Married to the enemy
I'm sitting here watching the Alamo Bowl with my wife, who is a State fan. She grew up in the Lansing area and her father is an MSU grad. Every cell in my body wants TT to win, but I cannot openly root for them. Correction, I COULD root for them, but it wouldn't bode well for nocturnal activities. I fully expected TT to have this game well in control by now, but it's not the case. I can't cheer for TT's successes or complain about their failures. Brutal.
Just wondering if anyone out their feels my pain? Misery loves company.
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:19 AM ^
I think you just hate-fuck her with Brandon Carter face paint on regardless of how the game ends.
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:23 AM ^
that there aren't a lot of women gushing over Brandon Carter. I could be wrong though......
January 3rd, 2010 at 3:48 AM ^
I can't imagine "sleeping with the enemy" unless she had one very redeeming quality involving the transportation of a watermelon through a garden hose.....
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:24 PM ^
I doubt any State women would want to sleep with you either, so at least it's mutual disgust.
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:22 PM ^
I know its early but I nominate this for mgoPOTY.
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:26 AM ^
That title isn't quite appropriate, but I'm thinking, there must be a good reason you are in this fix.
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:37 AM ^
As with most women, she is a pretty casual fan. However, her interest peeks in big games, and this qualifies.
And honestly, even though MSU losing amuses me on most occasions, I usually am not invested emotionally, (except when they are playing Michigan of course). However, I would really prefer that MSU ends this season with a losing record.
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:28 AM ^
+1 for the use of "nocturnal activities" in your post
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:32 AM ^
my favorite avatar out there. It is just hypnotizing to me.
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:45 AM ^
...it's worth giving up your soul (and your balls) for?
If "yes", have at it!
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:47 AM ^
tough choice........
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:50 AM ^
Well maybe you'll get to play the nice husband AND watch Sparty lose. Win-win.
Or just be so good at it that she comes to you, even if she's pissed.
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:48 AM ^
You could always tell her you respect her enough to avoid patronizing her by rooting for a team you don't actually like. "Honey, I thought you knew me well enough to be able to understand our differences..."
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:03 AM ^
Well played, sir. Unfortunately, being that clever never seemed to serve me all that well...
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:09 AM ^
Well, as a single 21-year-old, I can't say that it's a proven winner... but the women I've talked to seem to like being respected.
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:26 AM ^
but the most important thing is to feel loved! 3
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:36 AM ^
...couldn't an abusive relationship fall into that category too...?
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:44 AM ^
Obviously trust and mutual respect are crucial to the foundation of any healthy relationship. I just think that if you're going to play a card re: something relatively unimportant, "but I love you" > "out of respect for you".
January 3rd, 2010 at 2:17 AM ^
Damnit MGoJen, I love you but it's not out of respect for you.
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:15 AM ^
Ah, but in this case he'd probably have a pretty hard time explaining how he loves you so much that he just can't help rooting against your team.
January 3rd, 2010 at 8:32 AM ^
This is why girls are crazy--we don't know what we want even in hypothetical situations, haha.
Carry on with the respect card.
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:09 AM ^
Lil bro comes through.
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:13 AM ^
I feel sorry for you. Ive been cheering for TT all night! and it feels good. It felt great to see Dantonio at the end of the game. His face was PRICELESS!
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:16 AM ^
His face changes?
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:09 AM ^
I honestly have never seen his face with expressions or emotions. It doesn't happen.
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:43 AM ^
After the game against us, I think he tried to smile. But his face was so calcified into a frown position that you could only detect the slightest upturn in the corner of his lips, which appeared to cause him great physical discomfort. He quickly relaxed into the frown position.
January 3rd, 2010 at 5:19 PM ^
It's so forced and evil, he looks like a child molester or something.
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:17 AM ^
Having been married 20 years, the old dictum, "If your wife is happy, you're happy" could come into play. While I rooted for TT, all things being equal, in your particular situation, all things weren't equal. You'll have to get back to us on this.
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:19 AM ^
I would say root openly for Texas Tech. If you really need to, you can jerk off after the game and sleep on the couch. Win-Win.
January 3rd, 2010 at 8:52 AM ^
...just hit it and quit it... don't marry it!
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:40 AM ^
You gotta get in that ass, Larry.
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:19 AM ^
How much can you be suffering if she's letting you on MGoBlog during the game...?
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:32 AM ^
happy life. Believe it!
January 3rd, 2010 at 4:22 AM ^
she stayed up the whole drive back from Michigan to Louisiana listening to the game, getting interested because MSU was looking good. i had to explain what SOS meant. then she learned it through experience. it was like a Discovery channel episode or something.
in other news, WJR is able to broadcast all the way down to about an hour north of New Orleans. crazy.
January 3rd, 2010 at 10:59 AM ^
And to think that we have to struggle to find the signal for UM games sometimes. Still can't believe the athletic department let WJR get away.
January 3rd, 2010 at 9:30 AM ^
my little sister. If I did I would have gone to Alabama.
January 3rd, 2010 at 10:00 AM ^
hey will you guys turn down your clay aiken cd? we can hear it in the other threads
k thx
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:32 AM ^
What the heck is clay aiken?
January 4th, 2010 at 12:07 AM ^
if you google... it will come
January 3rd, 2010 at 10:33 AM ^
My Girl Friend and literally her entire family are MSU Alums. I was at her house last night for the game, even though it was hard to see Little brother on the field and michigan sitting at home, I felt compelled to root for the big ten. Besides, the better the big ten does in the bowl games the less Michigan's losses hurt.
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:32 AM ^
How does OSU, Sparty, UW winning make it better for Michigan? I can't root for the Big 10 in bowls. I can't turn it off and on based on the opponent or the calendar. It sucks that UM has gone in the tank the last two years but the Big 10 winning bowl games won't make it easier for me to handle. I also subscribe to the theory that Big 10 teams winning actually hurts us in the long run with recruiting and national perception.
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:38 PM ^
Enemy also = date 1 deal breaker if you're a college football fan.
I'm not sure MSU = enemy, but if so, then date 1 deal breaker applies.