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Originally Posted by eidian
He lives under his parents' roof. His parents don't have to let him live with them anymore, they do it because they care for/love him. The trade-off for living with your parents when you're an adult (age-wise) is that you follow their rules. Trust me, if Blank was living in his own place, his father would respect his decision (even if he hates it) and his mother will still cry but there's nothing that she would be able to about it.
On another note Blank, I really do feel for you and understand what you're going through. When I turned 18 my mother said that if I get a bike, she would "write me out of the will" and never help me financially. Well, that really left impression because I didn't get my bike 'til twenty-one (count them...21!) years later. At 39 I finally realized that I wasn't financially depending on them anymore (hadn't been for over a decade) and that I could really could make my own deicions (hey, what can I say...some things take a really long time for me to figure out). So I got my 500R and have been loving it for the past year and-a-half.
I have no regrets about not riding through my 20's or most of my 30's because I know that my mom was right, I would've killed myself on a bike if I would've gotten it one day sooner than I did (the way she said I would). So in part, I do give my mom credit for helping me from killing myself on a bike. I'm not saying that you're anything like me when I was your age, but hey...youth is youth. I also tell myself that Neil Peart didn't start riding 'til he was 41, so I have a couple years on him time-wise though I'll never get to ride as much as he has in my life time.
Yeah, getting a dirt bike would be fun...or maybe get DualSport so that you can ride your bike to the dirt instead of trailering it if you're close to some mountains.
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eidian,
You're always full of good advice.. I got the bike bug.. i WILL get it.. it just depends on where and when, thats all.. I need to respect my family and respect myself for now..
i was REALLY thinking about a dual sport.. Have any in mind? Some websites can guide you teh wrong way..either be TOO small.. or TOO big..