Tips for the non skiing spouse

[Nick]

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[SIKSKIER]

Divorce.

 

[ScottySkis]

Divorce.

And pay the other for ever. Just have an affair while in hotel at the hill.

 

[mbedle]

Separate vacations are key.... And bite your tongue when they endlessly bitch about how cold it is and wish the white stuff would go away...

 

[4aprice]

I don't know what I would do if I didn't marry a skier. Some of the guys I know who's spouses don't ski got their kids into it and that makes it easier. But even if the non-skiing spouse is supportive there is a much lower threshold of # of days. I'm just lucky to have my best friend to ski with.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[C-Rex]

So the author's husband proposed on a chair at Vail while she pretended to like skiing and then she quit as soon as they were married. What a bitch.

I'm recently back in the game and I think a skier/snowboarder is a must. I could deal with someone who's just ok with me going all the time, but I'd really rather have a real partner.

 

[gmcunni]

i love my wife very much but i wish she skied.

 

[Smellytele]

So the author's husband proposed on a chair at Vail while she pretended to like skiing and then she quit as soon as they were married. What a bitch.

They stop doing a lot of things you like once you marry them.

My wife does still ski...

 

[billski]

So the author's husband proposed on a chair at Vail while she pretended to like skiing and then she quit as soon as they were married.

While your comment is rather cynical, if you look at the stats, many women bail on the sport for good once the kids stop skiing with mom and dad. Of course during the early years of child-rearing, both parents are apt to stay home. The stats bear this out. After age 45-50, the number of men "returning" to the sport vastly outnumber the women of the same age.

 

[twinplanx]

They stop doing a lot of things you like once you marry them.

My wife does still ski...

Post of the day. I know it's early yet, but that's it I'm calling it. This literally made me lol

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[billski]

They stop doing a lot of things you like once you marry them.

This explains why Whitey Bulger never married

 

[C-Rex]

While your comment is rather cynical, if you look at the stats, many women bail on the sport for good once the kids stop skiing with mom and dad. Of course during the early years of child-rearing, both parents are apt to stay home. The stats bear this out. After age 45-50, the number of men "returning" to the sport vastly outnumber the women of the same age.

What do the stats have to do with her misrepresenting herself? If my girlfriend pretended to love to ski and then told me after we were wed that she didn't like it and quit, I'd be pissed. Just because the stats say it happens a lot doesn't mean its right.

 

[SIKSKIER]

I had the opposite situation.My wife never skied when we married.She was well aware that I always did and always would ski every possible weekend at least.She was fine with that and finally got sick of me being away and learned to ski.Really enjoyed it.We had a friendly divorce after 20 years and she ends up moving from southern NH to right where I ski.Its all good and I see her at the mt now and then.

 

[steamboat1]

I taught my wife to ski before we were married, she never skied before meeting me. She skied for at least 30 years & we took many ski vacations together (including our honeymoon) but gave it up about 5 years ago. She still lets me go pretty much anytime I please which is good. I miss having her with me but even when she skied we skied separately a lot. She was always a cautious skier & didn't venture to often onto advanced terrain so I had to go on my own. I miss having my daughter as a ski partner, she's a really good skier & ski's anything. She stopped skiing for 6 years when she went away to college. Last week was the 1st time she's skied since stopping & I really enjoyed her company again. To bad she's working long hours now & really doesn't have much free time to ski. Hopefully we'll get a few more days together before the season's over.

 

[dlague]

They stop doing a lot of things you like once you marry them.

My wife does still ski...

My first marriage - had wife that did not ski! I went several times without her which only bit me in the ass later. I then decided to stop which was wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had a child and once he was three I put him in lessons much to her dislike. This is when I realized that I need to step up - and I did! Started skiing again with my son without here and we had fun! Two years later- divorce (much more complicated than just skiing)!

Remarried a couple years later - my wife did not ski when we first met! I was skiing with her boys and my son while she sat in the lodge reading a book. She knew that I loved to ski so took it upon herself to commit by buying gear. We started off by skiing green trails and I would coach her. Eventually, she stepped it up and skied increasingly difficult terrain. Today, she skis mid-fats with stiff boots and will ski most black trails and glades and obviously anything below that - does not like bumps! On blue and greens she will let it all out and kills all the other women on either sides of our families. Her next challenge is to do some 360 butters and learn to ski backwards just for fun.

 

[JohnQ]

Wife's first ski lesson was a warm, bluebird day at Vail and she had a blast (who wouldn't?). Her next lesson was cold, windy and flat light. Being legally blind in one eye she couldn't see the dips and rolls until someone in front of her disappeared. That was the end of skiing for her. To her credit, she did try and is happy to join me on ski trips if it's to the right place. Vail and Park City are in. Copper and Big Sky are out.

My girls are turning 7 next week and are good enough and old enough that it's fun to ski with them. I take the kids to the mountain, my wife takes the train to NYC. It's a win all the way around. There are a lot of things we like to do together, this just isn't one of them.

 

[dlague]

My first marriage - had wife that did not ski! I went several times without her which only bit me in the ass later. I then decided to stop which was wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had a child and once he was three I put him in lessons much to her dislike. This is when I realized that I need to step up - and I did! Started skiing again with my son without here and we had fun! Two years later- divorce (much more complicated than just skiing)!

Remarried a couple years later - my wife did not ski when we first met! I was skiing with her boys and my son while she sat in the lodge reading a book. She knew that I loved to ski so took it upon herself to commit by buying gear. We started off by skiing green trails and I would coach her. Eventually, she stepped it up and skied increasingly difficult terrain. Today, she skis mid-fats with stiff boots and will ski most black trails and glades and obviously anything below that - does not like bumps! On blue and greens she will let it all out and kills all the other women on either sides of our families. Her next challenge is to do some 360 butters and learn to ski backwards just for fun.

Oh and according to stats that indicate that the wife stops once the kids are out of the house - that will not be the case here! We already are practicing what that is like by getting away on our own a few times. We have plans to ski Chile and Japan once the kids are on their own.

 

[4aprice]

Oh and according to stats that indicate that the wife stops once the kids are out of the house - that will not be the case here! We already are practicing what that is like by getting away on our own a few times. We have plans to ski Chile and Japan once the kids are on their own.

+1000 here. Wife and I will be doing quality skiing once the nest is empty (fall 2014)

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[Highway Star]

Divorce.

After reading that "article".......burning at the stake.

 

[McCutie36]

My husband had to drag me to go skiing the first few times. I'm glad he did, because now I think it's the best (and only) way to actually enjoy the cold weather.