Have you got a dog that needs walking ? mine needs a run in the woods I cant keep up so I have to take my bike!!
Only do 50 - 60 miles and with the time you save go into the nearest pub to your house, get lathered then go home. She'll then think you are a normal bloke and shut up.
Or she'll find another bloke (or lass).
tell her you need to clear out your left hand side of the brain from the weeks rigours. Tis a fact!
have a danger ****, it can be as thrilling as DH racing, more pleasurable and you dont even have to leave your house
I like to tell the wife that I've been mountain biking longer than we've been together and it's a case of last in first out
You want to try ****ing off to the alps for a week while your missus is mid term.
Got 2 kids, 2 grandkids + another on the way so still got same problems 😕
Luckily I work shifts 😀
Although this is a bad weekend/week. Nights at weekend, grandson till tomorrow and a meeting to attend Wed before back to work Thurs and 12hr nights again at weekend.
Is this a serious discussion or are you taking the piss?
understands that it's not just some masochistic exercise thing.
It isn't? 😮
Andy
We all love riding, I myself have posted at least two threads bemoaning lack of £s and understanding in my household.
It keeps me sane and gives me that brief thrill of danger that helps remind me there is more to life than middle management and life behind a desk for the sake of a three bed semi and a car loan.
[b]however[/b]
riding a bicycle is a hobby, something which I fit in around my life alongside of competing priorities. My wife is 5 months gone and is the focus of all my attention, she is carrying my child and that's a damn sight more than a set of welded tubes or anyone one this forum is likely to do for me (no offers please 😉 ).
Having had a childhood where I infrequently saw my dad due to his combining a vocation and a job to the point where we never did anything togther and are now virtual strangers I know that a hobby is not a priority over a family. Do you really want to risk losing your wife and being seperated from your child because you [b]had[/b] to go over the hills and far away on an inanimate object obsesivly?
Just try a bit of compromise, I'm assuming you're not aged eighty so I'm sure a period of reduced biking can be made up for in the future.
All comments taken on-board - I'm going to lessen my bike time and see things more from her perspective. However, if she encourages me to go out then I will - that's what she's done in the past.
Cheers all