Confessions of a New Soccer Mom

I never played soccer as a kid. However, I was traumatized by being picked last for nearly every sport, so it is my sacred duty to be sure my kids never experience that. Thus, I’ve enrolled my six-year-old son in baseball and soccer. My husband, bless him, took the boy shopping for shin guards and other necessities.

Me? I know nothing about shin guards. They um..protect your shins? They come in all different brands and prices, and you cover them with socks. That’s about all I can figure. So yesterday, when my husband sent me back to the store to return a pair of shin guards that didn’t fit, I was a bit overwhelmed with all the equipment, needless to say.

The boy needed a new pair of soccer shorts and hubby told me to buy Umbros, in a size larger. I could not find that brand to save my life. So I opted to use my store credit (incidentally–new pet peeve. The credit card companies, in their quest to protect your card, are issuing cards to spouses with different numbers. It means you can’t return things to the store for your spouse and have it credited back to the card. Pain. In. The. Tuckus.)

But, I digress. I had a card of store credit and not a thing to spend it on. So I thought–hey! Soccer socks! How hard can that be? I don’t want to be washing those mammoth-sized socks every day (since he has practice and games 3 times a week).

They had pink. And red. And royal blue socks. Which might not have been so bad, except his team shirt is red. Kinda clashes. So I dug around and finally found black, hidden among the adult socks. When I got home, I mentioned my purchase to my husband, and he responded, “Oh, those. I didn’t like the socks they had there.”

:duh: You mean, there are regulations for socks now? Plain black socks won’t work?

I have much to learn, clearly.

Do any of you have kids who play soccer? Or did you play soccer as a kid? Anything else I should know about? :banana:

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