older american fans of the olympics are Big Mad about some of these young/outspoken athletes. chloe kim tweeting inbetween her runs, adam rippon being sassy and himself in interviews, red gerard dropping f bombs because of his excitement for a gold medal. they’re so mad because older, conservative fans of the olympics see athletes as belonging to them, a prop in their extreme nationalism and a way to be better than other countries. but these athletes are here for themselves, for their own dreams, with their own personalities and reactions and none of these conservatives know how to handle it. they hate that chloe kim was proud to ride for both south korea and america, they hate that red gerard overslept, they hate that adam rippon is outspoken about his dislike of pence, that gus kenworthy is as well.
too bad so sad, buddy.
anyway, 2018′s olympians are Special and i would Die For Them thanks for coming to my ted talk.
and then the gf told the mom “hey i want to propose to your daughter when we visit yall next month!” and the mom was like “oh f*** what am i supposed to do now” and ended up carefully strategizing so her daughter and her daughter’s gf would propose at the same time and neither of them knew it and the video is so goddamn cute
my favorite part of the article (besides the video) is this quote from the mom: "When in the universe will there ever be two lesbians that want to propose at the same time, the same day, the same place, and the same way? I have to get it right.” i mean she was basically like “it is my responsibility to the LGBTQ community to make this the cutest shit ever” and she followed through like a champion