Rapinoe spent her summer in the Wubble, supporting Bird on the Storm's championship run, but both have gone above and beyond to support each other's careers. Rapinoe also credits Bird with changing her eating and training habits and giving her career a new boost because of them, especially after a spell where Rapinoe didn't get called up to U.S. women's national team games.
Back when I grew up in the 70's, this meant that they would be good friends like Laverne & Shirley, Kate & Allie, or the friends in the movie, Beaches. Nowadays, it's a license to go down on each other. The fact that this union is being celebrated on a website like The Athletic ("Their engagement, announced on Friday, won't surprise anyone — but it's a lovely bit of good news for the rest of us, too.") shows how far times have changed.
Back when I grew up in the 70's, this meant that they would be good friends like Laverne & Shirley, Kate & Allie, or the friends in the movie, Beaches. Nowadays, it's a license to go down on each other. The fact that this union is being celebrated on a website like The Athletic ("Their engagement, announced on Friday, won't surprise anyone — but it's a lovely bit of good news for the rest of us, too.") shows how far times have changed.