We spend many fall Saturdays supporting the local college football team. This typically includes a week of menu planning, arriving at the game at least three hours prior to kickoff, tailgating and then cheering on the team. It had not occurred to us how strange this tradition is until less than 48 hours after N arrived that we took him and another Thai exchange student to a game.
On the way to the stadium we tried to explain tailgating and we quickly realized by the confused look on N’s face that this seemed like a strange custom. The game could not have been colder. We did our traditional tailgating and visiting and N hung right in there meeting people and socializing. N did a great job trying to talk with people even though many of those people were quite intoxicated.
By the time the game and post tailgating were over, N was freezing. He had learned about the use of hand warmers and he had cheered on our team even though he had no idea what was happening. He was clear on one thing, our team was terrible.
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