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My girlfriend called me all happy the other day talking about "my mom finally said something positive about you (
)". "She said you're such a good athlete, it just comes natural to you." Wait a minute.. I'm a 5'7, 155lb white dude who was previously "that chubby kid" that got picked last in dodgeball every time in grade school. Ya I'm ok at basketball but that's because I spent almost every day at the courts in rain or 100 degree weather practicing BY MYSELF for years as a teenager. Ya I made my JuCo baseball team having never played organized baseball before but that's cuz I had more heart than anyone out there and had to sit through a season of riding the pine. Ya I ran 13 miles the other day, but that's cuz I suffered through the blood, sweat, blisters, fatigue, and cramps to cross the finish line. I've always prided myself on working harder than everybody else out there and being the undersize, gritty, scrappy player. When people see athletic prowess as a result of some sort of favorable genetic predisposition I feel super slighted.
Anybody else feel this way or am I being overly sensitive?
Anybody else feel this way or am I being overly sensitive?