Growing up I've always loved sports. Every Sunday I had my Eli Manning jersey on or I had some sort of Yankee paraphernalia on. As I got older I traded in my baseball jerseys for hockey jerseys but my love for sports never changed. Being a girl and loving sports means having a completely different life style than every other girl my age. Take everything you know about girls and throw it away because this is what its like being a girl and loving sports.
1. We don't really know how to hold a small talk conversation that doesn't revolve around sports.
I can't tell you whats going on with the Kardashian's or Selena Gomez but I can tell you how many goals Alex Ovechkin, Patrick Kane and Steven Stamkos have scored... that's close right?
2. We're incredibly moody.
If our team loses, it hurts. If our team wins, we're ecstatic. During a game our mood can go from extremely happy to I want to throw myself off a cliff in about five seconds. Our happiness rely's on our team and if they're a mess in the game, we will be a mess watching.
3. We love our teams more than most people.
We refuse to talk to people who support the teams we hate or our rival teams. Being a Capitals fan in New York means I live in the wrong place in one of the biggest rivalries in hockey. The only Ranger fans I talk to are my parents and my sister because I'm forced to.
4. We don't like a players just because of their looks.
If you tell a girl that loves sports she only likes her favorite player because of his looks we will name every single reason why we love that player. If you tell me I like T.J. Oshie or Patrick Kane because they're hot, you have another thing coming for you.
5. We will always put up a fight especially at games.
If you try and chirp about our team at a game we will get in your face because no one talks about our boys like that. We will not take anything bad about our team especially from 50 year old men whose team sucks and their clearly intoxicated. I am notorious for getting into heated arguments at games.
Being a girl and loving sports is quite different than being a normal girl. I care more about my team than most things every other should care about. I own more jerseys and hats than I do dresses. We get asked if we can talk about things other than sports but its a lot harder than you think. We'd rather go to games and watch our teams than going out with the girls. We're more proud of our team than we are of ourselves. Watching sports isn't just a pastime for us, its a lifestyle and we're okay with that.
