Can you hate one of the biggest cities in the world because of one person?
Is it ok to root against a team that's a powerhouse, just because someone who broke your heart was a fan?
How about switching the station when a song comes on because it reminds you of memories gone bad?
What harm is there in now disliking the smell, the feel, even the sight of a flower that you loved because those were the flowers he always gave you?
Can your heart break again and again each time you slip on the soft, supple robe he gave you --- so much that you'll never be able to wear it again?
14 November 2009
OT in College Football
Overtime in college football is interesting. The format is a pretty ingenious way of doing things.... if the field manager plays the game right.
Here's how it works: Regulation tie game goes to overtime. Whoever wins the coin toss gets to choose if they want the ball on offense, or if they're going to run defense first. Thing is, each team gets a chance to score (ahem) ---- so you WANT to be the one with the last chance before the clock runs out.
IF the first overtime ends with a tie, however, then ball possession switches.... so the other team has the last chance with the ball.
In essence, the tables get turned for the second OT.
So. What happens when the relationship goes to overtime? Doesn't overtime usually mean panic? Yes, for the most part ---- but in football, it's also exciting.
In dating, overtimes aren't usually so exciting. They're times when we're trying too hard to make something work..... and we're not able to say who won, because it's not like we can put points on the board.
And it's hard when the tables are turned. Usually the reason we head to OT in a relationship is when you're dealing with an issue that one person has brought to the table. .....what's hard is when both people have to then deal with that issue and that's what can take them to overtime.....OT is usually hard, it wears down on everyone, it's physically and emotionally tough.
Especially when times are tough enough that you have to go to the second OT. The tables do turn when it comes to love. And by this point, the other person who was there to help get through the first overtime finds the tables turned at 2OT. And it can be hard to look at that other person and not see that original issue. It's tough to get past the reasons that took things to the double overtime.
You can't really ever start that game again, can you? You can only hope for a rematch.
Here's how it works: Regulation tie game goes to overtime. Whoever wins the coin toss gets to choose if they want the ball on offense, or if they're going to run defense first. Thing is, each team gets a chance to score (ahem) ---- so you WANT to be the one with the last chance before the clock runs out.
IF the first overtime ends with a tie, however, then ball possession switches.... so the other team has the last chance with the ball.
In essence, the tables get turned for the second OT.
So. What happens when the relationship goes to overtime? Doesn't overtime usually mean panic? Yes, for the most part ---- but in football, it's also exciting.
In dating, overtimes aren't usually so exciting. They're times when we're trying too hard to make something work..... and we're not able to say who won, because it's not like we can put points on the board.
And it's hard when the tables are turned. Usually the reason we head to OT in a relationship is when you're dealing with an issue that one person has brought to the table. .....what's hard is when both people have to then deal with that issue and that's what can take them to overtime.....OT is usually hard, it wears down on everyone, it's physically and emotionally tough.
Especially when times are tough enough that you have to go to the second OT. The tables do turn when it comes to love. And by this point, the other person who was there to help get through the first overtime finds the tables turned at 2OT. And it can be hard to look at that other person and not see that original issue. It's tough to get past the reasons that took things to the double overtime.
You can't really ever start that game again, can you? You can only hope for a rematch.
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