Have you heard stories about couples break up or divorce simply beacuse they root for rival baseball teams?

Question

Like, Husband roots for Yankees and Wife is a die-hard Red sox fan?

Answer 1

i have heard some tiffs have started over that stuff..not a divorce...my wife and i bet on ball games...i pick the teams i think will win because i follow sports..she picks the teams with the neatest uniforms or prettiest colors..damned if she doesnt win some times..

Answer 2

Most of the time they wouldn't get married in the first place if they were such big fans of rival teams that they couldn't get along. I've heard of couples that root for rival teams and enjoy the rivalry in a way that actually makes their marriage stronger.

I think its more common to see divorce because one person (usually the husband) is such a huge fan that they spend all day in front of the TV, and the other person (usually the wife) gets tired of being ignored for a bunch of sports she doesn't like anyway.

I'm reminded of the story my mom has told me way to many times. Apparently, on my parent's honeymoon in San Diego, my Dad's criteria for selecting hotels was

A) do they have color TV.

b) do they get the Dodgers games.

But they're still married 31 years and counting.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

no, but I have heard of it because they were not a baseball fan period

Answer 5

No I have not.  Typically, those people wouldn't likely get married in the first place anyway.

A more typical scenario is that one spouse (usually the husband) is a big sports fan, the wife is a less enthusiastic fan and then she gets interested, albeit at a less frenetic level, in the same teams her husband likes.

Answer 6

Funny thing is, it's more of an opposites attract kind of thing. I haven't heard of divorces, but I've heard of plenty of Yanks-Sox marriages. (Jokingly called "mixed marriages.")

I live in Connecticut now and I know plenty of couples where one person is a Yankees fan and the other is a Red Sox fan. They've said sometimes it gets tense, but it's also an interesting and spiced-up relationship. Most of the couples I know are pretty good with each other. (By the way, I'm talking about serious baseball fans, not causal fans who just ho-hum when their favorite teams play.) Usually, the biggest argument is about which team the kids will root for. The best thing to do, in my opinion, is to let the kids decide for themselves.

I think it might be difficult for me to marry a Sox fan. She'd better be awfully understanding and easy-going in other aspects of our relationship. But if I love her enough, we can get past the baseball acrimony.

Answer 7

You know come baseball and your partner one need find a proper balance in life.It is understand able to love both.Your partner in most cases should come ahead of baseball except in those rare events that you team make to the World Series first time in your life and should make up partner in another way maybe treat to a spa treatment or a shopping spree.

Answer 8

I know someone. The romance didnt prosper at all. The guy..a big fan of Yomiuri Giants. The OTHER guy..a heavy weight fan of Hanshin Tigers.

They stopped seeing each other when Hanshin Tigers won the championships that  year. You know how Japanese are with their ego, pride, and HARAKIRI.

LOL.=P

Answer 9

I actually haven't heard that but I'm sure it has happened before. Good Question. Here's a star.

Answer 10

J Lo and Afleck?

Answer 11

My grandfather was a Yankee Fan from The Bronx, my grandmother a Dodger fan from Queens, and somehow they stayed together for 38 years.  Of course, Brooklyn fans had more sense than Boston fans...