Hey,
Is anyone else's son mortified that you are talking on this message board? My son is about to die that I would come on here and talk. He told me to never use his name. He is totoally embarrassed.
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Yep, but your son will get over it...........
I didn't want to either.
But, it'll probably happen one of these days.
quote:He told me to never use his name.
I didn't want to either.
But, it'll probably happen one of these days.
My son just takes it all in stride, he was just a little creeped out when he met shortstopmom a few weekends ago at a tourney, but mostly he appreciates what I have learned here. Now, he wasn't creeped out by SSM, but just the whole meeting someone I "met" online thing.
My husband thinks I'm just a little obsessed with baseball......
My husband thinks I'm just a little obsessed with baseball......
Mine always found it amusing.
Unless I described the linear-rotational, how-to-throw-a-slider, mechanical arguement threads. Then he suggested those posters need to find something more productive to do with their time!
Then he met emeraldvlly and her lovely family in Eugene, and he decided this was a pretty great place!
All in your perspective.....
Unless I described the linear-rotational, how-to-throw-a-slider, mechanical arguement threads. Then he suggested those posters need to find something more productive to do with their time!
Then he met emeraldvlly and her lovely family in Eugene, and he decided this was a pretty great place!
All in your perspective.....
I think it’s normal that parents sometimes embarrass their children. At times they see us as being an obstacle in their ability to mature and find their independence. There is a point in their lives that our intrusion into “their space” ruffles their feathers because they think we are messing with their “private” life. Thank goodness this period is short lived. As your son matures and becomes more independent he will accept the fact that you are allowed to express your opinion no matter what that opinion is. They also realize they can ignore you without any major repercussions. I’ll share a couple of stories that hopefully will allow you to see the light at the end of the tunnel: My son’s college coach mentioned I had posted something about him (my son) on a message board. My son told the coach that he had no control over what I said and indicated he would need to talk to me if he had a problem with what I had posted. Of course nothing happened and it became a non issue with all parties.
Another story happened just this week. I got an email from another Webster indicating our sons were on the same team. We exchanged information and we both mentioned this to our sons. The boys talked about their “common ground” so maybe our posting information over the years helped establish some sort of rapport between two teammates.
Fungo
PS: We'll take care of everything between the margins and they can take care of everthing between the lines!
Another story happened just this week. I got an email from another Webster indicating our sons were on the same team. We exchanged information and we both mentioned this to our sons. The boys talked about their “common ground” so maybe our posting information over the years helped establish some sort of rapport between two teammates.
Fungo
PS: We'll take care of everything between the margins and they can take care of everthing between the lines!
Well let's just say that three years ago, when I told my son I was going to fly to California (from PA) to "meet" some great mom's I had been corresponding with from the HSBB site he told me "Mom, I can just imagine what YOU would say if I told YOU that I was flying across the country to meet some internet buddies!" 
And you know what...he was RIGHT! Three years later, my whole family just takes it in stride...actually, my husband and I are going to be vacationing in November WITH another baseball mom from this site and her husband! 
And you know what...he was RIGHT! Three years later, my whole family just takes it in stride...actually, my husband and I are going to be vacationing in November WITH another baseball mom from this site and her husband!
Mine can't figure out exactly why I go online. He and daughter seem to consider cyber networking the province of their generation. That, and an old friend of mine met both husband #2 and #3 online. Kind of creepy. I have explained that there is a ton of information on this site that I can't get locally. Most of the bball moms (and dads) I know here are either pretty clueless, or full of drama. I like their company -- I just want some helpful opinions sometimes. That, and I find you all to be wonderfully smart, and funny too. Though my son may think it a bit weird that I am on this site everyday, he too was disappinted that Orlando's son was promoted, and we didn't get to visit with her here in Eugene. I suspect he was hoping to find out if other moms are as weird as his! (Not that he thinks Orlando is "weird" -- but he heard stories from Orlando Jr.!)
My kids use to find my spending time here quite amusing! My son would occasionally say "you didn't share that on HSBBW did you!". LOL Typically the answer was "yes". Few forums like this one.
The very first poster I ever met off of the site was Fungo (have been blessed to meet several more since then). My daughter's response to my son and I meeting the Fungo family was "you're going to meet someone you met on the internet". LOL "Do as I say... not as I do!"
The very first poster I ever met off of the site was Fungo (have been blessed to meet several more since then). My daughter's response to my son and I meeting the Fungo family was "you're going to meet someone you met on the internet". LOL "Do as I say... not as I do!"
Good point, luv.
Hmmmm... I have plans to attend a ballgame with FuturebackMom this weekend. Anybody done a background check on her? (Or one on me to send to her?) Don't want to end up on an MSNBC special....
Em, if Will wasn't convinced I'm weird, Aeden didn't tell him nearly enough stories!
Talking to my son on one of those long busrides, I first told him that Prepster's son was a teammate. So over the line I hear, "Hey, Rob, my Mom and your Dad are talking about us on that website of theirs!" "Cool!" As Fungo says, they get used to our little quirks....much as we get used to theirs.
Hmmmm... I have plans to attend a ballgame with FuturebackMom this weekend. Anybody done a background check on her? (Or one on me to send to her?) Don't want to end up on an MSNBC special....
Em, if Will wasn't convinced I'm weird, Aeden didn't tell him nearly enough stories!
Talking to my son on one of those long busrides, I first told him that Prepster's son was a teammate. So over the line I hear, "Hey, Rob, my Mom and your Dad are talking about us on that website of theirs!" "Cool!" As Fungo says, they get used to our little quirks....much as we get used to theirs.
quote:he was just a little creeped out when he met shortstopmom
I dont blame him in the least!
Orlando ...
No problem ... if you are looking at THIS lifetime. Besides, I am from the 'Red County' remember? Everybody knows us conservatives from behind the Orange Curtain never do anything wrong ...
quote:Hmmmm... I have plans to attend a ballgame with FuturebackMom this weekend. Anybody done a background check on her? (Or one on me to send to her?) Don't want to end up on an MSNBC special....
No problem ... if you are looking at THIS lifetime. Besides, I am from the 'Red County' remember? Everybody knows us conservatives from behind the Orange Curtain never do anything wrong ...
Mine aren't so much freaked out that I talk, but my husband....are you kidding me???? They totally want to disown him!!!! Not so much THAT he writes, but WHAT he writes!!!! 
Play, darling, we're all freaked out by your husband...... 
Dear Woody,
Pictures of woman with waists that small are NOT allowed over here in the pink room,...just so ya know.
Pictures of woman with waists that small are NOT allowed over here in the pink room,...just so ya know.
Ok, instead of "THEY" wanting to disown them, make that "WE" totally want to disown him.
HELP!!!
HELP!!!
Play, married to woody....I certainly understand your signature line.
Can we arrange an intervention?
Can we arrange an intervention?
is it all over then?
you know, I don't remember having lipstick on my chin when they took that picture!
quote:Originally posted by shortstopmom:
Dear Woody,
Pictures of woman with waists that small are NOT allowed over here in the pink room,...just so ya know.
Airbrushed SSmom.... airbrushed!! No mom that's been consuming hotdogs and nachos at the ballpark for more than at least a year will ever see a waist like that again!
well, (in my best all a twitter voice) mattel (before the chinese mess) modeled Barbie after me. I just don't know what y'all are talking about!
<- rose colored glasses
Oh my. So sorry Play...
I think your husband and mine would get along famously. Wasn't Woody thinking of a visit to our neck of the "woods" this summer? To Dorena Lake? Send him on his way soon. My children are pretending they aren't related to their father, and I can only shake my head and wonder how I missed the signs. My husband is a fine man usually. But he goes on benders -- finding his sense of humor very self-entertaining, and causing us great pain.
I think your husband and mine would get along famously. Wasn't Woody thinking of a visit to our neck of the "woods" this summer? To Dorena Lake? Send him on his way soon. My children are pretending they aren't related to their father, and I can only shake my head and wonder how I missed the signs. My husband is a fine man usually. But he goes on benders -- finding his sense of humor very self-entertaining, and causing us great pain.
oh dear.
soup p0 rn you are soooo not right.
nope not me. I disavow any knowledge ...
soup p0 rn you are soooo not right.
nope not me. I disavow any knowledge ...
quote:Originally posted by play baseball:
Mine aren't so much freaked out that I talk, but my husband....are you kidding me???? They totally want to disown him!!!! Not so much THAT he writes, but WHAT he writes!!!!
Play,
I have to disagree. It's not what he writes, it's WHAT he posts!
LOL
A woody in the ladies room is not a good thing..............
Come on, baby don't you want to go
Come on, baby don't you want to go
To the same old place, sweet home Chicago
Now, one and one is two, two and two is four
I'm heavy loaded baby, I'm booked, I gotta go
Cryin' baby, honey, don't you want to go
Back to the same old place, my sweet home Chicago
Come on, baby don't you want to go
Com on, baby don't you want to go
To the same old place, sweet home Chicago
Now two and two is four, six and two is eight
Come on baby, don't you make me late
I'm cryin' hey, baby, don't you want to go
To the same old place, sweet home Chicago
Come on, baby don't you want to go
Com on, baby don't you want to go
To the same old place, sweet home Chicago
Two and two is four, four and two is six,
keep stayin out late at night you gonna get your business fixed.
Six and two is eight, eight and two is ten
She double crossed you one time
and she gonna do it again.
I'm goin to Chicago, nine hundred miles away,
Boy won't you tell me that you'll be my friend someday.
Alphabreast soup is one of my favorites.........
Come on, baby don't you want to go
Come on, baby don't you want to go
To the same old place, sweet home Chicago
Now, one and one is two, two and two is four
I'm heavy loaded baby, I'm booked, I gotta go
Cryin' baby, honey, don't you want to go
Back to the same old place, my sweet home Chicago
Come on, baby don't you want to go
Com on, baby don't you want to go
To the same old place, sweet home Chicago
Now two and two is four, six and two is eight
Come on baby, don't you make me late
I'm cryin' hey, baby, don't you want to go
To the same old place, sweet home Chicago
Come on, baby don't you want to go
Com on, baby don't you want to go
To the same old place, sweet home Chicago
Two and two is four, four and two is six,
keep stayin out late at night you gonna get your business fixed.
Six and two is eight, eight and two is ten
She double crossed you one time
and she gonna do it again.
I'm goin to Chicago, nine hundred miles away,
Boy won't you tell me that you'll be my friend someday.
Alphabreast soup is one of my favorites.........
That woody don't look like it was driven much.
Just got back from a wonderful evening with Orlando, watching Aeden's team playing in San Bernardino ... great back and forth game which unfortunately was lost in the bottom of the 9th with a walk off homerun. But nevertheless, it was great to meet Orlando, and I don't know about her, but I felt like we had known each other for years. I am sure it is a baseball thing, and with Aeden a catcher and AJ a pitcher, battery moms just seem to connect.
I would advise anybody and everybody who has a chance to meet up with another HSBBWebster, especially at a ball game, to take advantage of the opportunity to make the connection. Fortunately I have had the chance to meet other HSBBWebsters and all of the memories are wonderful.
I would advise anybody and everybody who has a chance to meet up with another HSBBWebster, especially at a ball game, to take advantage of the opportunity to make the connection. Fortunately I have had the chance to meet other HSBBWebsters and all of the memories are wonderful.
MaryAnn - That does sound like a great ballgame as well as an enjoyable reunion! Glad y'all got to meet and spend the time together! It really is a blessing knowing folks that enjoy something you care about so much.
Okay MA...what is the scoop? Are you both "normal"?????
FutureBack.Mom:
I agree! I had the wonderful experience of meeting the "Grand" Mother of us all--MnMom! I've had the pleasure of meeting three other moms--and like you, I felt like I've known them for years. It is wonderful.
Wouldn't it be great to have a "convention" or something? Kind of like a giant pajama party?!!
Living in the "Crossroads of America", I invite everyone who travels through or to Chicago to let us know...We'd love to meet you! Yes, even the woodman!
I agree! I had the wonderful experience of meeting the "Grand" Mother of us all--MnMom! I've had the pleasure of meeting three other moms--and like you, I felt like I've known them for years. It is wonderful.
Wouldn't it be great to have a "convention" or something? Kind of like a giant pajama party?!!
Living in the "Crossroads of America", I invite everyone who travels through or to Chicago to let us know...We'd love to meet you! Yes, even the woodman!
quote:Originally posted by play baseball:
FutureBack.Mom:
Wouldn't it be great to have a "convention" or something? Kind of like a giant pajama party?!!
It would make the #1 play of the day!
badabum
Kathy ...
quote:Okay MA...what is the scoop? Are you both "normal"?????
Play Baseball - you have a PM
Ha! So do you!
"Normal" is a relative term.
Now, let's think about it this way: if woody is on one end of the spectrum of the hsbbweb community, and TR is on the other end....FBM & I definately fall into that range of "normal". (Hmmmm, but then again, so would the entire cast of "Twin Peaks"....)
Now, let's think about it this way: if woody is on one end of the spectrum of the hsbbweb community, and TR is on the other end....FBM & I definately fall into that range of "normal". (Hmmmm, but then again, so would the entire cast of "Twin Peaks"....)
quote:so would the entire cast of "Twin Peaks"...
Whew ... you scared me for a minute there. I thought you were going to say the entire cast of "Fargo" ....
Glad you made it home safely, tho I am sure you would like to be closer to that great kid of yours !!! He definitely is a keeper. You done good, Kiddo !!!
quote:Now, let's think about it this way: if woody is on one end of the spectrum of the hsbbweb community, and TR is on the other end....FBM & I definately fall into that range of "normal". (Hmmmm, but then again, so would the entire cast of "Twin Peaks"....)
Very funny Orlando...and probably VERY TRUE too!
Once again....Help!!!
Given his (ahem) reputation with the ladies, I think it's cute that you identify with a young Jack Nicholson, woodster.
Well then, look down --- are they cute?