Barak Obama says the key to a Happy marriage is Sportscenter

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I don’t happen to be a SportsCenter guy. But I get the President’s point. (on a completely unrelated note — I don’t remember EVER in my life, the media being so pro-President-marriage. It seems there is always something about the Obama’s in the media – anyone else notice this?)

I have brainwashed my beautiful wife™ to listen to the radio like I do. Since I was on the air for 13 years, I have a peculiar way of listening. I turn DOWN the music. I turn UP the talking. Now, she actaully stops talking when someone starts talking on the air. Then we talk about either what was said, or how it could have been done better. She knows its part of who I am, and she now relates to me, by being interested in it with me.

You don’t have to be all up-in-his-business in everything he does. But, does he have a favorite video game? Get to know it well enough to play it. A favorite Football team? Get to know the game so you can enjoy it with him. Not all the time. Then it would just feel like you are hovering because you are paranoid or something!

If you don’t get to know the things he enjoys – you are missing out on a significant part of your husband.

I’m just sayin.

Think about this:

*Is there something that your husband enjoys that you have no clue about?

*What would it hurt you to learn a little about it so you could at least have a decent conversation with him about it?

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Alisa Bowman

A little understanding can go a long way with so many marital issues. When I met my husband, one of the things I liked about him (there were many others, of course) was that he didn't watch "sports," which I'd defined as football and baseball. Later, once we lived in the same house, I realized that he might not watch football, basketball or baseball, but he religiously watched car racing, cycling, motorcycle racing, dirt bike racing, snowboarding, X sports, etc. etc etc. It seemed as if there was ALWAYS something that he was watching. At first, this really bothered me. Eventually, though, I came around (I didn't have much choice. I was either be a sports widow and be a sports fan.) He explained some of his fascination to me. Now I understand most of these sports (except for car racing), and I will watch them with him (if I'm not doing something else). I'm no longer threatened by it. But I have to say, I have a hard time thinking that this would work in reverse. There are shows that I only watch when he's not around because I know he would just die if he had to sit in the same room with me. Art films come to mind. So it goes both ways, I suppose.

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