How does your wife/partner feel about your Hobby?

It's not just a fuckin hobby

My wife has always been cool with me riding a couple of times a month. She knows that I enjoy it. She just needs to know that she is more important than the riding. 
 

The real challenge I run into is the lack of good places to go riding at near me. There is a track 30 minutes away, but it BLOWS. So anywhere else I go becomes almost an all day thing away from the wife and kids. That’s valuable time that I’m not willing to sacrifice. so I just go when It makes more sense. 

My wife thinks it’s cool but doesn’t want me to get hurt. She’s probably came to the track to watch 3 times in 12 years. Truthfully I like it that way. It’s me time and guys time. It’s like her going shopping with the girls. If she could secretly make my bike go missing though she would😂💀

That escalated quickly. 

 My wife wants me to ride more than I do and supports it 100%,Even surprized me with KTM 300XCW a few yaer ago. loves going to the track, she knows I obessed with everything dirt bike and loves that I have passion for something other than family and my business, Says it make me a better dad and grandfather. Total keeper, Im very fortunate to have her in my life.

All good here and very supportive.

Goes to OTHG nationals and has a blast just hanging out.

Great opportunity for her also to unplug.

I think she supports the quote below when said in front of her.
”if she was going to trade me in on dirt bikes purchased she would have done it 20 bikes ago”

At the same time I have gotten better about  knowing when to skip a weekend away racing.

Rather than start a whole other thread.. 

why do Americans say “could care less” when what they really mean is “couldn’t care less”?

to say ‘could care less’ implies you DO care somewhat. 
 

Anyone?

My wife was a MotoGP fan before we meant and quickly became a pro motocross/supercross fan as well. She was not too interested in going my races at first but after going with my dad and meeting my buddies and their girls she started coming more, then once I got her a pit board to make her feel more involved she went all in. I did 21 races this year and 22 races last year, and she came to pretty much every one of them except the few where I camped the night before. My wife knows half the people at the races now, knows the pecking order of riders in several classes, and who I'm battling for in points. I primarily race hare scrambles, which she likes attending. She does not enjoy going to enduros (I don't blame her, viewing sucks) and she prefers I don't race MX anymore since I got injured at the first two races she attended. Racing has become her passion as well and she is all about "us" winning some series and putting trophies on the shelf.


To help balance the fact that I'm racing on 50% of our Sundays I give her my time Saturday, which is often doing some house project or shopping, and along with the majority of my free time on weeknights. This means that although I finally got the 3 car garage I've always wanted I don't actually get to go wrench in there nearly as much as I had hoped, and I'm not out drinking beers with my boys anymore. I also make sure we take non-moto vacations and road trips still. I try to help around the house without being told as well. She also asks that we go to watch a Pro National and a SX each year so I make sure to oblige that, even though I mostly prefer watching from my couch. I love bicycling too but try to be mindful about how much time I spend doing it and make sure I knock out at least 90% of my hunny-do list before going for a ride.

We're looking to have kids soon and I'll have to cut back on the racing. l I tried suggesting to her (a few times) that I sell the moto bike after this year and take up doing a few of the local mountain bike races instead but she immediately shot that down and demanded that I keep racing at least our local series. She says she enjoys the spending time with our friends at the races and she knows that I love it. I have buddies with babies/young kids who still get to race some so maybe it is doable, but I'm not planning for it.

Sorry for the rambling life story, but that is how we have found a balance that works for us.
 

She loved it and would go to pretty much every practice and race. It all changed when we had our son and she stuck her claws in. 

This!!!

My wife taught me to ride, she used to race. So there's that. She thinks I need to ride more!

shes over it...

Naught to mid range like an RM250 on hard pack bro. But he's right

My wife.....  Dislikes it..... 

Its an active point of contention. 

She admits that it’s very attractive to see me ride, and puts up with me spending money on bikes, trucks, and gear. At the same time she doesn’t want me to get hurt, and she wants quality time with me and our son, so family time is a priority. I don’t typically ride on the weekends. I have unlimited PTO at work, so I ride on quiet days at work when the sand tracks are wet or a good local track happens to be open. It works out.

I'm also single so don't listen to me.

I’m 66 years old and have been married to the same women for 27 years. She insists on going to every race and never complains. She will watch when I’m on the track and reads a book the rest of the day, lol! Never complains or questions my devotion to the sport. My first trophy is 2 months older than she is!

Wife comes and watches a lot , she doesn’t mind moto and flat track which I mainly do , 

but she didn’t like the land speed records I was doing up to last year 

You could just be the next Tony Robbins. I'd pay to take notes! Fuck "getting rich"

I get full support, but I also catch some flak when its been a $1000 dollar spending month and its the second weekend I'm away overnight out of a month. We go on some extra dates those months. She's insanely reasonable and I return the favor. 

Unless you can pay all your bills racing then its a hobby. When you pay to play its a hobby. 

I drag raced for years and my wife loved it but my dirt bike racing she says is kinda boring (I race off road ) but she still says "if thats what you love to do then have fun and enjoy it. I'm a lucky guy.

She digs it. She hasn’t missed a race (not that I do much of it anymore) and is always very supportive. It might be tough to get her to go to the pala national once tomac retires though 

When I was married, I argued with my wife when I needed a new helmet and she said I couldn't drop more than $50 on a new helmet. I asked her if she thought my head was worth $50 and she said yes.

I spent $500.

I'm not married anymore.

My wife loves it. She won a contest for us to go to the final round of the nationals at Pala and a tour of the Suzuki rig, so she was out there trudging around in the 102 degree weather. She also is the reason why we are going to A1 this year. 

For the most part my wife dislikes anything I do that doesn’t revolve around her- she denies it, but it very obvious. Typical of most women..


 

My wife raced mountain bikes when I met her. I got her into dirt bikes. Orthopedic stuff doesn't allow her to ride her crf250x much any more. Every once in a while she'll give the "you need to go riding".