deuce-ish: It's sometimes difficult to distinguish those tears from the tears resulting from his frequent . . .

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 Yesterday, 11:40:59
      - I think Indy is similar. Usually 2 practices a week and then a game on Saturday or Sunday - WesMantooth Yesterday, 12:34:34
        
        We were just at the Indy tourney last week. Nice facility* - OskeeWowWowDig Yesterday, 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 Yesterday, 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

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