Hehehe, good one.

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Oh, one more thing, even if you acknowledge the presence of these little, ugly creatures, you are still leaving breadcrumbs around for them to snack on.

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Must be a slow nite in that I can only take so much Obama-mania on TV.

So this thread is great. Most of the womens complaints appear to be quite legit.

At this point my conclusion is that none of the WOMENS have any complaints about:

1. Guys spending more money on bikes than diamonds for them
2. Guys generally spending more money on accessories for their bikes than anything they spend on their wives
3. Guys spending more money on race nutrition than on dinners at nice restaurants for them
4. Guys leaving their sports gear all over the house
5. Guys spending too much time training
6. Guys spending too much time on road trips with the buddies at tris, football games or hockey games

It appears that I am home free and what I thought were borderline pushing my luck are well under the radar for behavior warranting a rant.

OK, back to the regular programming

Geez... even Dev is getting involved in the womens? Well, I'm here to tell you... we all (mostly) do the stuff on your list. Now ask a non-athlete womens if those bother them. I suspect that will warrant VERY different results ;)

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Welcome Dev, glad we could educate.

For the first 3, most of us can pay for ourselves. Diamonds are overrated.

Dirty workout clothes, not great.

If you don't have kids, taking off for training is perfectly acceptable as long as no restriction is placed on her training/traveling/socializing. With kids, a whole new ruleset applies and I have no idea how to advise you on that.

You are pretty close though and nothing you got wrong can't be fixed quickly.

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"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

I better go boil the pasta if I want the aforementioned trangressions to stay under the radar (or at least tolerated)...for the record, when Desertdude rented a condo at Wildflower, I got the cook's job for feeding 8 people at dinner daily...even after racing Wildflower, and riding 60 minute back to the condo. Cooking I am cool with, football yes, barbeque yes, laundry yes, cutting grass yes, dishes yes...just don't ask me to fix anything that is not a bike or skis. I figure I can make more money (net) doing other income generating stuff and hire someone to do the fixer upper jobs...at least that's what Adam Smith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_smith) wrote about and that's why I'd rather hire a specialist to to do jobs I suck at...my wife knows that too and just uses a phone to call someone to fix things that will never get fixed if left to me!

I know, I am shocked to see him over here posting!

(OT: I mailed that article to you yesterday. Still puzzling over how funny your Canadian addresses look.)

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I've got agree with Jen and D, most of the "problems" you list we do too!

My boy thinks it's awful that:
I have so many dirty workout clothes in my bedroom,
My dogs are allowed to sleep in the room,
I spend so much money on entry fees, food and spent so much getting my bike ready for Silverman,
We travel so far to race (hurt so bad) and get nothing back monetarily,
And he doesn't understand that yes, pasta works as a meal 3x/day if need be.

He's a gem, but he's no athlete. I don't understand why he can spend so much money on guns (he only shoots one at a time) and camoflauge (why do you need multiple getups of the SAME pattern?) and cameras to put on trees (look for their tracks, don't take pictures of them) and why it's important to mount dead things on the wall. So, I guess we each have our own vices and as long as they keep us out of each other's hair (and pocketbooks) we're fairly even....

More diamonds would be nice though; they are overrated but at least they don't depreciate.

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I love the Womens forum - I just never understood why it wasn't "The Respect" forum or why no "Mens" forum.

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Hey there. First time posting...
Looking for advise/rant. Im dating a mid 20 IM, aspiring to go pro. I have also begun training for a few tri's this year.
He is having a difficult time finding balance between me and the training (it's either all us or all training). I am honestly low maintenance and dont ask for much. It has gotten to the point of him only training and working and I have been left completely in the dust. He states that if he keeps dating me he will get more atatched and his goals will suffer. He is a great guy and I fully support him to the best of my knowledge and understanding of this sport, and understand sacrifice within reason. But, I am a paramedic who works long shift work, has another pt job, keeps a neat house, a social life, and makes time to train most days. So, I do get long hard work and how to balance... Any thoughts??

Mid 20's tri guy here... I might fall into a category similar to your situation minus the going pro part. One thing that helped my fiance and I is living together. I wake up at 4:45 and don't get home til 9:00 most days between training and 2 jobs. It's nice to come home and eat, watch tv, and catch up before bed. The weekends are the time where we get to spend most of our time together. Not sure how the going pro deal works into this, but right now we have the same long term goal...save money!! We are saving for a house and wedding so it's the light at the end of the tunnel that we are both "training" for. I guess my advice would be to see if you two have the same long term goals. If so, then that gives you something to look forward to. Even at the pro level, there's more to life than triathlon. For a successful relationship, you need to be on the same page.

I hate to be the one to say this, but it would appear that he's made his choice.

sorry

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Yup. He has made his choice. Nothing wrong with him having those goals but you shouldn't twist yourself in a knot trying to squeeze into his limited free time. If he wants you in his life he has to make room for you. Don't settle for less than what you are worth.

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"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce