You Know You're a Horse Person When…
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Posted by Laura Thompson Sep 9, 2009 |
- A friend starts talking about the adoption procedure and you immediately think of adopting a mare and foal from the BLM.
- Your idea of childcare is sending your kids to their weekly riding lessons.
- When your friends discuss ways to keep their kids in line, you start talking about how your horse just won't stop cribbing.
- If a natural disaster is headed your way, your first priority is evacuating your horses from the barn to a safe location.
- When your kids misbehave, you accidentally shout your horse's name in anger.
- Most of your medical bills are from your veterinarian.
- Your horse's paddock and stall combined are larger than the square footage of your home.
- A play day or birthday party in your family involves horses instead of moonwalks.
- Your idea of validation is a big blue ribbon.
- Most of last year was spent on trying to ride the perfect circle.
- You spend more money each year on horse grooming supplies than beauty products.
- The last time you needed to buy new glasses, your concern was whether the eyewear was appropriate for riding.
- For you, diagonals are the way you post the trot rather than the organization of matrices.
- You can tie a horse faster than you can tie a necktie.
- Personal security means whether or not your saddle, bridle and monogrammed saddle pad are safe.
- You use the tax-free shopping days to pick up new equestrian equipment, but forget to buy your kids' school supplies.
- Your horse's stall is cleaner than your bedroom.
- To you, Black Friday means a new show halter.
- Colic and thrush are conditions that plague horses, not children, in your estimation.
- For you, philosophy means Parelli and Lyons rather than Aristotle and Descartes.