How to Convince Your Spouse to Let You Watch More Sports
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Loading... - Amina Bakar
- 04 Oct 2022
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If you’re married to someone who doesn’t enjoy sports, it can drive a huge wedge between you and your love of the game. But if you’re smart about it, there are ways to convince your spouse to let you spend more time watching sports. It’s all in the approach!
Getting to the Root of the Issue
Before we dig into some different ways to convince your spouse to let you watch more sports, it’s important that we dig down to the root of the issue. Because if you think watching sports is the issue, you’re misinformed and need a bit of perspective on the issue.
The reality is that your spouse probably doesn’t care if you like watching sports. (Just like you don’t care if they enjoy doing underwater basket weaving or watching cat videos on YouTube.) The real issue is that they see it as something standing in the way of your relationship with them.
Watching a football game on Sunday afternoon isn’t the problem – the problem is that your spouse wants to spend time with you and the game stands in the way. When you understand this, you can make a lot more sense out of the tension.
The key to addressing this tension in a way that makes both of you happy is to make sports something that you enjoy experiencing together. In other words, you need to make the entire experience more enjoyable.
4 Ways to Make Sports More Fun
You have to remember that your definition of fun is probably different than your spouse’s definition. So while you might be totally satisfied laying on the sofa with a cold beer in one hand and a remote in the other, your spouse might find this totally unappealing.
Your spouse might need a little bit more action – and that’s fine! You have to recognize this and adapt accordingly. Read More…
