u/Many_Supermarket9286

I was talking to my husband about how much I used to love the smell of Target growing up. That unique mix of popcorn and clothing that I can still smell in my mind. Then I thought about what a typical Target smells like now, and it’s just an overpowering combination of aggressively fragranced laundry detergent, soaps, and cleaning supplies. Why does everything have to smell so . . . Much? It’s not even necessarily that the smells are unpleasant. It’s just that it’s too much.

Edited to add: I am not perimenopausal. 🤦🏻‍♀️ And this is something that I’ve noticed for a long time now.

Does anyone know what’s going on with Davis Cards and Games? Drove by today and it looks closed. They’re always busy-I can’t imagine they went out of business.

My son, 10, has an August birthday, and so due to the age change, is staying at U11 rather than moving up with the rest of his team. Our club tends to keep the coach with the same cohort for 2 years, which means that all of his old teammates are also moving on with their old coach. My son plays keeper, and has recently been offered a spot on his old (now) U12 A team, because they don’t have a keeper, and the coach doesn’t think any of the U12 B team players would be well served by moving to the A team. My son obviously wants very much to go back to his old team, but he would only be permitted, per club rules, to play up this year. Next year he’d go back to his current team and current coach. I want him to have fun and enjoy soccer for as long as possible. and he had a good experience playing on the older team, but it could be very different this year. Their opponents could be significantly bigger and tougher given the big change boys can start to go through at this age. I’m worried that if he’s just getting hammered in the goal, he’ll lose his love of playing.

My second concern is that if he does take the offer, and then next year goes back to his current coach, will the coach hold it against him that he left the team this year? I honestly don’t know if he has any other keepers on his team because after 3 weeks of practice, he hasn’t put a single kid in the goal. He also seems surprised every time my son mentions that he plays keeper, so I don’t think he’s counting on my son in that role.