I have seen a few "Mixed marriages" at games. There is a "Senior" lady at the game each week that wears a scarf that is red & blue on one side and black & white on the other side. Is a premium member at Melbourne.

Met a couple at Docklands one day. He was Demons supporter she was Hawks. Even though we were playing another team she was all dolled up in her Hawks gear. They go to each others games unless there is a clash when they go their seperate ways.

Also a West Coast supporter who is a premium Melbourne member - wears her Melbourne gear except when we play West Coast when she sits with all her blue & yellow gear.

I thought I would add my parents story to this thread..............

Great story Einstein. Thanks for sharing it with us.

On 5/21/2009 at 1:00 PM, AzzKikA said:

Wow great going all the converters!

There is no way in hell i could convert my Mrs. Her mum is one eyed Filth but when the kids come along the doc's gonna be worried coz they will come out red & blue through and through.

I remembered recently I started this thread wayyyy back when, and even though i said there was no way i could convert Mrs Kika to our cause, I have, going on 5 years now.

Anyone else that hasn't added, I'd love to hear your stories.

My wife's a Hawthorn supporter.  Had the gall last year to tell me that she's bored of the home and away season as Hawthorn just win all the time- finals are the only thing that interest her. I cried and vomited at the same time.

 

Our son's a Melbourne supporter- signed him up in the hospital the after he was born.  In return she chose the name, school and religion.

On 23/5/2009 at 0:07 PM, A F said:

My girlfriend's Hawthorn, but she's not all that passionate, so when we make our climb up the ladder, I'm hoping she'll jump ships. She will however be wearing her Hawthorn scarf, when we go on Sunday.

 

15 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

My wife's a Hawthorn supporter.  Had the gall last year to tell me that she's bored of the home and away season as Hawthorn just win all the time- finals are the only thing that interest her. I cried and vomited at the same time.

 

Our son's a Melbourne supporter- signed him up in the hospital the after he was born.  In return she chose the name, school and religion.

Yes my wife is also a sunny day Hawthorn supporter.

All I can say is how sweet was Rd 20.

Looking forward to a period of sustained success over those horrible poo brown and yellow jumpers.  I feel our list is headding in the opposite direction to theirs, even if they get O'Meara, Vickery and others.  The old brigade of Mitchell, Hodge, Lewis and Gibson that were somewhat holding their team together are past it and I really don't think their next bunch of replacement kids are all that flash.

22 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Yes my wife is also a sunny day Hawthorn supporter.

All I can say is how sweet was Rd 20.

Looking forward to a period of sustained success over those horrible poo brown and yellow jumpers.  I feel our list is headding in the opposite direction to theirs, even if they get O'Meara, Vickery and others.  The old brigade of Mitchell, Hodge, Lewis and Gibson that were somewhat holding their team together are past it and I really don't think their next bunch of replacement kids are all that flash.

My then girlfriend is now my fiancee and she's no closer to converting. Obviously, since that post of mine in 2009 Hawthorn have had a modicum of success.

11 hours ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

My wife's a Hawthorn supporter.  Had the gall last year to tell me that she's bored of the home and away season as Hawthorn just win all the time- finals are the only thing that interest her. I cried and vomited at the same time.

 

Our son's a Melbourne supporter- signed him up in the hospital the after he was born.  In return she chose the name, school and religion.

Jokes on her, AFL IS a religion.

Well played.

On 5/22/2009 at 10:45 AM, Nasher said:

Am I the only one who married someone who doesn't follow footy at all?

My wife is a completely clean slate. Had never watched a game before we met, but will now suffer through a game and barracks for the Dees purely for the sake of my mood. She wants to visit the 'G with me next time I go (she hasn't been there), so steps are being taken.

The kids are well and truly on the way to being brainwashed though. One of the small handful of words my 1 year old son says is "go dees", with fist pumped in the air.

So, since this post, said 1 year old son is now 8 and claims to follow Hawthorn (vomit), but his interest is very close to zero so I let it slide.  I've also added two more boys to the mix (6 and 4) who have taken quite an interest and brainwashing has been well established, both definite Melbourne supporters.  My 10 year old daughter openly admits zero interest and rolls her eyes and scoffs whenever it is on.

As for the wife, she still hasn't made it to the 'G yet, but she went with me to see MFC play North at Blundstone this year, which she enjoyed, and is far more tolerant of my footy watching on weekends, mostly because I've learned to tone down my behaviour significantly due to influence it was having on my children.  

I think everyone in my family was grateful that we finally won a few games this year.  

18 hours ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

My wife's a Hawthorn supporter.  Had the gall last year to tell me that she's bored of the home and away season as Hawthorn just win all the time- finals are the only thing that interest her. I cried and vomited at the same time.

 

Our son's a Melbourne supporter- signed him up in the hospital the after he was born.  In return she chose the name, school and religion.

How does young Sally TeamPlayedFine39 enjoy MLC? I hear they are really tough on Satanist's. Mind you it is not much of a leap to Demonworshiping.

On 21/05/2009 at 8:24 PM, AngryAtCasey said:

Mine's a saints fan! Got her to sign up as a Melbourne member, though to do it I had to also sign up as a saints member. Price I had to pay but at least it's another member for us. Plus at least it's the Saints and not the filth or Richmond!

Now wife still a saints fan. Been together since 2008 and we've still not been able to knock them off in that time.

Have a 4 & 1 year old son who are both elect Melbourne supporters and signed up members. Oldest has a number 7 jumper and youngest 15 jumper given their old man used to watch Viney & Stretch running around when he was a kid.

On 22 May 2009 at 10:45 AM, Nasher said:

Am I the only one who married someone who doesn't follow footy at all?

My wife is a completely clean slate. Had never watched a game before we met, but will now suffer through a game and barracks for the Dees purely for the sake of my mood. She wants to visit the 'G with me next time I go (she hasn't been there), so steps are being taken.

The kids are well and truly on the way to being brainwashed though. One of the small handful of words my 1 year old son says is "go dees", with fist pumped in the air.

You're not alone.

Yes, I realise you wrote this in 2009.

21 hours ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

My wife's a Hawthorn supporter.  Had the gall last year to tell me that she's bored of the home and away season as Hawthorn just win all the time- finals are the only thing that interest her. I cried and vomited at the same time.

 

Our son's a Melbourne supporter- signed him up in the hospital the after he was born.  In return she chose the name, school and religion.

Wife is barely a fan of the game but claims to be a fan of the stinking drug cheats. Had to get our little meat head christened or she would have tried to get him over to Ess.

He's a member and been to 3 Dee's games before his first birthday.

13 hours ago, Cards13 said:

Wife is barely a fan of the game but claims to be a fan of the stinking drug cheats. Had to get our little meat head christened or she would have tried to get him over to Ess.

He's a member and been to 3 Dee's games before his first birthday.

HOW?!

I tried this when my son was little and it was just a massive pain. With the noise and the cold, he was just upset the whole time.

He's 5 now and I still can't get him into it. Tried watching on TV, playing it in the park, he's just not into it. I suppose I was the same when I was little, but it'd be nice to share the footy with him. I've stopped trying to force it.

I guess we have pokemon in common though, so we have something to bond over

Would still love to get him into footy.

2 hours ago, Choke said:

HOW?!

I tried this when my son was little and it was just a massive pain. With the noise and the cold, he was just upset the whole time.

He's 5 now and I still can't get him into it. Tried watching on TV, playing it in the park, he's just not into it. I suppose I was the same when I was little, but it'd be nice to share the footy with him. I've stopped trying to force it.

I guess we have pokemon in common though, so we have something to bond over

Would still love to get him into footy.

Through gritted teeth at times Choke old son. He was 5 months for the GWS game rnd 1. I had a mate come with me who helped out, he had the ear muffs on and slept most of the second half. the other 2 games were harder. Hawks game I had to leave in 3rd qtr as he was a mess...

5 hours ago, Choke said:

HOW?!

I tried this when my son was little and it was just a massive pain. With the noise and the cold, he was just upset the whole time.

He's 5 now and I still can't get him into it. Tried watching on TV, playing it in the park, he's just not into it. I suppose I was the same when I was little, but it'd be nice to share the footy with him. I've stopped trying to force it.

I guess we have pokemon in common though, so we have something to bond over

Would still love to get him into footy.

The motivation for my six year old was just that I was doing it.  He's been watching with me (on TV) probably for a couple of years, and I'm pretty sure it was just to spend time with me.  It's probably only just now that he's developing a taste for it on his own, kicking a footy with mates at school and talking about playing.  I wouldn't take little tackers to the footy in the dead of winter unless they were really champing at the bit to go, too many mood turners in that environment as you've seen for yourself, which will sour the experience for everyone and will really shape their perception.

My advice would be not to force it, and when he does decide to tag along make it fun.  Get excited if the game is exciting and he'll follow your lead.  If the game sucks, or we're getting flogged or whatever, find some other way to make it fun ("ah well, we lost by 120 points again, let's get ice cream instead").  

It also may be that he's just not be in to it.  As I said, my eldest two kids (a girl and a boy) don't give a rats about it at all, and I truly don't feel like I've lost anything for it, which would come as a surprise to 2009 issue me.  Take an interest in whatever interests them instead.

1 hour ago, Nasher said:

The motivation for my six year old was just that I was doing it.  He's been watching with me (on TV) probably for a couple of years, and I'm pretty sure it was just to spend time with me.  It's probably only just now that he's developing a taste for it on his own, kicking a footy with mates at school and talking about playing.  I wouldn't take little tackers to the footy in the dead of winter unless they were really champing at the bit to go, too many mood turners in that environment as you've seen for yourself, which will sour the experience for everyone and will really shape their perception.

My advice would be not to force it, and when he does decide to tag along make it fun.  Get excited if the game is exciting and he'll follow your lead.  If the game sucks, or we're getting flogged or whatever, find some other way to make it fun ("ah well, we lost by 120 points again, let's get ice cream instead").  

It also may be that he's just not be in to it.  As I said, my eldest two kids (a girl and a boy) don't give a rats about it at all, and I truly don't feel like I've lost anything for it, which would come as a surprise to 2009 issue me.  Take an interest in whatever interests them instead.

Good advice, thanks Nasher.

Both the kids roll their eyes when I want to watch the footy, but like you said, it might change when they start playing the game at school. I guess my real motivation is that I want to watch the footy with them so I don't feel guilty for taking 2 and a half hours out of the day where I'm not playing with them. I already only see them for an hour before bedtime every night, I feel like weekends need to be kid time.

Fortunately all four of us (wife, myself and both kids) love pokemon, so we have a great family activity to bond over. Would have loved for it to be footy, but this is pretty good too and all 4 of us are involved so it might have worked out better.

I might rename his Geodude to 'Jack Viney' and see if he notices, or even just to amuse myself.

For those who don't understand the reference, Geodude is essentially a rock with arms.

1 hour ago, Nasher said:

The motivation for my six year old was just that I was doing it.  He's been watching with me (on TV) probably for a couple of years, and I'm pretty sure it was just to spend time with me.  It's probably only just now that he's developing a taste for it on his own, kicking a footy with mates at school and talking about playing.  I wouldn't take little tackers to the footy in the dead of winter unless they were really champing at the bit to go, too many mood turners in that environment as you've seen for yourself, which will sour the experience for everyone and will really shape their perception.

My advice would be not to force it, and when he does decide to tag along make it fun.  Get excited if the game is exciting and he'll follow your lead.  If the game sucks, or we're getting flogged or whatever, find some other way to make it fun ("ah well, we lost by 120 points again, let's get ice cream instead").  

It also may be that he's just not be in to it.  As I said, my eldest two kids (a girl and a boy) don't give a rats about it at all, and I truly don't feel like I've lost anything for it, which would come as a surprise to 2009 issue me.  Take an interest in whatever interests them instead.

You sound like a good father Nasher. I don't have kids as yet but when I do, if they're not interested in football I intend to lock them in a room and play game after game until they enjoy it. Then they can come out and have ice cream. 

3 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

You sound like a good father Nasher. I don't have kids as yet but when I do, if they're not interested in football I intend to lock them in a room and play game after game until they enjoy it. Then they can come out and have ice cream. 

makes sense to me, ethan

@Nasher @Cards13

Sports day at kinder today.

It begins.

 

The Mrs started as a Collingwood barracker, met me. Saw the week to week anguish and deeepression I suffer from march to september, decided that she'd go back to her roots (born in Footscrazy) and is now a Dogs supporter. Smart girl.

3 hours ago, Choke said:

 

 

 

HAHA nice one! I get my little man into Dees gear every chance I get! (as an aside the wife does call me Ron quite often too. @Choke

 

1 hour ago, Cards13 said:

HAHA nice one! I get my little man into Dees gear every chance I get! (as an aside the wife does call me Ron quite often too. @Choke

 

 

My 5 year old stepson went for Collingwood but midway thru last year he wanted to come with my family and I to Melbourne games and now is obsessed with the Dees and knows every player and number they wear and is forever wearing his Melbourne gear and his dream is to play for the mighty demons! He is obsessed with Garlett ( thinks they're cousins due to both being aboriginal) and loves Kent. Hopefully he lives his dream.

1 hour ago, armstrong35 said:

My 5 year old stepson went for Collingwood but midway thru last year he wanted to come with my family and I to Melbourne games and now is obsessed with the Dees and knows every player and number they wear and is forever wearing his Melbourne gear and his dream is to play for the mighty demons! He is obsessed with Garlett ( thinks they're cousins due to both being aboriginal) and loves Kent. Hopefully he lives his dream.

Yes love it! So used to hearing kids not wanting to support the Dees.

Kids don't need o follow their parents team.

They don't need to eat the same food or enjoy the same comforts as their parents .

They can choose to be Mavericks and choose to follow Hawthorn, choose to sleep in the garden shed and eat from the rubbish.