Oriole fans will need talk therapy and a lot of beer to cope with the sight of beloved Mike Mussina in a Yankee uniform for the next six years. Newly minted football fans, converted by the Ravens' world championship, are trying to understand how Trent Dilfer went from Super Bowl MVP to unemployed quarterback without throwing a pass. Professional sports have become a shell game for all but the devotees. The reason I bring this up is that women who may or may not be sports fans have to deal with their own version of free agency. And the results can be as traumatic.
Women are all about relationships, after all, whether it be with a best girlfriend or a plumber.
And we will go to remarkable lengths to maintain those relationships. A woman, once she finds a pediatrician she trusts, and who doesn't treat her like a hysterical idiot, will follow him across state lines for the sake of her children. A woman might be more willing to give up her husband than her hairdresser. Repairmen, mailmen, cleaning ladies, babysitters, tutors, teachers, guidance counselors, coaches, auto mechanics. Once we find them, we never let them go.