[DJay23]

A lot of good stuff in this thread and I can relate with most of it.

I short circuited at the end of the '21 AFCCG. By that I mean I nearly passed out from how angry I had gotten. I quit social media that night and haven't been back. I also haven't been that ridiculous over anything, much less football, since. I've always been an emotional sports fan. It's my outlet because I'm not an emotional person in the day to day. I've learned to control it better since I was young, but that game messed me up. I couldn't comprehend it.

Someone said at least we aren't Bills fans. My GF's dad, sister, and bro in law and her extended family are all from upstate. I think about her dad and how he's getting older and has never seen the Bills do it. I just wish it wouldn't come at our expense for them to win, I want him to feel that feeling because he is a great guy and deserves it.

The feeling. Like most of us here I was starting to think I would never get to feel it for the Chiefs. I felt it for KU, I felt it for the Royals, but the Super Bowl Champion is the king of the world. It took until I had turned 42 for the first, but I've gotten to feel it 3 times in 5 years. I'm greedy as hell for it, so I want more, but if this is all there is (I don't think it is) I'm good. I think after LIV I made the comment that I could die happy now.

I teach 7th grade. The hardest part of these losses is dealing with the constant snark the next day. I live in the middle of PA so there are a fair number of Eagles fans including one of my good friends who I teach with. At school the next day I decided that I hate it when people have tried to minimize Chiefs Super Bowl wins so I made sure to congratulate all of those kids and teachers who are Eagles fans and point out how special the feeling is. I took whatever trash they wanted to talk because that's the transaction, but they were all pretty cool once I congratulated them. To the few Chiefs fans I said, get over it. No one feels sorry for us. We've had it good and there is more to come. We've felt the feeling. To the shit head Steelers fans I kindly invited them to shut their mouths (It's hard for them to understand it isn't always about them).

What was most striking though was standing in the hallway next to my friend the Eagles fan. Every kid who walked by had smart ass comments to me about the score and shitty smirks on their faces. No one high fived my friend or congratulated him. I asked one class why they did that. They said it's more fun to tease. It's a sad world. But hey, I've still had that feeling.