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I’m A March Madness Widow
One girlfriend wonders: Is there room for me and college hoops in his life?
by Carrie Melago
Then there are the sports-related text messages. What do they send, anyway: Scores? Stats? An all-thumbs play-by-play? I can’t even imagine what he’s typing, nor do I encourage the behavior by asking.
The scary thing is that basketball isn’t even his favorite sport. Not even close. We have two front pages from the Red Sox World Series victory framed in our living room, and a small painting of Fenway Park in the bedroom. We are proud owners of baseball bobble head dolls and a less popular item called a CelebriDuck in the shape of Nomar Garciaparra. (The Dodger’s first baseman, if you must know.)
Still, there’s a special intensity that surrounds March Madness. It’s not a tournament; it’s a way of life for weeks. And when I gripe, Jon reminds me how much time and energy I waste, say, knitting. Thank God. In March, I have no choice but to become one with my needles.
In fairness, I don’t completely hate basketball. I attended the University of Maryland and catch their games whenever I can. In college, I even once slept out overnight for tickets to their games, and, since then, I’ve filled out a bracket or two, pretty much blindly filling in names. “The University of Minnesota’s mascot is the Golden Gopher,” I’d think to myself. “I like gophers.”
But the concept of watching some obscure team play some other obscure team simply because it’s the Big Dance holds no appeal for me.
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1 Apryl DeLancey // Mar 21, 2008 at 9:17 am
Great points Mark - I second that! Why fight it? I personally love sports so I don’t have the same issues you do with this. I’ve had friends that took time to see what held their man’s attention and became entranced themselves! You should have watched the Xavier v. Georgia game yesterday, talk about passion and storyline - who needs scripted TV dramas!
2 Mark // Mar 21, 2008 at 7:16 am
Here is what you do. Embrace his love of basketball! It is who he is. THis is a prime example of a girl who wants to change a guy into something else. What if you organized a party for him and his buddies to all watch the game together? He would think you are the greatest girlfriend in the world. Maybe he would then be more inclined to celebrate your hobbies that he thinks are ridiculous.
If his basketball obsession is really something you can not tolerate, get a new boyfriend. However, you are missing a chance to be one of those girls that he and his friends think of as the best girlfriend EVER, if you would just make his basketball obsession fun for him. It is only a few weeks a year!