I married a Kite Surfer 8+ years ago, but she turned into a farmer...
Now with 200+ eatable plants in the back yard, 20 guini pigs and a highly illegal amount of chickens 24+ from last count 2 kids and a dog, I can head down for a kite to do what I love while she gardens/catches up at friends places/home and does what she loves. Some times I take the kids down for some Kite Sup training. Some times we both go for a sup. Marriage can be hard. We both give each other time to follow our passions. Those who play together stay together, nothing brings you closer together than time apart.
Marriage + Kids + Kites + Sup = Awesomeness. (most of the time)
Yep I agree with the majority! Go kiting and deal with the home life later! It's simple really the non kitesurf partner can't get you while ur out on the water...hahaha just make sure your garage is locked so you don't come back to a mass of trashed boards!!! Hint
Treat em mean keep em keen, do wat u want to do be wat u want a be yearrrrr ,consiounce is easily counteracted / forgoten with injec.tion of adrenalin
Me and the missus kite and we have a child, we take turns, one kites and one babysits, works well most of the time. After work kites have to be a bit shorter and there's no time to hang at the beach drinking beer. I like it when she drops me off for a downwinder. That's love
One kid is a holiday mate trust me. Yeh I to have the evil plan of having my kids kite. Ha ha ha ha (evil laugh).
Mine are 5 and 6 and already on a trainer kite. Lol. The plan is working. Ba ha ha ha ha ha ( evil laugh). The boy already surfs and he's only 5. The girl is well...being a girl.
Just annoy the sh#t out of her and she'll kick you out of the house for the afternoon. Grab your kite gear and make the best of it! Works for me. Of course this is after spending some quality time with the family watching kiting DVD'S.
Found this whilst surfing another kiting site - thought I would share as it seems quiet apt :-) ;-)
HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH WOMEN
If you are young and inexperienced with women, learn these key phrases and their meaning now and you will be spared a lifetime of misery.
(1) "Fine": This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.
(2) "Five Minutes": If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.
(3) "Nothing": This is the calm before the storm. When she is acting angry and you ask what is wrong, and she says "nothing" this means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.
(4) "Go Ahead": This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!
(5) "(Loud Sigh)": This is actually not a phrase, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing.)
(6) "That's Okay": This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
(7) "Thanks": A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot' - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome', that will bring on a 'whatever').
(8) "Whatever": This is a woman's way of saying F-- YOU!
(9) "Don't worry about it, I got it": Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to # 3.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you'd like to enhance your success with women further and become the star of every woman's dream, you need simply to learn the following three phrases and repeat them regularly:
(1) "I'm sorry"
(2) "Yes honey, you're right"
(3) "I love you"
So, there you have it. There is much talk about women being "complex", difficult to understand and requiring lots of time for understanding -- it's simply not true. If you understand and abide by the guidelines above your life can be happy and you can spend much more time kitesurfing, surfing, fishing, going out with the boys and doing whatever else rather than sitting at home in the back room wondering why she won't talk to you and preparing for divorce court.
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I have mates who will go fishing for 12 hours. Others who extend this to weekly offshore trips. Others who ride motor bikes somewhere north or south for entire weekends. Need to mention my cricketing buddies who will play all day then hit the piss after. Then there's those mates who regally visit the pub and tab.
I work I'm at home with kids or I kite. That's it. And yet this is not enough. I to don't socialise and kite generally with one person or two it is a 2 to 3 hr turn around at most. And yet this is still to much. Personally I don't think there is any solution.
Agree with all the posts above, even the gals.
Women can be ballbreakers, but its a tough job for women to stay at home raising kids all week then find your taking off for hours to enjoy yourself 'with your mates' your gotta do your bit.
BUT sometimes even when you do its not enough. I feel your pain Eppo. Even when they've stopped you doing everything, taken everything from you so you don't know who you are anymore, they're still not happy. So either end up lost and depressed or fight back and say F..koff I've done my part this week I'm going kiting, have my dinner ready when I get home. Oh and by the way the winds on tomorrow so don't plan anything.
What you got to do is keep reminding them of all the things that you do do (assuming you do help to make their life easier!) they tend to forget. Also compare yourself to your mates that do get away with murder, "imagine being married to that insensitive ass hole, you don't know how lucky your got it"
Works for me, haven't got too many restrictions, and dinners always waiting!!!
Good points buddy. Honestly though I was never driven to have kids. I'm about as paternal as ...sh1t nothing's coming, help me out. I'm not paternal alright!!
But she was hell bent of having kids and while I love my kids dearly I'm still not paternal!
So what does she do when say the kids are with the grand parents for a day or two?
I will tell you. Absolutely Farq all, or she will go around a friends place who have kids by the way and have a coffee and talk about whatever the Farq they talk about...times I've listened it is just a barrage of multiple conversations about multiple subjects that have little sequence or scope. Go figure.
But the point you are making above is sound. As I've said sometimes you just gotta be an asshole in their eyes. Since she has had kids it is like some different software program has loaded into her psyche. The other day she said I had changed!
I reminded her I stood her up 4 times, ( the first four times) because I was out kiting!
Change I have not my darling.
Eppo, I'm worried about you.
Many posts in kitesurfing marital problems topic.
Not one post in wa: big Friday topic.
I think you need some counseling. 
That's because I was in a caravan playing scrabble with the in laws and big Friday wasnt available for me!
By the way I'm good David ta for the concern. Slowly getting it sorted. This next few days should blow some cobwebs out. Go hard fellas ( and chicks who kite).
... no wonder the negative vibe Eppo, scrabble would have been impossible for you the way you spell sometimes
