World Series - I [expletive] love it

[cardinalkarp]

Wow, dreamer....that's a pretty crappy attitude.

[IMADreamer]

Wow, dreamer....that's a pretty crappy attitude.

Yes it is. I don't lose well. It's why I generally try and avoid it.

[cardinalkarp]

Well, technically you're not losing a damned thing. I try to control my anger & disappointment when I have zero control of the situation.

Will I be disappointed if they lose...of course...will I get over it after a nights sleep, definitely.

[StL Dan]

My perspective and ability to recover from the Cards (Blues, Tigers and Rams) losing big games and series has improved as I've aged. The feelings of disappointment and frustration are as great or greater now than ever, but my ability to cope is also greater.

Having said that, I'll still be pissed if the Cards lose this series.

[IMADreamer]

See there is where I respectfully disagree. Sure it's a game I'm not playing so technically I'm not losing and I'd be fine with if I didn't have to hear about it after it was over, but I do. I have to hear about it from [expletive] like Steve, or the jerkwad at the gas station last night who is suddenly a Red Sox fan. You see when the Cardinals lose I lose because apparently every other fan base in the world is full of [expletive] that like to rub it in. Are Cardinal fans like that too? I hope not. I don't do that to people. I think it sucks.

[cardinalkarp]

The Steve incident really bothered you that badly? And I haven't seen a lot of Red Sox fans in STL, but the few I have ran into haven't been bad at all. I guess I've just had different experiences, of course even if what happened to you was to happen to me I wouldn't get my panties in a bunch because if it.

[IMADreamer]

It's not just the Steve incident itself. There have been others.

[StL Dan]

See there is where I respectfully disagree. Sure it's a game I'm not playing so technically I'm not losing and I'd be fine with if I didn't have to hear about it after it was over, but I do. I have to hear about it from [expletive] like Steve, or the jerkwad at the gas station last night who is suddenly a Red Sox fan. You see when the Cardinals lose I lose because apparently every other fan base in the world is full of [expletive] that like to rub it in. Are Cardinal fans like that too? I hope not. I don't do that to people. I think it sucks.

Believe me, brother. I KNOW what you're saying. I live what you're talking about EVERY day here in KC. EVERYONE here hates the Cardinals. Everyone I work with waits for me to arrive in the morning so they can take verbal pot shots at me about the game the night before. If the Cards win, it's "luck". If the Cards lose, they "suck". For good measure, they throw in some ridiculous reference to 1985. I've lived this since moving to KC in 1988 to attend college. I get it.

But, I'm 43 now, and while I still hate those idiots and their mouths, I can handle it. I have perspective that didn't exist when I was an angry 15 year old in 1985 and an angry 26 year old in 1996.

[IMADreamer]

See there is where I respectfully disagree. Sure it's a game I'm not playing so technically I'm not losing and I'd be fine with if I didn't have to hear about it after it was over, but I do. I have to hear about it from [expletive] like Steve, or the jerkwad at the gas station last night who is suddenly a Red Sox fan. You see when the Cardinals lose I lose because apparently every other fan base in the world is full of [expletive] that like to rub it in. Are Cardinal fans like that too? I hope not. I don't do that to people. I think it sucks.

Believe me, brother. I KNOW what you're saying. I live what you're talking about EVERY day here in KC. EVERYONE here hates the Cardinals. Everyone I work with waits for me to arrive in the morning so they can take verbal pot shots at me about the game the night before. If the Cards win, it's "luck". If the Cards lose, they "suck". For good measure, they throw in some ridiculous reference to 1985. I've lived this since moving to KC in 1988 to attend college. I get it.

But, I'm 43 now, and while I still hate those idiots and their mouths, I can handle it. I have perspective that didn't exist when I was an angry 15 year old in 1985 and an angry 26 year old in 1996.

I just don't know how you do it. I think I'm getting less tolerant as I get older. I think it has something to do with not having my co pilot any more too. She was great at offsetting my stupidity.

[StL Dan]

See there is where I respectfully disagree. Sure it's a game I'm not playing so technically I'm not losing and I'd be fine with if I didn't have to hear about it after it was over, but I do. I have to hear about it from [expletive] like Steve, or the jerkwad at the gas station last night who is suddenly a Red Sox fan. You see when the Cardinals lose I lose because apparently every other fan base in the world is full of [expletive] that like to rub it in. Are Cardinal fans like that too? I hope not. I don't do that to people. I think it sucks.

Believe me, brother. I KNOW what you're saying. I live what you're talking about EVERY day here in KC. EVERYONE here hates the Cardinals. Everyone I work with waits for me to arrive in the morning so they can take verbal pot shots at me about the game the night before. If the Cards win, it's "luck". If the Cards lose, they "suck". For good measure, they throw in some ridiculous reference to 1985. I've lived this since moving to KC in 1988 to attend college. I get it.

But, I'm 43 now, and while I still hate those idiots and their mouths, I can handle it. I have perspective that didn't exist when I was an angry 15 year old in 1985 and an angry 26 year old in 1996.

I just don't know how you do it. I think I'm getting less tolerant as I get older. I think it has something to do with not having my co pilot any more too. She was great at offsetting my stupidity.

First of all, I'm genuinely sorry to hear you've lost that special, irreplaceable person in your life. I've never gone through that, so I won't say anything more about it. Don't want to patronize you.

I will say this about my wife...she's been great at helping me cope with this stuff too. As have my kids. And they probably don't even know they are helping!