I knew it when I met him. The orange cap, the orange t-shirts, the license plate on his truck; they were all clues to the identity of his first true love.
Yet, somehow, I thought I could replace her. I was so wrong!
I’m not the player that she is. I just can’t hold his attention the way that she does. She lures him with her seductive song of “Rocky Top” and the promise of a National Championship. She beckons him with her orange and white, and he follows like a small child, eyes opened wide, roaming the aisles of a candy store. From August to January, he belongs to her. The remaining months, he is mine; but she is never far from his thoughts.
Who is she? Tennessee football! That’s right, my husband’s “mistress” is alive and well in Knoxville, Tennessee.
When my husband, Brian, and I first married, I thought I could change him; that our lives didn’t have to revolve around Tennessee football. That was my first mistake.
I finally resolved myself to the fact that he needs this love affair, that he is lost and empty without it. Sshould I try to separate him from her, he may be forced to make a choice; and I know beyond the shadow of a doubt that I would not be pleased with his decision.
So every year as the seasons began to change from Summer to Fall, I move into the shadows and wait. Because I know that he will return.
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