Dating Tips from Tom Brady

As the old adage goes, “keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” last night’s game between 2 undefeated teams served as a painful reminder that tom brady IS enemy #1. rather than dwell on the hatriots victory over the colts (hey, even darth vader won a few before the dark side went down) now is a time to regroup, focus, and strategize.

while slut-about-town tom brady (count 1 baby, 1 baby mama, & 1 model girlfriend) may not be the ideal poster boy for stable relationships, there is certainly a thing or 2 we can learn from his playing career.

hatey-brady began his pro football career inauspiciously. not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, but SEVEN teams passed on him before the hatriots finally selected him in the 6th round, making him the 199th overall pick. if the NFL were an online dating site, hater # 12 wouldn’t even get a wink from the fugly girls!

la commish, ever a hopeless romantic, is older & wiser this season. passion ( & the accompanying pain it inevitably brings) no longer draw her like a moth to a flame (or the jets to yet another defeat, this latest to the washington redskins, 23-20, in overtime.) a good relationship is based on more than sexual charm, a jazzy line, and bottle of red. being in a relationship means hard work! it depends on many factors, not least of which is a solid comfort level to accompany the initial attraction between 2 people. in addition, there must be compromise and a willingness to accommodate the needs of another person.

which is not unlike what tom brady has developed with the patriots. the new york times recently described his situation with the pats as “the ideal marriage of skill and circumstance. He has exceeded everybody’s initial expectations, save possibly his own, on the strength of talents he has worked assiduously to refine, a system that suits his skills and a stout offensive line that has kept him healthy enough to make 102 consecutive regular-season starts.” which la commish, extrapolating, interprets in the following manner: even the ugly boys deserve a chance! they may be diamonds in the rough whose strength of character will far outlast your garden variety hottie.

so what can we, ladies of the vm-l, learn from hatey-brady? chris redman, 3rd round QB pick in brady’s draft year has this to say about him: “tom’s one of the best i’ve seen under pressure. he has that confidence in himself where he’s not afraid of making a mistake. he really excels on game day... he wants to win at everything he does.”

ah, la commish’s achiles heel: a good work ethic! no matter that j-date is comprised of closeted jewish egotists (or so la commish has heard)-ladies should always be playing to win. because love, like football, requires skill, strategy, and sweat.