I have never been an athlete and I do not have an athletic desire to attend sporting events. I have two children who enjoy participating in sports. Ever chase they get, they want to play some form of a sport. They ask to join every club that their school offers, that has to do with physical activity. Earlier this week they both partook in their first football game of the season. My daughter is a cheerleader and my son is on the football team. I only know a small portion of the rules and regulations of the game and I have no intentions on learning the rest of them. I believe sociological perspective applies to this event because no one-including my children- knew that I was secretly wishing that I was anywhere but there. They had no clue because I cheered, screamed, chanted and jumped up on queue as if I really knew what was going on. I personally would have been satisfied with sitting quietly in the stands, finishing the math homework that I was working on between outbursts. Instead of focusing all my attention on my math problems, I continued to celebrate our team’s accomplishments and expressed displeasure when things did not go their way. I only showed any interest at all, because I thought that was how I was supposed to act at a sporting event. I did not experience any of the excitement that the other spectators seemed to have been experiencing. In retrospect, I wonder how many of them were genuine and how many were pretending the enthusiasm like I did. In addition to play-acting my way through fitting in with the fans, I also went out of my way to reassure my children that I enjoyed supporting their interests. I constantly juggled my attention between my son and my daughter by waving at them when they made eye contact