Why'd this piss me off?

[megale3]

I was just reading on the bikeforums.net about a guy that was happy that he dropped his dad. I think I would be more proud of myself if I was to have opulled my dad up a long hill rather than wait till he was tired out then leave him. :x
Just me
Meg

[monical1]

Because you're a good and decent person! However, who knows what the relationship between this father and son is like.

M

[lizardbiker]

Either a very competitive family with a dad who liked kicking his sons butt and finally has slowed down through the years to where the son finally won, or the son is a poser not realizing how pathetic it is to brag about dropping your own father. Without reading the article, I'm still leaning towards the poser theory.

[megale3]

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=301421
Bikes are funny animals. You can ride a bike with all the intentions to communicate from it. It can say your happy or competitive or helpful or understanding or brave or sad or a lot of things with out ever saying a word. Its like on a bike the one who pulls the most is the tough guy when the kid pulls he is taking the reins.
Meg

[AC]

When my son beats me at something athletically, I actually find it very rewarding. I always did...especially in the games like golf, hoops or other things that he grew into.

I hope he does even better professionally than I did.

[megale3]

that is cool AC and so would I, but do you want him to plaster it on the internet as a gloating thing?
M

[lizardbiker]

If that guy's avatar is a real photo of him, he could probably gain a few more mph and some more self respect with a new haircut. Now that he's destroyed his dad in a bike race he'll have the confidence to ride with some people his own age and see how well he fares.

[megale3]

If that guy's avatar is a real photo of him, he could probably gain a few more mph and some more self respect with a new haircut. Now that he's destroyed his dad in a bike race he'll have the confidence to ride with some people his own age and see how well he fares.

So I take it you found him to be a spoiled brat too?
M

[lizardbiker]

If that guy's avatar is a real photo of him, he could probably gain a few more mph and some more self respect with a new haircut. Now that he's destroyed his dad in a bike race he'll have the confidence to ride with some people his own age and see how well he fares.

So I take it you found him to be a spoiled brat too?
M
I'm thinking his dad let him win so he'd stop crying.

[megale3]

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[melanieann]

It would have pissed me off too. I love my Dad. I respect my Dad. I would never drop my Dad. That sucks. I mean, I guess I don't know what the facts are surrounding their relationship and all but I'm assuming this is the man that raised him for at least 18 years. Get a life, dude. PO-SER.

[AC]

Unless the relationship is actually dysfunctional, the Dad probably finds it pretty humorous...which is how I'd look at it. My son would probably send me the link and we'd have a good laugh.

I do have a few life rules...Everyone's marriage is different, so when I read about things that happen to other people I don't try to think how I would react if, say I was Hillary Clinton several years ago. Same goes for the relationships with parents and kids.

In another thread, someone's kid doesn't like Disneyworld. When my kids were 4 and 6 yrs old, they would stand next to my bed in the hotel at dawn waiting for me to get up and take them to the park...like vigilant guards waiting for the action to start. So...dropping Dad on a ride...probably was pretty funny..to the Dad.

[like2bike]

Hey ACE your STFU guy is almost at 1000 posts. Wonder if that means he's said it 1000 times?