What do you do during football season?

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I didn’t come from a football supporting family.

Thinking about it my parents didn’t really watch tele and that was expected the same for us kids.

My partner has just moved in and all he seems to do is watch football. Doesn’t matter what game he wants to watch it, plus match of the day, plus anything on sky sports.

I know I could still be pottering around - I’m not sure what I used to do in the evenings but the tv was rarely on. He’s suggested that if I want to watch something he doesn’t mind wanting something on his phone.

It’s a small house, and him in the lounge (I could sit with him, he doesn’t make me sit in silence or whatever).

I know there’s hundreds if not thousands of other women like this. What do you do?

you said in the OP that you don't know what you used to do but later you said I don’t like wasting my evenings so... you don't seem to have any fixed plans what to do just that you don't like football.

Which is entirely reasonable (i love football, we watch a lot together, separately and so on). Seems like it's your partner's default "no plans" option so why not try to get him involved in a hobby? jigsaws? building big Lego sets? DIY? stamp collecting? or find something else to watch that you'd both like.

It does seem rude, though, moving in together then carrying on as though you're single.

My DH will watch his team and will only watch other matches if I'm busy or out.
That's the compromise. It's not fair to have football on constantly. I really hate the sound of the crowd/cheering too......

Although our DS is starting to get into football and wants it on all the time so another compromise is to let him watch the first half - unless it's their team.

I go to the footie , which reminds me ….. we're at home tonight . YAAAY

If footballs being played it on here. And darts and snooker. I love it

Surely you just do whatever you used to do before he moved in? Which includes, if he used to miss televised random matches to go out with you, you tell him you still expect that.

I couldn't be doing with that either. DH likes football and supports a specific team. He'll watch games if they're playing and it's a free to air channel - we don't subscribe to Sky Sports or BT Sport or anything like that.

My neighbours have a big flat screen telly directly opposite their window on the wall so you can see it as I pull onto the drive. Whatever time I come home, any time of day or night when they're home, there's football on the telly.

Anything that has DH’s team playing and it’s on TV, that’s ringfenced and I don’t interfere with his desire to watch it, I’ll either join him or go off and do my own thing (MN, have a bath, read, do my share of the house jobs, etc). It’s like the respect he shows to my preferences (like how I won’t miss Bake Off if it’s on etc)

Any football not featuring his team - we decide whether to watch it together, like we would anything. “Babe, do you fancy Masterchef/University Challenge/Chelsea v Arsenal tonight?’ ‘Actually babe would you mind if we gave it a miss and watched that movie we were going to?’ ‘Oh of course, nice idea’

It helps I like football so if it’s on I might say ‘yeah, let’s watch it’ but that’s be more in the absence of anything else.

Similar to previous posters, if it's dh team or international team then he gets to watch no questions asked but that's it. We have plenty of things we both enjoy watching that we watch together. Sit down and have a conversation about it and compromise

Turn it off and watch a real sport, rugby

As long as it’s rugby league, not sure union counts as a “real sport”...?