Another season starts

[Adam]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

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.

Yeah, I could do the Saturday-Sunday thing, but I miss enough birthdays due to military travel, she appreciates the effort. Blocking one day in the course of a season isn't a big deal to me.

As for the marriages that crumble due to officiating; they have other issues too. Officiating alone isn't going to bring a marriage down.