This is a great topic of discussion for us.
When does working out and training for an event take too much time away from family?
Is it different if your spouse isn't a swimmer or athletic?
How does your spouse feel about how much you train each week?
What comprimises have you made?
2011 WSJ Article:
A Workout Ate My Marriage
Exercise Can Set Off Conflict About Family, Free Time; Errands vs. English Channel
What's funny is I trained with Jordan (featured in the article) on Thursday July 5th, 2007 at Asphalt Green in NYC, he gave me a ride back by my hotel which was pretty close to his office. Very nice guy.
Precisely. It was hysterical, as are many of his posts and jabs. And, honestly, active adult communities are frequently the butt of jokes, are they not?
I guess over the years I've gotten used to the banter and back and forth on the forums. To quote Geek, there is no "nicey mcnice" requirement. People are allowed to dislike fonts and smilies (and love old fashioned arguments), just as people are allowed to dislike Geek. One can always use the ignore function.
It also takes awhile to get used to the on line personalities, which don't always correspond to the in person personalities. Why, it took me at least a year to get used to and recognize our poor banned Gull's sarcasm or to recognize that Geek was just joshing when he called me a "bar maid" for months. And some posters still don't get my Jimslie at all. Moreover, while Elaine can be very sweet and encouraging, I think she also can be an agent provocateur, thread hijacker and downright astonishing to some.
Since you ignored my PM and thus my attempt not to clutter up this thread with more off-topic posts, I'll reply here, but I'm going to try to make it my last one.
I am not saying that you have to be nice all of the time, or agree all of the time, and I don't have any problem with your online personality or with Geek's online personality. I think both of you make a lot of interesting swimming-related posts. What I have a problem with is your going out of your way to bring up issues about Elaine, again and again. That is, you don't have to be nice, but you don't have to go out of your way to be snide either. If it was just once or twice, it wouldn't be so bad, but it's gotten really tiresome, many posts over many months. And I am sorry, but it feels like playground bullying to me.
So, I would respectfully ask, now for the third time: please stop.
Precisely. It was hysterical, as are many of his posts and jabs. And, honestly, active adult communities are frequently the butt of jokes, are they not?
I guess over the years I've gotten used to the banter and back and forth on the forums. To quote Geek, there is no "nicey mcnice" requirement. People are allowed to dislike fonts and smilies (and love old fashioned arguments), just as people are allowed to dislike Geek. One can always use the ignore function.
It also takes awhile to get used to the on line personalities, which don't always correspond to the in person personalities. Why, it took me at least a year to get used to and recognize our poor banned Gull's sarcasm or to recognize that Geek was just joshing when he called me a "bar maid" for months. And some posters still don't get my Jimslie at all. Moreover, while Elaine can be very sweet and encouraging, I think she also can be an agent provocateur, thread hijacker and downright astonishing to some.
Since you ignored my PM and thus my attempt not to clutter up this thread with more off-topic posts, I'll reply here, but I'm going to try to make it my last one.
I am not saying that you have to be nice all of the time, or agree all of the time, and I don't have any problem with your online personality or with Geek's online personality. I think both of you make a lot of interesting swimming-related posts. What I have a problem with is your going out of your way to bring up issues about Elaine, again and again. That is, you don't have to be nice, but you don't have to go out of your way to be snide either. If it was just once or twice, it wouldn't be so bad, but it's gotten really tiresome, many posts over many months. And I am sorry, but it feels like playground bullying to me.
So, I would respectfully ask, now for the third time: please stop.
