Letters to the Editor
cyclegirl
Published Letters: 1
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[Read the article: Racing hearts]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I have now been riding motorcycles for over 10 years and have been racing for 2 seasons. I have seen many many relationships of my motorcycling friends come and go over those years. The ones that always go are the ones where the woman said its the motorcycles or me. Why is it that so many people get into relationships and then take away what makes someone who they are? The best relationships are the ones where each person is allowed to be strong independently as well as together. Should your husband make you give up your writing? Is that not central to who you are? Why are you allowed to change him so drastically? Did you not see his wholeness or only the parts you approved of? Do you want the situation turned on you?
Regarding motorcycles and relationships-the world is littered by the spouses who demand giving up bikes. My advice to all of those spouses who want to continue to have a happy relationship through the age when people begin to regret the decisions that have been made for them is learn of what you speak before you have a power trip to destroy your partner's passions. You can demand them to approach it with humility and knowledge-statistics show that the educated smart motorcyclist will be riding for a very very long time-there are many classes out there. You can demand they wear the right gear. You must accept that track time and even racing makes motorcyclists better riders and it is the safest place to ride without the oblivious cell phone car world. And lastly you must accept that life is for the living, not the people who sit scared in their homes. Then think about what you asking for and what your real reason is. My guess is that its not about the bikes.