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Message Thread | This response ↓  I love stuff like this....quite frankly, he held it together about 10x better than I would have - villain April 23, 2026, 13:08:45 yeah, this is great * - Pooter April 23, 2026, 19:21:20 I imagine my dad experienced a similar reaction at my first ballet dance recital. - Lexillini April 23, 2026, 13:45:59 He probably stills cries about it whenever the memory pops up* - villain April 23, 2026, 13:48:15 It's sometimes difficult to distinguish those tears from the tears resulting from his frequent . . . - Lexillini April 23, 2026, 13:50:08 Nice. On a much smaller scale...diglet3 (10) had a little league game last night. - OskeeWowWowDig April 23, 2026, 13:20:42 Good for him. The perseverance he'll learn there will pay off in his main sport for sure. - villain April 23, 2026, 13:34:42 I hate travel sports, although maybe club isn’t stupid like travel? - WesMantooth April 23, 2026, 20:50:12 Travel/club soccer in the Chicago burbs is mostly just travel in name. - OskeeWowWowDig April 25, 2026, 11:40:59 I think Indy is similar. Usually 2 practices a week and then a game on Saturday or Sunday - WesMantooth April 25, 2026, 12:34:34 We were just at the Indy tourney last week. Nice facility* - OskeeWowWowDig April 25, 2026, 15:47:27 His age is around $2000 which includes Fall season, Indoor, Spring Season, 1 "away" tournament, - OskeeWowWowDig April 23, 2026, 13:37:56 My 10 year old is about $1,200 for Fall, Indoor, Spring, Summer Training, and 4 Tournaments - villain April 23, 2026, 13:47:33 Sounds reasonable. Local clubs just helped open an indoor bubble with about 4 outdoor turf fields - OskeeWowWowDig April 23, 2026, 13:59:24 Was gonna ask what his off season was. June and July mostly off and then tryouts in mid August - WesMantooth April 23, 2026, 20:56:44 Tryouts seem to get earlier and earlier as clubs compete for players. - OskeeWowWowDig April 25, 2026, 11:37:56 it's about his son but it's also about him. and that's ok - AceFrehley April 23, 2026, 13:17:22 absolutely correct. the kids dream came true and the dad's dream of seeing his kid - villain April 23, 2026, 13:28:28 « Back to index | View thread »