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Do any of  ya'll have family day where riding is not allowed?
Just asking

we have whats called.... "Manson Family" day.

we ride into the hills of hollywood and swim in other peoples pools.

Why would riding not be allowed on a so call "Family Day"?

Sounds like someone doesn't like your interest in motorcycles as much as you do.

Sounds like you are at the peak of a Slippery Slope.

I had the same thing happen.  Wifey likes to sleep in on Weekends so Id hit the road at 6-7am.  Often, Id be back just as she was getting up.  Worked out good. 

Or, trade her "by herself" time for your "by yourself" time.  If there are kiddos, shower them with attention whenever you are home.  Good luck.

Swimming in other peoples pools is great. We do that at night. She doesn't share my interest in bikes and doesn't like to ride with me (That's ok tho).
After I dropped my bike about a year ago she's been a bit nervous about me riding, I don't hold that against her. It means she loves me, right!

Thanks for the feedback, I was hoping I had not fallen off the slippery slope.

Riding not "allowed"?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!  [puke]

my kids have been infected by my love of my bike.  they ask for rides and i am glad to oblige.  my "family days" as it relates to the bike means i'm riding two up with one of my kids.  woohoo!

just keep telling your SO how much fun it is.  why would someone that loves you want to take away your fun?

good luck with that one.

Ciao!

Get a gym membership.  Tell your wife you like to ride to the gym.  Ride three hours with full gear...come home sweaty and talk about how much improvement you are seeing on your bench since you have been going to the gym 4 to 5 times a week.  Repeat.

Not allowed....no.

Not practical...um, yeah.  :'(

Isn't that what a bike with a sidecare is for? Family day?

Riding is not allowed? I hope you are kidding...

Not allowed.. Who would not allow me to ride? The police? The FBI?

I have a friend whos wife told him not to ride, he told me this in front of her my reply was as below

"she wont LET you ride?"

"No"

"does she have a pouch in her purse?"

"for what"

"your balls"


My wife has asked me not to ride, and I usually tell her than when I'm BACK from my ride we can discuss it.

Most days for me are "family days" where I put spending time with my kids ahead of my hobbies.  Wednesday nights though are my bike night, and I take my bike out for a 3 hour ride, meet up with friends, eat out, etc. 

I think if you are putting a bike in front of family, it is probably not a good prioritization.

mitt

Tell your wife that you've instituted ______ Day where she is not "allowed" to do [her favorite activity] and see how fast she calls you an asshole. Then tell her that its really no different than "Family Day." You'll actually here a sonic boom from how fast the word "asshole" comes out of her mouth.


sac




/I vote for Go Make Me A Friggin' Sandwich Day

I'm not sure I even understand the question.  Are you asking if there is a dedicated day each week where I'm not allowed to ride because it's "family day"?  If so, then no.  And it would be weird if there was.  If my riding was such a problem that we had to schedule a "family day", there'd be much bigger problems going on than just motorcycles.

Or are you asking if my wife ever asks that I don't go riding so that we can spend time together as a family?  If so, sure she does.  It's not that big a deal.  It's not like my bike or the twisties are going anywhere, so I can forego an occasional ride.  As long as I get nookie out of it, <shrug>. 

As a generally rule, I try to to take either Sat or Sunday morning from about 7-10 or 11 for a rip through the twisties (no slab, no stopping to chat, just riding).  Lately, that doesn't happen every week though.  Bike social time happens at other times during the week on an ad hoc basis-- meet-ups, race watching, wrenching.  Frankly, I'd love to be able to spend more time riding, and to have the time and money to get back to trackdays and racing, but that's doesn't work with how I've set up my priorities.  

crap.... June is no anal month

But, today IS 6/9 day........always a close second.

who can't receive anal... you or your wife?   

tiz better to give than to recieve


PIF ;)

ANYWAY.. I guess our family is really lucky because "Family Day" IS bike day!  I have 2 sons in their late 20's and riding as a family is what we do.  It's so great - it started as riding mountain bikes together, then moving up to dirt bikes in the woods and on the track together, and now riding on the road together.  We watch out for each other and share a love for riding, and I couldn't be happier!  My dream "family vacation" would be for all of us to take both the dirt and road bikes to West Virginia and alternate riding the trails one day, and the road the other!! [moto]
I don't understand when the wives won't "LET" their husbands do the things that they love- my husband is always getting hurt either on the dirt bike or playing hockey.  My friends sometimes would say "why do you let him do things that he could get hurt at"?  LET HIM?  What is he.... five?
So if you have young kids, maybe you can follow my plan of bicycles- to -dirt- bikes -to- road bikes, and if you have a girl, let her understand that whatever she wants to try to do, even though it's traditionally "not for girls", she can take it on! [clap]  Besides... if you're a woman that loves boys AND their toys, there's no better place!

My wife doesn't let me do the laundry.


I turn everything that's white to pink.

you did that on purpose

All of your replies are great. We don't have a no anal month, that's more a hit or miss thing.
She works almost every Saturday and all during the week (self employed) and she just wants me to hang out on Sundays, I'm cool with that because I pretty much ride all week anyway.
Our daughter is 24 so kids are the issue. It could be possible that I'm making a big deal out of nothing and she wants me to accomplish something aroud the house. Like this sunday we planted two persion lilacs and a service berry plus I got 3/4 of the yard mowed, I guess I see her point in that I would rather ride all weekend instead of working.

She is actually a very good wife (although I don't have any others to compare). The reason for the question was for imput from everyone as the best way not to turn into a snivelling bastard. This is a fun thread and very useful. Thanks, gotta go thecows are out

Oh --- just so everyone knows, she isn't a pregnant dog and she does support my riding addiction. She buys my tires and about a month ago got me set of Pirelle angel st's

Awesome tires, better than the corsa III's she bought me last time

Given that context, her designating Sunday as "family day" is completely appropriate. 

yep Spidey, reading everybody's post made me feel better. What a great group of people.

Thanks

Life................she's full of compromises.


If your wife is fine with you riding 6 days a week and otherwise supportive, it sounds like she's being very compromising and not at all unreasonable in asking you to stick around on Sundays. Besides, if you get to ride week days (as I do with shift work and a compressed work week) Sundays are the one day I avoid the road as I usually find it overrun with idiots on bikes.

I prefer to ride on days where I'm one of the few idiots on the road.