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My mother and brother are going skydiving tonight. I told my mother "I'm jealous! I always wanted to go skydiving."

Posted by kelly Aug 20 '12, 09:40

She tells me that my other brother is visiting from NYC soon and they all plan on doing it together, and she says, hey, you can visit too and we can make it a family affair!

I'd *love* to go skydiving and I think it would be fun, BUT I'm a little nervous doing it now with a 6 month old.

If you were in my position, would you do it?

Responses:

I don't know that I'd trust the Bjorn that much. -- nm - Reagen Aug 20, 09:51
My Mom, Sister, and Hotcakes are planning a skydiving trip. - Bacon Aug 20, 09:50
I totally want to - after my kids are grown and out of the house. - JaxSean Aug 20, 09:48 5
- You're in way more danger of death/mayhem driving back and forth to the airfield than from the skydiving. -- nm - landbeck Aug 20, 09:49 4
  - I think my wife would be more pissed saying "my husband decided he wanted to jump out of an airplane" than "he died on the way to work." -- nm - JaxSean Aug 20, 09:56
  - especially in New England. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 09:50 1
    - ::ding:: -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 20, 09:56
  - But if I don't go skydiving, I won't be on that dangerous road to the airport. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 09:50
I would not with a small child -- nm - Bacon Aug 20, 09:48 3
- spoiler: He's not going to be strapped on. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 09:49 1
  - *wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee* -- nm - Nathan Aug 20, 09:49
- if I had one -- nm - Bacon Aug 20, 09:48
As long as you have a sitter, why not? It's fun (and safer than almost anything else you'll do). -- nm - landbeck Aug 20, 09:43 14
- I never heard of anyone dying in a skydiving accident while sitting on their couch. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 09:44 13
  - Hmm. Sitting on a couch that is being pushed out of the back of an airplane... -- nm - landbeck Aug 20, 09:46 5
    - *couch rolls over and lands on you* -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 09:47 4
      - If you gotta go, it might as well be at terminal velocity on a comfrotable divan. -- nm - landbeck Aug 20, 09:48 3
        
        "Momma always said TV on the couch would be the death of me." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 09:50 2
        
        *pictures a TV whistling through the air* -- nm - landbeck Aug 20, 09:53 1
        
        It occurs to me that terminal velocity on a couch would be different than for a human ... - Beryllium Aug 20, 09:55
  - I've heard of people's skin fusing to their couch cushions, though -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 09:46 3
    - Ban leather couches! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 09:46 2
      - Hmm! I never did find out what fabric was involved in those stories. I just assumed cloth of some kind. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 09:47 1
        
        I think cloth. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 09:48
  - on the other hand, I've heard of plenty of people dying on their couch. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 09:45 2
    - Ban couches! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 09:46 1
      - exactly! I'm starting to warm up to the skydiving idea. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 09:46
I'll pass. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 09:43
Eff no. - Will Hunting Aug 20, 09:43 3
- word. -- nm - spamlet Aug 20, 09:45
- Slipping those surly bonds, my friend. -- nm - landbeck Aug 20, 09:44 1
  - Yep, I did that when the plane took off. I'll refasten the bonds when the plane lands. I see no reason to short-circuit the process. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 20, 09:45
I'm generally a no on this, and *certainly* a no with a young kid in the picture. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 20, 09:43 1
- ^-- and there are several other activities I'd say this for. Whitewater rafting, for example. - Beryllium Aug 20, 09:45
Not for me -- nm - SyrDragon Aug 20, 09:42
Not with a six month old - prayformojo Aug 20, 09:42 3
- It was what I had planned on doing on my 30th birthday. - kelly Aug 20, 09:44 2
  - I think I'm with Becky. -- nm - loosilu Aug 20, 09:47
  - Don't put off fun things! Be the cool Mom. -- nm - landbeck Aug 20, 09:45
No chance. Never. -- nm - Krusty Aug 20, 09:42
No - but only 'cause I'm chicken of heights :) you should totally do it! -- nm - JenBro Aug 20, 09:41
honestly, probably not. -- nm - Andie Aug 20, 09:41
hell no -- nm - Don Homer Aug 20, 09:41
if God meant for me to jump out of an airplane he would have given me wings, or an inflatable raft ala Temple of Doom -- nm - Beaker Aug 20, 09:41
Stay on the ground - decline Aug 20, 09:41

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