OOOH! The dilemma!

Some friends of my husband from back in his college days at Dartmouth have moved here. They are a great couple and have a three year old son that gets along famously with our two year old daughter (who is doing very well -- cross thread about her seizures ).

The wife is a lot of fun and she and I get along very well. I'm a bit of a recluse, hermit writer, and it's good for me to be social. Her husband travels frequently and he is home tonight and then leaves for Germany on Sunday.

Here's the problem : They want to get together for dinner tonight. Great! Awesome...oooh wait a minute. I didn't think before I accepted...poop loops!!!

The first game of a three game stand against the hated Yankees in Fenway is tonight. Aw man! I love my RED SOX!!!! I like the Malnatis. Hmmmm.

I could have them over here for dinner, but that would mean I would have to detox the house first. We've got cats and her husband is allergic, I have a two year old who loves to finger paint with coolwhip, we are doing a bunch of house projects and stuff is piled everywhere. I just don't have it in me to clean for three hours, then cook!

I'm a real time kinda game watcher -- the dvr doesn't let me work my superstitious mojo (you know...legs crossed when the pitcher is up, fingers crossed when Lugo is at bat, giving Jeter the finger to make him swing at air ).

I love all sports and have become a disciple of the church of baseball.

What to do...what to do! My hubby's friends like baseball, I think.

cray said:

great idea. leave the wife and kids home and head to the bar with the babysitter.

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Ummm, hello. I'm the wife.

Haggis said:

It's only Boston.

Oh. Wait. You said they're playing the Stankees.

Okay then. Here's what you do. Fake a death. Or cause a death. You've obviously got to do something to get out of this obligation.


Go Detroit Tigers.

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Excellent. I like Detroit when they beat the spanks. Other than that...


As for the babysitter thing...not an option (unfortunately!), so the sports bar thing is right out.

I wonder if I could fake a flesh wound? I could always use ketchup...

Trainofthought...that's a great idea.

MidnightMuse said:

A dork who's buying the drinks tonight. I'd head out to a sports bar tonight too, if my Mariners hadn't already gone tits up.

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They were soooo close, too. What are they, like nine games back now? I was hoping for them to do well.

I have two favorite teams : The Red Sox and anyone who beats the Yanks.

Hooray for Toronto last night!

KTC said:

games are games. life is life. you decide.

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Baseball is life, life is pain.

and no...it's not just a game. Sheesh!

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!!!!! Bite your tongue, Peedee!
Thems is fightin' words. OOh yeah. Orioles fan, eh? *snickers into hand* Whatever, Skippy. Glad Millar is working out for you guys. Gee, with the combo of Mora and Tejada...you'd think the Orioles would have done something over the last few years.


Usually I agree about the life part. But it's a SOX/Yankees game! The last three games of the regular season!!! Tomorrow is a day game on Fox, and because I'm on the west coast I'll probably get the Arizona game instead.

I'm thinking of going to dinner, but cutting it short. Hell, I might even be honest and say I just need to go home and see the game. If we two couples are going to be long term friends, they are just going to have to accept a certain amount of mania this time every year.