Ha Ha ... My missus says...
just pick your times to kite,not when I should be taking kids to school etc ( oops)

Kiting ?

Again?

But you went yesterday!



See yah.

You didnt buy me a kite surfing lesson for valentines day did you????

My wife loves it.

Especially now that I've got life insurance.

Mate, score points when there is no wind. I take mine to the beach and walk the dog.
Take her out to dinner every now and then. (You do get busted when it's winter and the dinners stop)
Now she considers the wind. I'm allowed to Leave family things early and considers kiting hours. But I do have a very cruisy wife.

Same story here.

8 years ago when we first met, she used to say, "Great, this is fun that you kite. I will come down to the beach all the time while you kite". This quickly (ie. 2 trips to the beach) turned into her saying things like, "would be better if it wasn't so windy". "That sand gets everywhere". "Is there somewhere with no sand or wind that you can do this?" "This is a little boring". "Perhaps I stay home and you go by yourself".

We married on the understanding that I kite and that is part of me. My best man even put it in his speech and I managed to take my kite on my honeymoon (really, I might only have one chance to kite Mauritius and wow it was good!! Only one day out of 10 and most were kitable but I do realize it was a honeymoon not a kite trip!!)

Now there is just a total lack of interest. I go and have my own time at the beach and it doesn't matter what the story is that I come back with, for example I say, "biggest surf of the season!!" "It was soooo windy today!!!" "Beaches were closed because of sharks but kited anyway!!" "Pulled into a barrel, got held down and almost drowned. I might need to go to the hospital". "I just did an epic, 6 hour downwinder in remote WA". "I just bought 2 new kites". Etc etc.

What she says without raising her eyes from her book.... "that's nice"

after 2 weeks of good wind -

"who are you ? and what are you doing in my house ? "

5 years and my wife finally came around, now she ask,s me how the wind is looking to plan the week ahead.

"Oh are you going tea bagging again :-/ , alright maybe see you tomorrow "

I dropped the Wind Clause on a chick I was dating last year, she countered with the King's Commandments, we're not together anymore

i swear ex must of had seebreeze on her phone becuase everytime we had to go to a family evemt it was ****ing windy... hence the ex bit

When are you going to teach me gets repeated every so often...

THE DONG said...
i swear ex must of had seebreeze on her phone becuase everytime we had to go to a family evemt it was ****ing windy... hence the ex bit

What's with that ! That happens to me all the time with her family as we'll

Loftywinds said...

stuntnaz said..

My partner would come to the beach with me all the time when I started kite surfing .
She would take video of me all the time, and she was sort of into it .
Now 3 years down the track ...

I just can't help my self I have to be on the water .

As much as I emphasise with you, don't let her get too annoyed, because she will leave you (if that matters to you).

You just >>may<< be a little bit obsessed with it mate, and I know that feeling too. All I want to do is kite.

I took my gear to work too, even my land board just for a quickie down at a park near work hence why i land kite and water kite.

It's obsessive and it could lead to your own downfall with her, your job, everything. Take it from me, don't look for others here giving you the excuse to keep doing it and thumbing your nose at her. She will leave you and it will be way too late. It almost happened to me.

How did I fix it? I basically controlled my urges to only kite once or if I am lucky twice a week. I know that sounds hard to do for you right now, but it will save you a lot of agony later on. And leave your gear in the garage, not in the car to avoid temptation.

I hate to say it, but there is more to life than just kiting and it took me a year to realise that.

Good luck

so what your saying is there is an unwritten " Get Out Clause "

as for not taking your gear anywhere pffffft
tell her she can only carry her handbag around once maybe twice a week

I met my wife when I came to Oz on a surf trip, so she knew what was important to me. My life was centered around the ocean. We traveled the world in search of good waves before we had kids. When the girls were born I slowed back on my surfing and spent time with my kids instead. That was important to ME, and not just my wife. As my kids became interested in other things, (one surfs the other doesn't like the beach.....go figure as its right across the street) I was able to spend more time in the water. Now, I go every day there is wind and waves. She has not complained one bit because she knows that I will drop everything to be part of my family when it really matters. I am one of the very lucky ones. My wife doesn't harass me, I am self motivated to do my jobs around the house, and we have been together now for 28 years. She has no desire to learn to kite, she is an artist so she is happy to spend time alone in her studio. Win win for us all.
I feel for anyone, man or women, who put demands on people without really understanding their passions.
This is a good thread, nice to see a change like this!