How do you get your DH/SO interested in riding with you?

[TrekTheKaty]

What I pick up on, perhaps he's freaking out that you might be getting in shape and that, for some reason, bring up abandonment crap for him.

I heard this somewhere--when wives lose weight or change their appearance, that's a sign to men that we may be getting ready to leave. A few years ago, I lost some weight thus resulting in some new clothes. I got a new hair cut to go with my new confidence. I kept catching DH looking at me funny--"No worries, babe. I'm doing it all for you!"

tctrek--I think we're related I vividly remember breaking down into "ugly" crying in the middle of the trail. When he doubled back for me, I said, "Don't you love me anymore?! Why would you abandon me out here on the trail? I was scared and lost!" (It was an out and back path--I could only end up at the car! TUP!)