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 Firecracker Dog Lover
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| rodeomom3 - 2014-02-02 10:13 AM
My husband is fantastic, we have pretty much been on the same page our whole marriage- not alot to fight about. He is the person I must love spending time with. He doesn't say a word about how much I spend on the horses, truly wants me to be happy and if we can afford it, he will pay for it. We did have to have a little "meeting of the minds" when I started riding 4 years ago, it was not about the $$ but him paying attention to it. When the girls were riding our weekends were about them and their rodeos. When they went off to school he got into shooting sporting clays and that became his passion andhe was over the horses and barrel racing. I was happy for him but he got so wrapped up in it he would not ask how my runs were or acted interested in watching the videos. Hurt my feelings, I let him know, he felt really bad, apologized. Since that conversation 4 years ago, if he is not shooting he comes to watch or asks for the video and if I am not racing I go watch him shoot.
Go shooting with him rodeomom - he will flip over the moon. Seriously - very addicting sport. I don't shoot sporting clays but I shoot trap and it's fun. And it gives me something to do in the winter when I can ride. My hubby no longer shoots trap competitively but he LOVES sporting clays. :) | |
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Firecracker Dog Lover
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| Skeeter777 - you and your husband (and daughter) are just the cutest!
I like to think it's 50/50 or 100/100, however you want to label it. Issues - yes? Rough patches - yes? Frustration - on occasion - on both our parts. You learn to give and receive - when you find that equilibrium it works. My husband is not a fan of my horses or my football addiction but he deals with it because he knew I loved those things before he married me. I want to barrel race every weekend but it makes him happy for us to go fishing as a family or shooting or whatever so I do it. Give and receive (I prefer that to give and take). Going on 17 years this year so we both must be doing something right. :) | |
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| brlraceaddict - 2014-02-04 5:34 PM
rodeomom3 - 2014-02-02 10:13 AM
My husband is fantastic, we have pretty much been on the same page our whole marriage- not alot to fight about. He is the person I must love spending time with. He doesn't say a word about how much I spend on the horses, truly wants me to be happy and if we can afford it, he will pay for it. We did have to have a little "meeting of the minds" when I started riding 4 years ago, it was not about the $$ but him paying attention to it. When the girls were riding our weekends were about them and their rodeos. When they went off to school he got into shooting sporting clays and that became his passion andhe was over the horses and barrel racing. I was happy for him but he got so wrapped up in it he would not ask how my runs were or acted interested in watching the videos. Hurt my feelings, I let him know, he felt really bad, apologized. Since that conversation 4 years ago, if he is not shooting he comes to watch or asks for the video and if I am not racing I go watch him shoot.
Go shooting with him rodeomom - he will flip over the moon. Seriously - very addicting sport. I don't shoot sporting clays but I shoot trap and it's fun. And it gives me something to do in the winter when I can ride. My hubby no longer shoots trap competitively but he LOVES sporting clays. : )
I have shot with him, absolutely no aptitude for it all, none, zilch. We have 10 traps here at the house and I will periodically shoot and I am still the worst you could ever be. I am the official puller now. I will stick to barrel racing, we go year round down here :). To say he is addicted is an understatement.
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