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She only dates guys for status. She'll never be truly happy. No sympathy for her. She wants a tall, athletic guy? Go to your local YMCA or softball league. Plenty of tall, athletic guys.
I knew a guy who played minor league ball. He used to like to tell stories on how easy it was to get woman as a minor league ballplayer becasuse "they did not know the difference between the real major league prospects, and the rest of the guys."
Check, I think it's deeper than that. I think these ladies date minors, because he may become a major. She'll create the illusion of I'm with him, because I like/love him. Please.
Just like, if I met KG. Hi I'm Kevin Garnett. Really, who are you.
I know damn well who KG is. Playing the part, so I land that big fish.
She's a gold digger. She and her friend trying to dress it up into something else.
tell her to get in with the right crowd. Maybe meet a girlfriend whose dating an athlete who can set her up. There's always a way.
I have to side here with my fellow posters who've advised there are scads of tall, good-looking, well-off (if that's part of her criteria, and it's set in stone) fellas out here, who are looking for a good woman, and would probably treat her as well, if not better, than an athlete might
At last count there are:
32 NFL Teams
30 Major League Baseball Teams
30 NHL (National Hockey League) Teams
30 NBA Teams
Factor in EVERY guy on all those rosters, and that's still just a blip on the radar in the big dating pool of life...it's not settling if she finds someone who fits whatever criteria she has, and that guy isn't an athlete...I just hope she doesn't remain fixated on 'jocks', and overlooks someone who may truly love and cherish her, simply because they're not a pro athlete...that's tanatamount to the old saying 'cutting off your nose to spite your face', or in plain old blunt-honest English, that's just dumb
Check, I think it's deeper than that. I think these ladies date minors, because he may become a major.
That was my friend's point. Most of the players in the minors have a slim to zero chance of making the majors. He was one of them. Able to sustain in the low minors, but lacking the talent to climb the ladder to the majors. However, the women hovering around the ballplayers, he felt, did not know how to discern the serious prospects from players such as himself making it easy for him to pick them up. He felt if they knew the difference, he would not have had as easy of a time.
That was my friend's point. Most of the players in the minors have a slim to zero chance of making the majors. He was one of them. Able to sustain in the low minors, but lacking the talent to climb the ladder to the majors. However, the women hovering around the ballplayers, he felt, did not know how to discern the serious prospects from players such as himself making it easy for him to pick them up. He felt if they knew the difference, he would not have had as easy of a time.
As gullible and greedy as some women are. He'll always get laid. All bench riders get laid. Why. Women think he's gonna make it big one day. His day is coming and I'll be there by his side. At the same time, the guys are kicking them around like cans.
One of the astronauts who went to the moon once made the remark, what do you do after you walk on the moon? Makes perfect sense. Everyone wants to get bigger and better. Life is supposed to improve. What does one do when one started out with the best?
Your friend may just have to accept that she already had her walk on the moon and her 15 minutes of fame. The rest of her life will be much more ordinary.
Aw, I wouldn't be so hard on the girl. Finding tall, black, wealthy athletic guys is probably tough. Seriously, if she really has a "type" then it could conceivably be difficult for her to feel attracted to other guys. I think people are just reacting because they feel those guys are "superior" to them.
What if her type were something else? I dated a guy for a long time when I was younger, and after we broke up, I definitely looked for another guy who had the same physical characteristics. I still go crazy for dark, curly hair and dark eyes. It can be more than smexual, the "comfort" of something familiar and positive may be compelling, as well.
Honestly, since I had dated that guy so long...even seeing different things was VERY strange and disconcerting. At times the attraction was not there as a result. Maybe it's more common for women than men? I think you can get hung up on a type. She doesn't have to be a "gold-digger" because she prefers a guy she feels attracted to and comfortable with.
She's not a gold digger. For a long time, her ex didn't even make real money. She stayed with him for a long time while he was in the minors. It just turned out that he had a really good season and caught a scout's eye at the right time. Once he got to the majors, he improved his play, and got a multi-year, 8 digit contract. When he was struggling in the minors, we all thought he was done, but she stayed with him nonetheless. Through the injuries and all.
She actually comes from money. Her family took him in for a while because he grew up in foster homes for much of his life. She doesn't need his cash.
This guy sure sounds like a keeper She stayed with him at his lowest point in life and he dumped her after he hit big time.
I think your friend just wants something that seems ideal. Sure dating a pro athlete will bring her some measure of fortune and fame, but does she like having a long distance relationship (or else being on the road constantly) and being cheated on?
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I knew a guy who played minor league ball. He used to like to tell stories on how easy it was to get woman as a minor league ballplayer becasuse "they did not know the difference between the real major league prospects, and the rest of the guys." 
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