++++ on the hugs to both Limewave & tuckervill.

Quote Originally Posted by Biciclista View Post
just one thing:
you said:

"I hollered after him and told him to go on and I would walk home. 'are you sure?' 'ya, ya, go finish the ride'. "

now if this had been a conversation between my DH and I, he would have believed that I really wanted to walk home and would NOT have expected to pick me up in a car... the fact that you took your shoes off and got blisters is unfortunate, but it's not really his fault; you told him to go on..
I'm not sure why he didn't stop and change her innertube if they had supplies with them. It really only takes 5 minutes if that.

But common courtesy/concern would have had him at least call/text to see where she was and if she was all right when he didn't find her at home when he got back... especially when he knew she'd been trying for a couple days to get that tire on previously... the chances of her being able to do it on her own and leave to bike again a day or so after she spent a few days trying to get a tire on were kind of slim.