Replying to Are you really a skier?

I just had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine
She competes in freestyle skiing and is very good. She goes to an academy over the winter instead of school to practice and what not. she used to have to go up to sugar bush EVERY weekend which is like a 5 hour drive

so basically, her life is skiing. now heres the thing
she said something about skier friends and i said "well im a skier" and she said i wasnt. i was just someone who skis.

her arguement was that because my life doesnt actively revolve around skiing, i am not really a skier, im just someone who enjoys skiing (first of all the just doesnt make sense...).

but here's my counter argument.
1. If i had the money, i would absolutely have a ski house and go up every weekend to ski
2. I would ski competitively if i could, but my parents never got me into it (like they sign you up for soccer when your little) because we never really had the chance...
3. i am basing part of my college decision on location. right now, i would love to go to colorado college. d3 lacrosse, great school, and GREAT SKIING
4. i spend hours on NS and backcountry.com and other sites looking at skking related shit and researching and what not.

so althought i dont actually ski nearly as much as her (she would be active), i care probably almost as much about skiing as she does. infact i know people who compete that care less about skiing than i do.
what do you guys think?