bah, my mom is unenlightened

[toolfan62]

sucks for u guys..my mom plays paintball

[gc82000]

I am a mother of 2(toolfan is my son) and I have been playing paintball consistantly since Jan of this year.

wow I wish you could be my mom.

Oh and make sure you clean your room so she can't hold that against you :)

Never mind. My mom would be happy if I just closed the door, so she would not see the mess.

[gc82000]

Oh yeah to Robobeaver. I am 22 and my mom still hates the fact that I play paintball. But she knows that I am very good (not trying to be concieted) and the fact that i was picked up on a team helped her see it as a sport and not a waste of cash. oh yeah it would help if you played with some friends, preferably around your age, to show that you are doing it for fun and not a paramilitary training.

[SpecialBlend2786]

my mom doesn't hate paintball. she wants me to go. But she just hates the fact that i spend all my money on paintball stuffs......

I really should sell some of my markers that i dont use....

nah

[shartley]

[Halliday]

Show her the postive affects paintball has on your life,

be more organized at home (like you need to be to go play)
get along with others (like you need to be on a pick-up Rec day)
stay out of trouble (who wants to be grounded when they could be out playing pb?)

See? When she asks, "Why are you like this now?" tell her how paintball is having as positive affect in your life.

[luke]

I suggest YOU scrap up enough money for you and her to play for a day. Get a few friendly games going at your local field and let her make up her mind there. If you foot the bill for the day how can she refuse?

[Automaggin2]

That sucks. My parents love paintballing. Sometimes there like "Heres 30 bucks, go buy a case of paint, not a case of beer or pot"

Even though my dad has never tried it, he goes to all the events with me. He loves watching it.

[ZEROorDIE]

ya definitely make a lot of friends that you can play with. and dont let her get on your nerves. (and dont buy one of those m16-look-a-like markers )

my dad hated paintball but ilet him use my gun once and he went out and bought one and plays with me and my friends every weekend

my mom doesnt care but she wont let me get a job so i keep hitting her up for money so she will

[RoboBeaver]

well the thing is, my step dad and mom absolutley HATE guns. when i was shooting some paint at this ile of sticks i told my mom to shoot it acouple times and she refused, she wont even hold my mag if i ask her to while i tie my shoe or something. so i think playing paintball is out fot he question, but i did, with the help of that safety record thing, and some other stuff convince her that paintball was a good thing for me to be doing with my spare time.
in the way of it being a sport, as soon as we get our stuff together, and figure out some team stuff, me and afew friends will be starting a team, it will be alittle while though, we have to see who actually pans out to be a good player, msot of them are just getting in to speedball, or just getting higher end guns :)

[nirvana1234]

here are some links to help you out

http://pbnation.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=239675

http://pbnation.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14018

http://pbreview.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=216266

http://durtydan.paintballresource.org/www.durtydan.com/ddpis/ddpmain.html

these all should help a lot

[Crighton]

Because we all know proffesional training for army situations includes taking cover behind big bouncy infatable balloons. Er bunkers.

[RoboBeaver]

lol, thats what i said, she thought that we called it "killing" someone when you eliminated someone :)

[Digits]

Tell her to screw off and your going to smoke some pot since you can't play

no but really do it!..

lol

I can't stand parents that are against paintball, it's so stupid.. What would they rather there kids be spending money and time on.. Drugs and booze?

My parents support it 100%, hell there company even sponsors my team.. I <3 them.

Oh and to the kids who think everyone should have to work to play, screw off.. The only reason any of you say that is because your parents wont give you a dime to play, so instead of making yourselfes look like asses and complaining all the time just shut your pie holes.

BTW.. Other then sponsoring my team a bit of money my parents don't really pay for me playing, i'm sure they would, but I don't ask them to because I usually ahve money to play anywayes.

[rx2]

It sounds to me like your mother is the type of person who will never change. I mean no offense, but your parents seem like the type that are too stubborn and perhaps insecure to consider that there may be other sides to something that they don't see outright. You could probably play for the rest of your life, earn money from it, and never get injured, and they would still have something negative to say about it. Even if they started to see the light, they may very well be the type who would then refuse to admit it, lest they risk being the recipient of an "I told you so" type of reprisal. The fact that they hate guns, and make an eggregiously over-simplified equation of paintball to them, and thus hate paintball, is evidence to me that they are simply refusing at the situation in an accurate light (although there are other reasons I am sure).

Like SHartley, I think that you should just try to lay low. Do what you have got to do, and don't step on any toes. Once you are completely independent of your parents, then you can berate them all you want. I am sure that they have what others may deem to be silly, time-wasting hobbies and habits.

I was lucky - my parents had no problems with paintball. My parents realized that there was a huge difference between it and combat simulation or ersatz-killing.