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Mr. Jasmine doesn’t just love football, he looooooves it. He would marry it if he could. He loves college football, professional football, football video games, football paraphernalia, football trivia, football message boards, etc. He crushed my dreams of a lovely fall wedding by saying it would be practically blasphemous to have a wedding during football season. “What about our friends with season tickets? And how can we possibly work around the schedules of all the teams? No matter what Saturday we choose, it will inevitably be during a very important game!” Not wanting to deal with a groom who is checking his iPhone during the ceremony for scores, I happily agreed to a spring wedding.
We both went to a football crazy law school, but somehow I never managed to get into the sport. I don’t really understand it and aside from ogling the hot players (why hello there Tom Brady!), it never really holds my attention. I might need to buck up though, since now our entire Saturdays revolve around college football, Sundays around professional football, and Monday nights are professional football again. Any other football widows out there? Any women who love football who can give me some pointers on getting into the game?
I like watching football with my FH it helps me achieve my Sunday nap 
. He likes when I ask questions and sometimes I really get into the game. Although I never understand the flags. Thankfully he only watches Pro Football, but all of our weekends are planned around football. I always eagerly look forward to February.
Hey hey! I’d love to help!
I wouldn’t consider myself a football widow, because I love college football just as much as Mr. Magnolia, but most of the time the NFL completely disinterests me. So Mr. Magnolia spends his Sunday afternoons in front of the tv, and I’m either at the gym, out running, or doing something around the house. So, partial widow…?
My advice would be to pick a team to follow (your law school team would make sense!), and learn about the positions by linking them to an actual player. Most people know what the quarterback, the running back, the wide receiver, and the place kicker do, but what about the tight end? The safety — which is a position but also the name of a method of scoring? The guards?
Second, ask a lot of questions. I’m sure Mr. Jasmine would be more than happy to explain, particularly during what *may* not be a game he has to play super-close attention to!
Finally, a lot of college and professional teams hold sessions of “Football 101 for Women.” I’ve talked to several women who have participated in these types of events, and they always come out raving about them! Why not look into something like this?
Good luck!
P.S. That picture of Tom Brady is H-O-T. Too bad he turned out to be a not-so-good guy…
i hear ya Miss J. - While we lived in PR where american football is not very popular, Fiance hid his true nature, but now that we live in Indiana near all his friends as well as his college team, he has become somewhat of a crazed football fan. He plays in 2 fantasy football leagues and invites people over ALL the time to watch the games (I mean, people invite themselves over all the time to watch games because of our hd plasma!) I could care less about football honestly, but I have learned to live with it as well. sigh.
I love love love college football (Go Utes!) but the NFL wasn’t that interesting to me until my husband convinced me to join his fantasy football league. Now I have a vested interest in almost every game on Sunday and Monday because one of my players is playing. If your fiance is in a fantasy football league, see if you can convince him to let you join next year. Not only will you be more interested in the games, but also it’s loads of fun when you can beat the boys.
Hehe. I’m definitely not a football widow - I love football as much as he does! During football season, we both have already learned to reserve Sundays for football (we actually even moved a vendor appointment because it was during the Pats game). However, one really good reason (not THE reason) that we’re not having a fall wedding is because of the baseball post-season. I am a HUGE Red Sox fan, and if anything, he’s a baseball widow!
P.S. I love that you posted a picture of Tom Brady! Go Pats!
So, my fiance is a football coach (and an ex-player), which means that from August to November I don’t really see him, but when I do see him he’s diagramming plays on his dinner napkin, talking about the Patriots, or his old college team even. I liked football already when I first met him, but I love it even more now that I understand the plays and strategies behind it! I think once you learn a few things past the basics, like maybe take one of those “Football 101″ classes or take the time to watch even one game really closely to learn it on your own, it really helps. Plus, it’s fun to pick particular favorite players and root for them — I personally think Peyton Manning is quite dreamy :). Believe me, you guys who aren’t marrying coaches have it easy — I live with football seven days a week!
My sister’s fiance loves football and she loves entertaining — so they used to invite all their friends over to watch games and she would spend the time playing hostess. I know it sounds so 50s-cliche, but it worked well for them.
When I dated a football lover, I would sit with him and read a magazine. I feel no obligation to like everything my SO likes.
Sorry to comment so much, but I just read kgr’s comment (#5). Def get into fantasy football! It’s a great way to get excited about almost all the games playing. I’m actually in an all girls league this year, and I’m more interested in other games (aside from the Patriots), because I’m rooting for the players on my fantasy team to do well.
Some of the girls in the league aren’t really into football, but are starting to get into it now because of the competition we have between each other!
We decided on our wedding date because it was the end of his team’s football season (he’s a coach). Well, imagine our surprise to find out the playoffs begin ON OUR WEDDING DAY because of a schedule change!!
As if that’s not bad enough, the man can’t get his suit until the 6th (less than a month before the wedding) because he’s got FOOTBALL GAMES!!
At least you’re a football-only widow! I’m a football, basketball, track and volleyball widow. 
We have a group of friends made of football fan husbands and their widows. We plan a couple of parties on the BIG SEC weekends. Everyone brings food and drinks to go with the host family’s main dish (chili at my house). The guys turn on every t.v. in the house, each with a different game. The girls gather in the kitchen or out on the deck if the weather is good. More often than not we end up at a movie or shopping. By the end of the night everyone goes home happy. It has made me look forward to football season.
yes i agree. fantasy is a way to learn and stay interested (esp if you have a competitive streak). it also makes you want to watch the games to see how your “players” did. also, if you FI has a bunch of friends that are also interested, you can organize get togethers - ask them to bring wives/gfs. the girls can gossip and chit chat while the guys watch the games.
It’s funny, because my FI was a football widow, until he joined my fantasy league. He still has no interest in watching the games, but at least now he doesn’t complain when they’re on all day Sunday, since he can check out the stats on his players.
Never really got into college football (it might have something to do with my school not having a team), but I live for fall when the NFL starts.
Just ask him to start explaining some of the plays. Ease your way into it.
I would be a football widow too, but I bit the bullet and decided to just love the NFL as much as he does. Neither of us went to big college football schools (D3 just doesn’t get national time), so Saturdays aren’t a big problem. I like to make an event out of Sunday and Monday football - beer, popcorn, snacks, etc. I try to have magazines on hand, so that if I get bored, I can read them; otherwise, I play with our cats and snuggle up on the couch, happy to get some relax and unwind time!
I am not so much of a football widow, but I am a Halo widow. My husband loves video games ( I do too… but I am more of a Mario Brothers type of girl) and now that the new Halo is out…. oh boy.
heh. i wanted a fall wedding. not only was i forced to plan around the longhorn football schedule (fi has season tickets with his friends), but he also forced me to survey his friends about the away games, to see which one I could choose for my wedding. thankfully it was unanimous, and they all said that they’d show up since it was an untelevised game. oh the things we do.
I have NO interest in football whatsoever. None, zilch, zero, nada. When he watches it, I look in the direction of the tv, but my mind is a million miles away. He LOVES pro football (not college tho, lucky me). You guys make me think that I should attempt to learn something about the game. Well, I DID initially try when we started dating. But really, its just not interesting to me in the slightest so I couldn’t get into it!!! *sigh*
I love love LOVE college football! Go Noles! I grew up cheering for FSU (my family had season tickets), and then went to college there. My fiance, on the other hand, cheers for our arch enemy, UM. During the weekend we play one another, we separate so we don’t make each other angry with our trash talking! Every other Saturday, though, it’s a great time to bond on the couch and watch football all day long. I look forward to football season all year long!
My fiance works for an NFL team, so our lives revolve around football in the fall/winter as well. My dream was to get married at Christmas, but that was not a possibility - what if they make the playoffs? haha I don’t get as in to Pro Football, but I still enjoy watching it.
However — baseball, now that’s another story. My fiance played baseball through college, and he is a fanatic. I can’t stand baseball! So trust me, I can totally relate to catching up on my reading, my napping, my crafting, or whatever, while that sport is on TV! So, I guess I am a baseball widow!
Oh I hear ya miss Jasmine. I’m thanking the football gods for allowing our wedding to occur. Both our teams have a by-week! Now leaving for our honeymoon on a Sunday….we still have to jump that hurdel…
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Mrs. Jasmine, Chicago/LA Age and Occupation: 25, Attorney Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Attorney Engagement Date: March 24, 2007 Wedding Date: June 7, 2008 Blogging Since: September 20, 2007 Venue: Hotel on the westside of Los Angeles About Me: I'm a happy-go-lucky, imaginative spirit trapped in the body of a lawyer. I love reading, shopping, dining out, and exploring my beloved adopted city of Chicago with my fiance. We're planning the wedding of our dreams in my hometown of Los Angeles and we're excited to incorporate our cherished Indian/Pakistani customs and traditions.
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