# She did it to smite me **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142 "2011-04-04T14:00:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/1 "2011-04-04T14:00:22Z")
Warning… long and not subtle bragging. Way back in 1998 I got a call from my wife that she had just signed my daughter up for soccer at the local Y. I questioned her since neither of us had played the game in our lives. She was 4 at the time (not my wife… my daughter). Forward to second grade and she had just won the recreational league championship for her team! We were having dinner and she started talking about how she would play soccer in collage. I remembered all of these stories about kids dreaming about being pro sports stars and how slim the odds really are, so I asked her to think about how many kids she sees on the fields each weekend. We are just a small suburb so how many teams are there around the country and then how few Universities there are in comparison, and of each universities only 20 kids get to play soccer. I’ll skip a bit but my daughter was in tears and I felt about one foot tall. There isn’t a manual for parenting, but no matter how logical you think you are this is a big NO! Today, she will be calling a coach of a very prestigious private Division 1 NCAA university to accept his offer to play on his team and get her education paid for. $200k isn’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/2 "2011-04-04T14:09:47Z")
“Spite”. And congratulations! No, 200k is not bad at all! ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/3 "2011-04-04T14:11:16Z")
Did she put a picture of her smiting you in the collage? ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/4 "2011-04-04T14:30:22Z")
FarOut!!! 🙂 > [@](#): > > She did it to smite me Of course she did, thats what daughters are for, or so I’ve been told. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/5 "2011-04-04T15:56:59Z")
Apparently I should wait until I’m a little more awake in the morning before posting. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/6 "2011-04-04T16:05:25Z")
Well, I guess you’ll be more supportive now. Otherwise that would be like cutting off your nose to smite your face. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/7 "2011-04-04T16:12:11Z")
That’s it… no more heavy drinking in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/8 "2011-04-04T16:15:00Z")
How smiteful of her. But congratulations to you and her anyway! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/9 "2011-04-04T16:15:11Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > That’s it… no more heavy drinking in the morning. But no less either, hey? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/10 "2011-04-04T17:08:16Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > That’s it… no more heavy drinking in the morning. Unless you drink Smrite. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/11 "2011-04-04T17:13:07Z")
That’s awesome! My oldest niece was a fantastic soccer player and was ready to go to Olympic Soccer Camp. But someone smited her on the field and she ended up twisting her ankle. She couldn’t go. She also had to sit out the rest of the season, and she had to miss the prom. She was most upset about the prom. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/12 "2011-04-04T17:39:56Z")
That’s great! Congratulations on being supportive and helping her achieve her dream too! We have a field behind our house where there are two H.S. girls who spend a ridiculous amount of time training to be your daughter- I have kicked around with them a bit and I wish them all the best, but I can’t imagine having that dedication myself. But awesome of your daughter to have done it! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/13 "2011-04-04T18:03:00Z")
Wow - you must be proud of her on so many levels…and thankful about the economic implications!! Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/14 "2011-04-04T18:10:43Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > But no less either, hey? 😃 Yeah, you noticed I only ruled out “heavy” drinking… not it all together. ---
**Author:** ![dawson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@dawson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dawson)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/15 "2011-04-04T18:55:05Z")
I am smitten by your story, although $200k for a collage seems like alot 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/16 "2011-04-04T19:30:27Z")
> [@dawson](#): > > I am smitten by your story, although $200k for a collage seems like alot 😃 You should see some of the artwork ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/17 "2011-04-04T21:33:30Z")
It’s official. She smited me and committed. Sorry, I may not respond quickly since I’ll be busy doing my happy dance. ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/18 "2011-04-04T22:38:26Z")
Congrats to you and your family. brag away–you all have earned the right! Great news! ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/19 "2011-04-04T22:59:59Z")
_points and laughs_ She showed you, didn’t she! That is totally awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142/20 "2011-04-05T02:51:47Z")
Coulda been worse. At least she didn’t say, “Look Dad! No Hands…!” 😃 Congratulations. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-did-it-to-smite-me/577142.md?page=2)