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**bushy04** · November 11th, 06:51 PM

My dad is starting to piss me off...im talking to him about buying a marker and he goes off on me saying, why do you wanna spend 600 bucks on a marker when you pay 50 bucks on paintball's and go through them in 3 min
now i told him that that isnt likly to happen wit me b/c 2000 balls goes a long way with me.. he thinks that im going to shoot 18 bps (haha thats a joke)
and wast my money. But get this im always hearing him say get off your butt and do somthing while im playing video games.. but he says you could get a new game and spend hours and hours on it when you can spend 50 bucks on 2000 painbtalls and play for Quote 3 min Unquote wtf is going on..

im really mad at him for what he just said to me a couple of seconds ago, I would have thought he would have agreed with me on playing pb and getting excersise instead of sitting on my bum.
Another thing is that he never played paintball. And personally when I play I think the game is worth every penny i spend, its an adrenalin rush and everything you could imagine. But he still says that a 14 year old kid such as myself should be reading books (More sitting on my bum strainging my eyes on little words) and spending your money on other stuff (didnt say what)
But what i want to know is why he is getting all up in my face about money when i have nothing better to do with it? and its MY MONEY NOT HIS!

Now do any of you guys or girls have or had any of the same problems??
if so how did you deal with them??

Thanks in advance

Nick

**DayoftheGreek** · November 11th, 06:58 PM

Yup, best way is just sit down and explain to him how you feel. Don't yell, dont talk down to him, REALLY talk to him and just tell him whats going on. Make sure he knows its your money and making mistakes is what you really learn from. If it is a mistake that is. Just tell him how he would feel if he was the only one of his buddies from work driving an oldddd slow car, and he was the only one with an uber outdated computer and if if has a boat, make fun of him for that. Its pretty easy as long as you come off mature and rational.

***Barber*** · November 11th, 07:02 PM

Buy it without him knowing.

**bushy04** · November 11th, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Barber

Buy it without him knowing.

haha ya right i would get in so much crap it wouldnt be funny

**crazyjake** · November 11th, 07:03 PM

OR.................you could kill him. But I would go with what Greek said.

**DayoftheGreek** · November 11th, 07:05 PM

add an "R" to that second to last word.

**crazyjake** · November 11th, 07:06 PM

Monkey business... LOL sorry bout that gReek

**p8ntballweird** · November 11th, 07:07 PM

makes 2 of us my friend... both 14... both have assholes for dads when it comes to paintball... mines makin me wear a ****in chest protector and theres no way in hell he'd let me spend 600 on a gun either probabbly... i have a mom though and she supports me... don't know wht your situation is on that

**bushy04** · November 11th, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by p8ntballweird

makes 2 of us my friend... both 14... both have assholes for dads when it comes to paintball... mines makin me wear a ****in chest protector and theres no way in hell he'd let me spend 600 on a gun either probabbly... i have a mom though and she supports me... don't know wht your situation is on that

well my mom supports me but i think shes a little scared of my dad (he dosnt abouse us dont get me wrong)

its just when ever i ask her for somthing its "I dont know go ask your dad"

and ya it sucks that parents dont understand

**vpraidersfan1** · November 11th, 08:36 PM

Yea, i know what you mean. its just that i know where the parents are comin from(im 13) b/c they have learned from experience, and so have I. my moms has tried to save me, and i insistted i would alwys us whatever it was. i figure ive wasted a couple hundred dollars that i coulda saved by listenin to my mom. trust me hes just lookin out for ya. I wasnt as lucky b/c my mom said ok, but your gonna learn to use money and be disciplined financialy, maybe not like that but you know what i mean. ykwim you know what i mean... so just explain to him your love of paintball, invite him to go, and say," at least im not spendin your money using 2000 balls in 3 minutes. This is the only enjoyment i got, and excercise, so please lemme buy my marker and whatever else you might wanna add

**bunkerman14** · November 11th, 08:44 PM

i would take him to go play. my dad was against paintball till i took him to play. and now he is still strict about what i buy, but atleast he doesnt just say no. now i can actually sit down and talk with him about it, without being told no when he hears paintball.
btw the last part was an exageration

**wackwar** · November 11th, 08:50 PM

im in that exact situation and i have found a solution. my mom doesnt really care what i buy so i always talk to her about it and shes like "dont tell this to your father" but atleast she can take the blame if he finds out and then ur out of trouble. try it it works

**JG.** · November 11th, 08:51 PM

im gonna have the same problem whenever i get leet cash, i told my dad my friend bout a imp for 450 and he said sarcasticly "can he shoot deer with it"

**vpraidersfan1** · November 11th, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by bunkerman14

now i can actually sit down and talk with him about it, without being told no when he hears paintball.
btw the last part was an exageration

lol

**vpraidersfan1** · November 11th, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by JG.

im gonna have the same problem whenever i get leet cash, i told my dad my friend bout a imp for 450 and he said sarcasticly "can he shoot deer with it"

Hells yea you can!!! whos siggy was that with tha pic of deers legs with tha rest of tha body under a blanket on top of a car windshield with gods words

"OWNED[b]

**JaredVD** · November 11th, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by JG.

im gonna have the same problem whenever i get leet cash, i told my dad my friend bout a imp for 450 and he said sarcasticly "can he shoot deer with it"

shoulda just said "yea but they wont die dumbass"

**JG.** · November 11th, 09:30 PM

I've already got one broke arm

Alpha · November 11th, 09:31 PM

Dont let your harmones get to you. I worked things out with my mom. MY mom controls my stepdad so its okay. I brought up paintball a lot and I'd drop a few htings to her.. Like I told her about picking paint up off the floor... I think she actually understands the difference between HPA and CO2 too.

Just educate them little by little. If it doesn't work, I dont know what to sya.

**ShepardD** · November 11th, 09:39 PM

Back when I was a kid I always lived by the theory "Its easier to ask for forgiveness than permission"

**paintthecatBLUE** · November 11th, 09:45 PM

ive had these problems before. trust me, you are not the only kid whose parents dont let you buy guns. remember, when you feel like you have a problem, multiply it by 10 and thats probablly what someone else has to put up with. however if and when you get a new gun you can shoot your parents with it for even hesitating about letting you buy it