ok so heres how it goes. in school a few months ago a girl comes up to me and asks me if i want to join the basketball, i was really not interested but i told her i'll get back to her. when i went back home and told my parents they were delighted and asked me to join. i was not interested but i thought i'll give it a try. now after a month i'm not at all happy and want to quit, but my parents already bought me all the gear and the outfit and all and they seem so happy that i'm going for practice. so i don't want to let down their expectations and even because they bought me everything. but i really want to quit. what do i do? please help this is serious.
2007-01-03 00:36:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
The reason your parents may have been soooo excited could have been they were just happy you wanted to be involved in an extracurricular activity. Do not quit, finish the season with an open mind. If you quit then that makes you a quitter, do you want to be called a quitter? Basketball may not be your thing, but that was what you should have thought about before you committed yourself to the team. And yes, you are committed to the team. These are life lessons and by sticking it out, you are shaping your future adult life. There will be many situations as an adult that you will not like and don't want to be in at all, but you can reflect back to the time you stuck it out in basketball and made it through just fine. I hope that makes a little sense! Stick it out and you will be a better person for doing so...Good luck!
2007-01-03 01:04:16 · answer #1 · answered by stacey h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stick it out for this season - give it everything you have to make the most of it and next season don't join again. This is a great life experience for you - its a way of figuring out what you like and don't like. If your athletic and you enjoy the working out and the energy next season you can try something else. Don't despair there are some things in life you will have to do for others but don't give up who you are in the process chalk it up to a learning experience and move on nothing bad can come of it.
2007-01-03 08:40:51 · answer #2 · answered by HereweGO 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell your parents about quitting and ask their opinion on it. Remember that parents wanted only the best for their children. They will understand you if you will honestly tell them you wanted to quit. What matters is your studies and not basketball. With the outfit, you thanked them for it and tell them you can wear it at home or in any other sport activity or PE. Study hard and improve your grades.
2007-01-03 08:47:40 · answer #3 · answered by wynx888 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
finish the season. You made a committment not only to yourself, but, also to a team. Your family is trying to support you. If you want them to continue to support you in the future, then you need to show them your not a quitter. A basketball season isn't that long. At the end of the season, if you still feel this way, don't start the next season.
2007-01-03 08:42:01 · answer #4 · answered by krzylove 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you really want to quit, talk to your parents about it. Tell them that you are sorry that youi are letting them down but you have not been enjoying yourself one bit and you are sorry that you couldn't decide it before they bought all the gear. Ask them that you are ready to keep going to the practice, so as not to hurt them, if they really want you in there, but that you prefer to quit. Perhaps, the seriousness of the way you talk to them, will make them understand and they will understand and not feel bad. They may even find it comforting that their child trusted them in such matters.
2007-01-03 12:56:05 · answer #5 · answered by Smriti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will be miserable unless you learn to be yourself.
Your parents are thinking that you WANT to join the basketball team. They may just be trying to be supportive.
You must learn to grow up and stop asking others what you should do. Because then you will not be doing what YOU need to do but what others want. and honey !! that is a BAD place to be.
Look up "codependency"
sincerely:
tom
2007-01-03 08:51:12 · answer #6 · answered by a1tommyL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is there something else you would rather be doing? Explain to your parents that you don't enjoy spending your time playing basketball, and that you would rather be doing something else - than tell them what that something else is. It is easier to drop one thing for another and gain their approval and respect - if you just quit and have nothing else lined up to fill that time and use your energy, they may just assume you are a quitter (not that you are).
2007-01-03 08:40:27 · answer #7 · answered by McB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should just believe in yourself. since basketball doesn't interest you, you should just explain it to your parents. If they really understand you, they will trust you to know what's best for yourself. Besides, you should do what you think is right and what REALLY interests you, not what some other people think you should be doing!
2007-01-03 08:48:17 · answer #8 · answered by mystic_879 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your not happy then quit but talk to your parents first tell them how unhapy you are they love you not the game they are just happy to see you happy as for the gear its just stuf they will understand but think about what you would like to do
2007-01-03 09:03:20 · answer #9 · answered by hallowsevenight 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a deep breadth and think what do you consider RIGHT for yourself and immediately thereafter just do it without thinking- You will later feel you have done the right thing. - i hope you understand ....
2007-01-03 08:40:27 · answer #10 · answered by Pancham 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋