Imagine if one of your children loved getting drunk, ripping off their shirt and getting a sun tan while enjoying their mediocrity, but your other child was low-key and kept to themselves. This was the case when a Chicago mother of two 6-year-old twins had one son who is a Chicago White Sox fan and a daughter that is a diehard Chicago Cubs fan. Well mom thought it would be a fun idea to give the diehard Sox fan a Cubs pillow pet. It didn’t go over well.
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