Dear So and So

[bmccasland]

Catrin - you keep ridin' girl! So long as your joints allow you. Riding is fun. Piffle on said "friend".

[Biciclista]

Dear Coworkers
I know that you are just trying to help, but suggesting that a cyclist riding in the rain
is doing a disservice to his children is a bit much. Every story you can tell me about cyclists getting killed by cars I can match with motorists killing themselves or other motorists with cars.
You're not helping. I'm not impressed. And i'm still going to ride my bike..

[crazycanuck]

Dear Uncle J,

Tonight I received news that you're not going to make it & are in very poor condition in hospital. I know you've battled Lupus for 20+yrs as a result of your time weapons testing in the military. You weened yourself off oxygen but then had to go back on a few years ago.

I will always remember your smile & the really bad humour

Thank you for being such a cool uncle. I'm happy we caught up on our trip to Canada in 08.

Your neice C

[Catrin]

Dear Uncle J,

Tonight I received news that you're not going to make it & are in very poor condition in hospital. I know you've battled Lupus for 20+yrs as a result of your time weapons testing in the military. You weened yourself off oxygen but then had to go back on a few years ago.

I will always remember your smile & the really bad humour

Thank you for being such a cool uncle. I'm happy we caught up on our trip to Canada in 08.

Your neice C

I am sorry to read this, it is hard news for you and your family...Cool uncles are great and it is good that you will have good memories of him.

[Crankin]

Catrin,

This will happen more than you expect. Some women get very angry when they see someone else doing something for themselves. They are really angry at themselves, because they know what you are doing is right. I have a couple of friends who "tolerate" me and what they consider to be my eccentricities (exercising and eating right), but if I hear one more time that "I can't do what you do," I will scream.
You are now a member of a minority group. Seriously, I feel this way more and more. If it wasn't for my cycling friends, it would be awful.

[PamNY]

Catrin,

This will happen more than you expect. Some women get very angry when they see someone else doing something for themselves. They are really angry at themselves, because they know what you are doing is right. I have a couple of friends who "tolerate" me and what they consider to be my eccentricities (exercising and eating right), but if I hear one more time that "I can't do what you do," I will scream.
You are now a member of a minority group. Seriously, I feel this way more and more. If it wasn't for my cycling friends, it would be awful.

Crankin, do you really find this to be true? I find myself more and more isolated from certain people -- and yet all I'm doing is having fun on my bike! I'm not a super athlete; 40 miles is a big trip for me. The other things I do -- eating right, not drinking or smoking -- are just because I want to feel better and stronger. I'm truly not moralistic about any of this, and I don't like people who try to be the health police. But that doesn't seem to matter.

[HillSlugger]

Crankin, do you really find this to be true? I find myself more and more isolated from certain people -- and yet all I'm doing is having fun on my bike! I'm not a super athlete; 40 miles is a big trip for me. The other things I do -- eating right, not drinking or smoking -- are just because I want to feel better and stronger. I'm truly not moralistic about any of this, and I don't like people who try to be the health police. But that doesn't seem to matter.

Not with biking/fitness but several years ago I made a huge positive change in my life and my "friends" cut me out of the circle. I figure that means they really weren't my friends.

[Catrin]

Oy, Catrin, I would get rid of that friend. Anyone who thinks a 50 year old woman is old and shouldn't be doing something alone is nuts.
There.

Catrin - you keep ridin' girl! So long as your joints allow you. Riding is fun. Piffle on said "friend".

Sadly, that is pretty much what I have determined. We've been friends for years, but once I started taking my fitness, weight, and health seriously she, and a couple of others, have had this kind of reaction. Who would have thought? I have heard of men sometimes behaving this way to their wife or girlfriend out of insecurity, but this blind-sided me

So, I will continue to have fun - and every day that I work out, or play on my bike, the better and younger I feel, and better friends will be found along the way