False hope

By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2010 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, after suggesting to my daughter for a while that she should try out for a cheerleading team to become more confident, she went to tryouts. She didn't make the team and she's spent the last six hours in her room crying. FML
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Cinn_fml 22

Now is she upset you pushed her into something she didn't want to do or because she didn't get something you convinced her she could do? Why do parents suggest really specific things? I mean, fair enough suggest stuff for her to get into, but give her a few options and let her pick one she wants to do.

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zach055 23

Sorry but that's YDI for convincing her to try out for the team in the first place.

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cheerfreak97 0

Hey its alright. Just find an allstar cheerleading gym near you and let her tryout there. Everyone makes a team!

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Trixies100 0

ur a terrible mother! jk

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IwannaBsedated 0

...6 hours? I don't think that's just from not making the team. I'm a teenager, just trust me, she probably made some embarrasing mistake and all of the cheerleaders who made it were mean or laughed or rubbed it in. THAT would make 6 hours make sense; otherwise it does not make sense. Unless she is depressed. UGH, I've been there done that, it sucks. It might be one of those two. Or there may be an injury she is too embarrased to show, IDK! Do you know what happened? Or did she just say "I didn't make it", or.... ??? Something just seems out of place to me.... I'm not saying all cheerleaders are mean. I know some that were, but I've also met at least two practically angelic girls who are cheerleaders. When a kid/teen is auditioning for something to make their parents happy when they do not neccisarrily want it, the result is always bad. Either they make it in and aren't happy doing it, or they don't get in and they think their parents are disappointed/think they have failed to live up to expectations, even if they are secretly relieved. My suggestion is to let her do her own thing, because it would really suck if this sort of thing became a common occurance. I see kids try to please parents in this sort of way a lot, and it's sad, because then they end up living to please the parent instead of their happiness. At this point, I suggest you ask her what she likes to do and tell her to go for it. That would help her in the situation. Otherwise, I have run out of things to say.... good luck. ^_^

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at0micmin3r 23

As a parent it's her RIGHT to meddle into her children lives ALL SHE WANTS!!! YDI not for crushing your child's spirits (The all need that now and again) but for trying to turn her into a spankypants girl. X( Your child needs to grow up. :P

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MikeHarris2011 5

I lost a bet to a cheerleader at my school. If I won in basketball, she had to be my maid for a year but she beat me so she got to make me into a cheerleader any way she wanted. We only have girls cheer here. The uniforms are little red and white outfits with short skirts. Think she'll just forget about the bet?

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