I still am that same weird "horse crazy girl" I was as a kid, but now with more responsibilities and less time, but still the same dream of flying bareback through the fields on my horse.
I think its sad that people criticize what we love to do and that people stop riding and loving horses just because people say its weird. Half the kids at my school say its dumb, or its weird, or its not a sport. But I don't really care what they think because I love the sport and I'm not gonna stop being the weird horse kid because people make fun of me!
I am still weird, and people often ask if I have not out grown "that horsey stage", and I just grin and say I will when I grow old.....and if the calendar and the mirro do not lie, I am there, and still weird. Love it!!
I think too many kids are driven away from horses by their own parents. My parents never pushed me to do anything but I knew kids in 4-H who were made to ride in 10 different disciplines just so they could rack up points and impress everybody.
I was that crazy horse kid, shund, reticuled, it was awful. After my kids reached 18 and 16, I was given a horse. It's the best thing in the world for me. I had forgotten what the horse meant to me, how linked to my soul they were. I can never be horseless again.
I've alway been known for my obsession with horses and I'm proud of it. But sometimes it gets anoying. I had people come up to me saying "are you that girl that loves horses?" I'd say "yes and don't you know I have a name to". I'm a freshman now and non of the teaches know about my past. I stay quiet about my horse life. Kids in my home town now are known to be more horse crazy then me. Even though I've always been the most horse crazy. I feel that people underestimate me because they never see me ride. A little about me. I only get to see my horse in the summer. That ment I only get to ride in the summer. But I'm proud to be known for my skills. I've been to state and people know about me. It just all sucks because when I leave to go home for school, it's hard to say goodbye to my horse knowing I'm going to be gone for 9 months. Also yes I own this horse I just have no place to keep him so he stays at my aunts all year.
I guess I was a weird horse girl as a kid. My folks gave in and I got to take riding lessons one year, and occasionally go on trail rides, but I didn't get to live like a weird horse girl until I got a horse at the age of 48! Unfortunately, my family still considers me a weird horse girl because no one else in my family has ever really liked horses. They still don't understand the passion!
I was that horse girl growing up- and still am. Through middle school and highschool kids would make noises at me, make fun of me, and would even make jokes about horses being better as dog food or glue. When I got my first horses, the glue jokes continued. Since I'm in college now, it doesn't matter and people actually think it's cool. Some immature people still make those jokes- but they know that I'd prefer my horse over them any day. My mother linked me the meme going around, posting it on my fb page, which at first it sort of made me feel bad about myself. But, it's just a meme. I own four horses currently, and I know for certain I will never grow out of it.
I knew there were "horse girls", but I had no idea they were weird or dorky! I wanted to be a horse girl, but my mom put a firm end to that! No horse for you! When my daughters wanted to ride, I was so happy. I actually started riding again with them. I am so proud of them for being "horse girls" and would encourage them even if it were uncool, but thankfully it doesn't seem to be a problem where we live. And yes, I am that horse girl. Better late than never!
I was never made a brunt for anyone's jokes, at least not to my face. Maybe it was because most of my friends were "horse girls" too. Maybe the difference was living in small town Midwest. I never outgrew it, but life intervened for many years. However I am now a 65 year old horse girl, and proud of it.