Wife resents me cycling – how to manage?

Its easy to manage this. Divorce. Why waste time with someone actively invested in keeping one unhappy.

tonyg2003Full Member
Once your wife/partner gets a horse there are never any arguments about time spent doing or cost of MTBing..

exactly.  her time/my time.  But actually I help out a fair bit so we get a lot of time together.

OP’s wife may be have an issue with cycling but it may actually just be that they’re not spending enough time together.  a toddler is hard work and a lot of parents probably start to feel hard done by, so being anti cycling is probably just a manifestation of other issues.

My ex resented my time out on the bike, despite her spending about twice as much time as me, errrrr, out on her bike.

Every time i came home revitalised and full of energy she’d have a 24 hour sulk, or until she next got out on the bike.

Kind of ironic as a) i introduced her to cycling in the first place, b) made sure her bikes were always ready to go and reliable and c) she’s now dating another cyclist. Wonder how long it’ll be until she starts to resent his couple of hours on a tuesday night…

Came here to say ‘get her a horse’ genuinely does seem to work and fit well with cycling for a lot of reasons.

It must work for a few of us as there are usually plenty in wearing mtb brands or rolling around on nice bikes at events.