How to Watch Football With a Boyfriend

Football seems to be a dividing line between men and women. It isn't across the board, because not all men love it and not all women hate it. If it does come between you and your boyfriend, you can learn to watch football—you can even start to enjoy it.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Watch football for the hotties, but don't make any remarks about them to your boyfriend. Just sit back and try and engage in the game. When you can't focus on the game itself, focus on the cute bulging football players in tight pants.
2. Ask intelligent questions. You should keep these questions to yourself until after the game is over, or during halftime, but make sure you show that you are trying to understand the game. If you want to appear knowledgeable before the game, research the rules and strategies. Knowing the way the game works will help you get into it.
3. Let your guard down. Football is a spectator sport, and it is a sport that reinforces the stuff-your-face behavior of men. Don't count calories when you watch a game. Continue to snack smart, but cave in and have a hot dog with your boyfriend.
4. Get your other girlfriends involved. Invite both of your friends over to watch football. Give your boyfriend a warning that your friends are coming, and make sure your girls know that it won't be a gossip-fest.
5. Avoid cuddling, snuggling and any amorous thoughts. When you watch football with your boyfriend, you must think of it as a bonding experience that is off limits for talk of feelings or your relationship.
6. Be helpful. You are encroaching on his territory, so if you get up ask if he needs a drink or bring back snacks. Don't become a slave or let him order you around, but a little game-time TLC goes a long way.