Monday, February 8, 2010

The Who What Now?

Apparently somebody won the Super Bowl yesterday. Uh...woo? Or not woo. Whichever way you feel I'm on your side. I mean, why not? I couldn't care less and here's the thing-I don't have to. Hubby has absolutely zero interest in sports of any kind including but not limited to football. I learned more about sports in 9th grade gym than Hubby has ever bothered to learn in his entire life-if it were possible to have negative interest in it he would-so I am never subjected to sports fanaticism, and for that I am truly grateful.

BoldActually, I have never been forced to "watch the game". I think the closest anyone in my family ever got to a sports team was when my sister played in the high school marching band. We're not against physical activity (not that there is really any activity involved in watching someone else play sports), and it's not like we don't have interests. My dad is fanatical about World War II planes. He watches History Channel like a fiend. My step mom is really into ancient Egypt and could literally bury you alive in the books she has about Pharaohs and mummies and stuff. Hubby loves LOVES cars and drawing (and drawing cars) and his sketch pad is never far away from him. Hubby and I both are into politics-we discuss political history, law, and current affairs on an almost daily basis. As for my own personal obsession, I'm a word nerd. I am interested in everything from classic lit to research papers to Scrabble, and I consider Googling to be a past time. We understand getting excited.

We just don't understand getting excited about sports.

We have gained a fanatic in my brother in law. He is genuinely interested in sports-and considering that he is 6'7 and has been playing sports since he was a kid there's really little doubt as to why. He watches and actively cares about every sport on the planet all the way down to ping pong, which I wasn't even aware counted as a sport. Naturally, my sister now does a lot of sitting and nodding. Sometimes she'll call and will tell me about it and I'll be honest-I get bored just hearing about other people watching sports...that's why Hubby's lack of sports team loyalty is just one of the million things I love about him.

I am thinking a lot about love lately, what with Valentine's Day coming up on Sunday, so I've decided that this week I am going to blog something on the topic of love every day. Today it's all about my love for my husband's NON love of sports.

Ours is a match made in nerd heaven.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

I like you am NOT a sports fanatic period. I did however watcht he game yesterday simply cause I felt the Saints were gonna win and who doesn't love a Cinderella story.

Melissa aka Equidae said...

lol i love soccer but aint a fanatic and we love the outdoors both of us...hubby not really into sports either but drawing and me reading....we would be a good match to meet if we lived near hahaha

Bossy Betty said...

I married the same kind of guy. I'm not sure what I'd do with a sports fanatic.

Heather said...

I'm with you. One of the awesome things about my geek hubby is that lack of interest in sports! Yah for no sports!

Tiffany said...

Aww, so sweet! I loved reading this post! I am married to an avid NY Giants Football fan, but I have grown to love the sport, too. {wink} God was so good when he paired us up with our hubbys wasn't He? {grin}