What Sacrifices Do You Make To Keep Your Horse?

tidy nice smelling car
money
sleep
new clothes
nice hands and nails
time with family
hay free washer and dryer
wot my firends call normal people do!!!
 
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Are you complaining or gloating???

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I badly get the mickey taken out of me at work for admitting to using Tesco's 8p shower gel....
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You should try the tins of curry sauce, currently 4p a tin - great for using up left over chicken etc

Feeds my family of 4, with Tesco Value Basmati Rice.

Holly B
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I'd have to say a social life. I've been single for 5 years, had horse for 7, think that says it all!
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Even when I get a date, I end up staying at the yard too long, riding too far, forgetting time, tiring myself out and cancelling
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Also all the men I know think I'm berserk that my car is worth 1/10th of what my lorry is
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Wouldn't have it any other way though!!!
 
Clothes, shoes and handbags although the horse has the best wardrobe...

Time - I don't get in till 8.30pm and leave the house early for FT work.

Man and woman time ;-) OH plays sport at the weekend and I ride, plus we both work FT, no hug time sob!
 
I don't think I've made any sacrifices - to me, a sacrifice is something that you'd rather not make, and I don't miss hairdressers, nice nails, expensive clothes - I was never into those things anyway! I've never wanted kids, have no interest in posh/new/clean cars - we run a Landy and two vans - and have a fab social life as all my friends are horsey, and thank God all our OHs get on too. We have our own field, and as well as the horses have dogs, sheep and poultry, so me and OH are often there together - he gave my new foal his first ever grooming and lead around the field last week, whilst I was riding, and I'd happily clean out the chicken pen whilst he was doing some dog training. There are no sacrifices - it all balances out just fine!
 
Well sleep mostly! Apart from that, my school work is affected - yes i do blame horses for this ha.
My boyfriend is neglected
I have incredibly rough hands
When my mum and dad give me money for new clothes i feel guilty and always drop out of things like parties, meals etc last minute because im knackered / cant be bothered as have 13 to feed in a morning so hangover is not needed!
My friends are neglected and moan at me constantly
I cut my hair myself not because i cant afford the hairdresser i just cant find the time to sit there for half a day!
I get home very late a few times a week from yard as have lessons on 3 of mine so coursework is either forgotten about or rushed!
I have also sacrificed my dental (yes dental, not mental!) health as i fell off my horse at a show, knocked my jaw and the impact caused infection in my roots - 6 months later, 5 root canals later and i am still in pain...bloody horses!

My mum says she has sacrificed her sanity!
 
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sleep!!!!!!!!!!
annoyed husband as i never home!!!!!!!!!!!!
never have a clean car
smell like a horse
no money to spend
no friends other than horsey friends!


yup that pretty much it! but still gotta love it!

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Little time to do housework
No social life out of the equine world
The inability to talk anything other than equine (apparently)
The lack of personal grooming !! Dirty nails, mussed hair and muddy smelly clothing are the "de rigeur" within 5 minutes of being with my horse !

Still, wouldn't change it for the world
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all ways said i would sell house before I got rid of any of my horses, and the way things are going I am going to loose my house as bank is being a complete sh*t, , but am desperately working on that one. Not sure who is going to win but doubt it is me but will give them a good chase.
 
The inability to talk anything other than equine (apparently)

lol....... yes thats me too - apparantly i dont talk about anything other than horses!!!!!!!!!
 
We have two horses, have agreed not to have any holidays while we have horses. Not having any kids, no sleep either. But wouldn't have it any other way. The stables are cleaner and tidier than the house! It is a great hobby that gets us out of bed in the mornings and it means that me and OH spend lots of time together.
 
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I badly get the mickey taken out of me at work for admitting to using Tesco's 8p shower gel....
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You should try the tins of curry sauce, currently 4p a tin - great for using up left over chicken etc

Feeds my family of 4, with Tesco Value Basmati Rice.

Holly B
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I use that too, my OH and me are both "chuck it all in and see what comes out" type of cooks. Luckily!
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Have always had horses so I do not feel I have sacrificed anything really, its a way of life for us so I can not really compare to what it would be like if we didnt have the horses. As they say " you dont miss what you have never had" LOL
 
I don't feel as though I've sacrificed anything - horses keep me sane. OH loves that I have two because there's one for him to hunt whenever and I'm kept busy whilst he's silaging and tractor driving at harvest time!! I wouldn't have it any other way.
 
A nice hairstyle!
A clean car.
Social life.
I'd also have a bigger house if I had no horses.
Oh, and I probably wouldn't have a bad back all the time.

:D :D :D but I'd never be without my boys :D :D :D
 
It's a funny old question, because I truly believe that horses are a way of life, and therefore you dont make sacrifices, you just adapt....

Some would say I sacrificed my opportunity for 'The Uni Experience' - in order to keep my girl and not have to go full/part livery, get a sharer etc, I commuted over 2 hours each way to Uni every day. But I dont view it as a sacrifice - there were no options for me, for Ellie means everything. If it came to the choice between going to Uni and parting with her, or not furthering my education and keeping her, I'd have chosen the latter hands down.

There are the 'normal' things - my hair is a state and rarely gets cut because I view a set of shoes as money better spent than a haircut - and my nails are awful because I have a philosophy that if I bite them really short, they wont show the dirt....:D But they're not really sacrifices either!
 
I don't have any other hobbies (no time, money or energy once the horse takes his share!)
I don't buy new clothes/make up/ other 'frivolous' items I can do without
I don't have much available time for friends or family
I rarely buy/drink alcohol (once every couple of months)
We don't travel overseas
We rarely eat out
We don't often have guests over

Fortunately OH has his sailing, motorbikes, golf and windsurfing so he doesn't have any time, energy or money either :p

Hmmm that is all a bit depressing.... ah well I'm off to the yard :rolleyes: :D
 
I wouldn't say time/social life because i just abuse my sleeping patterns :p I still go out weekends and a few weekdays and just end up having no sleep

Definatley money, i am not struggling but i would definatley prefer to have a nice car, more clothes, holidays etc.

In a way work, sort of, I am not doing my ideal job etc. because I am working to pay for the horsies.

Releationships, Ive had one long term relationship which ended end of 2009 a big part of that was with eveything else i want to do, horses, see my friends, work, i also go to college and like travelling I didn't get to spend a lot of time with my boyfriend, I think at my age aswell still being young boys don't want to wait around to see me once or twice a week
 
I haven't had to sacrifice anything to have my lad that I hadn't given up already since having my 3 georgous children! The social life went about 12 years ago (son no1) Time to look after myself dissapeared soon after (Daughter) and we've never had any spare money as no matter what we've always spent everything we've earnt lol! Only once child number 3 started school did I allow myself to realise my life long dream to own my own horse as before then I wouldn't have had the time. I do realise I'm very lucky to have an understanding OH that ignores the fact that the house is not as tidy as it used to be, and still loves me even though I mostly smell like a stable and have hat hair most days! He cleans our cars of mud hay and straw and looks after the kids at weekends so I can ride/muck out at weekends.
 
I was going to move house and buy a bigger place but after having mine on the market for a year and having no luck I decided to take it off the market and buy a horse instead! Looks like I'll be staying put now 'cos I have no money! He's totally worth it though and I just can't imagine being without him now!
 
SLEEP would be nice

LIE-INS would be nice

SPARE MONEY would be nice

A CLEAN CAR would be nice


My life without my horses would be empty, without meaning and very very sad. So worth it all the way - just hard to remember that sometimes when it's blowing a gale, freezing cold, snowing, muddy and DARK :p:p:p
 
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