<p>Tomorrow is d’s final home lax game as a hs senior. I haven’t been to any games this season.</p>
<p>One of the team moms (size 2?) sends out an email suggesting that the moms should all wear their daughter’s polo shirts for a group photo.</p>
<p>That shirt would have fit me when I was about 12, but not much after that.</p>
<p>There’s one other mom on the team that this wouldn’t work for either.</p>
<p>Looking for a good response to this email suggestion…</p>
<p>OMG. What an idiot! Ask her if you should wear it on your left thigh or your right? lol. I hope you have a good sense of humor!</p>
<p>Seriously, though. Maybe just say that wearing any shirt that your D wears is not an option and may not be for other moms on the team. Can she come up with an alternative idea?</p>
<p>that’s a good start !<br>
Keep 'em coming!</p>
<p>I sort of froze not knowing how to reply.</p>
<p>Actually, if she’d suggested that we wearing them the way you wear a cardigan or sweater - on your back, with the long sleeves tied in front… it would get the point across without the rudeness…</p>
<p>Ask her if they will have the jaws of life available to get some of you out of the doll clothes when the picture is over. </p>
<p>She needs a slap!</p>
<p>I would counterpropose: why is always about moms? Moms do this, moms do that?.. Let’s round up the dads and have them wear the shirts. That would make a very memorable picture :D</p>
<p>absolutely true - and my husband was sooo involved. We haven’t been this year, but he did so much for the team, driving, and video-taping etc etc etc.</p>
<p>lol - but the shirt wouldn’t fit him either.</p>
<p>^^That’s exactly my point. :D</p>
<p>What a brainless idiot this woman is. While I weighed just a bit more than DD when she was involved in HS sports, this weight seemed to be strategically located in such a spot that no way in HECK it could have been able to fit into her shirts without looking like I was going to hang out along Hwy 99 after midnight. What a ridiculous request.</p>
<p>How about this, replying to the sender and the rest of the moms on the team:</p>
<p>Sure - count me in. I’ll be one wearing it as a hat.</p>
<p>Like a turban? 
I like your response.</p>
<p>Perfect!!!</p>
<p>Whatever you do, make sure you come back and tell us what her response is. lol.</p>
<p>@ mtpaper, I’m sure whatever you do will be fine…here’s my suggestion…</p>
<p>dingdonglaxmom,
Wow, what a great idea! That would make for a great photo. Those jerseys sure look cute on the girls but I don’t know if all the mom’s have one available in a size that’s comfortable so they can look their best. We want to make sure everyone can participate. Why don’t we all wear team colors for the picture tomorrow and make sure next year we think about it earlier. Maybe we could order spirit shirts for the parents.
See you tomorrow,
mtpaper</p>
<p>That email, IMO, warrants no response. Just show up and cheer.</p>
<p>Nothing like an insensitive dolt sending out an impossible request the night before. This almost belongs in the dunderhead thread.</p>
<p>If you are going to respond sweetly – tell her you will wear a shirt in the appropriate spirit color (which hopefully is a color you have in your closet). Otherwise, I would respond asking which body part she is expecting your daughter’s to cover. Head, thigh, little bolero jacket, what?</p>
<p>If I was just going to show up, I’d try to wear the team colors. Since it is senior night, the tradition in our community is for the parents to be introduced along with the player, and photos taken of the family. You want to be prepared for the photography … team colors work best in that pic that my son has had displayed for six years now.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reminder about wearing team colors for the photos. When she was younger, my husband bought polo shirts for all her various teams. And I’m usually the one thinking about coordinating clothing colors so the photos are more harmonious. These are not colors I wear, but I’ll get as close as I can.</p>
<p>I like the dad wearing the shirts suggestion. Thay would be a great pic and subtly let the insensitive mom know how ridiculous her idea was.</p>
<p>Seems awfully cutesy to me. I am not even sure all the girls would want their mom’s in their t-shirts cheering together! I would just show up & cheer. If you feel you must, you could find a shirt of the same color & don it.</p>
<p>I’m dying to hear how you ended up replying to this!</p>