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Y'all can talk all you want but TEAL. WEARS. THE . CROWN.

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Y'all can talk all you want but TEAL. WEARS. THE . CROWN.
omg this (and watching way too many Law & Order episodes) has me thinking I'll keep doing team rep stuff till CP is done with cheer- I'm with her every second of her competition. Kind of justifies my paranoia. I'm so sorry you had to go through that!!You know I kept thinking about how the BTK killer used his job with the security company to gain access to the women he murdered and extrapolated that being a security guard at a huge cheer competition would be a perfect cover for some sicko wanting to grab a young girl.
I still don't know why the security guard texted me that he "gave her to her father". She told me she saw a glimpse of our gym owners husband and told the security guard that she saw him and the security guard then said ok and left. That's when she saw my cheer mom friend who ended up walking her over to were she was supposed to be.
I was so overwhelmed when I found out she was safe that I broke down for a few minutes.
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This is true, but the world hasn't always had reason to be as paranoid as they are now. It's kinda like how airport security was before and after 9/11. It wasn't taken as seriously because nobody thought it would happen, until it did. Cases like Natalee Holloway's are the reason we are cautious now, but back then I'm sure it was different.
I think for me, growing up in a NYC borough, the disapperance of Etan Patz was the definitive life changer. I was either in 4th or 5th grade when that happened; it absolutely changed my parents' perspective on many things. I was walking to school by myself/with peers sans adults from the time I was in 2nd grade, and while the elementary and junior high schools were only a little over .5 miles away, it was on the other side of our neighborhood and we had to either cross over a highway on a long footbridge or walk past a big park depending on the route you took. We still went, but parents were much more nervous after Etan Patz disappeared. And no one knew what happened to him for a very very long time, which made the whole situation even worse and parents more paranoid.I don't know what "back then" you're referring to, but even when I was young we had reason to be paranoid. Natalee Holloway is FAR from the reason people are cautious now, as we knew way before her case that the world was a scary, dangerous place.
My neighbor was murdered in the 1980s on spring break. Even then, we were surprised by her actions that led to it. Even then, we all said, "But didn't she know that was stupid? Everyone knows not to go with a stranger!"
There have always been murderers and psychopaths in the world. It's not like it's something new.
@SheCheers that is so scary!
And the cheersport story almost gave me an anxiety attack.
OT - where will you be in Costa Rica? We love it there. Plan to retire to Nosara (Nicoyan peninsula) eventually someday if possible.I feel like I've been independent since I was 16 to be honest. Got a car for my 16th birthday and ever since have been driving back and forth between MI and IN (parents live in dif states 2 hours away), driving myself to comps alone (few hours- to Toledo, Indy, Chicago) and I'm doing a gap year in Costa Rica this upcoming year where I'll be flying alone to and from several times.
I need to hang out wherever you met your boyfriend.
Rich people are all fun and games until you realize they're stupid just like everybody else. :D That and the collateral damage is usually 20x worse. You can buy a personalized yacht with 3 jacuzzis, but you can't buy class or empathy...You must not have read her stories of the craziness of her boyfriend and the break-up. Trust me: you do NOT want to hang out where she met her boyfriend!
The Etan Patz case is heartbreaking. I was watching YouTube videos about it, and his parents haven't changed their address or phone number, just in case he wanders home someday.I think for me, growing up in a NYC borough, the disapperance of Etan Patz was the definitive life changer. I was either in 4th or 5th grade when that happened; it absolutely changed my parents' perspective on many things. I was walking to school by myself/with peers sans adults from the time I was in 2nd grade, and while the elementary and junior high schools were only a little over .5 miles away, it was on the other side of our neighborhood and we had to either cross over a highway on a long footbridge or walk past a big park depending on the route you took. We still went, but parents were much more nervous after Etan Patz disappeared. And no one knew what happened to him for a very very long time, which made the whole situation even worse and parents more paranoid.
We go to Aruba quite often, and Natalee Holloway inevitably comes up every time. Not to belittle what happend to her by any means because it is tragic, but I view that case more of the "older teen feeling invincible and doing something stupid thinking nothing would ever happen to her" rather than one of a child or teen being in a situation that should not have been a scary one but somehow turned out very wrong.
I don't know how many of you followed the recent situation in Silver Springs, Maryland, about the parents being investigated by CPS for allowing their 10 year old and 6 year old to play at the park and walk home by themselves (about a mile), but the mom is actually a good friend of mine from HS days. I have very mixed emotions about the whole thing - while I agree with her that her kids should be able to do that, it is not something I would have let my kids do at that age, nor would my mom have let me do with my sibs. It is kind of like our uniforms thread title - just because you can do it, doesn't mean you should. My mom at age 10 though was watching both of her younger sisters in the playground near her house.
My friend's father worked with the DA's office for years trying to crack this case. It all but consumed him.The Etan Patz case is heartbreaking. I was watching YouTube videos about it, and his parents haven't changed their address or phone number, just in case he wanders home someday.
And the fact that there are sickos falsely confessing to having kidnapped and murdered him is so disgusting and frustrating.
The day isn't over yet. Also Glitter Penguins won, I saw it on Facebook!Back to the topic. Not a great day for CEA (except Phoenix, who got paid). So, as (expensive) Disney ends, I can see where parents would be frustrated with California on the horizon for SE & SCE, and Vegas for LE. As a business owner, it would make sense to promise to cut travel, to entice families to stay.
The day isn't over yet. Also Glitter Penguins won, I saw it on Facebook!
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