Horse buying to the outside world

[Annagain]

As you know I recently sold Charlie and am on the hunt for another. I was chatting to my mother in law the other day and mentioned this. Yesterday I had a letter from her with a cheque in it "to buy me a leg". It was for £150. Don't get me wrong I'm touched by the gesture and very grateful for the contribution but it tickled me that in her head I was probably spending about £600! I haven't got the heart to tell her it would probably cover an ear at most!

 

[Trouper]

Oh bless!!

 

[Glitter's fun]

As you know I recently sold Charlie and am on the hunt for another. I was chatting to my mother in law the other day and mentioned this. Yesterday I had a letter from her with a cheque in it "to buy me a leg". It was for £150. Don't get me wrong I'm touched by the gesture and very grateful for the contribution but it tickled me that in her head I was probably spending about £600! I haven't got the heart to tell her it would probably cover an ear at most!

Shows that your OH lies to his mother about how much is spent on the nags. A good thing - he is on your side!

 

[poiuytrewq]

Ha! That’s really lovely! My mother in law did similar a while back when we were looking for a horse for my daughter, she kept on how she would pay for it fully and presented me with £300.

 

[nagblagger]

OMG what a wonderful lady, my dad (96yrs) said something similar yesterday, he thought the last donkey i bought, 2/52 ago, was about £100 including delivery from Wales.

 

[Annagain]

Shows that your OH lies to his mother about how much is spent on the nags. A good thing - he is on your side!

He'd never have a conversation like that with her anyway! She's a bit of an odd fish and refuses to discuss money or health issues with anyone - even her own family - which is why this was such a nice surprise!

OMG what a wonderful lady, my dad (96yrs) said something similar yesterday, he thought the last donkey i bought, 2/52 ago, was about £100 including delivery from Wales.

That's the thing, she's often not a wonderful lady so this was very welcome (albeit accompanied by a bit of a dig about how big a part of my life the horses are - i.e. I'm not at home enough taking care of my husband).

 

[Pippity]

My mother's the exact opposite! Horses cost about as much as a house to buy (although she thinks you can buy a nice house for £50k) and cost a bare minimum of £2k/week to keep.

 

[smolmaus]

My Dad was musing about buying my sister a horse for her birthday, she rides a lovely big hunting cob atm who may possibly come up for sale soon and his face when I told him Barry will be 8-10k was AMAZING. He thought it was going to be about the same as the iPad I got for my birthday so would be a fair balance ?

You do have to appreciate the gesture. A cheque in the post! ?

 

[Birker2020]

Aw that's a really sweet gesture.

 

[Baywonder]

Oh bless her! What a lovely gesture

TBH, I think the cost of anything to do with horses is a complete shock to anyone who knows very little / nothing about them!

 

[ArklePig]

That's so lovely.

I'm currently at my parents house and my dad has spent the last few days telling my husband exactly how much they cost and repeating his catch phrase of 'there's only two good days in horse ownership the day you buy and the day you sell'.

It must be nice to have someone on your side!

 

[canteron]

That's so lovely.

I'm currently at my parents house and my dad has spent the last few days telling my husband exactly how much they cost and repeating his catch phrase of 'there's only two good days in horse ownership the day you buy and the day you sell'.

It must be nice to have someone on your side!

This made me laugh, isn't it funny that when men (without being sexist) they get into their heads that something, that isn't at all funny, is really funny and repeat it often! My, normally lovely, husband used to be very fond of the 'we share the driving, I drive there and she drives back' non joke, and I really had to impress on him I did't find it at all amusing, on so many levels.

 

[ArklePig]

@canteron yeah he's been saying it since he bought our first pony in 1997!

 

[Penguin_Toes]

That's so lovely.

I'm currently at my parents house and my dad has spent the last few days telling my husband exactly how much they cost and repeating his catch phrase of 'there's only two good days in horse ownership the day you buy and the day you sell'.

It must be nice to have someone on your side!

My Dad loves this saying too! To be honest its not always wrong!

 

[milliepops]

This made me laugh, isn't it funny that when men (without being sexist) they get into their heads that something, that isn't at all funny, is really funny and repeat it often! My, normally lovely, husband used to be very fond of the 'we share the driving, I drive there and she drives back' non joke, and I really had to impress on him I did't find it at all amusing, on so many levels.

OMG i just got the red mist. even OHs friends know how little he does of the driving but even their ribbing does nothing to shame him or stop this phrase getting trotted out on every possible occasion.

 

[smolmaus]

This made me laugh, isn't it funny that when men (without being sexist) they get into their heads that something, that isn't at all funny, is really funny and repeat it often! My, normally lovely, husband used to be very fond of the 'we share the driving, I drive there and she drives back' non joke, and I really had to impress on him I did't find it at all amusing, on so many levels.

Oh no, I genuinely don't get this one at all ?

 

[SEL]

My mum did something similar when I was talking about buying fields. She sent me a generous cheque for my birthday and told me to put it in the field fund. We're in the SE and I didn't have the heart to tell her that would barely buy a parking space

Fortunately we bought privately because if it had been advertised and she'd seen how much I've blown on pony living quarters she'd have a meltdown

 

[canteron]

Oh no, I genuinely don't get this one at all ?

It has to do with living in the middle of no-where and always being the designated driver!

 

[Ratface]

I commend you all for keeping your hands from various parts of other people's anatomy, and a (fairly) civil tongue in your collective heads . . .

 

[fiwen30]

That is very sweet! Bit ‘Jill Has Two Ponies’!

 

[twobearsarthur]

My mum and I always worried that we’d die before my dad and he’d sell the horses for what we told him we’d paid for them. Every horse we bought from 1989 to present day cost £500. We’d come home with a 17.3 advanced dressage Warmblood £500, LW RIHS qualified show cob £500, Pure bred Irish draught all rounder £500. He’d say every time “You got a bargain there didn’t you?”

 

[Pmf27]

My mum and I always worried that we’d die before my dad and he’d sell the horses for what we told him we’d paid for them. Every horse we bought from 1989 to present day cost £500. We’d come home with a 17.3 advanced dressage Warmblood £500, LW RIHS qualified show cob £500, Pure bred Irish draught all rounder £500. He’d say every time “You got a bargain there didn’t you?”

This is so cute ? bless his heart