What you'll do for your kids (even adult ones)

[soccerdad72]

My older son turns 25 in a couple weeks. He's decided to take the week off from work and wanted to do some things he's always wanted to try but never had the time (or money) to do before. First up on his list - skydiving. He scheduled and booked a tandem jump for the day of his birthday and then asked if I wanted to go with him. It's been almost 30 years since the last time I've had the opportunity to try skydiving, but friends of mine were going a week before my wedding and my soon-to-be wife decided that was tempting fate just a little too much. But, your son asks you if you want to do something with him, you go for it.

Now I just hope he's not interested in shark diving or something like that...

 

[focusondisney]

Good luck on your jump!

 

[leebee]

Nope, not skydiving, not for me. In fact, although it's joking around, DD knows she's not allowed to tell me if she goes skydiving. Don't wanna know 'til after it's all over and she's safe

 

[TiggerTrigger]

I'd like to say that diving with sharks is a bucket list item for me. I'd do that ANY DAY before I'd jump out of a perfectly fine airplane.

 

[Dan Murphy]

I don't think a skydive for me. Enjoy, and report back.

 

[tvguy]

Well a year ago we helped our youngest sell all her worldly possessions (house, car, furniture) and manage her finances so she could move to Germany and go back to school. Nothing dangerous, but not a move I would have made as a 34 year old.

 

[Jasper&Bowie]

Good luck and have fun! Definitely not something I would want to try.

 

[unrequited23]

My youngest wants to go skydiving when he turns 18 and has asked me to go with him. Not something I ever considered doing on my own, but if he wants me there I'll be there. At least I have 7 years to get used to the idea.

 

[Kitty 34]

My niece (41) just skydived last Friday and absolutely loved it. Have fun!

 

[Micca]

Saw the thread title and thought "There really isn't anything I wouldn't do for my adults DDs." Then I read soccerdad's post and he has, indeed, identified a thing I would not do

 

[slo]

I love your post and if my DD21 wanted me to do something like that, I would not hesitate. I love making memories with her and even though I would be nervous, I would still do it. Have so so much fun!!

 

[TCRAIG]

As the old saying goes….I’d walk thru Hell with gasoline underwear on for my daughter but skydive - nope - not gunna do it!

 

[ddluvsdisney]

I love how he asked you to do it with him! Take advantage of that!!!

 

[hardcorestitch]

Hard pass on skydiving too. I can handle coaster drops, but NOT sky drops.

 

[NotUrsula]

You've identified the 2 things I wouldn't do; mostly because there is no way I could if no danger existed beforehand.

I have a serious fear of falling, and there is no way I would deliberately sign up to fall out of or off of anything, but if my kids were little and had managed to evade barriers to crawl out on a ledge, I would have gone after them then. (Though the honest truth is that if I had, we probably would have both died. I'm so terrified of falling that I tend to pass out if I'm in danger of it. I was always falling off of swings as a kid, after other kids came along and pushed me high, though they knew I didn't want to do that. So I'd faint, and I'd drop like a stone. My classmates thought it was hilarious.)

I also have a healthy respect for sharks. My dad used to deep-sea fish, and he frequently caught sharks, though he always released them if he could. The problem is that if someone pulled one in, they bit everything they could reach, and that included my boots a time or two. Dad's method to release them was to cut the hook so that the steel leader wouldn't be dragging, and that required getting in pretty close. If I never have to look a shark right in the eye again it will be too soon.

So, yeah, anything that doesn't involve deliberate falling or shark encounters, I'll go, but those two -- don't even tell me about it.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Saw the thread title and thought "There really isn't anything I wouldn't do for my adults DDs." Then I read soccerdad's post and he has, indeed, identified a thing I would not do

Same

 

[prairie_girl]

As Meatball once said, I would do anything for love, but I won’t do that lol

 

[dizneegirl]

As Meatball once said, I would do anything for love, but I won’t do that lol

That would be Meat Loaf...

 

[BrianL]

That would be Meat Loaf...

I mean, meatloaf is really just a big meatball anyway....

 

[prairie_girl]

That would be Meat Loaf...

This is why I need to concentrate on what I’m saying lol

I like the typo so I’m keeping it