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I have done the impossible.
My neighbor has two sons that he has been raising to be Cowboy fans their whole lives. They are 4 and 5 years old but both very interested in sports. They frequently come to visit me and Mason, the oldest one, came over at the beginning of the Rams first preseason game. He sat down with me and watched the entire game. I didn't think much of it because I just figured he enjoyed watching football in general.
He came over a few days later and found a Rams hat in my room. He put it on and starting chanting "Go Rams"! I encouraged him and laughed it off thinking he was only playing around.
About a week later, he came over again after the Rams had just beaten the Raiders in the next preseason game. Without any instruction, he went into my room and put on that Rams hat and began his chanting of "Go Rams" again. I figured I would show him the Rams won to fuel this a little more. We ended up watching Rams highlights for almost an hour and I taught him the names of several Ram players. He was starting to become invested.
A couple days pass and we had invited their whole family over for dinner. When Mason got there, he went back in my room and grabbed that hat again. His Cowboy fan father noticed it when we all sat down for dinner and he told him "Mason, go put that hat back, you are a Cowboy fan". There was a moments hesitation and then Mason stood up in his chair replying "No, dad, I'm not a Cowboys fan. I'm a Rams fan, go Rams!". A pretty awkward and heated argument ensued until his father took the hat and placed it on a shelf out of reach of the little guy. We all finished eating and they went home.
The next day Mason dropped by and asked if he could wear the Rams hat again. He told me "Dad told me I have to be a Cowboy fan but I'm not, I'm a Rams fan". I high-fived him and told him he could keep the hat, I have about 8 more. He took it home proudly, reaffirmed in his Rams fandom. I got a text from my neighbors wife later that night that Mason and his father were once again in a fierce argument over whether he was a Rams fan or a Cowboys fan. She continued on saying "I have never seen him so fixed on something. He even gave all his Cowboy gear to his little brother. His father is not having it".
The next morning I found the Rams hat outside my door with a note from my neighbor stating "Keep this away from Mason". It was never my intention to convert him over to the Rams side but I wasn't about to prevent him either so I put the hat right in the spot I knew he always looked for it. For the next couple weeks he came over periodically, always putting on the Rams hat and showing his Rams fandom by showing me pictures of a Rams logo he drew or telling me Rams player names he watched on YouTube. His father was not happy in the least but was convinced he would convert him back by having him watch the Cowboys opener.
Little Mason came over the Monday morning after the week 1 games smiling like he was in a candy shop. His father marched him up to me and asked him to tell me what he saw yesterday. Mason's smile went away and he said "I watched the Cowboys beat the Giants 19-3...". He paused a second, looked up at his dad, and said "but they didn't score 46 points!". Then he ran upstairs to my room and grabbed the Rams hat and started his chanting again. His dad said he gave up so now Mason is officially a Rams fan. His dad has October 1st circled on his calendar to try to dismantle that if the Cowboys can get a win off us but for now he is helpless against his son's strange love for the Rams. According to Mason, he will always be a fan of the Rams.
My neighbor has two sons that he has been raising to be Cowboy fans their whole lives. They are 4 and 5 years old but both very interested in sports. They frequently come to visit me and Mason, the oldest one, came over at the beginning of the Rams first preseason game. He sat down with me and watched the entire game. I didn't think much of it because I just figured he enjoyed watching football in general.
He came over a few days later and found a Rams hat in my room. He put it on and starting chanting "Go Rams"! I encouraged him and laughed it off thinking he was only playing around.
About a week later, he came over again after the Rams had just beaten the Raiders in the next preseason game. Without any instruction, he went into my room and put on that Rams hat and began his chanting of "Go Rams" again. I figured I would show him the Rams won to fuel this a little more. We ended up watching Rams highlights for almost an hour and I taught him the names of several Ram players. He was starting to become invested.
A couple days pass and we had invited their whole family over for dinner. When Mason got there, he went back in my room and grabbed that hat again. His Cowboy fan father noticed it when we all sat down for dinner and he told him "Mason, go put that hat back, you are a Cowboy fan". There was a moments hesitation and then Mason stood up in his chair replying "No, dad, I'm not a Cowboys fan. I'm a Rams fan, go Rams!". A pretty awkward and heated argument ensued until his father took the hat and placed it on a shelf out of reach of the little guy. We all finished eating and they went home.
The next day Mason dropped by and asked if he could wear the Rams hat again. He told me "Dad told me I have to be a Cowboy fan but I'm not, I'm a Rams fan". I high-fived him and told him he could keep the hat, I have about 8 more. He took it home proudly, reaffirmed in his Rams fandom. I got a text from my neighbors wife later that night that Mason and his father were once again in a fierce argument over whether he was a Rams fan or a Cowboys fan. She continued on saying "I have never seen him so fixed on something. He even gave all his Cowboy gear to his little brother. His father is not having it".
The next morning I found the Rams hat outside my door with a note from my neighbor stating "Keep this away from Mason". It was never my intention to convert him over to the Rams side but I wasn't about to prevent him either so I put the hat right in the spot I knew he always looked for it. For the next couple weeks he came over periodically, always putting on the Rams hat and showing his Rams fandom by showing me pictures of a Rams logo he drew or telling me Rams player names he watched on YouTube. His father was not happy in the least but was convinced he would convert him back by having him watch the Cowboys opener.
Little Mason came over the Monday morning after the week 1 games smiling like he was in a candy shop. His father marched him up to me and asked him to tell me what he saw yesterday. Mason's smile went away and he said "I watched the Cowboys beat the Giants 19-3...". He paused a second, looked up at his dad, and said "but they didn't score 46 points!". Then he ran upstairs to my room and grabbed the Rams hat and started his chanting again. His dad said he gave up so now Mason is officially a Rams fan. His dad has October 1st circled on his calendar to try to dismantle that if the Cowboys can get a win off us but for now he is helpless against his son's strange love for the Rams. According to Mason, he will always be a fan of the Rams.
