So, I’m at my wife’s grandmother’s for our annual “family” Thanksgiving meal. One of my wife’s cousins is a gator fan. And he’s a typical gator fan at that.
Needless to say, no matter how terrible they are, he always likes to talk them up as if it were the 90’s all over again.
Today, he was bragging the Ole Miss game and how his “Georgia friends” were calling him and saying how thankful they were Florida won that game…he said it with a smirk, as if to say I should join in with the “thanking” of the Florida gators.
My response was simple and came out quicker and with less tact than many in that room had anticipated. I said, “No true Georgia fan in their right mind would pull for that trash team. I don’t care what the circumstances are, I’d never pull for the Florida Gators, much less be glad they won any game.”
I’ll admit, it was little awkward for a moment or two. He’s now moved to his safe space in the dining room.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Needless to say, no matter how terrible they are, he always likes to talk them up as if it were the 90’s all over again.
Today, he was bragging the Ole Miss game and how his “Georgia friends” were calling him and saying how thankful they were Florida won that game…he said it with a smirk, as if to say I should join in with the “thanking” of the Florida gators.
My response was simple and came out quicker and with less tact than many in that room had anticipated. I said, “No true Georgia fan in their right mind would pull for that trash team. I don’t care what the circumstances are, I’d never pull for the Florida Gators, much less be glad they won any game.”
I’ll admit, it was little awkward for a moment or two. He’s now moved to his safe space in the dining room.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
