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  1. #1
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    Feb 2008
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    Raleigh, NC

    I have failed as a father...


  2. #2
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    Wilmington, NC
    Quote Originally Posted by FerryFor50 View Post
    It's just a phase. lol.

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    On Duke stationery, no less! I think the move here is to slowly rip it up while maintaining unblinking eye contact and a neutral expression. He's flexing and you need to flex back.

  4. #4
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    Princeton, NJ
    There is still time...don't give up. Imagine my joy when 16yo daughter said it would be "morally wrong to go to UNC"

  5. #5
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    Feb 2007
    Might be a phase.

    That said, I’m not sure that my father has ever forgiven me for rooting for Madden’s Raiders against the Redskins in the Super Bowl.

  6. #6
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    Atlanta
    Quote Originally Posted by DarkstarWahoo View Post
    On Duke stationery, no less! I think the move here is to slowly rip it up while maintaining unblinking eye contact and a neutral expression. He's flexing and you need to flex back.
    Be careful, when the time came and my son was deffered decision on his early action application and later turned down, he was crushed.

  7. #7
    Quote Originally Posted by FerryFor50 View Post
    There is probably some psychology going on here -- some folks just like cheering for the underdog and Duke is rarely, if ever, the underdog. Don't worry about it too much -- the first part of the sentence says it all....

  8. #8
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    Raleigh
    Quote Originally Posted by FerryFor50 View Post
    I had no idea your son was in a creative writing course at "u"nc.

    What grade did he get on that term/final paper? Did he even write it himself of did a tutor help him?

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    [redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.

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    Boy, these young people today and their recency bias...

  10. #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by FerryFor50 View Post
    The real question is: What did you do to deserve this? Only by looking inwardly at yourself can you come to terms with your own shortcomings and right the wrongs that prompted such a heretical note.

    I mean seriously, just buy your kid the Lego set and be done with it!
    “Coach said no 3s.” - Zion on The Block

  11. #11
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    Raleigh, NC
    It’s funny - I don’t ever push him one way or the other. I just cheer for them and invite him along.

    Kids are weird. 😂

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    Raleigh, NC
    Quote Originally Posted by devildeac View Post
    I had no idea your son was in a creative writing course at "u"nc.

    What grade did he get on that term/final paper? Did he even write it himself of did a tutor help him?

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    A+, naturally. And was offered a preferred walk on spot to the men’s team, where he gets to collect all of Roy’s leftover timeouts.

  13. #13
    Good bye Kid! Hope you enjoy being a hobo and riding the rails.
    It's been great while it lasted!
    Hope you have another child to take up the slack.
    Nothing incites bodily violence quicker than a Duke fan turning in your direction and saying 'scoreboard.'

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    Quote Originally Posted by FerryFor50 View Post
    It’s funny - I don’t ever push him one way or the other. I just cheer for them and invite him along.

    Kids are weird. 😂
    I dont either. If it's any consolation my son just became a real Duke fan.
    Hes been a Oregon fan for years.(I have no idea why maybe MARIOTA )kids are perplexing and wonderful all at the same time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FerryFor50 View Post
    You just have to love them. My son is a tarheel through and through, but otherwise he is a great kid!!

  16. #16
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    Mar 2008
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    New Orleans, Louisiana
    Quote Originally Posted by FerryFor50 View Post
    I have failed as a father...

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    On the contrary. This is championship caliber parenting. At long last, reverse psychology meets the reverse jinx.

  17. #17
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    Apr 2008
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    Quote Originally Posted by DarkstarWahoo View Post
    On Duke stationery, no less! I think the move here is to slowly rip it up while maintaining unblinking eye contact and a neutral expression. He's flexing and you need to flex back.

  18. #18
    Quote Originally Posted by FerryFor50 View Post
    Wow, harsh. Maybe you could get him Cameron to see Zion do a 360 dunk or something. That would fix it.

  19. #19
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    Northwest Indiana
    Quote Originally Posted by DarkstarWahoo View Post
    On Duke stationery, no less! I think the move here is to slowly rip it up while maintaining unblinking eye contact and a neutral expression. He's flexing and you need to flex back.
    Pretty long GIF here, but this is what I thought of when I read this The ultimate flex on a unruly kid testing limits...

    Son, I want you to enjoy basketball as much as I do.
    Being a true Duke fan is 50% anxiety, 30% ignoring jealousy, 25% reiterating 9f, and only 5% unbridled joy.
    If you want to root for another team, I can't stop you.
    Just know that I would do anything, ANYTHING, to share that fleeting joy with you.
    Because I love you.



  20. #20
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    Raleigh, NC
    I think this is an April Fool's joke. That handwriting looks like Julius Pepper's or Tyler Hansbrough's.

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