You know you're a horse person when...

[spotti]

Finish the sentence with your own ending.

For example: -

"You know you're a horse person when...you cluck at your car when its going too slow up a hill".

...you have more apples and carrots in you shopping trolley than people food.

...you wince when your OH kisses you when he has a bit of stubble, yet you'll happily kiss your hairy horsey all day long and not even care!

Get the idea? Get scribblin'!!!

[Blonde Donkey]

You have more hay in you're hair than you put in the field
You have 3 million photo's of the four legged one yet you only have a few of yourself (and they're crap cos you're drunk)
You can stand the smell of horse pee/crap but can't stand expensive perfume (defo me lol)
You spend £155 on a rug that gets worn for about two weeks and then put away for the rest of the year but you can't seem to spend £40 on those jeans you like
You're horse has more hair and beauty products than you
You're horse has more hairbrushes than you
You're mate has a piccy of their BF on your phone - you have you're pony pulling a funny face
You introduce you're horse as you're baby boy/girl and watch the horror across peoples faces (so funny
You are comfortable using phrases like "He didn't perform well enough so i hit him with a whip to make him go faster"
You walk into the supermarket in a Dribble stained coat, holey sh!te cover jeans and wellies and wonder why people walk away shaking their heads and holding their noses
You have many uses for whips and ropes and none of them for in the bedroom
You are quite happy for the pony to fall asleep on you're shoulder but anyone else tries they get a slap.
You can cuddle and cry into you're horses mane for hours but can't open upto a person
You spend an hour making you're pony look respectable for riding but you still go out in the above clothing
You can't go on nights out too often as the hairy baby has her breckie at 9:30 every day.
That enough

[kitcat]

You drive along looking at horses in fields rather than watching the road.
When a horse box goes past you REALLY want to know what they've got in there.
When there are two horsey people in a group they will always find each other
You are quite happy to muck out stables but really can't be bothered with housework.

[rainbow]

kitkat those top too are what i do! i really should pay attention on the motorway but im that nosey that i now knw when ppl turn there horses out lol. Im always on the lookout for pony's I also walk round shops in my stinky stuff

[racaille]

Your baby ALWAYS has a clean numnah/saddlecoth but you're quite happy to pull on yesterday's manure-encrusted jeans.

Your baby has the best beauty products but your kids have to make do with own brand rubbish.

[scattymare]

You know y a h p w..
It's impossible to grow any fingernails
Your OH asks you if he might get to see you at the weekend (and you live with him!)

[duckles]

You are used to, and happy with living exhausted, broke and dirty
You have much more than a passing aquintance with mud, hay and the weather forecast,
You have to watch your language with non horsey friends ie they used don't get: roughing off, making a bed, an easy ride, etc etc
Your idea of a really fun day out includes a lot of work, exposure to all weather conditions, and unflattering clothes
You know your skin is being ruined and you don't care as much as you should
You are so much happier than most people you know
Y

[spotti]

Now a few more...

...there's bits of hay all over your mat by the front door.
...you'll get up extra early to muck out, groom and tack up to go out for an early ride on a lovely day BUT you don't feel quite so enthusiastic when the OH/the kids suggest a walk in the park.
...you'll sit through rears/bucks/bolts/hissy fits and still smile, yet if a person shows you the same attitude you bite their head off!
...you 'jump' speed bumps.
...you have a perfectly planned out diet and fitness regime...for your horse! - you live off junk food and get fit simply by having/riding your horse.

[Blonde Donkey]

when someone asks you on a date but you have vet/farrier/physio coming and you need to there to hold you're ponies hoof
the back of you're car looks like a tackroom
you're piccy on facebook is a horse (not mine, it's a drunk piccy of me atm)
You can't afford f*gs cos you spent so much on horse treats
You have three four foot high piles of horsey mags that you refuse to throw out cos "they'll come in handy"
You choose you're Uni/College by the livery yards nearby rather than the standard of teaching
You spend more money on livery/feed than anything else
Your DVD collection consists of Black Beauty, Hidalgo, The Black Stallion, A Knights Tale (for horses as much as Heath Ledger) and a Carl Hester masterclass
You look through you're last visited sites and most of them are horsey forums and things like horse hero and H&C Online
You have posters of Leslie Law, William Fox Pitt, Carl Hester and William Whittaker on your wall when you're friends have Cristiano Ronaldo and Brad Pitt
You listen to music and wonder if you could do dressage to it
In your driving lessons you scare the instructor by saying "good girl" in soothing tones and patting the steering wheel (just me?)
People know exactly what you want for christmas - Rideaway vouchers
You have a smelly old numnah from your mum's first horse that you can't/won't wash
If someone says it's me or the horse you show them the door
You refuse to have body piercing's cos you know some little beggar of a pony will pull them out

[Blonde Donkey]

You'll get up at half three in the morning to prepare for a show but getting up at half four for work is a major struggle
You choose your jeans and shirts by how comfortable they'll be to ride in and how much the dirt will show up
you choose your car by how much boot space it has for saddles/boots/change of clothes
Your work clothes are the only clothes you don't ride in

[spotti]

You're piccy on facebook is a horse YUP! OH ASKED ME TO PUT ONE OF ME AND HIM...HE GOT TOLD WHERE HE COULD STICK IT!

You can't afford f*gs cos you spent so much on horse treats. I DON'T SMOKE, BUT PEOPLE FOOD COMES AFTER HORSEY FOOD!!

You have three four foot high piles of horsey mags that you refuse to throw out cos "they'll come in handy" YUP!!! AND THEY WILL!!

You choose you're Uni/College by the livery yards nearby rather than the standard of teaching WELL....UNI IS AWESOME FOR ME, BUT ITS EVEN BETTER FOR FAITH!!!!

You spend more money on livery/feed than anything else YUP!
Your DVD collection consists of Black Beauty, Hidalgo, The Black Stallion, A Knights Tale (for horses as much as Heath Ledger) and a Carl Hester masterclass COR! HEATH LEDGER!!! PHWOAR!

You have posters of Leslie Law, William Fox Pitt, Carl Hester and William Whittaker on your wall when you're friends have Cristiano Ronaldo and Brad Pitt NOT ME, I HAVE DR WHO AND SPONGEBOB!

You listen to music and wonder if you could do dressage to it ALL THE TIME! AND I DON'T EVEN DO DRESSAGE!

In your driving lessons you scare the instructor by saying "good girl" in soothing tones and patting the steering wheel (just me?) HA HA HA

People know exactly what you want for christmas - Rideaway vouchers NAH, THEY STILL ASK AND THEN REFUSE TO BUY ME STUFF FOR THE HORSE! "IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOR YOU" - "WELL GIVE ME THE MONEY THEN AND I'LL BUY IT FOR HER MYSELF!!! "

If someone says it's me or the horse you show them the door OH YES!

You refuse to have body piercing's cos you know some little beggar of a pony will pull them out SUNSHINE?

[Blonde Donkey]

yep sunshine does the pulling lol
how can you have DR who on the wall. tut tut lmao(just cos i haven't i do have johnney depp thought that was a must)
And i am havinbg crying fits from stress cos spent all my money on rent/savvy and have no money for ciggies and have been begging them off friends - two a day is not enough!
And my fb pic atm is me but it is usually savs (she's more photogenic than me)

[fleabitten]

theres shavings trailed into the house
a row of yard boots lined up in the dining room
you dont care what you look like going to a horsey event
youre hair is all over the place and you have mud on your face and in your fingernails
your lips are chapped and you splash out on a really practical yard coat instead of going out clothes - thus having nothing to wear when going out and having to wear clothes you wore for the past 2 years
you spend more time thinking about your horse and organising farrier and outings rather than getting your schoolwork done!
youre always taking pics of you on your horsey but none of you cos youre hiding!
spotti - the dressge to music - YES! I was actually listening to destinys child 'lose my breath' and was thinking that would be cool to do dressage to! hee hee!
yes - horsey mags - i am building up quite a collection and have made a reference folder - how sad!
spotti - agree with the speed bump thing - i also do this with hedges! and gates! also agree about the fitness thing ;D
and kitcat - agree about the horsebox thing 'i wonder where theyre going? and then you consult your mentally pre memorised list of horsey events that are on that day and try and guess!!

[hollyvj]

OMG spotti! I though I was the only one with the speed bumps, I start folding when I go over them lol.

You look in the rear view mirror when a trailer goes past in the hope catching a glimpse of a horsey bum...

There's enough loose hay in the back of the car to fill a haynet

[haffyfan]

Agree with kitkat on the driving and also the horse box/trailer ones...how many times do I crane my neck in the opposite direction or stare into wing mirror to try and see whats in that trailer that went by!!!


Also walking round asda in stinky...not to mention filthy.... clothes and boots and not giving a foul smelling poopy

Turning up at work with hay in your hair and mud round the bottom of your trousers oh and the obligitary dirty fingernails too if you have visted your dearly beloveds on route to work

[ptarmigan1]

when you try to concentrate at school/work, but the schooling session ahead will not get out of your mind!

Recieve money as a gift, but spend it on your beloved horsey!

When your camera is overloaded with pictures of your horsey

You realise your horse is your life, best friend and OH!

[Jen]

when the cleaner expects to clean your room daily rather than weekly and lugs the hoover up the stairs to hoover up all the hay and straw that could bed down and feed a horse for a month!!

[kitcat]

When your OH says can we PLEASE talk about something else now...
when you sit on the train looking for the horses in the fields and 'jumping' all the hedges and fences as you go past.

[spotti]

Mar 14, 2009 10:27:07 GMT kitcat said:

when you sit on the train looking for the horses in the fields and 'jumping' all the hedges and fences as you go past.

*is laughing at self because I do that!!!!*

[scattymare]

You find yourself counting strides to reach the bottom step/doorway/crack in paving slab. And wonder why people look at you funny when you put in an extra small step to get that perfect 'take off' (And the worse thing is I haven't jumped a real horse in years!!)

[scattymare]

Your car is NEVER really clean

[kitcat]

you think that every horse or pony, no matter how scruffy, could win a beauty comp.

[baymare]

well i clicked my children at the shops in plymouth to make them go faster.their faces were a picture.bay.

[fleabitten]

kitcat - its true! I always think that any horse could turn their hoof to anything even if its at a really low level. Theres a pony at my RS and me and my friend have wanted to give him a makeover for years - he gets awful sweetitch - we want to give him a good bath and plait him up

[fallible]

your telly automatically turns to horse and country