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I watch football after my evening shift, but my friend's messages spoil the result. Is asking for silence too much?

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My phone lit up with "WHAT A FINISH" while I was closing at work. I hadn't seen the match. Even without a score, I now knew something dramatic had happened late on.

I usually watch the recording when I get home. My friend watches live and sends goals, reactions, and occasionally just a face that tells me exactly how our team did. I've asked him not to send the result until I say I've finished, but he thinks discussing it is part of supporting the team together.

I know I can't expect the whole world to wait. This is one direct conversation with someone who knows I'm watching later. I could avoid his messages on match nights, though I would miss ordinary conversation too.

How would you make the request specific enough that "I didn't say the score" stops being a loophole? I still want to hear what he thought, just after I've had the chance to experience the match myself.

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Ask for no match reactions in the direct conversation until you tell him you've watched, rather than only no score. That covers the excited sentence and the revealing face without making a list of every possible hint.

He may be looking for someone to share the live moment with. Suggest that he use a conversation with other live viewers for that part, if one is available, and save his reactions for you afterwards. You can't provide live company while also preserving a delayed viewing.

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