True story.
Back in 1989 when Don and I were dating, we were both living in Davis, California, an extraordinarily flat college town where there were far more bicycles than cars. Seriously, everyone rode bikes, and the whole town was designed around that concept, which was actually very cool. (This was back in the 80s. I don't know what it's like these days.)
One day in early February, I rode my bike a few blocks away to where Don was living. The streets were extra quiet because it was Super Bowl Sunday and everyone was inside watching the game.
When I arrived, Don was out on his front lawn, his bike upended in front of him, working on the chain. For some reason, this surprised me.
"Why aren't you inside watching the game?" I asked. "It's Super Bowl Sunday."
"Well..." He shrugged. "I'm just not that into football."
I distinctly remember looking at him and thinking, "Hmmm. This is someone I could get serious about..."
A year later, we were married. The rest is history.
The reason I tell this story is just this morning, Super Bowl Sunday, we woke up and were drinking our morning tea/coffee and reading the news online. I saw something football-related, so I turned to him and asked, "Is today Super Bowl Sunday?"
"No idea," he replied. He checked online and confirmed it was.
Happy sigh. That's one of the reasons we've experienced nearly 35 years of marital bliss so far.
I play in a symphony and we have a concert today, overlapping with the Superbowl (or at least part of it). Kick-off is right in the middle of Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor. I’m guessing attendance won’t be great. But my husband is going to my concert rather than watch the Super Bowl (which, spouses of professional musicians do not attend every performance so I was pretty tickled he’s going! I’m guessing husband attendance will be low for the female musicians today).
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I also are not sports fans and do not watch football. I worked grocery/retail for years and Super Bowl was one of the busiest sales times of the year, so even though I no longer work in grocery, I still dread this time of year and feel for all the store employees who have to deal with the crazy rude customers who wait till the last minute to buy all their unhealthy junk food. But for those who do enjoy non-busy shopping times, the afternoon/evening of Super Bowl Sunday is by far one of the best days of the year to shop, as long as you don't need any junk-food related items.
ReplyDeleteWe went grocery shopping at 6 am today. I gave the cashier my condolences for the crowd to come. She said yesterday they were swamped.
ReplyDeleteNeither of us watched one second of football or wondered what was the score.
ReplyDeleteTo my knowledge, my husband has never watched a Super Bowl game in his life. We also never know when it's Super Bowl Sunday, and we plan to keep it that way. We are not devoted to professional sports in any way, and we don't own a TV, either.
ReplyDeleteTelevised sports put me out like a light.
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