On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 11:54:04 -0600, "Edward Dolan"
wrote:

"John B." wrote in message
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On Tue, 4 Dec 2012 00:07:51 -0600, "Edward Dolan"
wrote:

We bachelor hermits never have any of the problems you note. I pretty much
do whatever I want whenever I want and it never even occurs to me to take
anyone else into consideration. God ... it must be awful to be married!

Ed Dolan the Great

The guy ain't even married and already he's got problems :-)

Not everyone in the world is lucky enough to be NOT married like me.
However, the subject of this thread is interesting as I have known several
men who were into cycling and whose wives divorced them. The men were taking
their vacations doing week long bike tours without their wives. I think
separate vacations are almost always a sign of trouble ahead.

Men who like to bicycle and who want to stay married should not take
separate week long bike tours for their summer vacation. Either convince the
wife to come along or else forget about it.

Ed Dolan the Great

I don't know. I've been married twice and to be frank, bicycle riding
was never a problem in either marriage. I currently ride about 20 Km
in the mornings, several times a week, and on Sunday do a 4 - 5 hour
"long ride" and my wife has never complained.

However, in both marriages there was always a bike available if the
wife wanted to ride so it was always a matter of "if you want to
come".

And on the other hand, I don't know why a bloke would be married and
NOT want to take his wife on his vacation :-)
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Cheers,
John B.