What do you do when?

[bryan bailey]

A parent is over obssessive about bass selling/trading and anything.

I am going through quite a large head ache.

For one, I got my butt chewed off for selling my Squier P/J thing(first bass[hated it])

Now I am getting it because I bought a lemon Alvarez six string(shame on me)

And now he wants me to get the squier back, keep my other fretted.

And all I want is a brand new MIA jazz. No lemon possibility, brand new, nothing wrong.

And he is telling me that I shouldn't get a new jazz(or an MIA) and I should look for something used and cheaper.

Grrrrr makes me angry

 

[thrash_jazz]

Take two Aspirin.

You'll be fine in the morning.

 

[bryan bailey]

Originally posted by thrash_jazz
Take two Aspirin.

You'll be fine in the morning.

I don't take aspirin.

I don't take any drugs at all. Except anti biotics when I am really sick.

 

[reasonbass]

Gettin your butt chewed by your parents is something that they are programed to do. All they need is an excuse . If you want the MIA then stick to your guns and get the MIA.

 

[Aram]

Originally posted by Kaz
A parent is over obssessive about bass selling/trading and anything.

I am going through quite a large head ache.

For one, I got my butt chewed off for selling my Squier P/J thing(first bass[hated it])

Now I am getting it because I bought a lemon Alvarez six string(shame on me)

And now he wants me to get the squier back, keep my other fretted.

And all I want is a brand new MIA jazz. No lemon possibility, brand new, nothing wrong.

And he is telling me that I shouldn't get a new jazz(or an MIA) and I should look for something used and cheaper.

Grrrrr makes me angry

Is it your money? If it is then they really don't have much of a case. I stopped telling my parents when I bought/sold/traded stuff, and they rarely noticed once I stopped bringing it up.

FWIW, I'm 25, and working and living on my own, and I STILL get chewed out now and then for spending money on gear.

It never stops.

 

[bryan bailey]

Yeah. I pay for all my stuff now.

After the first bass, that was it, they cut me off. But they had loaned me money plenty of times, but I did pay it all back in full. And still am for my current rig.

 

[mikemulcahy]

In case I forgot...




Mike

 

[bill h]

Originally posted by Aram
[B

FWIW, I'm 25, and working and living on my own, and I STILL get chewed out now and then for spending money on gear.

It never stops. [/B]

Don't feel bad, I'm over 30 and Mom and Dad still tell me how to, and how not to spend money.

 

[Treena Foster]

Originally posted by Kaz
[B, but I did pay it all back in full. And still am for my current rig. [/B]

Kaz, you still owe money and you want to spend more?

I think you need to rethink your mistakes and learn from them.


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Treena

 

[Aram]

Originally posted by maninbox




Don't feel bad, I'm over 30 and Mom and Dad still tell me how to, and how not to spend money.

Hehe -- same goes for my brothers.

 

[Osama_Spears]

My mom didn't understand why I wanted a 2nd bass...

*** is a lemon alvarez?

 

[Nick Gann]

Originally posted by Osama_Spears
*** is a lemon alvarez?

A lemon is a term that usually means "piece of crap". It is usually used in the context of cars. "That old car is quite a lemon," etc.

 

[Nick Gann]

Originally posted by mikemulcahy
In case I forgot...




Mike

It can't go without:

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[blaire]

Parents arent so bad , its when you have a wife that things start getting messy. I have a stingray and an Ibanez 5 and Im glad Im happy with them coz it gets complicated when you try and convince the wife that just have to have a Modulus Flea bass...... but music is worth it sometimes. My parents dont even know how much my gear costs.

 

[bryan bailey]

I'm just going to have to pay pay back debts and stick to my guns for my lusting of a MIA J.

 

[Nino Valenti]

Originally posted by blaire
Parents arent so bad , its when you have a wife that things start getting messy.

Not for me, I have 4 Sadowsky's & one on the way & my wife don't really mind that much any longer. She knew I was a gear nut before I married her & she (thankfully) accepts it!!!

 

[Aussie Mark]

Originally posted by blaire
Parents arent so bad , its when you have a wife that things start getting messy.

I recommend divorce. In the past year I've bought 6 basses and a truckload of PA equipment, now that I don't have to support a wife and two horses.

 

[tplyons]

My parents complain a lot because they put a lot into my music, every instrument is partly a birthday/Christmas gift, while I usually pay the other half. After a long time of fighting me, constantly saying no, they've learned to respect my judgement, which is more often than not profitable, and they let me do almost entirely as I choose, except they're only giving me $2000 for my car, so I have to work off of that

 

[Hategear]

Originally posted by Kaz
I don't take aspirin.

I don't take any drugs at all...

Is aspirin really considered a drug?

What about those little baby aspirins -- you know, the kind that taste like chalky oranges?

 

[Munjibunga]

My mom and dad are dead.