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Thanks for nothing. I'm going off to cry now.
Dear Limewave -
Getting parents to ask about bike races is difficult - I've done over 500, and they only just this year started to ask how they went. BUT - YAY you! And I might put that race on the bucket list...
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11-08-2011, 12:03 PM #1
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11-08-2011, 12:46 PM #2
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Limewave - I feel for you, it was the same way in my house. The family went to every pee wee basketball and later football game my brother played, even though he sat the bench... I lettered for four years in softball and tennis and my folks never came, not once.
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11-08-2011, 12:57 PM #3
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My parents ignored all three of their children equally.
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11-08-2011, 01:24 PM #4
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lol.
Originally Posted by indysteel
My parents ignored all three of their children equally.
Now that I'm a parent I realize things just aren't that easy. And there are far worse things in life than having to follow my brother around
Going to take a bubble bath and enjoy a glass of wine then be done with it. Too many other things to be thinking about!
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11-08-2011, 01:40 PM #5
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(((((limewave)))))
Although I've known for years how lucky I was not to have any brothers (achievements done by mere females would just have to be enough), it's been more recently that I've understood that I was also super lucky that my parents didn't care what I did in sports. It's the only thing I have that's never been anything but mine in my own head. It's possible they're not doing your brother any favors, either ... just a thought.
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11-08-2011, 03:22 PM #6
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Brothers aren't always the favored children. My brother (who is gay) was constantly put down and sometimes even compared to me, his 8 years younger sister. Even as a small child i knew that wasn't fair.
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11-08-2011, 03:46 PM #7
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Alexis, I wish I could take you out to lunch and let you vent away. I think you're pretty awesome.
Lime, you rock. I wish I had half the gumption you do. I'm all happy when I finish 23 paved miles around a scenic lake. I can't imagine finishing something like the Iceman. Did you meet Horner? I read on a tweet he was there.
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