I'm facing a dilemma (sp)
 

damnit. My g/f's birthday is on sunday, we've been going out for almost 1-1/2 - 2 months now, and i have to make a choice. watch the game, or go shopping and spend the day with her. damnit the two things i love the most, her or the game. right now i'm leaning more towards her, cuz we're close and everything, but it's gonna suck that i have to miss a redskins game.

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take her to the game and buy her a jersey

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she's not into football :( plus i have no way of getting there, nor do i have tickets.

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Dude, don't lose your balls after 1 - 2 months. Watch the game. You can watch the game AND go shopping with her either before or after. Just let her know that it is important to you and if she cares at all about you, she'll be cool with it. If not, then SHE has the problem.

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I have only read the first sentence and i see where this is going, no way you miss the game. No F-in way. Watch the game with her then do something, it ends at 4:30 you could eat dinner or something after the game or you could do something and be back by 1 but don't miss the game

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Take Her to the game and buy Her anything at Fed Ex she wants. Tell Her that "There is no where in the world I would rather be.Then with you celebrating one of the best days in world history(a.ka. Her B-Day)with you and our Washington Redskins!"
Try not to get too wasted and take her to a nice dinner after words. That's what I would do.

If She doesn't go for that just take the B-tch shopping on Sat!Then you will be free to ditch Her ass during the game on Sun. :lol:
p.s That last part was a joke. ;) I am sure she is really really sweet. :food-smil

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See if you can pull off both. Go shopping or whatever and go for a meal and drinks somewhere you can catch the game. Sit at the bar area if that is the only place they have TVs. Say you want to sit at the bar becuase you hurt your back or something and the bar stools are better on your back. :)

Other than that I would skip football this one weekend. Her birthday is only 1 day a year and only a 1 in 7 chance of being on Sun. It is only week 4 not the playoffs yet. If it were the playoffs I would dump her rather then take the chance her birthday would fall on a Sun later on.

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[QUOTE=mooby]damnit. My g/f's birthday is on sunday, we've been going out for almost 1-1/2 - 2 months now, and i have to make a choice. watch the game, or go shopping and spend the day with her. damnit the two things i love the most, her or the game. right now i'm leaning more towards her, cuz we're close and everything, but it's gonna suck that i have to miss a redskins game.[/QUOTE]

Spend the day with her watching the game with you.

Here's the agenda:

11am brunch in a nice restaurant. They love that crap.

1-4 Nice romantic afternoon you and her curled up on the couch at her place, watching the Skins.

Tell her this is an important part of her life and you want her involved in it. She' wearing the new Skins hat you gave her at brunch that her cute little pony tail comes out of.

6pm You make dinner for her.

730 Bang the bejesus out of her.

735 Head home.

8pm Turn on ESPN

Jim

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Take it from me, if she is expecting you to spend the whole day with her (especially if you have mentioned it before,) you're going to be spending the whole day with her. Can't ya tape the game and watch it later?

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[QUOTE=Hijinx]See if you can pull off both. Go shopping or whatever and go for a meal and drinks somewhere you can catch the game. Sit at the bar area if that is the only place they have TVs. Say you want to sit at the bar becuase you hurt your back or something and the bar stools are better on your back. :)

Other than that I would skip football this one weekend. Her birthday is only 1 day a year and only a 1 in 7 chance of being on Sun. It only week 4 not the playoffs yet. If it were the playoffs I would dump her rather then take the chance her birthday would fall on a Sun later on.[/QUOTE]
Don't read this poison. Football for the past few years has only been on 16 days a year for us. the begginning is good, try to do both, obviously don't blow it off but cmon, it is 3 hours and you can spend the entire day after that, Atleast watch the second half. You won't even be focused if you aren't watchinng the game, you will be wondering the entire time, just watch the game. It is a sunday, A SUNDAY that day is reserved for US

We can't make this decision for you, obviously you know the details but is it entirly out of the question to watch the game with her?

skinsguy came up with the most obvious answer, tape the game and watch it later, Just make sure you don't hear anything about it till you watch it. That is ok, you waited 13 days for football so it is ok if you wait just a few more hours
If Skinsguy wins the award for best plan, Jgale gets honorable recognition
AND y o y does this thread not have a poll?

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Set your VCR man and catch the game after you do your doo!!

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wow, all these suggestions are great. unfortunately, i'm only 17, and i'm not much of a drinker (occasionally, at a party or something) lol.

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A month and a half? Forget it. Watch the game; thats like a 25 annaverary type of sacrifice.

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[QUOTE=Gmanc711]A month and a half? Forget it. Watch the game; thats like a 25 annaverary type of sacrifice.[/QUOTE]


LOL!!!! Last year, I had to help my fiancee and her mother during the Bears game. Luckily, I had seen the best parts of the game, but I was like, "Honey do you realize you're calling me during a Redskins game?!!"

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really i was gonna say, 6 weeks?

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17?

Okay. We're gonna let you in on a secret here.

NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, IT WILL BE WRONG.

Take her shopping saturday.

Watch the skins game sunday (Invite her to watch it with you).

Go over to her place for dinner sunday.

Go home and yank it.

Jim

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Damn Sweetheart....the flu bug has been going around and I really don't feel well. I think I should just curl up on the sofa and watch TV and drink lots of fluids. Would you mind bringing me a beer?

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Trust me, you've got to lay down the law early in a relationship. If you don't you'll be shopping every Sunday.

Remember the Skins-Vikings playoff game in '92? The one where B-Mitch had a big game?

Wanna know where I was... the mall. I'll never forgive myself for that.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72]Trust me, you've got to lay down the law early in a relationship. If you don't you'll be shopping every Sunday.

Remember the Skins-Vikings playoff game in '92? The one where B-Mitch had a big game?

Wanna know where I was... the mall. I'll never forgive myself for that.[/QUOTE]

He said he's 17. That means he was four that game.

I doubt he remembers it!

I can tell you this.

Super bowl XXVI.

Happened to be played the day I was scheduled to graduate from AU with a Master's degree.

I have no idea what happened at graduation, since I didn't go.

Priorities, My Man. Priorities.


Jim

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[QUOTE=jgalecpa]He said he's 17. That means he was four that game.

I doubt he remembers it!

I can tell you this.

Super bowl XXVI.

Happened to be played the day I was scheduled to graduate from AU with a Master's degree.

I have no idea what happened at graduation, since I didn't go.

Priorities, My Man. Priorities.


Jim[/QUOTE]:food-smil

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Buy her [URL=http://a1204.g.akamai.net/7/1204/1401/04012717011/images.barnesandnoble.com/images/7340000/7348710.jpg]this[/URL] for her birthday.

She might as well start learning now

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Dude you're 17. You'll be dumping her within 6 months anyways. Game takes precedence. The only time devoted fan misses a game when the skins are in sole possesion of first place is in family emergency times. If you're still dating her when your 26 and this is an issue then you have bigger problems. A good woman will understand as long as you make an attempt to do right. Take her to brunch and ask her to chill with you to watch the game and then you can go to dinner. That's two meals and quality time spent chilling together. If that doesn't get it done then it's "don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya" time.

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I have had the same problem before...At the time I said to the chick "While you’re very dear to me don't make this a choice between you and watching the Redskins. Let me watch the game and I'll do anything you want before the game, after the game and when there is no game on TV." She agreed and that was that. The moral of the story is that you have to make a stand now...and that the Redskins come first unless chick is on her death bed!

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seriously, don't get totally whipped at 17 and only 6 weeks in...

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You are 17 juggle girlfriends until you realize you don't want to die alone.

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IT's a test--how much does she love YOU! If she really loves you, she'll understand and gladly let you watch the game.

(Thank god my wife's birthday is in JULY! lol.)

Good luck, dude.

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At last a few voices of reason. [b][size=4]You're only 17[/size][/b].

This is not going to be the last chick you date. How sick would you feel if you missed even one game of the Redskins unbeaten 2005 season?

If you really are that serious about her then set a tone now and tell her you'll take a few hours out on Sunday. If she gets all bent out of shape ditch her.

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If you really want to do everything (watch the Skins game and celebrate her B-day), then here's the plan:
- At game time, or maybe a little bit after (possibly at half time), take your girlfriend to go get her nails done (nice and time consuming). You can even throw in a massage (which they do at many semi-nice nail places). This should take a good hour and a half (which sounds about the time of a half of football).
- Afterwards, she will be beaming with joy from being pampered all day. Plan a nice dinner for afterwards and you will be "golden."

Just a couple hints, since I've been there and done that quite a few times

Good luck,
Chris

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dump her and tell her to go have a pillowfight with he friends

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Watch the game.
Pick her up at 5pm and do whatever. You'll be home for the second half of the late game and catch NFL Prime Time to see the great Redskins highlights.

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lol thanks for the suggestion guys. i'm gonna talk to her when i see her tomorrow, and see if we can work her day out around the game.

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Take it from someone who knows. I've been with my girlfriend for 7 years. YOU NEED TO TRAIN HER EARLY. Tell her that's what you want for your anniversary!

If you spend the day with her, she might actually think that she's more important than the Skins and that would be cause for a single tear to roll down my cheek.

Seriously though, she needs to understand the things you enjoy, regardless of whether she enjoys it or not. One thing I've tried is she and I bet on the under/over and whoever wins takes the other out to eat. It works pretty well because it gives her a reason to watch the game.

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Ask her if you can bring breakfast.

Stop at Walmart for one of those bundles of mixed flowers for her mom! Possibly the night before!
Show up at 8 a.m. with three orders of McDs hotcakes for her and her two younger sisters. OJ is in the Refer. No need to buy any!
Have two orders of the Steak, egg & cheese with no biscuit or bagel for her parents, and one small coffee and a small decaf. (Best low-carb breakfast meal for very little) You will get an invite back for Pot-Roast for dinner, from her mom, and an offer to watch the game from her dad! Act surprised!

Leave for the mall at 9 a.m., shop a while and make sure you go buy a "Friendship" ring for $19.95 + tax. Ask her around 10-10:15 if she wants to make it to her Church! Go to Church by 11:00 a.m.! Sing! Pray! Put at least a $5 bill in the Offering! Enjoy!

Go back to her parents house for the above listed Pot-Roast! Remember you already won her mom over with the flowers! Compliment her cooking at least three times. Have seconds, but not thirds. Much smaller portions than your usual for seconds. At 1:00 p.m. offer to help her mom wash the dishes! (I know it's kick-off, but you have to win her, her mom, and her dad, remember!)

At 1:25, you finish the dishes, and walk in to see her dad in front of the Redskin game. She is in her room, upstairs, giggling with her younger sisters, and whispering, a lot!
Her dad has filled you in on Seattles inability to move the ball against the Redskins D, and the Redskins have already kicked a field goal just before you came into the rooom. You've missed 13 minutes of game, but have all of the info!

Dad points out a mistake (doesn't matter which teams) about the same time your girl friend comes back into to room with a Pepsi for you! Stand when she comes into the room, and put your arm around her at some point when you guys are on the couch. Dad points out a Holding penalty. By this time, you are totally engrossed in her beauty, and her perfume! Compliment her on it! Ask to see the ring again in front of her dad!

Dad leaves but for a few minutes to re-cyle some of the sweet tea from dinner, you politely kiss her on the cheek.

Redskins up 13 -3 at the half! Try to curb your enthusiasm over the game. Restrain yourself around her.

When dad returns, ask where he went to college. Tell him that that is one of the top eight or nine colleges still on your list for next fall! Ask what did he majored in, and tell him you've also thought of that as a major. Ask him for the positives about that type of degree, and he will talk not only about that, but also his job! Touchdown Redskins! Now 20-10! A job he cannot even seem to explain to his own family! Speaking of jobs, explain that you've recently taken a part-time job to pay the extra insurance for the privelege of driving your parents 2000 Chrysler Cirrus! As soon as you get the money, you will buy the car from your own parents for $2,000. You even know the book value! You are only $317 away from your goal! You just made big points from her dad! Redskins winning 27-10.

Final: Redskins 27-10.
At 4:30, after the game, ask if she would like to go to DQ for a Blizzard! Ask her parents if you can take all three girls, your treat! Seatbelts everyone! Drive cautiously, but act like you enjoy the younger sisters presence! Bring them all back safely, and soundly by 6 p.m. Thank everyone for a wonderful afternoon. Ignore the sisters whispering and giggling, it's natural for young pre-teens.

Her mom will kiss you, her dad will offer his handshake, and the two of them will be looking at one another hoping against hope that they can indeed find someone just exactly like you for the two younger ones. (Of course, they don't say this to you!)

You won't have to call her later, she will call you before you reach your door at home.

So, Recap:

$15.00 for Flowers, $20.00 for Breakfast, $22.08 (After tax for Ring), $15.00 for Blizzards, a day well spent, and you have the everlasting love of her mom, her dad, and her entire family! Oh, and Redskins win 27-10! Priceless!

To further recap, you are loving, caring, listening, a Church-goer, a giver, and patient! (Remember patience when dealing with the sisters at DQ!)


:dallas: :dallas:

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[QUOTE=jgalecpa]He said he's 17. That means he was four that game.

I doubt he remembers it![/QUOTE]

I meant it as more of a general question and not just directed specifically towards him, though I'm sure he's at least seen some highlights from that game.

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[QUOTE=FRPLG]Dude you're 17. You'll be dumping her within 6 months anyways. Game takes precedence. The only time devoted fan misses a game when the skins are in sole possesion of first place is in family emergency times. If you're still dating her when your 26 and this is an issue then you have bigger problems. A good woman will understand as long as you make an attempt to do right. Take her to brunch and ask her to chill with you to watch the game and then you can go to dinner. That's two meals and quality time spent chilling together. If that doesn't get it done then it's "don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya" time.[/QUOTE]

Very true.

Chances are somebody that you're dating when you're 17 isn't the woman you're going to marry.

Watch the game.

There's plenty of girls out there, and some of them will actually watch football with you!

But there's only one Washington Redskins. ;)

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If you've got a few hundred bucks to blow and don't want to deal with the hassle of planning an entire day, just stop by a local day-spa on Saturday and get her a nice big gift certificate, redeemable on Sunday. Present it to her Saturday night, telling her how you want to pamper her, and help her decide what services to get with it, etc.. Drop her off at the day-spa Sunday AM around 10:00, go home, watch all the pre-game stuff, watch the games, pick her up in the early evening. You'll be the sugar daddy, you'll get some love, and she probably won't mind you watching the Sunday Night game either.

Usually you'd save this for a serious relationship, but if she's worth the money and you want to watch the games, this works every time and everybody's happy!

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Okay, I really enjoyed the comments, very amusing, now lets cut through the BS, does he watch the game tomorrow, or does he go shopping with his girlfriend, can we make a poll?


I say she wins, big time, crushes him, I say he doesn't even watch highlights till early monday morning ... :laughing2

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Tell her you contracted Malaria from you service to the CIA during your tour in Desert Storm. If you miss your ........................3-hour treatment, it could cause sterility..............immediately

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[QUOTE=gortiz]Okay, I really enjoyed the comments, very amusing, now lets cut through the BS, does he watch the game tomorrow, or does he go shopping with his girlfriend, can we make a poll?


I say she wins, big time, crushes him, I say he doesn't even watch highlights till early monday morning ... :laughing2[/QUOTE]

I agree. It's easy to get whipped when you're young with a serious girlfriend. If you get some tang, then it's better, but STILL not OK.

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in an established relationship (ie. post been there), every guy's allowed half a day a week for "guy time". make it sunday. unless you already had a guy's night out or something else you asked her to make room for, half a day sunday is more than reasonable.

if you wanna see ALL the games, all day sunday is much harder to ask for, but i hear longtime married guys do it all the time...