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Message: [QUOTE="Puppy Love, post: 3398278, member: 8101"] I don’t know about an ‘excuse’, but women are still the major caretakers of both children and aging parents. Here is my reality. When I was single with no children, I attended 6 to 10 games a year often traveling great distances to do so. I went to regionals and 2 Final Fours (one where my school wasn’t playing). Then I married a man with equally shared custody of three school aged children. All of my time became about raising a family and transporting children to and from various events. Now the kids are grown, but I will spend today advocating for my 86-year-old mother. She went to a rehab center after 10 days in the hospital with a viral infection. They are intent on keeping her longer than she needs to be there so that they can milk every Medicare rehab dollar they can get. While she was in the hospital, I spent most of my time there to make sure she was cared for, so now I’m behind on my full-time job as a senior data analyst. Life doesn’t leave a lot of time to do [B]anything[/B] for myself. Most of the women I know who have resources and could spend them attending sporting events are in similar situations. [/QUOTE]