Personal Conversation with Myself
March 28, 2009
Crazy people, it would seem, live everywhere.
Today at my 8 yr old son’s baseball scrimmage I was yelled at by a mother of one of my son’s team mates. The woman is clearly bat shit crazy. I had been warned to stay away from this woman, that she was crazy. But you know, I sort of take crazy to be a term of endearment. Another word for kooky, eccentric, odd. Now I know. Sometimes crazy means actually CRAZY, in all caps. And that kind of crazy, you should stay the hell away from.
To back up the story a bit, this mother is one of those mothers who thinks that the sun rises and sets on her child. He has a halo of pure spun gold and unicorns bow down before him. Like the Baby jesus, only better.
Anyway, the mother always has a problem about where her son is playing. Clearly the coaches do not yet realize he is Jesus, the Baseball Superstar. She is very vocal about her displeasure with her son playing any other position but first base.
So today when he was rotated into the outfield, like EVERY SINGLE OTHER child on the team, she had a problem with it. What with the rest of our kids not being Jesus incarnate it is okay for them to have a turn in the outfield. And when she LOUDLY complained that she wants her son to play where the action is and not in left field (incidentally the position from which my son had just rotated out ), well I got annoyed and was forced to call her out on it.
So I turned to her and said, “All of our kids are rotating into the outfield. Every single one of them. I think you need to stop complaining.”
She completely lost her ever lovin’ mind. She stood up and began screaming at me. Got IN MY FACE and yelled at me. It was surreal. She said I was “disrespecting” her and should mind my own business, because she was, and this is an exact quote, “Having a personal conversation with myself.”
I countered with, “But you were looking right at me when you said it TWICE. Not to mention you yell out to the field every single day where you think the coaches should put your kid.”
She got up and dragged her chair away, yelling and saying she wasn’t putting up with this and would pull her son off of the team, making a huge scene. She went and sat in her car. Then came back a few minutes later and yelled at me some more. She called me a bitch at one point. I really said nothing else except to clarify exactly what I had said, which is all the kids are playing in the outfield.
She went back and forth to her car a few times. Everyone else sitting around agreed that her reaction was completely and totally over the top. The last time she came over and stood in front of me I told her that I was done with the conversation. I was not talking about it anymore. She continued talking, while I continued to ignore her, which enraged her even more. Because HOW DARE I IGNORE SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO TELL ME OFF.
Rob told me afterward he was watching her hands because he thought for sure she was going to hit me. I have never hit anyone in my entire life, but I honestly wanted to punch this woman. And for the briefest of moments I thought to myself, I bet I could take her. But then just as quickly I realized I would have to get up from my chair to punch her and it would probably hurt my hand. I came to the conclusion that I am not so much a pacifist as I am lazy. With a strong distaste for hurting myself.
I talked to Heather on the phone later on in the day and she said I should have told her the next time she is having a “personal conversation with herself” that she should do it more quietly. Or perhaps inside her head like the rest of us. And I had one of those moments where I thought damn, I wish I had said that.
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Sounds to me like you said exactly what you should have …. which happened to be the logical truth. Just too bad that “logical truth” appeared to be out of her grasp. I’m glad the other parents agreed with you. Mainly, I’m glad Rob was wrong and she didn’t hit you ….. I’m hoping she carries through on her threat to take Baby Jesus Incarnate somewhere else to play. And yes, you must keep us up to date on further events involving this freak of nature mom, and call her son BJI from this point forward.
March 28th, 2009 at 11:45 pmwow…..wow…
March 28th, 2009 at 11:49 pmSo your husband was there? Did he say anything or get involved? Because I think if someone — anyone, male or female, or especially the CRAZY type — was attacking me verbally or calling me names my husband would be up & putting a stop to it real quick like.
Chris says: It was best he didn’t get involved, forlots of reasons. There were tons of people around witnessing the crazy. It wasn’t like she could really do anything. You know OTHER than makeherself look insane.
March 28th, 2009 at 11:51 pmYou know, I don’t know which shocks me more. The woman or the fact that you have NEVER hit someone in your life. LOL!
Since I’ve become a girl scout leader, I have been yelled at a lot. For trying to collect dues from parents of all things…(Pay your bills bitches!). I know I am getting old though, because even though I am only 5 feet, I’m known for shutting people up who think they are going to step to me whether with words of my own or a well placed sock to the mouth.
At any rate, recently, I’ve been going off to La La land or some where when I’m being yelled at. For instance, last time over the phone. I hung up. Didn’t say a word, just hung up. Last weekend, a woman was yelling at me at the cookie booth and I turned around like she wasn’t there. Everyone seems to think I’m handling it great. But I can’t even recall hearing words. LOL! Like you think your just lazy, I’m starting to think I am just tired and it’s too much effort.
March 28th, 2009 at 11:56 pmThat is out of control!! Seriously, that woman is not only cuh-ray-zee, but she is a terrible role model for her son. So ridiculous. And sad.
March 29th, 2009 at 12:01 amTexas base/football mammas are INSANE folk. Truly. Eerily. Oddly. Passionately. Inordinately. Nastily. Freakily. In-Sane.
Next time just tell her that Jesus came to you in a vison or a tortilla or something. He said for her to shut it. I think that’s a quote from the Bible somewhere. I may have paraphrased some.
March 29th, 2009 at 12:05 amVery, very strange. I’ve never heard that one “a personal conversation with myself”. The poor child - must be embarrassing to have your mom acting nuts like that. Maybe she should leave him on the team but let him come with another friend and she can stay at home having a loud, personal conversation with herself.
March 29th, 2009 at 12:07 amYou would think that her son would be so embarrassed to have a parent like that… I think the coaches should have told her to go away that she was a distraction. I really hope she pulls her son out (sad for him) but she’s SERIOUSLY unstable, and most parents can behave…
But yeah.. gets used to Texas sports behavior in the stands… it’s SO much worse during football season (and the dad’s get involved then)
Good luck!
March 29th, 2009 at 12:11 amI mean GET used to … not gets used to (that sounds so New Jersey!)
March 29th, 2009 at 12:12 amBe careful. You now live in Texas. The first weekend we moved there one of the bumper stickers we saw said “Keep honking. I’m reloading.” “Nuff said.
March 29th, 2009 at 12:17 amYou have summed up in one brief encounter exactly why I am grateful that my boy refuses to play team sports. The parents are insane.
Welcome to the world of sports here in the South.
March 29th, 2009 at 12:22 amDon’t you just hate when you miss the opportunity for a good comeback?
Unless her kid is Babe Ruth reincarnate, she’s in for some real disapointment!
March 29th, 2009 at 1:08 amHoly Cow! Seriously?! Ohhh…I would be fuming right now. There are so many angles you could work this…you could have advised her that if she did not leave your
March 29th, 2009 at 1:08 am“space”, you would call the police and have her charged with something…hmm…menacing? not sure…and I would have followed through with it right then and there. I would have said it loud enough for others to hear so you have witnesses. It sounds like she was close to assaulting you for sure. As for the future, I would dig up a bunch of personal dirt on her and file it in the back of my head so if it happened again, I would be able to calmly but loudly say things like “I’m sorry your husband has been cheating on you and your son was just busted for drugs and your mom is running a brothel but you don’t need to take this out on me!” I’d “get her where she lives”. But that’s just me. I’m also nice like that. (I’m hoping to write a book on revenge someday.) Aren’t you just “hopping mad” right now??? I would feel so…wronged… I also would feel compelled to possibly create tee shirts for myself to wear to the baseball games that said things like “PACAM….parents against “Crazy Angry Mom” ” or “I Survived Hurricane Monica, Little League Baseball Park, March 2009″ or whatever the crazy bitch’s name is…..Okay, I’m done ranting now. LOL I tend to be a little sarcastic when people act stupid.
Gotta love the crazies! Especially the crazy ’sport mom’ type! Good for you for saying something……sometimes it is just too much to take! I’m glad you didn’t smack her…….I don’t think you would look right in the orange jumpsuit
! Hahahahahahaha………. Hang in there!
March 29th, 2009 at 1:37 amYes, bat-shit-crazy. Don’t you love those parents? We had a similar situation once DURING a soccer game-the crazy one was a league official yelling at me, the coach, about someone’s grandparent parking in the wrong place. I thought my husband was going to come unglued.
March 29th, 2009 at 1:44 amThis sounds like Texas. Thanks for the laugh, though — sports just do weird things to folks.
March 29th, 2009 at 1:49 amThat was your warm welcome for the Little League Southern Baseball Society! I mean I am not at ALL surprised, that’s how scary southern sports are. And mark my words she will not be the only loon that you encounter before it’s all said and done. By the way stay the hell away from pageants for your princess. You ain’t seen nothing yet Sister! Shakes her head, Those folks are nuts too!
March 29th, 2009 at 1:51 amI agree with Sage…..WOW.
March 29th, 2009 at 1:59 amUgh…sports and crazy moms seem to go hand in hand. I put my daughter in soccer for the first time last year (she likes it so we’ll be doing it again…I’m dreading it) and I was stupid enough to volunteer to become team mom. I had a mom go nuts on me when I attempted to collect five dollars and then again when I told her we hadn’t collected (in a can for every score) enough to buy gifts (which I ended up doing out of my own money anyway) along with the organization’s gift, and trophy. This was the same mom who had a Nintendo DS (all of her kids did too) and bragged about things she had purchased…yeah…crazy is hard to deal with.
Humm…I just remembered some of the 5150s at my daughter’s ballet class so I guess it’s not just sports!LOL A couple of moms there thought their “special” girls should have important parts for the recital…it wasn’t pretty!
March 29th, 2009 at 2:38 amClearly a person with anger issues and probably more. So you needn’t bother with the “wish I’d said that” thoughts we often have after such an encounter. There is NOTHING you could have said or not said to have changed any aspect of that encounter or shut her up. It’s a mystery she’s been tolerated on the team this long.
March 29th, 2009 at 3:06 amMaybe some good will come out of it…like maybe bonding with some of the other moms over your common agreement that the other lady is batshit crazy.
March 29th, 2009 at 5:39 amI was feeling bad for her kid too. Unless he already also believes he is “Baby Jesus Incarnate”, in which case it just may be too late for him.
March 29th, 2009 at 6:48 amWow. I’m like you, I wouldn’t have punched her just because it would have required movement from my chair. Plus isn’t it just more fun to let her do all the work for you? She’s the one who made the scene and made herself look like the crazy she is. I had to laugh though. My 2yo had one of those screaming fits yesterday, just without all the intelligible words. I wonder if he saw this crazy woman act liek that if he’d stop?
March 29th, 2009 at 6:51 amWOW!!! that is scary. It reminds me of that basketball game scene in “The Great Santini.” Stay away from this woman. Next time she gets in your face take out your phone (right in front of her as shes bitching at you) and call the police. That will shut her up right quick.
March 29th, 2009 at 6:53 amTexas is where moms kill other moms when their kids don’t get chosen. Remember the cheerleader mom?!
March 29th, 2009 at 7:17 amTotally relate to this. We just went through this same situation with soccer. It kills me when people think their kids are special little snowflakes. It is a shame because most of the conflicts with team/organized sports are parent inflicted and it causes way too much drama for the coaches and the kids don’t understnd. Sometimes I wish people would just stop and think before they act. Truthfully, no “parent” jury in the world would have convicted you if you had given her the smack down. LOL!!! Yeppers, there are lots of bat shit crazy parents in team sports trying to live vicariously through their kids and they make life a living hell for the other team members/parents.
March 29th, 2009 at 7:17 amParental behavior like that is exactly why I don’t go to my nephews baseball games. Every parent seems to think their kid is the best. They are pretty serious about their sports down here but geez, it IS a game!
Chris says: You know what I have discovered in 10 yrs of being involved in youth sports… the parents who are th most vocal about how great their kids are, usually do nothave the best kid on the team.
March 29th, 2009 at 7:31 amSO not putting my name to this, but you can know who I am through my email…
I have encountered this twice in my life, once on the internet and one in the very city you now reside. I was driving through a very curvy, hilly area (with baby in car seat) and some moron came up on my rear (w/in inches) and pressed me to get over (but there was no “over!”) And finally passed me very precariously at some point - endangering herself (she got so close I could then tell her gender), me and any possible oncoming driver. She got in front of me - SLOWED down and flipped me off! (I really had been going the speed limit!) - I honked, and she braked - slowed down and I really worried what on earth she was going to do! She sped up and disappeared and lo, I came upon her at a red light. I saw her pull into the gas station - our married student housing was right next door. I parked - deposited baby safely with his dad/hub - and went next door to the station to confront her. I found there an overly animated woman, friendly as could be - and I saw in real life - how someone can allow circumstances to control their behaviour. It was like seeing Lisa Dark/Lisa Bright (remember, anyone - that story!?) I backed out - thought better of speaking to someone so OFF her rocker…
I also encountered vile behavior on the interweb in my early days. I never had much “conversation” with a certain person and then somehow we locked horns, she wrote me a personal email calling me curse words I had not yet heard of. It was a startling wake up call as to how people behave behind the veil of the computer, ugly stuff.
Be safe - not saying you are not — but people can be really REALLY whacked.
March 29th, 2009 at 7:37 amThere are parents who are nuts about their kids in sports and then their are parents who are NUTS!
March 29th, 2009 at 7:45 amI think you should start packing mace before you go to the ball field. Or, better yet, get a water spray bottle and fill it. Write CRAZY BITCH REPELLANT on the bottle with a sharpie. When she gets out of control, give her a little spritz and see if that helps things. Crazy people like a cool mist of water when they are tantrumming.
March 29th, 2009 at 8:13 amUgh, how unpleasant. Sorry you had an encounter with a crazy. I hope the rest of the baseball moms are nice.
March 29th, 2009 at 8:14 amThat type of crazy could have come back from the car with a shot gun!!
Chris says: You know,while crazy, she doesn’t strike me as being that type.
March 29th, 2009 at 9:03 amOh wow, I feel sorry for her son, I really do. Having a crazy Momma like that
You handled it a lot better than I would have.
March 29th, 2009 at 9:12 amHoly crap. I swear there is one of these at every ballpark. Their child is the second coming and a God of baseball. I think you were right to say something back to her. Hopefully her and the voices in her head will keep their crazy thoughts to themselves from now on.
March 29th, 2009 at 9:17 amIt seems like no one warned you about just how seriously Texas parents take their sports. It’s sort of like a real-life version of Friday Night Lights…but the reality is actually worse than that.
New Jersey is sort of similar, and when my husband coached his kids when they were younger (elementary school-aged), we also had moms who would complain about their kids not getting in on the action.
But I am happy to hear that she doesn’t seem to be gun-rack-in-her-pick-up-truck crazy, as some people down there just might be!
March 29th, 2009 at 9:21 amgood for you girl!
I have had my share of crazy’s at the ball fields also.
And what my expreince has been is that those people put some much pressure on their kids to be the best and the child just isn’t “that good”.
Not every child is a super star, everyday, everytime.
March 29th, 2009 at 9:36 amAnd the people that try and make their kids one and in return make the game not fun for everyone else makes me CRAZY!!
But not in her “CRAZY” way
That sucks… but I swear, not all of us in ATX are so rude!
March 29th, 2009 at 9:47 amIf it continues can the coackes and parents have her and Jesus thrown off the team. I thought there were bigger parental guidelines now. I bet next time she shows up all sweet and sugary to everyone else but you. She may even bring cookies.
March 29th, 2009 at 9:57 amI think it is so cool to remain really calm and unflappable when someone is losing their sh*t like that. I think that more than anything else pisses them off. They *want* you to join in the crazy - so when you don’t take the bait, they cannot stand it. LOL Bravo!
March 29th, 2009 at 10:09 amNo Way bat shit crazy!!!! Husband and i got a good laugh from that one. We pictured your story and just giggled. Meek mild cris and the bat shit crazy mom. Yes we are still giggling.
March 29th, 2009 at 10:18 amWow. That’s just awful and odd.
March 29th, 2009 at 10:27 amUm, what you described is my MOM. Seriously, when we were growing up, we had an ape shit mother who would go nuts on people, waitresses, clerks, unsuspecting people, scout leaders, coaches, teachers. It was unreal. I’m SOOO thankful that other adults took pity on my siblings and I. I got to see what normal looked like from kind adults. So, my comment is: reach out to the kids. They have to live with crazy every day…
March 29th, 2009 at 10:54 amI think the worst part, besides the fact that she was all up in your face ruining your day at your son’s scrimmage, is how that kind of behavior affects her child. You know the kid has to be embarrassed by her conduct and he probably could care less what position he plays as long as he gets to play. I’ve seen those types at my own son’s baseball games.
Chris says: The kids are 7 and 8yrs old and were completely clueless. But that was her reason for pulling her son off of the team. He had witnessed me “disrespecting” her. When really? she was the only one shouting.
March 29th, 2009 at 11:02 amThis happened to me, only in a restaurant and the kid was behind me kicking the booth over and over, hard enough to make my fork shake every time I took a bite. He was by himself as his mom, dad and friends were drinking beer and ignoring him. I turned and politely asked him to stop kicking the booth and of course, Mom exploded from across the restaurant that I need to watch how I talk to her son. So I fought crazy with crazy and immediatly walked over to her table and loudly told her if she was so concerned about her son maybe she should make him sit at the table and learn some manners. She immediatley cowered in her chair and mumbled something back.
Then I realized the entire restaurant was quiet and everyone was staring at us.
March 29th, 2009 at 11:32 amSo everyone else has been letting her rant at every game and who knows where else, just because she’s loony? …Maybe she’s too crazy but it would be cool if the other parents were courageous enough to have backed you up. Maybe there’s someone who can get through to her without her making an aggressive fool of herself.
March 29th, 2009 at 11:36 amAnd welcome to Texas. We have our own brand of Crazy down here…
March 29th, 2009 at 12:26 pmWow! If I didn’t know better, I’d say that whack job was my husband’s ex-wife…
March 29th, 2009 at 12:46 pmWelcome to the south, you have been officially initiated.
I spent over 3 years keeping score for a local rec dept. It gave me a permanent distaste for little league sports. Just wait till the grandmother shows up!!!
March 29th, 2009 at 12:53 pmYeah, she’s crazy. Sometimes it’s just hard to bite your tongue. I’m glad you pointed out to her that every child was rotating. I wish they would do that where my nephew plays. It’s just a game and everyone should just have fun. She’s not going to pull him off the team because nobody wants her child on their team because of her. That’s sad.
March 29th, 2009 at 12:55 pmWow.
I think you handled it really well. Personally I think that yelling back only escalates the situation and makes you look just as bad as the crazy person.
Once we had a crazy mom living in our townhouse complex, and Jake came home terrified because she went screaming psycho at him. We’d had a problem with this woman ever since her son threatened to kill Jake at school. Ever since then, Mom blamed me every time her kid got in trouble, and took her anger out on Jake. I went over to confront her, and she began ranting at me-screaming, swearing, and quite honestly so out of control she didn’t even make sense.
Normally I may have been intimidated but this woman was SO crazy that I began to smile. Then giggle. I mean omg, are you kidding me? The fact that I didn’t cower to her but instead stood and laughed made her even more angry, until I calmly told her that if she ever did that to my child again I’d get a restraining order. She mumbled something and marched back into the house, never to talk to either of us again.
March 29th, 2009 at 1:07 pmI think you reacted perfectly. You set a good example for everyone else, and there’s nothing you could have said that would have shut her up, anyhow. By not engaging them, they either simmer down (preferable) or boil over (highly entertaining).
March 29th, 2009 at 1:09 pmPULEEZE, don’t let this nutjob affect your impression of Texans. While we (not me, but other Texans) tend to take sports seriously, CRAZY is dpwnright creepy.
I love that you talked back to her…but you knew just when to pull back and tell her you were through with the conversation…made HER look even MORE CRAZY.
Could you ask anyone if they have any extra Prozac? Then you could drop it in her drink when she’s not looking.
You would be doing the world and her a favor.
I am loving that you live in Texas.
March 29th, 2009 at 1:11 pmI guess you forgot to wear your crazy repellent that day???
March 29th, 2009 at 1:21 pmSomething similar happened to me last year with a clerk in the pharmacy. Good times! There is nothing you can say to Crazy because, well, they are just Crazy. Then not engaging them makes them Crazy. There isn’t much you can do. Even if you have the witty comebacks they will fly right over the head of Crazy. I’m glad you had some witnesses!
Welcome to Texas, where everything is bigger…even the Crazy with a capitol C. I guess they left that part out of the campaign.
March 29th, 2009 at 2:04 pmWow, it’s gotta suck for her going through life being that unhappy.
March 29th, 2009 at 2:51 pmI bow to you. Being from a big city I’m just not one to take that kind of nonsense. I would have been fine until she called me a bitch. I would have then lost my damn mind. Good for you Chris!!
March 29th, 2009 at 3:08 pmWhy can’t our kids just get together & play ball without stupid, crazy parents mouthing off? The sad part is that it seems every ball park does have these people.
March 29th, 2009 at 3:13 pmJen, in Texas, that would be a rifle. Shotguns are for sissies. ;*)
In all seriousness, to me it sounds like she was hoping you would start yelling back so she could really have a good fight. People like that are exactly what you said….bat-shit crazy.
In Texas, we call them trash.
March 29th, 2009 at 3:19 pmI’ve never, ever understood someone saying, “You’re disrespecting me.” In order to disrespect someone, don’t you first have to and element of respect for them?
March 29th, 2009 at 3:30 pmThat should be, don’t you first have to have an element of respect for them.
I’m a lousy typist.
March 29th, 2009 at 3:31 pmI’ve had a couple of encounters with batshit crazies too, kept my cool, and just smiled, all the while thinking who in their right mind was a)drunk enough, b)stoned enough, c)mentally impaired enough to make a child with this wacko?!?
March 29th, 2009 at 4:09 pmYikes!
March 29th, 2009 at 5:07 pmSpeaking of and slightly off topic - in your new town, when folks mention bloggers/blogging - do you say, “Hmmm, sounds interesting! What’s a blog?” or “Yes, actually, I blog.” or “Umm…I am, like, The Blog”? Or do you just keep mum?
Chris says: No one has mentioned blogging to me at all. I don’t go around announcing it to people, mostly because I feel like I already have to censor myself sometimes, I don’t want to feel like I have to censor everything.
March 29th, 2009 at 5:27 pmOh, how I *wish* your kids were on my kids’ team. I would love to pull my chair up next to yours. We actually had to call the police to a game last year. CRAZY DAD (all caps) who is now BANNED from the fields.
Her poor, gold-haired, messianic child.
March 29th, 2009 at 5:42 pmIt’s the Texas heat,makes people NUTS… You are right my daughter plays High School softball we already have a problem parent sad thing is it is towards a girl on the team she puts her down loudly if front of everyone including the girl..SO sad…
March 29th, 2009 at 5:54 pmthat’s insane,
March 29th, 2009 at 8:21 pmi don’t know any body,
THAT CRAZY! ! !
some times you have to,
tell your self,
(in a lower tone)
WHATEVER..
My husband coached Little League baseball for years. There were some opinionated parents, but he only had one parent go nuts like that. A dad thought his kid was just most awesome player out there. He’d sit right next to the dugout at practice and anytime any other kid made a mistake, he’d yell at them, and then say if his son was out there blah, blah, blah. So after a couple of days of that, hubby called him on it and warned him he’d have to go to the League rep if he didn’t cool it. Then went to the rep anyway, just to make him aware of the situation. He did fine the rest of the practices, but once the games started, he couldn’t hold his tongue the rep had to call him and tell him it was his last warning before being banned from the park, period. The dad bit his tongue, but I think he was resentful the rest of the season.
You did good Chris.
March 29th, 2009 at 9:29 pmgood grief where was the coaching staff? why didn’t they shut her down? The fastest way out of our league is to pull something like that. They take wacky parent behavior really seriously. But we don’t live in Texas.
March 29th, 2009 at 9:45 pmshe was having a conversation with HERSELF? oh boy!! Maybe her imaginary friend can teach her kid how to play too! good luck with that… you will need it!!
March 29th, 2009 at 9:50 pmWOW! What a story!! I know our league in GA has very strict rules about what a parent can and can not do during games. The umps will throw them out and fine the team $50. I never thought it could rise to that level. My son has been playing for 10 seasons and for the most part we have been really lucky about the parents and coaches understanding it is a game and that all need a chance to participate. Our league says everyone bats no matter if you are playing the field or not. And for the most part our coaches rotate so that no one sits the bench 2 innings in a row etc… Wow I feel lucky today.
March 29th, 2009 at 10:11 pmI would’ve said I hope the improved public healthcare promised allows her to get her medication on a more regular basis….
March 29th, 2009 at 10:25 pmyou want crazy…go to chuck e cheese…i saw a woman punch another woman (who was holding a 6 month old baby)in the head twice for daring to question her about her son tormenting other kids in the tubes. we don’t go there anymore. i think i would avoid texas and childrens sporting events too.
March 29th, 2009 at 11:13 pmWhat a wacko!!!
March 29th, 2009 at 11:15 pmDidn’t even read the whole post yet, but have to say that I love the fact that you use the phrase, “bat shit crazy”. Proves you will be just fine in the South.
I’m from the South and live in the PNW now — you’re good, just have to find some ‘people’. They’re there, I promise!
March 30th, 2009 at 12:54 amOh wow -what sad lonely life she must lead. Well done you for saying something to her - you never know - she may go home and everything might sink in and she might be just that little bit nicer to others around her. Or, she will score in another mark on her
March 30th, 2009 at 5:48 am“Anti-social Behaviour Achieved With Honours Toward Another Human Today” chart. In her dungeon. Using her talons. (she’s gotta be hitting the high scores, surely) - Or perhaps she just keeps this information to herself; just like those personal conversations she has. What a sad, sad woman, I actually feel most for her son, (good god - are there others? did she spawn more than once??)as an adult we have a choice to walk away, he has to live with her 24/7. I’d hate to think what abuse he gets for leaving the toilet seat up…. or heaven forbid, perhaps she makes the cherub sit down???
Next time you see her, wave a big cheery hello. Turn around, finish your drink and watch your boy play ball. Her personal converations might for once, be just that.
I wonder what her poor son thinks as him mom goes ape-shit crazy.
I’m sure everyone appreciated you standing up to her. And, at least your husband knew not to get involved but to keep an eye on the situation - good for him!
March 30th, 2009 at 8:02 amMy Goodness, I can only imagine. I’ve had some pain in the you know what parents as a Girl Scout leader, but nothing like that. I’m not sure how I would have reacted, but I know I would still be obsessing about it. I am such a wimp. I guess it is a good thing I don’t live in the south. My daughter played soccer for 5 years and my little one is starting this year, I’ve never encountered “those” types of parents. At least not yet and I hope never to. ALthough I know there used to be some when my brother played Hockey in high school. However, I also think they are pretty strict up here with parental behavior. At least I hope they are.
March 30th, 2009 at 10:09 amI can’t help feel anything other than complete pity for her sons and her future daughters in law (that is if she will release their cajones long enough for them to find a mate!)
Poor, poor little boys!
Let’s hope she does remove her son from the team, for your sanity.
mere
March 30th, 2009 at 10:41 amHaving dealt with this particular form of crazy way to many times I commend you for your restraint. It seems every team has a crazy, some worse than others.
I had a mom sitting next to me at a game where my 17 year old was playing recently and she started saying how “that kid” (meaning my kid) should not be playing 3rd base because her son was so much better. Never mind that my son has several scholarship offers from Division 1 schools and her son has nada. I guess all the scouts are just stupid and don’t see her son as she does. Anyway, I just ignored her. I have found it just isn’t worth it. My sons abilities speak for themselves.
Please don’t be mad but this story gave me a good laugh. I took comfort in the fact that it is not only california that has the crazy baseball parents.
Enjoy the game!
Julie
p.s. I think you handled yourself beautifully. I also have never hit anyone, though I have thought really hard about letting lose a few times.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:42 amI admire your restraint, class and dignity in the face of this crazybatshit woman, who embarrassed herself and her child in front of everyone.
March 30th, 2009 at 12:06 pmWith 3 boys of my own that play sports, let me just say…….there is always one on every team……..there is always one
March 30th, 2009 at 12:34 pmI just have to LOL at Gift of Green’s comment. I have wondered the same thing (if blogging ever comes up IRL for you.) But I’m laughing because even though I read a lot of different blogs, yours kind of is “The Blog”. Just like another commenter mentioned, Erma Bombeckish.
March 30th, 2009 at 2:12 pmI LOVE Annie’s idea about a water spray bottle…like I point at the cats when they start fighting! LOL.
Good luck.
March 30th, 2009 at 2:37 pmDude - you handled it perfectly! Except for the part about not telling her to talk to herself in her head - now THAT would have been fun to see!
In all seriousness, I read your blog every day. My son has just started little league. I love baseball and am so excited he aked me to sign him up. I am, however, wondering about those CRAZY people that I keep hearing about from the other moms - you know, the veteran baseball moms . . . I haven’t seen one yet, but the season is long. I’m sure it’ll happen! I’m taking notes from you
March 30th, 2009 at 3:02 pmThis story was really funny until I started reading the comments. Here’s another ‘emergency’ for you: If someone isn’t shuttin’ their mouf and decides to bust out a shotgun. Then you should give me a call.
March 31st, 2009 at 6:58 amWow. I’ve had something similar happen to me before. And as a person who normal steers clear of confrontations like that it completely caught me off guard. So I feel your pain.
March 31st, 2009 at 9:03 amI don’t think I could have stopped myself from saying, “Also? That’s redundant.” When she was all, “having a personal conversation with myself!” I can see her vein popping out now.
March 31st, 2009 at 3:08 pmBet you never thought the war on temper tantrums would include a parent’s temper tantrum at the baseball field!
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:58 amWow, I am so PROUD of you!
This is a woman who obviously is not used to having people speak up to her (intimidates everyone, since they already knew she was ‘crazy’) and so she really lost it when you did…I love it!
Does this mean she isn’t coming back?? LOL
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:03 pmI believe I would have had to stand next to you as a united front against Ms. Psycho. Why would she want to make a kid’s game so tense and uncomfortable? Imagine being raised by her and how screwed up that poor boy will be as an adult. Maybe he has some special Jesus powers to control her wrath.
April 7th, 2009 at 10:24 amShe must’ve been drinking each time she returned to her car! Only drunk people act that crazy right? Does she know you have a blog, wait till she comments on it!
April 7th, 2009 at 2:32 pm