What would be your reaction IF...?

India
November 6, 2009 11:08am CST
First I will ask the girls this question. Assume that you and your boyfriend or husband fix a date and time for a lovely evening together. You get ready on the particular date and time. At the last moment your boyfriend/husband tells you that the plan would have to be canceled. The reason is - he is a die hard fan of a sports team and there is an exciting live match at the moment. Now for the boys. The situation is same as above. Your girlfriend or wife wants to cancel the evening plans at the last moment. The reason is, the TV show she has been watching for months. This is going to be the last and exciting episode of the series. And she does not want to miss it. This can happen or might have already happened with you. How would you react?
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@Craicha (801)
6 Nov 09
these is a common happening especially if happen there fave team is on d game.....my reaction that since our date is cancelled i just ask him if i can watch the game with him....
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• United States
6 Nov 09
I would do the same. I enjoy watching sports with my husband, so it wouldn't be a problem for me. If, by chance, I was not in the mood to watch the game with him, I would find me a good book to read or puzzle to do while he watched it. Dates can be rescheduled, but it's not every day that your favorite team is playing.
• India
8 Nov 09
That is good idea both of you.
@laglen (19759)
• United States
6 Nov 09
That is unacceptable. Sporting events and tv shows are scheduled in advance. I would be more open to it if it was the day before but not at that moment!
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• India
7 Nov 09
The girl did not know that this was going to be the last episode. She does not have any recording device. And she does not have internet to watch the show on the net. Just want to make the scenario clear for everyone.
• India
12 Dec 09
Hello my friend VANILLAREY Ji, I think, both parties are required to understand each other and honor them to comprmise in change of scheduled programme. There is no harm to encourage other's wish by watching TV or any otehr substitute. I will agree and I am sure my hubby will als agree. At times it is very much required to make relations better. May God bless You and have great time.
@mrfdg1972 (3237)
• Philippines
6 Nov 09
I can Wait for another night, that would be one way that i can show how much i love her. Definitely one way to show how you love a woman/partner.
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• India
8 Nov 09
It will keep her happy.
@rjvb26 (2518)
• Philippines
7 Nov 09
We people have different thinking and principle, if my wife will tell me that, i will not get angry, don't get me wrong guys, i am just being true, specially if this will be the last episode and she will no longer have a chance on seeing it again then i would rather just let her do what she wants. I love my wife so much that's why i will do that, remember when we first met them we always promise that we will accept them from whoever they are and we support them to whatever they want to do. For me this is a perfect time to do it and to show it that i did not forgot my promise to her. Dates can be re-scheduled but the last episode of that t.v. show cannot. I'd rather sacrifice my happiness just to make her super happy. Love is selfless and i am just being true to the meaning of love that i know. Happy mylotting.
@The1one1 (105)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
7 Nov 09
The sports team match is a much better excuse than the tv show, anyway, I would have a talk with her, sort it out... That's all
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@carolbee (16230)
• United States
9 Nov 09
If this kind of situation happened several years ago when I was younger, I wouldn't have liked it and most likely would have rebelled. If it happened now, I could deal with it better. We can go out anytime now since our kids are grown. In earlier years having to find a sitter and then actually go out would have been very irritating if my husband decided he wanted to watch a sporting event on television. Although I could set a timer and record the program so he could watch at a later time.
@ivbsav (193)
• Indonesia
7 Nov 09
For me once or twice it will not be a problem, even we can join with them, but if this happen frequently it will be another case..
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@dreamr802 (985)
• United States
6 Nov 09
I personally would be pissed off...we have a dvr so he could tape whatever he wanted to watch and watch it when we get home from our date night....just like I would never use the excuse that I wanted to be home to watch something because I can tape it and just watch it a couple of hours later, it's not like watching it later is going to change what happened in the show.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
6 Nov 09
hi vanillarey Have you ever heard the word compromise? well that is what I would do if my husband wanted to cancel our special evening for a sports event, okay we will go out the next evening if you dont mind my staying home when the last episode of my faorite t.v. show is on, we love each other so we compromise,we change our plans, they are never nailed down in concrete.
• India
7 Nov 09
I have heard the word compromise. Also I have heard words like quarrel, unhappiness and fights. Hope you remember your own words the next time he wants to watch a match.
@Ruby722 (796)
• China
7 Nov 09
It depends on how close we are.If we are really close i think i won't mad because i know him.Sometime we need support guys if they really like that sports let him watch But it's a deal just one time prossible wont happen again.So what do you think? Have a good day
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• Malaysia
7 Nov 09
I would be very upset as we might have planned for it way ahead before the sports live event suddenly shows up and steal our moments together! Seriously, I don't think it will happen to me because normally, the sports live match would be announced months earlier and we would simply change or fix another day for our lovely evening if it happens to be on the same date. However, since you have mentioned that it can happen, I hope my hubby will tell me a day before and not on the same day itself so that it won't spoil my mood for the whole day or week!
@lindiebiz (1006)
• Canada
7 Nov 09
Your question is really tricky, when i was reading the part where the guy tells me he was cancelling the date for a game i became angry and the first thing that came to my mind was, never ask me out again but when I got to the part where the girl cancels for the show, I did not see anything wrong with it. I guess that is what makes guys different from us girls. All we need is to undertand each other
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• United States
6 Nov 09
Thank god my man values our time together and doesn't even really like sports and I dont watch tv. That said the only acceptable reason for cancelling a night together is sickness or an emergency. If I'm sick, I expect him to be there taking care of me! And if there's an emergency I expect him to be helping and being supportive. Vice versa for if that happens to him.
• India
8 Nov 09
The above scenario goes down the drain in your case.
• United States
10 Nov 09
Thank God.
@AmbiePam (85484)
• United States
6 Nov 09
I would be annoyed. But I have to tell you, I'm a pretty big sports fan. If he said he had tickets and was going with friends, I'd badger him until he dumped one of his buddies and let me come!
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
7 Nov 09
This has never happened with me and if it happened once I can assure you it would NOT happen twice. Now if he had a GOOD REASON to have to cancel at the last moment, that would be a different matter, but to get thrown over for a sports match or some dumb TV show. R U kidding?
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
7 Nov 09
I would feel hurt because if he decided to cancel the date to watch a sports event and I did not communicate to him that as far as I’m concerned it is not acceptable, he would continue to put me below his other priorities and that is not right. He would have known the sporting event was on before he scheduled our date, surely, so for him to cancel at the last minute would be extremely rude!
@chevill (316)
• Philippines
7 Nov 09
I will try to force him to continue our planned date and if he insist not to, i will suggest tyo him what if i join him to watch his favorite sports team so that we can be together on that day that is supposedly our date. i know he will say yes because in the first place he was the one who cancelled it, it's embarrasing on my part. I think he have to say yes to be with me watching that sport program just to avoid missing that day with m e. hehehe
• United States
7 Nov 09
I would go out without him, letting him know I am not happy with him. Then I would torture him for the next few weeks with the silent treatment until he cries uncle and makes it up to me.
• United States
7 Nov 09
If the game/show was that important to them, wouldn't they have known the scheduled time in advance???? But if that is not the case, I'd say a great compromise would be to go to a sports bar or restaurant that would play the game! That way you can eat/drink and have a good time, while not missing the game. If it's a TV show, well there's no reason to need to watch that live, you can watch any of them on the internet if you don't have DVR!