Steel City Derby or Family Meal?

[axel smeets]

Dump her like radioactive waste.

 

[YES Blade]

Long time reader of these forums, first time poster looking for people's opinions...

With the game at the rust bucket having been moved to the Sunday for TV coverage, it now clashes with my wife's grandmas birthday meal. I did tell her (when fixtures originally came out) that if it was moved to the same time as the meal, I would be watching the match and not going to the restaurant. Now she has thrown a hissy fit (and hasn't spoke to me since the announcement of sky fixtures!) In her words, 'it's just a game and they will play Sheff Weds again in the future.'

My question is, what would you guys do/choose in this situation?

Side notes: meal is exactly same time as the match and football won't be shown at the restaurant.
I would be watching on TV rather than going to the match (their ticket prices are extortionate)

You've told her that you are going to watch the match and not go to the meal, so stick to your guns and watch the match.

If you give it this time, she will expect you to give in the next time you're in a similar situation. The next thing it'll be giving up your season ticket, going to the pub with your mates etc etc.

Set your stall out early with women and don't give in the childish bollocks like hissy fits and silent treatment.

A bloke I worked with when I was 18 told me to start as you mean to go on with women, it was the best piece of advice I've ever been given.

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

Selfish cow.

Just tell yes there will be other games of football but you've also got other Grandparents.

Failing that, buy her a ticket to Switzerland for her birthday...

 

[Tom Traubert]

got a similar problem pal,looking forward to watching the lads when the barstewards at sky switched to sunday ,i will be on way to airport at bang on time of kick off.will try to set off early but all depends on work.one really pissed off blade.

 

[SK10Blade]

She'll have another birthday as well. Won't be playing pigs for a while, they are not going up.

 

[BiggerBladeThanThou]

Keep the decision outstanding and enjoy the peace and quiet. Then say you're watching the match the day before.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

And you now live in a gay commune of silent order Monks?

 

[theldt07]

Thanks for all the replies so far. Some great and some hilarious suggestions! Got a few weeks to think it over, keep the decision open for a while yet and see how things play out.

For those who have suggested watching on mobile phone- I have access to sky go but is t acceptable to watch at the table in a restaurant during the meal?

 

[Danny_Boy]

Do you refer to her as your current wife, just to keep her on her toes?

Nope we have a very happy relationship, I understand she has her hobbies and I have mine and neither of us would force each other to do something we didn't want to do.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Just smack her.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Nope we have a very happy relationship, I understand she has her hobbies and I have mine and neither of us would force each other to do something we didn't want to do.

Oh you should really! No you should! That's where the excitement kicks in!

 

[Brian Blessed]

Long time reader of these forums, first time poster looking for people's opinions...

With the game at the rust bucket having been moved to the Sunday for TV coverage, it now clashes with my wife's grandmas birthday meal. I did tell her (when fixtures originally came out) that if it was moved to the same time as the meal, I would be watching the match and not going to the restaurant. Now she has thrown a hissy fit (and hasn't spoke to me since the announcement of sky fixtures!) In her words, 'it's just a game and they will play Sheff Weds again in the future.)

"Wife's grandma's birthday meal"? Seriously?

Fucking hell get a grip mate, I'd miss my wife's birthday meal to go to the match.

 

[Kenilworth]

"Wife's grandma's birthday meal"? Seriously?

Fucking hell get a grip mate, I'd miss my wife's birthday meal to go to the match.

Is this the real Brian?

I SAID, "IS THIS THE REAL BRIAN?"

 

[ourbob]

Set rats free in the restaurant on the Thursday.......sorted.

 

[WhiteHawk]

It's my sisters birthday on derby day. I'll be watching the match, whether it's there at The Rust Bucket Death Trap or watching it on TV in town.

 

[SteveBlade]

When you see a thread too late and you know your joke won't have the same impact.

Poor form, I take responsibility.

 

[blade67]

In 2008, the away derby game clashed with my daughters 11th birthday. With 4 generations of blades wanting to watch the game, a compromise was reached and we'd have a family party with the game on sky.

Inexplicably, with 10 minutes to go to half time, my wife and mother in law walked into the living room with a cake and lit candles singing happy birthday, just as Wednesday scored the winning goal. My wife's grandad, shouted bloody hell and threw his paper across the room just as we sang the middle happy birthday.

Of course, we were all tarred with the same brush and accused of ruining the poor girls big day.

Quite why the cake reveal couldn't have waited 10 minutes was never debated.

Do one or the other is my advice. Can't the meal move by a couple of hours. It's not like it happens next week.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

In 2008, the away derby game clashed with my daughters 11th birthday. With 4 generations of blades wanting to watch the game, a compromise was reached and we'd have a family party with the game on sky.

Inexplicably, with 10 minutes to go to half time, my wife and mother in law walked into the living room with a cake and lit candles singing happy birthday, just as Wednesday scored the winning goal. My wife's grandad, shouted bloody hell and threw his paper across the room just as we sang the middle happy birthday.

Of course, we were all tarred with the same brush and accused of ruining the poor girls big day.

Quite why the cake reveal couldn't have waited 10 minutes was never debated.

Do one or the other is my advice. Can't the meal move by a couple of hours. It's not like it happens next week.

Exactly!

Make the old bird hang on a bit!

 

[SB_90]

is there a way to move the meal to 3pm/4pm then you could do both.

just don't listen to the derby on the radio & recreate a funny viral story from Leicester's pl title season. Leicester were playing sunderland on sky & it clashed with this family Christening & when Leicester scored a stoppage time winner to give them a 10 point lead over Tottenham with 5 games to go. he forgot himself & screamed VARDYYYYYYYYYY

(ive no idea whats go on with my posts as halfway thru the text gets larger for no apparent reason)

 

[8lade]

Can you get to grandma? Promise her anything if she'll call off the meal for another day (she could feign illness and have the meal the following weekend), look her right in the eye and repeat the word 'anything', don't let your gaze falter but be prepared to give the old bird the time of her life. You win (sort of), she wins twice and nobody else need be any the wiser.

 

[Blade&Snuff]

Book a week away as a surprise holiday for her who must be obeyed, and watch it whilst sat in a bar in the sun with a cold beer.

That's my only option due to a holiday booking made long before the fixtures came out.

Happy days.

And I don't have to give the "greedy pigs" £49 of my money

 

[Silent Blade]

And I don't have to give the "greedy pigs" £49 of my money

£42 not £49

 

[Slayed]

Don't post much either avid reader but, saw this & had to reply.

For me this is a no brainer & I am being serious, go to the family meal, wives, girlfriends, women in general really, do not understand what real football fans feel about the game & most never will so no point trying to explain it. IF, you value your marriage, family life etc then put all that to one side & attend the get together, be nice enjoy it & make the missus feel special, in the long run it works out for the better, trust me I've been there & done that, made some big mistakes over putting football first over family & in my opinion it's not worth it, think about the bigger picture, I wish I had.

 

[RammyBlade]

Im missing 2 weddings of family of my wife for matches which arent even derby matches - I just say look I have been to evry match home and away for the last 50 years and I aint stopping now even for a fucking wedding that will probably only last a few years anyway !!

 

[Slayed]

Im missing 2 weddings of family of my wife for matches which arent even derby matches - I just say look I have been to evry match home and away for the last 50 years and I aint stopping now even for a fucking wedding that will probably only last a few years anyway !!

My first thought on this is to ask what 'would' you miss a game for, also, you've been very fortunate to have never had to miss a match in 50 years, that takes some doing, I went 19 consecutive seasons without missing a home game & only a handful away & to this day don't know how I managed it, certainly couldn't have done it for 50 years.

 

[1889]

Personally, if my Mrs had a hissy fit or gave me the silent treatment, I'd feel I had no option but to choose the match.
However, you could go to the restaurant, explain your backbone situation and get them to ring up and say there's been a terrible mistake and they've double booked. However they do have a table at three and by way of apology they will throw in a bottle of Champagne, (which you'll have to pay for)

 

[Slayed]

Personally, if my Mrs had a hissy fit or gave me the silent treatment, I'd feel I had no option but to choose the match.

This makes me feel like you must be young, ish, I've shown 'backbone' as you put it many times over attending games but what it really was was ignorance & selfishness, anyway I'll get off this subject now before I bring the mood down too low, off to bed for me.

 

[CaptainHotdog]

Look at it this way pal..

Worse case scenario she leaves you. A woman is replaceable, heck you might even end up with a younger, better looking, understanding one...

If on this day it is an historic victory, a 5-0 win and Hanson scores the lot, then you'll never forgive yourself for missing it. Men NEVER replace their football team.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Long time reader of these forums, first time poster looking for people's opinions...

With the game at the rust bucket having been moved to the Sunday for TV coverage, it now clashes with my wife's grandmas birthday meal. I did tell her (when fixtures originally came out) that if it was moved to the same time as the meal, I would be watching the match and not going to the restaurant. Now she has thrown a hissy fit (and hasn't spoke to me since the announcement of sky fixtures!) In her words, 'it's just a game and they will play Sheff Weds again in the future.'

My question is, what would you guys do/choose in this situation?

Side notes: meal is exactly same time as the match and football won't be shown at the restaurant.
I would be watching on TV rather than going to the match (their ticket prices are extortionate)

Backbone man, backbone.

 

[1889]

This makes me feel like you must be young, ish, I've shown 'backbone' as you put it many times over attending games but what it really was was ignorance & selfishness, anyway I'll get off this subject now before I bring the mood down too low, off to bed for me.

This makes me feel you must be ugly'ish