debit wrote:You know those friends you have. No, the other ones. The friends that call or e-mail when wanting to play golf or have dinner together, but always begin the conversation with, "Do you have soccer this weekend?" or "What times are your games on Saturday?" These are the friends that are aware of your family's incredible commitment to this sport, but don't really understand why.

Well, those friends can be pretty awesome sometimes. Like... on a Thursday evening when they randomly call and mention that they're in charge of the company suite at Cowboys Stadium this coming Saturday and they have one more ticket available, and "well, I know you're soccer-crazy so thought you might like to come to the game this weekend. It's some Barcelona team against America or something like that..."

debit wrote:You know those friends you have. No, the other ones. The friends that call or e-mail when wanting to play golf or have dinner together, but always begin the conversation with, "Do you have soccer this weekend?" or "What times are your games on Saturday?" These are the friends that are aware of your family's incredible commitment to this sport, but don't really understand why.

Well, those friends can be pretty awesome sometimes. Like... on a Thursday evening when they randomly call and mention that they're in charge of the company suite at Cowboys Stadium this coming Saturday and they have one more ticket available, and "well, I know you're soccer-crazy so thought you might like to come to the game this weekend. It's some Barcelona team against America or something like that..."

SailorMoon wrote:Friends?? Who has time to have friends? Just a single mom here with 2 boys that play.....soccer and work is all I do!!

But I sure have the relatives that don't understand or get it. Or will never go to any of my boys games. I see plenty of other grandparents and relatives at my boys and other teams and makes me sad. Anyone else have this situation?

slampg wrote:

SailorMoon wrote:Friends?? Who has time to have friends? Just a single mom here with 2 boys that play.....soccer and work is all I do!!

But I sure have the relatives that don't understand or get it. Or will never go to any of my boys games. I see plenty of other grandparents and relatives at my boys and other teams and makes me sad. Anyone else have this situation?

Pretty normal if you ask me. I have a hard enough time getting my boy's mother to come to games let alone aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc.

SailorMoon wrote:Okay - I'll stop my decade long pity party then. I understand it's not "their thing" -- but when the game is so important to my kids and they don't get why no one else shows - it's huts my feelings for my kids. But actually, we only have one or two relatives in the area so not a lot to get there.

Now...how do I get some friends that have Cowboy suites?

SailorMoon wrote:Friends?? Who has time to have friends? Just a single mom here with 2 boys that play.....soccer and work is all I do!!

But I sure have the relatives that don't understand or get it. Or will never go to any of my boys games. I see plenty of other grandparents and relatives at my boys and other teams and makes me sad. Anyone else have this situation?

slampg wrote:

SailorMoon wrote:Okay - I'll stop my decade long pity party then. I understand it's not "their thing" -- but when the game is so important to my kids and they don't get why no one else shows - it's huts my feelings for my kids. But actually, we only have one or two relatives in the area so not a lot to get there.

Now...how do I get some friends that have Cowboy suites?

A single mom? You need to ask?

debit wrote:You know those friends you have. No, the other ones. The friends that call or e-mail when wanting to play golf or have dinner together, but always begin the conversation with, "Do you have soccer this weekend?" or "What times are your games on Saturday?" These are the friends that are aware of your family's incredible commitment to this sport, but don't really understand why.

Well, those friends can be pretty awesome sometimes. Like... on a Thursday evening when they randomly call and mention that they're in charge of the company suite at Cowboys Stadium this coming Saturday and they have one more ticket available, and "well, I know you're soccer-crazy so thought you might like to come to the game this weekend. It's some Barcelona team against America or something like that..."

afrankw wrote:

debit wrote:You know those friends you have. No, the other ones. The friends that call or e-mail when wanting to play golf or have dinner together, but always begin the conversation with, "Do you have soccer this weekend?" or "What times are your games on Saturday?" These are the friends that are aware of your family's incredible commitment to this sport, but don't really understand why.

Well, those friends can be pretty awesome sometimes. Like... on a Thursday evening when they randomly call and mention that they're in charge of the company suite at Cowboys Stadium this coming Saturday and they have one more ticket available, and "well, I know you're soccer-crazy so thought you might like to come to the game this weekend. It's some Barcelona team against America or something like that..."

See.....Seinfeld relates to every situation. Even the crazy NTX soccer world....

We had one set of good non-soccer friends and we tried to integrate them with our soccer friends, now we only have soccer friends. The two worlds cannot mix.

"You have no idea of the magnitude of this thing. If she is allowed to infiltrate this world then George Costanza as you know him ceases to exist. You see, right now I have Relationship George. But there is also Independent George. That's the George you know, the George you grew up with... Movie George, Coffee Shop George, Liar George, Bawdy George."
"I love that George."
"Me too, and he's dying. If Relationship George walks through this door, he will kill Independent George. A George divided against itself cannot stand!"
- George and Jerry, in "The Pool Guy"

soccerrus2 wrote:

slampg wrote:

SailorMoon wrote:Okay - I'll stop my decade long pity party then. I understand it's not "their thing" -- but when the game is so important to my kids and they don't get why no one else shows - it's huts my feelings for my kids. But actually, we only have one or two relatives in the area so not a lot to get there.

Now...how do I get some friends that have Cowboy suites?

A single mom? You need to ask?

Is KS around? rock me!