Riding vs Family Time

[clyde]

I gotta cool wife. What can I say. She knows that if I don't go out riding, I'll cause some sort of mayhem at home.

[blackbeltrider]

Family first for most of the time allows me the freedom to ride one long distance (10 - 20 days at a time) trip annually, plus several shorter. Since my wife is a backseater we also get to travel a fair bit together each year.

Taught my oldest girl to ride and helped pick out her firsat bike. We ride together as often as we can. Her daughter thinks it is prety neat to have the only motorcyclist Mommy in her class.

I never regretted, nor do I regret today, any of the time I spent/spend with family.        

[Desmo Demon]

My wife likes to ride as much as I do.....probably more, so.......I commute during the week, and the only weekend riding I do is when my wife can go with me, which is only when we have a babysitter for our 2-yr old daughter (both grandmothers fight over her). I still managed to ride 15k miles and my wife rode 7k miles in 2006. This is mainly due to 400-700+ mile weekends and several 2-3 day weekend bike rides.

[Baz]

I tend to abandon my family at the 1st sign of spring, and get re-aquainted again around the 1st frost.

[Zerosum]

There are three time zones in my household.
Family time, Couple time and My time. I don't cheat myself or anybody else.

You said it.  This is exactly how I intend things to be.  I'm getting married in June, and the future Mrs. is ready to start popping out the little ones not soon after that.  Family will be important, but no way am I going to forget the fact that I'm an individual with a natural right to my own thoughts and my own time.  I honestly think children are overrated and overvalued to neurotic extremes in this society.  Adults are people too.

[bubba zanetti]

When my daughter was younger, and straying away on the bike meant leaving mrs zanetti alone on watch. I would always make a practice to get up at dawn - ride for a couple of hours both Sat and Sun and always came home with a Brioche or some kind of treat.

Got so Ursula would always look forward to my rides ... insert evil laugh ....  

Wow ... lucky guy ... hey ... I know ... what if a WOMAN .. you met online asked to come and meet you??? EH ??? Bet that would lead to a bitch slap or three huh ... bubby?

[bubba zanetti]

Wow ... lucky guy ... hey ... I know ... what if a WOMAN .. you met online asked to come and meet you??? EH ??? Bet that would lead to a bitch slap or three huh ... bubby?

Sorry to sadden your outlook dipstick .. but it has happened. The DenMother (tm) has come a callin and er .. even spent ( is that a word I can use ... seems er ... nevermind) the night ... three times !!!  

Well .. use yer head ... she travels with Zarly so her expectations are somewhat .... limited?!!!  ...  

[Chronic]

Being that my wife & I are major D.I.N.K.S and she being as big a riding junkie as I.....well, life is good

[basco]

I honestly think children are overrated and overvalued to neurotic extremes in this society.  Adults are people too.

Overrated and overvalued, yes. Also, neglected. So many of our problems are based on that. Good luck on your family. If I would have known the things I know now, I'd never start a family.

[LENSMAN]

I take one day on a weekend- some times with my daughter on the back.  I have to do more with my family, and I'm scaling back on some of my hobbies ( not biking).