Friday, January 9, 2009
What To Do With Non-Sports People?
I’ve complained, ahem, written about people that don’t like sports before. It just seems like such a foreign idea to me. Whenever I hear someone say “I hate sports”, I really do not understand it at all. Not even a little bit.
Don’t get me wrong – there is a sport I am not a fan of - NASCAR. No matter how much you try to get me excited about the cars going around the track repeatedly it just isn’t going to happen. I gave it a chance and everything. It just isn’t going to be something I get interested in. The same goes for all forms of racing – equine or vehicular. I can’t outright hate it all though – these are sports that have a major following. I totally respect the fact that these folks are passionate about their sports and even do the whole fantasy league thing for some. Get down with your bad self. I might like it if I could drive one of the cars or something, but who knows?
I’ve mentioned before that I once dated a guy that didn’t like sports so much. I call those the dark years. I had to sneak around and watch games, check scores, and get excited about significant events. Urgh! How is it that I am the one girl on the planet that ends up dating someone that wants to go see some sappy romantic comedy that would rather go to a game? Yeah, I know, Bizarro world. Seriously though, I’ve had a hard time finding guys throughout my life that enjoyed sports as much as I do! That is…until I met Mr. DeLancey. We even met at a very cool sports venue.
Ya know - I understand that people like to have the whole “personal interests” but wouldn’t you rather have someone who wants to do the same things you do? Call me crazy, but I think the whole “opposites attract” thing is baloney.
So you ask, “What is the point of this post today?” Well, I am just wondering how people who are obsessed with sports get involved with those who are not. What do you do with sports-haters that are close to you? I have relatives that aren’t big fans…actually…not too many now that I think about it…
But really, how do you deal with people in your life that “hate” sports if you’re a total fan?
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7 comments:
Yea dating a nonsports fan can be hard. I know I am being a little sexist when I want a guy I like to care about sports but still I want them to care. Almost as bad is a one minded sport fan. I like an open sports fan guy to be able to flow from football to baseball to tennis to whatever. Plus the single sportsminded fan tends to be a little obsessive.
Have you and your husband ever worn matching team gear to a game- are you that couple.
Ha! No way - we do not have matching outfits for anything! I don't judge others though - whatever works for them, eh? My hubby never lived here during the time I was growing up and does not have my collection of Los Angeles Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, or my many early 80s Lakers tees. I don't have near the amount of Bucs clothing he does either. He is getting quite a bit of Dodgers clothing now though although we don't have any of the same designs.
The Dodgers, Cubs and Cardinals have great women's lines. The Mets are getting better but I am still jealous. I wear mens Mets shirts but sometimes I want a cute tee.
Haha! I was picturing you two showing up to a game dressed alike! Maybe you and Gus could wear matching jerseys?
Josh and I have about the same level of interest in sports. I think I would go crazy if he liked sports more than me and had to watch every single football game. I am also glad that he likes to watch soccer, rugby and the Olympics as much as I do - we met playing rugby! :)
Oh come on now, I'm not THAT much of a dork! We make fun of matching sports couples (and matching in general). Gus, okay, maybe I'll get him a jersey like mine. He will fit in a person-sized jersey anyways!
I know that come NBA playoffs, Gus will have his own Lakers jersey.
He does have a Lakers collar in his collection!
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