I'm done.

[NickelCity]

There are worse things than Game Pass/NFL+ and skipping games. Do what you gotta do. 

[EffKCChiefs]

7 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

Once you’ve been through enough of these you can see them coming.

 

It was clear all during the second half the Vikings were gonna come back and win it. I was prepared for the loss, but Josh throwing it right to that guy in the end zone was brutal.

 

I watched a 3-minute video of my grandkids and immediately felt better and a lot of joy. It’s just knowing where to put your heart and priorities.

 

There’s joy when they win, and when they lose, you gotta flip the switch and find your joy elsewhere. Take care of yourself OP. 

I 100% feel the same way, I knew the Bills would blow this one. Too many blown opportunities. I went and took the pup to the park and threw the Frisbee around and felt better after the game.. This team isn't done, they struggled mid season last year and turned it on when it matters. We were 7-6 at one point! I expect them to turn it around we are still 6-3. 

[BuffaloBills1998]

LOL 🤣🤣🤣

Edited November 14, 2022 by BuffaloBills1998

[Victory Formation]

59 minutes ago, letsgoteam said:

Make fun of me, say I'm a liar, say whatever you want.

I'm done.

 

I'm 34 years old, married with a 1 month old. I live out of state. 

I have been a Bills fan all of my life, I'm not going to stop being a fan, I can't. I've been cursed. For many years, I dreamed when I finally had a kid that as they grew up, I would have someone who would love the Bills as much as I do, something we could share. My wife doesn't care about sports (it sucks). That dream is over, I'm not cursing my daughter to a lifetime of misery. 

 

Of course, I will keep up with the Bills, but I've got to change the way they have an impact in my life. Beyond my family and job, the Bills have come next. Watching every game, having whatever app needed to watch them out of state, clothing, $, etc. 

 

I'm done. I cant keep doing this. The way I feel after a loss has to stop (especially the epic meltdown losses we are all to familiar with); I'm miserable, I'm mad, I'm angry, it consumes me. I'm to emotionally invested. Beyond my job and family, the Bills have been everything and anyone who knows me knows its my identity. 

 

Something has to give. 

 

So, I thought about it after the KC game last season. Now after this, its time. I'm no longer watching the Bills live. 4 hours every "Sunday" for 17 weeks and whatever playoffs and preseason stuff. That's over 70+ hours each season. That's roughly 3 days of my life each year devoted to the Bills.

 

What has it given back to me, how am I a better person for doing this. What good, what accomplishments, what have I earned from this. 

NOTHING

All I do is become a emotional wreck and a miserable, grumpy jerk when they lose. (I can remember crying as a little kid, like 6/7 years old). The crying as a little kid, now is mostly just meant with anger. Any of my friends and family know. To the point of, my best friends wife, texted my wife and wanted to see how angry I was after the KC loss. It's embarrassing. I have become a side show spectacle, to point where people are curious how "epic" my meltdown was. (I would like to say, I actually took it like a champ, and kept it all in eternally and showed nothing emotionally). No anger, just disappointment in myself and the Bills. 

 

From here on, perhaps I go back to it at some point. I dont know. I'm just done. I am disappointed in myself more for caring so much for 30 years. 

 

From this point on, I'm not watching another Bills game live. I need to do better in my life, maybe this is a small step in the right direction. I know I will watch replays if they win (just like I might watch Netflix or Disney +), but I'm gaining my life back. I'm done.

 

 

If it effects you this way, I truly do think you should stop watching.

 

Me? I’ve been through so much that I can’t get worked up over a game. I enjoy watching, but I’m not going to blow a gasket or take the LORD’s name in vain.

[Lionel Hutz]

What I've learned from being a sports fan is the pain of losing is always greater than the joy of winning. If you let your happiness depend on something you have no control on the outcome you will usually be disappointed.

 

 

[ShakAttack]

2 minutes ago, Murdox said:

They are 6-3 and Allen can play better than this.  He just needs to stop pressing in the red zone and make better reads there.  We will also get a number of starters on defense back in the coming weeks.  If we win the next 2 games all should be good.  If we lose to the Browns next week then I agree the sky is falling on this season.

its weird because for the longest time he had that INCREDIBLE stat about 0 or 1 turnovers in the red zone in his career and I think that stat was still valid when this season started.

 

he’s gone from that to having 4 red zone ints in 2 weeks I mean.. what is going on.

 

one of the 50 Things I keep going back to is “I wish Knox was able to secure the TD on the play before” like he did against KC. Allen’s receivers had been making incredible catches for him most of the game 

[0017]

The worst 6-3 I’ve been a part of! This hurts. 

[Tulsabillsfanz]

7 minutes ago, BobBelcher said:

Here’s one I’ve been trying to figure out for years.

 

can anyone explain why we even care THIS MUCH!?

 

especially those of us that are out of state fans.

 

i started following this team since wide right (yep) and I think for me the attachment is based on how I view the Bills as the ultimate underdog and I just want the day to come where they finally pull it off.  But that’s all I can come up with.  I still don’t know why it effects me as much as it does though. 

 
I think your “ultimate underdog” comment is part of Bills culture, like the Cubs and Red Sox. Both of those fan bases were loyal and long suffering.  Now we just need to break threw for a championship like they both eventually did!  

[Nextmanup]

12 minutes ago, BobBelcher said:

Here’s one I’ve been trying to figure out for years.

 

can anyone explain why we even care THIS MUCH!?

 

especially those of us that are out of state fans.

 

i started following this team since wide right (yep) and I think for me the attachment is based on how I view the Bills as the ultimate underdog and I just want the day to come where they finally pull it off.  But that’s all I can come up with.  I still don’t know why it effects me as much as it does though. 

I have NO IDEA how people like you are Bills fans.

 

I was born into it in Buffalo!   That's why I care, and why I could never change teams.

 

But those of you who are not native WNYers, I just don't get it.

 

Life doesn't have to be that hard.

 

 

[RobbRiddick]

1 minute ago, Victory Formation said:

If it effects you this way, I truly do think you should stop watching.

 

Or start drinking.

 

It's the Bills equivalent of "Get busy living or get busy dying" from Shawshank Redemption. 

[Bob in STL]

1 hour ago, letsgoteam said:

Make fun of me, say I'm a liar, say whatever you want.

I'm done.

 

I'm 34 years old, married with a 1 month old. I live out of state. 

I have been a Bills fan all of my life, I'm not going to stop being a fan, I can't. I've been cursed. For many years, I dreamed when I finally had a kid that as they grew up, I would have someone who would love the Bills as much as I do, something we could share. My wife doesn't care about sports (it sucks). That dream is over, I'm not cursing my daughter to a lifetime of misery. 

 

Of course, I will keep up with the Bills, but I've got to change the way they have an impact in my life. Beyond my family and job, the Bills have come next. Watching every game, having whatever app needed to watch them out of state, clothing, $, etc. 

 

I'm done. I cant keep doing this. The way I feel after a loss has to stop (especially the epic meltdown losses we are all to familiar with); I'm miserable, I'm mad, I'm angry, it consumes me. I'm to emotionally invested. Beyond my job and family, the Bills have been everything and anyone who knows me knows its my identity. 

 

Something has to give. 

 

So, I thought about it after the KC game last season. Now after this, its time. I'm no longer watching the Bills live. 4 hours every "Sunday" for 17 weeks and whatever playoffs and preseason stuff. That's over 70+ hours each season. That's roughly 3 days of my life each year devoted to the Bills.

 

What has it given back to me, how am I a better person for doing this. What good, what accomplishments, what have I earned from this. 

NOTHING

All I do is become a emotional wreck and a miserable, grumpy jerk when they lose. (I can remember crying as a little kid, like 6/7 years old). The crying as a little kid, now is mostly just meant with anger. Any of my friends and family know. To the point of, my best friends wife, texted my wife and wanted to see how angry I was after the KC loss. It's embarrassing. I have become a side show spectacle, to point where people are curious how "epic" my meltdown was. (I would like to say, I actually took it like a champ, and kept it all in eternally and showed nothing emotionally). No anger, just disappointment in myself and the Bills. 

 

From here on, perhaps I go back to it at some point. I dont know. I'm just done. I am disappointed in myself more for caring so much for 30 years. 

 

From this point on, I'm not watching another Bills game live. I need to do better in my life, maybe this is a small step in the right direction. I know I will watch replays if they win (just like I might watch Netflix or Disney +), but I'm gaining my life back. I'm done.

 

 

 

Either you pull yourself together or you switch teams.  This is a sport called football, it is not life.  Stop being soft, Bills fans are not soft.  You move on.  

[Awwufelloff]

Same was at game as a season ticket holder and im 100% done with this team.

If it doesnt affect you this way, you're not a real fan.

[RichardLee]

1 hour ago, Beast said:

I wonder what your new user name will be?

LETGOOFTEAM?

 

Seriously, I do get him though.

[Victory Formation]

1 minute ago, RobbRiddick said:

Or start drinking.

 

It's the Bills equivalent of "Get busy living or get busy dying" from Shawshank Redemption. 

🤦‍♂️

[Airseven]

Can’t blame any longtime Bills fan for feeling this way. Sometimes these games just aren’t fun and not worth the agitation. No other team gaffes like the Bills.

I said the Bills would fumble immediately after Cousins got stuffed at goal line. Didn’t bother watching OT.

 

[Tulsabillsfanz]

1 hour ago, letsgoteam said:

Make fun of me, say I'm a liar, say whatever you want.

I'm done.

 

I'm 34 years old, married with a 1 month old. I live out of state. 

I have been a Bills fan all of my life, I'm not going to stop being a fan, I can't. I've been cursed. For many years, I dreamed when I finally had a kid that as they grew up, I would have someone who would love the Bills as much as I do, something we could share. My wife doesn't care about sports (it sucks). That dream is over, I'm not cursing my daughter to a lifetime of misery. 

 

Of course, I will keep up with the Bills, but I've got to change the way they have an impact in my life. Beyond my family and job, the Bills have come next. Watching every game, having whatever app needed to watch them out of state, clothing, $, etc. 

 

I'm done. I cant keep doing this. The way I feel after a loss has to stop (especially the epic meltdown losses we are all to familiar with); I'm miserable, I'm mad, I'm angry, it consumes me. I'm to emotionally invested. Beyond my job and family, the Bills have been everything and anyone who knows me knows its my identity. 

 

Something has to give. 

 

So, I thought about it after the KC game last season. Now after this, its time. I'm no longer watching the Bills live. 4 hours every "Sunday" for 17 weeks and whatever playoffs and preseason stuff. That's over 70+ hours each season. That's roughly 3 days of my life each year devoted to the Bills.

 

What has it given back to me, how am I a better person for doing this. What good, what accomplishments, what have I earned from this. 

NOTHING

All I do is become a emotional wreck and a miserable, grumpy jerk when they lose. (I can remember crying as a little kid, like 6/7 years old). The crying as a little kid, now is mostly just meant with anger. Any of my friends and family know. To the point of, my best friends wife, texted my wife and wanted to see how angry I was after the KC loss. It's embarrassing. I have become a side show spectacle, to point where people are curious how "epic" my meltdown was. (I would like to say, I actually took it like a champ, and kept it all in eternally and showed nothing emotionally). No anger, just disappointment in myself and the Bills. 

 

From here on, perhaps I go back to it at some point. I dont know. I'm just done. I am disappointed in myself more for caring so much for 30 years. 

 

From this point on, I'm not watching another Bills game live. I need to do better in my life, maybe this is a small step in the right direction. I know I will watch replays if they win (just like I might watch Netflix or Disney +), but I'm gaining my life back. I'm done.

 

 

Your 1 month old needs to be your priority!  If being a Bills fan bothers you, you need to take a break. You can always watch replays of games later, you don’t ever get a replay of being a part of your child growing up.   

[0017]

21 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

I have NO IDEA how people like you are Bills fans.

 

I was born into it in Buffalo!   That's why I care, and why I could never change teams.

 

But those of you who are not native WNYers, I just don't get it.

 

Life doesn't have to be that hard.

 

 

It was 30+ years ago and I was like 13 I had no clue what I was doing to my quality of life!! 😂😂 kidding. Watching them lose today is nothing compared to watching J.P Losman. 

Edited November 14, 2022 by Dr. Football

[damj]

[BillsBlue]

1 hour ago, letsgoteam said:

Make fun of me, say I'm a liar, say whatever you want.

I'm done.

 

I'm 34 years old, married with a 1 month old. I live out of state. 

I have been a Bills fan all of my life, I'm not going to stop being a fan, I can't. I've been cursed. For many years, I dreamed when I finally had a kid that as they grew up, I would have someone who would love the Bills as much as I do, something we could share. My wife doesn't care about sports (it sucks). That dream is over, I'm not cursing my daughter to a lifetime of misery. 

 

Of course, I will keep up with the Bills, but I've got to change the way they have an impact in my life. Beyond my family and job, the Bills have come next. Watching every game, having whatever app needed to watch them out of state, clothing, $, etc. 

 

I'm done. I cant keep doing this. The way I feel after a loss has to stop (especially the epic meltdown losses we are all to familiar with); I'm miserable, I'm mad, I'm angry, it consumes me. I'm to emotionally invested. Beyond my job and family, the Bills have been everything and anyone who knows me knows its my identity. 

 

Something has to give. 

 

So, I thought about it after the KC game last season. Now after this, its time. I'm no longer watching the Bills live. 4 hours every "Sunday" for 17 weeks and whatever playoffs and preseason stuff. That's over 70+ hours each season. That's roughly 3 days of my life each year devoted to the Bills.

 

What has it given back to me, how am I a better person for doing this. What good, what accomplishments, what have I earned from this. 

NOTHING

All I do is become a emotional wreck and a miserable, grumpy jerk when they lose. (I can remember crying as a little kid, like 6/7 years old). The crying as a little kid, now is mostly just meant with anger. Any of my friends and family know. To the point of, my best friends wife, texted my wife and wanted to see how angry I was after the KC loss. It's embarrassing. I have become a side show spectacle, to point where people are curious how "epic" my meltdown was. (I would like to say, I actually took it like a champ, and kept it all in eternally and showed nothing emotionally). No anger, just disappointment in myself and the Bills. 

 

From here on, perhaps I go back to it at some point. I dont know. I'm just done. I am disappointed in myself more for caring so much for 30 years. 

 

From this point on, I'm not watching another Bills game live. I need to do better in my life, maybe this is a small step in the right direction. I know I will watch replays if they win (just like I might watch Netflix or Disney +), but I'm gaining my life back. I'm done.

 

 

This made me pretty uncomfortable 😕 😐 

[peterpan]

18 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

Once you’ve been through enough of these you can see them coming.

 

It was clear all during the second half the Vikings were gonna come back and win it. I was prepared for the loss, but Josh throwing it right to that guy in the end zone was brutal.

 

I watched a 3-minute video of my grandkids and immediately felt better and a lot of joy. It’s just knowing where to put your heart and priorities.

 

There’s joy when they win, and when they lose, you gotta flip the switch and find your joy elsewhere. Take care of yourself OP. 

When the bills were way up in the first half, I knew they would lose.  I even comforted the dolphins fan at the bar whom had bet on the Vikings to win.  Don’t worry, I said.  The bills will lose, I said.