Before I'm off to shower and sleep, I have to post about the wrestling term "rats."
To me, a rat is the equivalent of a groupie for music stars and actors and the such, correct?
I've always taken it like this: a rat is a woman/girl who wants to sleep with wrestlers because of their fame or status, or for the sake of using them to get into the business without actually having to put the work in or pay for training. A generally sleazy woman who will fuck pretty much any of the guys who pass her way and tap her on the ass. Most rats don't even go to wrestling shows for the sake of watching the wrestling, but instead go in order to pursue sexual relationships WITH the wrestlers. Which is pretty easy because most workers are sleazy scumbags anyway and don't much care as long as the woman looks somewhat decent and will take her clothes off.
With that being said, I've come to realization that every woman who goes to a show with a wrestler regardless of her story is considered a rat by all of the other workers and not only is that not fair, it is downright bullshit.
I have been with two wrestlers in my life and they are the only two men I have ever been with. I've been called a rat multiple times, mostly by people who don't even know my last fucking name, much less ANYTHING about me. I can tell you right now that I am absolutely sure that I am not, have never been, and never will be a rat. I don't give a shit who you are, how much "experience" you have, or whether or not you think you know who the hell I am. The simple fact that I have slept with two wrestlers does not make me a rat. Let me tell you why.
I have been offered multiple times to be trained and/or to be allowed to take part in an Indy show while seeing said wrestlers and declined each and every time. If I should ever choose to become a professional wrestler, I would seek out the proper training and pay the required amount of money for it, and put in the same amount of work and effort and blood and sweat that any other person has put in.
I have never had the intention of hooking up with anyone, wrestler or otherwise. That is not who I am. I do not "hook up," I do not have "one night stands," and you will certainly not find me in a car or behind the building giving a worker a blowjob. If I pursue any kind of relationship with a worker it will be and has always been exactly that - a legitimate relationship. I choose to get to know them, support them, and LOVE them the best that I can. The same way I would with any other non-worker human being.
So if you're still having a hard time understand because you're a fucking dumbass who thinks they know shit, let me try to help you.
If love libraries and spend all of your time there, who are you most likely going to start dating? Probably someone you met at the library.
If you love skateboarding and you spend all of your time at a skate park, who are you most likely to start dating? Probably someone you met at the skate park.
If you love acting and spend a lot of your time in a theatre setting, who are you most likely to start dating? Well my good god dang goodness, probably someone else involved in theatre!
Are you seeing a pattern here?
I love wrestling. I have for as long as I can remember. I still cry every year over the Eddie Guerrero tribute DVD on the date of his death and his birth. I own wrestlers biographies and have actually read them. I'm pretty sure I've read every single word of ever single page related to professional wrestling on wikipedia. When I'm bored I watch old and new wrestling matches on youtube. I have a Macho Man quote tattooed on my wrist. I love wrestling. I love going to wrestling shows. I love watching Indy wrestling. The good, the bad, and the ugly. I love talking to my wrestling friends about the shows for hours after we've left. So with that being said...and can you guess where I'm going with this?
I love wrestling. So wrestling is where I spend my time. Which means...uh oh...here's the hard one! You ready?? Don't let it slip you up! BINGO! If I spend my time at wrestling shows, I'm most likely to enter into relationships with PEOPLE INVOLVED IN WRESTLING. DING DING DING!
I go to wrestling shows to watch the wrestling. I go to wrestling shows to have fun. To let loose. To forget about the rest of the world for a little while. If I meet someone awesome, that's I'm attracted to and think is super cool, and I get to know him and start dating him. That does not make me a fucking rat. That makes me a normal fucking human being who has a boyfriend/significant other who just happens to be an Indy wrestler.
So, if you wanna call me a rat, call me a fucking rat. Just know that every time it comes out of your stupid goddamn mouth I'm laughing at how truly ignorant you are. Because you don't know me. You don't know anything. And you have no right to judge me or anyone else.
You wanna call me a rat? Come up and do it to my face. Don't smirk at me from across the ring like you know who the fuck I am, what the fuck I've been through, or who I'm with. If you walk around judging people and calling women rats it's probably because you have nothing better to do with your time and you're a horrible person. Mind your own fucking business and don't worry about hurting peoples feelings just to make yourself feel better. You just mad 'cause none of the real rats want your ugly ass anyway. Shit.
Ignorance is bliss. Am I right?