Ian said “When I grow up I am going to play for the Redskins on tv. I am going to be a throwing back.”
My children have become Washington Redskins fans behind my back. When I turned on the Hall of Fame Game on Sunday night both kids started yelling “Go Redskins!” with no prompting.
I want to lay down the law and explain to them that in THIS house we root for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but I don’t want to quash their individualism.
I understand that the Redskins are now our home team. and I respect that. I want them to be able to think for themselves and make their own decisions.
And I suppose either way they will learn the agony of rooting for a losing team.
Snort.
We root for the Broncos here. And there is NO DEVIATION allowed from little people who like ‘game day’ for the food. So I applaud your open mind. But seriously, the Redskins? I have a little love in my heart for Gruden. Steer them back!!!
Are you ready to embrace Brett Favre as your new reason to keep breathing (Sep-Jan)?
The only time I root for the Redskins is when their playing that team from Dallas, I can’t recall their name right now.
However, I am a diehard DC United fan. Now that’s REAL football.
Growing up in the DC area I learned the pain your children will feel. One year (which if I reveal, will date me, but two words: Doug Williams) they actually WON the Superbowl…such a miracle that we all skipped school to watch the athlete-filled buses (with full tinted windows) drive by the Mall. Nice.
Rooting for losers builds character. That’s my hope…
I am a loser rooter with a long, long history of being a Browns fan. Now I live near Baltimore and my children (sob) want to be Ravens fans! I think it is my mother who is most bothered by it.
I love that he’s going to be a throwing back. That’s a whole new position.
I wonder what kind of multi-million dollar contract Ian can score in the position of “throwing back”?
“Throwing back” — I think that’s what they call it when LT passes for a touchdown.
On the kids rooting for the wrong team, I can’t help you. My kid roots for the “tigers.” (You may know them under the name of the Bengals.)
That is just too cute – throwing back!!!
In our house, you have to be a Green Bay Packer fan!!
I could offer to trade kids with you. Coach would be so thrilled to have two little Redskins fans in our house, he’d even overlook the whole toddler/little kidlet issues.
However, that would stick you with a Patriots fan and a Vikings fan. And I think I might like you too much to do that to you.
Well, hm. You could have moved to Detroit.
HAIL TO THE REDSKINS
HAIL VICTORYYYYYYY
BRAVES ON THE WARPATH
FIGHT FOR OOOOOOLD DC!
i’ve been a buc fan since they wore those horrendous orange colors!
we’ll always make room for you down here sarah- and for your goon squad!
LOL… I am from Detroit, so I am obligated to be a Lions fan. I watch them lose every Sunday for 17 long weeks. Because even on thier bye week, thay manage to lose.
Good luck with the Washington vs Tampa Bay thing . . . rival teams are hard to contend with
It builds character to want something so bad yet you will never get it.
Damn! Mom101 beat me to it! Okay, so I will switch sport altogether:
C-A-P-S Caps! Caps! Caps!
And as the starting throwing back, think of the AWESOME season tickets you’ll have!
Could be worse. They could be Cowboys fans. Or Giants fans. Or crazy-ass Broncos fans.