To think that shouting out when football is on tv is just not on?

[TheHouseOnTheLane]

I come from a very un-sporty family....football and all that was never part of my life growing up.

Now DH and I are in his country and his Mother sits yelling at the football ....it's so aggressive sounding!

"RUBBISH! RUBBISH!" over and bloody over!

And more and worse. What's that all about then? I'm just not used to it!

Why is this 'not on'?

I'd love to shout at the telly but the rational part of my brain shouts 'they can't hear you' even louder. :(

Really? This is alien to you?

You don't know many Welsh people do you??

You don't know many Welsh people do you??

Hilarious

Dh and the dses have not let me forget the occasion when I got a bit carried away watching England play rugby, and called Jonny Wilkinson a wanker for missing a crucial kick.

I'm looking forward to the World Cup, but will try to behave myself in a way that would not offend the OP!

It's called getting passionate about something. I can't pretend I have never done it, but I am not a regular. I may shout to cheer our teams on during something like the Olympics. Why on earth not?

My DH is an Arsenal fan. When he is watching a match you would really think it was taking place in our living room with the amount of shrieking, groaning and yelling from him. I don't have to be in the room to know whether Arsenal or the opposing team scored. I can tell just from listening to his reactions.

I wasn't used to this before I met DH and his brother. Let them get on with it. It is comical more than anything else anyway.

Joni well a childhood with people who DO sounds boring to me! My family gets passionate about theatre and music.

Same topsey

Oh the agony and the ecstasy!

I don't think it's about passion exactly- I consider myself a passionate person(!) I don't know what it is. I think it's good stress relief though.

Standard Welsh behaviour watching the rugby:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2NsHTuhPLW4

(Note: this is not my dad. But it could be)

Oh, and if all a football fan shouts is "RUBBISH, RUBBISH", well that is very tame. I have heard much stronger language, that is for sure.

I wasn't brought up in a house where people shouted and swore at the TV. I don't think that means people aren't passionate, just that they aren't passionate about watching other people play particular sports.
Can you not leave the house when football is on and go for a walk or do something in another room OP? If his mum wants to shout at the TV in her own house that's fine but it's a shame if the non-football loving guests don't have an alternative. ? retreat to your bedroom with a book.
If I had guests i wouldn't make them all watch the TV.

Perfectly normal. I do it when watching football, rugby or GAA if my team is playing, and my dad used to get complaints from the neighbours because he gets quite loud when Liverpool are playing.

it may then surprise you that I like the theatre too TheHouseOnTheLane Yes, even plebs who like football can have a half a brain and appreciate the more cerebral activities life has to offer.

my family gets passionate about theatre and music

Weeeeeell, aren't you special then, butty bach.

I get overly animated at the rugby AND I enjoy the Proms. Good for me too, eh?

Sheesh! Wait till tonight and the Rugby. And tomorrow, and Sunday... oh there is days and days of it.

And you probably would not like to sit next to me when I am watching the Eventing.

I went to bed before Question Time started last night as it would have made me too angry to sleep.

I'm going to yell 'rubbish, rubbish' at benedict cumberbatches hamlet.

Or stand up and cheer when Benedick and Beatrice finally get together in Much Ado About Nothing

I suggest you teach your MIL some additional vocabulary to make it more engaging for you as you clearly don't get the concept of removed participation.

"Wanker" has already been suggested - very appropriate for football matches but also applicable just about anytime or anyplace.

"Are you completely blind / stupid / idotic /" is a good general insult too.
"FFS am I the only person in the world who saw that?"

I could go on.... YABVU

TheHouseOnTheLane - You should come round ours for the rugby, as a Welsh girl engaged to an Englishman, you'll never see as much 'passion' (see: swearing and mild xenophobia) as when times like the World Cup or 6 Nations get started. You don't get that level of excitement during one of Chopin's concerto's now, do you .

At the football it is fine. It's not like it is important to be able to hear the commentators. Unfortunately my landlady did this sort of thing with Poldark, haranguing the characters for their bad behaviour. I had to watch it all over again on iplayer.

YANBU

I know football's a big deal to a lot of people but I don't get it, either, and I certainly don't get shouting and yelling and swearing at the TV for an hour and a half several times a week over watching other people playing a game.

Luckily for me DH is even less of a football fan than I am.

I agree with moly - I really don't like football and everything associated with it. Don't need a bunch of loud blokey blokes yelling and swearing in my ear, thank you.

I'm passionate about plenty of things, and am able to enjoy them and discuss them (passionately) without yelling or swearing (or in some extreme cases post-match on the news smashing things up). The people who describe non-football fans as "boring" need to get out more. There's more to life than screaming at a TV screen because a ball didn't get kicked correctly into the net.

My family comes from a country known for other sports (hockey, baseball) but we're not really into those either. Just not sporty people. Lots of people aren't, that doesn't make us aliens.

Actually dh shouts something that really annoys me;

-" who is paying yer," to the ref.

I'm going to shout it at the next concert I go to! - at the triangle player.

My DP does this even when watching a match very late at night. I once came down and shouted at him for waking me up. He said it's "physically impossible not to" . So there you have it, OP. It's not even a choice, apparently.

at being "boring" if you don't like football