Seeking Love

My hubby is non-horsey.

I married him (after we'd been together for 13 years) ONLY because I was turning 30 and needed to secure my financial future and claim to his house - in order to secure my horse's future. If he leaves me now - I can take the house and I'll be able to afford to keep the horses. I told him straight and he was just pleased I'd finally said yes.

Hubby knows I love my Arab more than him. I've had the Arab for 20 years. Hubby understands this and accepts it.

He doesn't begrudge my horses and I don't begrudge his vampire DVDs and books everywhere.

He comes to that yard once every 6 months, stokes the horse's noses and complains it's cold and smelly
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You have to find a man with their own obsession (as long as it's legal and not icky) - that way they won't begrudge yours;)
 
noblesteed said:
You need to get yourself down to the beach and pick up a surfer!!!! Better still, gallop past him on your magnificent horse, then chat him up while he's getting changed out of his wetsuit (gives you chance to check out his credentials too....)
Surfers ALWAYS struggle to meet women because MOST women begrudge them the time they spend in the sea, because when surf's up they have to go regardless of whether or not they have a date. Surfing comes first! They all stink of rubber and they drive smelly grubby vans and have no money...

Surfers are PERFECT for horsey women!!! You can spend hours upon hours riding while they hang out at the beach and surf, they don't care that you are grubby and smelly because they are too. You can clean your tack in the living room as long as they are allowed to dry their wetsuits in the bathroom. You can keep as much horsey stuff as you like in the garage because it's now a surfboard/wetsuit store room. You can borrow the van to go to the feed store. They love the fact you are fit, strong and look a 'bit weathered' like they do. They spend ££££ on new wetsuits, custom boards, fixing vans and diesel to get to surf spots, so have NO say whatsoever in what you spend on horse.

I have been with my surfer husband for 9 years and it's a match made in heaven. We even got to move to somewhere nice so he could surf and I could keep horse in the countryside. He DID talk about me selling horse when baby is born... His surfer mates said, 'Whoa no way, she sells her horse and you will have to sell all your boards. Fair's fair." I hugged them all!!!!!!

Get yourself down to the beach!!! Winter's best by the way, better surf.
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Brilliant - I love this
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I love this thread! It's giving me hope that there might actually be men out there who can tolerate having a horsey other half! I haven't found one yet and my horse was the reason for my last split and also the reason for the new relationship after that not taking off, but this has given me renewed hope!

I think a HH dating site is a fab idea! :)
 
My OH thinks horses are amazing but can't go near them as he is severely allergic to their hair - it affects his breathing, and if he even touches one his skin comes out in red welts!
Even so he is fully supportive of me having one and has been driving me for miles at a time to view possibles:) He even bought me a bunch of stuff for when I find the right one and helps me lug bags of feed around at the yard and sweep up.
He's trying to build up a tolerance so that he can do more...really wants to be involved. He also cooks, cleans up after the cats and walks the dogs - often before I am even awake!
He really is amazing. I love him to bits.
We met through wargaming, lol!
 
ArabianGold said:
We should have a H&H tea meet up lol. Plus a H&H dating site...

Ooh the ideas.

Right got to concentrate on not falling off - down fall having Internet on your mob phone sad sign when you can drag yourself away from a good thread lol.
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Yes, there should be a HHO dating site!!

In reply to the person who suggested galloping past a sexy surfer on your magnificent steed... knowing my luck I'd fall off and then have to run across the beach trying to catch said steed...!!
 
Well I've got one, as I've 5 horses and hubby helps out at weekends and does come riding sometimes,empties mucktrailer,collects straw and even when we do get a haycrop takes time off so we can cart and stack it in haybarn and he's helping me with Lenny my foal,getting him use to having his feet picked out and groomed, so he gets use to other people handling him, but he has had 42 years training:D:D:D:D:D:D
 
chestnut cob said:
Yes, there should be a HHO dating site!!

In reply to the person who suggested galloping past a sexy surfer on your magnificent steed... knowing my luck I'd fall off and then have to run across the beach trying to catch said steed...!!
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But then the sexy surfer could come to your rescue...perfect ice breaker! :D:D
 
Before I say anything, I'm a woman....

I was on a message board a while ago and struck up a friendship with a bloke on there, we used to PM each other every day, then he started emailing me as the PM system only let you sent X number of words...so we were emailing each other every day.

He sent me a photo of himself TBH he wasn't much of a looker, and was a lot older than I was expecting, but what the heck he seemed like a nice guy and we were getting along, so after a day's hesitation, I kept emailing him.

Then he asked me for a photo, so I sent him one, and never heard from him again

Well I suppose I deserved that for being so shallow didn't I?



oh, wait a minute...



(he's still online and active, so it's not because he had an accident/took ill/computer broke/lost his internet connection/was eaten by his dogs)
 
kkjames said:
My OH is a farmer who HATED horses!! He bought me a trailer for an engagement present so I had to go out and buy a horse :) We now have 4 and one of them is his!!!! ;)
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Wow how did you manage that?

My OH is also a farmer and HATES horses (his family are horses but I can’t keep the horses on the farm).
He doesn’t moan about how long I spend with them but does moan about how much I spend on them and has nothing to do with them, if I nag him enough then he will chain harrow etc but it usually takes 6 months of asking for him to get round to it.

He would rather I didn’t have horses, but I had horses before I met him and he knows I won’t get rid of them
 
hannahmurphy said:
One, his name was actually Oz ....

A very distant memory. So again, what's a boyfriend?
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a human with a dangly thing, that acts like he/you are perfect for the first few months then the dangly thing dangles more and the perfection is less.

not that im bitter or anything:D:rolleyes:
 
My partner of 4 years has slowly learnt to tolerate rugs in the washing machine, ***** on my boots, 'can't pay for this and that this month' because of vet bills, say i'll be back from the yard at half 6 but come back at 9 after i been yaking away for hours, he now goes to the gym until i come home, he even comes 'to help out' (which involves moaning that the big beasts won't stand still when they nuzzle him!)

He's very much into looking pretty, flexing his muscles and likes everything in immaculate condition - i have to smuggle rugs into the back of his van/change clothes before im 'allowed' in the van, try not bring half the field home and we just try to work around/with each other! x

Ideally he wants a 'barbie' girlfriend, but he has stinky, muddy, horse smelling me! :O)
 
I have a proper goodun. Been together for 3 years now and we met because my friend was a rider on a very good yard and they lived in the flat together, I used to visit my friend and we hit it off. He isn't much of a rider but is from a farming background and was a general s**t shoveller. Since we have been together he has ridden with me and started riding out racehorses too. He always comes to help me when I do my horses and if its the night time hay/check and I am watching something good on TV or I am pooped he just goes away and does them and walks my dogs despite one of them haing him. I also pranged the horse box and he has fixed it and made it pretty again. He is also the one that tells me to poo pick and always sweeps the yard. My parents love it when he comes over!!The place is immaculate and he fills a weeks worth of haynets and does water. Not entirely sure what I do when he is around. He always says he prefers doing night stables on his own because I faff about!! But its fab to know I have an unpaid groom who has worked on an olympic yard. Just need to teach him how to cook and clean and do washing. Her also doesnt care that i look like a twonk coverd in mud. he bought me a boiler suit so I just clean that now and again but my clothes stay unstained!!But he is taken and hes a keeper. He also puts up with some seriouse attitude from me. God knows why!
 
I met D on the one and only blind date I'd ever been on. Fell hook, line and sinker :D. Moved in together after six weeks. Married and had a babe a year later :D. Been together for eighteen years :D

Admittedly, I gave up horses for him and he gave up football for me. But then I couldn't resist the bug any longer :rolleyes::D, so started riding again (and he now watches football again lol).

Now we have two horses, two ponies, four dogs, two cats, and two brilliant daughters :D :D :D :D.

D mucks out, grooms (well, his version, but it's fine :D), deals with the trailer, poo picks, carries water/hay/straw/feed, etc., looks after all of the animals when D1 and I can't :D

This morning he was up at five-thrity to go to the yard with me, to help so I could ride before leaving for work at eight :D :D :D

No arguments about what I spend on the horses. He knows what they cost and is fine with it. Says if I didn't spend it on the horses it would only get spent on something else lol

Love the big loon :D :D :D :D
 
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