Flipping through one of those teen/fashion/love advice magazines the other day, I came across an article that gave scenarios with options for your man to choose from.
Depending on which he chose, it could tell you what kind of guy he is -- sensitive, athletic, selfish, etc. Clearly articles like this are a bunch of bull and really can't tell you much about anything, but one scenario caught my attention: Would your man choose a date with Jessica Alba or tickets to Game Seven of the World Series with his favorite team playing?
Yeah, Jessica Alba is gorgeous, but if a guy didn't have a chance of getting in bed with her and the night was strictly for a date and a date only, I think most would choose the World Series tickets.
This got me thinking more. Sometimes I feel like I'm invisible when surrounded by guys watching football, and I've noticed on football weekends at Penn State, you rarely see walk of shames like you do on a regular Saturday morning. So, when it comes down to it: would a guy pass on a guaranteed threesome with two girls to go see his favorite team play at the Super Bowl?
Unfortunately, I didn't have the nerve to ask my own boyfriend, in fear of what his answer might do to my ego, or worse, our relationship. Two more things stopped me from asking: A) He loves the Eagles, and quite frankly they aren't getting to a Super Bowl anytime soon, and B) a threesome ain't happening anyway, so why get his hopes up? (Sorry to any guys reading this who now feel deceived by the headline.
As a long-struggling fan of Philadelphia sports teams, I'm afraid he'd find an Eagles Super Bowl game more appealing than a chance with his girlfriend and another girl of his choice (which, just to repeat, is out of the question).
When it comes to football, guys don't seem to allow anything between them and the game. I could be standing in an Eagles jersey, and only an Eagles jersey, holding a six-foot hero (hoagie or sub for all of you non-New Yorkers), and my boyfriend will barely look up from the TV. Even when we do get some alone time, ESPN is on in the background.
Most men seem more intimate with their starting quarterback's touchdown to interception ratio than they do during pillow talk, and most women are probably sick of hearing their guy scream at the television when a play goes wrong. Guys, they can't hear you, so stop, and while you're at it, stop watching the highlights that are replayed 30 times a day. How would you like it if we grabbed the remote out of your hand, flipped to Sex and the City and cried every time we saw Carrie and Aidan break up, even if we've seen the episode 10 times?
As annoying as any habits women may have, absurdly excessive interest in football is up at the top of the list for men. So to Madden, ESPN and the NFL, we'd like our boyfriends back now please -- preferably in time to make reservations for Valentine's Day.
