parental problems?

my mom was kinda iffy on it, but she knows how much i love to uni =p and
then i showed her lots of videos of ppl doing trials and told her if i
do that with the one i have no its just gonna brake and would spend
more money fixing it then we would if we just buy a new one that will
last, and now she seems like she doesnt mind spending about 300 dollars
for a uni for my b-day =p

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My mom bought me a bedford hardcore...😕 😄 .. just tell her
that without the right equipement you'll get hurt

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yeah my mom said unicycling was stupid. when i first started riding in
1959.....

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course i had my own job by then she just didnt approve.... kicked me out
of the house told me i was to old to be living at home

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Get a job.

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lol, i found that most of the parents that i know of my friend who
unicycle, they think unicycling = circus\clown, but once they see how
much of a sport it is and not just some "circus act" they start to open
their horizons of it, on of my friends dad actually started learning
how to uni with him so thats pretty kool 😄

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i just told my mum that my kh was worth $500 and that it was a good
price for it, and she finally said that it was cool and she didnt mind,
then wen i was two days from gettin it, i told her the price and she
sed she wouldnt have nething to do with it 🙁 but soon afta i got it,
she didnt mind hehe

i then just explained that it would last longer than any other uni
known, coz of the strength, so that helped i guess

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My parents initially thought that 100 bucks for my CX was a stupidly
high price for "half a bike", as they put it - but since I paid for it,
they let me do it, and now that I've still stuck with it, they think
the 260 bucks I want to pay for my DX is reasonable. 😄

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haha, i take it most of you guys are young...

try telling your parents you just dropped 5 grand on a turbo kit for a
car, and for the sole purpose of making the car faster....

telling them you spent 300-500 bucks on a unicycle is alot easier.
HAHA

my advise, do well in school and parents are more willing to let you do
things for the "fun" of it. as long as you keep up with your chores
and school work parents seem to be ok with most everything.

or tell them u either spend the money on a uni or on drugs.

John

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unifiend454 said:

anyone who has tried to purchase a more expensive unicycle had there
parents say that it was a waste of money or something?
and if so what are some good things to say to sway them to say oh..well
that is a good idea!

Questions for you so we can give better answers:

- "More expensive" than what unicycle? (how much)
- Whose money?
- If their money, you *really* need to make a good case
- If your money, what else is that money supposed to be used for?
- Why do you need a new unicycle?
- What kind of unicycle?
- Do you have a job?
- Do you get O.K., decent, good, great grades?

My parents never bought me a unicycle (I started when I was 17).

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same here...my parents bought me a bike when i was little and i got
another bike when i out grew mine for christmas. as for the unicycle,
i'm 20 years old and i just kinda came home with it LOL they looked a
little surprized.

they just tell me to wear a helmet, and be careful. (i fractured my
skull about 5 years ago on a bike...)

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Yeah i'm with j5isalive-
Your parents shouldn't care as long as you buy your own stuff, and wear
protective gear. If they do simply say you could just as easily get
your kicks out of Drug habbit. Mine have not cared what i do as a
hobby, or what i spend all my money on.... which is probably a good
thing
mark

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My brother has always been into circus stuff, and my parents bought him
a beginner unicycle for christmas. I learned to ride and quickly got a
beginner uni too. One day my brother taco-ed his rim to hell and
shortly there-after I seriously bent my axle. This kind of showed we
needed trials uni's, and they were totally OK with it.

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Tell them it's that much less you have to spend on drugs.

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johnfoss said:

My parents never bought me a unicycle (I started when I was 17).

My parents never bought me one either and I started at a young age. I
found creative ways to "build" unicycles from standard tricycle (or
bicycle) parts.

Back then, even if I could have convinced my parents to spring for a
unicycle there were really only two choices. A schwinn that would need
to be ordered from the local bike shop or a troxel(?) from the Sears
catalog. I was so enamored of the Schwinn that once I had my own money
I bought one and then one more and then.... until I've probably owned
10 or more different Schwinns.

Anyway, count yourselves lucky that there are a wide variety of choices
to beg your parents for (even if they deny you).

-mg

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i was using an old second/thrid hand no name unicycle that was falling
apart under me
i asked for a nimbus 20" uni for my bday my mum didn t want to get it e
but then i told her that the old unicycle would break and i would hurt
myself so i got some 661s aswell 😄

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digigal1 said:

Tell them it's that much less you have to spend on drugs.

That only works if the parents aren't paying for the drugs or uni. If
they're not and they still think it's stupid then just tell them to go
to hell.

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well lets see it is my money I have never had my parents buy me a
unicycle, my grades are decent I don't have a job this will be my 2nd
unicycle..right now I have the 05 torker Dx and I am getting the united
with profile hub and my parents are being stupid but I just orderd it
soo they will never know

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I doubt your parnets are that dumb....and you're probably gonna get
busted, and then grounded...not a smart move

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