typing slip-up

Sorry about those last 3 postings: typing error. It is NHL playoff season, and unfortunately, the Montreal Canadiens are doing well. I hate hockey with a passion, always have. In fact, I hate pretty much all sports, although I agree with the approach of a colleague of mine who watches recorded rugby games while he works, just for the eye candy. That is to me a perfectly valid reason for watching a match. Anyway, people seem unable to grasp the notion of a man who does not like sports. And yet, from a young age I have been indifferent to team sports. I learned very early to hide this, as it did not conform to accepted cultural notions of masculinity. When my maternal American grandparents asked me what my favourite sport was, I picked the first one that came to mind: baseball, and then they began sending me all sorts of baseball-related toys, none of which had any effect upon me. I remember watching TV with my grandfather once during a visit to Massachusetts, and an ad for Mr. Coffee featuring Joe DiMaggio coming on, and him asking me if I knew who he was, and me replying "Of course, he was Marilyn Monroe's husband", and Gramps not being too pleased at all. In later years, I had no interest in team sports, and while the pressure to feign that interest has definitely waned over the years, it is still a sore point, I guess. What bothers me most about sports fans is their absolute confidence that everyone else (especially male) shares their passion. Hence the confidence and absolute lack of doubt with which the question 'what did you think of the game last night' is posed. As someone who has always had weird interests, I'm often wary about discussing them with just anyone, as I know chances are good the person to whom I'm talking does not share the interest.