AFC NimbleThumb
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This hits lots of notes that are tough to disagree with.People sincerely switch spouses, professions, passports, religions and much more. And football should be the one exception? People change, life changes.
You’d have to be very narrow minded in my opinion to categorically rule out this possibility. Football shouldn’t be a cult, it’s a hobby.
Certainly not necessary to ask anyone for permission.
For me personally United have formed much of my football watching identity & are intrinsically ingrained in me somewhere. If the day came where I couldn’t support this club [& the racism amongst the fanbase has brought me close recently] I wouldn’t switch allegiances I’d just give up on the game altogether.
As an aside. My son is 12, I’ve taken him to about 10 United games of which he has had little interest, his last game was a few years ago & I made the decision to not encourage him to follow the team/any team. He has no interest. The older I get the more illogical I find my own fandom, I also see more & more how little I have in common with other fans other than the team we support. Every other thread on here is a poster arguing with another over a thing they both claim to love. If I were young again I wouldn’t waste my time on this game to be honest.
In regards to the OP though, no.