Cate Cameron | Pros and Cons of Loving the Same Sport Your Boyfriend Loves
Pro of Same-Sport Loving β If youβre really dedicated to excellence,
you have to spend a lot of time working out, practicing, and otherwise
perfecting your game. If you have school or a job as well, there isnβt much time
left for a relationship. But if your work out and practice time is ALSO
relationship time, youβre all set!
Con of Same-Sport Loving β One of you will probably be better at the
sport than the other. This isnβt necessarily true, but itβs pretty likely. What
effect will that have on the relationship? And if both of you are equally
dedicated and equally skilled, how will it feel if the difference is based on
something neither of you have any control over? Like, say, your boyfriend hit a
growth spurt at puberty and turned into 6β2β muscle-man, and you? You didnβt.
Pro β Youβre both probably pretty fit. Nice muscles, strong bodies,
lots of endurance⦠hard to argue with any of that!
Con β Youβre both probably pretty competitive. This can work well if
youβre both on the same team, but if you face off against each other? Look out!
Pro β Passionate competition can
lead to other kinds of passion. After all, you wonβt always be playing your
sport.
Con β Some sports have a lot of gear, and gear can take up a lot of
space. Not that big of a deal when youβre a teenager and youβre both still
living at home, but when you get older? If you want to live together? Can your
garage hold two bags of hockey gear? (Can your garage hold the smell of two bags
of hockey gear?) How about two rally cars?
Pro β Again, for older couples,
sports can be expensive, and if your finances are combined it might be a bit
hard to explain why you absolutely need to spend a lot of money on a new tennis
racket (or a new horse!) Itβs not nearly as big of an argument if your partner
already understands your passion and also understands the demands of the sport.
Con β There arenβt that many sports that are equally popular with
women and men. Soccer, basketball⦠equestrian events⦠maybe a few more. But in
general, if you both like the same sport, one of you may be βcrossing the aisleβ
and playing a sport traditionally favored by the other sex. Male synchronized
swimmers, female football playersβitβs not easy to challenge stereotypes or to
carve out a spot for yourself.
Pro β If you are playing in a sport
where you donβt always feel welcome, you need someone to have your back. And if
you happen to have a boyfriend who loves your sport and loves you, he can give
you a lot of support. Yeah, youβre tough and you donβt need his helpβ¦ but itβs
kind of nice to have it anyway.
In WINGING IT, Toby and
Natalie grew up together, both totally dedicated to hockey. Then Toby got
drafted to the OHL and his career took off, while Natalieβsβ¦ didnβt. The
difference drove them apart for a while, but when Natβs crazy βfake boyfriendβ
scheme brings them back together, it doesnβt take long for them to realize that
they may not be on the same hockey team anymore, but theyβre still definitely
playing on the same line.
Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush book contains adult language,
ice-melting kisses, and a swoon-worthy hero. This fake relationship romance will
have you wishing for a hockey player of your ownβ¦
Natalie West and Toby Cooper were best friends growing up, on and off the
ice. But when Tobyβs hockey career took off, their friendship was left behind.
Now Natalie has a crazy plan to land her crushβTobyβs biggest rivalβand she
needs Tobyβs help to pull it off.
When Nat asks Toby to be her fake boyfriend, he canβt say no. Not when it
means getting his best friend back. But Natalie is all grown up now, and
spending time with herβeven when itβs just playing hockey togetherβstirs up a
lot of feelings, old and new. Suddenly pretending to be interested in her isnβt
hard at allβ¦if only she wanted him and not his enemy.
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