Would you let LO wear rival team's outfit?

loveyoga7 · August 2014

I'll try to keep this short. I was raised a die hard Raider fan and I actually cheered professionally for the Raiders for 4 years. My DH considered himself a "Bay Area fan" before he met me but says he is now a Raider fan because he married into a Raider family. (I tease him and say he plays on both sides of the fence). My inlaws are all 49er fans. Ok, that's the back story.

I email my MIL a pic of LO in a cute little Raiders cheerleader outfit I bought her. (I typed the email as if my daughter wrote it). MIL replies back, "you are going to look so much cuter in the 49er cheerleader outfit Oma and Opa bought for you." I don't know what came over me, but this got me real heated and I replied back, "I think I am set for the season with this outfit Grandma, but thank you." MIL didn't reply back. I told DH about the emails and mentioned to him that I don't want our LO wearing any 49er stuff. He thinks I am being silly and overreacting. Maybe I am????

So my question is, would you let your LO wear your rival team's gear? Thanks for listening to my dumb rant.

AcaAwkward · August 2014

Unless my husband and I were fans of opposing teams, I wouldn't. We don't have professional sports allegiances, but we have OPINIONS regarding college football. I think DH would rather cut his toes off rather than let our kids wear OU or Aggie gear.

ksulli · August 2014

They can give it to you, and you can make sure the diaper is on a little crooked at poop time. It'll be an underhanded way of having your baby sh*t on the opposition.

hlm184 · August 2014

LO wears the opposing team. On the inside of his diaper. So he can poop on them.

loveyoga7 · August 2014

@LalaMama81‌ , I feel like maybe I came off as a little rude but I would rather her save her money and return it because LO won't be wearing it. I think I am going to call MIL today and apologize.

Trimby2409 · August 2014

My husband is a die hard NY Islander fan. When my big kid got other team apparel, she would try it on, have a photo, and pretty much that was the end of it.

railroadRN · August 2014

Hellz no. Everyone in my circle knows I am diehard for my team. Some will joke about buying DD an outfit for other teams and I tell them "don't waste your time or your money."

Football is serious.

SoulTermination · August 2014

Ugh, my in-laws are all Packer fans except my youngest SIL and her DH and kids, who are Vikings fans.

Me? I don't friggin' care either way, lol. Never been a football fan (or sports fan in general). You want to get her a jersey/onesie/cute skirt outfit for some team? Cool, I'll see if she gets an opportunity to wear it (aunt got her a Badger jersey onesie that she outgrew too quickly). But I can't guarantee it.

Now, since you cheered for the Raiders professionally, I can totally see a dislike of any and all other teams. I do think you were a little sharp in your reply, but if I were in your shoes I don't think I'd want LO wearing stuff from a rival team, either!

UnofficiallyLO · August 2014

I wouldn't but I received a few outfits for LO that I smiled, said thank you and never dressed him in.

chichi589 · August 2014

I would apologize I agree it came off rude.. You can always put your baby in it for a photo for them.. It won't hurt anything to wear for an hour or two it's not your place to tell them where to spend their money.

imogenisis · August 2014

Kinda disagree with most here. I think your MIL was the rude one here. Unless she somehow had no clue of your history with the raiders, why would she even suggest that? You have to respect other people's allegiances!

MamaFantastic · August 2014

Chill out. You are overreacting and projecting too much team-related intensity on your infant. She's a baby, not an athletic pawn.

FFTC: I think it's weird when anyone lets a professional team dictate life decisions. C'mon people... it's sports...

Is there a way to care less than "not one bit" about sports? If there is, that's me.

MamaFantastic · August 2014

my annoyance at my sleepless daughter spilled over into my responses

forgive me, internet friends!

Lindsay808 · August 2014

You're totally overreacting. I'm an Ohio state fan, DH is a Ducks fan. Both are top college football teams and DD has both outfits.

It's just football...

ETA: I would still accept the gift if neither DH or I were a fan of a team. I wouldn't be rude about it and act offended. I wouldn't want to cause tension with MIL/FIL over a game. And I absolutely love football season, but looking at the big picture...it's really not that big of a deal.

Abcollins57 · August 2014

If you were a band wagon fan who watched every other game, then yeah you overreacted. Since you actually cheered for the team for four years, it's a little personal. Your MIL probably already knew that and possibly (depending on the kind of person she is) did it to jab at you. (Mine would) either way, I would take the gift and just not put it on LO.

Avion22 · August 2014

I think your response was a bit touchy...but I get where you're coming from. If someone gave C an outfit from a rival team, we probably wouldn't dress him in it. Okay, maybe to take a picture to send to the giver (we'd make sure it was when he was cranky!), especially if it was from the ILs.

My team and my H's team aren't rivals, per se, but they do play each other. C has stuff from both teams. The real question is what will he wear when the teams play each other :-)

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