My dh has come to the realization, thankfully and finally, that DS isn't going to be the big football star he envisioned him to be. DH wanted to live his football playing goals vicariously through his son. But DS has no interest in any ball games, and a lot of it is due to his motor issues, and physical eye tracking issues. I mean, it's real!

But occasionally, I have to stop DH from saying something (like Brad Pitt, he lacks a sensitivity chip) that could hurt DS, especially as he gets older. Like tonight, DS asked DH if he'd rather play with him or DS' best friend, who is into sports. DH started asking about how good the friend played football. Ugh! I stopped him from making a jerk of himself in time, and he doubled back and assured DS that he would always be DH's first choice. Then DS asked, "Even if I don't like sports?" C'mon...the kid's not dumb. I think DH took it as just another of his chats, as the kid's constantly talking. But I'm not always going to be present.

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My DH has said a few borderline-mean things to ds over the years, but I hope and believe that the good that we have done and love we have shown will outweigh any bad moments we've had. Luckily DH could care less about sports, so Ds lucked out on that one. But I know for many dads that is an issue, when their sons can't play sports. But we have definitely had to apologize at times for not being as sensitive as we should've been. Our ds seems to "get" that we are very human and he will say "I find that offensive" LOL when he doesn't like something we've said.