Sunsets, cuddling, 'Tek's batting stance.

It's not surprising, considering that there are dating sites for people of all interests and persuasions, but now there's Matchingsox.com for Red Sox fans.

Granted, there may be a few among you who'd rather we date and breed amongst ourselves (though I'd argue that we'd then create a breed of super-Sox fans and therefore take over the world with our virulently attractive-to-bandwagoners brand of fanhood), and keep the talk of wicked pissah Ortiz homahs behind closed doors along with the Schill and Shonda roleplay.

While I could never date-marry-reproduce-with a Yankee fan (heaven forfend), and I have, in the past, been frustrated by men who are indifferent to baseball (or sports overall...which is funny, as it's rare a sports-loving girl finds that quality a liability), I don't think I can actively seek out a relationship with Sox fan of equal-or-greater devotion.

Firstly, there's the problem of this devotion. If he's more hardcore, is he going to give me a hassle for semi-abandoning the boys to their own devices during the World Cup? Would we shut off the game in disgust at the same time during a bad, blow-out loss? This creates an immediate assessment of your mate's level of cynicism... which may be best left for much later.

Then there's the irrational, mercurial nature of the Sox fan relationship to the team. You get two similarly impassioned people into a relatioship with one another, and I'm just sayin', there could be heated words exchanged, lamps thrown, cops called.

In the same vein, we Sox fans are an opinionated bunch. Everyone knows what's best for the team, and would be too happy to be on Theo's speed-dial. But, sadly, these opinions differ widely. I can see myself giving a fella his walking papers for believing that Edgar Renteria was anything but useless.

It is a noble endeavor, keeping the love in the Nation, as it were, but this Sox fan would rather leave it somewhat to chance. Find a nice guy who likes an inocuous National League team, like the Pirates. Then we can fight about the DH. Or maybe a Mets fan. Because if there's one thing healthier than basing a relationship on shared irrational love of 9 men, it's basing a relationship on shared irrational hatred of 9 others.