Skating Mommaz from Hell

[jlai]

I think I can guess which pair. :)

Thanks for sharing your stories. I did go "no wonder..." after the phone call. Anyway, no need to apologize. Now we have stories to share should we meet at a competition! ;)

I'm so sorry for getting you roped into that mess. :duh: She did a lot of lying to a lot of fans at that event. Including me. Karma did come around for her, however. ;)
And yeah, I've also got another story for you about that same Mom.
After the comp, we invited her and several FSUers and some friends of mine that came down to watch one of the events to a late night dinner at a local restaurant nearby. She tried to get us to cover HER meal, as if it was her right as a parent of a competitor to have someone else pay her way. We stood our ground, and she threw a fit. She ended up ordering Potato salad or something, and whined about the cost. Then she freaked out and wanted someone to drive her to her hotel.....which was within walking distance among a large crowd of people going to the same place. I think that one of my friends drove her there, just to shut her up.

A good story:
While another member of a skaters family at the same comp accepted one ticket that they were looking for and a photograph in a new costume of this skater's partner that I had taken at a practice very graciously and then insisted on paying for it several times, even though I kept graciously turning her down. Total class! I'm glad that this skater (and partner) won a medal at this event!

[cruisin]

Above two posts, I don't understand why you had to pay for anything for this woman. What kind of competition was it, that there was an entry fee? I know it wasn't Nationals, because the chaperone gets a free pass to all events. And any regional or sectional I've been to, parents (at least) don't pay).

And what kind of person would behave like that after you extended such a kindness?

[jlai]

And what kind of person would behave like that after you extended such a kindness?

Well, the kind of person that belongs in this discussion. ;)

[mrr50]

And then there are the coaches who coach their own kids who are just awful. Because the kid can't get away from either parent or coach and has no-one to defend them. They are kids that I feel very sorry for.

My mother was a pianist. Extremely talented, classically trained at a well-known conservatory. She married and back then, she didn't have a chance to achieve her dream.

I was born when she was older, more focused. I was musically talented. She decided to teach me. IT WAS HELL.

I saved myself by choosing to pursue an instrument she couldn't play. My college scholarship was in instrumental music so I did have talent, but I decided I didn't want to chance becoming my mother. I changed my major.:lol:

[Holley Calmes]

Can the rest of us here help you?

Why, yes. Send me a message and I'll give you my personal email so you can send your tales of woe. I love me a good nasty mom-bitch-from-hell stage mother story, whether the stage is wood or ice.

[avivadawn]

The events mentioned above occurred at a ISU event.

[Lanie]

Oh, aviva, I remember that. :wall:

Fun times, eh? I had to leave before the hissy fit, thank God. :lol:

I mostly just see lots of the skater mamas from hell with the itty bitty girls, yelling at them. :angryfire

[KateLeTangerine]

^^

Is not knowing who that is killing anyone else as well? I love a good "skating mommaz" story, but even more so when it's high level, instead of just my rink.

My favourite story? A mum calling her daughter a "stubborn cow" and then refusing to let her have any fruit juice, because "we have to monitor your sugar levels" and then making her run through her program multiple times. This was on her NINTH birthday! Urgh.

[Ziggy]

A mum calling her daughter a "stubborn cow" and then refusing to let her have any fruit juice, because "we have to monitor your sugar levels" and then making her run through her program multiple times. This was on her NINTH birthday! Urgh.

Because doing multiple program run-throughs without any blood sugar to provide energy is such a great idea...

Somebody call the child protection services! :scream:

[Ania]

On behalf of teachers throughout America and much of the rest of the universe, I would like to say welcome to our world.

We have the slight advantage of them not being at school all the time, but they are able to fill our in boxes, call us on the phone (even at home, at 7:30 Sunday morning perhaps), stalk us at our homes (seriously, I had a parent driving past my house last spring to check my whereabouts--and he was an officer in the local police department), shove their way into the grocery line while we are paying to discuss the kid's exam grade. In July. While we are paying for the groceries. Stop us to request that we call them. At church. In the communion line. And if we are not completely cooperative with all of this--they call our bosses to complain about us. Always leaving out information such as "I asked her while she was in line for communion" or "I left the phone message at her house at 1 a.m. which may be why she did not call me back in the half hour time frame I requested."

My mom teaches middle school math in Moscow, Russia. She could have written this paragraph. One thing she would add is: parents showing up drunk before the start of the first lesson to argue about grading (Ok, it happened only once but I'm still :yikes:)
Sorry for the thread drift, but this paragraph really hit a chord!

[taf2002]

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[reckless]

About a young skater who was going to be the "next big thing" for the US. She did a guest appearance at a touring skating show, skated beautifully, and got a great applause. Backstage, after the show, people were going up to her mother and telling her how wonderful her daughter was. All the mother said was "Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy."