Gymnastics

My 3 year old recently started Gymnastics. Her excitement aside it was visibly difficult for her. The Gym, which has trained 3 Olympic gymnasts is full of the typical perfectionist, annoying, stage moms you’d expect. So my expectations were low from the start. Her teachers are two young girls who seem to chat amongst themselves more than giving patient direction to the kids.

2 weeks in, my 3 year old daughter says she wants to quit because “It’s hard”. Quitting isn’t acceptable at any age, but then again, her teachers are bitches. So I’m thinking about letting her slide. She later tells her mother “Mom, my thighs are fat.”

Ok. Now I’m pissed.

But, we send her back. On a different day with a different teacher. This time a 72 year old Russian man. He quickly gives her a nick name “Mishka”. My daughter jumps, bounces, balances, tumbles and smiles. She comes home and tells me how much she likes gymnastics, and that yes “it’s fun.”

My take away. Fuck quitting, and as Mo’Nique says “Skinny bitches are evil.”