Tell me about your anti-horse families!

I totally understand what you say about moving out at 24 I really should be thinking about it, I have enough saved for a deposit however being at uni full time I can't afford horses and mortgage - I think understandably! Lol I'm definitely not saying they should be paying for me, not at all. I just mentioned the holiday and cars because I didn't want people to think perhaps I was being harsh on them if they were less well off and maybe wanted to help but couldn't and I was demanding they did.

Horsesatemymoney.... I have 1 on loan the other 3 are babies, 1 can only be hacked and the other I've just put a deposit down. I get up at about 4:30 on the mornings I'm in uni at 9 (takes me an 1hr 30 to get to uni ) and don't go to bed until late. I do have lots of revision techniques in place with help from modern technology to help me learn though.
 
My parents were not so much anti-horse as...anti-animals!
Bit hard for a horse-mad and general animal-mad kid...to be fair, Mum and brother are allergic..but Dad just disapproves of any non-working animal...so therefore I grew up with a complete and utter lack of interest in my passion, so everything I've done to have any animals/horses has been entirely self-motivated and self-funded...luckily I now have a supportive and animal-loving OH (fairly non-horsey but will literally muck in if required) and our daughter is growing up in a houseful of them. ;)
Mum and Dad are still generally disinterested, but did eventually develop a sneaking affection for my late great lurcher...and were actually even a bit upset when he died. Never thought I would see the day! The horses are still a bridge too far for them and they generally pretend they don't exist I think! :rolleyes:
I did hope they would be pleased for me when I finally achieved some of my childhood dreams, as an adult, but I guess they just genuinely don't get it, so can't relate to it.
Ultimately doesn't really matter, I did it for myself and now my OH and daughter enjoy it too, so that's the most important thing.
It is hard when you're still under their roof...but it sounds like you're doing what you can to pursue your passion independently...and eventually when you are able to move out, it will most likely be far less of an issue.
I wish sometimes they'd been able to recognise how passionate I was about it and maybe encourage me a bit more...but hey, parents do the best they can with what they've got, even if it appears woefully inadequate at the time!
No idea if that helps at all, but at least you know you're not alone! ;)
 
Diluteherd, you don't sound like a brat at all. I'm also 24, and if I had managed to get my own stables etc etc like you have I'd be awful proud of myself :D

I'm in the same boat as the rest of you. sister/mother/father all think I'm ridiculous. I actually kept it a secret that I'd even bought my mare, but they had to find out eventually when I moved back home and was disappearing every morning and night :D
Don't be hung up about their comments, the best way I deal with it now is, if they ask a question, to give them a short & sweet answer then drop the subject.
 
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