Another season starts

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Not me, that was Welpe. I can assure you my wife wouldn't have been so forgiving. As for me, my kids were born in April and August, so by the time the season rolled around she was ok with me working. Although we moved mid-season after the August birth, so I didn't work much. In hind sight; perhaps that was best.

As it is, I have to take Feb 19th off every season due to a birthday within my marriage.

I've worked my birthday, my wife's birthday, my kid's birthday, my anniversary, you name it. My wife just rolls her eyes and smiles we go out on Saturday or Sunday in lieu. My kid's birthday was Saturday this year (I worked a 7:30 game) and is Sunday next year, so I had/have plenty of time to celebrate with her.

When I hear of marriages crumbling from officiating, I never really understand that. And neither does she. Maybe I'm just lucky. And now being in my 40s and having had my one and only child and nearing 15 years of marriage, I'm probably not going to have to worry about this in the future.

Of course, I don't understand officials that say they hand their game checks over to their wives, either.