Wooleysmum
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Why is my husband so grumpy and negative about my horse? i reckon he is just plain jealous! Any one out there with a similar problem!!
Why are husbands so grumpy?
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custard
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Mine's just plain grumpy about everything and the more I talk to other women about it the more I realise they're all the bleeding same!
pixiebee
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why are husbands so grump???
simple answer really..............
because they are male.
simple answer really..............
because they are male.
Patches
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Why is my husband so grumpy and negative about my horse? i reckon he is just plain jealous! Any one out there with a similar problem!!
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Mine often says he's going to come back as a horse. Reckons he'd get better fed, more attention, pampered, dressed in all this seasons must haves and would be the object of all of my affections.
I have a feeling he's probably right too.
Why is my husband so grumpy and negative about my horse? i reckon he is just plain jealous! Any one out there with a similar problem!!
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Mine often says he's going to come back as a horse. Reckons he'd get better fed, more attention, pampered, dressed in all this seasons must haves and would be the object of all of my affections.
I have a feeling he's probably right too.
dieseldog
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Did you read the letter in H&H this week?
A guy wrote that he reckoned all the poor husbands being dragged around the shops by their OHs on a saturday afternoon were very jealous of him and his horse owning wife as it might he could sit in front of the telly watching the rugby while the rest of his family disappeared to a horse show all day
I think men look at our horses without the rose tinted glasses we usually wear
A guy wrote that he reckoned all the poor husbands being dragged around the shops by their OHs on a saturday afternoon were very jealous of him and his horse owning wife as it might he could sit in front of the telly watching the rugby while the rest of his family disappeared to a horse show all day
I think men look at our horses without the rose tinted glasses we usually wear
merlinsquest
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I have the opposite problem. My other half always takes merlins side........ if i am feeling sorry for myself coz i cant ride (horses arthritis) he sticks up for merlin 'its not his fault'.
If i am broke and cant afford the vets fees (around 6k a year once insurance is up) then i have to work harder!!!
All in all i think he sticks up for him because he is the only bloke in a house full of women!!! Solidarity and all that!!!
If i am broke and cant afford the vets fees (around 6k a year once insurance is up) then i have to work harder!!!
All in all i think he sticks up for him because he is the only bloke in a house full of women!!! Solidarity and all that!!!
Selkie
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Can't complain about mine he sat on my horsey for the first time 2 weeks ago and is now getting a bit too keen
perhaps we will have to buy another horse
TGM
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Well my OH isn't normally grumpy - but I have noticed that he seems to develop an antipathy towards whatever horse I'm closest to! For example, he is fine about my daughter's pony and my retired mare, but always has to make digs about my current riding horse.
Before that I had a lovely little cob that I had lots of fun and success with, and he was never too enamoured of that either. Does make you wonder ....
Before that I had a lovely little cob that I had lots of fun and success with, and he was never too enamoured of that either. Does make you wonder ....
JACQSZOO
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My hubby is normally like that. Except for today. I cant understand for the life of me why he is so keen to buy this little filly. I reckon he must have done something wrong but surely a bunch of flowers would have done? Whats even more worrying is that he has suggested that in 4/5 years time when the filly is broken he can come and ride Georgie!? Eh?! He's only sat on a horse once and in the 6 years we have been together he must have been to the yard a dozen times. Now he wants to ride?! I've even spent all afternoon saying about double livery costs etc etc and he is still keen.
He must have been upto something.
Or have I jsut got a suspicious mind?
He must have been upto something.
Or have I jsut got a suspicious mind?
oliviacharley
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my husband is not normally too bad, I tend to drag him down to help with the water at times and also just to come and see them in the field....quite useful as my big chap seems to have a soft spot for him and runs over like a big dog...! My little pony has an over shot jaw and sometimes dribbles up his back, so that doesnt go down too well...!
he normally is grumpy when we take his car and charly is the other side of the field in the mud which means I have to get back in the clean car with my muddy wellies on...thats when he is at his worst!!
I always promise to clean it once home but very often get too busy!!
he normally is grumpy when we take his car and charly is the other side of the field in the mud which means I have to get back in the clean car with my muddy wellies on...thats when he is at his worst!!
I always promise to clean it once home but very often get too busy!!
reddie
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He was ok when my daughter rode, but now that it's just me he's become more grumpy. he will still take me to shows etc, but under duress!!! He's jealous of the attention and pampering. He's a fully paid up member of the Horse Unapprecaiton Society.
Thistle
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Did you read the letter in H&H this week?
A guy wrote that he reckoned all the poor husbands being dragged around the shops by their OHs on a saturday afternoon were very jealous of him and his horse owning wife as it might he could sit in front of the telly watching the rugby while the rest of his family disappeared to a horse show all day
I think men look at our horses without the rose tinted glasses we usually wear
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I found this quote quite amusing too, exactly my OH's sentiments and worryingly written by someone of the same name!
Did you read the letter in H&H this week?
A guy wrote that he reckoned all the poor husbands being dragged around the shops by their OHs on a saturday afternoon were very jealous of him and his horse owning wife as it might he could sit in front of the telly watching the rugby while the rest of his family disappeared to a horse show all day
I think men look at our horses without the rose tinted glasses we usually wear
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I found this quote quite amusing too, exactly my OH's sentiments and worryingly written by someone of the same name!
Tiggy1
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I sympathise with you.
Mine is a farmer and cannot stand my horses.
Will go out of his way to make life difficult. All bales on farm are very large farm size and grumbles when I need supplies let alone when I started bedding on shavings!!
Mine is a farmer and cannot stand my horses.
Will go out of his way to make life difficult. All bales on farm are very large farm size and grumbles when I need supplies let alone when I started bedding on shavings!!
htobago
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Mine keeps telling everyone that he used to be 'number one' in my life until I got Tobago, but now comes a poor second!
But I have to say that he says this with a smile and doesn't really mind.
He was wary at the beginning but now is actually rather proud of Tobago, and tells all his colleagues at work when he wins a championship or we export frozen semen to Europe something.
He's also rather impressed that stallions can earn some of their keep and expenses in stud fees (of course he has no idea what it really costs to keep, train, show, advertise, insure, semen-test, dummy-train, etc., etc. a horse like this - cos I don't tell him LOL!).
He's not keen on me buying a mare to breed to my boy, cos he knows I could never bring myself to sell the foals - but he doesn't mind the idea of me buying another colt!
So I guess I'll just have to have lots of stallions LOL!
But I have to say that he says this with a smile and doesn't really mind.
He was wary at the beginning but now is actually rather proud of Tobago, and tells all his colleagues at work when he wins a championship or we export frozen semen to Europe something.
He's also rather impressed that stallions can earn some of their keep and expenses in stud fees (of course he has no idea what it really costs to keep, train, show, advertise, insure, semen-test, dummy-train, etc., etc. a horse like this - cos I don't tell him LOL!).
He's not keen on me buying a mare to breed to my boy, cos he knows I could never bring myself to sell the foals - but he doesn't mind the idea of me buying another colt!
So I guess I'll just have to have lots of stallions LOL!
soph21
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my OH is good, he pooh picks daily!!! but if i ever do it (not very often!!!) he moans that im not doing it properly!!! so i try and avoid it! but he doesn't ride which doesn't bother me, he's my taxi, drops me to the yard i go for a ride and then he makes the boys feed for me and then we go home!!! he can be VERY annoying sometimes though, i think he gets a bit jealous as id rather go for a ride on bear than spend time with him!!!
Gentle_Warrior
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mine goes through stages, he will be fine about talking horse one day and then over night turn nasty when mentioned
It's men all in all - I just know the signs now !!!
It's men all in all - I just know the signs now !!!
Chumsmum
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My husband is interested for all of 5 minutes about the ponies and then switches off.
However, he has learned very quickly that I am the only one allowed to moan about them
However, he has learned very quickly that I am the only one allowed to moan about them
Stella
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My husband is interested for all of 5 minutes about the ponies and then switches off.
However, he has learned very quickly that I am the only one allowed to moan about them
[/ QUOTE ] Yep, mine is like that too. It does p*** me off a bit that so many women I know have their husbands going along to competitions and helping. I'm about to do my first competition next month (late starter) and I know mine will never come. The odd time a friend might come, but they will want to spend their weekends with their own horses, so I suppose I'll quickly have to get used to going alone - that seems a bit tough to me ...! Miserable bugger .. but I suppose he has a point when he says I wouldn't want to keep being dragged to football matches!
My husband is interested for all of 5 minutes about the ponies and then switches off.
However, he has learned very quickly that I am the only one allowed to moan about them
[/ QUOTE ] Yep, mine is like that too. It does p*** me off a bit that so many women I know have their husbands going along to competitions and helping. I'm about to do my first competition next month (late starter) and I know mine will never come. The odd time a friend might come, but they will want to spend their weekends with their own horses, so I suppose I'll quickly have to get used to going alone - that seems a bit tough to me ...! Miserable bugger .. but I suppose he has a point when he says I wouldn't want to keep being dragged to football matches!