I came to watch my DC play his game, not talk to you

[Anonymous]

Excuse me. Can we talk at the top of the next inning when our kids are at bat? I promised my son that I would watch his plays today since I missed his big play last time I came . Thanks.

[Anonymous]

I've definifely said "I'm going to go focus on the game now so I dont miss dd scoring a goal and getting railed on it for a whole month (wink wink)." Just be friendly and there should be no problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The parents of my DC's ball team are very, very chatty. I just want to go watch my child play and try to be polite but not initiate conversations, but I've missed plays my son has made because some other parent is telling me about their job, divorce, etc.

I've tried standing at the fences, but my other DCs want to sit in the bleachers.

Any helpful techniques? DH suggests I should wear headphones, but I think this would look weird considering I have other DCs with me. DH is usually on the field with the players.

How about you pretend to be a decent person for an hour.

To think I still wonder why I don't have any friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't your bitchy resting face enough to deter them?

+10000

OP, are you my MIL? She would say something antisocial like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

How about you pretend to be a decent person for an hour.

To think I still wonder why I don't have any friends.

It's possible to be a decent person who doesn't like to chat. Especially in the circumstances OP describes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't your bitchy resting face enough to deter them?

You said exactly what I was thinking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

How about you pretend to be a decent person for an hour.

To think I still wonder why I don't have any friends.

It's possible to be a decent person who doesn't like to chat. Especially in the circumstances OP describes.

She's actually an anti-social witch.

[Anonymous]

Just don't look at people when they talk. That's what I do at Nats games. You can still carry on a conversation while watching the game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've definifely said "I'm going to go focus on the game now so I dont miss dd scoring a goal and getting railed on it for a whole month (wink wink)." Just be friendly and there should be no problem.

Why do you have to do this? You WANT to watch the game. Why act like some frivolous chatting is more important than your kid's playing time. I enjoy watching the games. I like cheering for my child. I hate the chatty moms who are clueless about the game and think it is cool to not care about their kid's sports.

OP, I sit with the Dads or I keep score/ do the books.

[Anonymous]

Sit somewhere else then. I go to MLB games with friends and we talk most of the time - we're still paying attention to the game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can still talk and watch the game, no? I chat at DC's games all the time and haven't missed anything important they've done. Not sure what the problem is here - maybe ADHD?

Same here. My son plays football. Our conversations are always kind of stop and start. Every day chit chat -- comment on the game, yell encouragement (or not) -- back to every day chit chat. Talking doesn't have to involve looking at the person. Although I did have one person sitting beside me at an event on the weekend. I didn't look at her, didn't respond, actually spoke to other people yet she kept talking to me.

I would just mix in game talk. "Oh.. did you see what happened there??"

[Anonymous]

I've definifely said "I'm going to go focus on the game now so I dont miss dd scoring a goal and getting railed on it for a whole month (wink wink)." Just be friendly and there should be no problem.


Why do you have to do this? You WANT to watch the game. Why act like some frivolous chatting is more important than your kid's playing time. I enjoy watching the games. I like cheering for my child. I hate the chatty moms who are clueless about the game and think it is cool to not care about their kid's sports.

OP, I sit with the Dads or I keep score/ do the books.

Where do you get that she is acting like chatting is more important? She's making it clear that it is more important to her to watch her child. It's fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can still talk and watch the game, no? I chat at DC's games all the time and haven't missed anything important they've done. Not sure what the problem is here - maybe ADHD?

I know, right? My DD ice skates, and I watch her pretty much the whole time while chatting with another mom who's watching her daughter. Just say "Sorry, I don't mean to be rude - I just really want to see how Kyle plays today."

[Anonymous]

You really can't watch a kid's game (or any game for that matter) while sitting next to someone and talking?? You realize you never have to take your eyes off the field, right? Both of you watch the field while talking and listening to each other with your ears; the conversation can be interrupted and on-off as things happen on the field. What's so hard about this??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You really can't watch a kid's game (or any game for that matter) while sitting next to someone and talking?? You realize you never have to take your eyes off the field, right? Both of you watch the field while talking and listening to each other with your ears; the conversation can be interrupted and on-off as things happen on the field. What's so hard about this??

NP. I go to games to watch my kids play. I don't go to chit chat. I don't care if it is antisocial. There are lots of people who take their own chairs and don't sit in the bleachers.

Many parents do forced socializing all day at work. After work, they want to spend time watching their kids play sports. Some of us just don't want to entertain other multitasking chit chatters.