Is anyone else as fed up with all the hype as I am? I know dedpoet isn't - he can't wait for it to start, and if he could have got tickets, he would be flying out to Germany to watch it. Instead of that, he is planning to watch every England match in his local pub. Admittedly, he has invited me along, but I am not interested in football at all, so I'll most likely decline the invitation, which means that I'm going to be spending a few nights alone soon.
Apart from that, he has spent most of the afternoon "decorating" the flat with England flags, banners, stickers and even an air freshener, so there is no escape from it. His car is covered in red and white stickers, flags and he even has a red and white football on the end of his aerial. He has 3 or 4 shirts to wear to the games, as well as a hat. He seems more fanatical about this than he ever was about being a jw, so thank goodness it only lasts about a month! We haven't rowed about it, and I doubt we will, but it seems I am about to become a temporary "football widow", and I don't like it. At the moment, he is outside hanging yet another flag up, so I think our neighbours will be well aware that an England fan lives here! If they came inside, they'd be even more aware of it, with all the banners, stickers in every window, etc. I hope for his sake, after all the trouble and expense, that England do well, but I will be pleased to see it end so that I can take all the "decorations" down - he didn't put this many up at Christmas.
Anyone else know anyone this fanatical?