My daughter is aware of my presence here as she tends to peek over my shoulder. Hopefully, there will not come a day when she tells one of her gymmie friends or their parents about what I say here. Reminds me to remind her....
People know I do my own type of 'research' about various things...I like to have some working knowledge (hence what led me to CB in the first place). But not a lot of parents at DD's gym appear to want to understand and look at me funny if I seem to 'know' too much (just my take on it - I could be totally wrong)... I have to walk this fine line between not knowing too much and knowing just enough - LOL. Most of what I have learned here is just for my own knowledge, but sometimes depending on what the other moms are talking about, I feel like I have to chime in a little bit. I have referenced a 'gymnastics site' but that's it... there could be others from our gym on here I guess. I haven't even told my DD or my hubby about CB. My hubby is constantly speculating about certain aspects of this sport; I try to provide some insight when I can, he asks "well how do you know" - and I just tell him because I have looked it up... He would probably think I'm crazy. (but he belongs to various race car message boards, so he can judge away)
Good point, for me that could change down the road if my dd sticks with it
I can totally see that thought my knowledge (or my perceived knowledge) would likely do the same.
For me it's not that I don't want to share the knowledge so my dd to have an advantage, it's
When she broke her elbow I was reading her all the well wishes/vibes that were sent over. I also shared some of the stories with her from others that had similar accidents. While that doesn't worry me for now, it could become an issue for me down the road.
I feel like I've made tons of virtual friends.
What if we had some way to identify each other? For example in the upcoming weekend if everyone wears something that could be used to identify each other (but someone who wasn't part of CB wouldn't pick up on it). If only there were a pin or something we all had... Anyway, not sure what it could be but it would be interesting if we did something like that.
There are ChalkBucket pins actually! But I've never worn it.
Oh no! Mine is still in its bag actually! Good to know it's fragile!
Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode when Lloyd Braun talked Mayor Dinkins into recommending everyone wear name tags to be more friendly.
My brother is NOT on here … but I am. We will be at a meet and he will hear people talking about something they "don't understand" and will "explain it to them" and at the end say that "my sister could explain it better" … so why did he say anything in the first place (he is often wrong, lol).
