Your Parents and Cubing

[33croc]

My parents don't even know I can solve a cube in less than 30 seconds... They want me to stop cubing as they think that it distracts me too much from my studies... They also want me to stop as they think that I may get arthritis(spell check) from cubing too much!! LOL!!

same with mine my parents I have to cube when they are gone and they won't let me go to comps

 

[patrickcuber]

My family doesn't really care. My brothers want to get into it though. My dad is just mezmorized by how I solve them. My grandma said it was a waste of time and it was taking away life expiriences.I don't care if people don't like it I just do it anyway.

 

[nvpendsey]

Father say why do I need all these cubes and considers cubing as a waste of time and money.Still supports though.Mother neutral,

 

[newtonbase]

My parents are fine with me cubing, but then I am 43.

 

[Sub20MinSolver]

my family doesn't really care they don't encourage it nor do they hate it

 

[NewCuber000]

My parents were always fine with it, but when I started competing they got more excited about it, now I have like 30 puzzles XD

 

[josh42732]

My mom thinks that with me learning all of the algorithms (just the standard ones just for the beginners method lol) makes me smarter in school. In reality, I am just spamming the alg over and over until it is muscle memory. Also, if I cube before homework or chores, then I am grounded from them for a certain amount of time. In one instance, I was grounded for 2 weeks. But I will say that doing BLD has helped me cram for a test in school though.

 

[33croc]

Dose anyone have any tips for cubing without your parents knowing

 

[EternalE]

Dose anyone have any tips for cubing without your parents knowing

Don't cube around them

 

[Selkie]

Lets turn it on its head. Try to get my teenage kids to cube, not interested, even when dad gets sub 15 average of 12!

 

[shadowslice e]

Dose anyone have any tips for cubing without your parents knowing

Put lots of the lighter lube (ie. Not the heavy one inside the cubies) on your cubes. It makes it quieter.

 

[Ordway Persyn]

Put lots of the lighter lube on your cubes. It makes it quieter.

That seems like a pretty bad idea to me.

Anyway my parents don't mind me being a cuber, my dad gets annoyed when I order 3x3's but he's fine when i order puzzles I don't have.

 

[Deval97]

Anyway my parents don't mind me being a cuber, my dad gets annoyed when I order 3x3's but he's fine when i order puzzles I don't have.

My parents also don't mind as long as I study....but they also argue with me for ordering 3x3s.
How can I explain difference between cubes to them!

 

[richardye1]

parents love it lol, once i was cubing on an R train and this guy recorded me the whole time (I even pulled off a sub 9 single).

 

[Ben Wak]

my family wont shut up about how the rubiks cube is so hard and if I can do it I shuld be getting As on my work iv tried to tel them it is not hard but you know I cant do anything about it they think im cool tho

 

[MoyuFTW]

My parents complains of the noise
I taught my brother to cube. He's still slow though. But he's taught people at school in his year so a larger cubing community is good I guess

 

[JustinTimeCuber]

not a great thread to put this on but there isn't really a better one
I was talking to my mom about cubing, and I was saying how I probably wouldn't ever get to do all 18 events because I don't really want to work on BLD
Then I mentioned that most organizers don't hold 7x7 and FMC unless people really want them, because they take sooooo long
And on second thought, I added "Unless they are Aussie Greene" (not very many people did 7x7 but it was still a thing, and also 2 rounds of 6x6)

 

[Winter Cuber]

1st post

My mother supports it, but whenever we visit people she tells me not to cube the whole time. When we get there she shows me off and I completely ignore the "Not the whole time" thing.
My father is pretty indifferent, but he does question when I buy new cubes. I only have 13 and am not allowed to get more until after Christmas.

My Brother, on the other hand, hates me cubing. He tries to get me in trouble for cubing at night, which I don't, gets mad at me for using a freshly lubed cube that makes absolutely no noise while he's in bed, and he tells me that I will never make any friends because I cube too much. He tries to act cool by insulting me about it in front of his friends, even though they are all impressed and think it's cool. He also scrambles my Rubik's Professor whenever I'm not home

My friends all enjoy me cubing. A few of them have learned LBL and one of them cubes during the whole socials class (because it's so boring)

 

[Randomize]

My mom doesn't have any qualms about me cubing. She's actually very supportive and is encouraging me to enter competitions (even though I'm still slow). The only problem she has is when I cube while walking, and when I need to focus on something but I'm cubing (like taking care of my baby cousin hahaha).

My dad is ok with it. He's not really encouraging or discouraging me to cube. He says that as long as I have fun, he's fine with it.

 

[akshayzave]

parents think it is stupid a waste of time once you can solve it, i am under 15 secinds but they wont let me get a pyraminx or a new 2 by2 i only have a rubiks brand 2by2. Also i wouldnt even have my weilong if my friendhadnt given me his old one