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04-30-2008, 09:47 AM
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My wife will usually go to the bar with me for a PPV. Sometimes we'll order it at home and invite a few friends to watch.
She really has no interest in MMA and would have no qualms with never seeing an event ever again.....however she knows I like it, so she humor's me and keeps me company.
I try not to force it on her and that seems to work best.
Occasionally she'll get real into it. She was a HUGE fanatic of Randy Couture before he left.
As with everything in a relationship, it's all a balancing act. Feign interest in something she likes and she'll reciprocate.
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04-30-2008, 09:58 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: VA/DC
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My GF only likes to watch MMA when a "goodlooking" fighter is fighting. Unfortunately, the only two she thinks are goodlooking, are Tito and Babalu. Babalu I like a lot, yet he isn't fighting in the UFC any more. 
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04-30-2008, 11:29 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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Originally Posted by DISCO
Guys, help a brother out.
I can't get my girlfriend to appreciate mma/ UFC. We order ppv's, we watch TUF, sometimes (yuck) we even watch... Tapout. She sorta seems to like the whole "reality tv" aspect of TUF and Tapout, but when it comes down to the UFC ppv's... she's falling asleep, reading a book, giving me that "oh you're so taking me shopping after THIS GRAND WASTE OF TIME" look.
I try to explain how it's basically physical chess. How each move is a dance of balance and timing and strategy. How these fighters bring not just talent but personality into the competition, for crying out loud!
To no avail.
So, to everyone out there with girlfriends, wives, sisters, mothers, and grandmothers who watch mma... what on God's green earth initially intrigued them and finally turned them into fans?
I know the reality is that she may never come around to our way of thinking... but hell, maybe someone out there has a better approach. 
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My wife does not get into it but she completely understands that I like it and even orders ppvs for me even if I tell her we cant afford it that month and suprises me w/ it. She will watch it some w/ me and she appreciates the skill the guys have in MMA and she even likes a few guys like Rampage and Forrest b/c they are funny and seem like down to earth type of guys. She also likes my fav fighter GSP b/c he is classy and does not have the thug persona that comes w/ the stero-type of a fighter and he is still a bad A$$.....
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04-30-2008, 11:46 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Originally Posted by Savage
Three letters. G-S-P
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Funny you say that, my wife had no interest until we were at a party a couple weeks ago and she saw GSP. Then she said "I kind of liked that last fight"
I wonder why
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04-30-2008, 12:21 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Washing DC
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Originally Posted by FightFan76
My wife does not get into it but she completely understands that I like it and even orders ppvs for me even if I tell her we cant afford it that month and suprises me w/ it. She will watch it some w/ me and she appreciates the skill the guys have in MMA and she even likes a few guys like Rampage and Forrest b/c they are funny and seem like down to earth type of guys. She also likes my fav fighter GSP b/c he is classy and does not have the thug persona that comes w/ the stero-type of a fighter and he is still a bad A$$.....
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Wow man. That's cool. You're a lucky dude.
Y'know what, when I started this thread I had second thoughts of putting it up because, hell, it's not really "UFC" related in terms of actual UFC stuff. But judging from the response I'm getting, we all got a lot in common because our hobby/interest does affect our significant other... and they in turn can set the mood of how we enjoy our hobby. Is it a guilty pleasure? Is it something that's shared?
How our significant other sees mma and whether or not they interact with us during it (do they support us like lucky-ass FightFan, put up with us, or discourage us)... it affects the level of our enjoyment.
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04-30-2008, 12:44 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by DISCO
CORRECTION, I meant luck out like JASP... if I did like Opsy, I'd sound like that sick Austrian guy who locked his daughter in a dungeon and had like 7 kids by her. Yikes.
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Freudian slip! You know my method is fool proof.
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04-30-2008, 12:50 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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lmao find a better catch. Their are women out there who are just as interested in mma as their guys. I'm one of em!
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04-30-2008, 01:17 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Somewhere in NY
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Originally Posted by opsy
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I LOVE IT!!! ^^^^ LMAO!!! 
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Originally Posted by BCguy
Sometimes there is nothing you can do. My wife used to watch MMA with me just to humor me i think. And she will watch when GSP or Chuck are fighting but thats about it. She doesn't like to see a lot of blood or people getting brutally KO'ed. So now whenever a PPV is on , i just send her to the bar with my bank card and then do dirty unspeakable things to her when she comes home loaded |
Sounds like something I would do. ^^^^ hehe...
It's really luck of the draw man. My fiance got into UFC when it went mainstream. She likes Chuck, GSP, Randy, Huerta, and a bunch of other fighters. She gets into it like I do, jumping around and screaming at the TV.  LOL...
If she don't like it then let it be and do what either BCguy or opsy recommend. I would probably go with BCguy's method first 
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04-30-2008, 03:35 PM
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My wife will watch TUF (she loves Forrest) with me and is willing to go to the bars to watch, of course the bars only work when we have a babysitter since a 2 yr old is a little young for fighting, at least in my wife's opinion.
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04-30-2008, 04:00 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Newport News VA
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This thread is turning me on.
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04-30-2008, 04:18 PM
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Location: Washing DC
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Originally Posted by Ryduce
This thread is turning me on.
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Well why shouldn't it turn ANYONE on? C'mon, we're talking about girls who LIKE mma as much (if not more!) than we do. Or at least converting those girls who aren't yet fans over to the darkside. 
Think of an evening barbecuing, throwing back some beers, laughing and joking with your friends, your girl there by your side laughing it up, talking trash and hootin' and hollerin' at the fights enjoying herself every bit as much as you are... Or her and you with a bunch of friends at your favorite bar doing the same thing. OR BETTER YET at an actual event, hearing the music, feeling the vibe of the crowd, yellin' until your voice is gone cheering on the fights you usually just see on Spike. Good times, man.
Good times.
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04-30-2008, 04:20 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DISCO
Wow man. That's cool. You're a lucky dude.
Y'know what, when I started this thread I had second thoughts of putting it up because, hell, it's not really "UFC" related in terms of actual UFC stuff. But judging from the response I'm getting, we all got a lot in common because our hobby/interest does affect our significant other... and they in turn can set the mood of how we enjoy our hobby. Is it a guilty pleasure? Is it something that's shared?
How our significant other sees mma and whether or not they interact with us during it (do they support us like lucky-ass FightFan, put up with us, or discourage us)... it affects the level of our enjoyment.
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Well its not just MMA/UFC, to her credit she supports me in everything I do as I do her. Its like I said though, she knows I like it and even though it really isnt her thing she takes an interest mostly to humor me but I believe it does interest her somewhat anyway.....
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04-30-2008, 06:34 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Texas
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My girl isn't a huge fan, but she has no choice but to watch it if its on. She like many others has taken a special intrest in GSP and Huerta. Sometimes she just goes to bed during the ppv's which is fine w/ me. I generally wake her up about two to three times yelling out submissions to the television. She does come to my fights and my BJJ tournaments though, so overall I'd say she's pretty supportive of my love for MMA.
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05-02-2008, 02:16 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Originally Posted by SWIBC
My wife will watch TUF (she loves Forrest) with me and is willing to go to the bars to watch, of course the bars only work when we have a babysitter since a 2 yr old is a little young for fighting, at least in my wife's opinion.
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I'd say your bigger concern should be how to sneak a two year old into a bar.
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05-02-2008, 07:47 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Canada , Brampton Ontario
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Let her like what she wants ? If she liked watching figure skating would you want her to demand you watch that shat . Don't you have friends or family that like It
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