Wives and racing... the saga cont.

[Steviebee]

CCS Midwest Drama Queen, 'Primadona Paul!"

HASHAHA

[roadracer67]

Let me tell you how my wife is....If I have a street bike, she wants me to ride only on the track(too many drunk people, left turning idiots etc.....)if I have a track bike, she only wants me to ride on the street(racing is dangerous, all racers are crazy etc....)Its a no win situation. I quit riding altogether last year and have been going crazy ever since!!! I am slowly weening her on the idea of me being on the track in August.(Bike is ready, fees have been paid, she just doesn't know!) Still crazy for all the hoops one has to jump through. Good luck on your divorce. Hopefully your next wife/girlfriend will be more understanding

[cardzilla]

No way, Onwiler!  First the warmers, now this!

Ice racing, Super motard?  I thought I'd tried it all, but those are OUT there.  Must just be because I've never seen snow.  All those cold winters make people do funny stuff on bikes.  Oh yah, we'll just put duh nails in da tires dehr, sure, sure, yah that should work out just fine dehr.

[cardzilla]

roadracer67--> On the danger issue, use this one on your wife.  It is technically 3.4 times more likely that I will be killed at my profession than I will in roadracing.  Granted, I own a pizzeria that does mostly deliveries in a so-so neighborhood, but you get the idea.  Those who go through life on their tip toes never truly live.  I'm not saying you need to be insane, but on the chart of crazy stuff you can do, roadracing is WAY down there, honestly.  My life insurance agent even said the rate wouldn't go up, again my job was more dangerous.
In my case danger was brought up, but it was never a real issue, just an excuse.  If your wife really cares for you, it may be that she genuinely is worried about you and that I get, 100%.  I would have quit without hesitation had I felt that was the problem.  Roadracing is NOT that dangerous, you just need to put it in perspective for her.

[tigerblade]

 Roadracing is NOT that dangerous, you just need to put it in perspective for her.

Of course I said the same thing to my (now) wife last year, she attended her first race and I promptly snapped myself in half.   :o :P  

Amazingly, she wants me to teach her to ride this summer...  There are good ones out there.   ;)

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

There are good ones out there.   ;)

Too bad they make up less than 1% of the population and all the guys are trying to find them! :-/


(and yes, I am a VERY bitter person based on my past experiences and also from seeing those around me go thru similar and/or worse situations and really get screwwed!)

[cardzilla]

True, true, Mike.  I think you have to be perfectly happy to be alone, which I am.  That way you don't feel the need to accept someone is not in that 1%.  

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

I'm out to lunch on the single thing.  I dated dozens of girls, but only for the se...., er.... um.... female, uh...  COMPANIONSHIP!  Yeah, that's it!
Then I met my wife.  I was in love before I even said hello to her.  Total first sight, knocked me off my feet, goo goo eyed crazy love.  I don't know HOW you fall in love at first sight, but she says it happened to her, too.  Almost 15 years later, we're still going strong.
For Laura, her objection has always been 100% about the danger.  She doesn't want to lose me.  My street bikes scared her just as bad.  After seven years now, she's gotten over the fear of my racing.  Still, she never misses an opportunity to stare dissaprovingly when I come limping through the door after a bad weekend at the track....
Women like Dawn and Heather are cool for supporting their racer men.  I think I'm doing OK with the wife I've got.  She doesn't come along, but she also doesn't get too curious about what I spend, and she doesn't give me grief about my comings and goings unless I get hurt.  That's probably better than most racers could logically expect from their wives.

[Xian_13]

Guys, is Rhiannon single?  :o ;)

If she is... Thats just a shame!

Though I see her putting fear in mens eyes... one date at a time! ;D

XIII

[cardzilla]

If that's fear, then scare me sh*&less!

[sam197]

Sorry about all the BS......
Life has its moments but now....you get to look forward to a new bike, gear and race season.  YEAH!  

Sam

[spyderchick]

If that's fear, then scare me sh*&less!

Well, you could ride b1tch on any two (or 4) wheeled conveyance with her at the controls... :o ;) ;D