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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I cannot believe any parent wouldn’t be jumping for joy over a travel sport ending.  It means you have your life back.  Stop living through yours kids’ sports.  Travel parents are the worst.  [/quote]

They are sad people [/quote]

Or happy people.  I can't tell you how many friends, co-workers and family members have told me they miss watching their kids play and the bonding time in the car.

I think it's like childbirth, you forget the actual pain of it.

I don't like early morning or drives, but my kids play my sport (I won way more titles/went farther than them--so no vicarious living) and I really love seeing their joy and watching them compete.  I sit by myself and I don't yell at refs or go near screaming parents (the part I hate), but I really truly love watching my kids play.  One may be playing at a college not too far away and I'm excited to see home games (which will only be a 10 min drive from the house!).[/quote]

Yea you’re obsessed all right.  [/quote]

That’s healthy.  Some people might love to watch their kid play the cello or take their show dogs to dog shows.  For an athlete that played sports, I feel alive at soccer fields and it brings back all kinds of good feelings and memories from my youth—and of my dad and former teammates.  I love the sounds smells and those evening practices where I see the same joy I had.  [/quote]

You’re a sad old man [/quote]

Not as sad as a person who trolls DCUM to post juvenile comments. Aren't you supposed to be in class right now?

I understand what the PP means. My kids do swim team and all the memories of my own experiences come flooding back when I smell the chlorine and see the sights on the pool deck. I doubt my kids will get as serious about swimming as I did, but it's fun to revisit something that was a huge part of my life for years.

When we have kids our whole lives get rearranged. We often give up activities and hobbies that we once enjoyed because we stop having time for them, or at least have to scale way back. It can be an adjustment to suddenly have all that time back. It's normal to struggle with that transition before settling into a new normal and rediscovering what you want for yourself.

Our kids' childhood is really a blip in the grand scheme of life. I don't think too many parents regret putting their own interests on the back burner to support their kids' pursuits for a few years. [/quote]

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