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I am in my late 20's and am doing my best to really get into endurance 
riding.  Right now I have a 4 year old horse so we are doing LD's for the 
moment.  I am married but have no children.  I am trying to put that off as 
long as possible because of my horse habit.  My husband is not a horse 
person, he is not social and could care less about going with me to rides.  
I work a "normal" job that has a great deal of responsibilities but is also 
flexible.

Now, I could see all of that as negative but have decided to spin it into 
something positive.

Right now, I want to try and attend one ride a month.  That is what I can 
swing financially and work schedule wise.  This means that once a month I 
get to go on a mini vacation by myself and get away from it all.  The only 
person that I have to worry about is me.  There is a certain freedom that 
comes with that.  My husband gets a break from me and can sit around the 
house playing x-box and not have to listen to me rattle on about horses.

If we ever do have kids, it will be when I finally get my husband to realize 
that horses will not go away just because we have procreated.  I think the 
best advice about having children that I have ever heard is to incorporate 
them into your life, don't incorporate yourself into theirs.  That means 
that if I have kids one day, once a month my husband will get to spend some 
quality time with the offspring while I go regian my sanity. :-)

BTW - I have a pretty minimalist setup for rides.  A truck, a 2 horse bumper 
pull and a tent.   No LQ for me - I am trying to get on a gameshow so I can 
win the money for a nice rig.  That is the only way I will get one without 
my husband on board with my horsey finances. ;-)

Mel

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