Help with a friend!!!!!!!!!!!?

Question

I have this friend and she is awsome. I am getting together with her, she has a ice skating practice and she is advanced. She is scared I am going to fall (which i am not) during the practice. I would be skating by myself,so she wants me to sit down on the bench and not skate. But I don`t want to sit the whole pactice, i want to skate.

Answer 1

i say skate and show them what you've got

Answer 2

Just tell her your going to skate and have fun and not to worry about you. Maybe she's afraid of u embarassing yourself so just tell her your going out for fun.

Answer 3

well, if the case is really that she is afraid you will fall, tell her you wont and skate anyway.

but it could also be that the rink doesnt allow non-skaters to be on the ice during practice--my rink is like that. in that case, you should just watch--as is rules--but if the rink will allow you, and its just ur friend, say "i know how much you love it, so i wanna give it a whack."

good luck.

Answer 4

i say u should tell her that if you fall it will be your fault, not hers. even when you fall, all you do is get back up and go again.  and she is being a little overprotective, almost like a parent.

Answer 5

I would suggest just talking to her and letting her know how you feel, and see if you can work something out.

Answer 6

If it's an open session, skate with her.  Maybe she can show you a few things!  There are skating sessions that are closed to anyone outside the skating club, lessons or high levels of skating.  Usually they're called freestyle sessions and cost a lot more than public skating.  They have these sessions so skaters can practice jumps and spins without worrying about public skaters....who tend to skate all over the place....and there is a limit as to how many skaters are allowed on the session.  But if it's not a freestyle and public skaters are allowed, I'd just ask her ahead of time if she could show you  a few things.  Or maybe she could even show you a few things off ice, write them down and then you have your own list of things to practice while she's practicing.  Don't worry about falling.  Every skater falls whether they are a beginner or a pro, and I'm pretty confident that your friend falls too.  It's all part of improving as a skater.

Answer 7

Just skate and have fun!  If she doesn't want you to skate, then she's not being a very good friend...In my opinion.  Go out and show your stuff!

Answer 8

When you say she has ice skating practice, do you mean she is going to a FREESTYLE session (which lasts like 45 minutes to an hour)?  If so, unless you are at a certain level in skating, they won't allow you to skate on the ice anyway.  Freestyle sessions are practice sessions for advanced skaters.

But if she is going to practice on a PUBLIC SESSION,  you can for sure skate . . . it is open to everyone!  You can get rentals if you don't have your own skates . . . and skate for at least a couple hours.  Technically she is not allowed to do a whole lot of advanced moves on public session except in the center (depending on how loose the rink is about their rules).  It won't be much of a practice session for her if the rink is too crowded.  So that's why I was wondering if she is taking you to a freestyle session for her practice.

If it is a freestyle session, I don't know why she didn't just tell you that.  I think you would have understood if she told you that it was a session that you were not allowed to skate in.  Maybe she thought it would cause hurt feelings for some reason.  

If it is indeed a public session, well - you should skate if you want to skate!  Do you think she is "really" scared you're going to fall?  Most advanced skaters would encourage others to skate . . . falling is just part of the sport.  Everyone falls and an advanced skater certainly knows that.  Are her skating friends going to be around?  I just have to wonder if there is "another" reason why she doesn't want you to skate.  

I personally don't think it's fair of her to tell you to just sit on the sidelines to watch her skate (unless you have some serious health issue that you should not be taking on physical activities).  A real friend would encourage you to go out there and be helpful to you on the ice . . . so you could both enjoy your skating/friendship time together.  

Tell her you are going to skate  . . . ask her to show you what to do in case you do fall.  If she continues to insist you should not skate that it becomes an argument, then just tell her to forget it - this isn't worth arguing over and the tension may cause you to not have a good time.  She can meet you elsewhere after she's done - and then you might want to think about how awesome she "really" is.

Good luck!