Touchdowns & Togetherness: Making Football Season a Win for Your Relationship
Football season can be an amazing time for couples—or four months of hearing, "Are you seriously watching another game?" The good news is that football doesn't have to compete with your relationship. With a little creativity, it can actually become something that brings you closer together. Whether you're both die-hard fans or one person still thinks a safety is something you install on a gun, football season provides plenty of opportunities for food, fun, friendly competition, travel, and quality time.
Make game day an event you share. Prepare your favorite football foods together, try a new appetizer every week, wear your team gear, invite friends over, visit a sports bar, or create a ridiculous couples' prediction contest. Pick winners, guess the final score, predict the first touchdown, or compete to see who can spot the strangest fan in the stadium. The winner gets to choose the next date night. Suddenly, someone who couldn't care less about third-and-seven has a very good reason to pay attention.
If only one of you loves football, compromise becomes the MVP. The football fan shouldn't expect every Saturday, Sunday, Monday night, and Thursday night to become sacred television territory. Choose the games that really matter and make sure you're also protecting time for your partner. At the same time, the non-football fan might occasionally join in—not because they've suddenly developed strong opinions about prevent defense, but because sharing something your partner loves is itself an act of love. And football fans, return the favor when your partner wants you to participate in something they enjoy.
Football can also inspire some fantastic couples' adventures. Attend a game together, plan a weekend road trip around an away game, tailgate, tour a stadium, visit a football museum, or simply find a great local place to watch your team. Even if the game turns into a disaster, you've still created a memory together. Twenty years from now, you may barely remember the final score, but you'll probably remember the freezing game where you huddled together under one blanket while drinking terrible $9 hot chocolate.
Most importantly, remember that your relationship is the home team. Cheer loudly. Wear the jersey. Celebrate touchdowns. Complain about questionable officiating. Just don't let a football game determine the mood of your entire household. When the final whistle blows, the person sitting beside you matters considerably more than the number on the scoreboard.
Football season only lasts a few months.
A great relationship has a much longer schedule.
So grab the snacks, cuddle up on the couch, cheer together, laugh together, and make football season something you both look forward to.
And if your teams happen to be rivals?
Well...
That's when things get really interesting.













