rij73 wrote: It helps to remind myself that he and I come from *completely* different backgrounds. He was athletic, outdoorsy, and popular while I was bookish, sedentary, and decidedly unpopular.

It must be SOO much fun to go to highschool reunions, you with your popular jock husband, all strong and healthy from riding your bike....A real stick in the eye to those mean kids.

I listen to all of you that are married talk about riding with your hubbies and how hard they are on you and think that THIS is why women and men don't compete head-to-head in most athletic competitions. They are different than we are, and we shoudl not guage ourselves based on their abilities.

Barbara