It's soccer night. That means I get to schlepp my kid, his best buddy, my other kid and a butt load of stuff out to sit in the middle of a field to stand by as two teams of 9 year olds race around after a ball for an hour. Then I'll schlepp them all home. The badass possibilities are limited, so I'm choosing to stake my claim in a more subtle fashion: I'm actually going to watch. I'm not going to talk on my cell phone, catch up on my reading (or texting). I'm going to watch my budding David Beckham as he runs, trips, dives and falls. Then I'm not going to holler that he should be more aggressive, pass the ball to Danny or "Go! Go! Go!" He'll get a pat on the back and a question about whether he had fun, but that's it.
Then we'll come home. 'Cause soccer may be something we do- but it's not who we are.
You can do what any self-respecting soccer fan in Europe does. Get drunk before the game, go watch and swear at the opposing team and their fans during the whole game. And if the there is a chance you can get in a fight with another soccer mom. That would be pretty badass.
ReplyDeleteJust kidding! :)