I have a Football Sunday rule is it wrong?

Question

Before I got married I made my wife understand I have a Football Sunday rule: I watch Football for 12 hours every Sunday no exceptions!!! the rule is no exceptions!!! My family
( mom ,brothers sisters cousins ) know if they are getting married on a Sunday in the fall I will not attend. Birthday I am not comming christing or baptism better be early before the games start. No exceptions means no exceptions ever. Once I make 1 exception I will lose footballl forever and will always have to make exceptions. I am married 7 yrs now we have 3 kids my wife is starting to give me grief over the rule. Is the rule
wrong or should I stand by my beliefs which she agreed to before marriage. I watch kids on Saturday work a 60 hour week Sunday is my only day of rest. I take kids to mass Sunday before games start or Saturday afternoon. Please give me your advice.

Football ends 1st week in Febuary then I have no Sunday rule and spend next 7 months full time with my family.

Answer 1

I think you have a right to enjoy your Sunday football. You are involved with your family so I don't see anything with wrong with taking some time for yourself, besides your wife knew when she met you how much football means to you. Sit back and enjoy the game!

Answer 2

I don't think that it's wrong but you need to make sure that you have given your wife the attention that she needs during week that way she won't crave it while the game is going on. Talk to her and maybe you 2 could compromise a trade like give her a day that she can go and doing something that she enjoys . If the children are old enough find something that they are able to do on Sunday like play a game or rent a movie that they would watch and let them stay home with you while she goes out to a pedicure or massage surprise with something like that every once in awhile and she might not grip about it so much.

Answer 3

Are you 12, NO YOU ARE NOT. Are you married with a family YES YOU ARE! Football is not or should NOT be your top priority, your family should. If you were my husband I'd break the damn TV and thats the gods honest truth. Before my husband and I married every sport he liked (football-nascar and some boxing) was top of his list. He will still on occassion watch Sunday or Monday night football (AFTER our son is in bed) and he doesnt watch Nascar unless its cold or raining outside and we can not do things as a family.

Your rule is childish its time to grow up because before you know it those 3 kids of yours will be gone and all you'll have left to say is "I didnt miss any football" I'd also like to add my husband works 60+ hrs a week (in 4 -5 days) as a business owner and is now traveling 6 hrs to the job site but his family is first not some damn sport on TV

By the way think of it 12 hrs of your lazy a*s sitting on a couch or in a recliner. What are you teaching your kids. If your gone as you claim 60 hrs a week working and spend an entire day putting TV ahead of them?! Theres a differance if its 3-4 hrs but 12? Get real

Answer 4

I admit, the rule thing is a good idea. My boyfriend not only gets Sundays for pro football, but he get's Saturdays for college football too.

However, I have to say that your priorities are a way off. I can say that I would never ask my boyfriend to go shopping with me or mow the lawn during his football games. But if he was that much of a jerk that he would actually miss out on a family member's wedding (mind you, one of the most important days of their life) because he couldn't miss the Cowboys game, I would probably leave him. Not because he wants to watch the game, I don't have a problem finding something else to do. But because his priorities are so skewed that his family actually takes second place to football. Football - are you listening to me?

I understand that she agreed to it before yall got married. But you need to be reasonable. These are athletes whom you don't even know, who could care less about you. Sports are important to men for reasons that women don't really understand because we have different ways that we find outlets for stress. For a married man with three kids, you're acting like my 21 year old boyfriend. Maybe you should grow up a little bit.

Answer 5

I think 12 hours might be pushing the ticket a bit but overall, where's the harm? I have a football Sat rule, if you are stupid enough to schedule an event on a Sat afternoon during Notre Dame football too bad I will catch you next time!

And you have a valid point, everyone deserves their relaxation time, just make sure that 1~~your wife gets equal time for herself, and 2~~you and your wife schedule times for just the two of you so that you don't lose the spark.

Answer 6

Sorry but it sounds pretty selfish to this old guy. Sure there are games that you'd like to see but family should be first before any dam game. I love hockey but if one of my kids or grandkids wanted to do something when a Leaf game was on I'd just watch the sports later to find out how my team made out. This RULE of yours might have been fine when you were single but now others are dependent on you and as such you should, in my opinion anyway, put your priorities in line and change them if necessary. You are setting an example to your three kids also and it may not be the healthiest example. Best of luck in deciding what you think is the correct thing to do.

Answer 7

I think the "no exceptions" thing is over the top. We have "football Sunday" in my house, too- but family trumps football. If there is a christening or a wedding, we go.

I understand that you need your time to relax, but you're basically putting leisure time over your wife and children. You are supposed to put them first, above all other things. If that means DVR'ing a football game to watch later, then so be it.

Someday, you may really need the love and support of your family. Will the Packers love you back, and give you all that you have given them? Or will your loved ones? Think about it.

Answer 8

I think it's great. You clearly communicated what you need and it's a reasonable request. I mean, there are those occasions (sickness etc) where you should be putting your priority on something else, but other than that, you have the right to enjoy your football Sunday. My ex husband was the same way, so we made it a "pizza Sunday." I would leave the house in the morning, his friends would come over, order pizza, yell and drink as much as they wanted---it was his day "off" from wifey and house rules--but by the time I came home and the games were over, the home would go back to the same condition I left it in :) It worked out fine for both of us.

Answer 9

I know what you mean, I'm a huge football fan too and I don't do nothing on Sundays. Yes I'am a girl and I love football. My family knows that when football season starts I pretty much stay home and watch football.. I do cleaning while I'm watching it, but I understand where your coming from. I also watch LOST and Nobody better call me, come over or even talk to me.

I bet your wife has rules too!!! You need to let her know that this is your thing. She has things too and you respect them and her, but she should be happy your watching the game at home then out with your buddies at a bar.

Answer 10

First off I'm going to say that I didn't read you're whole paragraph here. But from what I did read, I'm thinking that you watch football every sunday, and your girl doesn't like it? and you told her before you two got married that you have a rule? Well, she's gonna have to deal with it! You just want this one thing every sunday, that ends in February. I'm sure she'll wanna shop all the time and you don't want her to do that. Just ask her to understand it.