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RE: [RC] NOT Married because of horses... - Juli JakubMy two cents...I married a wonderful man. When I married him he was not only not interested in horses but afraid of them ( and most other animals). But he was always interested in it and my enthusiasm for it. He is a snowboarder and WW kayaker. I really did not have much interest in those things, but was always interested in listening to him talk about his passions. He would come watch me ride, I would sit on the edge of the river and videotape him in the rapids. Fast forward to now...almost five years of marriage later. He is still the same wonderful, generous, funny, and athletic (did I mention handsome) guy I fell in love with. He also happens to now one of our two dogs, one of our two ferrets, and he has two horses out of our four. I now own a full snowboarding set up and thoroughly enjoy hitting the slopes with him all winter. Because of a shoulder issue I cannot WW kayak, but we do lots of flatwater together ( and I do easy WW in a ducky) and I still go sit on the side of beautiful rivers and videotape him. He will never be as passionate about horses as I am. I exercise his horses a lot and the daily care falls to me most of the time as he is out snowboarding or kayaking. I love the mountain, but I will never be as passionate about snowboarding as he is...I just can't go everyday or when it is too cold ect. And the horses always come first. But we have grown to share in each others hobbies but still have no problem seperating for a day or two to do different things. I have yet to ride an LD or endurance ride, but he is psyched up to crew for me and even said he would maybe want to do a 25 miler some day. I did not fall in love with him for his hobbies or lifestyle, but who he is. Our differences are what make us who we are and it is exciting to be exposed to other things through him. It is great he has come around to being interested in riding and horses, but I would love him even if his interest stopped at watching me ride. My advice is fall in love if possible and do not worry about whether they are a horse person or not. If they truly love you they will be interested even if they have no interest in being actually involved. And the ways that they may enrich your life and you theirs can never be predicted! Juli Juli Jakub The Air of Heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears. ~ arabian proverb ________________________________ Now you can invite friends from Facebook and other groups to join you on Windows Live™ Messenger. Add them now! _________________________________________________________________ It’s easy to add contacts from Facebook and other social sites through Windows Live™ Messenger. Learn how. https://www.invite2messenger.net/im/?source=TXT_EML_WLH_LearnHow =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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