Your Parents and Cubing

Vulosity said:
My parents are afraid of their credit card number being stolen every time I try to order something off the internet. I tell them, "It's Paypal, they wn't steal the number."

My mom hates me buying duplicates (I had an Eastsheen 5x5 and I really needed a V-Cube 5 because the eastsheen was VERY loose. She's like, "You already have a 5x5."
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Sell the EastSheen and then buy the V-cube
 
Vulosity said:
My parents are afraid of their credit card number being stolen every time I try to order something off the internet. I tell them, "It's Paypal, they wn't steal the number."

My mom hates me buying duplicates (I had an Eastsheen 5x5 and I really needed a V-Cube 5 because the eastsheen was VERY loose. She's like, "You already have a 5x5."
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I get the "you already have that kind of puzzle" thing alot. Parents don't realise things like the difference between a rubik's 5x5 and a v5.
 
My parents are very supportive. They realize that I'm responsible enough to do well in school, so they encourage me to practice cubing all I want. They have no issue with me ordering cubes, and have even set me up a checking account so I don't have to bother them by asking to use their credit card.

My family even uses competitions as a sort of family reunion. In the first Cincinnati tournament I had aunts, cousins, and grandparents travel to see me compete and to see the rest of my family. Cubing is an activity that my entire family enjoys seeing me participate in, and love to help me however they can.
 
My mom really doesn't like me cubing because she says that's childish... Even about skateboarding she says something similar... My dad likes cubing, likes watching speedcubing videos :D And buying cubes on internet it's not their problem, I have my own card and I buy cubes by myself :)
04mucklowd said:
but the annoying thing is that they will only talk about it when people are round and i can impress then
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LOL, that part really sucks.
 
My extended family like that I can solve the cube. My close family (Parents) don't like me spending my time cubing. But I don't like them watching TV all day, but that's me.

BTW, has anyone else experienced people watching you cube, family or not, and once you've finish the cube they think you're a genius? To me, solving a cube doesn't mean you're a genius, however solving it fast may suggest that you're smart.
 
I have to secretely replace worn out cubes because my parents don't think they wear out after about 1000 solves and lots of algorithm practice, corner cutting, etc.

However, recently my mom found a new cube in my room and actually praised my foresight because she wants to teach me group theory on the old one, which would require marking up the cube.

And no, solving a Rubik's cube does not make you a genius, but solving it very fast shows excellent pattern recognition and dedication.
 
My parents hate it when i cube with my edison, but everything else is alright.
They won't let me go to competitions more then 1 hour away, because they think i might get hurt. San diego was an exception, because a close friend took me :/
 
My mom think it's stupid and dorky, but still brag about it to their friends so that I can "perform" for them. She starts laughing when I learn how to solve harder puzzles or lube anything. I don't care what she thinks, because she complains about the stupidest things, and the excuses are rediculous.

My step-dad is impartial to it, was really impressed at first and now only cares whether it afffects my grades or "work ethic."

My friends think it's impressive for now since I rarely solve any puzzles around them.

I get my own puzzles so they don't really "care" about that, but they think it's funny that all these cubing related items from Hong Kong keep arriving in the mail.
 
o interesting topic, i enjoyed reading all of this :) I'm surprised at how many people have parents that dont support cubing at all. I don't see why a parent would want to discourage a hobby or an interest, especially if its something that can be social and stimulating. But then... I'm not a parent so I'm in no position to judge.

My parents are quite indifferent to my cubing hobby. And when they see me buy 10 cubes at a time they just think its funny... Sometimes when we have people in our house they like to show off my room because it contains so many cubes... I think they are almost proud of me having such a weird and interesting hobby :)
 
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