Welcome to another edition of Kay's Korner.
Being a wrestling fan in today's world is not easy. We have to deal with the non-fans of wrestling and sometimes that by itself is a freaking nightmare. However I am a wrestling fan and I'm not ashamed of it. Never have been, never will be. Yet it amazes me how people try and change my mind about it all the time. It really irks me that for some strange reason, I'm not allowed to be who I am; a wrestling fan.
I would have never dreamed (during my childhood) that being a wrestling fan would become harder the older I got. I get a lot of slack from those close to me who don't understand why I am so passionate about something that they consider so 'fake'. They don't understand how this is just 'my thing'. They just don't get it all all. I get so frustrated at times dealing with those people that most of the time, I just keep my mouth shut. Today though, I have decided not to do that.
For all of you out there that can relate to this problem, this column is dedicated to you.
I am a lifelong wrestling fan. I was raised by a father who loves it and that love has been passed on to me. Some of my best childhood memories are of watching wrestling with my dad and my grandpa. I wouldn't trade those memories for anything in the world. It's what made me the fan that I am today and I always have something to talk about with my dad and my grandpa. Trust me on this, it's worth its weight in gold to me.
Do I agree with everything that goes on in wrestling? Of course not. I am an 'old school' fan. I always have been and I always will be. I really don't ever see that changing anytime in the future. Wrestling has changed a lot over the years but I still enjoy the matches. I watch wrestling for a lot of different reasons but the main reason is the wrestling. The wrestling is what has always appealed to me and that will never change.
Being a wrestling fan is an amazing wonderful adventure that, at times, has felt like a roller coaster ride. There have been a lot of ups and downs watching wrestling but I wouldn't give it up. It's my passion. It's what keeps me sane in an insane world. To sum it all up for you in three little words, I love wrestling. I love it, I really do.
Wrestling is suspension of disbelief. To me, that is what wrestling is supposed to do for you. If it is good, you can forget the fact that everything is predetermined which is exactly what the wrestlers put their bodies on the line for day after day. Watching a wrestling match to me is like watching music being played in the ring. When the ring psychology is there, it's an amazing thing to witness.
It is really hard at times to be married to a 'non-wrestling fan'. While I love my husband, he doesn't understand the attraction to wrestling at all. He doesn't understand why I am so passionate about it. He doesn't understand why I don't miss a Raw or Smackdown. He doesn't understand why I lose myself in my collection of wrestling DVD's. At times, I feel that he doesn't understand me at all.
That doesn't mean that I love him any less because he doesn't like wrestling. It doesn't mean that he loves me any less because I do love wrestling. It can cause problems at times so I try and respect the fact that he doesn't like it. Just like I wish he would respect the fact that I love it. It's harder now because he is forced to watch it. While living in NC, I always went to Tammy's (my best friend) house to watch it.
I'll be totally honest here; I would rather watch wrestling at Tammy's than have to watch it at home with my husband. Why?
Because watching wrestling with a fellow wrestling fan is an awesome experience that should happen on a regular basis. Come on, admit it. We all have wrestling buddies that make watching wrestling that much better. You have somebody there that you can discuss wrestling and know exactly what you are talking about. Sometimes, you agree while other times, you don't. It doesn't matter because you are still going to enjoy watching it more because you are watching it with somebody who loves it just as much as you do.
I try to turn the other cheek when those around me critize my passion. It doesn't always work as I am a wrestling fan and there's nothing that will get me more fired up then throwing off on wrestling. I'm sorry that you don't understand it but it doesn't mean that I can excuse the way you treat me because I watch it. I have ever right in the world to watch it. I'm just as normal as any other 34 year old married woman. I just watch wrestling.
I don't understand why non-fans hate wrestling as much as I love it. Maybe it's because they just don't get it. I don't know and to be honest, I really don't care. I only know what I like and while you have the right to watch what you want, you have to realize that so do I. Besides, if everybody liked everything, the world would be a pretty darn boring place, to say the least.
Hopefully things will get easier. My husband has been forced to watch wrestling twice a week since we moved. Sometimes he watches it; sometimes not. It really doesn't matter; he doesn't have much of a choice. (Besides, watching wrestling on the big TV is so much better. If I can't watch wrestling with my best friend, then I'm at least getting to watch it on the big TV. End of story.)
He has become a bit more tolerable to it. For some reason, he can watch Smackdown without bitching too much which I find odd. No, he's not turning into a fan but he's starting to see his wife in a different light. He sees how much I love it and because of that, he does try and bite his tongue a bit more but only for Smackdown.
Raw is a different story. I usually end up shooing him out of the living room and off to bed so I can watch it in peace. He seems to always have an opinion about Raw and it's not positive. For some reason, he hates Raw just about as much as I love it. That's got to be ironic as hell, don't you think?
It doesn't really matter. I'm a wrestling fan so hear me roar. There's nothing that you can say or do that is going to get me to change my mind. I honestly do not think that I could ever give it up. It means that much to me. Some of you out there know exactly what I am talking about.
Well, that's it for this edition of Kay's Korner. I hope you have enjoyed this column as much as I have enjoyed writing it. All feedback can be sent to lilwrestlegrl@yahoo.com.
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