Parent behavior; the dark side

[Inquartata]

You started us punning, and we may continue tilde cows come home.

Butt maybe not.

[SEM Fencer]

Okay, so it seems that Warrior Princess was probing for some actual information here, so I'll drift back that way...

During SNs in 2006, I overheard a parent and child negotiating a deal. For every touch the kid scored, he would get $10. Every touch received, he'd lose $10. The kid won the bout (but not much money, if I recall correctly). Dad is standing at the side of the pod, with his hand stuck out, clearly wanting to shake his kid's hand and congratulate him. As the fencer approaches his father, he stretches out his hand, too -- not to shake, but to collect his money. The look on the dad's face was priceless (pun somewhat intended).

My son, who was waiting for his bout outside the pod, watched the whole thing happen. He commented on how sad that whole situation was, and ended up beating the recently slightly enriched kid in the next round.

I guess it all caught up with him in the end...

[lefty_monster]

Are you sure they were serious? Me and my dad joke around like that all the time: I get put with some world champ fencer and he goes "If you beat her, I will give you $20" Or other stuff like that. It's not serious, it's just us goofing off, and it doesn't affect my fencing mindset at all.

If they were serious, though, that's sad.

[Inquartata]

I guess it all caught up with him in the end...

Well, it tuchus long enough to get to the punch line, didn't it?

[Capt. Slo-mo]

As Senator Craig would say: "Hmmm...arrested development!"

[SEM Fencer]

Well, it tuchus long enough to get to the punch line, didn't it?

See, I was setting that one up, just for you Inq. Thanks for running with it.

And yes, it was a serious conversation, which is why it was so sad, and which is why I remembered it so vividly.

I'm guessing that I pay PLENTY for lessons, training, travel, etc. I'll be darned if I pay for points.

[Mo]

My son, who was waiting for his bout outside the pod, watched the whole thing happen. He commented on how sad that whole situation was, and ended up beating the recently slightly enriched kid in the next round.

I guess it all caught up with him in the end...

My husband used to bet with my daughter but finally stopped doing it.
One time he had to paint his finger nails red. The next time it was fingers and toes.

The last time he bet her she wouldn't win, he had to shave his beard off.
It was the first time we had ever seen him without a beard. He looked so weird it scared us.
That ended that.

The Momster

[KD5MDK]

Maybe for the Os?

[fencing freakster]

Mo,
got any pics of the "Hairless Loser" (of the bet)?
Did you ever bet anything?????
FF

[Mo]

Mo,
got any pics of the "Hairless Loser" (of the bet)?
Did you ever bet anything?????
FF

I know better than to bet with that kid.
She drives my car now and I had to get a new one. Getting a stick was futile, it only took a couple of days before she was GONE in it.....
sigh....
Momster

[KD5MDK]

That's a terrifying thought. Luckily she'd have to buy gas before she reached my state.

[oiuyt]

That's a terrifying thought. Luckily she'd have to buy gas before she reached my state.

I suspect she's capable of figuring out how to manage that....

-B

[KD5MDK]

I'm hoping all her money is tied up in Euros and the car didn't come with a credit card.

[oiuyt]

I'm hoping all her money is tied up in Euros and the car didn't come with a credit card.

I trust that she can find a way to convert enough Euros, Pounds, Renminbi, Won, Turkish Lira, or whatever else she might have on hand to make it to Texas...

-B