[WDT] NATIONAL DRINK A BEER WITH YOUR LAZY MUM DAY[NSFW]

It was awesome.

 

A lot are pedophiles to. Or so that what you mean by vicariously?

When I was in little league my parents told me that I was never allowed to go anywhere alone with the coach. I later found out this was because he was an accused pedophile. My parents both worked in the courts, so they were privy to some info about it. 10 years later he was sentenced to prison for mollesting two kids that played with me.

I’m not sure what’s more weird, that they let the accused coach or that my parents let me play for him.

 

If he was just accused and not found guilty, then there would be nothing to legally prevent him from coaching (unless there were other related charges which might show up on a background check or have ramifications regarding his ability to work with children). If your parents were privy to more info, such as the veracity of those reports, then that's a shitty job of parenting on their behalf.

 

I just think it’s weird.

I coach elementary school basketball for my sons. 4-5 hours a week between games and practices. Travel baseball it’s no less than 25.


My neighbor set his son up on a team where they’re planning on playing together throughout high school. These kids are 7.

Then there’s game time where one coach will chew out his kid in front of everyone or another has outbursts.

It becomes a cult of sorts where the families all eat and play within that group for months at a time. There’s a strong groupthink mentality. I just think it’s way too much, especially for kids in elementary school.


My son loves it so I let him play. I’m just not a fan.

 

I started wrestling at 4, football at 6. You are right about the conditioning work in wrestling Kubla, srs business.

We didn't have travel team, but I have to hand it to my father, we would go from my normal wrestling season (and team) right in to freestyle, where I competed as an independent. What a pain in the ass for the old man, up at 5:30 am every Saturday for years, driving me all over the state. At the time I did NOT get how much he was putting aside to be a constant part of that. Things were not always perfect between us, but my adult hat is off to the guy.

I DO think that we are making our children adult too much too fast in some ways, but every individual has their own way to strive and thrive. I think it is up to that kid, that family to decide if it fits them.

 

My mom would not let me get any Lego Technic sets when I was a kid in the late '80s. AND I FUCKING LOVED LEGOS.
She said that they were for "older boys."

Thanks, Mom. That is one of the MANY reasons why I'm glad you are dead.

 

So tell us how you really feel.

 

I asked for Legos for Christmas one year. I got my dad’s musty ass Lincoln Logs instead. Not the same at all. Legos have endless designs, Lincoln Logs have one with no accessories.

You know how embarrassing it is to have friends over with their Legos making airplanes and your ass has a log cabin with no people? Thanks mom and dad, Duplo would’ve been a better choice.

 

I bought the Millennium Falcon. I didn’t realize it takes appx 8 hours to build.

A couple days into it my kids found the pieces and shit goes everywhere. I lost dozens of pieces, said fuck it, and threw the whole thing away.

 

While we’re having a nostalgia party... Did anyone else have Capsela as a kid? I remember building some dope amphibious cars and then wasting tons of water, insisting on filling the bath tub up so I could cruise them around the water.

 

I had the biggest GI Joe collection ever. I had practically everything but the 7-foot aircraft carrier, which my friend next door had. I also had Transformers, including the monstrous Omega Supreme.