by Ann Johnson

Created on: January 23, 2009   Last Updated: January 28, 2009

I am a woman, and I love watching sports on television. I know this is unusual, and my husbands' friends smile at him, punch his arm and slap him on the back and tell him how lucky he is- but he looks at them with a feeble smile and tries to change the subject. He just doesn't get it. He would rather potter around the house or sit on his computer working, or wash his car, than sit for hours or sometimes days, watching a game of sport.

We purchased a game console for the kids, but then had to purchase a second television for them to play it on, because cricket season was starting, and they were sick of not being able to use the big tele in the lounge room. It had been our house rule that they can only play the game whilst no one was watching television, to limit the time spent on it. That went out the window when the season started, and so, it seems, did limiting the use of the game.

My husband is extremely supportive and understanding. It doesn't really bother him, as it is just this one thing in our relationship that is a "role reversal". If a game is on at meal time, he will cook, and we give the kids the choice to watch the game or sit at the table. Most times they remain at the table with dad! I grab a packet mix salad, he barbeques the meat and everyone is happy and I can get back to watching the game!

In the early days of our relationship when the kids were young, if a game was on late at night, he would put the kids to bed. He tries to sleep whilst I watch sports in bed, but I occasionally cheer or jump or let out an expletive louder than I should have, and he mumbles and rolls over and tries to return to that restful place he was in before I scared the pants off him.

A cricket test match can see us eating easy, quick meals for at least 4 or 5 days. Sometimes I prepare dinner the evening before and refrigerate it ready to just heat and eat the next night. Or I give the family the instructions for making their own meal. My husband will call me at work to see if I need him to get anything from the shops, so I can go straight home and catch up on the latest. It's just a given. I have been like this since the start of our 19 year relationship.

We both played various sports as kids and into our early 20's, and have done our share of attending kids training sessions and games whilst they played sport throughout their lives, but it is only me who wants to sit and watch on television.

I love all types of football, baseball, basketball and cricket. I am glued to the

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