Aw Rose,keep smiling buddy,before i met Blue i was single for a couple of years and loved it so much i had no intention of having a serious relationship again.Ok there are times when you miss a man but(no offense fellas)nothing that good mates,decent tradesmen and anne summers can't sort out and the perks of being single are endless.
Scary,made your decision yet bud?I can understand your reasons for not wanting to alienate people but its your life and you only get one.Ok it may be a 'luxary'but so are nights out,nice clothes,jimmy choos,holidays,fancy home entertainment systems,beauty salons,holidays,dishwashers ect ect and i bet you a burger to a rump steak evrey single one of those opposed will have at least one luxary they 'just can't live without'
If I alienate these people, I wouldn't have anywhere to park the bike and I wouldn't have anybody to look after the kids so I could go out on the bike, so its a catch twenty two!!!
I'm a single mum too scary, and I've got a bike, I too get a load of waffle from the family "Watch what you're doing", "Don't you think you should sell it", "You should be spending the money on the little un" and so on and so forth.
Thing is, Robyn never goes without, they know that, and ok, it might take me a while to save for the tax and insurance, but I get there, same as the MOT, I've got 4 wheels to take me and Robyn places, but 2 wheels for me when I can. Don't get out as much as I'd like, and it might stand for a while inbetween, but I know its there when I want to get out. Its not entirely impossible financially, and I've had loads of opposition from the family, but me and my bike are still together!!
Problem is, some folk forget we're still people in our own right, and not just mums, or unpaid skivvy's and we all need something to make us happy, whether it be going to the gym, riding your bike or flippin knitting!! xxx
Thankyou Flame, my mind is made up!!! Sod em, I'm fed up of living my life controlled by how other people think. Lets get myself on Ebay and find a bike. I'll deal with the fall out afterwards!!!
God help me!!
(my mums a methodist minister, he may not be on my side)
Good on you girl!!!
Any opposition, tell em to see me....!! (Might be 5ft nowt, but I tell em how it is, lol!!)
Let me know what bike you decide on, and keep us informed!!
Dead chuffed for ya!!
Bet you get the "Why do you want a fella?" waffle too, cos I get it all the time, well, same reason I want the bike, cos I'm still a woman, and have needs, not just for shoes and handbags, ta very much!!!
Thats the spirit Scary! B*****ks to em! Its your life, and you know the risks, no doubt you'll ride sensibly when you get it.
I spent 12 years doing what everyone else wanted me to. Now i do what I want. My mum(who is my harshest critic) went spare when she found out i was doing my bike test, and for the first time ever i stood up to her. I went to her house on it a few weeks ago, and although she wasnt happy, she grudgingly admitted she liked the bike. She knew she had lost the fight, when her 80yr old mother said she wished she could still go pillion! Me and me dad laughed till we cried at the irony of it all
God bless my nana!
Thats the spirit girls !!!!! The way I see it is, if they love you, they accept you for yourself - if they dont accept you, then to be honest their not worth knowing anyway !
Your nana, DC, reminds me of an old lady pic on a bike I have on my myspace saying 'its Never Too Late !'
Strangely enough, my mam is my biggest critic too, I'd been passed my test 6 months before I dared turn up on my bike at her house!!
Dad, is the opposite, fancied getting on himself!! (Think its a bit different to your Mod scooter days dad...!!) but thanks for the support!! (I should add my dad is only 5ft 2" himself!! LOL!!)
As I said before Scary, you should lead your own life...as soon as I have the dosh this year I will be doing mine, whether anyone likes it or not and irrespective of whether I am a Mum or not or have three girls or not!
Totally agree with Flame, DC and N68, GIRL POWER RULES!!!!
Funnily enough, my biggest critic is my big brother, who when we were younger used to do everything together including riding schoolboy motox. He has always had a car and at least one bike, but he doesn't have a family to support. His problem is because he works in the local hospital morgue and he has seen to many friends end up there, I can understand where he is coming from but why should the rules be any different for me.
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