Dating a fan/grad of a rival school

Submitted by DISCUSS Man on

sleeping with the enemy. Have you ever? If so, stories on how you met and do you clash ever?

am curious to see how these house divided things actually work.

 

DISCUSS

dupont circle

May 7th, 2015 at 10:18 AM ^

Anyone from Metro Detroit or who has lived in Chicago has probably slept with a Spartan girl. Easy pulls, intellectually shallow, lush, usually obnoxious. To spot them in the wild just look for 20-somethings in Lincoln Park, fail miserably in their quest to look rich, with over-bleached teeth and orange fake-baked skin, still acting like a perpetual sorority girl.

OccaM

May 7th, 2015 at 3:23 PM ^

Dated a Sparty girl for a year. Luckily she didn't care much about sports than the typical "yay we won" bit. 

She was moreso an exception in terms of intellectual capability compared to other MSU girls while keeping up in the looks department. I got lucky. 

Also dated a CMU girl. Hot like the MSU one, except dumber than a rock. To be expected... 

AFWolverine

May 6th, 2015 at 11:56 PM ^

I'm from Ohio, and so is my wife. She never cared about sports (and still doesn't) before we were married. Naturally her family are all Buckeyes, and I'm a diehard Michigan fan. This isn't sleeping with the enemy, so to speak, but close.

Her dad gave me an OSU shot glass one time that had Brutus sitting on the edge. I was washing dishes one night, and it fell off the shelf it was on behind me with no prompting from anyone or anything around it. Brutus broke in half, and I was happy to throw it away.

 

Cool story, bro.

Two Hearted Ale

May 7th, 2015 at 2:08 AM ^

My wife and her family are buckeyes, and a pretty solid part of my family are buckeyes including my mom, though she's not much of a sports fan. It makes watching games/tailgating/talking sports interesting. Both sides of my family are really great people so there's no real issue...just bragging rights.

HenneGivenSunday

May 6th, 2015 at 11:56 PM ^

I married an MSU fan with an entirely MSU family. There have been a few tense moments, but I have found it is best to embrace the variety. Ignoring it does no good. If you love the person, it will work out fine. Best of luck moving forward, fun times are ahead (no sarcasm there).

Lawyer12

May 6th, 2015 at 11:56 PM ^

I'm a huge UM fan. I dated a girl from Columbus during law school. Entire family were OSU fans. The worst part was that they were fantastic people. Made hating them difficult.

JediLow

May 7th, 2015 at 12:02 AM ^

My wife's a MSU (Doctoral) grad - between what she saw on that campus and the difference she saw when she went to her first Michigan game (they have class!) was enough to convert her. The only problem is that her field (veterinarian) is dominated by MSU alum :-(

ilah17

May 7th, 2015 at 12:04 AM ^

I am lucky in that I met my husband in undergrad at UM-D. I never dated an MSU or OSU fan before I met him. I always joke that I married a Republican but could never marry a State or OSU fan! Haha

Musket Rebellion

May 7th, 2015 at 12:08 AM ^

I dated a Spartan the entire time I was in Ann Arbor. I wouldn't say I regret it, because getting all of her Spartan friends to admit that Ann Arbor is a cooler party town than East Lansing was, at the time, worth its weight in gold. But, as is usually the case in these scenarios, it didn't work out. Oh well, life is better when you don't have to worry about your significant other throwing it in your face every time Michigan loses a game.

rob f

May 7th, 2015 at 12:19 AM ^

I briefly dated a gal attending rival CMU.  Sara was a really sweet girl, we got along very well with each other, but being that our dating started in late fall, the Michigan winter made it damn-near impossible to make such a long-distance relationship work. 

Several years later, while in my mid-20s, I dated an Ohio girl/ former buckeye coed who I  worked with at the time.  Very attractive girl, but it went bad from the start, as she was still hung-up on a guy who had recently dumped her and was somewhat a basket case at the time.  On-again/off-again for a couple months, then she suddenly pulled up stakes and moved back home to Lima.  I moved on, too, shortly after that starting to date the one who would eventually become my wife, and then ex-wife 20-some years later.  So life goes...

justingoblue

May 7th, 2015 at 12:20 AM ^

I haven't really had that experience, but I can't imagine liking being around someone I would consider a bad fan. If he or she is pooping in coolers or writing out STAEE on parked cars, I can't imagine what they're doing come election time or at family holidays.

Gulogulo37

May 7th, 2015 at 12:28 AM ^

I haven't but I had insult to injury added by a hot OSU fan in 2006. I was with my dad at a bar in Ann Arbor watching one of the most epic installments of The Game. Forget which one. A dark table had a bobblehead of Bo with one small candle lit since he had just died a few days before. I wanted that win so badly. During the game, this really hot redhead in an OSU jersey exchanged glances with me a few times. You all know how it ended, and so, immediately after the game ended, I'm standing there in shock and sadness. The girl came up to me as her and her friends passed and said something I don't even remember, and I just stared at her with that shocked face and unable to respond. She walked away and I looked after her but was unable to do anything. If only we had won, or even if I just had 5 minutes to collect myself, it could have been much a better day. C'est la vie.

JOHNNAVARREISMYHERO

May 7th, 2015 at 12:53 AM ^

The minute I hear someone is from either of those schools, I tone them out and they are dead to me.  

 

UMfan21

May 7th, 2015 at 12:53 AM ^

Married to a Sparty.  It's all good.  Friendly banter from her and the family.  We enjoy putting our kids in awkward situation trying to decide whether to cheer for "mommy's team" or "daddy's team", but it's all in fun.

The only time it has caused any waves in the house was the year my youngest was born.  I had DVR'd the UM/MSU game and I was watching it about 20 minute delay and fast forwarding through commercials.  Game ended, MSU won and my father in law called to gloat, ruining the result for me.  I was kind of pissed, but it was a good lesson to never watch that game on delay.

HL2VCTRS

May 7th, 2015 at 1:39 AM ^

Fortunately she's not a huge sports fan so I don't have to hear about it that often. Basically, we are that old ESPN commercial.

LandryHD

May 7th, 2015 at 1:47 AM ^

I slept with a buckeye. Funny thing though we're actually really good friends now, she's about to get married and I got an invitation?



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TruBluMich

May 7th, 2015 at 2:28 AM ^

I had a half night stand with a girl. We were in a bedroom. She's kissing my neck, then goes down and I'm thinking life's great! Then I see the most disgusting thing I have ever seen, tattooed on the back of her neck. In prison script, it was written The Ohio State University. I'm not positive how it ended but I do remember saying, I swear this has never happen before. No magazine, movie or stroking was getting it to stand at attention.