Seahawks husband had to get tattoo after losing bet to 49ers wife

What started as friendly yearly wagers between a Seahawks-loving husband and 49ers-supporting wife has escalated into something far more extreme in recent years.

“It started out friendly, wear the other person’s jersey or shirt, but it got progressively worse,” Jen Irwin told SFGATE of 18 years’ worth of football bets with her husband, Jason Irwin.

On Friday morning, after the Seahawks got a drubbing from the 49ers, 31-13, on Thanksgiving night, Jason could be found on a street corner of Lakeland Hills Way and Lake Tapps Parkway in Auburn, Washington, wearing a sandwich board sign that read, “Did the 49ers just score again?” on one side and, “I Purdy much lost a bet to my wife” on the other. He’d spend five hours out there while his wife sat in a lawn chair with a blanket and a cup of coffee enjoying watching people drive by him.

“It’s the third year we’ve done the street corner thing — who doesn’t love public shaming?” said Jen Irwin, who has been a 49ers fan since being born on the exact same day as the 49ers’ first-ever Super Bowl victory in 1982. “It was supposed to be point differential up to five hours — it really could’ve been one hour, but the Seahawks suck.”

Friday morning’s public roasting though is by far not even close to the worst wager the couple has made. Following the 49ers’ 41-23 win in the NFC’s wild card round on Jan. 14, Jason had to get a tattoo of Sourdough Sam. And it wasn’t a small tattoo.

“One year he had to be on feetfinder.com,” Jen said, before sharing the photo he had posted to the website: his feet holding up a 49ers chain. But Jen also admitted, “Most of the bets have not gone in my favor.”

Since 2005, the 49ers are 15-24 against the Seahawks, though they are on a 4-0 winning streak over the last two years, which included last year’s playoff win.

“I’ve had it a lot worse. I had to get a perm one year. That was probably the worst,” Jen said. “I had to get an orange spray tan one year. I had to do 24 minutes of Jazzercise.”

SFGATE did not speak to Jason Irwin for this story because he was still standing on the street corner, serving his punishment.