[QUOTE=doc] My husband in fact knows that if he restricts my riding he will have a caged and angry tiger instead of a wife. I literally can't help it. So he is very willing to have a calm happy person for 2-4 fewer hours QUOTE]

ditto here

If anyone (SO or others) say *anything* even remotely like this my response is "Quick! Where's the GPS! Looks like we have been beamed over to Teheran . DD,Grab a hijab! " My tone of voice varies according to the perceived seriousness of the situation - sometimes humour, sometimes satire, sometimes anger