Has Football robbed off women quality time with their men?

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We always talk about how men should pay attention to the little things because they matter to women. There are certain things that mean so much to men too. For example, watching football with friends. It’s time ladies accepted that these would not end anytime soon.

All men wish the women in their lives understood why they take this game so serious. many women still think that watching football is something unreasonable. They say that it is indeed strange that the men should out of the blue cheer somebody kicking a piece of leather through goalposts. Why would one want to get involved in a war-like-sport with two teams opposing each other as if trying to defend their country’s right and honour?

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Despite their criticisms, sometimes they sit to watch especially during major tournaments. Then they start asking about things like why wear stubbed boots and start running on green grass under the watchful eyes of a referee just to impress the cheering crowd. Why would people with sound intellect sit down for hours just to watch sweating men running on a pitch where they sometimes spit on?

Then they come to a conclusion that perhaps the greatest unspoken reason why men love football is that it gives many of them a few precious, uninterrupted hours away from their wives. They claim football allows men to escape the women in their lives and their responsibilities.

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They allege that football may be one of the last great hide-outs for men. Football presents one of the last great places where men can hideout. Men not only escape their women in their lives, but they also are able to get away from the world of adult responsibilities:

Watching football presents an opportunity to escape into a less responsible mode and to recapture the boyhood exuberance and enthusiasm of rooting for your team with the other guys. This is what women think of football in relation to men.

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