My mom is a rabid Cubs’ fan. Pity her. Will it ever be their year?
My mom is also a wonderful grandma – or as my girls call her, Gaba. However, there is one thing I take issue with. From the moment my children are born she begins plying them with Cubs’ paraphernalia. She teaches them songs like “Go, Cubs, Go!” and “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” (My brother jokes that the lyrics should be changed from “If the Cubs don’t win, it’s a shame” to “If the Cubs don’t win, it’s the same.”)
Just recently my precious firstborn said she likes the Cubs and although she used to find the games boring (she went to her first game when she was 2), she likes them now. As I listened to her gush about the Cubbies, I wondered why my mom was setting my children up for a lifetime of pain and frustration.
She has unfairly indoctrinated my girls, turning them into Cubs’ fans without my blessing and as a result, this is what I find in our bathroom:
The way this season is going, the Cubs need more than their own Guardian Angel.
Oh well. I’ll forgive Gaba. I suppose by passing down a love for the Cubs to my children she is teaching them important lessons about loyalty and patience.
We love you, Gaba, even if you love a cursed team.
I love it! And I have to confess that my second favorite team behind the Atlanta Braves is the Cubbies!! Your mom is to blame! She always had the games on at your house growing up.
I think it's great to pass on tradition and loyalty to the younger generation. But I do feel sorry for your children. :) lol
May the curse soon be broken!
If it makes you feel any better, my little guy is forbidden to wear anything but Mets/Jets paraphanalia (heaven forbid there is a Yankee fan in the house! which there's not!) The saddest thing is we can only relive the glory year 1986 for him….will they ever make it again? Sigh. Its like we're setting him up for a lifetime of disappointment. Oh well at least he'll always root for the underdog. :)
My husband and his whole side of the family are Cubs fans and my little brother is too, so eventually I think my girls will be. I guess its also a good lesson in suffering. LOL! I guess it can be a lesson in hope too…maybe next year will be their year…
My family is just as bad – we are Cleveland Indians fan – second only to the Cubs in futility!
But I love the Tribe and so does my husband so our poor children do not have a chance.
As one of your blog readers feels, me, the Cubs need all the help and prayers they can get! Way to go to your Mom!!! Your children will have some wonderful memories!
My husband is a Lions fan who has passed the condition on to our children, so I totally understand! :)
My husband and I are Royals fans… it can get depressing!
oh my..i rememeber the room full of paraphanelia at the lake house. i was astonished that anyone could actually have EVERYTHING in only a Cubs theme. I didn't even know that they manufactured that much Cubs stuff. Maybe Gaba is also teaching your girls to wait on the miraculous! ;)
My mom just read the comments, and she was cracking up. Andy, she's so glad she converted someone else!
Go Cubs! (She's rubbed off on me a bit, too.)