RfukfreeflyingW 0 #26 July 15, 2005 Quotemy point? My parents love me more than my brother Jen ohh so u find pleasure in the rest of ur familys pain huh? your poor brother... do u know what it's like being the black sheep! IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT I TELL YA!---- -God, you are the perfect amount of dumb... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashtanga 0 #27 July 15, 2005 QuoteShe worries a tad, but she just came to watch me jump at TF idaho bridge... She worries not so much now... Leroy, what did she say about the CNN coverage of you brother hanging off an antenna? Bwahahahahaha! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #28 July 15, 2005 If its the only recognition I get from my folks, sure... throw brother under the bus! Plus, when we were little, he was a little punk who used to trip me in the school halls - this is me getting even I was such a geek in school even my parents made fun of me - now that I'm cool, well... I'm enjoying it JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydivingNurse 0 #29 July 15, 2005 Hire me as an executive consultant, I'll explain it all to them Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caspar 0 #30 July 15, 2005 my mum thinks its great...my dad tries to forget i do it...the problem mainly started when i rang my dad with absolutely no cash to pay rent (im at uni)...he told me that if i can afford to jump out of a fucking plane i can afford to pay my way at uni...baked beans are nice, but when you eat them 364 days of the year, they start to give you gas "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashtanga 0 #31 July 15, 2005 I lived off of a case of free soy nuts for a month once. They are really dry but if you chew them up and then fill your mouth with water to moisten them and swallow they can fill you up. I was so broke I could not even afford ramen noodles. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #32 July 15, 2005 My parents were cool about my skydiving. Last month they came back from a road trip through Europe to Italy and said they'd seen BASE jumpers near some big cliffs in the North of Italy. They said they'd found me a very nice chalet I could stay in if I wanted to go jump the cliffs with them. They thought it was a cool idea. I explained why I was shocked my mother was trying to push me into BASE. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyyhi 0 #33 July 15, 2005 This post cracks me up. I had nearly 100 jumps before I told my dad I jump. why? Because my dad is one of those old school pilots who always believed it was only idiots that jump out of perfectly good airplanes. Well, I told him. Then he gets all cool on me and tells me about when he was learning how to fly he and his buddies thought they should know how to jump out of the plane if something went wrong so they went and took a first jump course and did a static line jump (mind you, my dad learned how to fly in the 50's so the course was 15 minutes and the jump was on a round). Then he proceeds to tell me about his friend who was a demo jumper and some other buddies of his that jumped - a couple of them still jumping today. . .old timers we would call them. . . So it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be and now he brags to people that his daughter jumps out of perfectly good airplanes. . .lol________________________________________ Take risks not to escape life… but to prevent life from escaping. ~ A bumper sticker at the DZ FGF #6 Darcy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #34 July 15, 2005 Quote"They've been to the moon. They don't need an African to tell them how to jump out of aircraft!" There are may posts after this one that I have not read yet, but I am VERY upset by this comment... It made me laugh VERY hard before I was ready this morning and I think I pulled a muscle!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 801 #35 July 15, 2005 buy a motorcycle - those things are WAAAAAY more dangerous than jumping...just ask my mom how she worries on the weekends I ride my bike to the drop zone.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
junior_240 0 #36 July 15, 2005 Moms will worry till the day they die. like someone said before, it's their job. my mom didn't really freak out, she was a bit concerned though. I told her all about it from what I've learned - gear, AAD's, jumps, safety, ...etc - yeah there is a risk, but there is a risk in everything you do. I was a little late on getting an AAD (90 jumps) and that worried her. She kept on asking me if I had gotten "one of those altimeter thingies yet" which she meant an AAD. i laughed and told her the differenct between an alti. and an AAD and explaining what the device was (for the 85th time) Since I live about 4 hours away from my parents I make sure to call them at the end of the day on satrurday and sunday or any day I jump just to let them know I'm OK. Plus she likes to hear about all my jumps and what I did on them. There was recently an accident at my DZ and I told my mom about it. She got a little upset and I told her that I'll be the safest I can and that anything can happen. But she understands this is what I like to do and she accepts that. I think I might get her to do a tandem before the summer is over. She's always wanted to do one so I just have see if she'll actually go through with it. I would be so happy for her if she did. anyways, Gotta LOVE the Moms Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tdog 0 #37 July 15, 2005 Education... My parents opened up after they watched 24 training 4-way jumps from a camp weekend... They said, "wait, everytime I see you standing in the doorway that is a NEW jump?" My mom is doing her tandem for her 60th birthday tomorrow... She really wants to do it, so bad that she told EVERYONE but me so it would be a "surprise"... Of course EVERYONE was morally obligated to tell me, so off we go to the DZ. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ashtanga 0 #38 July 15, 2005 To answer your question my family was not happy when I started skydiving. They thought I was crazy. Then I quit my good salary job and started skydiving full time. That made them mad. What made it even worse is that they cosigned my car and I could no longer afford to pay it so they pretty much cut me off. Now I am back in the real world and I have almost payed them the money back. Our relationship is not the same as it was before I went to skydive full time, though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Paige 0 #39 July 15, 2005 OMG you still have my quote up there, lol Tunnel Pink Mafia Delegate www.TunnelPinkMafia.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites StreetScooby 5 #40 July 15, 2005 Case of beer Green bottles. Just leave them with Joe Bird at the Ranch.We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites IanHarrop 42 #41 July 15, 2005 I started skydiving 29 years ago and my parents only recently stopped worrying about me. The solution? My son got hooked and is jumping now! So I suggest Transference as the solution. Once he started jumping they stopped worrying about me and now worry about their grandson!"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RfukfreeflyingW 0 #42 July 15, 2005 and a GREAT quote it is at that! ---- -God, you are the perfect amount of dumb... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Guest #43 July 15, 2005 Am I understanding this correctly? You've got the stones to run your own company in NYC but are afraid of your own parents? I wish I had that kind of relationship with my parents; id est, that I cared about them or their feelings at all. So don't fret, dude. Consider yourself blessed that you have such a close relationship with your parents that such issues come up. Must be nice. In answer to your query, most whuffos know only what they've seen in the media. You could try educating them. If the IMAX in NYC is showing "Adrenaline Rush - the Science of Risk", take them to see it. Welcome to the Blue Skies, BTW. mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Paige 0 #44 July 15, 2005 Quoteand a GREAT quote it is at that! I was talking about the shots, I don't know where you guys and gals get this crazy stuff Tunnel Pink Mafia Delegate www.TunnelPinkMafia.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Muenkel 0 #45 July 15, 2005 I was on vacation when I decided to do a tandem on a whim. After reserving my slot I was so excited I had to call my dad and tell him what I was going to do. My dad is the easygoing one, my mom worries. I call dad and tell him I'm going to do a tandem the next day, but not to tell mom because she will freak out. Unbeknownst to me, my dad was a nervous wreck all night and all the following day. He couldn't get any work done. After the jump, I call my mom and said "Guess what I just did." Her response was "You got married." I say no. She then said "You jumped out of a plane." I replied "How did you know?" She replies "I always knew you would do it one of these days." No freak out, just laughter on her part. Meanwhile dad is at the office sweating bullets waiting to hear from me. Go figure. I agree with what Airtwado said...get a video. When my parents saw the videos of my tandems and AFF, they could see the joy in my face. They never worried. Good luck and welcome! _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites dixieskydiver 0 #46 July 15, 2005 QuoteOMG you still have my quote up there, lol Hehe yea. We don't have any whipped cream at my bar so noone has been asking me for any blow jobs Dixie HISPA #56 Facil Rodriguez "Scientific research has shown that 60% of the time, it works every time." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Muenkel 0 #47 July 15, 2005 QuoteI'm a 32 year old guy, living in New York City. Single, 2 cats. BTW, now would be a good time to tell them you're gay. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ntrprnr 0 #48 July 15, 2005 Wow - Geat replies! Thanks all, so much. So good to know it's not only my parents. :) OK - to answer a few of the questions... I'm jumping at Skydive The Ranch, that's where I've been training. About 85 or so miles outside the city. It's not so much that I fear mom and dad, or worry about their wrath or anything, I just don't need them worrying about me all the time - I'd prefer there to be a way to get them to chill - hopefully, if I can bring them up to the Ranch at some point, they can see what I'm doing and understand how I do it, that I take all the precautions I can, that I'm not reckless, etc. Hopefully, they'll get it. The guilt factor - My mom is like the obi-wan of the guilt factor. Again, thanks much for all the answers - yes - I owe a case of beer. If there are gatherings, and I assume there are, I shall bring. ntrprnr_______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RippedCord 0 #49 July 15, 2005 Quote Basically, how do you get them to stop worrying? You divorce unreasonable people like this from your life and move on. 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tdog 0 #37 July 15, 2005 Education... My parents opened up after they watched 24 training 4-way jumps from a camp weekend... They said, "wait, everytime I see you standing in the doorway that is a NEW jump?" My mom is doing her tandem for her 60th birthday tomorrow... She really wants to do it, so bad that she told EVERYONE but me so it would be a "surprise"... Of course EVERYONE was morally obligated to tell me, so off we go to the DZ. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashtanga 0 #38 July 15, 2005 To answer your question my family was not happy when I started skydiving. They thought I was crazy. Then I quit my good salary job and started skydiving full time. That made them mad. What made it even worse is that they cosigned my car and I could no longer afford to pay it so they pretty much cut me off. Now I am back in the real world and I have almost payed them the money back. Our relationship is not the same as it was before I went to skydive full time, though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paige 0 #39 July 15, 2005 OMG you still have my quote up there, lol Tunnel Pink Mafia Delegate www.TunnelPinkMafia.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #40 July 15, 2005 Case of beer Green bottles. Just leave them with Joe Bird at the Ranch.We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 42 #41 July 15, 2005 I started skydiving 29 years ago and my parents only recently stopped worrying about me. The solution? My son got hooked and is jumping now! So I suggest Transference as the solution. Once he started jumping they stopped worrying about me and now worry about their grandson!"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RfukfreeflyingW 0 #42 July 15, 2005 and a GREAT quote it is at that! ---- -God, you are the perfect amount of dumb... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #43 July 15, 2005 Am I understanding this correctly? You've got the stones to run your own company in NYC but are afraid of your own parents? I wish I had that kind of relationship with my parents; id est, that I cared about them or their feelings at all. So don't fret, dude. Consider yourself blessed that you have such a close relationship with your parents that such issues come up. Must be nice. In answer to your query, most whuffos know only what they've seen in the media. You could try educating them. If the IMAX in NYC is showing "Adrenaline Rush - the Science of Risk", take them to see it. Welcome to the Blue Skies, BTW. mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paige 0 #44 July 15, 2005 Quoteand a GREAT quote it is at that! I was talking about the shots, I don't know where you guys and gals get this crazy stuff Tunnel Pink Mafia Delegate www.TunnelPinkMafia.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #45 July 15, 2005 I was on vacation when I decided to do a tandem on a whim. After reserving my slot I was so excited I had to call my dad and tell him what I was going to do. My dad is the easygoing one, my mom worries. I call dad and tell him I'm going to do a tandem the next day, but not to tell mom because she will freak out. Unbeknownst to me, my dad was a nervous wreck all night and all the following day. He couldn't get any work done. After the jump, I call my mom and said "Guess what I just did." Her response was "You got married." I say no. She then said "You jumped out of a plane." I replied "How did you know?" She replies "I always knew you would do it one of these days." No freak out, just laughter on her part. Meanwhile dad is at the office sweating bullets waiting to hear from me. Go figure. I agree with what Airtwado said...get a video. When my parents saw the videos of my tandems and AFF, they could see the joy in my face. They never worried. Good luck and welcome! _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dixieskydiver 0 #46 July 15, 2005 QuoteOMG you still have my quote up there, lol Hehe yea. We don't have any whipped cream at my bar so noone has been asking me for any blow jobs Dixie HISPA #56 Facil Rodriguez "Scientific research has shown that 60% of the time, it works every time." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #47 July 15, 2005 QuoteI'm a 32 year old guy, living in New York City. Single, 2 cats. BTW, now would be a good time to tell them you're gay. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ntrprnr 0 #48 July 15, 2005 Wow - Geat replies! Thanks all, so much. So good to know it's not only my parents. :) OK - to answer a few of the questions... I'm jumping at Skydive The Ranch, that's where I've been training. About 85 or so miles outside the city. It's not so much that I fear mom and dad, or worry about their wrath or anything, I just don't need them worrying about me all the time - I'd prefer there to be a way to get them to chill - hopefully, if I can bring them up to the Ranch at some point, they can see what I'm doing and understand how I do it, that I take all the precautions I can, that I'm not reckless, etc. Hopefully, they'll get it. The guilt factor - My mom is like the obi-wan of the guilt factor. Again, thanks much for all the answers - yes - I owe a case of beer. If there are gatherings, and I assume there are, I shall bring. ntrprnr_______________ "Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?" "Even in freefall, I have commitment issues." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RippedCord 0 #49 July 15, 2005 Quote Basically, how do you get them to stop worrying? You divorce unreasonable people like this from your life and move on. AMDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dixieskydiver 0 #50 July 15, 2005 QuoteQuoteI'm a 32 year old guy, living in New York City. Single, 2 cats. BTW, now would be a good time to tell them you're gay. Thats exactly what I thought when I read that!! Dixie HISPA #56 Facil Rodriguez "Scientific research has shown that 60% of the time, it works every time." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
