Probably of much more import than how Australian Ultimate fares on the world stage or whether we move Nationals to October to accommodate for a much-needed 'second tier' of competition in this nation is the issue of whether or not to conduct romantic liaisons within our chosen sport.
The case for!
- They understand your obsession. Too many talks with a non-frisbee partner explaining who Tim Booth is and why getting a handblock on him is more important than your anniversaries begins to disturbingly mirror the conversations you have had with your parents in exactly the same line. Unless your name is Oedipus, this is a case for!
- Spending more time together. Tournaments - be they Nationals, Melbourne Hat or the Stampede - will require near-constant travelling and partying. Imagine if you did it all with the one you love.
- The next generation! You know, getting friends from work/uni to play hat league isn't the only way to increase the AFDA's membership numbers...
- Time off. Heresy, I know, but at times the frisbee clique is exactly that - an annoying, superficial clique of cloisterly-likeminded people - and it's good to get away from that, to communicate with your partner so s/he can talk all about their group of superficial and annoying friends.
- They can support you. Team outfits are expensive, and frisbee players are irrefutably poor!
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More againsts:
- If you break up, you can't avoid them. Bit like a child custody battle: who gets to keep playing ultimate
- If you're dating an ultimate player, odds are at any given tournament there's at least a couple of other people there that your partner has hooked up with, and they still get those creepy "heh heh I've seen you naked" looks.
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