Sounds like this really has nothing to do with shooting specifically...
It has everything to do with shooting , or I wouldn't be traveling all over the country to match's and away from family
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Sounds like this really has nothing to do with shooting specifically...
It has everything to do with shooting , or I wouldn't be traveling all over the country to match's and away from family
It has everything to do with xxxx, or I wouldn't be traveling all over the country to match's and time away from family
Well, I was just saying that it's like any other balance in life, that's all.
I highlighted what I think actually matters to your wife.
Makes sense. I stopped eating too much , I stopped drinking and now shooting I should start knitting . Can I wear Speedcross 3's and knit like a badass
Things are better on her end after I listened to her complaints but this is only a temporary patch . This problem seems to come and go, I don't think PMS helps
This.
Sounds like your SO needs to hear this, not the internet.
I'm not trying to give you a hard time at all, by the way.
I believe that relationships get stronger when you spend some time with "your own kind." For example, I like to hunt. I go hunting 4-5 days a year. I encourage her to get together with her girlfriend and do something that they want to do. This year, they are both off to a spa weekend in Maine.
When we had kids at home, she had her night out once a week and I had mine. Give a little; get a little in return from her.
My thoughts only. [Wink]
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hmmm.. maybe...Good Advice, I have been doing this. I think shooting three big match's in three different states in one week was pushing the envelope ....
Get it into her. It gets expensive, but you don't need to justify buying stuff after that.
hmmm.. maybe...
I find it amazing that you have 4 kids and go to a match every weekend.
I have my entire year planned out on a shooting calendar that my wife can see, I like that advice by PMD
My first season competing was 4yrs ago when the kids were very young and not yet playing sports. I got some heat that season because I was practicing after work every Weds and shooting USPSA almost every Sunday. I did whatever I could to spend as much time as possible with the kids on Saturdays so the wife could do what she needed to that day, or we could spend time as a family etc. Over the past couple of seasons it's been really hard to make matches with both kids playing soccer and the games on Sunday. I get to practices on Weds and get to shoot at our matches at HSA once a month but that's about it. I had to explain to my daughter yesterday that I was going to miss one of her games because I forgot the season wasn't going to be over and signed up for a Sunday slot at Monson's big match. She was ok with it more than I am.....her older brother has asked me a few times to find a different hobby because "we only get to see you two days a week and then you're gone all of one of them for a match" [sad2]. I'm building an Open Steel .22 to see if he'll get into the sport and we can spend time together doing that...we'll see.
The way I see it your family obligations will allow you to shoot or they won't. If you can't shuffle other parts of your schedule to fit in family time (or just spouse time) then you're going to have to give up shooting some matches because you'll probably lose all your guns in the divorce anyway.
Jason, the 2-3 matches in one weekend and all the overnights are a bit much. Pick one of them and do more day trips. Being home for dinner makes a big difference.
She could also hang out with my wife. They seemed to get along well.
Please provide picture of wife... I am sure there are numerous people who may be willing to fill in for you, taking care of her needs, while you are at the range.
There is one in every crowd. Unless you have a monster c in your pants you need not apply. She is not wanting to downgrade
There is one in every crowd. Unless you have a monster c in your pants you need not apply. She is not wanting to downgrade
She is upset because I am off having fun and she is home with four little boys. I try to be extra good when I am home and I get off work early to be with them during the week, but a few years of this is starting to wear her thin. We agreed to get a babysitter to help when I am traveling. She does not like guns at all . And to answer the question - she is sweet and beautiful
She does not yell. She is actually very supportive . I think she is sad that I have a mistress , shooting. I encourage her to do stuff to feed her soul. I encourage he to take trips and have fun. I do admit that I am obsessed with competing and I probably have some issues I have to deal with to give up some trigger time.... It's not easy. And she is not saying I can't go.