kind of sad this season is ending?

EDIT: I am not actually sad, rather just acknowledging the sentimental value of the season that is ending.

I'm a girl so I know I probably look at things a bit differently than the guys here, but this game has become monumental for my partner and I. This is the first season (and just in general) I have ever played RL. He played years ago, but hadn't in a long time.

When we first started playing together, it was horrible. I was the worst in every game I played, and almost quit because it was clear I was costing us all the games we lost.

We watch the Game Grumps and my boyfriend showed me the RL playthrough they did, and I realized I was taking things way too seriously. I could have fun if I just stopped worrying.

Weeeeell not only did I start loving the game, I got a lot better. We decided to try competitive, I got ranked, and I am ending the season gold III/II minus 3's because we just now got a third man so didn't play it enough haha. For me, that is a huge improvement TRUST lmfao.

This has been a huge bonding opportunity for us. We both game a lot, but this has been different. We started strategizing, building our cars to coordinate with each others lmfao, stupid team names, etc. We ALMOST won a 2's tournament a few days ago (we got second).

this is just word vomit, but RL has helped us bond and is almost like a team work exercise within our relationship. We actually met online long distance (reconnected actually) in 2022, and despite living 800 miles apart, bonded over gaming over thousands of hours of discord calls. In 9 days is our 2 year anniversary, and we live together now.

TLDR; thanks RL for being fun for my boyfriend and I (when you're not making me wanna chunk my controller out the window)