Breaking Ties With My Family To Obtain A Motorcycle.

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Baggsy said:
Not someone who was perma-banned setting up a new persona?
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Hmm.

Thread doesn't remind me of any memorable recent departures. Inreb would be easy to pick out as there would be something funny coded in the post somewhere, mmmmnaked, Snowbike Mike or -D- would have had to rant about politics somewhere in the thread, and it was way too coherent to be YoDude.
 
Your doing it wrong IMO, I bought my first bike when I was 18, it was a brand new 2001 R6. I came home after buying it, and told my mother you have to move the lawnmower over and make some room because I just bought a motorcycle. She flipped out called my dad and said to him did you hear what your son said, he thinks he's going to buy a motorcycle. I said no your not hearing me I already bought it! Im bringing home in a few days I need room in the garage to park it. They both said they would kick me out if I brought the motorcycle home, but I did bring it home and eventually they got over it.

So for me it was buy the bike ask questions later, and my family wasn't really willing to kick me out over a motorcycle
 
Riceburner said:
This. Brought my first bike home, said I bought one and I'm going for a ride, be back for dinner. :)
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Parents weren't too ecstatic about it for me,started off in August got some underground parking first, then my M1, took the MSF course for the M2, had a blast,bought all my gear, got a rental for a few days at which point I reckon they accepted it in October, even gave my mom a ride in the parking lot lol.

Before I bought the Ninja, they would occasionally talk about and make jokes while I'd just prefer to keep it under rap, hell they were practically goading me at that point and reminding me every few weeks. Surprised but had no complaints.
 
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the thing is ...there are parents who WOULD actually kick you out for it.

"Cant respect my rules, out my house you go"
 
You are able to write using punctuation, you are ahead of most people these days so go ahead.
 
Throw me down the stairs, my shoes.

Let's eat Grandma.

Stop clubbing, baby seals.
 
JohnnyP636 said:
Your doing it wrong IMO, I bought my first bike when I was 18, it was a brand new 2001 R6. I came home after buying it, and told my mother you have to move the lawnmower over and make some room because I just bought a motorcycle. She flipped out called my dad and said to him did you hear what your son said, he thinks he's going to buy a motorcycle. I said no your not hearing me I already bought it! Im bringing home in a few days I need room in the garage to park it. They both said they would kick me out if I brought the motorcycle home, but I did bring it home and eventually they got over it.

So for me it was buy the bike ask questions later, and my family wasn't really willing to kick me out over a motorcycle
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I'm not the only one! lol

Riceburner said:
This. Brought my first bike home, said I bought one and I'm going for a ride, be back for dinner.
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Okay, perhaps this is common <_<
 
My family is in the funeral home industry and my dad has embalmbed over 100 people that have died in motorcycle accidents in his career. He said if I ever get a "casket on wheels" he would not have anything to do with me anymore. Well.... I did anyways and they just learned to deal with it because they saw how happy it made me. You'll be fine my dood, go with what your heart tells you and they will learn to accept it. Good luck!
 
Dude get the motorcycle. I was in the same boat I go to UTSC and I was sick of using public transport and my parents were never serious about getting a second car. So I just got my M1 and M2 and bought the bike home and they accepted it after a huge argument lol. But trust me you will win in the end.
 
It's not about winning.

Under their roof, under their rules. He's 20 years old and claims to be responsible, if he breaks the rules he should be told to get out.

I agree that the parents will probably at least grudgingly accept it, but they don't have to.

I started at 16 too, by 17 I was living in town for school and bought a bike. Mom thought if she ignored it then it would eventually go away. A phase.

I'm 45, if she was still alive she'd still be doing that
 
Joe Bass said:
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I hate to make this a race thing, but I'm curious of your backround.....this sounds like a European or Asian mother. (flame on gtam lol)

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This is not a race thing, it's a generational thing.

It's very common for millennials to be "bubblewrapped" against risks by their parents. It starts young, it's dangerous to walk to school so they are driven. It's dangerous to ride minibikes, play contact sports, ski, snowboard so they play on their game consoles, phones and computers. It's dangerous to be out on their own at 18, so they stay with mom and dad till they're 28.

Not all of them, but a lot of them. I have 3 kids in their 20s, it amazes me how many of their adult friends still live with their parents. When I look back at my youth, getting a drive to school meant you rode the schoolbus, lots of us had dirtbikes, we played tackle football at recess, and most played at least one contact sport. You left home right after finishing school.

Things change.
 
Parents always do that, you got to fight it. Either way he's right. They won't allow him to get a car even if he's going to pay for everything and he can't get the motorcycle either! It's totally unfair and stupid.The guys going be 20 soon he isn't a little kid, he should stand up to them. My parents were like that and I fought it and won.
 
Mad Mike said:
This is not a race thing, it's a generational thing.

It's very common for millennials to be "bubblewrapped" against risks by their parents. It starts young, it's dangerous to walk to school so they are driven. It's dangerous to ride minibikes, play contact sports, ski, snowboard so they play on their game consoles, phones and computers. It's dangerous to be out on their own at 18, so they stay with mom and dad till they're 28.

Not all of them, but a lot of them. I have 3 kids in their 20s, it amazes me how many of their adult friends still live with their parents. When I look back at my youth, getting a drive to school meant you rode the schoolbus, lots of us had dirtbikes, we played tackle football at recess, and most played at least one contact sport. You left home right after finishing school.

Things change.
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Part of them living with their parents is probably about saving money; it's a raw deal trying to get your own place especially in the GTA. In my case I bit the bullet because my relationship with my family was in the dumps and I couldn't take living with them, but it's definitely not cheap and it'll set you back a bit in terms of major life milestones.

Best advice I can give OP is to establish boundaries and enforce them, especially if you're not financially dependent on them. Nobody that loves you will cut you off over a hobby. And his mom should see a shrink... she's got bigger problems than a kid with a dangerous hobby.
 
Noob28 said:
Parents always do that, you got to fight it. Either way he's right. They won't allow him to get a car even if he's going to pay for everything and he can't get the motorcycle either! It's totally unfair and stupid.The guys going be 20 soon he isn't a little kid, he should stand up to them. My parents were like that and I fought it and won.
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Wow

You just don't get that you have to live under house rules. They are not breaking any laws or endangering him.

He has the right, but not until he moves out.
 
There's a fine line between independence and house rules. In the end if it becomes a big issue, house rules rule. Live under their roof=follow their rules. If they adjust their opinion, great, if not, suck it up and move out or follow their rules.
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