there are four girls in my little family, including my wife. oldest two - wife and 18 year old are all girl - never wanted anything to do with sports. the 4th, a 7 year old seems to be going that direction as well.
the 3rd, a 9 year old as of about 14 months ago seemed to be the same. over the last year she's been playing basketball and volleyball and loving it. she's even shown some interest in watching sports off and on - not a lot, but enough to give her sports fan dad some hope. Note: my 16 year old son, while a very good athlete, is not a sports fan in any sense of the word.
Fast forward to last night. I had very little interest in watching another SEC championship game, but apparently my 9 year old's teacher is a huge Georgia fan and talked about it at school on Monday. So my 9 year old asks if we can watch the game. Of course we can! Anyway, she sits through the entire damn game with me and it was fun as hell (my son has never watched an entire game).
Every night when I tuck my little girls in, I ask them what their favorite part of the day was - my 7 year old: dance. My 9 year old: basketball practice and "the Georgia game". basketball practice and watching a football game? my daughter? are you effing kidding me?!
thanks, SEC football!
the 3rd, a 9 year old as of about 14 months ago seemed to be the same. over the last year she's been playing basketball and volleyball and loving it. she's even shown some interest in watching sports off and on - not a lot, but enough to give her sports fan dad some hope. Note: my 16 year old son, while a very good athlete, is not a sports fan in any sense of the word.
Fast forward to last night. I had very little interest in watching another SEC championship game, but apparently my 9 year old's teacher is a huge Georgia fan and talked about it at school on Monday. So my 9 year old asks if we can watch the game. Of course we can! Anyway, she sits through the entire damn game with me and it was fun as hell (my son has never watched an entire game).
Every night when I tuck my little girls in, I ask them what their favorite part of the day was - my 7 year old: dance. My 9 year old: basketball practice and "the Georgia game". basketball practice and watching a football game? my daughter? are you effing kidding me?!
thanks, SEC football!
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