Letter to housemates during football season

Illustration: DANG HONG QUAN

The Euro ball is flying freely on the German field but is still strong enough to take away the thoughts of many families.

Letter to my carefree husband!

9am Sunday. I am writing this to you while your snoring is ringing in my ears. I know you were up until 4am last night because of the exhausting Euro football match that you loved more than me.

Dear, your summer is always more stressful than any other season of the year because we have to work overtime to prepare financially for our child's new school year, and we also have to reduce our rest time to take turns with our child during the summer. Summer is the season when we are both most tired. Yet this summer, when the Euro 2024 tournament comes, after only nine days of you hugging the TV and phone to drift with the ball all night, my mother and I have experienced the "sleep paralysis" scene that weighs heavily on our minds, a very tiring mark for our whole family.

My colleagues' husbands, one had his car stolen, another had his house "visited" because he was fast asleep after a football match, another had a heated argument with his wife, all because of football day and night. I know you love watching football, but what will happen to you and us when the Euro doesn't end until mid-July?

I don't want to see you rushing and languidly going to work every day with dark circles under your eyes. I don't want to see you and I alone at night when all you know is your football. I don't want to be annoyed by your stupid screams on TV late at night. You think I'm talkative and harsh, but I don't want your health and our family's love to go down with the ball when this tiring football season ends. I hope you understand my feelings.

To my stressed wife!

2am, before the Belgium - Romania match.

Maybe this is the time when I am most alert during the day and that is why I can read your mind. I know that summer is a stressful season, not just for us. Remember, on our wedding day, we swore to each other that we would be together forever, and the Euro only comes once every four years. You are always right about everything and I am only interested in you and football.

I don't drink coffee, smoke, or drink alcohol just because I want to save money and spend more time with you and your mother. I also don't gamble or do any other useless hobbies outside. I like watching football, but nowadays you have to pay for the signal, I don't watch it either, I save everything for our family. But Euro is different, it happens every four years, and the TV stations invite you to watch it for free, right?

However, you are still right. The past nine days when I was enjoying the Euros were also the time when I felt very tired when I went to work, when I tried to look after the children, or when I helped you with something, I think I even got angry with you. All because I was exhausted because all I knew was football all day.

He promised that as soon as the group stage was over, he would adjust his schedule. Watching football would cause a rift in family relationships, damage health, and if worse, cause debt because of football like many others, it would be an unpredictable danger, breaking all ties.

I will watch football responsibly.

The match had begun, and he thanked his wife for the thoughts he had unintentionally ignored these past few days. Just one more match. He promised to change!

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/thu-gui-nguoi-cung-nha-mua-bong-lan-20240623091200827.htm