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SINGAPORE : The World Cup is often said to bring nations together. But will the beautiful game end up causing couples to drift apart?
64 matches over 25 days, that's almost 100 hours of World Cup madness. But will all that soccer action mean greater differences for couples off the field?
One person says: "If I ever met someone, they would have to enjoy football. Otherwise, I could never be with them because it's like you want to watch it with them, or them let you go out to watch it and if they try to stop you, it just wont work. It'll be really bad."
Another remarks: "Probably they would have to explain to their girlfriends because most of them don't really play or know anything much about soccer other than guys kicking balls. That's it."
On the flip side of the coin - using the World Cup to bond.
One person comments: "Maybe they don't understand how the soccer work, like me myself, I don't know how those balls work around there. So, maybe the guy can tell the lady how it works, or some guys hate soccer as well. I have friends, ladies, who love soccer and maybe they can nurture their next one and say what soccer is all about."
Experts say you don't really have to force yourself to like the game, if you don't want to. It all boils down to prioritising.
(Anissa Hassan, managing director, It's Just Lunch, says: "Just like music, you don't have to sing or you don't have to play a musical instrument to enjoy music.
Same thing goes for football, you're watching it because you're passionate about the game, you're watching it for the skill on the pitch, you're watching it because the person that you care about also enjoys the match. So it's all a matter of how much you want to let go, or how much you want to learn in this World Cup season."
And even if the World Cup gives your relationship a red card, bear it with for a month, and it only happens once every four years. - CNA/jy
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