Should I take her to the football game?

Take your friend.

Woops, read the question incorrectly.

Get your GF the football for dumbies book. Let her read it and then decide if she wants to go.

Take your girlfriend and help explain the game to her. Big crowds full of exciting people tend to make anything seem intriguing. I think most people go to baseball games for the crowd, football could be the same if you’re not too familiar with the game.

Hmm, I’d be way happier meeting you after the game. I’ve tried, I am not sporty.

If you like football involve your girlfriend. She’ll never learn by you going with your guy friend.

yes you should.

I love sports, playing them and watching them (although football is not one of my favorites). To think that a woman would not enjoy watching a game is more of the gender stereotyping. @faye says she would not want to go, but many women would. So best bet is to ask her and let her decide.

Do your friends take their girlfriends/spouses? If so, take her. Otherwise, if it’s all guys, take your friend. Other countries are as crazy about soccer as the US is about football, so it won’t be entirely lost on her. A quick rundown of the rules would be helpful.

She might start to like it if you explain it properly. Bonus is she will watch it with you when you don’t have tickets.

You said this was a “big game” Big games are hard to come by and you know you will want to be getting into the event whole hog and a best buddy in the seat next to you would allow you to have that big game experience. Or you could sit and hold hands with your GF and spend the time explaining what American Football is all about and watching all the other guys there hooping and hollerin going ape-shit during the big game!

Promise her you will take her to a game soon even a High School Friday night can give you a chance to see some fun football and let her see why even kids enjoy the game of football.

My brothers wife is from Morocco and had never been to a football game. He got tickets to a Redskins game and took her. She had the time of her life and he, in turn, had the best time watching her have a great time. She loved the people, the band, the cheerleaders, the guy selling the popcorn, and yes, the game itself. But she got my brother to see it in a way he never had and they now watch football on TV. Her favorite team is the Redskins.

Take your girlfriend and teach her the fundamentals of football. she has to learn somehow and especially if you enjoy football. teach her and you two can share the experience.

Sometimes, love is teaching. what better way to show your love for her?

It sounds like you want to take your friend ;)
so do it

Take the girl. It will show her more of your world. She might really get into it. It depends on her attitude towards learning new stuff, but I bet she’ll like it. You have to like new stuff if you immigrate to this country. Who knows, maybe she’ll decide to make her specialty sports medicine.

Ask her what her preference is. Maybe she wants to learn the game. I hated it until my bf made me watch, oh so many years ago. I LOVE the game.

Why don’t you discuss it with her? Maybe she can watch some games on TV before she goes to the stadium so you can explain what’s going on before she has to be mystified in public with no escape!

I don’t care much for sports, but I have been invited to a couple of baseball games and one hockey game. It was fun, just because the whole event is fun. If you think you would like her to be with you, and possibly end up liking it a lot, then take her. If you’re worried that she might be bored or something, and thus make you feel nervous or bad (like you ruined her evening, which you know she will never think about you, silly, she loves you) then ask her if she would like to go. If it sounds like she’s not particularly interested, then ask her if she would mind if you took one of your buddies. I don’t think she would feel badly if you took one of them and would likely expect it. She sounds like the type of woman who will make it all work out just fine whether you take her or take your friend. And you sound like a nice person for caring about what she thinks. Kudos.

If she does go with you, maybe you could spring for some ballet tickets at another time.

Your girlfriend sound great and if I were you I’d try to spend as much time with her as possible. I personally don’t get the attraction of sitting in the cold in a crowd and watching a bunch of millionaires play a game. It may interest her the worst case scenario is that she may never want to go again. It is fair, however to expose her to new things and things that you enjoy. Unfortunately she may end up taking you to a play or musical that you really hate to show what she enjoys.

This is all part of getting to know eachother and your buddy will understand. Girls usually over-rule times with buddys. If they don’t maybe you aren’t serious about her. She should know that too.