I've failed ...

topdawgnc

As a parent and a father figure.

My kid, who I have successfully signed up for hockey ... really wants to play soccer.

I'm out of town and he told my old lady ... I really want to play soccer, but dad says I can't.

Fuck.

If the kid wants to do something besides play XBox ... how the fuck can I stop him.

Jesus ... time to drink.

BayDawg

T's and P's

Tequilla

It's not the worst thing in the world ...

As for hockey, blame Tom Hicks

dnc

You should thank his other dad for telling him he can't play soccer.

HuskyInAZ

It could be worse. Cheer squad?

AtomicPiss

Now more than ever, the world needs a Dear Sven column.

d2d

HuskyInAZ said:

It could be worse. Cheer squad?

dflea

How did you expect it to turn out any other way?

Did you take him out hunting and teach him how to kill animals and eat them?

Do you take him fishing and teach him how to kill fish and eat them?

Did you teach him how to work on cars and motorcycles and yell "FUCK!!" every time something didn't go your way?

Did you teach him how to run a chainsaw, and how to drop a tree in close proximity to your house?

Did you watch old episodes of NFL Films with him and tell him how cool it is to be a badass motherfucker who destroys people on the field?

And yet you expected him not to play soccer....................

You poor dumb bastard.. You'll be lucky if he isn't bringing home his boyfriend next week.

Tequilla

If we're going to bash the Spirit Squad I'm out

bananasnblondes

Would you rather him play soccer or play soccer on the Xbox?

sarktastic

is there a difference?

Fenwick

The Titans new QB sez soccer gave him his foundation for football. Burn that xbox or your kid will get calluses. You want that?

HuskyJW

Your kid is begging you to play the most popular sport in the world...so instead of supporting him you sign him up for something you like?

I'm going out on a limb and say the "old lady" isn't his mom and this is your 2nd go around on this.

Don't be a Cheswick.

PurpleJ

He should play soccer and football. Best combination of sports. As much as I like hockey, I don't know what the fuck you are thinking playing hockey in Texas.

sarktastic

Hockey. in Texas is fucked up. If your kid sucks, he'll get his ass kicked, probably broken bones and blame losing out on the prom queen to his missing tooth rather than the fact he's not tuff. If he's any good, he's on to Canada.

PurpleJ

sarktastic said:

Hockey. in Texas is fucked up. If your kid sucks, he'll get his ass kicked, probably broken bones and blame losing out on the prom queen to his missing tooth rather than the fact he's not tuff. If he's any good, he's on to Canada.

The kids in Canada can turn their backyards into rinks all winter. Advantage: Canada.

Tequilla

There's a huge grassroots hockey community in Texas ... lots of good youth players are coming out of that area in the last few years including Seth Jones

AZDuck

PurpleJ said:

sarktastic said:

Hockey. in Texas is fucked up. If your kid sucks, he'll get his ass kicked, probably broken bones and blame losing out on the prom queen to his missing tooth rather than the fact he's not tuff. If he's any good, he's on to Canada.

The kids in Canada can turn their backyards into rinks all winter year. Advantage: Poutine Canada.

topdawgnc

PurpleJ said:

He should play soccer and football. Best combination of sports. As much as I like hockey, I don't know what the fuck you are thinking playing hockey in Texas.

Here's the dealio.

I could sit in the hot Texas sun and watch him play baseball. Or I could sit in a cool arena and watch him learn the skill of hockey. Really not a hard choice. And we have, here in the North 'burbs have a big hockey community supported by the Stars. So he gets good coaching.

And to my friend @dflea we fish, we cuss, we blow shit up, sometimes you do all you can do as a parent and they go astray.

Now ... for all y'all who's only children are dead on your stained sweat pants ... kindly fuck off.

Tequilla

Bingo ... if there's one thing that the Stars do right in Texas it is how much support they have in the grassroo/junior level of soccer with all of the StarsCenters that they have.

And Toppy's 100% right, having sat through watching my brothers play their fair share of baseball growing up in the summer, those days sitting out in the sun getting killed by 100 degree weather watching youth baseball is beyond painful.

dflea

I was just funnin' you, toppy. Don't give the kid a hard time about playing soccer. Just tell him to play it like a bad motherfucker would.