Curious if this is a nationwide thing. Anybody care to admit they live with their parents?

I can understand high school or college students in transition, but curious to see how many post-collegiate/schooling professional discers are still living off their rents.

In NC, I can think of quite a few. Also curious to see if people think that someone who doesn't have a real job or have to provide for themselves has an advantage in this sport.

Nobody willing to bite on this one? :D

They don't have internet privileges while their parents are at work...

Chuck, that was pretty darn funny! :D

I do know a Professional disc golfer here in So Cal that lives with his elderly parent in an effort to provide care. He has a full time job and plenty of income. He is not living at home for a free ride, but to be a caring son.

Is that the same thing?

I don't think so, and highly doubt that would give them a playing advantage.

I do know a Professional disc golfer here in So Cal that lives with his elderly parent in an effort to provide care. He has a full time job and plenty of income. He is not living at home for a free ride, but to be a caring son.

Is that the same thing?



I live at home with my folks and Polish has decided to start this thread to basically mock me and make fun of me.

He choose to do this b/c that is just the type of person he is, he knows full well I am the same situation as above, helping take care of my folks.

When I finished college, I like most college students, couldn't find employment. I used up all my graduation money on rent and within 3 months was broke. I moved back home b/c of this.

I found a part time job, but still not enough to get my own place. Well, about this time, we were told my father would not live much longer due to cancer. He has been in out of the hospital and taken chemo ever since - he also had to have surgery to have lots of cancerous cells removed. This operation requried removing muscles from under his arms and he lost a lot of his range of motion in these arms.

Along with that and the extreme fatigue, sickness and weight loss due to chemo, my mom had to pretty much take care of him. However, when she was pregnant with me, my parents were in a bad car wreck and her back is permently damaged from it. This prevents her from lifting heavy objects, doing yard work, etc.

My father and I always did those things while I was growing up, but when I went away for college, my dad did it all.

Now, he is unable to do so.

With all that in mind, as I found full time employment and could afford to move out and get my own place, my family needed me so I decided to stay. This was around Christmas of 2005 and I still live there today and I'm happy to say dad is still alive - still taking chemo, but he is here with us.

I would say if anything this has hurt my play as a disc golfer. I have no time to practice and don't get any practice during the week. I have a basket in my back yard that is pretty much deceration.

I don't regret my decision one bit to stay at home. Knowing that I am helping my family out in thier time of need is good enough for me to over come the jokes and comments by people like the one starting this thread.

Being able to spend time with and take care of my father has left memories that long after he passes on to Heaven I will always cherrish and never can be replaced. Those certainly outweigh silly comments like the ones the original poster has been making about me and my living situation on another message board and silly threads like this one.

Sorry to hear about your Dad's condition, glad to hear he is still with us. I lost my mom to Ovarian Cancer when i was 21, 14.5 years ago. I also had to move back home after college to help my dad run the house and the family eateries. So i feel you.

I didn't see where Polish directed this to you. He mentioned that he knows several NC or SC "pro"(for lack of a better word) DGers living at home with their parents.

For the record, i have my own house with my own wife with my own 2 Satan Spawns now!

I also lost my mom to Ovarian Cancer some 20 years ago! Glad to hear you dad is still able to fight! Best wishes to you and your family in this trying time! I also did not see this thread as a shot at you but dont know your relations with Polish!

MTL, will you stop insisting everything evolves around you please. Give me a break.


Oh, and stop with the personal attacks. Shouldn't you get suspended for that? Peter, are you out there? Jeff? Wojosomethingpolishski?

Thanks for the kind wishes about my father.

However, this is a poke at me by Polish.

On another message board after he blew up and attacked me for wishing his father well during a time of illness, he wrote,

"Well then, I wish you and your roommates well too then. Are you related to your roommates?"

Other things he wrote were deleted, but they were things basically like "you are pathetic for miling off your folks etc"

This thread showed up shortly after. Clearly an attack from him to me.

That is all.

If I was a mod, I would have already suspended you due to clear PDGA message board violations.

If you are going to quote me, quote what I actually write. Also, would you kindly stop with the personal attacks please?

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You guys are getting pretty lame. Come on two discussion bored with your nonsense. Ok you'll don't like each other big f'n deal. Get over it. How does this help our beloved game.
PP- Why waste a sick day on this Go play frolf or with yourself. It's old

Sick day was in lieu of about three too many last night!

Then go exercise (sweat those booze out of ya) and stop worrying about what Mtl does and did in the past. Who really cares? It just makes you look like the arse

I'm waiting for everyone to finish work, then hitting the nest! :D

Pretty sure I am going with the hair of the dog technique in a minute, or 90 minute.

brad is 100% correct.... (and here i thought the thread was going to be about larry!)

brad is 100% correct.... (and here i thought the thread was going to be about larry!)



Wrong Leonard!

This does remind me of of the funnier things said to me....

After college, Jack Schmalfeld asked me what my plans were. I told him I was moving back home b/c I couldn't find a job. His response..."well, I see you are keeping the Leonard tradition alive"

:D

I seem to recall Larry Leonard somehow being the 'poster boy' for disc golfers that live at home with their parents.

In his defense, I always heard that he took care of a majority of the household bills (if not all).

Brad Hammock?

I know some guys that play some good golf and stay with their folks to help out.. Nothing wrong with that at all in my opinion.

I think David Wiggins still lives at home with his parents.

I live at home. :D

The food is way better then at the dorms.

I think David Wiggins still lives at home with his parents.



HILARIOUS! what a slacker! ;)

Still live at home, but still a college student. Spent a few years (summer 03 through spring 07) living on my own, but decided to move home and save money until I graduate. Basically mooching right now, but that'll end soon after graduation. Hoping to not only get out of the house, but the state as a whole.

I still live at home.
Where else is there?

I've almost always lived at home. The exceptions were college dorm rooms and military barracks.

That's for sure! In the construction industry, we often spend nights away from home. Still manage to get to play if you organize correctly ;)