I did Scouts for 5 YEARS and Ice Hockey for 3 YEARS but I gave them up. Now I want to try something else but my mum won't let me becuase I am a "Quitter"
Am I really a quitter? Should my mum just let me do the new thing?
2007-06-12 21:43:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
I don't think you're a quitter. I just think you want a new challenge. It's great that you want to try new things. I don't see any reason that you should have to commit your life to Scouts and ice hockey. Did you tell her what it is you want to try? Is it safe? I mean... it's not something like base jumping is it? Just sit down and talk to your mum ... let her know that you really want to try something new and give her the reasons for it. Don't badger her, don't whine, just explain.
2007-06-12 21:50:58 · answer #1 · answered by ♪♪BandMom♪♪ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes, you are quitter, so quit whinning
ok....so I'm just giving you a hard time. you are seeking external validation---someone else to tell you what you already know. Your search is internal--how to have enough confidence to stand by what you believe. You should not be asking others if you are a quitter if you already have an answer, and you do.
Whether your mom should let you or not is her business. Even if unfair, she has the final say so and you probably know how to work her angles--what she responds to and what she doesn't. Cause in the end it doesn't matter whether you're right or wrong, parent child relationships are alot of mind game playing and confrontations and negotiations that don't really rest on right or wrong just on opinions and negotiations.
quit asking us our opinion and figure out how your mom makes decisions--what triggers a yes or a no. That's the real answer you need
2007-06-12 21:50:13 · answer #2 · answered by center of the universe 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There's more to this story than you're telling us. Why did you quit Scouts and Ice Hockey? If you can answer that question honestly, without omiting anything, then you might have a logical answer to give your mom. I suspect that things just got to hard and you didn't want to do them anymore and that's the very worst reason to stop, and yes, if you stopped doing them because they got to hard, then you are a quitter.
2007-06-12 21:49:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I think that you should try to have as many experiences as possible.
What have you achieved in the scouts and in ice hockey?
Team work, skill in skating, how to make a fire using basic implements (?), etc.
I think that there's no such thing as a quitter. Why should yous tay on in the scouts forever?
Would she rther you sat at home and took part in no sport?
What is your latest project?
I've always wanted my children to have the ability to play one musical instrument, to have a social consience, to exercise. And I don't really mind where they get these things, as long as they do them.
So personally, I think your mother is wrong.
But you need to come up with a good argument to counteract that. And my favourite one is that exercise is good for you, and you'd rather be doing that than sitting in front of the tv!
2007-06-12 21:49:26 · answer #4 · answered by True Blue Brit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither. But it's better being a loser because you shouldn't quit in the first place. Trying is always a good thing. So i think a quitter is worse!
2016-04-01 04:58:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is actually nothing wrong in trying out new things. Maybe your mum feels that you keep quitting. Alternatively, before you step onto the next 'interest', talk to those people doing it and find out more from them before making a decision....
2007-06-12 21:47:20 · answer #6 · answered by aUDREy TTT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to tell mom that you are discovering yourself and you learned that camping and getting slammed around on freezing ice aren't filling the new void you are feeling in your life, then get a Mohawk or something really shocking, and then make your "normal" request, i think you'll find her happy to "compromise" Just ignore miss "center of the universe" she doesn't understand that every boys mom is god, and how bad moms hurt us when they try to shelter us to much, or don't support our dreams. It's OK to ask for advice when you don't know how to approach something, and usually the honest opinion of someone who doesn't know you will be more genuine.
2007-06-12 21:50:42 · answer #7 · answered by TRboi 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sounds to me like she might have been a little hurt... was she a big supporter? Anyway it seems like you took ample time to decide if you wanted to continue and just because you not choose not to do it, it does not mean you are a quitter...
2007-06-12 21:47:03 · answer #8 · answered by Kitten P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5yrs and 3yrs, I don't call that being a quitter. She should let you try something new.
2007-06-12 22:27:20 · answer #9 · answered by jcampwick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look up the word...quitter.....and show it to your mom..
that should solve your problem....
a picture is worth a thousand words....right
2007-06-16 21:43:03 · answer #10 · answered by LITTLE_JOHN 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋