For not calling DH to congratulate him on Arsenal winning the Premiership?

Well, thankfully they didn’t, @northernballer!! 😉😉

To be fair, OP could at least have crocheted him a scale model of the Emirates stadium to make him feel supported.

Good lord. DH and I, in a very casual way, support very different teams in various sports, where success for one is often to the detriment of another. We think we're doing well if we carry off a tactful silence rather than a barely concealed smirk. Neither of us does anything to achieve victory. I've never heard anything like this.

This. What has he personally done to receive congratulations?

Sorry but you’ve married an idiot

I think my very small anecdote has not quite hit the mark with you, has it?

A young guy has the measure of an older guy who is a knobhead, and younger guy thinks older guy's behaviour is typical of twattish Arsenal supporters.

HTH

Did you say to him when you were sitting with him that you were going to text him? That's quite odd and I can see why he would be confused. Anyway anything to cheer him up after such an awful year i guess 😀

Nah - he is happy to support Spurs (not sure why) but even happier to laugh at a saddo Arsenal supporter for being an immature knobhead

Why would you congratulate him? 😂 he had zero part in the win. Jeez I’ve heard it all now.

It’s a bit daft that your husband requires personal congratulations just because he’s a supporter. I’m sure Prince William didn’t expect a congratulations from Kate when Aston Villa won their title.

Well tbf they barely escaped demotion after being completely shit all season which is quite different to actually being good and winning the league. Your son just probably didn't want to be reminded he supports spurs.

I love that. I celebrate all sorts of random crap my partner does and vice versa. Isn't a nice aspect of having a partner having an unconditional cheerleader! My DP congratulates me when I catch something well or make a pun or get a question right on university challenge or make sushi which is nearly as good as you get in the shop. He'd go bloody mental for me if my team won the league (fat chance) cos he knows I would be happy, even though he doesn't care for football (or sushi, or university challenge)

Tonight after Tottenham won I said to my son "I will text you 'well done' on your team winning" - was like "eh? what are you on about?"

So I explained about the thread. He was laughing and said "that sounds so typical of Arsenal supporters, they do nothing but whine about stuff" - so your H has just been laughed at by a 22 year old for his stupidity - please feel free to pass that on to him

Maybe your friends just know you're not that bothered about football or maybe you don't have friends who like football very much. For people who are in to football this is very normal - although I can see it seems odd to others (and objectively is odd!).

Lots of people on this thread who don't understand (or want to pretend to be baffled by) how much football means to some of us.

DHs error was thinking OP would be happy for him. I don't think she's unreasonable not to text him obviously. And he's not unreasonable to hope she would. He shouldn't moan about it though given that she sounds nice generally and his friends texted him.

No one rang to congratulate me when Liverpool won last season! I assume because I am not in the squad. He is being ridiculous and unreasonable

I know. It’s very strange and rather sad. Obviously, no relationship is perfect and people grow apart, but I often wonder how things started with some of the things people say on here. Perhaps it’s that people go into things with the idea that the person will change so much (a rare thing) and then find themselves stuck in their mistake.

I remember my mother always used to quote from an old film, the line from a father to their daughter: ‘But do you like him?’ in response to being told that they were in love and going to marry.

Good advice which I took. Though sadly something my mother seemed to ignore herself on two occasions!

If you, like me, have no interest whatsoever in football - how would you even know?! DP supports Liverpool, I've no idea when they're playing, when they win or lose, when any particular competition is on, none of it. I get my news online, the algorithm knows I'm not interested in seeing sports related anything, so it doesn't show it to me. It's not like I'm watching the 6 o clock news and seeing the sports bit. Not that he'd expect me to congratulate him for something they do anyway...

But also, how on earth do you know when his students pass to congratulate him for that?! That's also a bit weird to me - unless it's in a conversation where he tells you about a pass and you say 'that's nice' or whatever. But even then, congratulations is a bit... off?... somehow. It's the student that earnt the congratulations not him! It's literally the point of his job - no one congratulates me for balancing the budget at month end, that'd be really weird! 😂

Honestly some people on this website talk like they genuinely dislike the person they chose to marry

You have to congratulate him every time one of his students passes a test?!? Surely that’s his job? Needy much?

If he was a proper fan, had a season ticket and went home and away watching his team - I may think about making a comment.

I sent a message to 2 of my mates who are Arsenal fans this week just saying ‘Nice one, made for you mate’ but that’s because they are proper fans.

Your DH sounds like a needy, prat - I hoped you just laughed at him.

My husbanf does.
He would never expect me to express anything in relation to football or sport.

I am but you didn’t congratulate me on the album! Now I’m hurt 😭 I particularly love 2.0, Like Animals and Into the Sun, I expect to be personally congratulated on such great tracks, that I had sod all to do with writing, producing or singing 😂

Jesus. I could not tolerate this level of bullshit

Haven't BTS done well on their world tour!! Are you loving their new album??

He works as a Driving Instructor and every single time he has a student pass I text or call.

Can you explain this please OP?

How are you finding out about this if not just through general conversation when he comes home?

Through social media? I still wouldn’t be going out if my way to call or text about that every time.

What would happen if you didn’t?