Here are a list of ways you can enjoy the Super­bowl whether or not you like football!

There are arti­cles around suggesting you distract your beloved from the game. I don’t know why you would. A part­ner­ship is just that. When you marry (prepare to marry) you’re not being joined into one person, no matter what bad wedding cere­monies say. You’re two people who are nego­ti­ating a life and an enter­prise of love together. That means you’ll be the same wonderful people you are who are doing the work to create a shared life. If one of the people loves foot­ball or even just the Super Bowl, Wedding Priestess offers these options for making the Super Bowl a great day at your house:

• Join ‘em. Make the dips, order the wings, grab the beer and hang out. (You’re pampering here!) Dive into it whole­heart­edly. Give the gift of full atten­tion. Yep, for an entire after­noon, let it be about your partner and your partner’s inter­ests. You’ll win points. You can even do prep work and read a bit about each of the teams! An annual afternoon/​evening is not a lot to offer the beloved of your dreams. Who knows? If you didn’t like foot­ball when you started, you might before it’s over.
• Parallel play: Make the dips, order the wings, grab the beer and hang out. Knit, needle­point, read, hang out on face­book, nap, but hang in the same room. Say I love you just by being present.. Look up for the commer­cials. They’re always worth watching.
• Do what the arti­cles say: Make the dips, order the wings, grab the beer and hang out. Walk around the house with nothing on but a foot­ball jersey or great lingerie. Try to seduce your beloved away from watching the game. Exchanging sexual favors for points has been suggested. Give him/​her a fun after­noon but jeal­ously ensure that there’s no point at which the atten­tion is diverted from you. (this is a great tool for rela­tion­ship building… NOT.)
• Have a party: Make the dips, order the wings, grab the beer and hang out. (still pampering.) Indulge your inner Event Planner. No one ever needs to know that you don’t like the Super Bowl. See if you really might want to work as a planner or caterer. Make fun food, invite fun people. Have a good time!
• Go to a Party: (Take the wings!) Now you’ll prob­ably be able to find an ally if you don’t want to watch and even at someone else’s house you can crochet and watch the commer­cials. Just don’t hold your conver­sa­tion in front of the TV. They’re busy here. Game’s on.
• Do some­thing for you: Make the dips, order the wings, stock the fridge with beer and go out. Or stay in. Do some­thing wonderful for you. Meet your buds and do some­thing deca­dent, or good for you, or simply some­thing you’ve wanted to do for a while. Do some­thing your partner doesn’t really care about and luxu­riate in some good old-​​fashioned time alone which can be hard to come by in a marriage. And then go home unearth the wings that you hid so you could have some and sit down and watch the end of the game with your sweetie beloved. (Put aside a stash big enough to share! You’ll be a hero/​sheroe!)

Tip: However you do it, enjoy the game. Just remember this is not a compe­ti­tion. It’s just a game on TV! (the Wedding Priestess says sacreligiously!)