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Monday, October 24, 2005

I Can't Stand Some People


This weekend Babygirl had one of her many softball tournaments. She has been playing since she was 6 yrs old and has played select ball since she was 8. She is very good at it and enjoys it immensely. My husband helps coach her team and we both enjoy watching her, taking part in cheering them on and helping out the team with whatever they need.

Having said that, there is just one thing that will eventually drive me insane. Other parents. I'm one of the people that is of the mind that if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all. (Well, when it comes to kids, anyway.) I can't stand people that are negative and yell shitty things to or about the kids on the opposing team. I must say more often than not it is a woman that does these kind of things, which quite frankly blows me away because I would never do some of the things that I've seen these woman do. I try to keep all of my comments positive and I don't ever say anything about the other team or its players.

This weekend two mothers that have their daughters on Babygirl's team, sat and bitched about other players on our team! You read right, players from our own team. Granted, they weren't yelling it out loud but they were saying things that other parents could hear.(Which I don't think they realized.) And they did it every game. If one of the players made a mistake, they would sit there and pick them apart. It made me sick! Why would you do that? Their daughters weren't perfect but did they say catty shit(or did anyone else) when one of them would mess up, hell no. I made sure I parked my ass right next to them so if one of them had something to say, they could say it right to my face. But of course, neither one of them said anything with me sitting next to them. Not only that but one of the mother's sat and bitched her daughter out in the middle of the tournament. How is she suppose to play when she is upset and crying? Luckily the coach went over and talked to her and got her calmed down. It's parents like these that give sport's parents a bad name!

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