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Football and Bonding
- Sep 23, 2007 at 4:31 PM
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I really love football season.
My husband is a college football fan, and I'm an NFL fan. We have entire football weekends. Right now we are both on our laptops at the kitchen table watching football with the baby in the high chair next to us... also watching football. We're attempting to teach her the "touchdown" sign. (both arms straight up in the air)
Even on days when we're slightly cranky with each other, we can always re-connect over football. Can't talk about our parenting differences? How about the differences in coaching strategies between Tony Dungy and Lovey Smith? Can't talk about misbehaving children and how to discipline them? How about T.O. and his newfound good behavior?
I always join the football pool at work, it's not that hard. I look up some stats, keep track of whose defense rocks and whose offense sucks... then I try to predict the outcome. And the BEST part is when I beat the guys at their own game. There's nothing like choosing winners and then saying "hee hee, I just liked their uniform" or "well of course a bear could beat an eagle!"
Football season also means that Dh and I go out on more dates. We can always find a monday night game and get grandma to watch the kids. It's not salmon by firelight... but I'll take a Rickards White by dim pub lights any day. Sometimes hubby even lets me wear his Payton Manning jersey!
What do you do to bond?
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