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Need help convincing my parents

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Tanner-D
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What should i tell to my parents so thry will let mye go to Windells next summer.

Jun 16 2008 11:23PM
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ThaLetterM.
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say please?
Jun 16 2008 11:24PM
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Alex=God
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with a cherry on top
Jun 16 2008 11:29PM
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van_ski
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i would get a job and offer to pay for a good chunk of the cost
Jun 16 2008 11:30PM
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papasteeze
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you know what gets parents stoked?  good grades and helping around the house.

Make a deal with them.
Jun 16 2008 11:30PM
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Tanner-D
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the thing is I'm already excpected to get straight A's but maybe the hoouse thing will work
Jun 16 2008 11:32PM
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papasteeze
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shouldn't be hard to find $50 worth of work a week to do for the next year.  do it!  make the deal first though and make sure they don't have to follow up on you. 

As lame as it sounds put a weekly check list up on the fridge and show them that you are serious by doing it religiously.  It's important to show them that you are serious about how much you want to go.


Jun 16 2008 11:36PM
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one-love
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i say hold your little brother hostage..... or tell them some bullshit about how hard you have worked and how skiing is your passion and u would really love your parents if they sent you. remember throw in the words love, hard work, passion and maybe a barter for good measure.. like shit i dont know i go i will do this. i had to paint my house and put up a bunch of posters in my room and ski like was a drug
Jun 16 2008 11:37PM
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sick-as-aids
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offer to pay some of it and say ull do some chors nd shit for them 2. sounds legit
Jun 16 2008 11:47PM
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Vtsnowski
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tell them there is a lot of money in skiing, then show them what Jon is driving
Jun 16 2008 11:52PM
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Santa-Cruz
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well if u dont do anything all summer like me then they should be happy to pay but if ur super active during the sumer say it will help u in teh sport u love or pay for it ur self
Jun 17 2008 12:01AM
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readiculous
Posts: 880 - Karma: 28
Do all the chores and get good grades and all that, and write them an essay explaining why it's important to you.
Jun 17 2008 12:06AM
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eldabbelyou
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promise to write a postcard while you're there....
Jun 17 2008 2:52AM
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ninjea
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 Just save up the moeny and go, if your 18 just say :"fuck this, i'm going, be back in 2-3 weeks"

if your not 18, save up money till your 18 and then just go.
Jun 17 2008 5:14AM
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Gharf
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babysit for 50$ every week. 52 weeks until next year
52 * 50 = windells

Jun 17 2008 5:44AM
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Manlenium
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Offer to pay half.
Jun 17 2008 6:08AM
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AC_breezy
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get good grades pay thhem half,and beg them till there ears bleed
Jun 17 2008 8:11AM
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Static
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tell them you'll kill yourself if they say no
Jun 17 2008 8:38AM
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panojibber
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Good luck buddy, I offerered to pay for half my COC costs, take the greyhound to whistler, and my average is like... 87 right now.... But unfortunately they still said no, and then sent my sister to farnham for race training...
Jun 17 2008 9:15AM
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Static
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that's fucked up, they obviously care way more about your sister than you. You need to put an end to that shit or tell them to go fuck themselves. Some people are just really shiity parents.
Jun 17 2008 9:23AM
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Malcolm
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ask her again and when she says no put on ur ski shit and start skiing on ur front lawn. shell see how much u want to go skiing
Jun 17 2008 2:26PM
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cfox
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yea get a job and offer to pay some of it
Jun 17 2008 10:01PM
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SirFryanator
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I'm paying for half of my camp this summer.
Just make sure that you maintain your grades and make a ton of money this summer so that you can afford it!
Jun 17 2008 10:05PM
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Franny
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Im trying to find the cheapest way there cuz my parents wont pay anything for it. Should i go on greyhound or something?
Jun 17 2008 10:08PM
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Mike34113
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my bro asked me the same thing cause he wanted to go and i told him since i was going to france in april to use that as leverage to let him go since he can go somewhere
Jun 17 2008 10:10PM
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krazykeegs
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man you're just gonna have to pay for it yourself..
kiss ass for like two years, ski in the lawn like 100 times, and put COC posters EVERYWHERE
Jun 17 2008 10:40PM
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Caveman.
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Listen to this guy. He is a parent.
Jun 17 2008 11:39PM
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anthony_B
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Agreed. He knows his shit.

As he says get a job and pay some of the costs. How old are you anyways? You can get a part time job if your old enough. However, most likely someone old enough isn't gonna post a thread about this.

G'luck

BTW shouldn't you be worried about where your gonna ski next winter? Not next summer. Next winter is just around the corner. Start saving know and you can shred some fresh in the upcoming season. Thats where you wanna be man.
Jun 18 2008 7:43AM
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AC_breezy
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mee tooo don't beg too much  say pweas i beg too much and my  mom signed me up a town camp and football the only weekend i could go to windells
Jun 18 2008 7:58AM
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SkierX
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Exactly.

As papa said, get a job, offer to help with as much as you can, and do some extra things around home to help out.

Jun 18 2008 9:13AM
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