Oh boy do I understand this! My H is a sports nut...not just football, ANY sport with ANY element of competition...my 12 year old s says H would watch Japanese Finger Painting if they made it a contest! LOL

So, here's what I have been doing to keep from going crazy during football season....
I root for the Buffalo Bills (my home town) and I watch the games with him when H is home and watching them on tv. I fix us some yummy treats, no big dinners...easy stuff like frozen pizza or order a pizza, or hot dogs and beans, or chili (which I make in the am) or tacos, you get the idea...we munch on chips and veggies during the day and everyone self serves whatever it is I have made for the main course and we eat in front of the TV watching the game...
I actually am starting to like this time AND H is being nice about explaining football stuff to me...H seems to really like the fact that I am watching with him and with a little forethought, the munchies and easy meals make Sundays and often Monday nights a breeze as far as meal prep goes....

I get out to my AA meetings and do go to church on Sunday morning without H...so, I encourage you to find something you can schedule on another evening or afternoon (other than Sunday or Monday when football is on) to do for yourself. Explain to H that you need to take a few hours each week just for yourself...whether it is coffee with a girlfriend, a class, church, bible study, a movie, bowling league...whatever! H is a big boy and can handle being a parent one night out of the week....

Make it easy on H at first, have meal and snacks ready for H and kids...but then GET OUT! Go do something by and for yourself...with other friends...but NO kids and NO H!

Oh, and by the way, you may see your H spark a bit more interest in you romantically, if you start rooting for a football team and going out a bit without him...It will puzzle him, you'll be moving toward him in one way...but moving a bit away in another....Keep him guessing!

I am responsible for my own happiness.