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Has anyone tried to stop you doing your rubiks cube?
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emolover
Legend
Tell your mom its the same "unhealthy" obsession as her and her TV watching is like. In truth, cubing is just another way to use you time.
Cool Frog
Veteran
Except you can cube nearly everywhere. It is portable (sort of like a portable television?)
Olji
Premium Member
and doesnt need a power source like the portable tv does (if you dont count with the touch cube that is)
emolover
Legend
Well that means she is arrogant and doesnt want to hear the truth. Get your dad involved.
Olji
Premium Member
My brother dont like my cubing, mostly because I used a rather loud cube at first, and he grew to hate it, but he'll let me be if I do it on my room, if I cube in some other room and he passes by, he usually just points in the direction of my room and says: "there please", he respects my hobby, but he hate the sound it creates xD.
anyway, on topic:
It may be that she's annoyed of the cubing and dont want you to get a better cube and become more intense with it, ask her why she won't let you, if its just that she's annoyed by it, and if so, say that you will (mostly) cube in your room or something
Hope it works out
anyway, on topic:
It may be that she's annoyed of the cubing and dont want you to get a better cube and become more intense with it, ask her why she won't let you, if its just that she's annoyed by it, and if so, say that you will (mostly) cube in your room or something
Hope it works out
waffle=ijm
Waffo
lol
On Topic, no.
You know you can edit a post with the little edit button on the bottom right hand corner of your post.
ElectricDoodie
Veteran
Tell her if you're not cubing, you'll probably get into other past time activities that kids your age are doing, such as heroin.
cmhardw
Premium Member
I first started cubing the summer before high school, and during my freshman year I would sometimes cube a bit too much and my grades would start to fall a bit. In these cases my parents would take my cubes away until I brought my grades back up. How are your grades in school? Do you think she's wanting you to stop because it's affecting your grades? If your grades are fine, and haven't changed, then just tell your parents this. It's hard to argue with a logical argument that, as long as the cubing does not affect your grades in school, then how is it an unhealthy hobby?
Your parents will become more accepting of your cubing as long as you can keep your grades up, and keep doing well in school. My parents weren't exactly thrilled when I first started cubing, they felt I did it "way too much." But, after I showed them that I was serious about it, and could still do well in school, they became some of my biggest supporters.
Let us know how it goes with you and your parents. Be nice, and try to present your side to them so that they can see that you are serious about cubing. They'll come around eventually, even if it takes a little while.
Your parents will become more accepting of your cubing as long as you can keep your grades up, and keep doing well in school. My parents weren't exactly thrilled when I first started cubing, they felt I did it "way too much." But, after I showed them that I was serious about it, and could still do well in school, they became some of my biggest supporters.
Let us know how it goes with you and your parents. Be nice, and try to present your side to them so that they can see that you are serious about cubing. They'll come around eventually, even if it takes a little while.
izovire
Veteran
Wow now that seems a bit stubborn I think... for your mom to try and stop you from enjoying a hobby that isn't mentally or physically damaging...
My father kicked me out of my house (his house actually) because I wasn't getting a job... but I was business planning to open the first Twisty puzzle store in North America. He said it wasn't going to work and said playing with toys wouldn't amount to anything! But here I am, doing business successfully, organizing some competitions, and inspiring new cubers.
Just don't get kicked out of the house!
My father kicked me out of my house (his house actually) because I wasn't getting a job... but I was business planning to open the first Twisty puzzle store in North America. He said it wasn't going to work and said playing with toys wouldn't amount to anything! But here I am, doing business successfully, organizing some competitions, and inspiring new cubers.
Just don't get kicked out of the house!
izovire
Veteran
Wow good on you man give me the name and i shall travel there and you should set up an ebay shop to
I'm in Lakewood, CO. USA But if you do travel and bring your mom into my store she'll probably change her mind on the "cubing obsession" and find it more of a sport. Though my business name is Puzzle Addictions... and addiction is a pretty serious aspect of it; a healthy addiction!
FatBoyXPC
Veteran
My mother never tried to stop me, but I've had some quite unpleasant with my girlfriend's step dad. He tells me all the time that it's a "waste of time" and that I "just do the same thing over and over again." Keep in mind he's referring to all puzzles (he's seen me do a variety of puzzles such as 2x2-5x5, magic, mega/pyraminx, etc), and methods (speedsolve, bld, step bld solves (like in Fridrich doing a pair bld, etc)). I'm not sure why he's so cranky about it, to be honest. He tells me I need to find a better way to "use my time." I explain to him that me playing with a cube is no different than him playing guitar and bass, and he tries to say how it doesn't "eat up all of his time." I tell him that it doesn't eat up all my time, but I choose to do it. He calls it my "heroin." He doesn't understand the passion I have for it, nor will he (even though he's in a band and before he got this job working evenings he practiced at minimum weekly and he's often found strumming around). I think he has some sort of jealousy issue out of it (that sounds really arrogant, but I don't mean it like that), and seeing me do them often doesn't help the issue. It probably doesn't help that whenever I'm at my girlfriend's parents' place, I'm often bored and I'm not real big on a lot of small chatter (some is okay but it just seems to get repetitive). So I'll cube or get on a laptop while I'm there and I guess sometimes they feel like I don't want to be there because of it.
Chris has a very strong argument though. If what is important (school, chores, job, etc) isn't slacking because of your cubing habits, then how can the passion be so negative? Remember that when you get into these "arguments" with your parents, as soon as you (or your parents) get heated, the argument is pretty much useless at that point, so try extra hard to stay calm during this particular one.
I've got a handful of friends who tease me that I often ignore them for the cube (sometimes they joke about banning my cube while we hang out, because I often get too involved into the cube and say "Huh?" too many times), but it's never a negative thing. My closest friends are definitely my biggest supporters in it, even those who tell me "Hey, no cube tonight." I can understand their point though, I go hang out with them and I might as well not if I ignore them for my cube
Chris has a very strong argument though. If what is important (school, chores, job, etc) isn't slacking because of your cubing habits, then how can the passion be so negative? Remember that when you get into these "arguments" with your parents, as soon as you (or your parents) get heated, the argument is pretty much useless at that point, so try extra hard to stay calm during this particular one.
I've got a handful of friends who tease me that I often ignore them for the cube (sometimes they joke about banning my cube while we hang out, because I often get too involved into the cube and say "Huh?" too many times), but it's never a negative thing. My closest friends are definitely my biggest supporters in it, even those who tell me "Hey, no cube tonight." I can understand their point though, I go hang out with them and I might as well not if I ignore them for my cube
