Spouse Support - Good or Bad

I'm lucky, mine has been behind me all the way.  He was the house husband when I started this madness, so the $$$ was not really an issue as long as it was discussed prior.  The bike was a gift, via my parents, and that was the biggest expense. 

It makes it all more enjoyable when the home front is behind you!

He's become my cycling coach. I don't need to join a bunch ride when I get enough training and motivation chasing his arse on the brisbane corso! ^_^ It's a great view! I keep getting top 5 places in my age group so his method is DEFINATLEY working!

He buys me tri gear, and he's a bit of a gadget nut. AND he loves coming to races so he can check out the bike porn (even if most of it is TT bikes!) and

As well as being my cycling coach, He is also my cheersquad, bike servicer, massage therepist, nutritionist, team car, photographer, eye candy type sherpa.

Even though triathlon is something I do for me, I couldn't do it without him.

I've got support in most all ways as well.  As she controls the budget and the diet, I find I'm in good hands.  The kids are starting to get old enough I can involve them in some of my shorter runs, and she's started to pickup on some 5k's with me.  good stuff.

The Mrs. is happy for me because of the shape I am in compared to a year ago and the fact that I have gotten serious about something and have stuck with it longer than a couple of months.  She doesn't even mind me being on BT.  She comes to my races when she can, BUT she is not cool with the amount of $$$$$ that is spent on it.  I not allowed to buy anything new (except nutrition and a helmet) for the next 6-8 months.

She has ZERO ambition to take part in this sport which I am fine with as she does her own thing.

This thread could make me cry.  I was a collegiate athlete and DH put up with it b/c it was something I had to do, b/c it paid for school, so he never gave me any flack, nevermind that running was something that I love.  I sat on my butt for several years after I graduated and now that I am in to tri's, all I hear is grief, about how I am always going here and there, getting up early, never spending time with him, etc.  The time I spend now trying to tri isn't even close to the hours and hours I worked out during school.  Its so frustrating.  Never once has he come to a race, offered to jock strap, gets mad when my trainer is louder than the TV. Sigh...

You guys that have supportive spouses are so lucky, what I wouldn't give.

Geez shorty... That's a bummer. Maybe it's time to buy him a bike and drag him out riding with you.

My wife is not supportive at all. That is why we are divorcing. She has never seen me race. Showed no interest. Always had an excuse as to why she couldn't get up in the morning to watch me race. She was usually drunk the night before the race so you can pick from an array of excuses for her. I loved this, she described me as "having an affair with myself." Without her distractions and drama around I hope to be a better athlete in the future.

Mine is great.   He likes it when I train.  He likes it when I race and will take a vacation to watch me if he can (he is gone for work about 80% of the time).  He bought me a bike for valentine's day (nothing says I love you like full carbon fiber).  When I don't ride as much he teases me that he will have a yard sale so he can sell it for $50.  He takes photos at races.  He teases me about my BT addiction, but not bad.  

I would be sad if he didn't get some kick out of it.  Now he has a bike too, so that is cool.  Oh, and he suggests I spend more money on work out clothes so I look "like a champion".....