King of cups****** warning this could be a TMI post
I went cup shopping last night. After hearing Corby's soccer rack story again (it involved things swelling quite a bit, and needles) I decided I didn't want to play cupless anymore. The trouble is the cups I used to wear for baseball, and softball are quite large, I'm talking gravy boats, or banana splits. Many NFL players don't wear cups because they don't like the perceived restriction of movement, and in soccer I need more freedom than I ever did on the diamond. Now in my experience when a man runs around like a nut, he's not at his best, not like a cold pool mind, but still. Nature puts things away when they are not needed. So I won't be serving banana splits in other words. I picked out the absolute smallest cup that I thought would offer some measure of protection, without making me feel like Gene Simmons in a giant cod piece.
The other problem that had to be addressed was the raspberry on my hip, it's been five days and it still hurts and looks terrible. So I decided I need the modern version of the compression short. I found one made by Under Armor that seems to fit the bill, it's like a compression short, but not as long, and made of a more comfortable material.
Alas my turn comes.
Sock size men's 10-13
Under armor size large
cup youth size large
I was just sure the cashier was gonna say something like.
'sir this is a YOUTH size'
What do you say?
It's not mine....it's for my son...honest..this sort of thing ain't my bag baby...I'm comfortable with my masculinity. really I am...honest.....
Thankfully my self respect was sparred any acknowledgement of the size differential.
The other problem that had to be addressed was the raspberry on my hip, it's been five days and it still hurts and looks terrible. So I decided I need the modern version of the compression short. I found one made by Under Armor that seems to fit the bill, it's like a compression short, but not as long, and made of a more comfortable material.
Alas my turn comes.
Sock size men's 10-13
Under armor size large
cup youth size large
I was just sure the cashier was gonna say something like.
'sir this is a YOUTH size'
What do you say?
It's not mine....it's for my son...honest..this sort of thing ain't my bag baby...I'm comfortable with my masculinity. really I am...honest.....
Thankfully my self respect was sparred any acknowledgement of the size differential.
posted by Robert_M at 8:25 AM
2 Comments:
When I used to spar at Tae Kwon Do, we wore our cups on the outside. you had to wait for your match forever. So when it was your turn, you would put your cup on over the uniform. It was kind of a fashion statement with the rest of your pads in those circles. You should try to get this fashion to catch on in your soccer games. Maybe people will not be willing to defend you with a cup on the outside of your shorts.
Good idea! maybe on with spikes
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