proceeded to score a 28 on the ACT

That score could get four guys into LSU.

gametime was hen time

I can’t thank my parents enough for staying out of that mess.

My dad was always around sports and sports parents. He was really good about staying above the fray in that regard. Like you said, there was always that one parent or set of parents that made you feel bad for the kid. Just obnoxious.

/maybe not in that order

She never did mettle again and my kid got scholly offers later in HS.

I remember one time when I ate three doughnuts and then proceeded to score a 28 on the ACT.

Moms that mettle are probably some of the ones that get beaten by their husbands.”

My baseball career was rampant with these. Had two moms fight in the stands once. Some moms got together and bitched so much they got one of our assistant coaches fired for a) not playing their sons and b) being a hardass. I can’t thank my parents enough for staying out of that mess.

Moms that mettle are probably some of the ones that get beaten by their husbands.”

My wife would deck me for saying this, and she’d be completely in the right.

I have no idea why anyone would either teach or coach for a public school

To prevent softies from ruining kids futures

/Shit, dem boys is havin’ the time of their lives.
//I don’t want your life’d

My oldest, when in 4th grade, after 2 weeks of football, crying … he didn’t like football, “the coaches are mean”, “they yell at us”.

So that night, she goes to practice, then comes to me: “You know he’s right, the coaches are mean.”
Me: “Stay out of it. It’s a guy thing. Stay out and don’t even acknowledge him when he whines about practice. Moms that mettle are probably some of the ones that get beaten by their husbands.”
She later talks to a neighbor mom and neighbor mom says: “He’s right, stay out it.”

She never did mettle again and my kid got scholly offers later in HS.

god i admire you

So where was your dad in all this?

/get control of your woman

My wife has threatened once or twice to contact a coach regarding similar things. I said something to the effect of “that’s the kind of thing I’ll bet gets some wives beaten”. She didn’t talk to me for at least a week but she got the message and never threatened again.

/out of line – yes
//effective – yes

There are times when she cries because she wants something that I don’t want her to have (my phone, for example). The wife has like a 10-second tolerance and then caves. Fuck that noise. For some reason I can tune that whiny cry out and I’ll let her cry herself to sleep before caving. The fact that my child will most likely be as stubborn as I am will surely lead to wonderful battles in the future.

I have the hardest time tuning out the crying but I refuse to cave. I try to work out different solutions with my 2 year old when she melts down but I know if I cave (“I WANT YOGURT PRETZELS!!!”) then I’m dropping the ball as a parent.

/eat your damn oatmeal first

used have boxing in gym class (early 80s). headgear, the big pillowy gloves. the irls would do gymnastics or something in the gym and the guys would head to the wrestling room, get a few pointers, then pair off by approximate weight/height.

i was happy, bc i had boxed a lot in my younger years, so i knew the fundamentals. lots of the guys were just haymaker-ing. we had 3 1-minute rounds and i was peppering my guy, winning easily. before the last round, the girls file in, having finished their whatever. of course, that’s when i blink and get dropped. the teacher was stopping fights on knockdowns but not mine bc of my dominance

of course i had to spend the rest of the day fighting the urge to explain what the girls didn’t see. maybe i didn’t fight it that hard, can’t quite remember