How can I persudae my parents not to move?
I’m only 12 and I have a great life and friends ; how come my sister gets to live her life until 18 in new jersey when she has her license and everything and my parents are wanting to move to VIRGINIA. I just wanna cry…i have a life here and i don’t wanna move!!!!!!!! At the time, my dad is in terrible physical condition and his business is in dept. I was where they were talking a few minutes ago and he was saying "We should just file bankruptcy and just sell this house. I’m under so much stress with this business. I have to get up every day at 5:30 am when I want to sleep. I just can’t handle this anymore I’m getting old and I wish I could just retire but we need money. We should just sell this house and move. Eventually we are doing that." I had to leave the room before i started crying. I can’t stand Virginia!!! No effence but I HATE their accent and everything about that place- the country and no stores…whats up with that? I’m a city girl and I want to stay that way. My dad
offered for me to go to the Virginia school and my New Jersey school, and I would do that but now it doesn’t seem like i can. Oh by the way I dont want to have the accent too. It’s makes me seem stupider. =[[[ help?
ok…im from MISSISSIPPI so i would know south….
looks like you are moving. you dont have a say, sorry. but the south isnt that bad.
As for your accent-phobia, there are 4 accents…you will get use to it. Of course, if the only southern accent you have ever heard was off of a movie, dont believe it. Hollywood SUCKS at southern accents. You will pick it up.
Its not like you will have to listen to country music or go huntin….I hate country music and hunting and still have things to do….theres malls, movies, internet, rock, rap, pop, blah. Its not that different than anywhere else.
Everyone seems to picture the South as a bunch of hillbilles drinkin moonshine and square dancing. DONT WORRY. Chances are, you will not meet anyone who is actually like this. Ever. You would have to look very long and hard.
By the way, down south instead of "hey you guys" its hey yall. it just is.
hope this helped?
April 25th, 2010 at 11:51 pmYou can’t.
April 25th, 2010 at 11:51 pmThey are your parents and know what is best for the family.
i gope things get better for your family. Cheer up.
Before you judge Virginia too harshly, I think you ought to do some research. It’s actually an amazing place with lots of history and culture.
And with all due respect, I don’t know too many people who are going to argue that a Jersey accent trumps the slight Southern twang you hear in certain parts of Virginia.
April 25th, 2010 at 11:51 pmyou already developed your speech…you won’t end up with the accent. unless you’re still learning to talk
April 25th, 2010 at 11:51 pmYou have every right to be upset about having to move, but you’re acting like your parents planned this just to ruin your life. If the business is losing money, there is a chance that your parents could be in debt by tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Staying in New Jersey could mean living in a dumpster, darlin’… Did you ever think of that? Your parents don’t want to sell the house and give up their lives either. But they are willing to make that sacrifice to ensure that YOU get to continue to live in a house, go to school, etc. You need to focus on how you can help your family through this time, not how you can make it more difficult for your parents.
April 25th, 2010 at 11:51 pmWell stop being selfish your dad is being stressed out with his job and if hes not doing so well you should be able to atleast do this for him so he can get better and stay in contact and not everyone that lives in virgina is going to have that accent my sister goes to school there and were from cali and she has no accent and to them you will be the one with the accent and remember staying in contact with your friends is still an option talk to your parents about it I know how it feels to move but now I have a great life.
-Brianna
April 25th, 2010 at 11:51 pmyou won’t get an accent.
April 25th, 2010 at 11:51 pmwhen i moved from colorado to stupid texas (i’ve lived here for 6 years now) and i don’t have an accent at all.
and if your parents are moving, its probly for a new job, and for more money. you’ll get use to your new home. you might make even betterfriends. just don’t come to virginia with a snotty attitude and act emo because you will regret it.
I know it seems hard, but things will get better. I hate to say it but moving sounds like the best for your parents. You may not understand what your father has to go through to even make enough money for food, it sounds like he is having a really hard time, both phyiscally and mentally. It would help make him better in the long run and family means everything. See if your sister could pick you up on weekends and go to new jersey with her since she can drive, or maybe her and your parents could meet half way. I know it will be hard to make new friends and leave your life but having a country accent isn’t all that bad. And you wont automatically get one. Chances are you will never sound the same as they do. Hope this helps and good luck.
April 25th, 2010 at 11:51 pmEveryone on here is being really nice to you, but what they really need to tell you is to SUCK IT UP and deal with it! Stuff just happens in life that we have no control over, and you need to learn that NOW. Your parents are fretting over selling their house and possibly filing bankruptcy, and you’re moping about not wanting to pick up a southern accent?! You’re spoiled and selfish! Not only that, but you’re completely wrong about Virginia… What 12 year-old would really think that there aren’t as many stores there as any other part of the country? And, if you’re worried about sounding ignorant, you might try using decent English… There’s no such word as "stupider". And it’s OFFENCE, not "effence". Perhaps the great schools in Virginia would be good for you.
April 25th, 2010 at 11:51 pmI know you don’t want to hear this but there is not much that you can do. You’ll miss your friends and the excitement of living in a big city but you have to give it a chance. Have you been to VIrginia or are you just guessing at what it will be like? Not all of the state is backwoods you know? Think about your father’s health and finances. Don’t ask him to work himself into the grave just so that you can grow up in the city. College is not that far off (it really isn’t!) if you want to go back to Jersey you can!
April 25th, 2010 at 11:51 pmYour mom and dad are making the best decision for the entire family. So you can’t persuade them to not move, they’ve thought about this, and feel it’s in the entire family’s best interests to relocate.
I moved around quite a bit when I was a kid. Can I give you some advise? When you get to Virginia, please keep your opinions of that beautiful state to yourself. Keep your opinions about their accent to yourself. Because, if you start a school in Virginia, thinking and acting like they’re all a bunch of uneducated, country hicks–you won’t have a single friend. And then you will be miserable. Go there with an open mind, you might make a great friend out of this move. Heck, my sister even met her husband when our family moved to Long Island. So you never know what adventures are in place for you. Also, fyi–if you’re from New Jersey–I guarantee you have much more of an accent than anyone in Virginia does.
April 25th, 2010 at 11:51 pm