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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom used to wear an umbrella hat to soccer games in the 80s.

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Do you see this now as a sweet memory? My dad wrore that hat with a straw and hung 2 soda cans on it. It was hot and my games were long. He also probably did it just because he knew it would embarrass me.  Now I think back so fondly. He died of skin cancer a few years back, all those years sitting in the sun watching me play. Whenever the guilt starts to creep in, I look at his stupid hat and smile.  My dad loved me. [/quote]

Aaaww.  That's sweet.  I can see how that would have been embarassing back then.  And really nostalgic and sweet now.

When I was 12 we moved from a big city to a small crappy southern town.  My dad used to come to my games wearing a suit, straight from the office.  Totally blue collar town, nobody's parents wore suits to work.  Everyone always stared.  I found it embarrasing that he didn't change.  Now I'm just glad that I never told him that.[/quote]

PP w/ dad in a suit triggered this memory:

I was 8 and we moved mid year 1977  to a rural *factory/company* town in the Midwest. My dad was a gray haired military officer who out of uniform dressed like a nerd: heavy black plastic glasses, polyester dress pants, loafers, dress shirt under a dark sweater.

My dad had to go to the local high school maybe to register my sister and I stayed in the car with another sibling. My dad parked our car in the side corner parking lot during school. Boys were hanging out of an open window and saw him get out of the car and they kind of cat called and jeered. I don't think my dad noticed or heard but I saw the whole thing. The boys continued to laugh about him and point for a few minutes. My sibling and I sat in stunned silence. 
I remember feeling overwhelming embarrassment. Then my dad attended some school function and the kids thought he was my grandfather...[/quote]

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