tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post6539097573705994499..comments2024-02-02T23:18:20.621-05:00Comments on Baby Bangs: Fantasy LandAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16777762608528843328noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-86958818192219131932007-08-30T16:10:00.000-04:002007-08-30T16:10:00.000-04:00Amanda, If it makes you fell any better My husband...Amanda, <BR/>If it makes you fell any better My husband is in 2 Fantasy Football leagues because you know 1 is not enough. The blessing is that we don't have children yet because if we did i might cry myself to sleep having to hear about what wide receiver is going to get the most points. You know i used to enjoy watching footbal until i got married and this little thing called Fantasy Football came into my life.Crista Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16019192599709664519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-57309403574156759932007-08-24T14:45:00.000-04:002007-08-24T14:45:00.000-04:00Oh my..can I relate. My husband left me sick lyin...Oh my..can I relate. My husband left me sick lying in the bed (pregnant and heaving) because he had to run an important business errand. He returned with a little boy smile..and his new T-shirt proclaiming himself as defending champ of his fantasy league. He has been trying it on for three days laughing at the reaction he'll get. Lord help me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-72899860480515856032007-08-24T12:12:00.000-04:002007-08-24T12:12:00.000-04:00My husband just watches football on tv (among othe...My husband just watches football on tv (among other sports). It gives me a chance to read (if the kids are asleep). He loves to tell everyone that our daughter was born before Monday Night Football and they watched it together (he even remembers what teams played).<BR/>yeah!! on the clean house! I always feel like I've really accomplished a great feat when my house is clean...for the 5-15 minutes that lasts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-84803628867371937662007-08-22T19:31:00.000-04:002007-08-22T19:31:00.000-04:00The comment from Patty made me think of a funny st...The comment from Patty made me think of a funny story at our house. My husband is a HUGE baseball fan, but could care less about football, so we hardly ever watch it (except for the Super Bowl). There are times I think back to the good times I had watching football with my dad on Sundays...Anyway...My daughter has become a huge football fan (because of her boyfriend) and last year she and I were watching a football game together in the living room. When I walked into the kitchen, my husband was standing there watching a cooking show!! I said, "What is wrong with this picture!" I guess we have a strange family. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-77190295297596519622007-08-22T18:01:00.000-04:002007-08-22T18:01:00.000-04:00I just have to tell you- I've won the championship...I just have to tell you- I've won the championship! I would hide the magazines from my husband so I could study the player's stats for draft day. <BR/><BR/>And now, we do it as a family. It is a great math lesson :)<BR/><BR/>Maybe my husband could be a football widower.Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05285402829344255910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-51680554933914908622007-08-22T15:28:00.000-04:002007-08-22T15:28:00.000-04:00I laughed my head off with this post!! I am a spo...I laughed my head off with this post!! I am a sports fan, well I really love football and college football is my favorite. I knew as I was reading your post what you were going to say at the end. It's that time of year!! LOL!!<BR/><BR/>I watched this show on Food network (can't remember the name) and it had 4 wives from Chicago and they were being sent to this college to a cooking class to learn how to cook tailgating food for their husbands who are avid fans of da Bears!! They disliked football but they wanted to be involved in some way with football and it was great! I was thrown at the end when he had them grill pineapple with a special glaze and topped with nuts and coconut. This didn't seem like a dish their husbands would like. One of the wives said they got married in Vegas and her husband asked if he could wear his Bears tie and he did and then he made her put on a Bears jersey along with him and everywhere they went he took pictures of them in their jerseys. Is that crazy or what?! I agree with your prayer at the end. :o)Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07887882490817883199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-18383746482706891562007-08-22T14:30:00.000-04:002007-08-22T14:30:00.000-04:00Preface:Amanda, I loved your story. Janelle direc...Preface:<BR/>Amanda, I loved your story. Janelle directed me to read your post…she definitely feels your pain. <BR/><BR/>After reading the other comments of the “football widows”, I thought maybe I would respond not just to your story, but to perhaps share some insight from the biggest fantasy football nerd to ever play the game, to those wives and mothers who can’t understand their “boy’s” consuming need for sport. Since I’m not part of the “bloging world”, I hope I’m following all the right etiquette for posting.<BR/><BR/>My Thoughts:<BR/>As Commissioner of The Armchair Fantasy Football League, in which your husband "Ghostrider" is the defending champ, it makes me proud to see the mangers of my league taking such pride in their pre-draft preparations. <BR/><BR/>It is no doubt that Curtis was able to bring home last year's title because of the understanding and support he got at home last season, just as I did the year before (insert sarcasm).<BR/><BR/>We (men) may not spend endless hours detailing the nuances of our day to have strangers to tell us what they feel about our stories (you blogers are a special breed; my wife especially). <BR/><BR/>Fantasy football gives us (men) a fleeting chance each year to satisfy our need for competition and strategy, our need to fight and conquer, and our need to win and just be men in the company of other men, whether in person or across town, without our man spirit demoralized by pink fluffy stuff (I love my Ella, but I feel like I live in a cotton-candy land).<BR/><BR/>We get to go head-to-head each week against our friends and take every opportunity to make disparaging remarks concerning their matriarchal lineage and their inabilities to defeat you, and no one gets their feelings hurt. We test ourselves to see if we are smarter than the “experts” at Yahoo, Sports Illustrated, and ESPN, buy benching a starter in favor of a waiver-wire-wanna-be, just to because he is playing Cleveland. We test our, albeit trivial, knowledge to see if the wide receiver we took in the 11th round will have a break-out season, and you are the only one who predicted it (Vincent Jackson WR-SD). And to see if this is the year Julius Jones (RB-DAL) finally becomes the featured back he showed flashes of his rookie year, now that Bill Parcels is gone. <BR/><BR/>We connect in a world, call it fantasy if you will, where we can talk for hours to each other about a subject that the mere mention of in front of our wives, mothers, sisters, daughters, aunts, or female friends and cousins, is sure to grant a deep sigh followed by a prolonged rolling of the eyes. Probably much the same as my reaction to the click, click, clicking, I hear whilst I'm trying to watch a movie with my wife and she’s posting a comment on MommyBloggersUnite...I digress.<BR/><BR/>Ultimately, while watching football, basketball, baseball, (and golf when desperate), we men can sit in a room and hurl insults and sarcasm at each other all day. But thru the course of a game in those moments of victory or defeat, whether in the same room or across the world we can share a myriad of common feelings and thoughts that bond us without even saying a word. Just knowing that every Thanksgiving, my father, whom we seldom see on holidays, is watching the Cowboys just as I am, and without even talking, we are sharing the same experience miles away. And that ladies is real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-76785851462510165162007-08-22T14:02:00.000-04:002007-08-22T14:02:00.000-04:00I died laughing - I'm about to pop with baby #3 an...I died laughing - I'm about to pop with baby #3 any day now and my sweet husband informed me 2 days ago that one of his Fantasy Football drafts is this Thursday night after our community group meeting...at 9:30...and they are having a party while they draft at a friends house. Leaving me with 2 overly tired kids to put to bed by overly tired, emotional and HUGE self! Then his 2nd team draft is 3 days before my due date...same thing - at a party at a friend's house! Ha! I love him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-84954252495882903542007-08-22T14:00:00.000-04:002007-08-22T14:00:00.000-04:00Thanks for the prayer! I echo it to you~ my DH is...Thanks for the prayer! I echo it to you~ my DH is in 3 leagues. I love football but hate this time of year!BigMommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15249359482858794195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-16283050860198255282007-08-22T13:44:00.000-04:002007-08-22T13:44:00.000-04:00That is hillarious! I think I would have handed hi...That is hillarious! <BR/>I think I would have handed him the windex bottle and paper towel with a loud - humpf!!<BR/>Love that your house has been clean you should see my playroom. We have a big tent up with pillows and sheets everywhere. I just turn my face as I walk on by. At least the rest of the house looks OK - sort of haha!<BR/>Blessings,<BR/>Kimconnorcolesmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884632453329830736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-21053990334507559452007-08-22T13:09:00.000-04:002007-08-22T13:09:00.000-04:00Lord have mercy on your soul. Thankfully my hubby...Lord have mercy on your soul. Thankfully my hubby could care less about the fantasy stuff, but the real deal is where our problems arise. Bless you Amanda...you are in my thoughts and prayers!Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774514715558934425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-75736105470636430882007-08-22T12:41:00.000-04:002007-08-22T12:41:00.000-04:00Amen, indeed! How do husbands have the ability to ...Amen, indeed! How do husbands have the ability to make you giggle and glare at the same time? An amazing talent. Let the fantasty football games begin :)Lois E. Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510646495606043661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-50359079544473483642007-08-22T12:38:00.000-04:002007-08-22T12:38:00.000-04:00Amen and Amen.Sarah, TNAmen and Amen.<BR/><BR/>Sarah, TNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-14998111700729976802007-08-22T12:14:00.000-04:002007-08-22T12:14:00.000-04:00oh Amen sister Amen.....oh Amen sister Amen.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-2253916774109702082007-08-22T11:50:00.001-04:002007-08-22T11:50:00.001-04:00I feel you on that one!I feel you on that one!ocean mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08420605508420197677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-62613517478861872932007-08-22T11:50:00.000-04:002007-08-22T11:50:00.000-04:00Oh, the joy of a clean house. There are very few ...Oh, the joy of a clean house. There are very few things that make me feel as good about myself. <BR/><BR/>I'd love to get into FF but it is pretty time consuming, from what I've observed. Maybe next year. <BR/><BR/>Way to go just sucking it up and wiping down that table yourself. It was the right thing to do.<BR/><BR/>So you're a FF widow now. At least it isn't video games. (Ugh - I can't stand when grown men are obsessed with video games and play with their friends all the time.) Or worse, like my dad, GOLF.kittyhoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03413419370677881366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-91491960497808217592007-08-22T11:35:00.000-04:002007-08-22T11:35:00.000-04:00How hilarious! My husband and I had "intense commu...How hilarious! My husband and I had "intense communication" concerning this very topic on the way home from work yesterday. His group of fantasy buddies planned to have their "draft" on Labor Day. My very strong opionion is that Holidays are for family. All of these guys have family...am I the only wife that thinks another day would be appropriate? Anyhow, we got over it and he is going to the draft on Labor Day. I asked that he make a strong suggestion that they pick another day next year.Living to Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13549584038649197671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-14854596664428889122007-08-22T11:15:00.000-04:002007-08-22T11:15:00.000-04:00amen. i'm not even married, but watching my brothe...amen. i'm not even married, but watching my brother and his friends go through that year after year is just hilarious. and i love how they talk it up until they lose and then it's all about "well next year when i 'blahblahblah'"<BR/><BR/>but i guess they have their fantasy games, and we have siesta land :)AbbyLanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854647701438133179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-52757486441399008202007-08-22T09:33:00.000-04:002007-08-22T09:33:00.000-04:00My hubby has been in a FF league for 9 years... Of...My hubby has been in a FF league for 9 years... Of those 9 he has won the "Super Bowl" 4 times, which he never lets anyone forget. We moved to another state, and this year his league made a rule that everyone has to be present for the FF draft (last year he was on the phone for about 4 hours). So, I told him maybe that was a sign that it is time for him to give up the league... Oh no, he used up his Credit Card points to buy a one day airplane ticket to Florida so he can attend the draft.<BR/><BR/> That's my hubby, and after 13 years together that is one thing I love about him (sometimes :)Toknowhimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430244538735098103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-54545580145896945192007-08-22T09:25:00.000-04:002007-08-22T09:25:00.000-04:00Thanks for the great laugh this morning! I have s...Thanks for the great laugh this morning! I have sadly lost my husband to FF too! I also have three sons and they have spent hours of time planning this season. I don't understand it...but I guess they don't understand why I have to have the same pair of shoes in different colors! :o)Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393455846126396424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-33168756252164242892007-08-22T09:13:00.000-04:002007-08-22T09:13:00.000-04:00ah the fantasy obsession! Did he mention how much ...ah the fantasy obsession! Did he mention how much money it costs? hehe. Boys and their toysThe Schmidt Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03717278952518679308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-76620095751699998202007-08-22T09:11:00.000-04:002007-08-22T09:11:00.000-04:00Girl take a deeeep breath.And then run for your pr...Girl take a deeeep breath.<BR/>And then run for your prayer closet before you open your mouth.<BR/>Just think you cleaned off the table for Jesus--yes--for Jesus.<BR/>Heaven help us!<BR/>Mine in not into the football but hunting. And heaven help us that will be starting soon.Sharon Brumfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662853880018410132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-28852595611445164812007-08-22T09:02:00.000-04:002007-08-22T09:02:00.000-04:00Ah! I have the exact same experience, except the ...Ah! I have the exact same experience, except the chore is washing the dishes, and the distraction is the Xbox! <BR/>Oh, Xbox, you bain of my existence.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01435035805263444962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-43023111423036018242007-08-22T07:36:00.000-04:002007-08-22T07:36:00.000-04:00Yes...here we go....boys will be boys...some thing...Yes...here we go....boys will be boys...some things never change.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463139671535000329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24028336.post-29072991902264920612007-08-22T07:20:00.000-04:002007-08-22T07:20:00.000-04:00Hopefully your hubby will only do football. Mine t...Hopefully your hubby will only do football. Mine this year got invited to do fantasy baseball of which he knows little about and now with the upcoming of football he is doing fantasy football and college pickem. I tried to join the pickem, because we all know college football rules, but dear hubby said no because men don't want to be beaten by a girl. Oh well so much for husband/wife bonding. At least he has a laptop and can be in the same room with us.<BR/><BR/>Funny side note - when the fantasy baseball draft was suppose to happen my hubby forgot. We had gone to a restaurant to have dinner and ran into a wife of another fantasy baseballer and asked where her hubby was. She said he was home getting ready for the draft. Needless to say we had to leave the restaurant so he could go home and draft. I had to cook dinner.Donna Dearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407639672082310701noreply@blogger.com