I Like Tennis!

Once upon a time, a very sporty young man decided that when he gets a girlfriend, he is going to get one who has short hair, loves sports like he does and they are going to do lots of sports together.

Alas, fate intervened and he eventually met, fell in love with and married the LEAST SPORTY PERSON ON EARTH! To rub salt to the wound, she had long hair too! She couldnt swim, she couldnt run. She couldnt ride a bike, couldnt play most sports and hated the sun. He was destined to lead a life where he had to pursue his passion for sports on his own...

Him taking part in a run and her all dressed up nicely for the beach to WATCH HIM RUN... And that was more than 10 years ago...

That is... perhaps... till they had a son.

As the little boy grew, it seemed obvious to everyone around that he had developed a passion for inactive hobbies like watching YOUTUBE VIDEOS, recycling junk, building cardboard weapons, reading comic books.. A little like his mother...

Alas, the young man, who is not so young now...is not one to resign to fate...

When his son started to be of school going age, he sent him to learn swimming...

He tried to send his son to Karate but his son gave up after a few lessons.




It did not help that his son could not run very fast, had poor stamina and had poor ball sense. "It's such a waste your son is not into sports, " his PE teacher friend told him. "If he were in my school I will certainly put him into the school team and put his exceptional height to good use!"

He was determined to MAKE his son SPORTY. He tried to bring him along when he goes running or play soccer. But that happens only like one in a blue moon.

He remains hopeful and hit jackpot when his son was posted to the Recreational Floorball Team in school. Whether he liked it or not, his son had to at least go for Floorball training every week:)


And then, one fine day... the man's friend, the same PE Teacher, asked if he would like to play tennis together. Little did he know that that was going to be THE turning point where his dreams and aspirations is starting to slowly come true...

But this did not come without challenges. As the man accepted the invitation, he was now perplexed with a new problem-- Just where is his tennis racket?

He tried to search for a long time and only found... THIS.

His brother decided to offer some assistance and found him his racket.. and the rest they say... is history...

He brought his son along to the tennis session and his inactive son said he actually enjoyed it and will like to play tennis.

The man who thought his dreams were not meant to be is now happily searching for group tennis lessons that his son can enjoy so that they can put the tennis courts in their condo to good use:)

And then, they lived happily ever after.

 ~THE END~

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