my mom is mad at me... i blame paintball

[master_alexander]

ok my mom has a slowly growing anger. When i got ome from school today i shot my pb gun for about a minute and then went inside. i called my friend to set up our next paintball meeting. then i went oh here for a little while, and took a shower (tmi i know). after that i went down for dinner, did dishes and played greg hastings on xbox while looking at a paintball magazine and going on my laptop here on AO. so this has been going on for about a week (minus a couple of things) and my mom now hates hearing about paintball. it's my life. so now i am in my room not to look at my gun downstairs locked in the closet with my mafgazine. I have "homework" that requires the internet so i still hav my computer. so as you can see i am now bored and am posting this on Ao for no other reason other than to ask everyone if they have ver ben in the same situation.

[ej_y4]

You have a big problem, you need to go to PA (Paintball Anymous) meeting. What your going through is normall for most players when they start

[50 cal]

Uuh, no. Just you dude.

Messing with you. The wife gets tired of it sometimes. But I take my twin boys p-balling a bunch, so she's usually pretty cool with it.

[ilovemags2]

lol, I'm not alone!

[mag88888]

my mom used to hate it but..... well not anymore.

[Head knight of Ni]

Just don't talk about it to outsiders as much. To them it gets confusing and annoying after three sentences. People will complain if you don't stop, take good care of your equipment but think twice about cleaning it around the family areas.

[68bird]

same here

yea my mom use to hate and my brother does cuz he says i talk about it to much and he hates when my mag is taking his spot on the couch one time he took my barrel and hid it for a week. its been going on, on and off for the last four years. i will win eventually and get them both to play. my dad thinks its funny cuz i was trying to show off and i got it in the head twice one time.

[Boski51]

Tell her that it could be worst. You could be into porn, drugs, drinking and vandalism.... Oh hold on, you'll be into that in college...sorry. Don't listent to me. My Mom couldn't stand anything that i was into when I was your age either. Its a mom thing. Just try to remember that she loves you more than life itself...thats kind of why she can seem so damn crazy half the time.

More useless advice. Moms and Dads were just like you once. Did stuff their parents hated. Then they had kids (you) and they went from being fun loving adults to half crazed parents that no can understand. Loving your kids drives you crazy and drives the kids crazy too.

She'll get over it.

[WenULiVeUdiE]

I'm kinda the same, except I am "addicted" to forums. Dont go too crazy now, you may experience minor withdrawl.

[RRfireblade]

Some prob with the wife occassionally.

Easiest way to fix it, for me,is to play more Tennis(lot's of lovely ladies at the courts) or Golf with my regular pair, another lovely...single lady. A little bit of that and the Grubby Paintball guys are looking pretty good as far as she's concerned.

[master_alexander]

Just don't talk about it to outsiders as much. To them it gets confusing and annoying after three sentences. People will complain if you don't stop, take good care of your equipment but think twice about cleaning it around the family areas.

i got some kids into school into paintball and they are total acting newbies... think they know everything and don't know a barrel from their paintball. and i talk to them and 3 sentinces in.. "hey is that andrew, hey andrew!!" or something like that.

yeah like cleaning it in the kitchen in the middle of the island in the sink, washing out your 90* q loader elbow and having it get all over masil. my dad caught the mail and my mom never saw, thank god.

go us die hard paintballers.

[tony3]

This is exactly why I never mention paintball to my parents. Except my dad, since he asks about it most of the time.

[JoshK]

I wouldnt blame paintball. I would blame YOU for being obsesed (sp?).

[master_alexander]

I wouldnt blame paintball. I would blame YOU for being obsesed (sp?).

yea i get kinna obsessive when i want something, paintball, airsoft, computers, pistols, and justabout annything i get into. but it is paintballs fault for being there, and i never said it was a bad thing.

[JoshK]

I am the same way though...it is our faults for being obsessed...but paintball is a very attractive thing to be obsessed about