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Grounds for Divorce??
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St. Bear
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Exactly. Tell her that she can sleep in, and meet you for lunch.
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Get married there, then she'll have to go.
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jimmywilson69
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Nothing wrong with ski Vacations!
I'll chime in as my wife is in the middle with skiing. She doesn't need to hit the local hill here in PA every 2nd or 3rd day like I do, but she does enjoy going on trips to ski.
She is also very understanding of my ski addiction, as It only lasts about 4 months. Hell she even told me to go with my buddies to Colorado in a few weeks when they called last minute to plan it.
I guess I have it pretty good. Hopefully you can get there with your wife.
rtibbs4
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Get a ski pre-nup outlining the minimum number of days you will ski each year with or without her and include any yearly ski trips. I had done a yearly ski trip out west 10 years in a row before marrying my wife and now seven years after and she has busted my balls all seven years. And it really pisses me off.
severine
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:roll:
Stay bachelors. Do the women of the world a favor.
Stay bachelors. Do the women of the world a favor.
I did as well, but certainly am fine with her not skiing. I only get minor guilt trips here and there.
I also dated a girl for 7 years between High School and College. Terminal novice who had no problem shelling out $70 a day to only take 5 runs and spend most of the day in the lodge drinking hot cocoa.
I'll take the non-skiing S/O for $2000 Alex.
ctenidae
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I think you're looking at this the wrong way around- married, they're off the market. Sure the wife is taking one for the team, but everyone else is safe. Single, they're free to get their Rico Suave on...
ERJ-145CA
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Why? Is channel 28 Faction BTW?
4aprice
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Exactly. My wife was a skiing partner even before she was a steady girl friend. 8 years for us before we decided to get hitched.
Alex
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Edd
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My SO is very understanding about ski trips. I don't blame the OP for venting; money spent on a huge wedding is like setting money on fire. Good luck.
Breeze
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Hubster and I learned to get around this problem early on. We can be married, and each of us can go have fun on mountain. I never had to ski with him and he never had to ski with me. Neither of us had any hold over the other on mountain. Go do what you want or can, we'll go home together.
I'll never forget the day he was waiting for me in the chair lift line at Mt Abrams, when he got to watch me navigate my first full blue+ trail, and the Boris Badenov Headwall all by myself without a hint of pizza wedge.
God that was such a sweet day. He had tears rolling down his face. I think he was more excited than I was, and it was all because he LET ME and LEFT ME on my own to get it as I needed to get it. Patience is truly key.
Breeze
I'll never forget the day he was waiting for me in the chair lift line at Mt Abrams, when he got to watch me navigate my first full blue+ trail, and the Boris Badenov Headwall all by myself without a hint of pizza wedge.
God that was such a sweet day. He had tears rolling down his face. I think he was more excited than I was, and it was all because he LET ME and LEFT ME on my own to get it as I needed to get it. Patience is truly key.
Breeze
Stache
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Same here, but she did have other redeeming qualities, and her dad had (has) a herd of Black Angus cows.
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This is the best advice so far. Ski hard in the morning. Find a fun non ski activity for the afternoon. Add a romantic dinner somewhere. Doesn't have to be expensive. Burlington isn't that far. Ben and Jerry's. Massage oil and candlelight. Pack a continental breakfast in bed. She'll be asking when the next trip is.....
HaHa good luck. This is one of those decision points in your life. I would take the low rode cuase I took the high road the last time and could not live with yself
billski
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Whatever you do and whoever you marry, it must be clear that skiing comes with the package. You're not gonna give it up and it's always gonna be there, just like a mother-in-law. I'm at a point now after 26 years that I go skiing mostly without my family. Their interests have diverged and we have a truce. Sadly most of our friends have given it up too, but I persevere, hang onto that one last bud and make new friends (or are they enemies?)
I still participate in that most-dreaded of all things, a warm-weather vacation, but the quid pro quo is that the winter months are not to be messed with. I was absolutely miserable taking a trip to the islands in the middle of March. Of course, everything in marriage is a compromise. But this is one area that I will not bend to without a big fight.
I explain that if you ever have to quit, mental illness will be at your doorstep. that usually gets me a hall pass, unless of course the mother-in-law comes a-courting. eek!
I still participate in that most-dreaded of all things, a warm-weather vacation, but the quid pro quo is that the winter months are not to be messed with. I was absolutely miserable taking a trip to the islands in the middle of March. Of course, everything in marriage is a compromise. But this is one area that I will not bend to without a big fight.
I explain that if you ever have to quit, mental illness will be at your doorstep. that usually gets me a hall pass, unless of course the mother-in-law comes a-courting. eek!
Edd
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You're a better man than I am. I'm considering a non-ski trip this April because I'm injured but normally even April is reserved for ski-only activities.
severine
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jaja111
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THIS! This! This is hell. Not only does one have to find a skier (or boarder), but one has to find an athlete to some degree. I have had gf's that skied but expended no more energy than a game of croquet and had just as much passion for it. This leads to a ton of wasted obligatory cash (like a wedding eh?) and eventually an injury that ends skiing all together for her, forever driving a wedge into the relationship.
This isn't just a question of compatibility within somewhat similar interests. You gotta have a partner that likes to play hard if you play hard.
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