Lou_tribal
Guru
I'd rather have all of my teeth knocked out with a ball peen hammer than spend a week on a cruise ship. But that's just me.
Put two of us!
I'd rather have all of my teeth knocked out with a ball peen hammer than spend a week on a cruise ship. But that's just me.
Put two of us!
Crew requests are not just for delivery crews trying to make a deadline.
Feel free to contribute your own idea.
Wifey B: Sorry, I don't believe either of you would choose to have all your teeth knocked out. Maybe one tooth, but otherwise, you'd take the cruise. :lol:
Cruises don't appeal to me either, but I'm partial to my teeth.
I think you might be selling her short. I think the biggest problem here is you do not have a boat. If you did, then you could introduce her to boating. In the meantime, I would say let her have her dream.
I know of a couple cruising right now where I was worried about her and her perception of "the dream". They are cruising and loving it! And I think the reason why they are loving it is because they love each other and are just happy to be together.
Ultimately, you are viewing it as YOUR dream. She has her dream in her head. Just bring those two dreams together. And that requires you to be a little more open to what she thinks it's all about. You seem to be viewing her as an accessory to, or even a hindrance to your dream. You have to be able to see her as a participant.
I don't get it. We have never had a bad day on the boat All GOOD, no BAD, no UGLY. But then my wife picked our boat and she is like a crate trained dog who loves her crate. Only dog owner will get it.
When guys find out my wifes attitude about boating they rush to bring their reluctant spouses by to see if she can convert them. Its really pretty funny.
Put your bed, kitchen, toilet and everything you need in a single room. Pour some humidity and water on the walls and spend 2 weeks in the room without ever going out. Then you can explain her that this will be her life if it is raining during two weeks while you are aboard Than add 1 week where she is forced to put her hands in a bucket of oil every day, and explain her that this is when she will need to help you to maintain the boat mechanics. Than rent a truck and ask her to drive it on an ice field and explain her that this is how she will feel when she will have to handle the boat.
If after all this she is still ok, well marry her
L.
You could be onto something. Not many people on cruise ships have their own teeth. Makes them susceptible to flattery too,: "Your teeth are like the stars(they come out at night)".I'd rather have all of my teeth knocked out with a ball peen hammer than spend a week on a cruise ship...
...my wife..is like a crate trained dog .
Buy a boat now before you're married. That way when she leaves
Not in Alaska, she may have the boat but you will be left with the shaft!!:lol::lol:
Buy a boat now before you're married. That way when she leaves
Not in Alaska, she may have the boat but you will be left with the shaft!!:lol::lol:
My split would be she keeps the used oil and filters and all the maintenance bills, I keep the boat. I think this is fair.
L.
Tim this is Donna.
Donna meet Tim.
As the old joke goes, please send pictures of boat and motor.
Tim this is Donna.
Donna meet Tim.
As the old joke goes, please send pictures of boat and motor.
Just reading all these ideas, suggestions, stories and thoughts has lightened my day and load.
Thank you.
I am going to pass this link along to her and let her read and consider the comments.
As for TF being a dating site....I think Donna said she had a partner and I am growing in this relationship that i hope will be a solid partnership.
We shall see.
Good luck sir.
It does take a special kind of person to endure/enjoy full time cruising.
Take it a day or so at a time and see how you both fair.
All the best to both of you.
Possibly she will come along for part of the way. Possibly she will fly down to meet me. I would certainly not do it in one long stretch anyway.
Heck, I go down to the boat for several days at a time to do maintenance and just chill out now. Not all that much difference if it was longer stretches.
I'm going to open up another idea, and one that I think comes up fairly often.
That is the situation where a spouse does not have the same cruising dreams that the other person in the relationship has.
I think that does not mean that the "cruising dreamer" has to abandon their dreams for the spouse that doesn't want to go cruising. Nor does the "non cruising" spouse have to be forced into something they don't want to do.
My opinion is that if you have a dream to cruise, go for it. If you have a strong relationship then you and your spouse will work it out. Both you and your spouse have this one little life to live, and you each have dreams.