I was told by my Dad that I was not an athlete, playing on my first little league team, stuck in right field. Last game he was not able to coach and the assistant put me at second base and I fielded everything that came to me, even turning a double play. When the assistant told him what happened he said, "Yeah right, what really happened?" right in front of me.
At that moment I determined to be the best at everything I did. Especially sports. I may not have been the most gifted, but I worked harder than anyone else and was harder on myself than anyone could be. I was known as being the best, even when playing on boys baseball teams. My first serious boyfriend admitted he used to hate me because I always threw him out when we played against eachother. My dad has never seen me play to this day, not even when I played for my college team.
So I definitely used to feel that bias. Gratefully my dh loves that I am an athlete, especially because I get him on all our teams, we are a package deal.
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