Lost Mojo..

Having anything to do with horses in many ways is very much like sailing. Only MUCH MUCH more so if you love them/it you'll never notice or remember the ludicrous cost of related equipment, time spent phaffing on, days wasted because it went lame the night before / to much or not enough wind. But those Red Letter days when everything went as sweet as sweet and the balance was like a ballerina will live in the mind forever and keep you coming back so long as your spirit of optimism survives. 

If we include mental scaring, financial abuse etc I'm fecked....

Originally posted by Steve411 Free to go sailing whenever I like now. I made it VERY clear from the start that I wouldn't be doing any of the shovelling, not unless she helped me pack up the boat whenever I did an open.

Originally posted by yellowwelly Originally posted by boatshed Originally posted by yellowwelly off to the stables tomorrow Oh... you have my sympathies.   If you've a daughter into ponies you are so fecked.   Two daughters and a wife into them..... I understand that once they get to teenage years and find their old dad lurking around talking about boats and boards on an iPad avoiding the sh*t shovelling duties, my time may suddenly free up and I can go club sailing every weekend, or windsurfing at th coast, or dribbling into a warm beer at the wetherspoons... Whatever it is that old people do when they reach their mid forties....

well we've only got the one horse at the moment- another pony is probably imminent this spring for my eldest (5 y.o.) and the youngest just loves being around the stables and lead reign walks.... so not looking good; but if that's their thing then I'll find the time and money to make it happen- as best I can anyway and if that means sailing old windsurf kit once in a blue moon and not drifting around in a 10-20k dinghy at the duck pond every week... well so be it, they're well worth it.