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My partner’s obnoxious conduct at our sons’ football matches is putting me off him | Annalisa Barbieri

Both are football crazy and have played since they were very young.

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The Guardian reports: Both are football crazy and have played since they were very young.

His behaviour is certainly inappropriate, but take a quiet moment to try to find out where the anger is coming from My partner and I have been together for 25 years and we have two sons, aged 14 and 16. My partner’s competitive nature was one of the things I initially found attractive about him (I wanted someone with drive).

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Annalisa Barbieri
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