Where I am, there is the thing called the Blue Berry Festival, this Saturday. My whole family is going... but I really don't want to go. You could say "Just go for your family!" but thats another thing. My family is going to see a concert there, and my brother and I can't because we don't have enough money. So even if I went for the family, it would just be my brother and I. You could say "Oh, just go for your brother than!" Well, the only thing at the festival is the concert, and several booths you have to pay for... and my parent's don't have money... so, even if I went, I'd just be standing there, doing nothing.   I don't want to go anyways. The guy in concert is Easton Corbin. ( I don't like New Generation country. There hasn't been anything good in like 6/7 years.) So, even If I could go to the concert, I really don't want to.   Also, there is an event going on that same day called "Free Comic Book Day." and the closest comic store is 1 or 2 hours away from where I live, and even farther from the blue berry festival... and I really want to go. I've never been to a comic book store, and with my recent obsession with Sonic and other comics, I think its about time to start. How do I tell my parents that I don't want to go, without them being offended, and how do I convince them to take me to the comic store? I'm afraid to tell my parents that I like comics... because I feel like my dad is already disappointed in me enough for being a wimp, (he was one of those popular kids in school) and if I tell him I like comics, I think he'd think even less of me than he already does....What should I do?

Have a heart to heart with your dad

For telling them you don't want to go be honest. Tell him honestly why you don't want to go and hopefully he should understand. As for the comic thing you could also ask  him that. Just be honest.

Fake a sicky.

Have a heart to heart with your dad

 

 

For telling them you don't want to go be honest. Tell him honestly why you don't want to go and hopefully he should understand. As for the comic thing you could also ask  him that. Just be honest.

Those are my biggest fears. There is nothing worse than talking to my dad, unless its like an average how are you thing. That's the only time we talk. That's why I feel like he's disappointed in me, because every time we do talk, it's like he just brushes me off and ignores me. 

 

Fake a sicky.

Impossible... I really don't like lying to my parents... or anyone, really.

Nobody can stop you from pursuing what you like. I'm sure your dad really cares about you, but it wouldn't be right for him to think bad of you for having interest in something he doesn't. Tell him that you want to go to a comic book store, and hopefully he'll understand. 

Those are my biggest fears. There is nothing worse than talking to my dad, unless its like an average how are you thing. That's the only time we talk. That's why I feel like he's disappointed in me, because every time we do talk, it's like he just brushes me off and ignores me. 

 

Impossible... I really don't like lying to my parents... or anyone, really.

if you prefer you could try talking to another one of your parents? And he's your dad. If he's dissapointed in you that changes nothing about who you are, that's just him. He'll just miss out on seeing a great person by being "dissapointed". If how are you conversations are literally the only time you talked before then I think it's worth a try to see what he says.

Nobody can stop you from pursuing what you like. I'm sure your dad really cares about you, but it wouldn't be right for him to think bad of you for having interest in something he doesn't. Tell him that you want to go to a comic book store, and hopefully he'll understand. 

 

 

if you prefer you could try talking to another one of your parents? And he's your dad. If he's dissapointed in you that changes nothing about who you are, that's just him. He'll just miss out on seeing a great person by being "dissapointed". If how are you conversations are literally the only time you talked before then I think it's worth a try to see what he says.

I guess you guys are right.

I guess you guys are right.

If you feel that hes dissapointed in you have a talk with him i know its a fear but ask him if hes dissapointed in you just because the two of you like different things doesnt mean hes dissapointed and if he is why should you worry about it its his problem not yours . your a great guy

hm.. well like Weiss said, just tell him. i get that that might seem scary, but hey if you really want to go to that place that bad, you should risk it. i mean like your parents are going to judge you anyway when you get older, just holding your thoughts in just because you don't want to disappointing him/her/them seems like a bad idea. it used to be the same for my parents and me, but when i told them the stuff i wanted to do and the stuff i love, they couldn't do much. of course if this makes your parents think bad of you (which it shouldn't) just compromise.