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ignoring tracers shitty content, I am genuinely interested in what you guys have to say about this thread. This has actually been an issue for me.
I suppose I'm in a different position than most of you since i took up skateboarding after undergrad and half way through a 6 year relationship. That girl informed me that my new found passion for skateboarding was a symptom of my 'peter pan' syndrome and wouldn't last. More recently I've just been doing the dating thing and have noticed that some girls have difficulty processing that a man with a suit job can enjoy being mediocre at skateboarding. A lot of girls are ok with but they just sort of patronize me about it. like its some sort of whimsical goof.
if you honestly enjoy skateboarding not because it's now trendy but because you absolutely love it, then you shouldn't give a shit if some dumb heffers talk shit on it.
Women are weird about that. Some men are fishermen that don't catch anything, snowboarders and skiers that won't touch a black diamond, 1/8 mile a day jogging enthusiasts, UFC weirdos, and yet some of them perceive skateboarding as our escape route from adulthood. If I was in the woman's shoes, I think I would rather have a partner that is passionate about something and actually pursues that passion, and yet many of them will cuddle up next to the overweight football fan that has never played the actual game in his life while he screams at the tv as if he knows what he's talking about and could do a better job. Then you have other girls that are infatuated with the image of their man skateboarding because of its recent popularity. I just stepped back on my board fairly recently, and some of the girls that I would come across would even get turned on by the fact that I used to skate. Women are an anomaly to me though, some of them are fine with their guy riding a bike for exercise, but skateboarding is crossing the line of maturity? I know what you mean too, since I have a decent job & I'm suit and tie'd up. I don't tell most of my co-workers I skate, and I usually feel a girl out before I tell them I skate too and use it to my advantage. If she seems like she wouldn't be down for it and is still into me, I will try to hook up with her and then move onto someone else that can appreciate every facet of my being.
The girl I'm currently seeing doesn't seem to take my skateboarding into consideration, but she is happy that it makes me happy & also because of the fact that it helps me stay physically fit. She's even been daring enough to step on the board and give it a go, which gave her an appreciation for it since it isn't as easy as it looks. Honestly, I would probably be an unhealthy piece of shit without skateboarding since I could never force myself to go to the gym and "get pumped with the bro's" while I sit on some repetitive machine that probably has ringworm all over it.
Topic: Does your g/f approve of your skateboarding? (Read 6792 times)