Considering I've dated a few women who were anti sports, at least big time sports, I find a woman that knows sports appealing.
Doesn't bother me either way, but if I had to pick, I'd want someone who can have fun watching a game with me. Sports is a big part of my life, and I'd want her to be interested. Being open-minded is more important than the actual knowledge though.
I don't know. I'm torn. My girlfriend is actually in the middle as far as sports knowledge goes, but sometimes she'll be like "oh what a great play" or say "oooh" at a hit when really nothing spectacular happens. I'll ask her something seemingly innocent, like why she thought it was great or why she said something was awesome and she'll get defensive. Sometimes I think she's just trying to act involved cause she thinks as a girl that makes her cool. It shouldn't annoy me cause she's trying...but it does.
She's probably trying to act like she likes/knows sports because you like/know sports. She's probably just trying to make you happy.
Me ex-wife *hated* sports. She would stand in front of the TV and make my life so miserable that I would finally just turn it off to get her to shut up. A girl who knows sports, is indifferent to sports or otherwise does not care that I like sports are all much better scenarios.
As much as I am a sports junkie, no woman who didn't at least have a decent understanding / liking of sports could be around me without pulling their hair out. I think it was a big turn on for me to know that my girl was into basketball as much as I was, if not more. Growing up a big sports nerd is just another one of the things that we have in common, makes us have that special connection. We're driving to the game the other night and I'm doing mock announcements of former Rockets players, and she's correcting me because I got Moochie Norris' college wrong. Hell, I love that about her.
Girls who love sports are awesome. My wife is a basketball junkie, which is nice considering how much I watch it. One of the reasons she dated me in the first place was because of my Rocket season tickets. I love that many of our inside jokes relate to current or former Rockets. I don't think it's bad when your interests line up like that. On the other extreme, I have a friend, who's wife hates football. The guy threw a super bowl party last year, and she went to a coffeehouse to read while all of his friends and co-workers were at his house because she couldn't stand to be in a house with football on. That was seriously lame. I think if you like a sport, you shouldn't be intimidated by a woman who knows more than you do about the sport or is more passionate about it. If women got intimidated by that sort of thing and wouldn't date guys who knew more about sports, the human race would just about die out.
OK, here's the deal... sports knowledge arrived at from a sincere interest is awesome. Sports knowledge gathered to be used as a tool in the dating toolbox is not. I've been around girls who are like third-rate politicians... they can spout stuff but they don't truly understand what they're talking about and they think that because they can "talk sports" that it will help them get a guy. Football chicks are the worst ones. I was hanging out with a girl in college who professed a great love of football and so we sat down to watch a game. She was so overbearing and really working hard to prove to me that she knew football that it was an instant turn-off. When the QB threw a pass to an empty part of the field and she went off on how bad he was, I knew it was over... I told her in a very cold way using the precise argot of football that it was obvious the WR had misread the coverage/DB technique and broken inside instead of out. The QB made the right read and delivered the ball where the WR should have been. A few seconds later, the broadcast team concurred with my analysis and she was dumbfounded. She either sincerely thought she knew a lot about football or she thought she was cute enough to get by on the act she had refined... regardless, she couldn't believe I was calling her on it, but hey, she was blatantly wrong and had mixed her wrongness with certainty and egotism. It was downright pathetic. (I do agree that good looking hoopster chicks are the best.)
Shelden Williams has had him a couple double doubles already. So obviously his wife's superior knowledge of the game is benefiting him To ME, happens a lot with sports knowledge, but it seems when women know a lot in anything in generally try extra hard to show they know a lot. To where is almost a grudge. I like intelligent women, but smarter women seem more competitive. Its actually the opposite of being too ditzy. Its showing that they're better than that, being a modern woman. I do appreciate the advances and strides women have made. They're absolutely kicking men's butts in the university level, so they can indeed back it up exerting their mental aptitude. But some women can stand to ease back a liiittle bit in showcasing their knowledge...I'm not trying to "own" anybody or show superiority. Just want someone who can enjoy the game with me and genuinely appreciate the nuances of the game. Just my opinion... Agree with everything rimrocker wrote. The "I LOVE Sports!" girl, can't put any trust in that at all...
I pride myself on being pretty knowledgeable about the NFL, and my wife has won the Survivor League and the Touchdown Survivor League. She has a good football instincts even though she prefers basketball.
Wow that's pretty good. My girlfriend's team won the Panama National Championship. She loves baseball, but her favorite team is the Red Soxs
As my dad always says, you don't really know someone until you divorce them. If I had known who I was marrying I'm sure I would have made a different decision. I'm sure that sentiment is mutual.
well, one time i went on a double date with this guy and we were all at the restaurant and i believe an astros game was on tv. So, I was watching it and I asked him if he liked baseball. He said...uhh not really, I don't really like too much sports. i was like needless to say, i knew there wouldnt be a 2nd date!!! I'm no sports expert but I think i know enough about sports to hold a decent conversation.
