Thought popped into my head yesterday as I overhead a woman colleague converse with a male colleague over this week's point spreads. From what I caught before putting my headphones back in she didn't sound dumber than anyone here or a Score caller.

Shared interests is one for pillars of a successful relationship but would you want a significant other to banter/debate/watch sports with?

Yes

My wife likes football, soccer, and hockey. And she has good knowledge of all 3...makes watching the games more fun, and I never get a "football again ?" like I used to from my ex-wife.

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I enjoy going to occassional Cubs/Tigers game with the girlfriend. We'll sometimes go together to a bar to meet friends and watch a game. But the game is the her last priority. Otherwise she has zero interest in sports. I like having that as "boys only" thing.

I think you overheard a lesbian.



just kidding!


My wife doesn't know her Kris Bryant's from her Jay Cutler's but that's ok.

It would have been nice to have another "sports buddy".

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Ex-wife???
It's almost impossible to believe a woman would ever let a prize like you get away!

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My GF is very knowledgeable and interested in football, hockey and baseball. She will watch, attend as well as discuss them all the time with me. I like it except for the whole steelers, penguins, pirates angle. I cannot really compare to home much anymore but many Pittsburgh women are pretty good fans not just some sort of lip service.

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Elections have consequences.

Other than having to watch Nebraska Huskers football it's been pretty great. She asks good questions about penalties during football so that
she can understand a bit better. Been watching some of the Cubs games with me and was very tolerant of most of the golf I had on during
the summer.

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Mmmmhmmm, do we have a problem I'm not aware of? For the record, Chauncey is better.

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SHOTS FIRED!!

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You know me like that.

Sarley with fire in his belly this morning!!!!

I'm lucky. My wife has evolved from not knowing or caring to being an avid fan of the hawks, cubs and bears. She enjoys both watching on tv and attending games and really is quite knowledgeable. She also enjoys handicapping and betting on the ponies.

One thing she has yet to master is listening to baseball on the radio. She says she just cannot visualize it.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

I've always pondered this.

The current girl knows how much of a crazed fan I am (especially football), so she has taken an interest in football to try to get closer to me. I even bought her one of those "Football For Dummies" book. She's picked up a few things here and there. Not bad for someone who didn't know too much of anything just a few months ago. One of the things that helps if you mansplain to a women (sorry Julie DiCaro) that teams have "4 chances to try to move to ball 10 yards to the imaginary yellow line on the field" otherwise they have to give the ball to the other team.


I'd say it's good. It's only bad if she wants to tag along when it's you and the fellas.

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My wife thought all the best NFL players were also professional bowlers in the offseason for about a year until she remarked on it and I explained the truth.

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You know me like that.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Stepping on Murph's (inadvertent) comedy bits.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

I let my wife watch five minutes of sports only on weekends right after she finishes the dishes and before she starts the laundry.

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Thus far no one has started off saying my ex-wife was a HUGE football fan.... i'm just saying.

Yes. She was pretty clueless about football when we met but knew a lot about hockey. I told her to ask as many questions as she wanted about football while we watched and she started to really enjoy it. It makes it really easy to convince her to get up early to head to a game or to watch it on television.

It certainly is better than her not knowing or caring about it.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

My wife has become a big Hawks / Cubs fan. I have not been able to cure her of her Packers affliction though.

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She likes baseball and hockey. Hates football.

I have a touch of this at my house as well with my wife and her son. When the Pack wins and the Bears lose I have to fly the Green and Gold
flag out front so it has been painful the last few seasons, but been a fun little rivalry between them and me.

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Are you a Packers fan?

I have to say that when I was dating, men often said they liked women who were knowledgable about sports, but the reality was that most were extremely intimidated by a woman who could have an intelligent sports conversation with them. It almost seemed like they liked the idea in theory, but not IRL. On the positive side, I do think some of that has changed over the recent years. My husband of 24 years readily admits that I know more about sports than he does, and has never been embarrassed about it like some previous boyfriends were....

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Do you do "updates" on sports at your job?

Keyana!

I appreciate that my wife dislikes sports. We have a ton in common already, and I hate watching games with other people anyways.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

good. get her to post here.

So you both know nothing about sports? Strong marriage you got there.

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Yes. I would love it. That way I had to explain less.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

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