How to bowl well in the midst of chaos?

[rv driver]

Good advise, your momma gave you! What part of Missouri do you live? Anywhere close to Kansas city?

Gee, Ice, you look different in this picture than your avatar...

[larry mc]

This is my first full league, and I hate it. I was a sub in the fall league and had a blast, so I decided I 'd play summer. However, I got paired with 2 couples that are driving me crazy. One guy likes to yell and cuss (LOUDLY) and slam beer bottles down on the table and punch the ball return and so on and so forth. The girlfriend acts like nothing is happening. The other couple is constantly bickering and fighting, mostly due to the lady CONSTANTLY nagging the guy, yelling for him while he's bowling, asking him to go get her drinks and food, etc. I try to stay out of it and just bowl my game but it's hard when there is so much going on. And the behavior by the first guy mentioned is frankly embarrassing. We bowl with several 70+ year old women and to say he's over the top with his language (and volume) puts it mildly. Do I just quit? Come back for the fall league? I keep seeing these looks from the other bowlers like "you poor guy". It's not really even fun, as I'm expected to keep everyone in check. I got into this to bowl, not to referee haha. Tips?

laugh it off and bowl your game

[rv driver]

laugh it off and bowl your game

It's reeeeaaally tough for me to focus with that kind of burr under my saddle.

[fsbjcm]

Well I think the guy realized he was in the wrong and has been much more calm the past 3 weeks. I've bowled much better, and we have managed to win 10-2 over that span, putting us somewhere in the top half from dead last. Hopefully we can keep it going, but it's going to get harder considering my average keeps going up every week, so eventually I'm not going to be bowling an average of 40-50 pins over my average. But then again, it's only a 13 week league, so it may be over by the time that happens.