On Saturday, Jennifer Slay, the wife of Darius Slay Jr., the Connor of the Philadelphia Eagles, and the French quarter party, hugged and greeted women playing professional football.
On Sunday night at the Super Dome, my husband will face each other at the Super Bowl.
“This is always ‘who will win?’
But in this room, at this moment, these women were not the rivals of Slay, her friend and support system.
The DJ played hip -hop, and the guests of the Mardi Gras Beads line gathered in the couch in the middle of the room or chatted in a group.
Slay said, “When I am with another wife, I think it is relevant and comfortable with each other. “These women are amazing and we all give each other.”
This weekend, another famous wife and girlfriend were found around New Olians. On Friday night, Taylor Swift and Brittany Mahomes ate with their partner Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes at Lilette, a French restaurant on New Orleans’ trendy magazine.
Slay was held at the Felipe ‘S MEXICAN TAQUERIA with about 50 women in the upright and was held at the event of the National Football Wives Association, a member organization for the current and retired players.
The association started as a personal Facebook group, and a soccer player partner trusted each other and asked for advice on NFL issues. The group now has an Instagram account with more than 40,000 followers. I started meeting in person to connect, develop technology, and provide support.
Amber Staples, the president of NFWA, who married Justin Staples, a retired defense lineman, said, “It’s hard to be a wife or girlfriend for football players.” “We have a challenge to explore the NFL. It is huge in itself. Then, if you move and go to a new city, who calls to? ”
The association is currently holding an event that allows participants to combine, relax, and double the number next year. It also holds an annual meeting that provides mentoring for various topics, such as how to provide mental and financial support after retirement from professional football.
Staples said, “My husband has been depressed for two years after retirement. “He was sitting at home on the couch.”
“If you lose your identity, you feel like you’ve lost your lifetime,” she added. “These people have been playing soccer as children all their lives, and they retire at the age of others.”
The Super Bowl Ladies Lounge was an opportunity for many people to relax while many people felt like a lot of an event.
Tacoba was installed in one room, and the bartender poured frozen margarita to provide a fresh quiz mimo.
Slay said, “The atmosphere here is very different. “This is a party city like the wild. There is something on all the streets. ”
“Chiefs vs. And all of her husband’s number, 26.
“I didn’t sleep for a week,” she added. “It’s hard to talk with people who are not in this life and explain what we’ve experienced. So it’s good to be together.”
One task is a brighter spotlight. This may be the result of Swift entering the NFL.
“We are definitely getting more attention,” Smith said. “I think I have grown over the years, and I think we see us as not only players but also people with our own lives.”
Alison Gore, the wife of Eddie Jackson, the safety of Los Angeles chargers, said he likes to be with women with similar daily experiences.
“For six months, it’s about us and never about us,” she said. “Many of us have children and we finally have ourselves.”
“There are mental things that no one knows,” she added. “In fact, they actually get injured or stressful in meetings or dressing rooms. When they come home, we must have support and peace on their day. ”
She said that the party was an opportunity to take a shower to other wives.
“We need support to support my husband,” Gore said. “We like it.”
