Chatting With Women About Sports Widows
September 26, 2008 2:48 PM | 0 Comments
Last Tuesday, I was interviewed by two funny, warm and wise radio hosts: Pam Gray & Rochelle Alhadeff. They, along with their amusing sidekick Benny, host a morning show entitled Chat with Women on Seattle's KKNW 1150AM. They gave me the opportunity to talk about my experiences as a Sports Widow and to define the various types of Sports Widows, e.g. Avenging, Sabotaging, Enabling, Compromising, Keeping-Up-With-The-Fan and Role Reversal. Then, their listeners were able to go online and take my Sports Widow Poll, which I encourage you to do, too, if you haven't already.
Like many women, Rochelle is a Sports Widow, but she never really recognized it or labelled it until we started discussing her situation. Even though her husband is a big fan and recently made a surprise investment in a gigantic TV, she didn't comprehend the universality of her condition. Alternatively, Pam is impacted by sports because of her son, who she suspects suffers from fall-asleep-with-your-remote-while-watching-Sports Center syndrome.
Being a Sports Widow is a bit like being the long-term recipient of second-hand smoke, without the physical health implications. The degree of impact on your everyday life is directly proportionate to the degree of sports obsession, to your fan's regular behaviors. Is he an occasional fan or a 3-pack-per-day, chain-TV-watching variety? I calculate that my husband is engaged in sports about 15 hours a week, which from what I hear is moderate.
What's your status? What are your fan's habits?
The Sports Widow
(aka Nan Hall)
Listen to: What to do when your man is into Sports?
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