Just when I thought I'd get some peace and quiet

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It's the Final Four. I have nothing at all against sports. I'm not a huge fan, but it doesn't bother me when other people watch it. I put up with my husbands screaming at the tv like they can hear him, and jumping around and carrying on in the den, all during football season. Where I was raised, college football is like a religion. It's more important than a religion. So, I do know that he's going to do that and I sort of understand. I expect it after 25 years and somehow or other I am able to tune that out. It is, after all, Alabama Football.

This however, is really going over the line. (No pun intended nor any bad luck wished on him - he has money on Kansas) It's the final freakin' four! Basketball is not his sport. I've got my entire self set for a few months of quiet time while he's watching tv. Then tonight, out of the blue (to me) here it is. Loud tv, loud yelling at the tv by my husband, constant commentary on it, and he's in there by himself except for one dog.

Now, I don't want to be unreasonable, and I'm not going to say anything. This is probably it for the loud ball games until preseason starts. But I'm tired. I was at my mothers taking care of her, I've been sick with a bug, I've felt terrible and came home to a messy house that I was too sick to clean up the way I want it, until today, which I've done all day long, and tonight I sit down to relax and there's the yelling.

I could go in the bedroom and read, or even take an ambien and go to sleep, but I want to relax! In the quiet! Yes, I can relax in the quiet in the bedroom with the door shut and the fan and CD player on, but I want to relax out here! I'm feeling whiney and selfish and I'm not saying a word about it to him, because I realize it's whiney and selfish. If he did this all year long, or I could expect it out of the blue several times during the off season, I could see saying something to him. It's one night. I'm going to force myself to be a grownup as long as I possibly can.

Kansas better freakin win, that's all I have to say. He's louder when he's got money on a game.

I don't get sports.

Since it's just one night this time, do hold in your bad feelings, but for the future, you should get noise cancelling head phones. That way you may not have to retreat to the bedroom to escape the noise. I hope hubby wins too, so you can tell him the money will be going towards the purchase of those head phones. Only say it in a nice way.

Ear plugs and a book perhaps?

I agree with this. I tried my sister's pair. Boze, or is it Bose sound blockers? Pricey, but I guess worth it in comparison to ear plugs from Home Depot that get dirty all the time. Pardon my spelling. I haven't seen the company name spelled infront of me very much.

Noise-cancelling headphones only block out constant noises such as lawn mowers, airplanes, etc. They're no use for TV, music and yelling.

"Being a grownup" does not mean not standing up for yourself. Enough said.

Can get some wireless headphones for the television, but they won't block out a person yelling. Just means others in the vicinity won't have to hear the television if its cranked up loud.