Originally Posted by
Dan Burkhart
Next up, a bike for mom?
Yeah, I wish!
She's just not going to go for that. It's a shame, too.
My mom is the type of person that if she doesn't like something, nobody else can, either. She's never been on a cruise ship, yet claims she won't like a cruise because "she could drown" or wind up without plumbing. She knows my wife and I enjoy them and whenever there's an "issue" with a cruise ship, she's always sure to point it out.
When it's my time to go, it's my time to go, and I'm going to leave this Earth whether I'm on a cruise ship or walking down a flight of stairs. I'm not going to live my life in fear of what
may happen.
My brother got sick on a fishing boat when he was young. He wanted to go on a cruise UNTIL my mother,
who has NEVER been on a cruise, convinced him that he'd be as sick as a dog and stuck in the middle of the ocean, vomiting for a week. I've had a hell of a time trying to convince him otherwise. I suffer terribly from both, IBS and acid reflux, and if I can get on a cruise ship and not have any worse issues than the usual, I know he, who seems to have an iron gut, can do it, but at the same time, I love roller-coasters and he gets sick on them.
My dad wants to go on a cruise. She refuses. Now, I don't want to sound disrespectful here or negative, but at 70 years old and having a family who doesn't tend to live much past 75-80 years old, time is running out for him. She'll get on a plane and fly to Italy if it's something SHE wants to do, but damned if HE wants to do something. She is all about her.
My dad brought up a good point and told her, "Well, you'll get on a plane without a parachute..." I'm very tempted to book him on the next cruise my wife and I take. My dad really needs to put his foot down and tell her, "Well, This is something I've wanted to do for a long time and I'm going to, whether it's with or without you," and then he just needs to do it.
Originally Posted by
GeorgeBMac
Good Job! That was a tough sell -- and I suspect you should receive hazardous duty pay for taking on your mom! I would have been in full retreat...
Well, it wasn't so much "sold," per se. I knew she didn't approve but I went ahead and did it anyway. He hates going to the gym and just spinning away on some dumb machine, so now he has a bike where the scenery will change. His best friend of over 50 years rides and this is a good opportunity for him to get some exercise and enjoy hanging out with his buddy.
