Can't we all just get along? |
Now, we live in Pittsburgh, a town that takes football seriously. But I'm a Browns fan like my dad and brother. My husband cheers for dem Stillers, and in the extended family we have Redskins, Ravens, Packers and Giants fans.
QB Love |
I'm not going to turn sports teams into a source of family dispute.
Now, I'm not saying I'd be thrilled if my kids started cheering for Duke. Sure, basic necessities might be withheld until they regained their senses.
But when it comes to the NFL, I say, cheer for whomever you want. Suffer the heartbreak when your team loses the AFC Championship or revel in the glory when the Super Bowl confetti rains down. Hopefully my kids will share many of my beliefs and values but I'd be fooling myself if I thought we'd agree on everything. Choosing their own team to cheer for is good practice for all of us.
This makes me laugh with the big OSU/Michigan game today. I went to college in Ohio (down the street basically from Ohio State) with a lot of friends from Michigan; I'm sure you can imagine what my Facebook feed looks like today. Since Matt did his Masters at OSU, we always cheer for the scarlet and gray. But he's currently applying to grad school (including Michigan), and I'm a little worried we might have to move into enemy territory. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteAnd to top it off, today the Browns play the Steelers...I'm a Browns fan living in Pittsburgh and my husband cheers for the Steelers! So someone's always sad after days like today... ;)
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