Your Parents and Cubing

[Jaycee]

As for my mom : I only see her once every ~3 months for 5-8 days at a time. Since I've only been cubing since January, she's only seen my cubing twice. Once in March, once in late July. Last time I saw her I was averaging ~27. Now I have my first speedcube, a ZhanChi, and average ~21. Hopefully by the time I see her in October I'll be fully sub-20 She's interested by it and encourages me.

As for daddy-o : Every now and then he'll make a remark that I cube too much. But for the most part it seems like he doesn't have a huge problem with it. He likes seeing me get sub-20 times. He could solve the 3x3 in about a minute back in the 80s but no longer has interest in doing it himself. He bought me my first speedcube about a week ago after a lot of begging. He, like many other parents, does not trust the internet. I told him not to worry and that Izovire's shop would be perfect I should try to convince him to let me get a LanLan 2x2 soon. He'll be hard to convince on a 4x4 because they're a bit pricey for his tastes. He's letting me go to my first competition in November with the only cubing friend I have and his dad! (Indiana Open) I'd call my dad neutral on the matter.

 

[Ltsurge]

I should try to convince him to let me get a LanLan 2x2 soon. He'll be hard to convince on a 4x4 because they're a bit pricey for his tastes. .

A shengshou v3 only costs $10 on lightake with free shipping

 

[cubernya]

I have it for $9 with free shipping...lol

 

[Ltsurge]

I have it for $9 with free shipping...lol

oh and that too

 

[Jaycee]

I might just wait until the price for the Dayan+mf8 drops to under $15 (Preferably with free shipping ). He paid 18.75 or something like that for my ZhanChi from Izovire's shop so I think next time I ask him for anything it will be a LanLan 2x2, Maru lube, and/or some type of 4x4.

How good is the Shengshou, anyway?

 

[asportking]

My parents don't say much, but I think they're kind of on the edge about it. I feel if I bought enough cubes at once, I'd finally make them crack.

 

[cubernya]

Jaycee, the shengshou v3 is very good.

 

[Jaycee]

Jaycee, the shengshou v3 is very good.

I just saw a review somewhere else on the forum, and the only downsides I saw were that inner layers catch sometimes and it looks very small :/

It looks just barely bigger than a 3x3 to me, and that makes me wonder how turning single inner layers would be.

Well, I'll bring up to my dad in 2/3 weeks that I can get a 2x2 and 4x4 with free shipping for less than I got my 3x3.

 

[iEnjoyCubing]

My parents don't really care, that actually think it's nice that I'm doing something besides video games (lol). They let me buy cubes whenever, etc.

 

[Cheese11]

My parents don't say much, but I think they're kind of on the edge about it. I feel if I bought enough cubes at once, I'd finally make them crack.

Dude, make a $130 for cubes, and see what they say.

 

[Yuxuibbs]

my parents think i cube too much.... they already took all my cubes once.... not letting them do that again no matter what.....
my mom wants me to go to a competition just so i can put it in my college application (im pretty sure thats why)
all my cubes except my rubik's brand were bought in china then someone just brought them to the US when someone we know comes back from china. now i can't even ask for any more cubes because my mom thinks im using up all my grandparents money :'(
10+ cubes (including dayan guhong, mirror blocks, some 4x4s, and magics) was barely 20 bucks US.... i mean its so much cheaper....

 

[asportking]

Dude, make a $130 for cubes, and see what they say.

I'm not sure I'd really like to find out what they'd say....
I think the main thing that bugs them though is when I have like 10 3x3s. In their eyes, every 3x3 is the same, and you only need one.

 

[Cheese11]

I'm not sure I'd really like to find out what they'd say....
I think the main thing that bugs them though is when I have like 10 3x3s. In their eyes, every 3x3 is the same, and you only need one.

Then sell the ones you don't use

 

[asportking]

Then sell the ones you don't use

But I use just about all of them. I've got:
Zhanchi (my main)
Ghosthand I (can't get rid of it since my brother's using it, but it's still technically mine)
Some cube that I don't know the name of (same as ghosthand)
Broken guhong (trying to fix it)
White Ghosthand I (very first speedcube, can't get rid of that)
Keychain cube (parents got me that, so I don't want to sell it)
Mini Type C (same as ghosthand, although I might be able to sell it soon)
Void cube (cause it's cool)
Icon cube (don't really use it, but who's going to buy an icon cube?)

 

[Deluchie]

If anything my mother likes me cubing, the only thing she doesn't like about cubing is the clicking noise that my cubes make. She doesn't mind that I buy cubes as long as i'm using my own money. She think its pretty cool that I can solve it "So fast!" (20 seconds), though she has no desire to solve it herself I have taught my brother to do it but he doesn't want to learn anything more than the basic beginner method. My father has only seen me cubing once as I don't see him very often but he seemed supportive of it.

 

[cubeslayer]

My parents do not support cubing at all. They claim I waste my time on it. They have always taken my cubes when school starts in the fall. They plan to this year as well.

 

[Weston]

My parents hated me cubing until I got OH NAR and they realized that I can put that on my college resume. lol.

 

[BC1997]

My parents hated me cubing until I got OH NAR and they realized that I can put that on my college resume. lol.

lol

My parents are ok, for example my mother is quite supportive, my dad doesn't mind it but he really hates the clicking of my GuHong and some other puzzles.

 

[Yuxuibbs]

My parents hated me cubing until I got OH NAR and they realized that I can put that on my college resume. lol.

lol ya that's the only reason my mom wants me to go to a competition so i can write it on my college stuff.... but i can only cube when my parents aren't around me.... they threw my cubes at a wall :'( but it was a rubik's brand so i didnt care but what if it was a guhong?

 

[Hershey]

they threw my cubes at a wall :'(

Why would they do that? Then the wall would be damaged.