When I met my boyfriend Bobby, I knew he played hockey and it was sort of an indifference to me. I didn't typically chase after hockey players, nor did I avoid them. I wasn't outrageously into the sport, but little did I know how much he would influence me. From the peculiar hockey lingo, to the late night Buffalo Wild Wings after games, to the "hockey smell", there are a few things hockey girlfriends can relate to more than most.
1. The most impatient you'll ever feel is waiting for your guy to shower and change after his game.
Its almost as if I didn't sit in a subzero temperature rink for two hours for him.
2. He's not allowed to bring his bag in your car or in your house.
If you smell the hockey smell, you'll know...
3. Your wardrobe slowly but surely begins to accumulate hockey sweats and Bauer T-shirts.
4. Your vocabulary is soon overwhelmed with hockey lingo.
"Did you see Parker's gino during first period? He went top cheese with an absolute clap bomb. Heard a team from The O is looking at him."
5. Laughing at the newbie girlfriends showing up to games in skirts and cropped tanks
6. If you want to watch a movie while a game is on, you can wait to watch your movie.
7. Feeling like a proud mom when your boyfriend scores
8. When the rink doesn't have the heaters on and you slowly feel your toes numbing.
9. If he comes over after a game, your kitchen will be raided and most of the food will be gone.
10. When he goes on a roadie for a game and you suddenly think you understand the feeling of a long distance relationship.
11. When you began dating a hockey player, you were excited to take all the cute post game photos, but now you won't even go near him until he showers.
Some of these girls need to teach me their ways. I can't even bear to stand within a 5 foot radius of him after he gets off the ice.
12. Not knowing what to do Friday or Saturday nights when hockey season is over
Start the countdown until next season
