MattM Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 The one personal downside from yesterday's game is that I may have lost my kids to the NY Giants (or the "G-Men" as we call them around our house). We live in the NYC 'burbs and my kids are 8 and 3, so, as you may expect, they've been swept up in the Giants euphoria around here and were rooting hysterically for them last night. Oh, well, at least they're not Pats* fans or 'Pukes fans and at least they'll be spared our pain, I guess, although it makes me sad to think that we won't be sharing that pain together as they grow older. There may still be hope (or maybe the opposite of hope?) for the little guy--he told me on Saturday that he already "misses the Buffaloes" and that "they're done playing football now. Now they're playing soccer".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester43 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) post here if you're also so hung over today you thought this guy actually lost his children. Edited February 6, 2012 by jester43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 post here if you're also so hung over today you thought this guy actually lost his children. Perhaps in my younger years (and I was also myself once lost as a child at a Red Wings game by my Richard Russo-character-like dad and uncle--does that count?)..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Hansen Forever Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 At least they ain't Cheatriots fans! There is always that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffaloboyinATL Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Kinda sucks but on the other hand maybe they will be spared some of our misery. They'll be back when we play better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt in KC Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 My five year old daughter came up to me at the beginning of the game and very sincerely said "Daddy, I really really hope Buffalo wins the game today." I didn't have the heart to correct her, even though we had discussed it before and she knows the Bills season has been over awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Is there really such a thing as a true Giants' fan? I loved the Giants' owner after the game proclaim how Giants' fans are the best. Really? These are the same fans that turn on a dime, and don't want to buy tickets to a playoff game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turftoe Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 My son is a Steelers fan. He tries to make me feel better by telling me he roots for the Bills when they are not playing each other. He wants me to do the same, but I just can't. The good thing, however, is that he also hates the Patriots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numark Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) my fiancé has been rooting for that pats the last year or so stfu haha Edited February 6, 2012 by Numark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Is there really such a thing as a true Giants' fan? I loved the Giants' owner after the game proclaim how Giants' fans are the best. Really? These are the same fans that turn on a dime, and don't want to buy tickets to a playoff game. I think the whole loyalty thing boils down to options. If you're a Giants fan and the team is performing poorly, there are several other teams to which you can pay attention. Yankees, Jets, Knicks, Mets, Rangers, Islanders, Devils, Nets...usually 1 or 2 of them are fielding potential champions at any given point in time. If this multiplicity existed in Buffalo, you'd see fewer die hard Bills fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 I have cousins and uncles who are diehard Giants fans from Central NY--they just didn't switch over when the AFL came along and Buffalo got a team. My cousins have followed the Giants since we were kids back in the Joe Pisarcik and Rocky Thompson era, so I have to give them props. My father was the black sheep of the family, picking the upstart Bills to root for in 1960.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Tuesday Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 My two year-old has started going up to the television and screaming at it whenever a football game is on - which we realized is from watching me watch the Bills... kinda sad. But hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Trooth Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 The one personal downside from yesterday's game is that I may have lost my kids to the NY Giants (or the "G-Men" as we call them around our house). Trust me. That's a good choice. At least they've got a great shot at seeing their team in the postseason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Trust me. That's a good choice. At least they've got a great shot at seeing their team in the postseason. You know, other than the sadness of maybe not being able to share my Bills passion with the kids, I really don't mind--kind of surprised myself a bit on that one, and my wife as well. The way she was acting when she got the courage up to tell me that our daughter was becoming a Giants fan you'd have thought someone had died.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACor58 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) I actually was a Giants fan when I was 9 years old, back when they beat Denver in 1986. Christmas of 1987, my dad got me what he thought was a Giants Jersey, but it was a red white and blue #12. (The Bills and Giants jerseys looked so similar those years and it didn't have a name on the back). Once I had the jersey I decided that the Bills were the team that I was going to root for. The following year the Bills are in the AFC title game against the Bengals and I have been a die-hard ever since. I guess what I am trying to say is that I could have been a Giants fan, but my dad totally screwed me over and it is totally his fault that I am a Bills fan, but I guess it was meant to be. Let your kids root for the Giants if they want to - don't make the same mistake that my dad did, it is a much better life. Edited February 6, 2012 by ACor58 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webtoe Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Don't give up hope. We live 5 miles from Gillette, and my son is 15 so the Pats* have been a top for most of his life. With all their success he started out Patriots fan, but about 5 years ago he completely switched to the Bills (and the Sabres) and has remained loyal despite the crap he gets from his buddies at school. Of course, I feel guilty when those gut wrenching losses occur, but I tell them it builds character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
section122 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Don't give up hope. We live 5 miles from Gillette, and my son is 15 so the Pats* have been a top for most of his life. With all their success he started out Patriots fan, but about 5 years ago he completely switched to the Bills (and the Sabres) and has remained loyal despite the crap he gets from his buddies at school. Of course, I feel guilty when those gut wrenching losses occur, but I tell them it builds character. that is funny they've always struck me as more of a bottom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 they've been swept up in the Giants euphoria around here and were rooting hysterically for them last night Corporal Punishment is still legal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phypon Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 post here if you're also so hung over today you thought this guy actually lost his children. Yup, I almost didn't click on it because I didn't want to read a sad story about lost children. hiccup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark from Albany Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Same here. I was playing Madden with my teenage daughter and she picked the Giants because: "They're winners and Buffalo sucks." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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