Aly Raisman, the 18-year-old Olympian, has the most intense parents at the Olympics. Night before last, she nailed the floor routine and expressed how badly she want to be considered an all-around gymnast. Obviously, she has worked incredibly hard her entire life to make it to where she is now and her parents have supported her the whole way.
I imagine that when your child makes gymnastics their entire life, it becomes the parent’s entire life. I can’t fathom how difficult it would be to watch your kid compete to be the best of the best after years of hard work and effort. Watch Aly’s parents being adorable and totally losing it in the stands during her run on the uneven bars.
Watch for her dad’s face at the end. You can almost feel his relief! [via buzzfeed]
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This felt more “overbearing whackjob” & less “cute” to me.
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Hahah, my friend and I were watching this the other day and were cracking up!
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Oh dear they look psycho. Those are the kind of parents who push their gymnast children to the edge as described in Little Girls in Pretty Boxes.
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Uh that is not adorable.
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How is intense adorable?
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I definitely thought they looked like they were on some coke or something
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i think it was really funny and i don’t know why the people around them aren’t laughing.
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Aww, the video says it’s private!
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LOL. The dialog in my head has the father trying to hold in a turd because he doesn’t want to miss his daughter’s performance and then he farts and everything was better.