Love vs football

Can your relationship survive the football season? Yes, if you know how to play the right game...
Join in:

The first and possibly the most challenging strategy is to join in your man’s passion , to get involved and enthusiastic. You can’t fake this.
Follow the scandal:

But what if you just can’t appreciate the technical side of the game? There are still aspects of football that can motivate you to stick out the 90 minutes with grace.It’s a star-studded cast for one thing. Hunk – Beckham’s is not the only body that can set your hormones zooming.
Take time out:
If you really, truly, can’t bear to get involved, then the second strategy is to stay strictly uninvolved. Use the fact that your partner is preoccupied and spend some time on your own interests and hobbies. Check the match schedules and then organise a parallel timetable for yourself. So he’s watching the footie almost everyday? That means you can take time out with your friends or enjoy a relaxing time pampering yourself at home.

Trade off:
You’ve probably realised by now that the key to an argument-free football fest is to support your partner - either by joining in enthusiastically, or by letting him do his own thing. But this isn’t — and shouldn’t be — a one-way traffic. Your partner should realise that his devotion to the game is not yours, and that that this is going to impact on your love life. Which means that you can reasonably expect him to be willing to give a little back.
Cash in on the emotion:
There’s one last benefit that you can, if you are both cute and wise, derive from the coming kick-fest . Quite simply, you can use it to strengthen the emotional links between you. Because football can be a highly emotional experience. When his team loses, your partner will be desolate. When they win, he will be euphoric. So seize these opportunities . When he’s miserable, ask him to tell you about it – then listen, sympathetically. When he’s over the moon, ask him to tell you about it – then listen, approvingly. Get him, in short, to open up about his feelings, and take those feelings seriously.
Sulk or swim:
If your partner is a football fan, you have a straight choice. You can see FIFA 2006 as a threat to your relationship — and spend days sulking and rowing. Or, you can see it as a relationship-building opportunity. Guess which will work best in the long term?
The bottomline is that even if football seems like his primary love, your relationship doesn’t need to lose out.

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