>Tell mom to mind her own damn business when I am spending my own money.
>Grown ass woman.

Feelsgoodman.avi

Grow a pair bro.

>>4353216
Also, threaten to put them in a home when they're old.

Don't worry. We'll visit at least once a year.

My parents are both huge geeks who have made all sorts of crazy costume/prop shit (eg. mom made Star Trek uniforms, Dad made a neuralizer after MIB came out) so they think I'm awesome and I get JoAnn's gift cards every holiday.

feels good, man.

Homefag here
parents think its cool
offer to help
acknowledge its my money

My Dad told me if he ever found out I was a loser like my friends, he'd put me on medication. I tell him that the con I go to every year is one of my opera competitions. I even work on an aria all year.


Feelsbadman.jpg

I know he'll find out some day, I just hope its when I'm out of law school and with a job so he can't sabotage anything.

Moved out of my parents' home when I was 18, moved country too. Ever since we get along perfectly. Before, we used to argue at the drop of a hat, everyday, about everything. Since I moved to a different country we get along perfectly, even when we visit each other. Distance is awesome, does wonders for family relationships.

My parents are just happy I found a way to do it and make a living. My mom thinks its cool, then again, she was the one that was dressing me up for years when I was little.

College kid, parents support me pretty much except for my work study checks. My mom is pretty cool with cosplay stuff, but sometimes she thinks I spend too much money on it. It's okay though. My dad has no idea about cons or cosplay and that's how it's going to stay.

>>4353236
Same here.

When I was in high school my mother gave me and my friends a ride to a convention and decided to hang out in the entrance area to chat with all the other con moms and dads. She said it was nice that there's events like these where people can make outfits and hang out with others interested in the same stuff.

I don't go to them as often because I do most of my shopping for anime/game merch online but she also liked how I use trading panels to get rid of stuff I don't want and still get things without spending more money.

>>4353303

Yes! Before I moved out I could never imagine having a friend-like relationship with my mom. Sometimes space is what you need. It worked for us.

My parents were going to sci-fi & fantasy conventions before I was even born. Cosplay's a family activity for us and we still meet up every year and the Emerald City Comicon.

My mother is pretty accepting of all my odd hobbies.
I told her i was going to MCM in lolita and the first thing she said was "where are you going to find shoes?

>Get check from side job in mail
>YES MONEY
>"No, we need that check to pay bills, buy food blahblahblah". *snatches check*
>I work for free

Since I don't get any income, I don't get to go shopping for cosplay stuff. I mean, my mom is supportive and likes cons a lot, like recently I sold my shit to go to Megacon and she helped me adjust me blouse and to make my arm glove things. Pic related, its me at Mega.

College girl here.

My mom is accepting, realizes this is a hobby and that doing it makes me happy, so she's supportive and has even offered to help me pay for supplies on a few occasions.

Dad thinks it's childish and that i need to grow up and get out of fantasy land. and generally stop liking anime and manga.

>Ill be making 3 costumes (this that and that)
>Oh cool anon, how?
>Im not too sure ill just do some tutorials online and take my time
>Why dont you just buy them?

My mom's proud of me for being a dork. She was a dork throughout her school years. My sister is a social butterfly and she's kind of a priss so it's hard to relate with her, but I grew up a tech geek that loves animu and vidyagames and I embraced that fact. Where I live it's socially acceptable to be who you are though so I don't really care.

I'm in college and I have a lot of health issues so I can't work but my mom happily helps me pay for my costumes and conventions. This year I'm also taking my cousin to sakuracon who has epilepsy and she's really depressed 'cause she just got some bad news from her doctor so she's helping her pay for things too....

My parents are very well off financially

>Get into cosplay at 16
>Tell mom I want to make costumes
>"Oh, I can totally help you, I won awards in school for fashion shows for clothes I made!"
>Skip to every costume I've made since then
>"Mom can you help me figure this article of clothing out"
>"I don't know how to do that! :3c"

I should probably stop asking at this point.

>mfw people over the age of 18 still asking their parents for money for costumes

my mom acts like an irresponsible teenager, skipping from job to job and boyfriend to boyfriend. I can't ask her for anything, yet somehow she manages to send me giftcards or random-ass books brand-new from Amazon that she thinks might help me.

She means well and I love her for all she's done, but she needs to get her own shit together. I try not to ask her for money.

My parents are fine with the money I spend, since even when it comes to cosplay, I'm pretty fiscally responsible.
On the other hand, my mum gets all worked up about the time I spend on my costumes. Since I'm in a really demanding uni program, she's worried I'm blowing off school work to make my cosplays.
mfw, I've got an 80 average, and haven't even started my costumes for Anime North because I'm focusing on studying for finals before I worry about costumes.
tbh, though, she's getting better with it now that I'm not in high school, and I live on my own.

>>4353374

>mfw you think people are magically handed jobs when they turn 18, especially in this economy

>>4353385
>mfw I started my own online business when I was 15, then got into stocks when I was 18 so I wouldn't end up as some beta faggot

Seriously guys, it's not hard.

>>4353393

>implying you are everyone in the world
Seriously, not everyone is in the same situation as you. It's not that hard of a concept.

>>4353393

you do realize that YOU are the exception to the rule, right?
you're the odd one out for being that kind of person.

My mom's pretty chill about my hobbies, when I started attended conventions at 16 she dropped me and my friends in the hotel lobby and drove the 2+ hours back home and just left us there.

Thankfully we knew what we were doing, probably more so than what she would have known.

Since then I've moved across the country and we only speak occasionally, but she still asks me if I attend my "Tekkocons" [Tekkoshocon was the first convention I ever went to and thus in her mind is every convention I will ever go to].

>>4353393
This post reminded me of this really weird kid who was in my art class in high school. He swore up and down that he had his own online business and was making SO MUCH BANK every day. Turned out that he just spent several hours a day filling out online surveys.

Not saying that's what this guy does for sure, or anything, but most people who really need to boast about their awesome online businesses don't actually have awesome online businesses.

I've been seeing a lot of money problems for my friends coming from not getting enough hours at work. A good friend of mine has been cut from a full time job to 1-3 hours per week. Who can live on that?

>>4353362
Hey, uh, you're pretty.

>>4353412
Haha, I knew a girl who did that in highschool. Kept saying she was making all this cash. Turned out it was like twenty bucks a month. I did try explaining to her that she could make a whole lot more money by just utilizing the power of craigslist with Ebay, but she wouldn't listen. She's 21 now, still living in our shitty hometown, still living with parents, and now she's fat. So sad.

Haven't actually cosplayed yet, but I told my mom about it and she just kind of rolled her eyes and said "Oh lord." She doesn't seem to really care outside of thinking that I'm a huge nerd.

Haven't had to beg for money from her to attend cons. She supports me via letting me stay at home and commute to college, in return I make my own money to support my hobbies.

I've grown up in a house with a mother who still loves dressing up for halloween or any fancydress parties so she really takes an interest in my cosplays. Yeah she thinks its weird but she can't really talk.

My dad is a massive sci-fi nerd and thinks its cool. He took me to my first convention.

TL;DR both parents are cool with it and I have a well paid part time job to fund it. Also it doesn't really interfere with school cause most cons are during the holidays

>>4353303
>>4353338
Me too. The downside is my mom doesn't realize this, and thinks with our newfound friendship she needs to move closer to me. No, mom, 1,000+ miles is the best thing for us.

Besides a recorrent "you should study more instead of losing time on that", my mother is cool with it. She goes with me to fabric stores she likes and most of the times buys me stuff. If I'm in a pinch, she supports me.

My father, by his side, LOVES that I cosplay and loves to help me making props. He too says I should study more.

Truth to be said, when I'm about to have exams I study more than one can ever imagine. Rest of the time I slack off.

>Get into cosplay
>Mom thinks it's cute or something
>Dad feigns interest
>No one gives a fuck
>Yay

Only awkward is Mom wanting to take photos of me to work to show her coworkers, because she thinks it's so imaginative and cute. Wat.

Mom tells me (rightfully so) that she has no money to help me and I shouldn't waste my money.

She also can't sew worth a damn, and just told me to get her friend to help.
My dad makes fun of anything I do and says "aren't you too old for that?" even when the new hobby I'm trying to get into is marketed toward the male 18-35 demographic: Video games, roleplaying games, Magic: the Gathering, LARP, anything.

My mom doesn't really give a shit, so long as I have a good time and don't neglect other responsibilities.

u mad?

Every time I see one of these threads I seriously ask myself "Why do I do this?"
I guess it's just all about spending massive amounts of time with friends making costumes and getting to show them off at cons. If I was all by myself, I don't think I'd do it anymore.

Also this board gets worse and worse every day, so that isn't helping either.

Homefag and collegefag here. Dad cosplays with me, and supports what I do, but wants me to focus on college when I'm not preparing for a con, unless there is a test coming up. Step mom is the same way, just less vocal about it. Mom knows I do it, and wants to get into it, but can't as she has to work to live at the moment.

When I lived with my parents my mom used to help me out a bit, painting shit and whatnot. She doesn't sew so I had to learn by myself. My dad was neutral, he knew what I was doing and sometimes liked the pretty dresses I made. Once he drove me and my friends to a con because he's nice.

Now they sometimes ask about cosplay and if I'm still into it. Last year I appeared on TV on a segment about cosplay and they were proud and told all their friends and shit.

>never talked about cosplay with parents
>move out
>parents visit
>decide it can't hurt to show off some of the cosplays I've made
>dad doesn't say a word
>mother asks the following:
"Anon are you...gay?"
"This is what you've been wasting your money on?" "Can you even imagine how much you would have saved up by now if you WEREN'T in this...'hobby'?"
"Anon really are you gay? Is this your weird way of coming out?"
"Why do you have a purple wig? Of all colors WHY a purple wig?"
"What about school? You'd waste three days doing nothing when you could be studying?"
"Anon please don't tell me you want to become a fashion designer."
"Have you told anyone else in the family?"
>mfw I had to tell my parents to gtfo after only visiting for a few minutes

>>4353680
... Aaa that blows! I'm sorry.

Mines nothing like that one but irksome as shit.
I can't step away from my parents, I work full time but live at home due to economy. I work at the same place as my father (in a different department, but we see each other and people know I'm his son)

My clothing gets critiqued every morning to make sure I'm "professional" by my mom, my dads idea of workplace advice is scolding, and I'm being strongly encouraged to not go to Comic Con cause of again "being professional." What're you thinking guys, "I'm sorry you've done great work but you dressed as a superhero one weekend so you're fired clean out your desk."

>>not a lolita
>>not a cosplayer
>>dress normal and fashionable
>>talk about lolita
>>mom's like "yeah that'd be cute if you were 4 and lived along time ago ....those people are wierd.
>>talk about cosplay
>>mom's like "its really weird people want to dress like cartoons and super heroes"
>> mom tells me to focus on my art
>>draw girls in gothic and lolita clothing
>>mom tells me to quit drawing all the time...whys it gotta be goth?

geez mom leave me alone i like fuckin alternative
fashion... gah drawing t shirts and skirts is boring yo

>>4353678

your parents sound like sweet supportive people.
lucky bro you are

My parents have never actually hassled me about it, even though I don't think either of them really understand cosplay.

The nearest I get to hassle is my dad frequently looks at dresses and things that I've made and says "so have you ever thought about trying to make money from this?", forgetting that he's already asked me that many times before. I'm not even that good. It's nice that he has faith in me though.

>mom loves the cosplay I do, and loves the lolita fashion as well, even if she's not into it.
>doesn't enjoy funding it though, but still helps me out.
>rest of family thinks anime is "weird" or "goth" or "lesbian"
>hide it from them. -shrug-

My parents doesn't mind. I wear lolita and have tried out cosplaying, want to do it more.
Mom just think that I spend a lot money on it, but since it is my own money she doesn't say anything. She thinks lolita is cute but a bit overdone sometimes. I don't see my dad often, but he just says that if it makes me happy then do it.

>>4353795

They really are, I'm very grateful. The rest of the family think it's funny that I sew and all, but probably talk shit behind my back. Don't really care.

1/2

Myself and my parents are strict followers of the Western Zodiac.

Now despite this strong belief, we're your average family. I'm the oldest and the only male in the family (2 little sisters 12 and 15) so naturally my dad believes I should be alpha. He knows I want to go into acting and he supports that.

Yet I never told them about cosplaying. My sisters know and my 15 year old sister came to my flat to make her first cosplay of some obscure Anime I've never heard of (it ends with Index, I know that) so my parents drop her off and then come to pick her up. My mum asks if I've done it before and then I reveal my cosplay collection, including one brolita dress I made as a joke.

My dad called me a faggot when I was about to go to a con in my outfit. But he also called me a faggot in highschool when I got a 88 in my English class...

>Parents are cool with cosplay
>Start taking intrest in lolita
>Show mom some BTSSB
>"omg, Anon, these dresses are so pretty, you'd look so cute in them!"
>Start saving money in a seperate account with her credit union that I've had since I was wee to buy some ~burando~
>Tell mom how much I'm trying to save
>"No, you can't spend that money, it's your life savings!"
>"You should save that money for your first place"
>"You should save that money for a new car"
>"You should save that money in case I ever decide you owe me money so I can transfer it from your account to mine without telling you again"
>I already have a savings in a seperate bank for my first place, fine with the car I have, also have a few other emergency savings account in various places

Get off my nuts mom, it's my spending money!

>>4353815

2/2

Then my dad realizes I've been doing this for a while.

>ANON ARE YOU GAY? IT'S OK TO SAY IF YOU ARE

and so on and so on for the next 10 minutes. My mother sees that I'm straight and just enjoy this as a hobby and simply replies:

>Anon is just exerting his inner Pisces. Clearly you can see that Anon's dad? Look how each costume is different and made with artistic beauty (found it funny that most of them were my early ones which were HORRIBLE), it's because he's a Piscian, not because he's gay!

I fucking love my mum, my dad believed it and she was either clearly bullshitting or just decided to make my dad shut up.

They find it weird. They thought my LAST CONVENTION EVAR was going to be AX 09 so they helped me with the plane ticket, which I'm really greatful for. But they really don't like me going to it now that I'm older. They don't get the cosplay thing. To this day my mother calls conventions "Anime Movies".

But I'm an adult and live out on my own now and pay for shit.
>idowhatiwant.jpg

>every time my mother visits she asks me what I've been doing lately
>sometimes tell her I've been working on cosplays
>she asks me what I need to work on and I mention a few things
>"OH I COULD DO THAT FOR YOU BUT YOU GOTTA GIVE ME SPACE, DON'T NAG ME ABOUT IT"
>wat

Every time, I swear. I never actually ask her to do anything for me.

My dad is a boss and has usually played/read/watched everything I cosplay from. He's either indifferent about it or thinks it's mildly amusing, I'm never quite sure.

My parent's think its cool because they love anything creative. I even got my mom into making jewelry again through my cosplaying.

>"WHY CAN'T YOU WEAR REGULAR CLOTHES, HAPPI?!?! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE WEIRD ALL THE TIME?"
>"why don't you spend that money on jeans, instead of looking like a freak"

hey fuck you! I only wear them when there is a meetup. which is like what, 1 every 2 months. stfu mom. and I'll be a freak if I mothafuckin' want to >:|

>ease mom into the fact i cosplay
> she just rolls her eyes "oh lord"
>dad said why the hell is there a wig down here,
>show dad props
>he says "oh im not worthy to be in the presence of such amazing artifacts!"
>mom helps sew for me on occasion because i dont know how...
>sisters think im stupid for making costumes for my "nerd convention
>Mom gives me extra spending money for conventions under the table saying its a "treat"

>>4353815
Was this the costume your sister was making, anon?

My mom was actually very disappointed when I stopped cosplaying and started getting serious about school. (I can't do both - I'm too extreme, personality flaw a-hoy!)
She said I was "losing my inner child/my creativity/becoming a hipster piece of trash" depending on when she was saying it. She's unhappy that I "don't play dress up anymore!"

>>4353841
Nope, but there was one that looked like that in the reference she gave me. It was a modified brown school uniform and I made her a sniper rifle (much like Yoko's from TGGL), a pair of goggles and styling her brown wig.

>>4353570
>Only awkward is Mom wanting to take photos of me to work to show her coworkers, because she thinks it's so imaginative and cute. Wat.

My mom does this too! I'm so appreciative that they're proud of me but I know for a fact her coworkers are creepy bible thumpers (She works at a christian college) so I can only imagine what they really think D:

She sends pictures to my family too and they all seem to to think its pretty cool.

gothfag mode

>I thought this was just a phase aren't you a little too old for this
>well considering one of my friends is 36 and looks awesome...
>WHY DO YOU HAVE FRIENDS THAT OLD
>uuhh, what
>THEY MUST BE DANGEROUS PERVERTS
>...
>ALSO SATANISTS AND PEDOPHILES

I'm 25, mom. Stop trying to fuck up my life and social circles

>>4353845

>>4353853
That's the one, but I made a different gun to that!

>>4353848
Lucky. My relatives are the bible thumpers and until I 16/do-want-i-want age, I wasn't allowed to enter their houses if I wasn't wearing an ankle-length dress.
Finally at least one of my relatives are cool now. They moved out of the little mennonite town the rest of the family lives in, and they encourage their daughter to do what she likes. Of course, they had to start keeping up with modern things after their older children rebelled (one became a drug-dealer, the others wanted to get jobs and move out).

My family doesn't care what I do. The only negative aspect of my hobbies for them is that I get rather bitchy while I'm working on a costume. Which I'm trying not to do anymore.

>>4353861
Ugh I have relatives like that too! They don't let their kids celebrate Halloween or anything like that. We don't really even speak to that part of the family though because they're too batshit. We stick with the cool ones.

My mum likes that I'm not a stupid whore with twelve tattoos and piercings smoking pot behind the mall. She really doesn't give much of a shit that I'm making costumes instead.

My dad helps me make all my props and loves people-watching at conventions.

My older sister thinks I'm weird for cosplaying a dude that required gluing on a beard, but she's from Missouri so anything other than fishing or joining the Air Force is strange to her.

Cue in my mom telling me to save up my money (when I already have a hefty amount saved), when she gets mad she then calls my cosplay crap that needs to be thrown away and calls me fat infront of my 200 pound overweight sister. I'm half their sizes.
I hate my family

>>4353912
>stupid whore with twelve tattoos and piercings
>implying tattoos and piercings are an indicator a person's intelligence or profession

>>4353920
To a mom they are!

>>4353926
I hope not... I dunno, I was silly when I was young and I got covered in tattoos, but my folks never judged me for them.... If you do well in life, no one gives a shit about your tattoos and piercings...

>You're paying over $30 for a wig that will only work for ONE costume you're working on?! Why not just get one from Party City?

>>4353926
Nope. My mom has five tattoos.

>>4353963
Ooo don't forget
> why can't we just buy a shirt that looks close enough? I bet Gap has one.
(verbatim quote)

>>4353289
Don't worry. Your dad is an asshole, but he can't put you on medication unless he has a license to practice medicine, and even then he can't force it on you. There isn't any diagnostic criteria for "being a loser" listed in the DSM IV, anyway.

>mfw my mom does some cosplay with me
welp

>>4353350
This is my dream T3T

>>4353975
>Ugh, you want to DYE it? That sounds messy...Soo...I guess you should probably start asking around for someone who wouldn't mind you turning their washing machine magenta.

"Are you really making and buying clothes you'll only wear once? Even if you're the one paying for it, you're not made of money."

I know, that's why I save u-

"You're saving up? Great! I'm going to take you shopping with me for REAL clothes you could wear out in PUBLIC."

She then proceeds to spend my money on shit for herself by carefully planning how much money she brings with her.

Mum helps me sew, style wigs and find cute accessories for to match my loli.

Dad is ecstatic about it, but wishes I'd do American series instead of "that Japanese crap." I've got nothing against the superhero-type stuff he reads, but it's a little creepy because the comics he wants me to cosplay all have really scantily-clad heroines. Mom loves it because she sees it as me finally leaving the house and making friends.

>my mom calls cosplaying stupid and cosplayers are freaks
>sees a picture of someone cosplaying as the Flaming C from Conan o'Brien
>she adores cosplay now

My dad helps with the props that are over my head. The people at Lowe's know us now. "Oh hoho, so what're y'all makin this time?" And every once in a while we'll get the occassional "Oh, man, this one chick wanted to make a giant folding fan" or "giant hammer". Which would be me.
My mom's cool about it. She used to be the Con Mom for my friends and me. She'd hang out for a while and look at people's costumes. She's the most fucking critical person ever, though. Sometimes it pisses me off, sometimes it's great. She'll find those little loose threads or crooked seams I overlooked.
My little brother's actually cool too. I'll let him know I'm cosplaying certain characters he knows (Zuko, Lavi, Temari). At first he'd be surprised at certain things. Last time I told him I'd be cosplaying Shitt P., he looked at me for half a second, shrugged, and went back to playing...whatever he plays now.

My family's pretty cool. We all look at the pictures I get, Dad'll ask me if I saw __x__ from ___y___ game, mom'll ask what the best costume was.

>That feel when I keep my family on a need to know basis when it comes to cosplaying
Shits inconvienient

>tell mum I cosplay
>stepdad doesn't mind so long as I clean my fabric scraps and stuff up when finished
>get a sewing machine from nan
>sew stuff up with mum's tailor background help
>show nan
>get a better sewing machine (two sewing machines and an overlocker now! :D)
>laughs and photos all round when we try on wigs
>fuckyeahfamily.jpg

My only biggest nag is not having the right pattern and my mum nags me about it, but thats just it. I sometimes even get my little brother to cosplay. (Hes done Gohan, Ben Tennyson and White from Tekkonkinkreet~)

My mom's always been into sewing and creative crap so she was overjoyed when I got into it... she's always had a crap-ton of expensive machines and fabric so now it encompasses almost the entire bottom floor.... My dad thinks its weird and that I'm weird but will buy me what I want or forces me away from a prop and does it himself... he also harps on me about how I don't go to as many cons as I did in highschool.... but back then my mom yanked me out of school to go to cons and I was also sick a lot so the school knew me as the "sick girl" and sent me home on the days I was recovering from con.. So my parents are pretty boss

>>4354188

Your parents pulled you away from school to go to cons? Thats cash, bro.

>>4354002
Arrgh this! My mother does the same thing.
I have to hand dye everything and even then she nags me that the bucket is going to get stained.

>Find out my mom has been stealing the money I've been saving up for an entire lolita wardrobe
>It's about $10,000
>All gone
>Friend is lawyer
>Sue the bitch
>Get my money back and then some
>Mom never speaks to me again
>Not a single fuck was given that day

My parents are so amazing about this shit. Got a few stories:

>be 14
>working on first cosplay
>parents don't get it at all but think it's cool I am excited about a new hobby
>ends up looking pretty shitty but was proud as hell becasue it was my first costume
>mom takes pictures and shows to relatives because she's proud

A few years later:
>be 16
>getting pretty good at sewing, decide to expand to prop-making
>mom now thinks cosplay is awesome but dad still doesn't get it
>dad offhandedly asks me if I am working on a costume at the moment while driving me to my place (I moved out to live with my gf when I was 16)
>tell him about my costume, he comes to my place for a coffee and I show him pics
>tell him I am still trying to figure out how to the sword
>a week later he calls me and says he will come and pick me up, he had bought some wood and tools and we started working on my sword together in his garage
>mfw dad's a total bro about it even though he doesn't get it

Same year:
>mention going to a con that month and how trains are expensive for my budget
>dad's goes "lol you and your student budget"
>I forget about even mentioning it to my parents
>two days before the con he calls me and says he will give me and gf a ride to the con 200km away
>both parents come along and hang out at the con for a few hours oogling at everyone's costumes
>I love you, parents

Even later:
>be 20
>get back into loli crap after not really dressing in that stuff in five years
>live in another city now, so mostly keep in touch via phone and IMs
>show mom a picture of one of my aristo outfits
>she says she wants me to make her a matching outfit and go to a con with me dressed like that

>mfw all of these

>>4354238
Oh god so many grammar mistakes, nvm drunk poster here.

Forgot to mention in the last one but my mom is a total closet got, I have made her a few goth dresses for events. She'd like to wear gothic stuff more often but her work wouldn't allow it and she thinks it would be a waste to spend money on clothes she can't wear daily. She's retiring in a few years though and I'm sure she will turn full goth after that, lol. She's also "cosplayed" when she was younger, she showed me a picture of a Catwoman outfit she had made for a costume party back in the 80s and I pretty much shat bricks because it was actually really well made. Mom's awesome.

> Have a friends birthday to go to
> Sewing my first Lolita dress + Blouse
> Finish dress easily
> Blouse is another story
> Pin tucks, lace, everything
> Night before party, have had to un pick blouse about 5 times.
> Crying, panicking, it's midnight and still getting no where
> Mum puts her hand on my shoulder and says "Anon, you can finish it in the morning"
> Go to bed
> Walk to sewing machine
> Blouse is finished, everything is perfect

thank you so much mum!!

>>4354235
>Mom has raised you since birth
>Probably spent over 500,000 dollars on you, maybe three time as much
>She takes some money that isn't even half that.

Maybe you should have just asked why she took it, and handled things more maturely instead of being a sue happy bitch.

my step father doesnt like anything i do so i dont talk to him anymore
my mom does not like that i spend to much money on cosplay
I live in the dorms now so she cant really tell me anything and its my money also
now that i have gotten better she like the stuff i made but still tells me that i spend to much
i think it has gotten better i guess...
still i dont talk to my family much so is not like they see everything i do

>>4354238
Awwww. ;__;

I'm so jealous of all the nice stories. Least my Mum isn't crazy I suppose. Got to be thankful for that.

>>4354305
My mom was a crackwhore who left the family and only came back when my dad died because my aunt told her it was her responsibility. That was when I was 17.

>>4354305
>too young to understand what 10k is

or

>old and has ungrateful kids she'd like to get all the money back from

Currently working on a Granado Espada costume. Mum fnds out how much I've spent on fabric, flips her shit, and starts drawing up a business plan so I can claim costs back from taxes or some shit. Calm yo shit momma - my money, my epic fucking costume! I don't even live with her and I still get it. Also - business plan?! What?!

My parents actually support my hobby cause unlike the rest of you I have a job, get good grades in school and I make good costumes and I'm not a total cunt to everyone over a bunch of shitty jap fashions no one even wears outside of cons.

yet another reason as to why it would be awesome if tiny started cosplaying

My mom is glad I have a creative hobby but always thought it was a phase (started at 14, now 22) and even helped/made some of my first cosplay! Now she is worried about how much money I spend on both lolita and cosplay as I have looming school debt. She tends to call anime conventions "conferences" though I think to make it sound neater to her friends haha. Overall though I think as long as neither interferes with my schoolwork she's pretty happy.

My dad likes lolita (since it's fairly modest) but has not voiced an opinion on cosplay as of yet.

My mom was happy for me when I said I met a nice girl and was going to see her this weekend. But then I said she likes lolita...
And all hell broke loose.

She doesn't think lolita is as bad as cosplaying, though... Eh. I have my own place. At least I don't have to deal with it every day.

>>4354392
lol, Tiny should get into anime.

My parents are supportive, and have expressed interest in cosplaying as well. My step-grandmother used to be a leading seamstress until her arthritis played up so badly, so she loves seeing what I make.
My job, my money, my hobbies. My priorities are right, and they know it.

My mom is my con bro, we goof off so much and she loves meeting all the people and seeing the cosplays, not to mention she helps me with my costumes when she can, like tips and things to improve my costume, so I'm glad she's so cool with it.

>>4354825
i like your mom

My mum is 85% of the time cool with it.

It's when I make a big fucking mess/do last minute shit she hates. Other than that I think she sometimes gets a bit sad that I never ask her for help anymore. She used to make all my outfits for primary school dressups and she used to love costume parties. Bu she does get amazed at some stuff I pull out my ass.

Also, she occassionally throws out there that I waste so much money on outfits to wear to photoshoots/people's parties/etc. Then remembers I never go out and drink myself to oblivion/don't have any other hobbies.

>mfw all those costumes combined have cost me only $150 over the course of 3 years.

Yes, I probably should be saving mone....Oh hang on a minute, I am!
My mum is fine with it as long as I can do the following:
-give her money to pay bills
-buy my own fuel
-service my car
-buy credit for my phone
-buy my own pills
-pay for car rego/insurance
-pay for my own haircuts
-buy my own clothes
She sometimes gets mad I buy food for the house if we run out. Mum, dude, it's what my money is for.

>>4355019
derp, forgot my mfw image...

>>4354832
She likes you too, nohomo.

>Want to get Stormtrooper armor to join the 501st
>Want to buy a kit
>Mom: YOU DON'T KNOW HOW
>Tired of hearing her whine I buy a used suit from a friend
>The suit is yellowed and needs paint/mods
>Has already gotten everything I need/need to do to it figured out
>No need to help mom
>She paints with paint made specifically for wood which cracks and feels horrible
>She tries to come up with her own lazy ass solutions for everything
>YOU DON'T NEED A NECKSEAL
>Rough jagged cuts on the armor
>Painting OVER decals
>VELCRO VELCRO EVERYWHERE
>All this shit while I'm out/sleeping
>Armor is ruined
>YOU SEE THIS SHIT? STOP IT
>Mom: never going to help you again! blahblahblah
>I never needed/wanted your help in the first fucking place

Great way to ruin a $800 armor set.

Now I need to repaint it polish it completely fucking redo everything, so it's become my side project to turn it into a sandtrooper while I save up to buy a new more accurate stormtrooper KIT.

>>4355061
Holy shit! How old are you? If my mom touched my femtrooper I'd stab her in the eye!

>>4355076

I'm 18 but I was 16 when I got the armor which is now sitting in a pile behind my TV, under tons of SH figuarts, Chogokin, and model kit boxes

>>4354002
>You're spending 30 bucks on a wig? Why not just use green hair spray?

My mum likes it a lot more now that I've moved on from mostly anime related cosplays, to historical and film based ones... I dunno, apparently in her mind it's better...

Dad likes any costumes until they start to get revealing, and weirdly enough he likes it when I crossplay, I guess because I won't get any attention from guys...

Lolita on the other hand... mum hates how expensive it is, but stopped bitching when I showed her how much all my non-weeaboo goth shit cost.

Again, dad likes it because of the modesty. He only likes gothic and classic though-showed him some pics of OTT sweet and he just thought is was too close to age-play to be decent in public.

Biological mom thinks it's immature. BUT It's better than causing trouble all the time like I used to.

Adopted mom thinks it's pretty cool that I found something I'm so interested in, and she thinks it's neat how I make my own costumes ect...
She probably thinks it's weird, but she's used to my antics by now~

Dad thought it was just a stage. Always gives me money for conventions, whether I ask or not. Also thinks I'm too old to be going to conventions/watching cartoons.
But I'm daddy's little girl, so he would never make me stop.

My family's pretty understanding over all. But I'm still youngish. Give it a few years and they'll complain more about how 'immature' I am.
At least I don't drink every night/slut around like my sister.

Mom likes it. Her mother was a seamstress, but she died before I was born. My mom thinks that by sharing a hobby I'll have some connection to her. She'll offer to help with things that aren't sewing, since she can't sew.

My paternal grandparents love it, but mainly because they're of the opinion that girls should be good at cooking and sewing and their own daughter failed at both.

Dad thinks it's weird, but he doesn't complain since I spend my own money on it and it's not like I'm causing harm to myself or others.

Stepmother hates it, but she hates everything about me so I don't really give a fuck.

my parents just like anything that gets me out of the house

My parents like it and support it for the most part... but a month or so ago dad flipped shit because I was getting Adiane (Gurren Lagann) commissioned for 180 bucks. Now, this was an absolute STEAL - the commissioner was going to make the kimono with the detail/applique, the corset from leather and the attached tail all for that price, shipping included, and I spent a lot of time researching and comparing other offers before taking this. But, no. I left myself logged into my email on mom's computer and he got into my inbox and found the payment I had sent for it. Nevermind that I CLEARED this with my mother and let her know I was doing this with my own money... because when he started yelling at me about it she suddenly forgot I had even told her.

Guhh. That was a very bad week between us - mom went out of town during the time I had to try and get a full refund for the costume. The commissioner, thankfully, was so nice and sent me back every penny though she had finished and was going to send it to me the very next day.

Though my dad and I are okay now, I'll never forget what choice phrases he said to me. "You shouldn't spend all your money on Freakland" But I earned this money at MY job? "when was the last time you worked!?" Uhh, like two days ago? "It's Fantasyland. it's for freaks."

I know he probably didn't mean this and if I were to bring it up now he'd probably apologize for these comments... but it's hard to shake them away. I get it - cosplay isn't exactly the most coolest fucking thing ever, but he really hurt my feelings.

>>4355239
Same here. As long as I'm not killing someone, getting pregnant, or doing drugs, they really don't care what I do with my time/money

>>4354775
>My mom was happy for me when I said I met a nice girl and was going to see her this weekend. But then I said she likes lolita...And all hell broke loose.


Well, what tends to come to mind when people say "lolita"?

My mom wants to cosplay with me. Feelsgoodman.

>>4355390
twelve year old girls

My fiancee does costuming for herself, and takes commissions for (comparing quality of her work to the cost compared to 40 dollar mass produced outfits made of shit fabric sold at tables at cons) relatively cheap. One of our friends who commissioned a Roy Mustang came over for a fitting, and her mom derided him on spending his money on something so frivolous. Neither she, nor I could comprehend it...though now it is water under the bridge...still, massive man what moment.

I'm not underage so I no longer live with my parents. Sometimes my mother is horrified when I tell her how much I spend money on one costume but I have a job and I never leech off my parents so it's fine as long as I have money to eat and pay for the rent as well. Once she sees my finished costume she's amazed that I was able to do something like that since I used to be so bad at sewing. Dad probably thinks it's kind of funny that people dress up like that in public but he's always praising my costumes too. I think they're happy I have a productive hobby that keeps me from spending all of my time online...

I understand if parents get mad when you're living with them and ask them to pay for your shit. If you want that most expensive wig then stop being an ungrateful brat and get the money for it yourself. If you're 18 years old, still live with them AND expect them to pay for this hobby of yours... Jesus, get a job.

>MFW I'm a senior in high school and have no funds of my own to use
>Use only saved money from previous birthdays.
>down to $18.
>Been applying for jobs since December.

>>4355723
Same
Feelsbadbro

>>4355731
Mom says, because she spends so much on my disability, that I can't borrow any money. My deadline is coming up quick.
That, and I have to pay my way through college. I don't know what I'll do if I can't get a job soon.

My dad could care less
My mom thought it was cute when I stared cosplaying.
She's now working on her first costume. She's coming with me to Sakuracon this year like she has for the past 3 years.
Yeah, I think it's fun. Better than having a parent who flips out about cosplay and whatnot.

>>4354290
That is the sweetest thing ever

>>4355740
That sucks. What's your disability, if you don't mind me asking?

>>4355761
Type one diabetic. I understand that insulin pods are expensive, but I volunteered to go back to needles.
She said no.
It's also a hassle at cons. Have to keep myself fed well, or my blood sugars tear the hell out of my health.

My mom loves when I cosplay, last time she went with me to my cons because she "wants to go to the costume party with anon too!". So I took her, and she hung out me and my friends. She loves that I'm learning skills and hanging out with nerds, instead of throwing out gangsigns and drinking 40's like the rest of my family is apt to do.
My mom is so cute at conventions too. "Look! Anon! Look! Sailor Moon! Did you know she'd be here?!"
>mfw my mom is actually Yotsuba all grown up.

>>4355893
hahaha aw that's so tender.

Not only my mother, but most of my family is waiting for me to grow out of 'this phase'.
Lulz, NEVAR!

>MFW the only person who accepts me for who I am is my uncle, who's also a pastor of a conservative Christian church.

>>4355893
I envy you, your mom sounds awesome.

My mom got me into cosplay, my dad helps with props sometimes and if I am very very lucky I can get him to put on a costume. Pic related, my mom is the hunter and my dad is Bill.

oh, and yes the gun is tiny looking, it is normal sized for me and my mom, but my dad is TALL so normal looking stuff for me, is like, super tiny on him. If only I was smart and realized that beforehand...

>>4356077

Not a cosplayer, but I am a lolita who loves anime and I colled BJDs and Blythe. My mom likes the art of anime a lot and loves to watch it with me when I was a kid she used to watch Ultraman and Kamen Rider with me and would take me to shows.

But now living in the U.S. I got into doll hobby although it's not the same dolls she was into and one day I came back home and she was dressing up my doll. My mom really liked to play with them and so we now go together once a year to doll convention and have a mother/daughter bonding trip.

Sorry if this doesn't make sense, I'm not all that good at English.

>>4356084
I...uh...
that's a good thing right?

>>4356086

That's sweet. Makes me want to find more common hobbies with my mom.

>>4356101
It's a very good thing.

>>4356109
YAY!
I have always wanted to get my dad to cosplay Captain Gloval or more recently Jim Gordon with me as Batgirl! all he would have to do is put on a tie and trench coat, but getting my dad to wear a tie is much like getting a narutard to wear deodorant. You have to blackmail them. My mom and I on the other hand are always looking for costumes to wear together.