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10 seconds on the clock, the last lap of the race, the final play of game! I'm on my feet yelling at the top of my lungs while my boyfriend sits on the couch and reads the paper. What's wrong with this scenario? I like sports and he doesn't!

I have always been a great sports fan. It started when I was a kid. My dad watched wrestling, so we watched wrestling too. I loved to watch those big guys get all upset and jump around and yell and go on. My dad always said that was just for show, they were all good friends and would end up riding home together after the show was over. As I got older I got more into baseball, watching the Atlanta Braves play almost every night on TBS. I was a Braves fan, when it wasn't very fashionable. Now that I'm an adult NASCAR has become my passion. I love to watch the races on television, or go out to the track to see my favorite drivers. Sounds like I would be the perfect date for the sports fanatic guy, doesn't it? But, alas that was not to be.

He likes video games. Hours on end! All of his buddies come over and they sit around and watch each other play games. Something that, to me isn't very interesting. Maybe if they were playing a game where everyone could play at the same time I might like it. It might take one of the guys an hour to play a level of one game while I'm in the corner yawning and going to sleep. Most of them seem just as interested to watch as play, something I don't understand. I have two daughters who are not only sports fans but participants in a sports as well. They have the best of both worlds because they love sports and video games.

We have learned to compromise! He goes to the track with me now and then and I sit around and watch him and the guys play video games. I even join in sometimes and that seems to really make him happy. He doesn't complain about coming to the races even though I know it's not his thing. He has learned the names of the drivers and what cars they drive, who I like to see win and who I don't. We have learned that we need to be supportive of each other in all things whether it's our careers, our children or our hobbies. Spending time together is the most important thing.

Since the kids are very sports oriented he has become their biggest fan. He may not attend every game and sit in the stands with a foam finger with his face painted and yell and scream the whole time, but he is definitely behind the team. He isn't very good at sports himself but he appreciates that it is something that

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