<p>Lderochi, I'm pretty sure I recall that you are a Blue Devil who married a Tarheel. (I shudder just typing these words.) Now that my flesh and blood has chosen to be a Terp, how do I make peace with this and continue to love him unconditionally?</p>
<p>Think about how much cheaper the tuition is at Maryland.</p>
<p>Agree. When my husband was in college at West Virginia University we loudly cheered, "Penn State S**ks!" with vigor. Now that we live in Pennsylvania, we've come to think it's a very worthwhile (read lower priced) college.</p>
<p>Amen! We are!</p>
<p>Hey, when all's said and done it's only approximately 5-7 days each year where the atmosphere around the house is, ummm, "frosty". :) Of course, we've never had to deal with a showdown in the NCAA tournament. Close a few times, but thankfully it's never happened. Not sure WHAT that would entail!</p>
<p>And I agree with the above re $$$$. Even if son had the numbers to get into Duke, I'd be in a cold sweat thinking about the tuition payment!</p>
<p>Heck, I'm a Bruin (could be worse, I could be a Buckeye) married to a Gator and I have to put up with the "we-are-the-only-school-to-hold-two-major-championships" stuff. For now.</p>
<p>I personally love the rivalry. Gives you lots of stuff to make wagers on.</p>
<p>Neither kid is even entertaining a NCAA/DI school, so at least we won't have interference on that end. Amazing that we raised two so non-sports-fanatic kids....</p>
<p>Puke is having kind of a rough year. Lost 4 basketball games in a row plus all crime and brouhaha surrounding it. </p>
<p>I was talking to a guy from New England who was sent to work at a North Caro;ins office for a couple of years who made the mistake of wearing the wrong shade of blue the first week he was there and nearly wound up ostracized.</p>
<p>Best rivals button ever observed at Penn State:</p>
<p>S***T on Pitt!</p>
<p>"I was talking to a guy from New England who was sent to work at a North Caro;ins office for a couple of years who made the mistake of wearing the wrong shade of blue the first week"</p>
<p>I've often wondered why they aren't the "powerpuffs" rather than "tarheels". :eek:</p>
<p>We are a "Carolina Couple." No problems here. </p>
<p>Well at least no problems related to where we went to school</p>
<p>Thanks for taking the time to reply, tsdad. Gotta tell you that I love the little blurb beneath your screen name. Perhaps you could pen one about my situation: son and paycheck in the hands of the enemy?</p>
<p>My son's at Maryland. He has a highly academic younger sister, who is now a senior in high school.</p>
<p>When she was considering what colleges to apply to, his main comment was, "Anywhere but Duke. I can't have a sister who goes to Duke."</p>
<p>As it turned out, she's going to go to Cornell. Whew!</p>
<p>I think you can relate to this, worrywart.</p>
<p>theres only one solution. the relationship must end. I can respect UNC, but the Turtles....ugh</p>
<p>hahaha I would just recommend not watching the ACC tournament together</p>
<p>Glad to hear that others feel my pain. And congrats, Marian, on your daughter's acceptance! I may be looking for you to answer questions about Maryland down the road.</p>
<p>Pretty sad, when your need to belong results in your self identity as a fan a a sports team.</p>
<p>every1 knows that terps woop blue devils every time</p>
<p>"Fear the turtle."</p>
<p>Now working at the home of the number 1 basketball team in the country (for about two hours.)</p>
<p>hahaha true true
Fear the turtle!</p>
<p>Heaven forbids anyone from Maryland to love Duke and vice versa for that matter! :D
well, u can love someone from there, but not the school overall!</p>
<p>Go Terps! :D</p>