Another Cincinnati Red analogy

The Carl Linder/Bob Castellini (ex and current owners of the Cincinnati Reds) thing is like this:

You start dating this woman who looks great on paper. She is attractive, she is smart, she looks good on your arm when you walk into a bar, she has a good job and it seems right. It should be a good relationship. She even cooks you dinner in her underpants at the beginning and bought you tickets to a Bengals game. She's says all the right things. She seems excited to be with you. But it quickly fades. She becomes disinterested. She's a cold fish in bed. Your friends hate her. She's high maintenance and she complains that you don't make enough money. If only you would give HER more, she would give so much back. And she's always on the look out for someone better. Not better, but someone in a stronger financial/social situation. She's gotten everything out of you that she can get and now she wants out. She moves on.

And now you are with someone new. She is adorable. She drinks beer with you and your buddies. She doesn't care if you come home late and drunk. She does your laundry sometimes and she reminds you about your mother's birthday. She likes you. She comes to watch your softball games. She has fun in bed. She plays games to keep things interesting. She always tries to look sexy and she only has eyes for you. It's early in the relationship but you already think that she may be the One. Not only that, but she is SO much better than your previous girlfriend that you start giving her credit for everything that goes well in your life. Furthermore, you still run in the same social circles as your ex-girlfriend so you overtly gush over your new woman in public just to make sure the ex knows how happy you are and how much she sucked.