Does your significant other share your passion for U2?

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Just curious...

What do your significant others think of your U2 obssession? Are they right there with you, do they roll their eyes, or does it cause problems?

For years my husband tolerated and "semi-liked" U2, but rolled his eyes at my diehard love for the band and their music. After I finally convinced him to watch PopMart Live in Mexico, he changed his opinion quite a bit for the better (the ritz and glitz impressed him and he "goes against the flow" so why not like their most controversial album?). He still doesn't love U2 as much as me, but he's definitely warming up.

I have heard fans say their obssession has caused problems in relationships. Fortunately it never did for me, but it IS frustrating when you don't share the same feelings for music.
 
My husband is the one who turned me from casual fan to all-out U2 maniac. I'm grateful that we both consider U2 our favorite band. There's no argument about how to decorate the living room---giant POP poster, framed albums, CDs displayed on the wall...it's pretty cool.
 
No. He's not passionate about it.

But he is very supportive of my fandom and understands why U2 is my favorite band. :)

(edit: I'm not obsessed at all either. I like several bands/musicians just as much as U2.)
 
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i get rolled eyes and toleration from my husband...but that's ok, toleration is fine with me. and, he did line up in GA with me 2 days in a row in the freezing cold last october (although I think that says more about how he feels about me than how much he likes U2 lol) we have wildly differing tastes in music that seem to converge with the Joshua Tree.
 
I, unfortunately, don't currently have a significant other to share my passion for U2. I am, of course, only 16 years old, and probably one of the youngest members. Although I hope that when I DO find her, she will love U2 as much as me.




...any takers? :flirt: :sexywink: :cool: :cute: :kiss: :rolleyes:
 
He doesn't share it, but he appreciates it.
He always points out if U2 are going to be on TV or the radio. if he sees/learns something at work about them, he'll bring it home to me.
He does do sweet U2ey things on occassion though. Because he plays in a band and because he owns and operates the PA, he gets to choose the music they play between sets( less these days because of .....the dreaded in-house PA and:yuck: :sick: :banghead: disco).
I don't go to his gigs very often, but when I do, he has usuaully prepared a tape of songs that I like and plays them in the breaks.:cute: They played at the pub in my home town a few months ago. At the end of their show, he put on "Stuck In A Moment "...it really brought me "unstuck", it was too much, bad timing, but that's OK.
They tried to add Beautiful Day to their songlist, I think maybe for me. They are only a 3 piece band, the singer/guitarist found it too difficult to play and sing:D so they dropped it. (just as well imho..."do it well or not at all", signed DA BOSS!!!)


Music is definitely a love that we share, U2 and otherwise.
 
i didn't become a fan through my husband, but i'd say he's as big of a fan as me. he used to be a member here and on wire, so i think that shows he at least shows a great interest in the band. :wink:
 
As a U2 fan all my married life, my wife's interest in U2 has only started to increase after viewing the Elevation DVD. I think it was Bono's prayer at the beginning of Streets that really got to her.
 
jezebel said:
Mike, my spouse, is such a good sport about it all.

I mean, he was willing to tag along with me to Slane last year :yes:

What a guy!

You should all be so lucky :yes:

same here. we are 2 lucky girls I guess!
 
I introduced drgnwolf1969 to U2. He's now a big fan...not as big as I am, but close enough for me! :D He has bought me U2-ey gifts, and he is completely understanding of my crush on Bono...he even finds good Bono pics for me!! :heart: :cute: He even proposed to me while we were listening to AIWIY. :heart: :heart:
 
My husband K is a fan, and was before we met, though not as die-hard as I am. He does do nice little things for me though, like making "Best of B sides" CDs for me so I don't have to keep all of my U2 CDs in the car. We danced to AIWIY at our wedding, he waited in line with me for Popmart tix, stuff like that. Even before I discovered Interference he thought I was getting starting to get nutso about the boys, and now that I'm on here (since August), I keep it a secret cuz I think he would have me committed!

I am obsessed (shhhhh, don't tell K!) :angel:
 
GREAT question for me. My husband is 41 and I will be next month. I met him in 1981 and we were together when we bought Boy. We listened to October driving across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel one October day. We listened to War many a day and many nights, riding for fun or on my long newspaper motor route. We used to say "Sunday Bloody Sunday" was a day when all your NFL teams lose. We were married in 1984, and he gave me UF for Christmas. I loved it too. Of course we got JT as soon as it came out. We loved R&H. U2 were 'our' band, a band our own age, a special band with a special meaning to us.

Then AB came out and my husband didn't like it that they were trying to change themselves. I still thought Bono was hot and I liked AB but I wondered why they wanted to 'toughen' their image, and image so many had loved. Then one day I was sitting in the living room and he was watching TV in the bedroom and he yelled for me to come in quick. Let me tell you that was rare. We don't talk much and he never yelled for me unless he wanted food. Well I got in there and he was sitting stunned by the Lemon video. He pointed to the screen and asked "What the fuck is that? Bono puts his big, ugly face up in the camera and goes "Lemon" He said U2 couldn't possibly be serious. They had to be seeing just how bad they could suck and still get by on their name. He believed that. I was worried about the direction of the band too, but when I saw the Stay video I figured they were okay. I was wrong.

I don't need to go into how I felt about Pop. It is well documented and you all know how much I hate it and how much the entire era turned me off in every possible way. Well, my husband hated it even more. I remember in the summer of 2000 we were visiting friends out of state and the woman asked me if I liked U2. I told her they used to be my favorite band, but they had totally freaked out and weren't what I liked anymore, and it hurt so bad it even hurt to listen to the old stuff. It was like breaking up with someone and having things remind you of them. I had been that attached to them. Well like I said in the BD thread here, I heard BD and I was so happy! Then I bought ATYCLB and most of the other songs spoke to me and were like a special gift from the band to me. You know I love U2 again and more than ever, and I went to 7 Elevation shows. My husband still refuses to listen to anything post R&H. When he goes off for his job on trips, the only U2 he takes is JT. (He is a big Zeppelin fan, so he likes harder rock) So no, we used to really like U2, then he hated Zooropa and Pop and I hated Pop, I loved ATYCLB but he hasn't forgiven them yet. However I must say I do hear him listening to ATYCLB songs and videos and watching U2 shows through the door when he's in the room. Now he even yells out "Hey turn on the TV it's Bono!" so I think he does still like them, but I wouldn' t bug him about it.
 
My baby likes U2 but not like I do. :tongue: Actually I think he likes them more since he's been with me. He says every time he hears a U2 song on the radio he thinks of me :flirt: And of course me talking about them frequently helps corrupt his mind as well.
 
jezebel said:



so your hubby was willing to escort you to Slane too? (I'm sure that involved much arm twisting :yes: )

yup, he did. and actually it did involve lots of arm twisting since he HATES to fly!
 
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