Your Cycling Supporters

[Haudlady]

Women were disapproved of if they spent a lot of time galavanting about for their own benefit. You were supposed to be there at home, hot dinner on the table when children came home from school and husband came home from work.

I don't know if this was partially in response to my comment that my mom says "that's nice but are you spending enough time with your husband." Oh dear! Can I just say that my Mom is only 53! It's funny, actually, but my Gram, at 74, is more modern in her attitude than my Mom is!

Boy oh boy... I am glad that the times have changed! DH does the cooking - I'm not very creative when it comes to food! (Okay, dear... do you want pasta tonight, or would you prefer cereal?)

[paigette]

DH does the cooking - I'm not very creative when it comes to food! (Okay, dear... do you want pasta tonight, or would you prefer cereal?)

LOL, my dad did all the cooking when I was growing up, he made sure to teach me! I actually like cooking, though, it's calming.

Oh, and my parents are 56(mom) & 53(dad).

[Geonz]

Hmmm... my friends are pretty supportive, especially when it comes to making sure I've got safety gear Most of my friends are the ones I met in the bike club, though.
Work is at least tolerant- though da boss lady emphasized that she did not want to see my bicycle in the office (it's a big computer lab) once students were coming (not that I'd have parked it there then anyway). It is sort of a "well, we want to encourage diversity" thing, though... it's not *normal* behavior. There aren't any kind of facilities - a pretty basic bike rack out in the weather... and the gym showers ... I don't know, maybe it's me but I have never gotten hot water from them so I gave up.
There are lots of fellow cycling nuts around here... and in general, the citizens like the idea of people riding bikes instead of cars, even if they don't "get it." It's sort of like being a monk or yoga guru or something - they don't think they could do it, but they admire it . If only I could convince them that it's a very feasible conversion... and I try, one bike trip at a time...