does your sig other like racing?
 

i met someone
but when we
went to the
track he didn't
know anything.

it was bothersome
to say the
least.
:D

does your sig
other watch
races?

when u date
do u bring it up?

for the married
ppl, does it ever
cause problems?

To answer your questions:

1.) I don't have a significant other anymore. (Sick of being single too, yuck.)

2.) I tend to bring it up on dates for the sole purpose of being amused... most of the time I get a blank stare. It kinda sucks.

3.) The lack of knowledge about horse racing on my ex husband's part had very little to do with the demise of our marriage (although his disdain for my horse was sickening and certainly didn't help.) It was his infidelity that really did us in, though. :(

It's always much easier to date someone who enjoys racing. I used to date a jockeys daughter, thinking it would be a good idea..........

I was wrong.

I brought up a racing conversation one evening and it was met with "will you shut the **** up about the horses, I get enough of this at home"

:D

The guy that I am seeing isn't into horseracing at all, but when he found out I liked it he read a little about it online, asked me lots of questions and went to one of the sales with me. It probably wouldn't bother me at all if he didn't show any interest in racing since we're both fitness nuts so we have that common ground.

Don't have a sig other now, but I prefer that the person is at least interested in doing some very basic learning about it. I don't need to go find a grizzled horseplayer by any stretch, but I'd at least like the person to be mildly amused/interested/excited about going to the races with me every now and then and being open to learning more about it.

So far so good.

my gf hates to gamble, I love to gamble. She will not go to the casino with me, but when there was live racing at Great Lakes Downs she would go with me. After seeing me lose a lot of money one night, she told me to give her $10 and she would show me how it's done. She ended up .60 and I laughed at her the whole way home, but then I realized I had no room to talk because if I was up .60 I would have been damn happy.

She wants to go to Arlington a few times this summer because her family is originally from Chicago, so if it means a day at the track she is down with it. Horse racing never causes problems with us, but the gambling sometimes does, but I already told her it is what I do, take it or leave it.

also, I never write on her facebook wall or send her any emails or things like that, so when she came up to me when I was on derbytrail.com and saw 1,000+ post she was a little upset! :D

are you japanese?
i ask because of the form.
the sound of water.

i met someone
but when we
went to the
track he didn't
know anything.

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Seals don't have good recall.

1.) I don't have a significant other anymore. Try an insignififcant one.(Sick of being single too, yuck.) The second thing...make two of you.

2.) I tend to bring it up on dates for the sole purpose of being amused... most of the time I get a blank stare.See my comment on seals. It kinda sucks. They balance beach balls better...but whatevah.

3.) The lack of knowledge about horse racing on my ex husband's part had very little to do with the demise of our marriage (although his disdain for my horse was sickening and certainly didn't help.) It was his infidelity that really did us in, though

He shouldn't have messed with things he knew nothing about.

The guy that I am seeing isn't into horseracing at all, but when he found out I liked it he read a little about it online, asked me lots of questions and went to one of the sales with me. It probably wouldn't bother me at all if he didn't show any interest in racing since we're both fitness nuts so we have that common ground.
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Please...I'm doing the best I can.


Give me a break already.

also, I never write on her facebook wall or send her any emails or things like that, so when she came up to me when I was on derbytrail.com and saw 1,000+ post she was a little upset!
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Wait until she finds out how to read all of your pm's.

Well, my "better half" has tolerated me for almost 18 years...so the racing comes with the package. She's interested in the Triple Crown races and will go to Saratoga a few times (she watches the people and reads her newspaper flyers) When we first met, she enjoyed it more and has gotten use to it through the years. Although, if she is winning - she enjoys it a lot more!

Can hardly wait for you're reply to my post :rolleyes:

mrs d had never been to the track or played the horses. i had just started to get back into it when we started going out.

she really likes live racing, just tolerates the OTB's but doesn't mind watching it on tv from home or on the computer.
i don't mind explaining things but she has learned alot from here and from Dee Tee Stables. mrs d. lurks on DT pretty regular, mostly in Dee Tee Stables and listens some to steve on the radio on they way home from work. she has learned more than she gives herself credit for.

This is the part that I find the most shocking of your entire story.

you assume too much about the meaning on "g".

I'm sure this thread will take a "turn" real soon.

i just checked my keyboard. likely a typo.

I've been going out with her for almost two years now, we both go to Michigan State so it works out well.

Keep being an ass, it works out well for ya.