- Feb 26, 2007
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So, today I recieved an email from my daughter's coaches boyfriend. The coach and I have been friends for 7 years, since she began coaching my 1st daughter, we have girls around the same age and they train together. The coach is the owner/head coach of our very small rural gym club.
Now obviously during the course of these 7 years there have been times when we have had to talk about issues concerning gym and not concerning our friendship. There have been two times when she told me my youngest dd had said something mean to another child, I dealt with that straight away.
There have been many things that have happened to my girls at gym that I just didn't complain about as she is the coach and mom and some things just do not get fixed.
So back to the email. It basically is a secret email, saying he, the boyfriend, is pissed off 'cos my kid said something mean to his daughters best friend at gym. He goes on to say my kid is always snotty and obnoious. He then says I better sort her out or she won't be welcome at the summer camp to make the other kids miserable. He also tells me that I should not be questioning the coach as she is the coach and knows best.
If I do question it is normal boring parent stuff. I know a physco gym mom when I see one. But, I did coach in the way back when, so I know far more about gym then the average parent.
He then goes on to say my other kid is really nice and well behaved and not to reply to the email when the coach is around as this is between me and him.
I did reply telling him my kid is as obnoxious as the other girls in the gym, she is half their age and takes a lot of crap from them too. I also told him that for the amount of tuition I pay to have my kids in gym I should be entitled to ask questions. And that the coach should be the one to deal with any issues not him.
What would you do? Right now I think I'll sit back and ignore it, but it does make my blood boil just a tiny bit....
Now obviously during the course of these 7 years there have been times when we have had to talk about issues concerning gym and not concerning our friendship. There have been two times when she told me my youngest dd had said something mean to another child, I dealt with that straight away.
There have been many things that have happened to my girls at gym that I just didn't complain about as she is the coach and mom and some things just do not get fixed.
So back to the email. It basically is a secret email, saying he, the boyfriend, is pissed off 'cos my kid said something mean to his daughters best friend at gym. He goes on to say my kid is always snotty and obnoious. He then says I better sort her out or she won't be welcome at the summer camp to make the other kids miserable. He also tells me that I should not be questioning the coach as she is the coach and knows best.
If I do question it is normal boring parent stuff. I know a physco gym mom when I see one. But, I did coach in the way back when, so I know far more about gym then the average parent.
He then goes on to say my other kid is really nice and well behaved and not to reply to the email when the coach is around as this is between me and him.
I did reply telling him my kid is as obnoxious as the other girls in the gym, she is half their age and takes a lot of crap from them too. I also told him that for the amount of tuition I pay to have my kids in gym I should be entitled to ask questions. And that the coach should be the one to deal with any issues not him.
What would you do? Right now I think I'll sit back and ignore it, but it does make my blood boil just a tiny bit....