11-26-2007, 11:12 AM
asteele2 Wrote:Does this even need to be answered, really?
I was just throwing it in the ring - and not as an andrew's sister joke. When you have kids you introduce an incredible burden on your life, and often of the rest of your family - so its a bit selfish to then look at them and accuse them of burdening you. Know what I'm getting at? If you werent involved in something 'high risk' then you're not suddenly off the hook of being at risk of burdening your family in some way.
asteele2 Wrote:To use your example from above, my step father used to skydive. She was equally uncomfortable with that.
That makes sense then.
asteele2 Wrote:The bottom line is that taking part in this activity without considering her opinion is selfish
There's nothing wrong with taking this under serious consideration/discussion with your family - its more than I've done, at least.
You could continue the discussion with them and agree to wear your gear at all times, wear better gear, up your medical coverage/insurance, install auxiliary lighting and attempt to reduce the potential for serious injury as best you can. You've had several accidents on your own and walked away, and now after being hit by a minivan you were also able to walk away from with minor injury - so while the risk is there, we dont end up in the ER every time we fall off.