What is a Golf Widow?

Don’t get me wrong. Some guys can play nine holes and be satisfied. My golf freak, on the other hand, could play thirty-six holes in a day and never see or believe how much time had passed away. By the time he remembered his family, the kids were grown and on their own, and I’d grown accustomed to being a widow.

He was so surprised when I finally said good bye on the day I caught up with him on hole number nine. Using the words of Willie Nelson’s song, “You were always on my mind,” he actually cried to see me leave. How strange that seemed to me. How could I be on his mind all the time when he spent every day away? That’s why I believe that the obsession of any sport is the same as being a cheat. The sports fanatic might as well commit adultery, because the sport is a way to cheat. It means they can have both things, both ways, and there will always be someone to do their laundry. I believe golf freaks are selfish human beings who don’t know when it’s time to stop chasing their balls all over the place as a way to be married and free at the same time.

So, if you’re obsessed with sports of any kind, you might want to ask yourself, “Do I have a wife?” If you do, you might want to see if she’s still at home, and that is only if you can find your home. If you do, and you see that she’s still there, you might want to give her a hug and say, “Thanks for waiting.”

Try to take time to see that time goes by and what is lost in time can’t be replaced by a silly game that wastes your life. Sporting activities are great ways to escape from life now and then, but please see that escaping is also a way to selfishly say, “I can have it both ways.” Your wife would like to have a life too, and she’d might even like to have it with you. You need to remind her that you are sill alive, and if you do, maybe it won’t be too late for you.

I’m sad to say that golf took my husband away, but I survived. The golf widow I came to be taught me many things. Because of this, I learned how to be independent. For that, I am grateful to the golfer who made a widow of me, but you see, today he wonders, “What happened to my family?”

Don’t make that same mistake. Where sports are concerned, remember it’s only a game and games can wait to be played. What you lose in the time it takes to play a game, can never be replaced.