Do/Did you're parents bug you about being active?

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My parents used to constantly be telling me to "get active and go outside" or "get off that computer" (or when mum was angry "get off your ass son!"), however now it just seems to have receeded to just "get off that computer". My parents used to be down my throat about getting active, however, I'm just not an active person. My strong suits are music and art, both of which are not active activities. Just recently however has the "get off the computer" comments diminished . . I've started going to the gym. Now, I'm very skinny, however, I do not eat quite as healthy as I should and I'm obvioulsy not active. So, going to the gym is a nice alternitive to going outside . . it's got air-conditioning and you can listen to you iPod to pass the time even faster.

I just wanted to know if any of your parents did or still do tell you to "get active" and what your response has been?
 
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A few years ago, my mom would get on my case about me going out because I wasn't social with anyone in school and rarely wanted to go out. I'd either just ignore it or begin to profusely curse. Generally once one has a job, said requirement of going out and being active is usually complete.

If you can't find a job or are too young to be hired by most places, housework also helps.
 
I just push my mom out and close the door and hold it there because she tries to come back in.
 
They tell me once a blue moon, but they've pretty much given up. Besides, I walk/play with my dog so I get exercise. It's just my diet my parents tend to worry about - I'm an extremely picky eater so it does a lot to my diet.
 
When I was a kid the two things my mother bugged me about the most were to "be more social" (I'm about as introverted as it gets) and to get more exercise. I did play softball during the summer (my mothers idea, not mine), but I hated exercise. The only kind of exercise I was interested in was karate lessons, and since my father believed that karate lessons would turn me into some kind of ultra violent juvenile deliquant, that was out of the question (though I did start karate lessons when I was sixteen and eventually got my black belt). But by the time I was twelve or so my mother had pretty much given up on me getting more exercise, though she still buggs me about being more social to this day.
 
My mom and dad bugged me all the time to go to the gym or go play basketball or something before, but now that's been passed on to my younger brother. I found the gym to be fun after they forced me to go there enough times, so they leave me alone now. My brother on the other hand sits at home and plays Warcraft 3 (in MY room, no less..) pretty much all day, so my parents have a lot of problems with him not being "active".
 
I'd always be told that constantly while I was younger. Still am by my father, actually. Neither of my parents seem to be able to comprehend the idea that a person could socialize or really do anything on a computer besides play games or do word processing. Even though most of my days now are probably spent on job sites searching for something better than my current job in market research, and I've made that point to him repeatedly.
 
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Yeah, my first thought upon reading that was "sexually active?".

Eh, they've never really bothered me regularly about it. The only real confrontation I've had was when my mother discovered that AIM exists a couple years ago and got on me since she assumed I used it to tell people horrible things and cause them to kill themselves. She's always thought of me as a bully... '_'
 
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Yeah, my first thought upon reading that was "sexually active?".

Eh, they've never really bothered me regularly about it. The only real confrontation I've had was when my mother discovered that AIM exists a couple years ago and got on me since she assumed I used it to tell people horrible things and cause them to kill themselves. She's always thought of me as a bully... '_'
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That's actually very different from what parents normally tell their children about the dangers on the internet.
 
Nah, not really. My laptop is in my room where no one typically goes and my dad moved out so...
 
Get an exercise bike or walking machine. Put it outside [in the shade]. Get your DS or GBA and play it while you exercise. Or read. Or maybe use a laptop.. [not sure about the laptop one]
 
The only thing my mom basically have been on my case about is getting out more and socialize.

Smart move considering I had a severe depression when she was after me the most, instead of providing the right sort of help.

I've had a job since I was 14 - paper delivery - so I've always had an active free time. Even went to the gym for a few years but had to quit it because I moved away from home and the city I live in now only have insanely expensive gyms.
So I may start boxing.

Anyway, apart from the be-more-social criticism from my mom, I haven't really been bugged about my computerlife. Both of my brothers are far worse anyway, so..~
 
only when i spent hours on the computer rather than actually doing something productive.
 
My parents started bugging me about it only when I entered middle school and they finally got the guts to scold me for things. They still pester me for being an utter lazy ass whenever they have the chance. They're pestering me even worse now that they think I may become a slacker.
 
no.its actually the other way around with me and my parents.
 
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