The shocking thing was that one of the boys' fathers tried to pick a fight with the coach and then later with Randy! I could not believe it. He is upset because he wants his son to be the Quarterback more often, but his son isn't the best kid for that position and threw 2 interceptions last night. The dad is all riled that the coach isn't playing his son in that position enough (though he plays all the time in other positions) and was in the coach's face about it. I was scared and could not believe a parent would do this over 9-year olds playing flag football!! Good grief. This man saw Randy talking to the coach about it and after the game came over to Randy and said, "Do you have something to say to me?" Randy just walked away and said, "I don't have anything to say to you." Oh my!
I was handing out treats to the kids after the game and was totally shocked and speechless when this father made his kid give back his treats! Can you believe that? We have 2 practices and 3 games left in the season and I am sure this boy won't be allowed to come back. What a crock. What is this man teaching his son? I ended up sending the treats to school with Landon so he could give them to him at lunch today, but he is under strict instructions not to say anything about this boy's father. I just picked Landon up from school and asked him about it and he said the boy is very sad that he can't play anymore, but that he was happy about the treats!
I feel so sick about this scuffle that I keep getting flashes of panic and disgust as I think about it. I just can't believe it even happened. This is the sort of thing you see on the news or hear about and wonder who these freaky parents are, but I saw it first hand and just can't wrap my mind around it. Sheesh.
After football, I went over to Collette's house for a nonbook discussion book club gathering. Poor Jenn has pink eye and was wearing an eye patch so as not to disgust anybody with her eye and so she wouldn't rub it. (It wasn't even bad looking and it wasn't bothering her, so she never touched it anyway.) The eye patch proved to be highly amusing to me and when we took our group self-portrait at 11:30pm I ended up getting the giggles after looking at it. Jenn is a great sport and still looked cute, it's just the thought of the eye patch that cracked me up so much.
**Have you witnessed any psycho parents?
Are you confrontational?
Have you ever worn an eye patch?
What time of night do you get giddy?**
Are you confrontational?
Have you ever worn an eye patch?
What time of night do you get giddy?**
28 comments:
Laugh it up!
I'm glad no one was too hyper about my pink eye because it was so nice to get out of the house and be with friends! I would have been in a bad way if I had missed the gathering!
Sorry about the stupid dad. It is so sad for the boy who won't play now. And I am relieved that Randy did not come to blows with the dumb dad!
i have only witnessed psycho parents at the daycare meetings- -that gets crazy but not like you're talking about! what a horrible lesson for that little boy- but hopefully he sees the treats and realizes all parents are not like that.
i love the eye patch! i've never worn one, but she makes it look easy. :)
I like this profile picture more...
That is so crazy with that dad- and sad for his son. We saw a lot of that growing up with all three of us girls in sports. It can get bad fast. Good for Randy for walking away and you for sending the treats to school :)
I can be confrontational- but I don't really call it that. I stand up for myself and don't let people walk all over me. And I try to stand up for others. But I am level headed.
I had to wear an eye patch when I had the paralysis and it bothered me because it was itchy. Jenn is SO cute. I just love her smile.
I get giddy right around midnight- but I think with an eye patch in the room I would have been giddy long before then!
I love the sassy new photo, I noticed you had a different one last week but didn't comment (as per usual with me), and now this one is different again! This one gets my vote, you look very saucy!
I love the new profile pic too. I've been wanting to change mine but with the state of pregnancy, it might have to wait!
I would be so scared that Milo would react to a dad like that. I'm like Amie, my nerves would have been shot! I feel so sad for a kid like that. What a waste of a teaching opportunity. Both of being on a team and working harder for the position you want. Life isn't getting every thing you desire. So annoying!
No eye patches here. I'm glad Jenn was able to get out too, a girl's night can cure many things!
How sad! I feel like I want to give the boy a hug! I hope his dad comes around and lets him still play.
I am not a confrontational person and really need to be a little more! But I just can't do it!
I do have to say I love football games when it rains! But then again I'm not coaching or playing!
I can't stand it when parents get like that. It's one of the things that turns me off of organized sports. Get a grip! I would have had a hard time not responding negatively to him, so I think you and Randy showed a lot of self-control. Poor little kid, he really isn't going to play anymore??
I can't believe Jenn actually had a pirate patch, it was the funniest thing! She is a great sport, and I am quite sure I couldn't pull that off the way she did. Even with a patch, she is still dang cute. I don't normally get giddy at night, only when I'm with the girls. So for me, it happens whenever Collette starts getting giddy. Her laughing just cracks me up.
p.s. I had to go check out the new profile pic everyone was talking about. I like it! The one with you smiling with no teeth was really throwing me.
oh missy I will read your post later, but I had to comment on your new magnifique photo!!!!!!!!IT DOES LOOK LIKE YOU VERY MUCH MUCH SO....THERE is something in it, that sparkles....ciao bella
Oh my goodness! That is so scary about the Dad getting so upset about that! It is so strange and scary that parents behave this way in front of their children and others and do things that could cause serious harm to someone. I'm glad you are all ok, but hope it never happens again!
Love the SPT, with the eye patch and all. I thought at first it was part of a costume!
If I would have written my football post out in more detail a few weeks ago you would have seen the drama. Of course mine entailed f-bombs and screaming mother's. It was seriously ugly!!
Sorry that it shook you up, I hate those types of parents. Get a grip!
Jen is totally cute with her eye patch on--love it. :)
What is this guys deal? I feel bad for the boy. He is going to be plauged by this his whole life. No one is ever going to do enough or let his son do enough in sports. The saddest part is that the boy is the one who is going to suffer. There are going to be paretns who tell their sons to stay away from this one kids becasue of his dad. Oh that poor boy!
Jasons parents who always get really mad and say really rude things during his games in high school and even after we got married. At one point Jason would not even tell his paretns about his games because he didn't want them there. They would get sooo upset with the team if they made mistakes or were losing. It got to the point that I would tell Jason he couldn't tell them about the games I would be at because I would be embarrassed and I have even gotten up and moved away from them so that I wouldn't be associated with them and I didn't want my kids to think that it was okay for them to act like this becuase you are losing a bball game! I won't even watch pro football or basketball with them. They get out of control yelling at everyone idiots and losers and they are being stupid and dumb and these people are on tv!
Sorry for the long commnet. I am soo glad you sent the treat with Landon. I bet the boy was really happy about that.
Oh yea, one last thing, a couple of years ago there had to be cops called at a t-ball game cause dads were throwing punches! SO sad and just plain silly. Alright, that is all.
Be thankful Randy isn't confrontational too... I would have been NERVOUS! It's too bad even as adults that we don't see that OUR actions affect others and not just ourself. I feel bad for the little boy... isn't there a sensible mother to smooth things over for the poor player.
Jenn is cute. Always.
Good for you and Randy taking the high road with the psycho parent. I'm glad you still treated the boy.
Oh man! I feel so bad for the boy. That was so nice of Landon to bring him the treats.
I never understand how sports activities can escalate and it's so scary how it can and does--between the adults! Crazy!! Randy handled it well. Sheesh.
I get late-night giggles too--they are the best!
Oh, that makes me sad for your poor football boy. I am not competitive or confrontational, so this kind of behavior just baffles me. Isn't it supposed to be about fun? Just a game, right? There was a sad thing in my town a week or so ago where a dad left a soccer game angry, and was going 100 mph down one of our curvy hilly roads, and he missed a turn, crashed into a tree and died. It just sickens me that this family is without a father because he let himself get that angry about a GAME. It's so sad. I have serious issues with sports -- I better not get started.
Now the eye patch, on the other hand, is most amusing! I love the picture because you guys are so giggly and it shows in the photo.
And I love your new profile picture -- so cute!
Looks like a fun get together!! I am sick to hear about this crazy father! I had a man so angry one time that I thought he was going to hit ME! Honestly - what is up with these parents?!! It is just a game! So sad for this little 9 year old! Honestly! Makes me sick to think that he can't play because his Dad is a bonehead! So nice of you to think of giving his treat to him at school!
The accident that Kelly was talking about is just sick! Anger makes you do crazy things for sure!
As a former secondary English teacher, I encountered psycho parents all the time. Only instead of quarterbacking issues, it was grades issues. Different venue, same unfortunate lesson taught by a parent. Ugh.
I can't believe what a jerk that guy is. I feel so sorry for his poor kid. I wonder what his wife thinks about all this?
I am definately not confrontational but I can stand up for myself if I need to.
That should've been such a fun night.
You are so thoughtful to send the treats to school- good idea!
That Dad is completely crazy. I am all for parents coming and screaming at the games, I just want them to be screaming things like "Go Tigers!" or "You can do it."
I feel really bad for the boy though. You know he is old enough to be embarassed by it, and young enough to be influenced by it. Bad. Bad.
oh my what an idiot...i can't believe the little boy...soo sad, I WAS happy you send treats with landon...pirate yes...on my first trip to ROME, we were leaving the train station which by the way they said it was not in a nice neighborhood...so I was walking and this guy had a pen in his mouth and AS i was looking up he poked me...the only thing I saw was blood so I GOT really scared...Hilda took me to this fountain and later we encountered an undercop and he took us to the hospital...I don't know how we trusted him...but it was all good...The doctors said it was only on top of my eye lid..so there was no real damage to my eye...so they sewed it up...yes...and I had to wear a patch to the sistine chapel now that is a horrible thing to have to do...see all those wonderful works of art in 2 dimensions instead of three...and going all over the st. peters it was just awful...now that i have a scanner maybe I can scan it...and show you...whoohooo....
I forgot to tell you I was looking at my map...
Very sad for the boy. I like the way you guys handled it. Sometimes I can't believe a particular set of parents are with their 4 year old boy on our soccer team. 4 year old = there should be negative pressure to do anything except have fun. Boys that age can only focus for 2 or 3 minutes. But it's interesting to see how much some parents demand. That is SO foreign to me.
I hate to see what happens when his son wants to play high school sports! No one will want him on the team, because of the dad.
Sounds like you handled well and so did Randy. So good job on giving the treats still!
I haven't really witnessed any psycho parents, but it's too bad that they set that kind of example for their kids. What are they really teaching?
The eye patch is so funny. I've had pink eye and now wish I'd thought to cover it with a patch! I can see how that could make you get giddy too.
That is awful about that father acting like that! I feel so sorry for that poor little boy, he will miss out on so much and he is only nine! So sad.
Love the eye patch! I thought she decided to dress up the season! Hopefully her eye is better soon!
I hate psycho parents who take their children's extracurricular activities WAY too seriously. You're absolutely right, they are teaching their children the opposite of what they should. Sorry it caused you angst. I would have felt the same way.
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