A Championship: from the girlfriend of a Die-Hard Cleveland Fan

I'm the girlfriend of a Die-Hard Cleveland Fan. Since we started dating 4 years ago, all I've heard about is the Curse. The fact that with having 3 major league sports teams(Browns, Cavaliers, Indians): Cleveland hasn't won a championship in 52 years. Cleveland has a Die-Hard fan base. Each year they cheer and cheer only to be eternally disappointed.

That ended last night. The Cavaliers finally won a championship. As a sport psychology consultant there is so much I could say about the game and the followups: but all that matters to me today is that Cleveland won a championship. Tomorrow I can talk about everything else. Today: Cleveland has won a championship.

The last 5 minutes of that game were some of the tensest of our relationship. I sat on the couch with my head on my hands(with a severely strained wrist and an ice pack) watching the seconds tick down and the score go up and down. David was standing inches from me staring at the TV as if he stared at it harder the Cav's would suddenly play harder. It seems they heard him. The seconds ticked down slowly and then somehow it all sped up and the Cavaliers had won. David looked at me and I had tears in my eyes. For 4 years I've watched this man root for teams that couldn't hold up to his hope. I'd watched his father and friends be disappointed year after year. I am the girlfriend of a Die-Hard Cleveland fan and last night I cried for Cleveland. I cried for all the disappointments and heartbreak that led him and them to this moment. This moment of happy tears and celebration.

I don't know if I've ever been this happy for someone else's team or city. I can't call Cleveland my own as I only lived there for a few months with him before we moved. But as a girlfriend of a Die-Hard Cleveland fan: I now know the joy that finally having a championship for your city means. Congratulations Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Fans, and the City of Cleveland: you have your pro-championship.

To Cleveland and Cleveland Fans: Please don't forget about your semi-pro hockey team that just a week and a half ago brought Cleveland a championship as well. Without them: you may not have had the support you did this week. They broke the curse and brought your luck back.

Congrats babe: the Curse is broken.

<3 Bethany