ARG!!! more parents & paintball help!

[MidgetFista]

just send the word and i'll send the boys round to sort yer dad out

but seriously... i was lucky, i grew up playing with toys guns, and my mum and dad didn't mind, it got me outta the house. I started playing pball at 16 and the first time , my mum just told me to put my dirty clothes in the washer and that was it. Hell i left my girlfriend to play pball

"i don't like you playing paintball"
".,....so what are you trying to say?"
"well neil, its paintball or me"

i decided on paintball..... i feel i made the better choice

Lurv

Neil

[snowman]

Hmmm...you could forge the waivers. Perhaps you could start doing drugs maybe your father would allow that instead. When I was your age I had to hide all my paintball crap at my friends house and then on weekends we used to go and find a field or woods to play and practice in. Most of the times the owners of the land didn't care as long as we asked them. Then again, you run into the problem of air fills and running out of paint. Hmmm...sounds like your screwed. Where do you live? Here in Wisconsin, you only have to be 16 to play.

[MikeCouves]

Man my parents kind of support it. Well my dad does sometimes when he is in a good mood.

He even came out to watch the tournament that the team and I won...which felt really good for him to be there, it's what me and my friends do.

Well I say you really try and convince him with some good facts and stuff:

It encourages teamwork, it required more brains that phisical than any other sport. Stuff like that.

It seems like all that stuff fails. So what I would do is try to get an email from a paintall celebrity explaining to your father. PB celebs know what it's like for that stuff, the've been around for a while.

Just keep trying, don't give up!!

[AngelBoy]

My dad didn't like it when I asked him either, but I was 9. So I spent every spare minute I had in front of a computer, then I asked him again and he said "I don't care, as long as it will get you out of this dam house!" Just dont do anything for a long time, it took me about half a year. Then he let me start playing when I was 10

[Temo Vryce]

Hey Sorry to hear that. Here's a suggestion for you but I didn't give it to you. If you have a friend that can sign the wavier for you or a friends parent ask them to do it. It usually works. But if it blows up in your face I didn't tell you to do it.

[kenshinkandon]

www.paintballtimes.com

Here is an artical that is geared toward your problem. if you look around the web site I think I saw a artical about how approach someone how is reluctant to play paintball and show what the game is all about.

http://www.paintballtimes.com/parents.htm

Don't give up eventually you'll win if you continue asking. The last thing that you want to so is get upset when they say No. That will lead them to believe that paintball is having a negative effect on your behavior. If your going to win this arguement you have to show the positive aspects of paintball a yelling and shouting is no way to win a fight about something. It's no different than fighting with a ref about a call he or she made on the field.

Good Luck

[slateman]

Here's something that might work:

Ask your Mom first. Get her to like it, or at least accept it. Then ask your Dad to think about for a couple days. When he goes to bed, He'll talk about it with your Mom. She'll be for it and that will play into his decision.

Best advice I can offer.

[magman007]

FOO ,HOW OLD IS YOUR BROTHER?

get your brother to take you! hees prolly `18 right? he is a leegal enough guardian. Heck when we go paintbal;ling with our school(yes we have a school team) our teachers say "sign it your selves, were not responsible! BAHHHH" then we do. any ways, try gettin your brothe to tale you, hees prolly cool with it. and if your brother isnt 18 he prolly looks it anyways

[Zo]

just go to a friends house and have their parents sign the waver

[FooTemps]

WOW! lots of input... My bro is 25 and he lives in cali so he can't sign my wavers. I could go to my friends, spend the night and have the waver signed.

Both my mom and dad hate paintball. If I keep asking they'll ban my from paintball for as long as I'm under their roof. Not to mention, my parents would rather have me playing video games, watching tv, and sitting in front of the computer. They wouldn't let me go play one set of tennis with my friend at 4:00 pm! They said it was too dark and dangerous! They also won't let me go hang out with my friends if it's later than 4:00, I have to go out at a set time... If it's past their ideal time they say "STAY IN THE HOUSE!"... Weird parents huh?

to sum things up...
My parents don't have email, my parents don't read paintball articles I give them, my parents threaten me about banning me from paintball, my parents provoke me, my parents don't care about the facts, they don't care about anything I say that includes the word paintball...

I think I'll have to resort to getting my parents drunk so they won't care anymore. Then I can get them to sign 24 wavers and I'll be set for the whole year!

[hitmanng]

Foo,
Your parents are not that weird. They are simply concerned for your wellfair and worried about how you will be effected by the things your do.
Before I started playing paintball I would have been hesitant to let my son play too much either. Here is what you need to do. It's not fast but it is the best solution.
1. Get a date that they will let you play next and stop talking about paintball. Stop reading mags. Don't even mention it. Do not nag like it is all you care about.
2. Become very well rounded. Try new things. Make sure your parents understand that paintball is not your life just something fun to do like all the other stuff you want to do.
3. Be very polite and respectful. They are woried about who you will become. Make sure they know you respect them.
4. Thank them when you get to play instead of being mad when you don't. A little bit of thanks goes a long way.
5. Give it time. As you get older if they like what you are becomeing they will give you more freedom.
6. Paintball is expensive. Make sure you are paying for it not them and that you are meeting your other expenses.
7. Remember they care. They are not just doing this to torture you. They really think it is the best for you.
Good luck
Hitmanng
Father of 4 boys

[bsusigep18]

Hitmanng said it best, nagging the crap out of them will make things that much harder from you...and obviously he'd know best being the father of 4. i found out the hard way that continuously bothering them will get you nowhere, thats why i have to sell my paintball gun now.

[deweasel697]

Hitmanng has the best plan, your parents will probably break down if you seem unobsessed and don't nag. For those of you who think football is barbaric, and stupid you are wrong. Death is a rare occurance that happens only when a person desides to ignore safety precautions. It may seem barbaric, but I and most of those who play can say that it is much more than trying to "kill" each other. It is, in my opinion the greatest sport of all time.

[ThePatriot]

yea, go football...

[FooTemps]

Ok, I guess I'll put paintball on hold and put myself back into cars. I might even go get a girlfriend for all I know... I guess I'll stop posting after the fantasy emag contest...