OT: How understanding is your significant other about watching UM games?

You should write to Dear Abby. 

I watch all Michigan games.

I watch football all day most Saturdays. I don’t watch the NFL.

i get to do it, but I get grief. ‘We have to plan our entire social life around your football games.”

I have a dog.  he doesn't care.

Both 40 and she understands that I will watch every Michigan football game.

5th amendment.

Old. Male

All. More than once. Slow motion every play on Sundays. BTN game in 60 minutes on constant replay during the week (Wins only).

I would have never married her if grief was remotely conceivable. She's a former athlete, and carries on more than I do, particularly NCAA basketball.

1. 29 Male

2. Probably 6 or 7 end-to-end (i.e., the ones with a legitimate chance of losing); the others I'll watch if we're free

3. We generally don't have much of an agenda on Sat. afternoons, so very little grief

My left hand is pretty understanding. We take Saturdays off anyway.

I'm 45 and I watch every game. My wife doesn't like sports but she understands my fandom and is very cool about me watching Michigan games and doesn't plan anything for us to do together on fall Saturdays. 

We’re both 35 and we both watch all of them (unless she’s working) together with our 1st grader. The wife is just as much into it as I am and all plans are made with kickoff time in mind. In fact, if there really good games on later (say, Bama/LSU) those are planned around as well.

1. Middle-aged man (50)

2. All of them - unless there is a conflict such as a kid's sporting event then I watch it back on DVR.

3. No. She understands that Michigan football is part of my Saturday routine. We actually plan it out in advance so she knows what time the game is. If there is something more important than I am not an idiot an sacrifice my life but otherwise she knows that for 3.5 hours (4 hours if the game is on Fox) on Saturday is her time do whatever she wants and I watch the game. It actually works out pretty well and she is usually really cool about it.

She’s usually on the couch waiting for the kick with a drink in hand before I am.

She gets excited every year when it’s time to decide which away game we are going to travel to.

Best part? She comes from a family of avid Spartans.  It took a while, but she’s all Maize and Blue now.

1.) Male in 30s

2.) Every game

3.) No grief

When she said she checked the Michigan football schedule prior to scheduling our Fall wedding, it only confirmed my choice. 

Dude, you need to learn to prioritize. Not every game you should or want to watch live. Set the recorder. Watch at night. Not every game is watch live worthy. You need to understand her needs and compromise.