My wife is a Vol. I have nothing against UT. I enjoy going there for a game every fall, her college friends are awesome, etc.
We were dating when we played UT in the bowl game and that wasn't the best experience. haha.
We've told each other that we need to make a point of not getting too excited and rubbing the other's face in big moments, but i'd be curious to hear from others here that go through similar occurrences during the season.
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OK, I'm beyond an idiot. I signed up for that imgur site or whatever it was, uploaded a picture with the intention of putting it here. All I got was this...where do I find the HTML code?
http://imgur.com/AmHUSgN
Here you go.
Use that link in the TKP image box, then manually type .jpg at the end before inserting it.
Had to find this out the hard way on the Mikes Grill closed thread. Imgur made that process quite a bit harder.
alternatively, you can open the imgur page, right click on the image/gif and click "copy image address" and paste that in the image prompt on TKP.
Thanks, guys! One of my favorite humorous pictures ever, and thought it somehow fit this situation.
both of you make a high stakes bet on your respective team losing. That helps avoid some of the bitterness when you lose. For instance, if VT wins, you owe your wife a dinner at a 5-star place you would otherwise never step foot in. That way she can at least look forward to that while you're enjoying the win.
Dutch Oven as you turn out the lights when you go to bed.
Don't DO IT!
I like how the colors of that appear very maroonish and orange. Ha!
Professional Translation: You need to make sure not to rub it in her face, but she can do whatever the hell she wants. It will happen, and you can't stop it. You can't win and I am glad I am not you this Saturday. <--meant in fun, but also 100% truth. Sorry
Not Sorry
Try not to hold her sins against her, but remember, she had the affliction before you got married.
Edit: Just be glad it's a team VT almost never plays against. Though I'd love to see that change.
Buy a comfy couch before Saturday and give her hell.
...wait
What? It's not like he said piss in her hair products and use her bod washrag to wipe your ass after taking a shit and then drying off with her towel (in hindsight).
Hahaha would that couch happen to be black and of the leather variety?
edit- This GIF worked out better
I keep staring at this waiting for it to start.
Yeah, it takes a little while, but it's worth it.
Oh Snap!!! I did not see that coming!
Indeed, I thought that guy was a doctor? or was it a pizza delivery guy?
he was a plumber
you must deal with the decisions you have made for yourself...at least you didn't marry a Wahoo...that would have been 100000X worse
Or somebody that WORKS for them (I mean, maybe not as worse, but still).
I've got no problem taking a Wahoo's money.
Me neither. But since she's not as much into sports as I am, she quickly forgets where her TRUE allegiances lie.
Wahoos don't generally pretend they have a decent football team, but basketball season could be tough.
http://www.divorcefast.com/
When we win, rub it in! What would you do if your best friend was a UT fan? I'm not married, but I've dated people who supported rival teams before and we always rubbed it in each other's faces and it was no big deal. That being said, girls can be weird, so good luck!
This^^^so much right here (and not insult either).
I wish someone had burned this into my mind a decade ago.
My wife is a BC Alum, so I can at least claim a wee, tiny, little bit of experience here.
We cut a deal with each other, since we met while we were both in college, and we both enforce it in good faith. It has worked out well for us so far (6 seasons and counting), and has created a game-within-the-game for us one day a year, and a relative detente the other 364 days a year.
The deal has three parts:
1 - We root for each other's teams every weekend when we're not playing each other. Not difficult.
2 - When we do play, each person can trash talk and rub it in as much as he or she wants* within reason** on gameday until midnight after the game. After that, you have to wait until next year. You can still talk smack when her friends are around AND they start it, but one-on-one, you're both done. Put your pencils down. Do not pass go. Do not collect $100.
3 - If the loser provokes something between midnight after gameday and the next game (in my case, the next 364 days), then the winner gets to go NUCLEAR all day, and the loser doesn't get to complain.... Don't start no sh*t, there won't be no sh*t. Learned this one the hard way.
This system has worked surprisingly well for us, and it has a fun bit of unpredictability built-in, since noon kick-offs give the victor alllll evening to go get in some good shots, and late games usually mean a blitzkrieg of taunts to get all the good shots in before the clock strikes midnight. This situation will obviously be different for you since you don't play every year, but I'd be interested to hear how you guys deal with it.
*Notable exception for owners of male genitalia:
I think that, in general but obviously not always, this is at least partially true. You have to bear in mind that (at least in my experience) wives are wily masters at the I'm-not-angry-I'm-hurt strategy to in these situations-- and you can't win there. So my advice- if Tech wins, get in a few jabs and make 'em count-- just nothing below the belt, and don't pile on too much. You don't want to count on being able to bust her chops as much as you would your buddies'. You don't share a home with your buddies. Expect disproportionate treatment if you lose.
**Observe Wheaton's law in this, as in all things:
Also, and most importantly, F*CK Matt Ryan.
I bet it's really worked out for you considering we whoop that azz most seasons! And btw, totes saw what you did there.
This plan works a lot better if your wife's team is the one that always loses.
True, and this was big aspect of my plan post Jagodzinski, which made me eat crow in the 2013 & 2014 seasons-- early kickoffs AND upsets. Those were dark, dark days...
Needless to say, negotiate carefully.
I'd keep my mouth shut to ensure that in the future I could in fact get below the belt.
Dude - you can't win the deal you're in. No matter what happens, and how you react, it will be the wrong thing. Sorry bud, just the way it is.
Also, I Thought I'd drop this here rather than start a new thread about good karma for the Bristol game since I did one last week that may have been a little to heavy for some.....
My wife's workplace hired a new maintenance guy about 2 months ago. (We're in New Jersey) I just got to meet him for the first time today. Nice young fellow about 20 years old, whose family moved up from Virginia last year. He saw my VT hat and said 'You went to VT?' I told him i did, and he said 'Well you're gonna find this interesting....my High School track coach in Virginia was the former VT player ___________'
Anyone care to take a guess who it was?
I have no guesses but I want to know the answer
Keion Carpenter. I have no idea but figured I'd throw out a name.
nope, but i love the guess...was one of my faves.....
will start giving hints if no one else starts guessing......
OK...seems pretty slow on here tonight.........Hint #1:
played for VT in the years between 1990 and 1999, and did not play defense.
Bryan Still, Antonio Freeman, Ken Oxendine?
hint #2 - I Still think this guy is one of the best players VT ever had....that hint should make one of your three answers stand out.......
Bryan Still
winner winner chicken dinner........so here's the rub......Bryan still was the MVP of the 1995 sugar bowl against that 'other' UT........see where I'm going here with the karma thing......?
Oh that Sugar Bowl was fun with a capital FU to Texas
So now we need to lay down a brand new FU to this UT.........
Pfft... easy. Here's a simple wager that ensures everyone wins:
If VT wins she has to have sex with you.
If UT wins you break the television.
Works every time
FTFY.
But what, shouldn't she then be obligated to do some sh*t that she normally wouldn't do, or something??
Well, you lost to your wife.
On the bright side, now you'll be able to watch the Hokies in even greater definition on your new television.
My brother married a Wahoo. He is a VT alum. When we cannot avoid being together during a VT-lol game, she totally ignores me, which of course, nearly infuriates me, which of course makes her ignore me even more, which of course...
Thing is, when we win, what does it cost to be gracious in victory? Go in the bathroom or outside to take a leak and HA HA HA to your heart's content. Now if we lose, all bets are off because I've learned the female of our species will totally eviscerate you without any feelings of remorse. Soooo...better hope we win.
That's what it means to be in a true relationship.
I don't see where LOLUVA winning fits into your narrative?
I'm failing to see the issue here?
A week late, but the issue here is the gloat factor. The rub it in, kick sand in the face, crowing like a rooster issue. It is no fun to jeer at a brick wall. I want some irritation, some shame, something...anything!!!! She takes all the fun out of having an lol-er around to kick.
this is absolutely savage
i love it
I should not be laughing at this shit...because it's wrong. But...can't...stop....
Divorce
Now, I'm not married, so this is based solely on my intuition and good sense, but if it was me, I would give her the silent treatment for 24 hours leading up to the game. The only communication would be the occasional menacing glare coupled with a bicep flex. Once the game starts, I'd commence some good-natured ribbing, but not too good-natured. Shooter McGavin is an excellent study for in-game banter. Try and work in phrases like: "oh, you can count, good for you", and "if you lay a finger on me I will burn this house to the ground and piss on the ashes." If we're winning, make copious use of finger pistols. I would also burn a 12-foot effigy of Smokey in the front yard.
F*king savage, bro!
Proceeds to describe normal relationship behavior.
I do pride myself on having an uncanny intuition about such things. It's like a 6th sense
make this bet.....if UT wins, she gets breakfast in bed, or a full day of pampering, or you don't drink and take her on the local winery trail, or whatever she wants as the bet......if you win, you simply want a complete no strings attached free pass the next time you completely fuck up something........trust me you will fuck up something, at the very least in her mind, and most likely in any rational persons mind.
See my problem is that if she wins when UT wins, you're just doubly miserable and vice versa.
Think that's where the comfy couch comes in HANDy (sorry, couldn't help myself)
You and Rosie, huh?
My wife went to Ohio State, so when we were dating in 2014, we used an inside joke ("Oh, you're paying - EXCUSE ME, CAN I HAVE THE LOBSTER?", best not used in an actual restaurant). Loser pays for lobster dinner.
Hokies were up after the third quarter so she doubled down on the bet. I ended up with enough lobster mashed potatoes to feed to my co-workers; mostly Buckeye fans. They really played the long-con well that year.
Last season we were engaged, the bet was again mutual. I paid for a day at a cabin with the dogs.
I figure we're good with the friendly bets for a while, phew. On our bye week I agreed to go with her to Pittsburgh so she could attend her annual Boden sample sale. I figured I'd hang out for a day at the Casino...
In the excitement of the home and home I didn't realize her favorite League of Evil team since childhood was visiting Pittsburgh that day. She's an Irish fan, too...
I made it out of Heinz Field alive with my Frank Beamer jersey, but I'm still not too optimistic about going back (I can't get out of work that day or the next. Plus, Pitt fans are assholes).
We're married now. Haven't made a bet for South Bend yet, but I have a feeling it will have something to do with a visit to Three Floyds.
Woah hold on....
She's An Ohio State fan AND a Notre Dame fan?
And you married her?
He was drunk at the time
...for years
*men in tights gif*
VERY drunk.
Seems Relevant: Fans marry in Battle at Bristol-themed wedding
easy make her go to tech for a second degree
divorce.
That's why I married a Hokie.
Ditto
This is one of the reasons they created hotel rooms.
At least you didn't plan your wedding around the game.
Battle at Bristol Wedding
Drink
Wait so how did this turn out for you?