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So I've been an athlete all my life. I love working out, it helps take the stress away. In middle school I swam for a club team year around, but then this recent school year (freshman year highschool) i decided to take a break from swimming and concentrate on my softball. This upcoming sophmore year, softball didn't go to well last year so I thought I'd do highschool swim team. My mom signed me up for this five week club swim team thing from 6;45-8:45 in the morning. It's hard as hell, and all the swimmers there have swam their whole lives and it's easy for them. I was doing it with a friend, but now she can't cause her shoulder is injured. The last thing I want to dois go to this thing, no one talks to me PLUS it's hard as hell. It was nice to have a friend there for support, and now that I don't have that I'm just not sure. My parents are pushing this down my throat, forcing me to go. I HAVE to go tomorrow morning, but my parents just don't realize I only do this to keep in shape, I'm not interested in swimming in college or going to the freaking olympics. I've told them this, yet their still forcing me to go. I tell them I don't want to and I feel like they are totally dispointed. It sucks, I just want to quit this thing and run on my own or something, but my parents are fucking making me do this. It reallly really sucks. What should I do?
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Maybe your parents are making you continue because they want you to learn that when you make a commitment to something you have to see it through, even if its tough. This is a 5 week program? Sounds to me like you're giving up way to soon! You've had a bump in the road. Your friend had to leave, and its harder than you thought it would be. Are you going to run away from everything that's challenging in your life? You won't get very far that way. Gut it out for a the last few weeks. Suck it up and finish what you started. This is what you said you wanted (I'm assuming your parents signed you up so you could be ready for the season), so now you have to see it through. When the program is finished, at least you'll now that you don't want to swim. You can make it. Then at least you'll be able to feel pride knowing you finished something that was super hard, something most other people could not have done.
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I know exactly what you mean. My parents make me play soccer even though I do it just for fun and so I am in some sort of good shape. They don't understand that we don't want to be professionals. I believe you said that you've already talked to them about that? If so, I say you finish out the club swim team if there isn't to much time left. Then, I recommend that you tell your parents that maybe you want to just concentrate on softball. Even ask them to buy you a gym membership so that if you do stop high school sports you could go to the gym in the morning or in the afternoon and just work out there.
Also, since the economy is bad, you might want to think about college swim or softball. They could get you into a good college on a full scholarship if you are seriously good enough.
Good Luck!
Lyssa. 14/f
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