So you wanna be my friend?

Question

Dont you find that when poeple find out that you have horses/ponies they instantly want to be your friend?

Even back in school when soneone got wind that i had pony & my own box they suddenly wanted to be my best friend,

Now that we have new horses i can see it happening again even as an adult,relations wanting me to take there little brats out on the new welsh pony Chloe!

Have you ever seen his happen?

Or am i just having a bad day & needed to rant......

Thanks for all that answer:)

Answer 1

I totally agree with you, im still at school and i have a few horses of my own i have recently got a new one, 13.2 cob X and my wort enemy has wanted to become my best friend, obviously i havnt let her as its silly really. Its really annoying i know exactly what you mean.

Answer 2

I agree when i was at school every one wanted to be my friend because we had horses and went off competing every weekend they used to want to come with me .

Even now I'm finding my neighbours where i live just want to know me just so i can give there kids rides on my horses,so far i have got out of it my boys stand at 16.2 and 17 hands so when parents or friends see my boys they back off saying my kids will be to high up there lol

Answer 3

yes I've seen that happen....it was quite annoying because I was one of those people. When I found out my friend owned a stable, I did ask her if I could come see the horses, or learn to ride. And then i thought, "wait....im probably the last person she wants to worry about right now" so I stopped bothering her about it. I even got annoyed with myself!

Answer 4

that happens to me too, like when i was in school almost all my friends liked me cause i had horses, most of them are still my friends but they would always be over at my house wanting to ride and begging their parents to buy them a horse.  Even TWO of my teachers went out and got horses after meeting me (my 3rd grade teacher and my 6th grade teacher)

now that im out of school my mom is constantly telling me that she meets people who find out we have horses and they ask her every day if they can bring their kids over to ride. it gets annoying after a while cause right now we do not have any child safe horses at our house, they are all way to high spirited, so we have to constantly tell them no..but hopefully soon we will get a quieter horse and maybe they can bring them over

Answer 5

I have never seen that, but, If they like you cause of what you have you shouldn't be there friend.

Answer 6

Gosh, no.  Nobody wants to be my friend!  Back in school, I was popular for pony advice, and everyone picked my brains when they had a question - but no, they were all friends with my sister instead.  (We're identical twins; I'm the quiet creative one, and she's the bold as brass, in your face one!)

Although I have been handed many small brats on the hope that I'll sit them on a pony...

Answer 7

I've never found it a problem. Mind you, most of my friends at school also had a pony so we all hung out together. As an adult I've not experienced people wanting to be my friend because of my horses. I do get the constant question "What do you do with them?" though - which really bugs me! I don't "do" anything with them - just ride them and watch them in the field.

If it really bugs you then why not tell them that you've not got insurance to take other people on your horses - then remind them of Christopher Reeves riding accident which left him paralized - that should put them off! x

Answer 8

Lucky for you - at school I was considered weird for wanting anything to do with horses and time has passed and my kids got the same reaction. Says a great deal for the people around here if you ask me. My kids got a lot of flack for apparently smelling of horses at school - they didn't smell - they didn't go near horses before school and we had a lot of obsessive showering and bodyspraying etc because of the bullying.

Odd that now they've gone on to college they are happy and popular.

I don't get the relations showing up to look at the pony etc which is something of a relief but on the other hand my mother has never seen me on a horse. It's my thing - not theirs, hopefully my kids appreciate my input.

The only kids i do get coming round to help out are the ones who live next to the yard - they are small and it has made me think twice with regard to safety ( and language !) They desperately want their own pony but Daddy won't spring for it yet, I think it's only a matter of time for them though. They're good kids and they don't bug me or do silly stuff so they're okay.

Honest opinion - yeah I think you're having a bad day.

Hope it made you feel better !

Answer 9

yes its true!!!!

when ever relatives come over they always bring their little kids and , what a coincidence the littlies want to ride the horses and i have to spend an hour leading them around the padock listening to them scream AGAIN AGAIN!! when i make it back each time. and of course i have to do it because their parents are taking photos and my mum is sitting watching with a smug smile on her face.

it seems the only reason they bring thier kids is to ride because they leave straight after. GAHHH annoying much.