Here's the problem: My teammates wife has an Infectous laugh.

Last night in our Handicapped Mixed League(our 33rd week of bowling) we bowled next to a team that has been deemed "very serious" and doesn't really care for our team, based on the fact that they have been giving us dirty looks all year long because of the cheering.  Yes, my friends wife has been there all season long cheering us on with her infectous laugh. Well it got escalated to our league secretary last night and he tried to tell her that she was warned before(no previous warning) and he was going to have here removed from the bowling center! We quickly interveened and told him she does not have to abide by the league rules because she is not a league bowler.
Now for the record, we know we could have here quiet it down a bit but the way the league secretary has handled it and the the way the other team has dealt with it we do not want to give them satisfaction.  Also, in our opinion if the team in question had a problem with her laughing and cheering they are more at fault by not addressing the problem initially in week one of the season. My teammate and I talked about it and agreed that if they would have been professional about it from the start we would have complied. But to just sit back all year long and stew over it until this night where they had to bowl next to us just seemed a bit childish on their part(they also give the impression to the rest of the leagues as sore losers, they like to swear and kick ball return units after open frames and bad shots).

So I know we are both wrong (us and the other team), our league consists of 20 teams, pretty much all there to have fun. No other team in the league has said anything to us or the secretary about my friends wife.
 
So any suggestions on what to do would be greatly appreciated
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Pat Patterson

Depends on how load you are...

But in general I would say it is there problem.

Compromise and meet half way?

Being "too serious" and envious of a team that is obviously having fun is a bit ridiculous, but so is being so loud and boisterous with cheering that it becomes obnoxious.

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Also, in our opinion if the team in question had a problem with her laughing and cheering they are more at fault by not addressing the problem initially in week one of the season

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To play devil's advocate, thinking "if we got away with it on week one, it's ok for us to do it all the time" is pretty bad.  If things have gotten more and more out of hand as the year has gone along as statements such as "we do not want to give them satisfaction" may indicate, it sounds like they may have waited until it was bad enough that something had to be done.

On your behalf, if this team is only complaining when they are bowling against you, they are probably just some sour people who need to relax a little.  Loud teams are generally loud all the time, regardless of with whom they are competing.


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J.J. "Waterola Kid" Anderson, the bLowling King  : Kill the back row