren't in as big a hurry and are willing to wait a little longer to find a real partner.
My personal experience? I was a lottery winner - my wife may find the amount of passion I invest in MU basketball a bit odd but she indulges me nonetheless. 39 years later she still takes the 140 mile (rountrip) rides with me to the home games and sits next to me on the couch while I swear at the TV during road games. When she can't/doesn't feel like going, I bring a friend.
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Get even. Make out with her hot co-worker.
Nicccceeeeeeeee
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My wife is dropping me off and picking me up.
Why? I'll be drinking quite a bit and because I said so.
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There was a time when MEN actually dictated plans. We've just allowed Women to run the show, and now it's just expected. Her birthday was the 6th and you're whining about a game on the 8th??? Man the feck up!
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My wife is dropping me off and picking me up.
Why? I'll be drinking quite a bit and because I said so.
Nominee for post of the year. Well done PRN!!
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Since this thread has turned into Marquette men's relationship advice, here's the simple advice my father once gave to me: Marry the right girl and life is easy.
In retrospect, I'm pretty sure he said that because he was passive aggressively trying to get me to break up with my overdramatic, at-the-time girlfriend but still, it's good advice.
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Easiest fix to this: Marry a Marquette basketball fanatic. My wife and are are ditching her office Christmas party (which is actually a pretty awesome event: all you can eat/drink and live music) so that we can be at the game.
I'll do that one better though, our one year wedding anniversary is in March, and we're going to NY for four days of watching the last hurrah of the BEast tourney as we know it.
Edit: Should have read Merrit's post above, I second his advice.
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The Facebook and Pinterest queen? Don't think she has anything on me.
That effing Pinterest site has cost me more money....... >:(
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I was going to bring something similar up that my girlfriend wants to go to this game more than anything. However i wasn't sure this was the time or place to do so. Just a question for the more seasoned males out there. Were your wives at the time more open to going to games and then once the papers were signed they turned into non fans of MU basketball? If that's the case i'm not sure i'll ever want to get married. ?-(
If you have to ask the question......
Stay single my friend.
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Stay home, watch it. What's she going to do?? Divorce you over it?? I highly doubt it. Mine divorced me for other reasons, and i couldn't be happier. I don't have to answer to anyone about MU ball for any reason. :)
I live by the credo-- it is much easier to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
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I live by the credo-- it is much easier to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission.
Agreed. Just like when I put a 32 inch LCD flat screen in the garage (man cave) this fall. Didn't ask, cause I knew what the answer would be. Now she's glad I have it........ I have a place to go when we argue about what to watch on the tube.
Got my in laws staying with me for an extended period. The old man is starting to see the merits of the tv in the garage too (as long as the modine is keeping it warm).
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However, subscribing to the theory: "What are you going to do, divorce me?" might ultimately lead to the answer "Yes, I am."
Umm, seriously.....Is that all it takes? YES! I AM FREE............!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I don't think adult birthdays are a big deal, but in the grand scheme of life, if watching the game on DVR makes my wife happy... I'll do it. Happy wife = happy life.
An interesting societal commentary here. Why is it socially acceptable to say "happy wife=happy life" but it's frowned upon to say something chauvinistic/sexist, eg. "make me a sandwich/a woman's place is in the kitchen"?
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One word Sultan
SLINGBOX
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I think there is a big difference between saying you want to make your partner happy and demanding your partner make you happy.
An interesting societal commentary here. Why is it socially acceptable to say "happy wife=happy life" but it's frowned upon to say something chauvinistic/sexist, eg. "make me a sandwich/a woman's place is in the kitchen"?
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Nobody is ever going to divorce somebody for watching basketball instead of a birthday dinner.
However, subscribing to the theory: "What are you going to do, divorce me?" might ultimately lead to the answer "Yes, I am."
I don't think adult birthdays are a big deal, but in the grand scheme of life, if watching the game on DVR makes my wife happy... I'll do it. Happy wife = happy life.
Jake, enjoy your dinner and the game on DVR.
I will be drunk downtown from about noon until I can't walk anymore (10pm?).
10PM? Did you forget the drinking lessons taught at MU? Does Scoop need to offer refresher courses...?
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It all started really well...my wife and I were giddy when we went to the hospital for the birth of our first child...during the NCAA Tournament. When we got to the hospital, we were greeted by a nurse that told us our female doctor was unavailable and a that a different doctor would be handling the birth. We get our room and it is way before the baby was due. The NCAA tournament was on, but I did not dare turn the TV on. I did not even ask to do so as I knew I would get mesmerized. I was very good. I walked my wife up and down the hallway and it came closer to the time. The doctor came in and introduced himself. After a while he said: "Do you mind if I turn the TV on? We have a lot of time yet and I have been watching the NCAA Tourney." I did not say a thing, but my wife said: "No problem." I switched sides of the bed so the games would be at my back. At one point a game was pretty exciting (involving Kentucky) and the doctor kept on reacting to the game. I remember vividly when he said "holy cow".....I turned my head to look over my shoulder...My wife had a contraction and was in huge pain right when the doctor and I were watching the replay.
We have been divorced now for 9 years. This moment came up in numerous marital counseling sessions over the years prior to the divorce.
I am remarried to a sports fan who is a Marquette and Green Bay Packer fanatic....Life is good.
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Man y'all got y'allselves some unreasonable-azz women. There's 3.5 billion more of 'em out there, start lookin'.
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Man y'all got y'allselves some unreasonable-azz women. There's 3.5 billion more of 'em out there, start lookin'.
Actually this thread turned into something I didn't think it would. My wife is actually a pretty big sports fan...Packers especially.
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Another gentleman who needs a new wife.
I know, right? I should be the one dragging her to basketball tournaments in Maui, not the other way around.
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This thread is too good.
I try to find a way to lose the girlfriend during MU games, much less beg her to watch them with me / let me watch them. Less questions, more beers.
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I think there is a big difference between saying you want to make your partner happy and demanding your partner make you happy.
I just think it's interesting that it's "ok" that in order to have a good marriage/life, a woman has to be kept happy at all times, regardless of how the man feels. that, at least, seems to be the point of the phrase. and it's utterance/belief by females only seems to reinforce that viewpoint.
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One word Sultan
SLINGBOX
The wife and I land in Cancun @ 1pm tomorrow. I'll be Slinging the game to my tablet while sitting out by the pool drinking fruity umbrella drinks. I'm also looking forward to an Iceberg - Corona with a frozen margarita floated on top. The place is all-inclusive, so hope I'm sober enough to see the end of the game.
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As a 20 year-old MU Sophomore, I find this hands down the most entertaining thread I've read on Scoop. It pains me to see so many Scoop brothers in pain, though. All of you sacrificing the game are much better men than me.
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My wife's birthday is the 6th. Every year it seems the UW game is either on her birthday or the Saturday nearest- meaning that's the night we go out for it. It's always a bit dicey. This year I tried to get creative. I offered an 8pm reservation at Sanford and a room at the Pfister, and she gets spa treatments while I'm at the game. Had the parents lined up to take the kids for the evening.
Didn't go for it. The worst part is that I knew I had no chance even while i was pitching it. I generally love watching games on the DVR, but for some reason I have to watch the UW game live. I guess I'm relegated to the DVR and avoiding the cell phone until we get home. Or worse- watching until the last 10 minutes of the game and not being able to catch the end. I love my wife, though.
Dude, you are screwed....
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Man, there are a lot of hairy wet cats on this board. Bring your damn iPad's to the office party and lock your self in the stall in the men's room claiming the clam sauce was bad. Good lord.
Or, lock yourself in a stall with a saucy clam and forget about the game......
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It all started really well...my wife and I were giddy when we went to the hospital for the birth of our first child...during the NCAA Tournament. When we got to the hospital, we were greeted by a nurse that told us our female doctor was unavailable and a that a different doctor would be handling the birth. We get our room and it is way before the baby was due. The NCAA tournament was on, but I did not dare turn the TV on. I did not even ask to do so as I knew I would get mesmerized. I was very good. I walked my wife up and down the hallway and it came closer to the time. The doctor came in and introduced himself. After a while he said: "Do you mind if I turn the TV on? We have a lot of time yet and I have been watching the NCAA Tourney." I did not say a thing, but my wife said: "No problem." I switched sides of the bed so the games would be at my back. At one point a game was pretty exciting (involving Kentucky) and the doctor kept on reacting to the game. I remember vividly when he said "holy cow".....I turned my head to look over my shoulder...My wife had a contraction and was in huge pain right when the doctor and I were watching the replay.
We have been divorced now for 9 years. This moment came up in numerous marital counseling sessions over the years prior to the divorce.
I am remarried to a sports fan who is a Marquette and Green Bay Packer fanatic....Life is good.
My wife had a C-section scheduled the morning before Utah St 2009. After she was being prepped for surgery, one of the nurses asked her if she had any questions before they took her into the OR. She turned to me and asked "what channel is the Marquette game on?" I said "CBS." She then turned to the nurse and asked "do the room TVs get CBS?" The nurse said, "I'm sure they do." She then says, "In HD?"
Five minutes from having her abdomen and uterus torn open in order give birth to our first child (did I mention it was a high-risk pregnancy?), and all she cares about is watching the Marquette game that afternoon...
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I think there is a big difference between saying you want to make your partner happy and demanding your partner make you happy.
Correct. I mean, it's mostly a joke (happy wife=happy life), but if she REALLY wants to do something (instead of insert thing I like), then I'll go for it. I won't be thrilled about it, but it's not worth going to the mat if I can watch it on DVR.
Use any cliche you want: "Pick your battles", "If mama ain't happy, nobody is happy", etc. etc.
I don't have many situations like this because we both enjoy a lot of the same stuff, but you get the idea.
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You can't change them and if they are smart they won't try to change you. Trying to do so leads to marital strife. There is no such thing as a quid pro quo in marriage. As said earlier in the thread, pick your battles. And also, no which ones are non-negotiable for you, stick to them, accept the consequences, and move forward. In exchange, throw in the towel on some fights even when you know you are right.
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Actually this thread turned into something I didn't think it would. My wife is actually a pretty big sports fan...Packers especially.
Ain't that the truth. My wife is much cooler on sports stuff than I've really described. I probably hammed up the original post for entertainment purposes, even though the facts are correct. I think this got blown way out of proportion. But the thread is fascinating nonetheless. Glad it was at least interesting.
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I had planned on going home tonight and showing my wife the thread in the hopes that it would give her a laugh. But she has since pissed me off royal this afternoon, so all my wit and sarcasm shall go to waste, once again. There's probably an ironic message in here, but I'm not sure I want to find it.
Sorry to have used you, fellow scoopers, for my own selfish reasons. It's a good thing I'm not married to all of you... because you deserve better than me, and I don't think I could afford that divorce.
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I had planned on going home tonight and showing my wife the thread in the hopes that it would give her a laugh. But she has since pissed me off royal this afternoon, so all my wit and sarcasm shall go to waste, once again. There's probably an ironic message in here, but I'm not sure I want to find it.
Sorry to have used you, fellow scoopers, for my own selfish reasons. It's a good thing I'm not married to all of you... because you deserve better than me, and I don't think I could afford that divorce.
Lmao! Thanks for this.
Maybe she can take you on another all inclusive all expenses paid trip compliments of Benny B to help ease your stress? ;)
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Years ago, my wife (who also is a Marquette graduate) who was then my girlfriend and I had a problem. I had game tickets on her birthday. It was December 1976, they were student tickets and the Warriors were the best event in town. Unfortunately, she was not the Warrior fan I was (though she and I both were on Wisconsin Avenue on THE night).
Anyway, I took her to dinner at Pieces of Eight down on the waterfront. Got a cab there and it was snowing cats and dogs (and a few badgers too). We got in and had a marvelous early evening dinner. She thought it was peculiar that we were dining at 5:30 p.m., on her birthday but chalked it up to the fact that it was a Saturday night. The snow kept piling up and it was a romantic view of Lake Michigan as we dined comparatively quietly.
Dinner was over about 7:00 p.m., and we could not get a cab to anywhere. So we did what any resourceful Warrior fan would do. We got a bus and rode back toward campus. I pulled the cord at Fourth Street and got up to get off. She stared at me, realized what was happening and all she could say was, "this was my birthday... NOT YOUR'S!" We went anyway and MU won (as always back then)
We have been married 32.5 years and I now have an MU five-pack. She's happy because I go with my children, not her! ;D
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The wife and I land in Cancun @ 1pm tomorrow. I'll be Slinging the game to my tablet while sitting out by the pool drinking fruity umbrella drinks. I'm also looking forward to an Iceberg - Corona with a frozen margarita floated on top. The place is all-inclusive, so hope I'm sober enough to see the end of the game.
Enjoy your vacation and MU hoops down in Mexico.
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OK, since we're sharing stories, here is mine. I was Asst. AD at MU at the time, my wife was pregnant with our first and a due date first game of the season. We induced 2 days prior to the game...a healthy boy. I was able to work the first game, then go over to St. Mary's that night and take my wife and son home with me from the hospital.
She's a remarkable lady, a big MU fan (her dad went to MU med school) and our son is a crazy MU like his dad.
To this day, if a MU game is on I've always gotten the hall pass. Life is good.
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The wife and I land in Cancun @ 1pm tomorrow. I'll be Slinging the game to my tablet while sitting out by the pool drinking fruity umbrella drinks. I'm also looking forward to an Iceberg - Corona with a frozen margarita floated on top. The place is all-inclusive, so hope I'm sober enough to see the end of the game.
My wife, kids and I were in Cancun last February and watched the UConn game at a local Hooters in the Hotel Zone. And, believe it or not, it was my wife's call to do so!
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My wife, kids and I were in Cancun last February and watched the UConn game at a local Hooters in the Hotel Zone. And, believe it or not, it was my wife's call to do so!
I've been to that Hooters. Unfortunately (?), this time we're going to be in Playa Mujeres, about 10 miles north of Cancun. Maybe one of the bars at the resort will have the game on. If not, it's slingbox and alcohol. Could be worse.
And thanks, Chicos.
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The wife and I land in Cancun @ 1pm tomorrow. I'll be Slinging the game to my tablet while sitting out by the pool drinking fruity umbrella drinks. I'm also looking forward to an Iceberg - Corona with a frozen margarita floated on top. The place is all-inclusive, so hope I'm sober enough to see the end of the game.
We are counting on some nice pics of you hooked up to a marlin in the fishing thread! Safe travels.