I need a lighthearted topic.

So I'm gonna bring up SPORTS!

I've never been much of a sports fanatic. I mean I follow my local college teams but thats about it. And I play pool (and yes I consider that a sport darnit lol) and I watch that on tv.

Well my BF is a HUGE sports nut. HUGE. He has all the sports channels on Direct TV and even that MLB extra innings thing so he gets ALL the baseball games.

When we first started dating, I watched hockey and basketball with him because I just wanted to be with him. And I found myself getting into it.....Especially for basketball playoffs, I ended up liking one of the teams that he wasn't even going for and it became fun after finding my "team". (I've never watched pro sports because I think its rediculous how much they get paid, but I had to put that aside lol).

It was fun seeing the presentation of the Stanley Cup for hockey.

So now that those are over, we're tuning into baseball. Now baseball is a sport I've never been able to get into. Its such a slow paced game. But now that I'm getting backstory from bf and learning the rules, even baseball is getting somewhat interesting.

I never knew there was so much drama in sports! This whole Barry Bonds thing, with the possibly tainted record, wow.

And football is starting soon. I've been able to get into football before. It holds my attention for the most part. So I'm actually kind of getting excited for football!

So...my topic here is this: How many of you who are sports fans have always been sports fans? And how many of you got turned on to sports because the man you love loved them so? I think thats what it is for me. I enjoy it now because I love boyfriend so much, so its fun to watch it with him and fun to watch him get excited and forget the stress of the day.

I never EVER thought I'd be a sports nut. But I'm realizing that for me, its not so bad! Its something I get to do with my boyfriend, and thats what matters to me.

I've also turned him on to pool and some of my tv shows, but thats a different topic.

So lets have a lighthearted (please?) discussion about female sports fans!