I SURVIVED

May. 10th, 2008 11:53 am
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Last night when I got home I was ambushed.

Josh and his bike were out in the driveway, with an extra helmet and set of gloves sitting on the trunk of his car. Panic set in as soon as I saw those. I asked him what he was doing. He said it was a beautiful night and he'd been out riding. I asked why Deanne was here (it was her helmet sitting on his car), and he said she wasn't, he'd just borrowed it. Then he said we were going out for a ride!

Please note that while I think motorcycles look cool and everything, I am *terrified* of being on one. It's not so much the bike itself that scares me, but rather all the other drivers on the road. I have the same fear with regular bicycles - I like riding them fine, but if anyone or anything gets near me (pedestrian, car, another bike, fire hydrant, whatever), I panic and usually crash. So I don't ride bikes. Why don't horses scare me? Because they can't go 80+ mph, and if something is on a collision course with them, they'll get out of the way!

Anyway. This wasn't the first time I'd been ambushed and tried to be forced onto the bike, but I guess last night after more than two years of fighting it I just cracked. I was in a good mood after hanging out with some friends at the stable, and I guess I finally decided to face the inevitable.

I think I only screamed two or three times.

I don't know how long we were out, 30-45 minutes maybe. I had my eyes shut for much of the time in the beginning so I wouldn't panic, but it turned out to not be so bad; it was a little like being on a rollercoaster what with the wind rushing by. I just tried not to think about how fast we were going and to not look at the ground. Most of the time I was fine, just when we took some sharper turns and he sped WAY up it freaked me out.

So while I got through it and it wasn't horrible, I'll stick to horses, thanks!

Date: 2008-05-10 11:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gokumew2.livejournal.com
Awww~ X.DDDD

Date: 2008-05-11 10:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mahkara.livejournal.com
I don't get why he keeps bugging you to go. I mean, if you don't want to ride, you shouldn't have to, right? It's hardly like it's a necessity to ride a bike...

Date: 2008-05-12 04:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] velessa.livejournal.com
He explained once that it's something that gives him such a great deal of enjoyment that he would really like me to be a part of it as well. He just wants to share his passion for his hobby with me. Maybe in the hopes that I'll appreciate more why he loves it so much? I don't know. I know he has no interest in horses, so I've never pushed those on him at all.

Date: 2008-05-13 02:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mahkara.livejournal.com
Yeah, I mean, I can see that it's fair that you try it once...just like it would be fair for him to try riding once. If you still don't like it, it's not really fair for him to push, just as it wouldn't be fair to order him to go out riding every weekend just because you love it. It's OK to have different interests....probably even healthy.

Date: 2008-06-09 12:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] clementswedding.livejournal.com
*nudge (http://clementswedding.livejournal.com/822.html)* BTW, you and Josh are going to be invited.

I was raised on motorcycles, Harleys, to be precise. I miss riding. Haven't been on a horse since I was 12. At least, not an equine horse. Iron horses, yes!

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