I think I over-reacted

[cottonbud]

• [Message from MNHQ: This thread was started in 2006. Just saying...]

I am a regular poster but have changed my name for this as I am a little ashamed.
I have a very short fuse and the simplest of things will infuriate me. DH knows this and so far has managed to avoid the "trigger" words. Today however we were discussing christmas dinner and he called those sausages wrapped in bacon "pigs in blankets" he KNOWS that this phrase sends my temper through the roof, I instructed him to re-phrase the sentance and he said he was sick of walking on egg shells with me so to show him how it felt I started calling him gay and accusing him of being attracted to my brother which I know he hates, he said it was totally different . This incident blew over after he apologised for using the annoying phrase but later on he asked DD if she wanted to start "pony trekking" after christmas admittidly he didn't know that the word pony was a trigger so I explained to him that the word was not to be used and he apologised, 5 minutes later however he again reffered to the horses as "pony's" . I ended up breaking his mobile phone (threw it at him) and now he has stormed off. I know I was in the right over the christmas sausages but I think I may have over-reacted about the horse riding as he only learnt that he couldn't say what he said today. I'm not sure how to make it up to him and tbh I'm still angry about it all, should I just leave it and let it blow over or talk to him?

:o

Old thread! I wonder if OP ever did leave the bastard.

"I know I was in the right over the christmas sausages but I think I may have over-reacted about the horse riding as he only learnt that he couldn't say what he said today. "
Have you lost your fucking mind? How dare you say that he's only 'just learnt' that he can't say Pony Trekking? WTF? You've totally lost it. You need help.

Does it make you mad when people have Pigs in blankets and then go pony trekking?

Idiot. You give women a bad name and should be ashamed of yourself! How will you control yourself if DD says these things? Dear god woman, get a grip and chill the fuck out.

I don't blame him if he leaves you... if he hasn't already.

mmmmmmmmm pigs in blankets

my fave

OMG is this real.

I would have been a bit irritated by pony trekking, but only as trekking is generally a long day's ride, rather than a lesson. To be honest, depending upon the age of the daughter the liklihood is that it would have been a pony she rode, not a horse, as they are generally too high for a child (being over 14.2 hands, of course, unless we are talking Arabs, which are always horses)

maybe its all about different types of "animal husbandry" :o

5 year old thread everyone! Calm down...

What a time waster. This board is not for people to come on and joke. People post on here about serious issues.

If you are being serious you are a dick.

is a pony a small horse or s young horse? Never understood it

Zombie thread

LouPeru,
A young horse is a 'foal' up until they are a year old then some people (not many people though I don't think) call them a 'yearling'. After the first year a female horse is called a 'filly' until she's five then she's a 'mare'. If we're talking about a male horse, they are called a 'colt' after they're a yearling and then from age five a 'stallion' unless the horse has been neutered. Then he's called a 'gelding' whatever age he is.

The difference between a pony and a horse is largely height. Generally if the horse is 14.2hh or taller they are a 'horse', shorter than that they are a 'pony' however exceptions apply. Some horses are always referred to as 'pony' regardless of height, for example Arabians and Connemaras.

Just one more thing, horses are measured to their shoulders (whithers), not their heads (!) in hands and inches. There are four inches in one hand so a horse that is 16.2hh (hands high) would measure 66 inches (16 x 4 plus 2) or 5 ft 6 inches.

I know it's a zombie thread but that info is still relevant.