Pinterest is a website that allows you to create as many "pinboards" as you like, basically bookmarking every good idea you see online onto one page. Not only can you pin your own finds, you can peruse all your friends good ideas and re-pin them on your own board.
My pin boards are pretty common: Fashion Inspirations, Craft Projects, Wedding Ideas, Dream Home Ideas, and even Nursery Ideas. I would be embarrassed about some of these if every other woman, single or married, didn't have these very same board. And like every other woman on Pinterest, I have spent hours dreaming of what might future might look like, from the most beautiful outdoor fireplaces that I hope to find in my backyard some day, to cute fall outfits that I hope will find their way into my closet, to cute wedding favors that just might pop up at my reception someday.
In all of my excitement, I forced Boyfriend to have a look at all my new boards. His only comment was, "Girls don't understand guys' interest in fantasy football, and y'all manage to have an entire fantasy LIFE online."
And I thought, truer words have never been spoken. Each year, men around the country gather to draft their favorite athletes onto fantasy sports teams that will compete with each other throughout the season. Now, I'm not entirely sure how it works, but I do know that each week you face off with a different guy from your league and, depending on how your respective players do that Sunday/Monday, a winner is declared. For instance, all day today Alex has been checking NFL scores to see how he's doing in his game against his roommate.
Fantasy baseball seems to be a bit more consuming than fantasy football, but either way, girlfriends and wives all over the nation find themselves rolling their eyes as their significant others obsess over "their" players.
But Alex is right, they might be fantasizing about their sports teams; meanwhile, we ladies have developed fantasy lives in a parallel cyber universe to obsess over.
But you know, that's pretty much okay with me, and now I'm off to pin and repin.
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