Wife Hates Baseball

When we go to tournaments, or play during the weekend, I will always try to include something for my wife to do if she will go with us. My wife doesn't hate baseball, but I figure it is only fair, she goes then after, we go shopping and out to dinner or something.

A combination of hypnotism, therapy, and support groups fixed our issues. However, now she can't stay away from a field.

In all seriousness your wifes dislike of baseball has to be a big issue. I don't like dance recitals, but I go kicking and screaming the whole way, but, that is only a few times a year. Maybe she needs to find other parents on the teams that has the same feelings and hang out with them when time seems to drag on. I think I can understand her dilemma, it must be tough to sit for 3 hours and watch what doesn't interest you. Then to top it off if your kid is not playing it worsens the situation.

Buy one dozen roses and give to wife. Repeat as needed…

Give wife a gift certificate to a local spa. She can attend while the baseball game is going on.

Ask wife to take pictures and/or video of son’s baseball game.

Ask wife to keep stats of son(s).

Educate wife on the advantages of attending games such as tailgating, socializing with other parents, and road trips.

Tell her you love her and it is just not the same experience without her their.

Last but not least, introduce her to HSBBW… She will be addicted in no time!

Volunteer her for scorekeeper, then teach her how to keep score.

Are the boys her boys too? If not, then there isn't much you can do about it. But if they are, then that's kinda sad that she doesn't want to watch them do something they enjoy doing. I can't imagine that.

Contact my brother....

The Law offices of
Howard P. Moose, esq
www.ilovebaseballmore.com

Once she found out how good looking baseball dads were the schedules were posted on the fridge.

tejada - Does she really understand the game? Maybe it's more difficult for her to enjoy because she's not familiar with the game - the rules, plays, etc. If that doesn't work - go for the roses idea I guess!

You'd better have the premium cable television package, lots of money for gifts or a friend in the legal profession. Good luck!

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Originally posted by Smokey:
Ask wife to keep stats of son(s).

I did that with my wife, and while she already loved watching our kids play, she developed an appreciation of some of the minutia of the game.

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Originally posted by Bullwinkle:
Contact my brother....

The Law offices of
Howard P. Moose, esq
www.ilovebaseballmore.com

Classic!!!

On a serious note, I feel for you. I also HATE dance recitals, gymnastics meets, swimming lessons and s00cer games...but I still go.

But to me, it's like sticking needles in my eyes.

My wife grew up on s****r (ugh), but she started coming to watch me play way back when. I was catching and she called me The BACK PITCHER. She's never lived that one down. She made some good friends of other woman back then and carried it over to when my son started playing. She was a team mom once, they love being involved in telling others what to do. Then she ran the concession stand for a couple of years, see above statement. But all was so that she could be near her little boys at the game. She once heard about the mom draft picks, so I went 3 years with all ugly ones just to show her that I didn't care about that (Sure) until it was a non issue, then I had some good looking ones back. Tell her that some moms are always looking for company at the games and that they always need help. Is she bossy? Dumb question, huh. They have lots of things that need getting done and my wife was great at it. With 3 boys, she may not want to come to all the games, but maybe a couple a week, never know, she may begn to like it. I say yes to the flowers also.

Typical...women....can't live with em, can't live without em....

Tejada...you say that come Spring you and your sons forget about her....maybe that's the problem? Just a suggestion....but try involving her more in the game....show her how to keep score as suggested by other posters......and pay more attention to her at the games.....the boys should probably let her know how much they appreciate her coming to the games....and you too....in other words.....show her some attention and appreciation for her participating in baseball.....

If that doesn't work.....well......not everyone is cut out to be a baseball mom......but she is a mom.....and I'm sure she makes up for her lack of baseball participation in other ways.......so try for a baseball solution, but if not.....be happy.....she has given you 3 baseball players....

Tejada,

Fly to NY and take her to about 3 Mets games.

Buy her some Beer and some of their wonderful food.

I guarantee you she will appreciate your sons games from then on.

Mr3000 ...

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Typical...women....can't live with em, can't live without em....

Or as we sometimes say in the ladies' lounge ... Men ... can't live with 'em ... can't shoot 'em.

tejada ...

You may want to put your wife in touch with some of us old time baseball moms ... some started out with a true appreciation for the game, some started out sort of liking the game, and some started out without a clue. Am sure we could with her and have her evolve into a true baseball mom before the season was over.

tejada - you really picked a doozy for your first post

a few well thought out suggestions


ignore the Moose -
too expensive

do NOT try to teach her the game by making her read a "HITTING TOPIC" -
you'll be seeing the Moose, again the $$

persuading her to change views on something means you'd have to be smarter than her -
so, forget that too



what I'd suggest is to inform her that because of your LOVE & RESPECT for her as a PERSON you and the boys will give up baseball & instead devote all your spare time to her & her interests

that will fly for a WEEK to 10 DAYS, tops, after which she will do ANYTHING
(AND I MEAN ANYTHING) to get you and the boys back into baseball & out of HER SPACE!!

there's your leverage -


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Only one solution here. Diamonds!!! Not baseball diamonds...real diamonds. Ring, necklace, bracelet, they all work great. If your select team costs too much go with cubic zirconia just don't tell her.

Quote: "Or as we sometimes say in the ladies' lounge....Men can't live with 'em....can't shoot 'em."

FBM....times like this I'm real proud to be a member of the pink forum....

......and I'm sure Mr.3000 is just as glad he's not...

Tejada...it disappoints me that your wife won't go the kid's games. It would be different if she had a job and couldn't take the time off from work. Doesn't she realize that in a blink of the eye, the kids will be out of the house and living their own lives? I think your wife needs to take a long, hard look in the mirror.

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Originally posted by Missouri-BB-Dad:
Only one solution here. Diamonds!!! Not baseball diamonds...real diamonds. Ring, necklace, bracelet, they all work great. If your select team costs too much go with cubic zirconia just don't tell her.

Diamonds, flip-flops, and baseball caps are a fashion disaster. You go with the seam bling, then duck, and then call Bullwinkles brother.

1. Divorce.
2. Tell her how cute some of the baseball moms are...which will lead to..............
3. Divorce.

Seriously:


My wife wasn't a baseball fan at all when our guys started with farm league so many years ago, but loving her sons brought her to the games, watching her sons kept her there, and she has grown into a whale of a baseball fan. She even watches games on MLB Extra Innings when I'm not there.

Let the sons ask her to come.

Good luck!

rz1

Sweet Bling!

I guess I'm lucky to be hooked up with a bag chair totin', scorebook keepin', umpire bleepin', cow bell ringin' Ragin' Cajun mama.

Buy her a good digital camera, with a zoom lens and tell her to take pictures, that will keep here mind off the game, but still have her there.
she will find that the pictures will bring her closer to her son's, and the people that do watch the game will also ask her for copy's of there son's playing ball.
If that's not going to work, give her an unconditional release. and she could become a free agent.

tejada49:

Perhaps you shouldn't forget about her when spring comes...

Perhaps your children can tell her how much baseball means to them, and how they would like for her to be a part of what they love to do...And would she go to a few games?

I think that a mom would want the best for her children and for them to do what makes them happy...and if a WHOLE game is too boring (yes, LL games CAN BE BORING), maybe she wouldn't mind going for just 2 or 3 innings...

BUT! Don't forget about her. EVER!

What about the scouts???

What does a scout tell his wife?

My wife loves baseball

Told her she could go with me

Dinner ready???? Just kidding!!!!

Shep loves his wife of 15yrs

I really don't understand people who don't love baseball....and tend to get downright rude when they say it's boring. But you've got a problem!

How about Family Movie Night in preparation for the season --- Major League, For Love of The Game, Field of Dreams, The Rookie, Sandlot. Anything that features the game, the love thereof, and a few good-looking guys in baseball pants. Let her warm to the subject.

And I definately vote for scorekeeping for involvement and the understanding it brings.

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Originally posted by tejada49:
Need advice....
My wife hates baseball .....
She is not into sports at all.....
She does not come to games no more....

Leading cause of divorce is marriage.


Regards,
Bear

Tejada - buy her a very nice chair, I like the one that comes in a carry bag that has the attached feet holder that keeps our legs elevated. Mine is with 2 cupholders - (1 is for diet coke, the other is for cigarettes.) Maybe a big umbrella if sun is the issue. Be sure to carry all this stuff for her. Also a bag of red twizzlers. Tell her she can have free reading time out doors, or relax time all very comfortable.

I didn't really care much for baseball either. It was a slow evolving process. But I liked going out, my husband 'splained everything to me that I eventually had a question about. I came around to care about the game, and that my stepson played.

Is your wife hispanic? I only ask because my husband is and I am not. Seemed to be a lot for me to learn if I was to participate in such a huge part of my husband. He is from Nicaragua, and played professionally there back in the day. I'm glad I learned to love baseball. Now, I'm even more up on MLB teams and players than he is.

I, too, was literally clueless (some say I still am) about baseball...only had been to one pro game in my life (and I live 9 miles away from Fenway Park) and that was only to sit in the bleaches and have a riotous good time..I have 2 older daughters so baseball was not in our lives but then at age 35 I had my son...when he was 7 we thought he needed something to do so we signed him up for Instructional ball...hubby would join us at the field after work so it was up to me to get him there and I was definetly not going o leave him alone so I stayed and watched..I enjoyed the "down time"...peace and quiet was amazing...fresh air...catch a few rays...and slowly began to make friends with all the other parents...that was 14 years ago..we have traveled tremendously in the interim..places I know I never would have gone had it not been for BB...eaten in great resaurants, shopped in awesome stores and made numerous amounts of friends along the way..if I were to stop and reconsider it I would not change a thing about it...he is what keeps us young and off the couch at 8 PM...when he is not here it is dinner, a litle chit chat and then we both hit the couch...American Idol and CSI are our best friends...but in March we will travel to West Virginia, North Carolina and Virginia to follow his college team...weekends after that will be spent traveling to more local games..we are not growing older peacefully we are growing older with priceless memories...if you can convey to your wife that the "look" your son gives to you from the field when he makes a nice play or hits a line drive will remain with you for the rest of your life and the marvelous conversations that you will have then perhaps she will attempt to become a willing participant in that part of your childrens lives...best of luck

tejeda
my wife hated sports,she had a father that played softball for ever,so they draged her all around to those games. two brothers who played sports they drug her around to those games.for most of her life she watched ball games that she didn't want to be at.as if that wasn't bad enough she married me.that alone should have pushed her to go postal.but i played softball for the next 15 years.she really needed therapy then we had two boys.she didn't care much for t ball,she warmed up some to LL,but when the boys started aau.and enjoyed success we had a fan.it wasn't overnight but now she can't miss a game.

let's face it baseball is a difficult game to teach,difficult to learn and if you don't love it boreing.but if you love it the greatest game on earth.she'll come around just keep her involved.and a little ******* up doesn't hurt either. good luck

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