Post by carriebear822 on Jan 9, 2024 19:22:44 GMT -5
We are season ticket holders for the Rams. My husband has been a fan since childhood and I married into it. We do watch all the other big championship games when they start, but don't follow any other sport.
I/we try not to take it to heart when our team doesn't do well, but I don't get angry because I am not being played the millions they are.
I am a cowboys fan. I a huge fan in that I live in PA and have season tickets (we go to 2-3 games a year depending on schedule - will go more once we are empty nesters). My mood is affected more bc I live in Eagle country and have to listen to their fans squawking when we lose than the actual loss.
I've always loved watching sports live. Whether it's football or hockey or whatever. But I never followed any team through a whole season or went out of my way to watch on tv.
But now I'm a big hockey follower, specifically the MN Wild. Hockey has always been my favorite sport, but now that my son plays and is very into following the team, it became something we can bond over. My husband loves to tell people that I know way more than he does about the team now, because I follow hockey Twitter and all that. But that said, I'm never one to take the losses personally or anything. I'll be bummed for a second and then move on.
We became flex season ticket members for the Wild last year and it lets us go to 3-4 games a year with the kids and it's the best.
I am a sports nut. I shouldn’t be as it’s not great for my mental health. I’ve had success ignoring sports sporadically and then something draws me back in. Football is big with my mom and me and hockey means a lot to me for other personal reasons. It drew me out of a very dark place.
I am a casual hockey fan at best. But when I lost my pregnancy with our son at the tail end of April 2010 (coupled with the same day dx of T1 diabetes for my H), the Flyers began this magical run in the SC playoffs that literally kept me waking up in the morning. They ultimately lost the Cup, but for over a month it kept me engaged and distracted at a time that was otherwise the worst period of my life. I will forever love Danny Briere because of it. No one can tell me sports don't matter.
Something eerily similar happened to us during the 2015 NHL playoffs with the Rangers. It helped us out big time. I’m sorry about your experience.
Post by redheadbaker on Jan 9, 2024 22:23:56 GMT -5
The only sport I follow is my city’s NHL team. It’s a fun diversion. I’m happy when they win, it doesn’t affect my mood when they lose. I wouldn’t miss important family or friend events to watch a game.
H is less interested than I am, but will watch/go to games with me.
We are generally aware of our city’s baseball and basketball teams and their performance during the season. Couldn’t name more than two or three active players on either team, though.
We had to sit on that soaking wet field for graduation and my mom was so mad that I wore sneakers. Sorry ma, I didn't want to slip and fall on my face getting my "diploma."
We had to sit on that soaking wet field for graduation and my mom was so mad that I wore sneakers. Sorry ma, I didn't want to slip and fall on my face getting my "diploma."
We had an overcast, slightly damp graduation. We had a guy from Ireland that no one had heard of as our speaker. He said back in Ireland, this was they called "a gorgeous day."
Post by midwestmama on Jan 10, 2024 8:58:14 GMT -5
DH is a sports nut for the Detroit Lions and when our kids play sports. His mood was impacted when the Detroit Lions lost to the Dallas Cowboys a few weeks ago. (Or, as Detroit Lions fans see it, the officiating robbed them of a win.) His mood is also impacted by game outcomes for our kids' sports. (I would say for both Lions and our kids' sports, it's generally a short-term impact, like 1-2 days.)
My mood is impacted when I watch my kids play sports. I definitely get into the games, and am happy when they win and disappointed when they lose. (And I feel upset when it seems that a bad/unfair call is made against them/their team.)
DH is a sports nut for the Detroit Lions and when our kids play sports. His mood was impacted when the Detroit Lions lost to the Dallas Cowboys a few weeks ago. (Or, as Detroit Lions fans see it, the officiating robbed them of a win.) His mood is also impacted by game outcomes for our kids' sports. (I would say for both Lions and our kids' sports, it's generally a short-term impact, like 1-2 days.)
My mood is impacted when I watch my kids play sports. I definitely get into the games, and am happy when they win and disappointed when they lose. (And I feel upset when it seems that a bad/unfair call is made against them/their team.)
Post by basilosaurus on Jan 10, 2024 9:43:15 GMT -5
For whomever it said it comes across as elitist to look down on sports, just look at the "what don't you understand" thread. Reality tv, TikTok, whatever, there's mild judgment. It's not necessarily a superiority thing.
But this is about not minor interest, yelling at TV in your home at some stupid TV drama, but about how it affects an adult's life to in some cases a pretty extreme degree.
If you want to spend money on games, have your social group based on a team, schedule your time around, fine. I don't get it, never will, but not my life.
But when I have friends who are sports widows, when grown ass adults sulk so much, when it's their entire personality, it's something I cannot understand at all.
I lived in a place where people only wore red, bought red cars, had all red decor, it was insane. And it ripped apart families if someone supported another team. I don't think it's elitist to say there is a real cost to such fanaticism for something ultimately meaningless in comparison.
For whomever it said it comes across as elitist to look down on sports, just look at the "what don't you understand" thread. Reality tv, TikTok, whatever, there's mild judgment. It's not necessarily a superiority thing.
But this is about not minor interest, yelling at TV in your home at some stupid TV drama, but about how it affects an adult's life to in some cases a pretty extreme degree.
If you want to spend money on games, have your social group based on a team, schedule your time around, fine. I don't get it, never will, but not my life.
But when I have friends who are sports widows, when grown ass adults sulk so much, when it's their entire personality, it's something I cannot understand at all.
I lived in a place where people only wore red, bought red cars, had all red decor, it was insane. And it ripped apart families if someone supported another team. I don't think it's elitist to say there is a real cost to such fanaticism for something ultimately meaningless in comparison.
This is such an over-the-top misreading of that post.
We're both definitely sports fans, as is kid #1-we follow some sports more than others but one game or another is frequently on in the background at our house. Teams I'm rooting for losing a game doesn't have a major effect on my life though...my husband used to get pretty grumpy if one of the football teams he's a big fan of lost but as he's gotten older that's gotten a lot better.
(I would say for both Lions and our kids' sports, it's generally a short-term impact, like 1-2 days.)
My mood is impacted when I watch my kids play sports. I definitely get into the games, and am happy when they win and disappointed when they lose. (And I feel upset when it seems that a bad/unfair call is made against them/their team.)
(I would say for both Lions and our kids' sports, it's generally a short-term impact, like 1-2 days.)
My mood is impacted when I watch my kids play sports. I definitely get into the games, and am happy when they win and disappointed when they lose. (And I feel upset when it seems that a bad/unfair call is made against them/their team.)
that’s a lot to put on your kids.
1-2 days bad mood for a fucking game? That's not short term