NEW YORK, (Reuters Life!) – When men get together with their mates soccer is the main topic of conversation, not their wives and girlfriends or even work.
Nearly 90 percent of men questioned in a global survey said they talked about their favorite football teams and players when they got together with friends, significant others came in a distant second at 45 percent and work trailed behind with 34 percent.
“It might not be the news women wanted to hear but it appears men really do only think about one thing when they get together with their mates — and that’s football,” said Tim Ellerton, of Heineken International which sponsored the poll.
Soccer most dominated male conversations in China and Russia, for 94 percent and 93 percent of men, according to the survey that spanned 15 countries and included 5,300 men.
Women slipped to third place as a conversation topic behind second-placed work and top-ranked soccer in Germany and France.
