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I need the full story

 

Sometimes I think excitedly of future adult moments I may experience, even though I'm already thirty-one. Like, telling my children for the first time that nothing happens when you die. Sigh.

 

It's happened twice. First time my mom had gotten my sister a horse for Christmas and not told me, and I ran outside at full sprint to get on the trampoline and got blindsided by a scared goddamn horse. Surprise ruined.

Second time was at the stables we visited at the time and I was riding around on my mom's horse. The owner of the stables got the bright idea to set off a firecracker which caused the horse to get terrified, buck me off, and trample me. If people don't believe in "mom strength", I promise it's real cuz my mom tossed an entire horse off me. Since that day I haven't ridden one.

It sounds like I was spoiled when I tell these stories or that my family was rich but those were irrational purchases that sent my mom into debt and ended in me eating ramen for 6 years straight so I promise we weren't just spoiled rotten.

 

i have been non stop in work.

 

Everytime I've ever been bucked off of a horse it was because we ran up on a snake. So not only do you try not to get trampled but you try not to get bitten either lol

 

I never rode a horse, but I'd like to.

 

Weirdly I've had much more positive experiences with snakes than horses

 

I've only been horseback riding once, and he was insanely stubborn. But I enjoyed it.

I "pet sat" some horses, once. Also enjoyed that. One of them was enamoured with me.

 

I don't mind snakes. I wouldn't want to, like, be locked in a very small space with one, but I feel reasonably confident in my size advantage. Horses are the best and as soon as I'm working up closer to my house, I'm finding a local stable for lessons.

 

I'd really love to ride a horse but I'm absolutely terrified of them since they spook so easily

 

my parents didn't have me until they were 37 (and my sister at 40), not planning on anything for another ten years at least, even like to get married

 

They're like big dogs! They're very sensitive, so many times they'll get spooked because they sense the rider's discomfort/nerves. The more calm and confident you are, the calmer they stay.

 

My Mom had me at 27, my Dad was 31.

 

Tbh the hardest part of horseback riding is the cost.

 

My mom had me at 29 while my dad was 32.

 

My parents had us pretty late. My mom's the oldest sibling in her family and yet the fourth oldest had my oldest cousins.

 

My girlfriend's dad had her when he was in his 50s. He had already retired.

 

My dad was in his 50s.

 

Speaking of horseback riding that Nathan For You episode is hilarious.

 

Oh whaaat there are horses on the news right now

 

So I'm a supervisor at an armored truck company and mostly work by myself on reports and such. But every morning all the drivers are in the big garage loading their trucks and getting ready to go. Most are ex-military or young guys who want to be cops and work here in the meantime because they can carry guns. They're all "manly men" and strict in their gender roles, so i tend to keep to myself because we fundamentally disagree on everything. Today they are out there arguing about "I could never date or marry a woman who likes sports let alone knows more than me." They then had some really kind homophobic slurs for women that likes sports. I said something but it doesn't ever sink in and they always laugh because I'm "too sensitive." I hate this job most days.

 

My mom had me at 35. She had my Brother at sister at 28 and 29.

 

I don't want to get married. It felt funny last year when we were campaigning for same sex marriage here in Ireland it's probably the thing I've felt and worked most about in my whole life, yet I knew I never wanted to be married.

 

I can't stand that shit. One guy in my classes said something about how "strippers aren't real people" one day and I nearly lost my shit.

 

My parents were 18 and 23 when they married and then 23 and 28 when they had me. My sister came at 26 and 31. So I should have a family already lol