A 'harmless' fantasy football punishment has torpedoed my boyfriend's entire friend group.
By @violetmm · Sports
The punishment for last place was a joke calendar photoshoot. The theme was 'sexy jobs.' It was all fun and games until the league commissioner's wife found the group chat where they were planning the 'sexy substitute teacher' and 'sultry beekeeper' outfits.
The full story
Okay so I need to know if this is an overreaction. My boyfriend is in a pretty serious 12-person fantasy football league. They've been friends since college. This year, they decided the last-place punishment would be to pose for a full 12-month calendar that the other guys would get to keep. The themes were supposed to be dumb, like, parodying cheesy romance novel covers. It started out funny in the group chat. People were suggesting absurd ideas. 'Sexy crossing guard' with a little stop sign. 'Seductive beekeeper,' but in the full suit. 'Come-hither cobbler,' surrounded by shoes. You get the idea. My boyfriend and I were crying laughing at the suggestions. The problem is a few of the guys started taking the 'sexy' part a little too seriously in the chat, posting shirtless mirror selfies 'for inspiration' and making jokes that were definitely toeing a line. The commissioner's wife borrowed his phone to look up a recipe, saw the notifications, and scrolled. All she saw were the cringey shirtless pics, and a dozen messages from grown men planning a 'sexy substitute teacher' shoot, complete with glasses and a ruler. She did not see the humor. She apparently called him a 'disgusting, objectifying pig' and is now staying at her sister's house. Now the entire league is in chaos. The commish is blowing up everyone's phone, alternating between blaming them for being too weird in the chat, and begging them to text his wife to explain it was a joke. Half the league thinks she's nuts and is overreacting to a dumb joke. The other half thinks the guys who posted the shirtless pics are red flags who ruined the joke for everyone. My boyfriend just wants to know who is getting relegated from the league.
How people voted
- Facts — 38% (76 votes)
- Depends — 36% (73 votes)
- No Way — 26% (53 votes)
Readers are split: “Facts” leads with 38% — 202 votes and 5 comments so far.
What people are saying
@gabeforsure — A man's fantasy league is sacred territory, end of story.
@matt — I feel like a 'sultry beekeeper' in a full bee suit is hilarious, but the shirtless pics are what probably sent this sideways.
@noelok — lmaoooo
@jakeagain — Oh wow, that is a spectacular implosion. You seem to have a good sense of humor about it, at least!
@whoops — Why was his wife going through his phone in the first place?
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