When Did This Become A Bad Thing?

On Sunday afternoon my oldest son, a high school sophomore, had a rec league basketball game. This is a fun league, low stress. No practices, just games once per week. The bleachers were packed when we arrived as the previous game was still going, and I found myself surrounded by body odor, near audible eye rolling, and teenage angst. I couldn’t help but overhear the conversations going on around me, and I kept hearing the kids referring to the coaches for the two teams that were playing as “try