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My sainted wife and my damned passion

Mar 12, 2015 at 1:45
by Ryan Haner  
So I have a long awaited bike trip to st george tomorrow. I am going to ride in an amazing place with small army of riders I don't know. New friends, new trails. People drive down from BC to ride there. Bike companies test new bikes there. It is famous, a grand cathedral in the church of spinning wheels. A definite bucket-list worthy place to ride. I should be psyched.
But I'm not.
My wife has been kicking butt nonstop for weeks while I go to school and work. She has had some time to herself, but not much, and in the last week she has had almost none. I work hard too, but she is juggling the kids by herself with almost no spousal support. I work nights and go to school in the morning leaving the afternoon to sleep. During that time she gets the kids up, feeds them teaches them, takes them to karate, cleans house, does the shopping, and keeps them quiet so I can sleep. The only time I am home to pick up any slack is the weekend, and this time I will be gone meaning the hard week will continue into the next.
She is the one who deserves an epic vacation, but I don't know how to give her one. The best I can do is look forward to this summer and try to make it up to her.
In the mean time I just sit here feeling guilty, wondering if I should cancel my trip.

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6 Comments
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 As a person talking to ghosts and spirits a lot lately, I can tell you one thing: there is no answer for your question. Look into your heart and ask yourself what does it mean to you, why do you bike and why there. There is a reason, we all have one. Pierce through banals like "it makes me a better person afterwards", "I need to rest" and dig deep... go for the treasure, even if it is at the bottom of a cesspit. If you find some answer, you will know how much you will need to go. Then talk to her with full openess of heart if you have managed to forge such luxury in your marriage (I haven't). If She can reach her depths she may know why you need it, they usually know more about us than we know about ourselves. They connect us with the world of spirits, they can be much more than partners, mothers and lovers Big Grin

Anyways, whatever you do, there will be consequences, for good and bad, it's what you make of it... you may get her full permission and waste it Big Grin So make something of it hahahaha Big Grin

Cheers mate!
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 Oops. Posted that wrong. You seem pretty wise today. The Ouija board must be working.
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 My wife read your comment. She has a high opinion of you now.
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 Oh, she shouldn't, I don't talk to my wife about hings other than life's practicalities, at all and I contemplate divorce quite often. We're poor partners, poor lovers, poor speakers, we are as opposite to soul mates as two souls can be. After oxitocin run out, after I realized my projections on her by briefly falling in love with someone else (nothing ever happend, the other "she" probably doesn't even know), trying to skillfully redirect the new projections back onto my wife, there's emptiness. I do not practice what I preach, I only forward what spirits say, I am their loud speaker... Big Grin

Have a great time!
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 Had a great time. Hope you have internal peace my friend.
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 Thanks waki. She is not holding it against me at all. There are still things I hold back, but this is an area where we can talk to each other with complete honesty (as far as I know).
I am going. Waiting for my ride right now in fact.
I'll report how it went.







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