Do parents drink at your tween’s sporting events?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Seems like many weekend games the parents on the sidelines have beers in cozies or thermos with wine. My DS plays hockey and baseball.

Baseball is the worst. We were soooooo happy when our sons dropped baseball. The parents drinking started with tee ball and got worse as the kids got older. I hated going to games because of the parent drinking.

I've only seen 2 noticable occurences at my kids sporting events and my kids have graduated from hs. I don't think it's the norm in Northern Va. Also people think the alcohol doesn't affect them but it does and being around drunk adults is gross.

I realized one mom I had gotten close to in the season after t ball was an alcoholic. She convinced other parents to get drunk during the team practices. Her thing was vodka. After the first week we had parents who could not walk. Funny thing about her she was trying to start up a health related business and was trying to bring her company into our school system. She's very loud and vocal about health but was the biggest fake I've ever seen. Nothing about this woman was healthy other than she was thin because she drank instead of eating.

The other occurrence was at an away tennis match. A rude couple who had a freshman on the team and who rarely came to matches left during the matches to go to a restaurant near the court and came back trashed. They, like the other mom, were nasty people.

I don't drink a lot so I don't get it but why do people who get drunk stink? They don't realize it and it's one of the things that makes it more disgusting.

[Anonymous]

I know parents who drink at their kids events. They are the parents who drink at work. We call them alcoholics

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Seems like many weekend games the parents on the sidelines have beers in cozies or thermos with wine. My DS plays hockey and baseball.

Baseball is the worst. We were soooooo happy when our sons dropped baseball. The parents drinking started with tee ball and got worse as the kids got older. I hated going to games because of the parent drinking.

Most sports are boring but baseball takes it to a whole new level. The level of drinking we see at my nephew's games is totally understandable. The games are like watching paint dry!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Seems like many weekend games the parents on the sidelines have beers in cozies or thermos with wine. My DS plays hockey and baseball.

Baseball is the worst. We were soooooo happy when our sons dropped baseball. The parents drinking started with tee ball and got worse as the kids got older. I hated going to games because of the parent drinking.

Most sports are boring but baseball takes it to a whole new level. The level of drinking we see at my nephew's games is totally understandable. The games are like watching paint dry!

My kid is 14, plays travel baseball. I’ve never seen anyone drink, but I also don’t pay attention. And people, that is the key to enjoying baseball! It is two hours (or five hours, like yesterday’s double header) or zen. You empty your mind. Watch the clouds. Listen to the breeze in the trees. Look at the bugs crawling on a leaf. After a week of Zoom meetings and whatnot baseball is my favorite time of the week.

[Anonymous]

I used to coach youth softball (8u). We had a code of conduct for players and parents. Everything in the code of conduct was because of past actions. And we had a section on parental alcohol consumption. It was prohibited for multiple reasons. With that said, I had a parent from the other team throw a beer on me when I called a game because of lightening. Parent was banned from the future games.

Oh, and my team, which got off the field were dry. The other team decided to have practice and they had there equipment ruined when they had evacuate the field with large hail, string winds and wicked lightning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand. A game is a couple of hours, you can’t last through that without a drink at a children’s event?

Or if you have a series of games, you should be hydrating because you will be outside for a long time and driving frequently.

Of course I can last. But I like to have a beer or two while watching a game - any game. And since it's a couple of hours, having 2 beers and then driving is a non-issue.

Also - hydrating before long drives? LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand. A game is a couple of hours, you can’t last through that without a drink at a children’s event?

Or if you have a series of games, you should be hydrating because you will be outside for a long time and driving frequently.

That’s what I was thinking. I can imagine having some parents / players over after a game or tournament- but not being able to make it 2-3 hours without alcohol? That shocks me. I sure as heck wouldn’t be carpooling with those parents.

Do they think it’s cute or funny? It makes me think they are alcoholics.

Where do you get that people "can't make it" 2-3 hours? without alcohol? That's a massive and unsupported inference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. But I've wanted to given how some of the games go.

+ 1 LOL! I haven't noticed others doing it at practice/games. My kids are in high school/college and have done/do:

Baseball
Lacrosse
Basketball
Softball
Track

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Seems like many weekend games the parents on the sidelines have beers in cozies or thermos with wine. My DS plays hockey and baseball.

Baseball is the worst. We were soooooo happy when our sons dropped baseball. The parents drinking started with tee ball and got worse as the kids got older. I hated going to games because of the parent drinking.

I've only seen 2 noticable occurences at my kids sporting events and my kids have graduated from hs. I don't think it's the norm in Northern Va. Also people think the alcohol doesn't affect them but it does and being around drunk adults is gross.

I realized one mom I had gotten close to in the season after t ball was an alcoholic. She convinced other parents to get drunk during the team practices. Her thing was vodka. After the first week we had parents who could not walk. Funny thing about her she was trying to start up a health related business and was trying to bring her company into our school system. She's very loud and vocal about health but was the biggest fake I've ever seen. Nothing about this woman was healthy other than she was thin because she drank instead of eating.

The other occurrence was at an away tennis match. A rude couple who had a freshman on the team and who rarely came to matches left during the matches to go to a restaurant near the court and came back trashed. They, like the other mom, were nasty people.

I don't drink a lot so I don't get it but why do people who get drunk stink? They don't realize it and it's one of the things that makes it more disgusting.

Funny, because we are in NoVa and our experience with the drinking was that it was completely prevalent in baseball. It started on the rec team but the travel teams...yowza...they were outta control. Anyway we're done with it now, thank goodness.

We never really saw drinking in other sports except there was one mom on one of our boy's rec league basketball teams. Like you say about the people you observed, she was an alcoholic. She even came to 9am games with a travel mug with hooch in her coffee. She was functioning but you could smell the alcohol on her breath. It was really, really sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are a lot of secret drinkers in the suburbs. "Wine mom" is real, that's how it became a meme. These moms just put the wine in a coffee mug or thermos to hide it. Or they drink with their mom friends, so they're not doing it alone. I can spot these moms a mile away as the child of an alcoholic. I know how to spot the signs. I just feel sorry for them because they are in denial that they have a problem.

What are the signs? Now I wonder if I’m oblivious!

[Anonymous]

Ive never seen this.

[Anonymous]

Not at my kids soccer games.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Seems like many weekend games the parents on the sidelines have beers in cozies or thermos with wine. My DS plays hockey and baseball.

Baseball is the worst. We were soooooo happy when our sons dropped baseball. The parents drinking started with tee ball and got worse as the kids got older. I hated going to games because of the parent drinking.

Most sports are boring but baseball takes it to a whole new level. The level of drinking we see at my nephew's games is totally understandable. The games are like watching paint dry!

My kid is 14, plays travel baseball. I’ve never seen anyone drink, but I also don’t pay attention. And people, that is the key to enjoying baseball! It is two hours (or five hours, like yesterday’s double header) or zen. You empty your mind. Watch the clouds. Listen to the breeze in the trees. Look at the bugs crawling on a leaf. After a week of Zoom meetings and whatnot baseball is my favorite time of the week.

I put one earbud in and listen to audiobooks. I like it too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand. A game is a couple of hours, you can’t last through that without a drink at a children’s event?

Or if you have a series of games, you should be hydrating because you will be outside for a long time and driving frequently.

That’s what I was thinking. I can imagine having some parents / players over after a game or tournament- but not being able to make it 2-3 hours without alcohol? That shocks me. I sure as heck wouldn’t be carpooling with those parents.

Do they think it’s cute or funny? It makes me think they are alcoholics.

Where do you get that people "can't make it" 2-3 hours? without alcohol? That's a massive and unsupported inference.

The teetotalers on this board always do that. If you want to drink it must be because you're an out of control drunk. If you have one beer at a kids athletic event you're clearly an alcoholic guilty of child endangerment.

That's why no one offers anyone in this thread a thermos of sangria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just curious. Seems like many weekend games the parents on the sidelines have beers in cozies or thermos with wine. My DS plays hockey and baseball.

Baseball is the worst. We were soooooo happy when our sons dropped baseball. The parents drinking started with tee ball and got worse as the kids got older. I hated going to games because of the parent drinking.

I've only seen 2 noticable occurences at my kids sporting events and my kids have graduated from hs. I don't think it's the norm in Northern Va. Also people think the alcohol doesn't affect them but it does and being around drunk adults is gross.

I realized one mom I had gotten close to in the season after t ball was an alcoholic. She convinced other parents to get drunk during the team practices. Her thing was vodka. After the first week we had parents who could not walk. Funny thing about her she was trying to start up a health related business and was trying to bring her company into our school system. She's very loud and vocal about health but was the biggest fake I've ever seen. Nothing about this woman was healthy other than she was thin because she drank instead of eating.

The other occurrence was at an away tennis match. A rude couple who had a freshman on the team and who rarely came to matches left during the matches to go to a restaurant near the court and came back trashed. They, like the other mom, were nasty people.

I don't drink a lot so I don't get it but why do people who get drunk stink? They don't realize it and it's one of the things that makes it more disgusting.

Funny, because we are in NoVa and our experience with the drinking was that it was completely prevalent in baseball. It started on the rec team but the travel teams...yowza...they were outta control. Anyway we're done with it now, thank goodness.

We never really saw drinking in other sports except there was one mom on one of our boy's rec league basketball teams. Like you say about the people you observed, she was an alcoholic. She even came to 9am games with a travel mug with hooch in her coffee. She was functioning but you could smell the alcohol on her breath. It was really, really sad.

I haven’t seen any drinking at Little League, but goodness, travel baseball dads in NVTBL really need to stop bringing coolers full of beer and then driving their kids home. Functional alcoholic or not, you’ll still get a DUI.