Nance Confer

unschoolingbasicsLOL -- it's a joke. The Jets stink! DH knows that. He's not hurt when he's kidded about it.

The whole world does not have to be kinder and gentler every single minute. Some things are what they are and don't need to be sugarcoated.

And please read the rest of what I wrote about understanding the difference between a game or a show and a person.

Nance

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Earlier in this topic you said "he is a Jets fan after all. He's used
to disdain." and I just cringed. I realize you weren't talking to me
directly -- I overheard you much as I might at a gathering. My first
thought, tho, was "are all sports fans that mean-spirited towards each
other?" My next thought was to wonder why you would joke about your
husband being used to disdain. My response is not because I'm
fragile, but because I really think a kinder world is a good thing,
and every little kindness helps.




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Ren Allen

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Earlier in this topic you said "he is a Jets fan after all. He's used
to disdain." and I just cringed~~

Now that's exactly the kind of joking we do at our house. I think it's
a personality thing....and maybe a family culture thing. It's part of
our family culture to utilize sarcasm regularly. Not in a mean way.
But if you're a sports fan you probably have a pretty thick skin.

Ren
learninginfreedom.com

swissarmy_wife

> But if you're a sports fan you probably have a pretty thick skin.


Totally! We're Yankees fans living in the middle of Red Sox nation.<G>

Sylvia Toyama

ah well, that's likely why I'm not a sports fan....