One in three Dutch men would choose watching soccer over wife's birthday

[Champ]

AMSTERDAM (AP) - Marriage counsellors may do brisk business in the Netherlands during the upcoming European Championships.

A recent poll shows one in three Dutch men think watching their national team on television play at the Euro2004 games in Portugal is more important than celebrating their wife's birthday.

Male respondents said either their spouses should watch the game too, or that any birthday party should be postponed until afterward. Women were not asked.

The poll of 400 men was sponsored by the Dutch broadcaster KRO and carried out by research company Intomart.

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[Skittles]

1. I'm surprised it's only one in three

nt

[Kellanved]

2. just one in three?

That's not the Netherlands I know.

:shrug:

I remember attending a wedding during the 1990 World Cup: when the game started all men scrambled to a corner of the room to watch the match on a handful of Pocket TVs (most of those were bought for this occasion).