"Hit By a Farm"

Lizza · #1 05/03/08, 11:25 PM

There are a lot of us (that includes me) that have posted about our partners not exactly jumping for joy when we bring home a box of baby chicks or state that heating with wood is basically the only way to live.

I brought this home from the library completely by accident, it was in the "homesteading" type books which I was checking out and I liked the title. It was NOT what I anticipated. I should probably mention that it is written by a lesbian woman about her relationship with her partner. I couldn't believe how much I related though! She actually tells the OTHER story, the wonderful partners that are "Hit By a Farm" (I get it now). Once I started reading and realized that it wasn't a rah-rah-rah farm book, I was going to stop reading but I couldn't put it down. It was very well written.

It might be worth looking into, it really did help me understand how much my husband really might not like all my baby goats, as weird as THAT is

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http://www.amazon.com/Hit-Farm-Learn...9873953&sr=8-1

Tricky Grama · #2 05/04/08, 08:55 AM

I guess I ned to read it...DH informed me he really doesn't want to live 60 mi away from our home now in the 'burbs...too far away from golf & tennis.

Patty

Minelson · #3 05/04/08, 10:18 AM

Thank you for posting this...I ordered it along with 2 other books to get the free shipping

Lizza · #4 05/04/08, 01:13 PM

Have fun reading. My DH and I have had our problems over the years trying to balance my desires and his desires. I honestly have had trouble coming to grips that he doesn't want to live how I want to live. There is a compromise though and we are getting there. It's all a work in progress.

We've been married over 17 years by the way with 3 kids, we are in it for the long haul, we just need to make sure no one feels totally trampled by the other.

Labrat407 · #5 05/04/08, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Tricky Grama

I guess I ned to read it...DH informed me he really doesn't want to live 60 mi away from our home now in the 'burbs...too far away from golf & tennis.

Patty

Buy more land and build him a Driving range...with a tennis court.

If the mountain will not come to Mohamed, then Mohamed must go to the mountain.

Tricky Grama · #6 05/04/08, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Labrat407

Buy more land and build him a Driving range...with a tennis court.

If the mountain will not come to Mohamed, then Mohamed must go to the mountain.

LOL! That's what I thought was going to happen...well not the tennis court-there IS one w/in walking distance. But hard to play by yourself!

He's walked the 20 ac over & over showing me where each 'hole' and 'green' would be...I guess that's not enuf. Or its just not like a real course.

Patty

Woodpecker · #7 05/04/08, 10:58 PM

sounds like a good read. thanks

hotzcatz · #8 05/05/08, 02:08 AM

Married life is a compromise. I get assorted critters and he gets engines, machines or race cars. He collects chain saws (he has only used one of them once) and I collect garden plants. Each one allows the other their own collections. The house is small and on only half an acre, but it is in a fairly rural area so it seems larger. It's a good compromise between "farm" and "city" so we are both comfortable here. DH doesn't really want 40 acres but if it was 40 acres that came with a twelve car garage, he'd deal with it. Not that I've found 40 acres we can afford anywhere near here, but if I do find it, if we build a twelve car garage, then it's okay with DH if we get it.