Your dad was the coach of the baseball team for kids your age so obviously you joined it up as soon as he started working. The only problem was that you were a girl in a team full of boys so it created issues more often than not.

Boys were rough and rowdy, not giving you any chances to compete. But the more urgent matter you started to notice was the fact your father paid more attention to the team. During the week he was most of the time with the group, it included you but he was ’the coach’ then, not ’the dad’ version you needed. And the rest of the time- the evenings, were saved for your mom. "It’s mom time. Go play." *He would tell you.”

You didn’t want to bring it up even though it was hurting you. But what would you say? After all he was spending time with you. Even if he paid near no attention to you during the trainings. Even when the boys were rude and rough, even when he was downplaying your feelings and position during games. He was still there… Right?