Anyone make fun of you?

[jobob]

Sometimes you doubt yourself?

Oh gosh yes! I go through variations of the "who am I kidding" and "what was I thinking" themes.

And yet I muddle through.

My advice? Don't let the voices outside or inside your head stop you.

[Aggie_Ama]

Welcome Wilda!

Make fun of me? Not so much. But poor dear husband gets it constantly at work and from friends. This weekend it was our tipsy friend insisting on knowing how far up my husband shaved his legs. Or more vulgarly if he shaved is anatomy too.

Doubt myself? I try not to. I try to channel my mom "Can't never could" she said all throughout my childhood. But yes, I doubt myself. When I agree to a challenging ride I think "Can I? No I can't" but I do it and survive sometimes I even thrive. Do I ever think I am devoting to much time to watching cycling, riding or reading about cycling? Not really but then again I tend to be a bit obsessive (passionate?).

Listen to Jobob, wise advice about hushing those voices.

[Tuckervill]

This is my response to people who insert their opinions where it's unwanted:

"What you think of me is none of my business."

Nobody makes fun of me for cycling because I'm an oddity all around in my little town for lots of other things. And I do these things with robust confidence, which makes it hard to criticize!

I'm sure the people I know in town who don't understand cycling had plenty of thoughts about it when we first met 4 years ago, but many of them were in AWE on Saturday when I told them my husband had just completed his first century. It was so priceless to hear their reaction while we were sitting at our sons' baseball game. People who may have thought we were nuts at first, now have a new found respect. I could see it in their faces.

Karen

[Aggie_Ama]

I also tend to write it off as masked jealousy. They want to have the drive to do something like this. Making fun of you is their way of hiding they feel they couldn't do it. At least in some cases I believe it to be true.