Via Twitter, Andy Sorensen of Minnesota passed along the following question in the early morning hours: "Am I a bad bf for sitting the gf down on our anniversary Sat night and having her watch her 1st hockey game (Canucks/Leafs on HNIC)?"
Dear Andy,
Introducing your significant other to one of your passions is a lot like shooting the puck on net: it's always a good idea, it's just that depending on the situation, it might not always be your best option. With that in mind, I still need to know some other information in order to fully answer your question. Did you ask her to watch the game as part of a number of activities that you could enjoy as a couple? If so, and watching the game serves as a way to wind down from a special evening together, the request is perfectly reasonable. After all, if you're going to have a future together, she'll be watching many hockey games with you, just as you will be sharing many of her favorite activities as well.
If however, as I suspect from the tenor of your tweet, you gave your significant other no choice but to watch the hockey game, I'm afraid that trouble may be brewing. Though this anniversary might not mean much to you, it may very well mean quite a bit to your girlfriend. If that's the case, "sitting her down" to watch the game could be interpreted as a sign that your relationship isn't all that important to you, or, alternately, that your wants and needs will always come first.
If so, while this was a mistake, it need not be fatal. Simply sound out your girlfriend, give her a chance to express her anger/disappointment/untrammeled rage, apologize and find a way to make amends by making more appropriate plans.
Sincerely,
Captain Off Wing
P.S. The Canucks and the Leafs play twice this year. If you really need to see them play one another, get a DVR, or just wait it out until January 30, 2010 when the Maple Leafs host the visiting Canucks on Hockey Night in Canada. Alternately, you could just ignore my advice, in which case you just might be watching that second game alone.
UPDATE: Andy sends along the following note: "Thanks. Upon further debate (and after a nite of sleep), I'm retracting the idea. Leafs suck, and besides, apple picking's more romantic." Bravo.
Tags: Romantic Advice, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks
