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Shame

Posted on 06/06/2011 by Backpacking Dad

I hope I can live this down. Someday, I’ll be able to look Erin right in the eyes and tell her that it didn’t matter, really, in the long run. Maybe I’ll be able to use it as an object lesson for Adrian. He needs to know that part of being a man means you take your licks and you get right back up and try harder. Erin will learn that men are vulnerable, that they can cry openly in front of their loved ones. She will learn that Dad is not perfect, that he makes mistakes, that he doesn’t win every battle. I suppose I’ve learned how to be humble in front of my kids. But the shame burns, and I don’t know when I’ll be able to hold my head high again. This is a sad day. I can’t remember the last time I was this embarrassed, and I don’t think I’ve ever let my kids see me like this before.

I just lost at Disney Princess Yahtzee Jr., 17-16.

But I think Erin totally cheated and took four rolls instead of three when she was collecting Cinderellas, or else I totally would have won….ah, but no, I can’t think like that. I have to show them that I’m not a sore loser.

It still stings though.

15 thoughts on “Shame”

  1. Eric@I've Becom says:
    06/06/2011 at 3:01 PM

    Stand tall, man. I took a hit on Candyland and I'm still feeling it. Like you, I'm sure my son cheated but I'm going to show him who's the bigger man here. I did tell his teacher, though.

    Hang in there. It no doubt will come up at Thanksgiving for years to come. You'll learn to let it roll off your back after a few years.

    Thanks for a short, fun read!

    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      06/07/2011 at 1:58 PM

      I stack the deck in Candyland.

  2. Beau Raines says:
    06/06/2011 at 3:07 PM

    It happens, man. You'll either get over it, get back at her or get used to it.

    I was beaten in Scrabble by my 9 yo, 11yo and wife yesterday. It happens regularly. 

    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      06/07/2011 at 1:59 PM

      I once won a city-wide Scrabble tournament for 5th-graders. In French. I just wanted to brag about that accomplishment for once in my adult life.

  3. Columbiarose says:
    06/06/2011 at 3:09 PM

    Kills you to be upstaged by a shameful twitterer, eh?

    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      06/07/2011 at 1:59 PM

      I'm never upstaged.

  4. Karen6460 says:
    06/06/2011 at 7:15 PM

    Would it have been any less upsetting if you'd lost at Mickey Mouse Yatzee instead?

    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      06/07/2011 at 1:59 PM

      No. It wasn't the princesses, it was the loss.

  5. John Hartzell says:
    06/07/2011 at 4:53 AM

    There is only one way to reestablish proper authoritative order: Transformers Stratego.

    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      06/07/2011 at 2:00 PM

      I need this!

  6. Laurie LaGrone says:
    06/07/2011 at 2:02 PM

    Was it the big ugly cry?

    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      06/07/2011 at 2:04 PM

      Big fat tears.

  7. Anonymous says:
    06/07/2011 at 2:29 PM

    See, this is why I make it a point to never, ever, ever let my 7-yr old win at anything. Ever. Oh sure, those psychobabblers say it "builds self-esteem" to let them win every once in a while, but whose esteem are we talking here?

    Not mine, and that's what counts.

    1. Backpacking Dad says:
      06/07/2011 at 2:31 PM

      Never give up, never surrender.

  8. Faith Raider says:
    06/11/2011 at 7:51 PM

    LOL!!! That's awesome :) 

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