I really don't get how some "fans" get so stressed out over the games. I NEVER miss a game. I am what everyone who knows me knows and that is that I am the most dedicated Saints fan that they know. I can count on one hand the number of days in the past 25-30 years where I didn't wear some article of Saints apparel (I have about 20 Saints caps so it's pretty easy). I hate it when we lose, but I always enjoy being able to watch my team play ... win or lose. When we lose I never feel anger. Disappointment, yes, but never anger.

If someone let's a game anger them so badly that it affects their relationships then I suppose not watching and abandoning the game entirely is best. Sad, but I understand I suppose.

Everyone's different. Not just about sports but in all walks of life.
Some people get stressed easily, some people don't let stuff bother them.

In my case, not watching for 4 hours every Sunday did the trick as I focused on stuff that gave me enjoyment.
The loss yesterday was painful but I was proud of the way the team fought, so I got over it quickly. Maybe as I get older, I'll be able to flip that switch more easily.

It's just in the past I've struggled with that fine line, being invested is great when you win because it makes the win that much better, but to me, it also made the losses that much harder too.

My wife, the Saint she is, never once complained about watching a game, but she could see that it made me unhappy at times.

I really don't get how some "fans" get so stressed out over the games. I NEVER miss a game. I am what everyone who knows me knows and that is that I am the most dedicated Saints fan that they know. I can count on one hand the number of days in the past 25-30 years where I didn't wear some article of Saints apparel (I have about 20 Saints caps so it's pretty easy). I hate it when we lose, but I always enjoy being able to watch my team play ... win or lose. When we lose I never feel anger. Disappointment, yes, but never anger.

If someone let's a game anger them so badly that it affects their relationships then I suppose not watching and abandoning the game entirely is best. Sad, but I understand I suppose.

It means there are people who care more about the team and their games mean more to them than they do to you.

OK Guido, you have your view. Im not going to fall for your corkscrew PA argumentative style right now. Another fan called you out on this thread before I did. I know you don’t care.

I’m going to give it this one shot (god knows why) in helping you to try and understand another viewpoint.

Dizz and I were in a back and forth about views/reactions from watching the game. I brought up a family member with dizz, making it personal.

You chime in with a post that starts with; “I really don't get how some "fans" get so stressed out over the games.”

Now regardless of what came next, you stuck your nose into a back and forth with an antagonistic statement when you italicize the word “fan”.

So, Play Superfan all you want. Again, I stand by my statement. If you don’t get it that’s ok. But just because YOU don’t get something doesn’t mean it’s not true. Sorry to burst your ego bubble but you aren’t the ultimate Saints fan. Nor am I.

We all do process things differently.

When the refs and Roger Goodell are disappointed by the outcome of a Saints win they are proactive and go do something about it and make sure it doesn't happen again.

When Mickey Loomis is disappointed by a bad draft pick or bad high dollar free agent signing he is proactive in his own way. He disposes of as many future draft picks and future cap dollars as possible so there won't be any draft pick or big free agent for people to criticize him over next time, then he restructures and extends the disappointing players contract so that there will be $50 million dead cap if we ever release them, so that holding onto that player can be considered 'smart' point forward once the ink is dry.

I process things in terms of thinking about what should be done if we want to win. So that's frustrating and disappointing only so long as the current regime will not do it, and so long as Roger Goodell is the dictator king of the NFL. When Mickey and Roger are gone it will be extremely gratifying. I go out and do fun activities and eat good meals, but if one day I learn that Roger Goodell died on a toilet in a bondage accident with a Tom Brady inflatable doll, I won't be thinking 'oh no what a terrible thing to happen to such a decent fair upstanding respectable man incapable of corruption' I will be thinking 'he must have popped the Aaron Rodgers doll last week'.