N1cky

Hope he's doing ok this morning. Makes you feel very sick doesn't it.

My daughter took a nasty fall at a climbing comp last year, she landed on her back/neck from around 15ft up, and the audible gasp that went around everyone scared me even more. Thankfully she got checked out and just had a bit of whiplash.

livinginnyc

Wishing a speedy recovery to him LiW ^^

SultanOfSwing

It's just as bad when it's not even your own kid. A few years back my assitant coach's son banjaxed his ACL during a match when he was playing in goal. He came out to get the ball at the same time as a player from the other team was going for the ball. They came together, there was a loud crack and both of them were out of commission. The player from the other team was OK but my guy was done for the season after that. His dad was reffing at the time as well, poor guy saw and heard the whole thing up close.

That's the most worried I've been over someone else's child. I felt like it was my fault, since I picked the team line up. 6 months later he was back at it again, fully recovered though, so it had a happy ending.

N1cky

Yep I agree. You just don't want to see a kid get injured, and it's very easy to blame yourself no matter how small your part. I was at a climb last year when a girl fell and broke her collar bone right in front of me, you could instantly tell it was bad. The poor guy who had set the climb was nearly in tears, asking everyone if they had video footage so he could see it again to figure out what he had done that had caused it... everyone knew she had just landed badly but he couldn't help blaming himself. She was also back after a few months.

SultanOfSwing

It's a natural response - you feel like if you hadn't put them in a certain place, it wouldn't have happened. But climbing is an activity with inherent risk, soccer is a full contact sport and you can tell kids not to slide, but they are competitive and good and they're going to anyway. In 8 years of coaching, I only saw that one injury that required hopsital treatment. I'll consider that a success ...

Lion in Winter

Thanks all, and sorry to hear the horror stories from others. Kids are just here to shorten our lifespans

He's better this morning. The headache's gone but he has to stay off screens until he's been headache free for 24 hours without meds - he's complaining about that so must be feeling better. He's not going to be able to do much studying for a few days, but he doesn't mind that so much (their end of term exams are right after the holidays, strangely). The kid who threw him was upset too and kept apologising to him.

SultanOfSwing

Word.

Glad to hear he's on the mend. I guess I won't give my son too much shit for sitting on his arse and playing video games all winter break.

N1cky

That's pretty good going. You don't see many bad injuries in climbing, as long as you're sensible, most happen with landing badly on a fall, too many happen through stupidity and carelessness -but that's rarely the kids.

We have friends whose kid has just gone off to ski boarding school, he also climbs, his Mum won't allow him to play American football though, too dangerous I kind of get it, the other two are in his own control.

That's good news. Yes they do indeed shorten our lifespans I am grateful for an active kid though, better than being a couch potato like me.

Dorothy

Glad to hear he's doing better.

Wintersong

Went ice skating with my Girl Scout troops today. Afterwards, we went for an impromptu lunch. There were 3 girls there without parents, being chaperoned by some of the other parents, who were also dropping them back home afterwards.

Every single other adult ordered food for themselves and their own kids and then went and sat down.

Not wanting to leave anybody out, that left me to order and pay for food for the 3 girls whose parents weren't there AND another girl whose mother WAS there but had gone and sat down at a table because she wasn't eating, and had left her daughter at the counter with the other 3... so of course I wasn't about to take everyone else's orders and not offer her something. Her mother clearly realised she was eating and drinking and didn't once ask who had paid for her stuff.

moneypenny20

The mother who didn't want to eat so didn't feel the need to feed her child should be slapped.

Dorothy

You're far too kind.

Perth

I commend you for being a really decent person

Sugarmooma

Got my car back today. It had to have a new transmission so quite a hefty bill. M went to pick it up and brought it home. He was pleased with the work they had done but but he had obviously gone blind!

The front passenger side wing area ( not sure if that's the right word) had 2 big dings and a 6 inch crease in the body work. When I pointed it out to him he called the shop and they acted all surprised and said "the owner has already left so just bring it back Monday and we will see what we can do"

Looking at the damage it seems it probably came from the lift they use to take out the transmission.

They must have known we would notice it so why not tell us. I am really mad about it

GeniB

People who use emails to order you about and start arguments and continue for 18 f*****g emails afterwards. Emails I always understood were for information only. If people have more to say/disagree/want a conversation. PICK UP THE PHONE.aggh. Ruined my otherwise pleasant weekend