Anyone feel the same way about horses???

Question

im just wondering if anyone else is this way. im 16 and i cant get enough of the barn lol. i own a horse and am training two others at the barn. my weekends consist of getting up at 7. feeding and turning out horses, helping clean 30 stalls, put new straw down, fill water buckets, throw hay in. we are usually done at like 9 or 10. then i ride all three horses and if i have extra time i just hang around with a couple other people that are always there. i get home at 9pm...because i want to. on weekdays im there for a good 4-6 hours (just riding) last tuesday was the first day i hung out with my school friends(by school i mean non horse) since summer started! anyway, i get the feeling that my family thinks im a "loser" but honestly i'd just rather be at the barn. if im not there, i just end up THINKING about it the whole time. sad? or do i just love horses too much? my school friends invite me all the time but i honestly dont want to. also, my school friends are always spending money on themselves, im ALWAYS spending on my horse (not because i need, but cuz i WANT) they also think thats weird. i dont know how to explain it..i guess im just barn obsessed? honestly..i just cant find the words to explain how much i cant live without horses lol

Answer 1

i feel the same most of my friends arnt horsie and they get annoyed when i keep going on about them lol my whole day outside school is spent at the yard lol

Answer 2

i'm the same way, i have some really great school friends but for the most part school people tend to come and go (except for the few REALLY good ones)  , but my pony's always there!

I've also had boyfriends and it just doesn't work because they don't understand horses, or why i love them or any of it (except for one guy who i got to work with me!)  

But yes, people invite me to the mall or movie nights and i always end up saying "i have to work" or "i have to ride" or they want to shop and i'm thinking about the list of horse things i want and how i REALLY don't need cloths..  Its just how we are

nice to know I'M not alone XP

EDIT: i'm totally with Jamie M.  

and during the school year i do three things in the fall/winter, and three in the winter/spring.

Fall/winter-ride, band, schoolwork

winter/summer ride, schoolwork exams..

where is there time for wasting my life at the mall!?

-and i agree with the trouble thing, many times me "friends" (not anymore) got in trouble doing something i was invited to but couldn't go to because of horses..  Seriously,schoolwork/band/riding practice all school week, band football games on friday night, working saturday nights and sunday mornings REALLY cramps a "social life"

My old friends also used to never understand why i worked.. i live in a pretty well off area and all the rest of them don't have to work to get what they want, and i've been working since 6th grade!

And i'm darn proud of the way it is, people may say that highschool is the only time you have to have fun or whatever, but i'd rather being playing with horses then messing with what the rest of the kids in my school do.. The responsability you gain from horses is something they don't teach in highschool.. so even though i didn't spend have my years in highschool at the mall, i still end up ahead.

Answer 3

dear lord, its contagious! were suffering from the same disease i think. xD

I always bail on my friends to go ride :O But they got used to it, they got how much it means to me.

Answer 4

I'm like you and proud of it :)

Answer 5

im the same way right now my life revolves around horses my mom hates horses so she hates me being out there but i love it!!

Answer 6

SAME exact thing with me my friends dont understand it! they think its weird that i am not into the wierd girly frilly stuff they are. your not alone...

Answer 7

I feel exactly the same way!

My friends are like "Okay, freak, go slug through the mud and manure to go see your little 'pet'." But, they support and put up with it, and that's why they're my friends. Tolerance =D

But, no, you are definitely not alone.

Good luck, keep it up. Don't let everyone get to you! Do what you love!  

Answer 8

i am the same way. But luckily i live in a place where there is nothing but farms and all my friends love horses and all other livestock..

Answer 9

I'm almost exactly like you. I wish I could spend every day at the barn, but my mum can't drive me up there every day. I can bike back home from the barn, but I can't bike to the barn because there is this HUGE hill that is WAY too steep to bike up lol.

If I'm not at the barn, I'm usually reading about horses (fictional and factual), playing horse games, answering horse questions on Y!A, watching horse movies, or (if I can find them) watching horse shows or races on the tv.

None of my friends are rlly into horses or riding. Only one of my friends has a horse, but she doesn't talk about her horse, and she doesn't ride either. Before I moved, a couple friends and I started horseback riding, but one friend quit because of her allergies, and the other 2 just quit for some reason, I'm not sure why though. I guess none of them had a passion for it like me =] lol.

I wish I had at least one friend who was into horses and riding, but instead they are all into shopping, one is into basket ball (and shopping), another is into gymnastics (and shopping), and all the others are into different things, and (of course).. shopping! I, on the other hand, am into horses, riding and I hate shopping. To me it is so boring lol.  

Anyways, you aren't alone lol. Were all freaks! =]

Answer 10

haha.  I'm the same way.  I try to even it out during the school year, but I haven't even seen my school friends since school ended.  I am always at the barn our with my barn friends.  We were at the pony swim wednesday and the first place we went was the tack tent.  Great deals and so much fun.  I love shopping for my horse too!  

EDIT__Karen Z has a point.  My mom feels that a horse is the best way to keep me outta trouble, and she loves the friends Ive made because horses keep them outta trouble too.  So much that we are going on a camping trip with our horses this weekend.   I actually have a pretty actice social life during the year, or at least freshman year I did, last year, My horse took up most of my spare time, and my mom can tell when Im getting stressed, she'll just take me to the barn to wine down some.  Although she does get mad  because I am way more helpful at the barn then at the house.

Answer 11

Hello,

My input:

I THINK it is great that you love your horse and have lots of time at the barn with them!  IT KEEPS you out of TROUBLE!!!!

They should be glad your staying busy.  BUSY kids are the ones that don't get into as much trouble!

KEEP up the good work, NO your not weird!!!

Answer 12

ha definetly not weird! im a really good student, but i actually failed several of my finals becuase i could not stop think about riding! i took riding at camp, am working at my barn 6 hours aday, and going to riding sleep away camp tomorrow! I LOVE IT!  

Answer 13

I AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 14

don't take this the wrong way but. don't be dumb,

school is more important, although horses are fun, stay in shcool. http://tonyonehorse.weebly.com

Answer 15

Oh, I feel the same way. Lucky for me, my best friend goes to my barn. It makes things alot better, for both of us. It's awesome. But at my school, we ride, and bring in our dogs, and just hang around there at the barn. So most of my friends from school are horse kids too, so they can go to the barn with me.

Answer 16

I would be you if I could afford a horse and barn. I rode horses for 15 years (lessons) and volunteered with horses for 5 years but sadly I'm not near a horse barn anymore. horses are made of awesome, I totally agree. Maybe you should bring some of your school friends to the barn for a few hours so they can see what you do there.

Answer 17

i am 13 and i am the same way i am a pro berral racer and pole bender i train horses for $600 a month and i have a 16 year old show hores i love and a 3 year old pro berral horses that runs 14.0978 and a wild mustang that i am going to break all on my onw like the 3 year old but the mustang is about 8 years old and will make a good berral horse to and then i  have a butiful baby clyds dale that i am going to break s oi can ride cuz thats gust difrent curently i have 23 horses that i am breaking for other people but now that shool is starting i have to seend about 15 of the hores home its so hard to be a cow girl i get up at 5am to feed a baby mocking bird that i am rehabilitating and then the barn corses and then i ride for about 5 hours and i get off a will then back on at 2 pm till 11pm

Answer 18

Yes, if I could get out to the barn more (not that I don't, I ride at least 5 times a week), I'd be one happy rider.  This is what horseback riders are, they will go out in to the freezing cold, pickup their p**p, and pay more than they will ever pay for themselves to keep their horse healthy.  We love every minute of being slaves to our horses (we kinda are).  I also have the same situation with friends; they rather not go to the barn and rather go to the mall everyday.  One of them kinda rides, but shes not that commited to it and (not to be mean) is not the best and claims to be able to do every other thing.  Your not alone.

Answer 19

This is GREAT that you feel this way about horses and barn stuff.  I am this way too.  Lots of my friends grew away from horses, but I never did.  It is just a way of life for me.  I found out thru geneology that my great great grandfather was in charge of the mules they used to mine gold and minerals.  He would not let anyone else take care of them.  I think it runs in your genes.

Taking care of horses is a challenge and responsibility and only those who love it will continue throughout their life.

Answer 20

I love horses but i dont spend all my time at the barn 1. cause i dont have a horse yet and 2. cause i dont have time to go every single day

Answer 21

i feel that way too!! im 15 with three horses and when im notridding im thinking about it lol

Answer 22

I have been that way since I was 7  and I think you are completely normal. You just have a very deep love of the horse. It is a very stable way of life..No pun intended. However you will need to branch out and experience other things in life.  There are lots of fun things to do that will interest and entertain you. Having horses as the main interest will just make you more grounded in life but driving and dating are great fun too. It will be easy to weed out the losers in boys because if they don't throw hay and learn to accept your love of horses they are out of here. Also if you can handle a 1000lb horse you will have no trouble with a 200 lb boy. Boys have to be out thought just like the horses, you plan and execute the plan.

Have a great time EM

Answer 23

LOL! Sweety, who cares if you're barn obsessed, I would be if there was a barn around I could lock onto! I have 5 horses, ride constantly, spend no time with my "school friends" and get so excited if I get the opportunity to waste my money at an english tack store!

Girl, you're keeping yourself out of trouble and devoting yourself to something you love.

Keep it up, chicky! It sounds WONDERFUL! :)

Answer 24

Creepy...I am the SAME way o.O

I have NEVER gone to a school dance (going into my first year of high school) I ahve gone out with my "school friends" twice this summer. I get invited all the time to go to football games, movies, and dances by my friends all the time...and I am like no thanks I want to be with the horses.

I ride NON STOP and my friends are always telling me to shut up about the horses...and when horse shows come around o.O I go to school and that is it for my social life lol.

Oh, and the thing is I LOVE EVERY MINIUTE OF IT!! lol I in no way wish I had "free time" to spend with my friends...not that I don't liek them I am just not a people person. While I am at school I think about is what I am gonna do with the horses when I get home. My friends say I have a PROBLEM I say I ahve a LIFE :)

Horseback riding isn't a hobby for me it is like a passion or a part of me. The other day I explained it to my friends this way...

If I didn;t love horses who would I be? I certainly wouldn;t be ME! Tjey left me alone after that ^^

I am happy I am not the only "loser" who wants to spend 24/7 in the barn and occording to the "real world" have not life haha

I don't know about you, but I ahve no problem ditching my friend for an "everyday ride" lol

The only thing I wish I had was someone who had just as much deicationa dn desire to be with horses, I have one friend who loves horses...but she leaves for football games, dances, movies, and her boyfriend o.O WHO COULD DO SUCH A THING?!?!

To bad I can't find someone around here with as much love for horses xD Some people will spend a day with the horses, but they get soooo bored watching them on TV, looking at horses on the computer, feeding them, cleaning them, riding them, thinking of them, talking of them...most get tired of it and I don't :(

sorry this was so long...everything in it + more is how I TRUELY feel about my horses D;...:DDD

add:

oh, and the funny thing is my dad told me like ALL THE time the first three or four years i started riding..."you'll get tired of it eventually...you'll get tired of it once you get a boyfriend or like going shopping"

Lwt me tell you...I HATE SHOPPING unless it is www.statelinetack.com lol...but I do have a boyfriend. His name is Buckshot, he is 15.2hh, and a total lovebug...especially when you feed him a carrot :)

**wow I just noticed how much I ramble :)

Answer 25

Well you guys..it is great that you have a love in life and responsibility but don't forget about us "over the hill gang"...I feel the same way.  I think I'm the oldest Barn Brat !!  I hate getting up for work but can't wait to get to the barn on my barn days and wake up before the alarm!!  I still love to clean stalls and my barn area is a lot cleaner than my home area!!

Horses are great and the good thing is that even when you get older it is still as pleasureable as when you were a kid....well, I was a lot more courageous as a kid!!  But I'm still a horse crazed woman who doesn't even want anyone to infringe upon me and my horse time!!  That is MY time!!

I was out of it for 6-7 years but when the opportunity came to escape back to my roots, I was there and now will always be!!

It's a sport for every age group..even just walking around and being with my horse we could walk a mile here and there grazing and I don't even realize it!!

I don't see me not having horses in my life either!!

Answer 26

my parents feel the same with me! i spend so much time at the barn, never with my "school friends".. but ohh well i love horses

Answer 27

there is nothing wrong with being a stable person lol. Your horse can't  make you do thing to pier pressure. My daughter has been around horses all her life she is now 24 she don't drink or smoke or do drugs she spends a lot of her time  barrel racing she has been in 6 different clubs at once. This is what i mean about being a stable person