Please, please, please….
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dad2twins on Jan 14, 2008 in All is right with the world, Did I ask for your advice?, Warnings
I’m away on a business trip and my wife just called to let me know the girls discovered my soccer ball and want to go outside and play soccer. To this I responded…. F&*# Yea!
To my dear children, Please, Please, Please play soccer and not swimming or cheerleading or softball or any other sport that involves me watching a sport that:
1. I Hate
2. Makes me want to kill myself when watching it.
3. Is predominately played by big, scary girls that I might have to feed at my house.
4. Is not really a sport but a memorization task that involves a lot of expensive clothing.
I love you,
your Father.
P.S. Do not write to me and tell me how great swimming, cheerleading, softball or whatever sport I might have alluded to is. I don’t care.
Thank you.
P.S.S. It’s called the beautiful game for a reason.
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I don’t have a daughter, but if I did, I too wouldn’t want her doing the Cheerleader thing.
I grew up swimming, so I don’t mind that sport (it’s a sport).
Jason | Jan 14, 2008 | Reply
memorization tasks, indeed.
We’ve got them all in spades. Kiddo didn’t like the high-collision-and-lack-of-sharing aspect of soccer, so we went with the expensive option.
Stepford town soccer dues: $75/ season
Tuition to our gymnastics school where she is on a competitive team: $198/ month.
Yay soccer!
Kara | Jan 14, 2008 | Reply
As someone who grew up playing soccer, and from middle school on played on an average of 3 soccer teams at once, I have to agree that soccer is by far the best sport out there. I tried out for cheerleading in second grade, but I didn’t make it because I couldn’t do a proper cartwheel. Snotty feckers.
Peyton has been playing soccer since she could walk. I will try to get the twins into it, although I’m thinking more along the lines of “Rock Band.” I aspire to be what the Partridges could be like if they were around today… Wow I am wordy today.
Emily | Jan 14, 2008 | Reply
Are you talking about Football? Dylan will be playing in a 5 Under league this spring.
Beaner | Jan 14, 2008 | Reply
‘Football’ is simply the best game in so many respects.
So YAY! You Go Girls (I can’t pull that off can I?)
Xbox4NappyRash | Jan 15, 2008 | Reply
My significant other is already planning sports for our as of yet, non-existent children. I give no feedback but secretly, quietly I pray that no child of mine ever wants to be a cheerleader
Amy | Jan 16, 2008 | Reply
My husband doesn’t blog, but if he did, I think he would write this exact same post.
Julie Reynolds | Jan 17, 2008 | Reply
I played softball! Am I a big scary girl? No – wait. Don’t answer that.
Cindy | Jan 17, 2008 | Reply