Renae and i have been together for almost 17 years now. in all those years we have been through a lot. On many occasions, she has told me i was crazy. On a few occasions she has told me she didn't want me to do some thing. last night, for the first time ever, she put the two together and said, "that's crazy, i dint think you should do it." i was stunned. is it because I'm getting old and she doesn't think I'm capable of doing crazy stuff any more? who knows. will i take her advice? probably not.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
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No, it has nothing to do with the fact that we are aging. Please, we aren't that old yet. You don't have the time. Period. Do you have any idea how many things I would like to do, but I just don't have the time it would take? I sigh and let it go. There are MANY! If you were to train for a stupid iron man, you would have no time for anything else. A marathon is time consuming enough to get ready for, but an iron man...!! That is a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike then a marathon (26.2 mile run) to finish. It's nuts! You are talking about putting your family through a year of you doing nothing but going to work, training and sleeping. That's all you will have time for. And for what? Bragging rights? Yes, train, get in shape, be healthy. However, unless you can quit your job, get sponsors and train professionally, you don't have time for an iron man and a family. There are choices that you have to make in life. I've made MANY of them. I stay at home and take care of you all. I've had to give up MANY an ambition in life to take care of your children. Some of which I will never be able to do, because by the time I have time to do them, I'll be too old. I just think it's a bad idea. I'd probably not like you very much after a year of training, and I'd probably hate even the sound of the words "iron-man" and "training." You would probably not like me very will in turn.
That's one scenario. The other is that you get yourself into this thing, spend all kinds of money (these things aren't cheap, BTW), and then not train properly. So you'd try to do it anyway, which would be stupid, and you'd injure yourself.
If you somehow miraculously have time to train for a freaking iron man, I've got a list 10 miles long of things that need done around here.
Yes, train, be healthy, do races, but come on, do you really need to start with an iron man?!!
So there you have it. That's my opinion. Do with it as you see fit. I'm sorry if it's harsh, and makes me a totally unsupportive wench of a wife. You are of course free to do it with-out my approval.
Love you BTW!
like i said, will i take her advice?.....
like i said, will i follow her advice?....
Wow, Renae is really good at ripping you a new one. But, she's been training for almost 17 years so.... ;) I think I might have to save her comments somewhere for tips in case Erik ever tries something crazy and or stupid.
See, this is why I don't have a family...
I'm not ready to sacrifice the things I want to do. For instance, I'm planning to move to Antarctica and work for a few months. Then I plan to go to Japan, swim out into a cove, and stop Japanese "fishermen" from slaughtering protected species of dolphins and whales.
I simply could not live the life I want if I get married and have kids. I'd have to sacrifice a lot and I'm just not ready to do that.
I admire all you married folks with kids putting aside the things you want to do for the things you have to do. It really is the greatest sacrifice. Someday maybe I'll join ya'll but then again maybe not...
Marriage is a tough row to hoe. A great one to be sure but very, very hard. Well, really it's not marriage so much as it is having kids... Caring for a family and putting them first just isn't something I'm ready to do.
trust me. there is still plunty of adventure to be had with five kids. its just of a diferent nature than it would be if i didnt have kids or was single.
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