NASCAR AND FOOTBALL

Who knew? That saying "I DO" 8 years ago meant that I was saying I WILL loyally watch NASCAR and FOOTBALL every Sunday afternoon for the rest of my life. I swear I dont' remember that in the vows!! When mom talked to me about what marriage meant she never stipulated that any of that was in the deal.

I know some wives don't hang out infront of the Television during these seasons but I do. Why, I asked myself today, as I sat there watching The Dover Race and yelling as Jeff Burton made the pass on the number 17 Dewalt Tools Car, am I doing this? I looked around the room to find that my husband had gone upstairs to stare at our fantasy football teams stats on the computer. So there I was literally yelling for this big orange car to win the race. Jeff Burton isn't even my favorite driver, but the TV panned to his wife sitting on top of the pitbox and I saw in her eyes the desire for her husband to succeed and I became a fan at least until the end of the race. I've felt that way many time when my spouse was involved in any type of competition, so instantly I became a fan. Why, I again asked myself am I even on this channel when the NASCAR fan is upstairs?

Why, now that the race is over, am I flipping over to watch the Seahawks and Giants game because I want to see how some of my fantasy players are doing?

Guess it all started when my husband and I got married and moved to a state 14-20 hours away from any of our family and friends and unless we wanted to get into credit card debt from me shopping everytime a sporting event was televised I had to attempt to understand and hopefully one day enjoy sports. Now after eight years and four moves we still don't live close to family and friends and I am still watching NASCAR and playing Fantasy Football.

I don't know if you could say that this is one of my favorite activities, but it is definitely not my least favorite. WHY, Because now that I put pen to ink I realize that for those few hours that we spend watching and talking about these games and races we are away from the normal stresses of life. And although on this day we ended up in different rooms we finally found each other and shared what we had seen, me the race and he the fanatasy football stats (I could see the pain in is eyes when he told me I was going to win and he was going to lose!!)

I wonder if I have lost my indentity, or did I help my relationship with by husband to grow stronger. Is there "any wife" out there who has done something similar or is it just me?