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SoulKiss
30-01-07, 02:15 PM
Purely hypothetical but....
Your Significant other issues the ultimatum
Choose, me or the bike.
Which way would you go......
fizzwheel
30-01-07, 02:22 PM
Bikes and biking are part of me. Asking me to give up biking is asking me to change who I am. I would expect my partner to understand this. I would and have found somebody who accepts me as I am and not ask me to change to suit them.
Bikes and biking are part of me. Asking me to give up biking is asking me to change who I am. I would expect my partner to understand this. I would and have found somebody who accepts me as I am and not ask me to change to suit them.
+1 :thumbsup:
If the other half ordered me to give up biking I'd say hell no!!!
Amanda M
30-01-07, 02:27 PM
Bikes and biking are part of me. Asking me to give up biking is asking me to change who I am. I would expect my partner to understand this. I would and have found somebody who accepts me as I am and not ask me to change to suit them.
+1 :thumbsup:
If the other half ordered me to give up biking I'd say hell no!!!
+ 2
Good job the hubby's a biker too :lol: Meeting at a bike rally is always a good start 8)
Aah, the joys of single life! :lol:
This would never happen as she has a M600 too, but I have answered.
I have answered too. Is the Mrs Looking :-dd Bike :lol:
Bike for me. Like others, it's a part of who I am so if someone wanted that out of my life then, well, nuff said.
I would hope I'd never fall for someone who would be dumb enough to ask that question of me though. :oops:
The bike, it's dirtier.
Dan
I would hope I'd never fall for someone who would be dumb enough to ask that question of me though. :oops:
I did once #-o , and she actually said "when we have kids you'll have to get rid of the bike" :shock:
Once apon a time I did something that was asked of me by a partner. I regretted it deeply when the relationship split up.
Bike wins every time.
If someone wants to be with you, they shouldn't want to try & change the things you do.
Carsick
30-01-07, 03:13 PM
It's got nothing to do with the bike being part of who I am, it's got everything to do with me being a bloody minded **** who doesn't give in to ultimatums like that.
Luckypants
30-01-07, 03:17 PM
Totally understand where folks are coming from when they say 'bike'. But we all do crazy stuff when in love and doing things asked of us is one of those, even when really you don't want to.
I said missus cos I can get another bike, I will never get another like her. But on the other hand, she never asked me to get rid of bike, despite trying really hard to kill myself on the last one!
CoolGirl
30-01-07, 03:52 PM
bike wins every time. Unfortunately it's no longer and issue, so it's purely academic!
Tiger 55
30-01-07, 03:53 PM
Now Mrs Tiger is herself a biker so it's about as hypothetical as you can get but she is also the only woman I have ever loved so:
If she had said me or the bike it would have been her and if any of her predecessors had said it then it would have been the bike.
But I voted bird.
It's easy to be all macho about it when it's hypothetical, but if it came to the crunch I wonder how many of you would get rid of the bike.
I would.
Ceri JC
30-01-07, 04:07 PM
It's easy to be all macho about it when it's hypothetical, but if it came to the crunch I wonder how many of you would get rid of the bike.
I would.
I think a lot of people would go for bird/bloke when it came to the crunch too. The fact that my previous girlfriend was a factor in my not getting a bike sooner has made my resolve particularly strong in the matter though. As Carsick says, I'm also a bit of a bloody-minded tw@ with regard to ultimatums. It's largely academic for me though, "...Of course I'd never ask you to give up bikes, I know how happy they make you!." :smt055
The only thing that is hypothetical about the question is that a decent partner would never ask you to give up something that you love in the first place, and would certainly never propose an ultimatum.
The only thing to do with an ultimatum is to call it. Otherwise where does it stop? Once your bike is gone, you will get another ultimatum regarding your style of driving, your choice of car, then your next favourite activity, and the next...
Chose right in the first place, missus has a red pointy SV650 :smt057
rictus01
30-01-07, 04:28 PM
Over the past two years I've had 7 months off the road (and a couple more at least) with injuries (not my best time ever) and through it all the question has never been raised, if I even decided to give up the bike, it'll be my choice and no one else's.
I've got this to come, not knowing whether riding will be painful or by how much may make me limit it, but I'll decide then.
Of course picking the Mrs up for our first date all thoughs years a go, sort of set the trend.
So my vote would be Bike, you can't go against your nature, well not without regret.
(although it does take a fair few years to train these women up, hate to have to start again :wink: )
Cheers Mark
Really don't think this question applies to me.
veraliar
30-01-07, 08:34 PM
She'd have to be one hell of a bird!
I had that ultimatum after I broke my pelvis 3 years ago.
I still have a bike and we are still together :makelurve:
Which way would you go......
Very PC of you... Catering for the bisexual element and all that.
Seriously tho, if somebody loves you. They'll let you indulge in your hobbies and pastimes without whinging too much.
I suppose the solution is to date a biker!
Samnooshka
30-01-07, 09:26 PM
This doesn't apply for us as we both ride and the chances of one of us saying to the other "it's me or the bike" are extremely slim.
I don't think i could give up the bike for anything, but things change.
Biker Biggles
30-01-07, 09:27 PM
I have a sneaky idea that after all these years Mrs B has realised that I take not one blind bit of notice of what anyone tries to make me do."The man's not for turning"
thedonal
30-01-07, 10:00 PM
Not that I'm a one to talk- happily single 'n'all that, but next missus is gonna be getting the package, you know- the bike's already there.
Anyway, if a bird really asks that question, she would have to be AMAAAAAZING for me knot to punk her off- can always get another!
:lol:
If I was made to make a choice, I would choose my wife over bikes.
I don't think that question will ever be asked of me though. At least so long as I don't end up back in intensive care on a life support again.
But if she asked me to stop riding, I would.
454697819
31-01-07, 08:04 AM
if it really really came down to it the bike would go,
as happy as the bike makes me, its not my sole love and so it would go...
but that will never happen as she loves bikes just as much as me.
yipee
timwilky
31-01-07, 08:17 AM
Of course the bike would go. However, my wife knows how much more of a pleasant chap I am after even the shortest of bimbles out and actively encourages me to go out on the bike. (Errrr do you think she has reasons I don't want to think about). So I doubt that I will ever be put in that position.
Strange when we first got married the golf had to stop as that
a) cost to much
b) took me away every weekend
c) got me ****ed every weekend.
In hindsight that was the best bit of nagging she ever did as after about 5 years of withdrawal I then realised what a bunch inbred anally retentive morons I had been hanging out with. Whose idea of conversation was always around How much have I got. How big is my house, car, penis etc.
Fizzy Fish
31-01-07, 10:24 AM
i don't think that someone who truely cares about you would ask you to give up something that means as much to you as riding bikes does to most of us (the exception being possibly if you've had a v serious crash and it upsets/worries your other 1/2 if you keep riding)
the closest i've ever come to a 'me or the bike' situation was just after i'd met Etienne when he was going to have to move back to SA for visa reasons. It was a case of take his bike back with him or sell it and take me back instead. I never asked him to do so, but he did offer to sell, which was enough for me to know that i came 1st (although probably only just!) - but in the end we got around it and he didn't have to :D
When I 30 I bought myself a bike as a birthday pressie, my girlfriend at the time said it had to go and gave me an ultimatum. It was her or the bike. I still wonder what happened to her...
My wife is not keen on "the thing" but accepts it as part of my character, I once gave up voluntarily, sold the bike to raise cash for house deposit. Took me 16 years to get another, all the time wishing and wanting, always looking. I don't think the choice would arise, but I would decide wife (and kids).
If I was made to make a choice, I would choose my wife over bikes.
I don't think that question will ever be asked of me though. At least so long as I don't end up back in intensive care on a life support again.
But if she asked me to stop riding, I would.
Same here, but bev didn't ask me to when i had an accident 20 years ago, but we agreed that i would stop riding until the kids were older, Nic was 1 yr old at the time, Francesca was just a twinkle in my eye, started riding again when Fran was 9, and Bev comes on the pillion and so do the kids, perhaps thats why we are still married after 25 years, neither of us would ever issue such an ultimatum.
Daryl.
trickywoos
31-01-07, 03:32 PM
Aah, the joys of single life! :lol:
Ditto!!!
but it would be bike every time.
SVeeedy Gonzales
01-02-07, 12:31 PM
I doubt my wife would ask me to stop - she knows that I can make my own decision even though she's not 100% happy about biking, due to previous accidents (me getting knocked off and her knocking other bikers off). If she wanted me to then I would, though there would be a very good reason.
i would choose the bike because
Motorcycles only need their fluids changed every 2000 miles.
Motorcycles' curves never sag.
Motorcycles last longer.
Motorcycles don't get pregnant.
You can ride a Motorcycles any time of the month.
Motorcycles don't have parents.
Motorcycles don't whine unless something is really wrong.
You can kick your Motorcycle to wake it up.
You can share your Motorcycle with your friends.
If your Motorcycle makes too much noise, you can buy a muffler.
You only need to get a new chain or belt for your Motorcycle when the old one is really worn.
If your Motorcycle smokes, you can do something about it.
Motorcycles don't care about how many other Motorcycles you have ridden.
When riding, you and your Motorcycle both arrive at the same time.
Motorcycles don't care about how many other Motorcycles you have.
Motorcycles don't mind if you look at other Motorcycles, or if you buy Motorcycle magazines.
New Motorcycles must be asked for, and if you don't want to pay for them, you don't get them.
If your Motorcycle goes flat, you can fix it.
If your Motorcycle is too loose, you can tighten it.
If your Motorcycle is too soft, you can get different shocks.
If your Motorcycle is misaligned, you don't have to discuss politics to correct it.
You can have a beer while riding your Motorcycle.
You don't have to be jealous of the guy that works on your Motorcycle.
You don't have to deal with priests or blood-tests to register your Motorcycle.
You don't have to convince your Motorcycle that you're a motorcyclist and that you think that Motorcycles are equals.
If you say bad things to your Motorcycles, you don't have to apologize before you can ride it again.
You can ride a Motorcycle as long as you want and it won't get sore.
Your parents don't remain in touch with your old Motorcycle after you dump it.
Motorcycles always feel like going for a ride.
Motorcycles don't insult you if you are a bad rider.
Your Motorcycle never wants a night out alone with the other Motorcycles.
Motorcycles don't care if you are late.
You don't have to take a shower before riding your Motorcycle.
It's always ok to use tie downs on your Motorcycle.
If your Motorcycle doesn't look good, you can paint it or get better parts.
You can't get diseases from a Motorcycle you don't know very well.
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