Sucking Up With Sincerity

Last night I watched the episode of Everybody Loves Raymond where Ray gets assigned to cover the Super Bowl. He has the opportunity to bring someone & chooses one of his guy friends. So, his brother & father both get mad that he didn't invite them. And then, his wife gets mad too. This is one of the very rare times where I side with the husband in this show. It's football! She's not a fan, why would he take her??? Anyway, the episode is very funny but it makes me mad at her.

So, just to see if I am right that inviting his wife is just a ridiculous idea, I called K and said "If you got two free tickets to the super bowl - ya know airfare, the whole deal - who would you take with you?" and he said "You." I was like "Okay, very sweet, now the non-suck-up answer - really this is not a trick question." He said "No, really, I would go with you. I've never been to a pro football game and I'd want to go with someone I could have fun with and laugh with, and I know that you would go and have fun with me even if you don't get it." And the funny thing is, I believe him. I really do think that, as ridiculous as it sounds, he would invite me 1st, and I suppose that is kinda sweet. I said "Well, what if I couldn't go?" Then he said he'd take his brother, who we both know he would NOT have fun with (Pussy-whipped Mormons with Crohn's are rarely any fun at all, much less at a football game). It did kinda make me feel bad, because if I got a free trip to say, the Oscars, I would take my sister. But I guess in the long run he would be grateful for that. And truly, him taking me to the super bowl is me doing him a favor, not the other way around. Still, the sentiment was sweet, so props to K for being a sweetie.