Football in your family.

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Are you or your family into football? Do you go to games? Are you emotionally invested in a club?

DS only recently got into it after the world cup and goes to the nearby games. But he's not upset or angry when the team loses.

I think it's really good if your DS can enjoy football without getting over invested.

When I met my late DH he was a referee in a Welfare League and I used to go along and watch him referee. I watched loads of games as a strictly neutral.
After our DS was born I took him along from when he was months old when I went to games to see his Dad.. Then when his Dad retired from refereeing, when he was about 11, we decided we would support a local lower league team and go along as a family. We became home and away supporters.
We were all extremely invested in the team and after my DH died suddenly my DS and I continued to be loyal supporters.
We used to get very emotional about wins and losses. But we made the mistake of getting too involved in the organisational side of the club and going to games ceased to be a pleasure. So we decide enough was enough.

These days we go along to lots of different matches - various teams, various levels of football, various grounds. And its really enjoyable now our moods don't depend on the success of one particular team.

DS goes to a few games. Enjoys. But never curses, shouts or gets angry if the team loses.

He’s only just started. I’ve supported my team for 40 years. You get invested. I have a derby match today and I will probably shout at the tv

He's big into cricket and when his team loses (which he's emotionally invested into) he's sometime a bit sad but he doesn't get angry and curse.

If he gets emotionally invested in his cricket team then it sounds as though his football interest is light relief!
It is possible to enjoy football objectively OP, just as a game, without being partisan.

Deeply invested sometimes to my own detriment and I’m a woman

I was even up watching the boxing this morning and straight to taking my child to his music lesson at 9am!

I wish I wasn’t a Tom boy as my dad called me but it keeps me passionate and invested in something other than my family and God, I suppose!

Yes, I'm a season ticket holder at a League 2 Club and travel to away games too. My "family" is just me so I come and go as and when I wish. Happy days 🥰

I don't start smashing windows or attacking little old ladies—come to think of it I AM a little old lady 🙄—if we lose. But, it does make for a much better Sunday experience when we win. .... like we did yesterday 💙⚽

#WATAW

I was a season ticket holder at a Scottish premier club since I was 11 until my dad became too frail to go. DH has a season ticket for a different club.
He also coaches DDs team. My DSs aren’t that bothered about it.

It's unusual for him not to even shout when his team is playing (I'm NOT talking about anger).

As he gets older and more into it, his passion may rise.

And that doesn't have to be seen as a problem.

Neither DH or I are really interested. We watched some of the World Cup but that's the extent of it.

There is not one single person in my family or dh’s family who is into football. Only time I’ve ever even watched it is on request of the dc at the very latter end of the World Cup, mostly because they want to tell their friends that they watched it. Dd has to explain what’s happening though because neither of us has any idea.

Yes. We love it in our house. In our 'spare' time my kid plays academy football at a cat 1 so lots of training, travel and games. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Its Rugby in our house rather than football. We have season tickets for our local club, dh takes it far more seriously than I do. In fact if hes watching his national team (hes not British), then he's very tense!

We only tend to watch when its World Cup or Euros but occasionally watch our local team's home games. DS plays football though, so I watch a lot of his games.

My daughter likes playing it but not watching. My dad will watch it but doesn't particularly support anyone. I can't stand it. (Or any sport.)

OH has always been a football supporter and passed that onto our DS, the regularly go to matches (well a few a year as hard to get tickets)

DS2 also suppts a different team but goes to mates with OH

Ds has been to a few more matches since and absolutely loves it. He enjoyed a match his team lost because despite the loss it was a very close fight and it was a fast paced hard hitting match with both teams giving it their all