A 25-year-old girl has pretty much always enjoyed sports, whether it’s football, baseball, or basketball.
Back when she was 19-years-old, she began dating a guy who was super into basketball, and he also happened to work as a water boy for their local NBA franchise.
Her boyfriend at the time was frequently able to get her one ticket to the home games, and the seat she got to sit in was always really, really good.
She rarely missed an opportunity to go to the games when he did get her a ticket, and over the course of the 2 and a half years she spent with him, she attended 20+ games.
It never bothered her having to go alone to the games; in fact, that just helped her really fall in love with basketball.
After she broke up with that guy, she went on to meet the guy she’s dating now 3 years ago. He’s 31, and when they first started dating, it happened to be the same time as the beginning of the NBA season.
“My boyfriend’s friends play fantasy basketball but needed another player to fill out the league,” she explained.
“I said if they couldn’t find anyone else to play I would like to try it. They laughed I don’t think they thought I was serious but they didn’t find another player so they allowed me to join their league.”
“I threw myself at it. Before I just used to watch the games but then I started listening to podcasts, following Reddit threads, Twitter accounts, reading articles, etc. I ended up getting second place that first year, although it was close. They were pleasantly surprised with my success but attributed it to beginner’s luck.”
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Her boyfriend’s friends then asked if she would like to be part of their fantasy football league, and she agreed.
Again, she won that league too, and her boyfriend’s friends were shocked. From there, she tested out fantasy baseball, and surprise, she ended up doing so well there that she scored second place.
Since then, she has gone on to do 4 seasons of fantasy sports, competing in baseball, football, and basketball, and every single time she has come out winning first place or second place.
Right now, she’s in the middle of participating in a fantasy basketball and football league along with her boyfriend.
She sits at second and first place in each of those sports, and 2 weeks ago, she also tried her hand at betting on different fantasy sports, which has been a success for her too.
“My boyfriend came home from work the other day and I was doing some work on the computer and had Sports Center on quietly in the background,” she said.
“He sat me down and said he needed to ask me a serious question, am I lesbian? I asked why he would think that. He said because of the fantasy sports! I was dumbfounded. It’s a hobby to me! He may not be into it as much as me but he has his own hobbies like working on cars and collecting action figures. I don’t get the difference?”
“His favorite sport is football. Before I started playing fantasy football he would watch it with me. That doesn’t happen anymore. He will no longer talk about sports with me. Like at all. He just rolls his eyes, says he doesn’t want to hear it, and changes the subject. I enjoy seeing his face light up when he talks about his hobbies. I engage and ask questions, it’s cute to see him go dorky.”
She is so confused because she and her boyfriend are just fine in the bedroom, so it’s not like there’s a glaringly obvious reason for him to think she’s not into him physically.
It’s been a couple of days since her boyfriend sat her down and asked her if she wasn’t straight, and since that conversation, nothing has been right with her boyfriend.
He continuously has cracked jokes about her not being straight, and she doesn’t think it’s ok at all.
She’s thinking her friends might have been teasing him because she’s kicking his butt at the fantasy sports they both participate in.
She’s left wondering if she’s reading too much into this and if she should try to have another conversation with her boyfriend about this.
Should she even bother, or should she just dump him for being so mean?
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