Another man buying your son a Chelsea shirt instead of LCFC

[Jace]

be happy hes spending money on your kid..

[Lesta Legend]

That's out of order and the kind of thing a stepdad should probably have left well alone.

However, if you buy him a Leicester shirt and actually take him to a game where he will experience the atmosphere and excitement of a match in the flesh, he'll surely make the right decision and the Chelsea shirt will be on its way to Oxfam before he knows it.

Exactly just get him the Leicester kit (keep at yours), take him to the games etc make it your thing together, never stop... be the bigger man not a d*ck - as long as your kid is safe with this bloke then I wouldn't make it an issue

As long as your always there for him he'll look up to you and do what you do... understand you, from experience is wrenching.... but just got a season ticket with me 9 yr old lad... hang in there

[The Year Of The Fox]

That's out of order and the kind of thing a stepdad should probably have left well alone.

However, if you buy him a Leicester shirt and actually take him to a game where he will experience the atmosphere and excitement of a match in the flesh, he'll surely make the right decision and the Chelsea shirt will be on its way to Oxfam before he knows it.

probably best not to take him to leicester to witness atmosphere and excitement.

In all seriousness you have every right to be gutted by it. Definitely something he shouldnt have got involved with. Though he could just be thinking itll help your son fit in at school, you know how kids can get bullied over little things like that.

Speak to your ex but dont blow your top over it. If I ever have a kid it'd be the one thing id look forward to doing, and it should be a right of passage to every new parent

[LCFC_FAN_1995]

That's out of order and the kind of thing a stepdad should probably have left well alone.

However, if you buy him a Leicester shirt and actually take him to a game where he will experience the atmosphere and excitement of a match in the flesh, he'll surely make the right decision and the Chelsea shirt will be on its way to Oxfam before he knows it.

This is Leicester we're on about

[fleckneymike]

[poggypogpog]

Cheers guys (notice that comic sans is now off Fleckney. I think this is the default )

I can't get to Peterboro match because of work, but by the time the Blackpool game is finished he will be a true City supporter!

[Fox92]

Chelsea?

[DorsetFox9]

like someone said further up, kits don't mean much to a 5 year old. take him to the big games this season, get him a nice kit, hopefully LCFC will help you out by going on a cup run, i got hooked in when my dad took me to the Worthington Cup final.

[fleckneymike]

Cheers guys (notice that comic sans is now off Fleckney. I think this is the default )

I can't get to Peterboro match because of work, but by the time the Blackpool game is finished he will be a true City supporter!

You are forgiven.

At the risk of going against the tide of public opinion as long as you love him and he loves you then you're golden.

[Corky]

Couldn't he, for the time being, "support" both?

So you take him to Leicester matches and he follows Chelsea from afar until he hopefully grows out of the latter

[Zingari]

Don’t make a big issue out of it .

The kid’s got enough to deal with without having to put up with petty adult squabbles about a fookin football shirt .

On a list of priorities regarding your son’s welfare and development, this really should be languishing somewhere near the bottom. This is all about you!

Be the man here, not some pathetic whinging bitch

[Corky]

Also, I doubt the Chelsea shirt would fall apart like the LCFC one

[I am Rod Hull]

Also, I doubt the Chelsea shirt would fall apart like the LCFC one

And the sleeves dont look gay.

[RedHux]

Take him to games, Buy him stuff, make your trips to the KP as enjoyable as possible. If this other bloke was any kind of football fan he would understand the bond between a fathers team and his sons soon to be team is sacred, but as he's a chelsea fan I doubt he has much idea about actually supporting a team.

You have a fight on your hands where at times you will have to be the bigger man, but it's very much a winnable fight. Most importantly, have a great time with your son. The rest will follow.

[Jaspa]

Become Alfa, and out Dad the Step-Dad

Make Leicester sound really cool and diss Chelsea in a very funny way to your Son

Oh, and this really isnt the best place to be airing this laundry

[shade]

Become Alfa, and out Dad the Step-Dad

Make Leicester sound really cool and diss Chelsea in a very funny way to your Son

Oh, and this really isnt the best place to be airing this laundry

who is Alfa?

[acooling08]

Are you on speaking terms with the step dad?

[Jace]

who is Alfa?

Maybe?

[Leicfox]

I have been separated from my ex for a number of years now and she's been seeing a fella for a while.

I have a son with my ex who turns five in October. From day he was born, I have always said that my son would follow Leicester as it is his local team and it is the team I have supported since I was a boy. I've always said that once my son was old enough to choose a team I'd let him pick (so long as it wasn't Florist or Direby).

It was always my intention that this season, I would take my boy to his first city match. We'd make a day of it and he'd be bought a kit, scarf, hotdog and sweets etc before going into the game and we'd make a real day of it so he'd want to go back again. It was my mum who got me into the City and I've always been looking forward to doing this with my boy.

I have today discovered that my ex-partners fella has bought my son a Chelsea strip (this fella supports Chelsea despite being from Leicester) and has had him down the park wearing this strip with photos being taken etc. I have flipped my nut at this and had a massive rant about the fact that following a football team is something passed from father to son etc.

I just wondered what other peoples thoughts were? Am I right or wrong to be so angry about this?

Cheers

I think your wrong to be so angry but I understand where your coming from.

As long as your son is happy and your ex-partners fella is making an effort with your son I don't see it as a problem. He's only 5 yrs old and you have plenty of time to change his mind when you take him to games, hopefully he'll fall in love with the whole match day experience with his dad and never look back, that's what usually happens. Him having a Chelsea shirt although it's annoying you I can't see it making much difference if he starts to love going down to the KP Stadium.

Getting so angry about it will only cause tension between all parties concerned so I'd just let it slide and enjoy the time you spend with him.

[Lambert09]

I fully understand why your angry but my dad is a spurs fan and bought me a kit at a young age, I rejected this kit as my uncle at the time was a scout for Leicester and had bought me a leicester kit and taken me to meet the players. I should be a Tottenham fan but something didn't feel right. Leicester I just felt an attachment too and loved the club despite not really liking football at the time. Leicester created my love for football. So in answer to your question I think you should knock that guy out.... But you should let your child decide for himself.

[kingfox]

This is not on, not on at all.

I also get angry when you see kids in different football tops, going to Leicester games, glory hunting little shits.

Like I saw some kid in the shop yesterday in a Man City top.

Think you now need to piss through his letter box.

[Jace]

I have been separated from my ex for a number of years now and she's been seeing a fella for a while.

I have a son with my ex who turns five in October. From day he was born, I have always said that my son would follow Leicester as it is his local team and it is the team I have supported since I was a boy. I've always said that once my son was old enough to choose a team I'd let him pick (so long as it wasn't Florist or Direby).

It was always my intention that this season, I would take my boy to his first city match. We'd make a day of it and he'd be bought a kit, scarf, hotdog and sweets etc before going into the game and we'd make a real day of it so he'd want to go back again. It was my mum who got me into the City and I've always been looking forward to doing this with my boy.

I have today discovered that my ex-partners fella has bought my son a Chelsea strip (this fella supports Chelsea despite being from Leicester) and has had him down the park wearing this strip with photos being taken etc. I have flipped my nut at this and had a massive rant about the fact that following a football team is something passed from father to son etc.

I just wondered what other peoples thoughts were? Am I right or wrong to be so angry about this?

Cheers

Kids will always wear a new football shirt regardless of who it is or who bought it from them, this willy puller probably won't take him to any Chelsea matches so keep giving your son plenty of better reasons to support Leicester by being the better man by letting your son decide and take him to as much matches as possible and in time hopefully your son should make the right decision

[Danno]

Tell him that wearing a chelsea shirt gives you a contagious disease

[Jimothy]

Like RedHux said the guy supports Chelsea, he probably doesn't understand that bond between a father and son and their team. I actually think it hugely disrespectful. Like other have said though, take him to games, have fun, you'll win him over.

The only time you should buy another persons child a football shirt is in a situation like mine. I have a godson, his real dad has nothing to do with him, his mums now husband isn't a football fan, so I've sort of taken on the role of football dad. Other than something like that, it's just wrong.

[marty78]

Just get a Leicester shirt as well and let him support both if he wants. Its only football and he will make a decision naturally as he gets older. I don't think making it a competition between the new bloke and yourself is of any benefit to the boy.