Your Parents and Cubing

[MusaidTheCuber1902]

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 here ! my non cuber fu(k1ng brother, mother, dad. No one except my grandfather and cousin. My grandfather thinks I can do a lot better. He got me a rs on my birthday and now its turn for the 11 m pro. xD I hate being with my family even though i'm only 13. They didn't let me go a cube comp just 300 m far from home ;_;

 

[PetrusQuber]

Same here ! my non cuber fu(k1ng brother, mother, dad. No one except my grandfather and cousin. My grandfather thinks I can do a lot better. He got me a rs on my birthday and now its turn for the 11 m pro. xD I hate being with my family even though i'm only 13. They didn't let me go a cube comp just 300 m far from home ;_;

By the way, you’re replying to a 12 year old post
Sad to hear, but oh well

 

[Waffles]

By the way, you’re replying to a 12 year old post
Sad to hear, but oh well

Is that a new forum record?

 

[PetrusQuber]

Is that a new forum record?

Quite possibly lol. Someone’s probably bumped one of the old intro threads though
Edit: https://www.speedsolving.com/threads/introduce.5858/ it’s tempting. It’s like the last person to post knew this would happen some day

 

[voidrx]

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!!

Pretty sure Lucas Etter got some form of arthritis in his fingers cuz of cubing.

 

[MeSub20]

Hi all

I thought t discuss this, What would ur parent (or family) think of u beeing a speedcuber, i mean do they encorage u on it, or not

what are there thoughts about rubik's cube anyway?

for me, non of my family encorages me on speedcubing... even they wouldn't let me go to competitions (if there is) because they think it's a waist of time

my dad encorages me ya, but the rest are not

waiting for ur posts ...

My family doesn't really care about my cubing. Just another one of my weird hobbies to them

 

[xyzzy]

Pretty sure Lucas Etter got some form of arthritis in his fingers cuz of cubing.

He had to stop cubing because of it, not that he got the condition because of cubing. (At least, that's my understanding.)

That said, RSI is a real thing. If you suddenly feel any sort of unusual discomfort in your hands after cubing, stop cubing. See a doctor if the discomfort persists.

I hate being with my family even though i'm only 13.

Your family is what's giving you a roof over your head. I imagine they have your best interests at heart.

(Ah, sorry, I'm pulling out the same phrases my parents used to guilt-trip me.)

 

[gruuby]

My parents are pretty supportive and I managed to get my mom to learn how to do a 3x3. At one of my competitions, she spent the whole time at a table in the back trying to learn and ended up ignoring a 3BLD WR single (Jeff Park 17.33) lol. That's always a fun story to tell.

 

[LBr]

Pretty sure Lucas Etter got some form of arthritis in his fingers cuz of cubing.

it probably didn't show up because of it, but cubing after probably exacerbated it

 

[LBr]

My parents are pretty supportive and I managed to get my mom to learn how to do a 3x3. At one of my competitions, she spent the whole time at a table in the back trying to learn and ended up ignoring a 3BLD WR single (Jeff Park 17.33) lol. That's always a fun story to tell.

My mum can solve a 4x4 (is learning the parity cases), and in general is pretty supportive. My dad doesn't really get involved but might be pleased if I broke a pb

 

[CodingCuber]

My family is generally supportive without getting too involved. My mum and dad are more than happy to take me to a competition provided it isn’t ages away (they are especially excited for comps if my mate is going too so the parents can just chat the whole time). None of my family can actually solve a cube but they understand the main concepts.

 

[hellocubers]

Let's just say that my mom doesn't care about cubing but my dad buys puzzles for me. Thanks dad.

 

[SpeedCubing RDJ]

Hey there, my whole family does not cube except for me. They hate cubing. they complain that i waste too much time and money on cubing and they think that cause cubing wont help me in my future career. Does this happen to y’all? How do I come up with reasons to convince them that cubing is good for me?
My dad even said that i might get RSI repeated strain injury from cubing. I only spend about 3-4 hours a day on cubing, since now its the holidays for me.

 

[OtterCuber]

Hey there, my whole family does not cube except for me. They hate cubing. they complain that i waste too much time and money on cubing and they think that cause cubing wont help me in my future career. Does this happen to y’all? How do I come up with reasons to convince them that cubing is good for me?
My dad even said that i might get RSI repeated strain injury from cubing. I only spend about 3-4 hours a day on cubing, since now its the holidays for me.

Well, how is cubing good for you? Maybe start with listing some of those reasons.

 

[Timona]

Hey there, my whole family does not cube except for me. They hate cubing. they complain that i waste too much time and money on cubing and they think that cause cubing wont help me in my future career. Does this happen to y’all? How do I come up with reasons to convince them that cubing is good for me?
My dad even said that i might get RSI repeated strain injury from cubing. I only spend about 3-4 hours a day on cubing, since now its the holidays for me.

it's a fun hobby, but that wont cut it. My mum said the exact same thing to me that I cube too much. In this my country, if you can't make money with what your doing, then it's pointless. Having fun is a no-go. It sucks.

 

[Kaito Kid Cuber]

Yes, my problem is similar to yours. My family only bought me a qiyi warrior cube and they say another cube won't be faster than the one I have. Also, every time they see me cubing, they tell me to stop and do something else useful (even though I am in my room), and they say that this would never help me in my life. I don't know what's really bothering them!

 

[Tecknet]

Hey there, my whole family does not cube except for me. They hate cubing. they complain that i waste too much time and money on cubing and they think that cause cubing wont help me in my future career. Does this happen to y’all? How do I come up with reasons to convince them that cubing is good for me?
My dad even said that i might get RSI repeated strain injury from cubing. I only spend about 3-4 hours a day on cubing, since now its the holidays for me.

Do you play video - games? If you do you could argue that it's better than that. Some other thing include improving your muscle memory and just normal memory I guess.

 

[Tecknet]

Yes, my problem is similar to yours. My family only bought me a qiyi warrior cube and they say another cube won't be faster than the one I have. Also, every time they see me cubing, they tell me to stop and do something else useful (even though I am in my room), and they say that this would never help me in my life. I don't know what's really bothering them!

My parents are the complete opposite! I spend a decent bit of time playing video - games every week and they say that cubing is a far better hobby than games and actually encourage me to cube more lol. I only cube for max an hour a day, some days I don't even cube at all.

 

[IsThatA4x4]

1. Better than video games
2. Always (hopefully) learning new techniques
3. The community!
4. It's a hobby (again, hopefully not a career or something), so it should be fun, and it will not be your entire life.

My parents don't mind me cubing too much, but these are some things I thought of.

Edit: I think we should have more than 2 options, maybe an "on the fence", and "ok with it", and "slightly bothered by it" could be added?

 

[lawofthecube]

Hey there, my whole family does not cube except for me. They hate cubing. they complain that i waste too much time and money on cubing and they think that cause cubing wont help me in my future career. Does this happen to y’all? How do I come up with reasons to convince them that cubing is good for me?
My dad even said that i might get RSI repeated strain injury from cubing. I only spend about 3-4 hours a day on cubing, since now its the holidays for me.

Does your family like anything you do or just hate cubing...lol

I ask cause maybe your happy when you cube and sometimes family can compete with other family members happiness and disguse it as concern!?