Okay, that makes me feel better…I’m not the only one that this has happened to! 
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I have to agree it’s a control thing. I used to run gymnastics center. You haven’t seen crazy until you get a good look at some of those over competitive parents living vicariously through their children. Same with ice skating, etc. Talk about truly crazy! See it in the horse world too with parents. Very sad. Didn’t seem to be so nuts when I was growing up. Guess I’m showing my age, led a Leave It to Beaver kind of life.[/QUOTE]
You sure hit the nail on the head this time! Control…just because you have none at home doesn’t mean we want to see you try to control a bigger beast by being rough…read Dr. Phil or talk to Oprah…
Yep, I think you have to have a special bit of crazy to be a real horseperson. Some have more than others, in the ‘good’ or ‘bad’ way…
I seem to be normal, but I guarantee I sound ‘crazy’ to some other horseperson…It goes along with the territory somehow… :lol:
I clearly don’t spend enough time with horses, because I’ve never encountered the crazy people phenom. Now, dog people…:lol:
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I clearly don’t spend enough time with horses, because I’ve never encountered the crazy people phenom. Now, dog people…:lol:[/QUOTE]
wooooaaaahhhh…dog people. They ARE nuts. :winkgrin:
OMG this is the million dollar question! If you can answer this then you should be a millionaire!
Everyone is crazy in their own way.
The secret to happiness is surrounding yourself by people whose crazy complements your own crazy.
Works for me.
But, I do have a coworker who frequently asks me how come I’m normal, when the rest of the horse owners he knows are crazy. I just let him know that I hide it better.:winkgrin:
As one fellow told me once, when someone said I should not be such a worry wart:
“The moment you quit being obsessive over the care you give your animals, then is when I will have to start getting worried, so go ahead and worry.”
I think that being obessive is what makes us good caretakers along with a pain in the behind to others.
As for this:
—“I’m still not good at knowing what is what sometimes, so I try to go with gut feelings.”—
Maybe you ought to reconsider listening to your gut so much, as gut brains are known for being unreliable.
I wonder if we were on a dog BB if they’d be saying horse people are the craziest!!
I used to sell dog food and have to work dog shows to promote the food-I met a lot of interesting personalities!
This is really, really true.
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Horsepeople crazy? -not so much. Real crazies I met are in the corporate world. The higher you go, the more crazier and deluded they seem to be. With horses, if you ride them enough, the horse will take you down a notch or two!:winkgrin:
I don’t know too many politicians, but I bet they qualify to carry the crazy torch! This seems to be shared all over the globe. In a recent survey in China, it was revealed that the Chinese trust prostitutes more than their politicians!:lol::lol:
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As for this:
—“I’m still not good at knowing what is what sometimes, so I try to go with gut feelings.”—
Maybe you ought to reconsider listening to your gut so much, as gut brains are known for being unreliable.:D[/QUOTE]
Well lord knows my actual gut is far from being reliable so… Maybe that’s where I’m going wrong.
But IME, your brain can over-think and convince of you things when perhaps your instincts are telling you otherwise. I’d say in most situations my instincts-- or that little nagging feeling-- ends up being right.
There’s an awful lot of smooth talkers out there, it is easy to trust the wrong people.
I think anytime you add money to the equation, it makes the crazy come out. Every crazy horse person I’ve ever known (and I’ve known quite a few) has also been obsessed with money. People who otherwise might be nice enough become obsessed with getting their fair share, and god knows, horses are expensive so everyone wants a fair share.
Can’t speak for the rest of you, but I am crazy. I just happen to also be a horse person. Entirely coincidental.
I think anyone who’s obsessed about a sport or hobby is a little crazy, but, most people stop at a certain point. The real crazies don’t have any conscience, consideration or courtesy for anyone but themselves. I think some people are simply so self-centered that no one matters to them. I’ve met people who were obsessed with all kinds of things, but until it becomes public knowledge that they’re certifiable loons we can kind of ignore them. And I don’t think that a real whack job is going to be just a barn problem, but will be a problem for other people in every area of their lives-and we just see the barn problem not the total problem.
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Horsepeople crazy? -not so much. Real crazies I met are in the corporate world. The higher you go, the more crazier and deluded they seem to be. With horses, if you ride them enough, the horse will take you down a notch or two!:winkgrin:
This may be true, but horse people can be pretty crazy too. I know a BO who had about 60 horses and when anyone asked her what she did with them she was like “Oh! My goal is to get to 100!” wow…
Then again, everyone’s a little crazy in their own way… why shouldn’t we show our internal craziness around our horses? Better than, say, being a crazy who… doesn’t wear clothes in public places? lives with about 1000 cats for no reason (i love cats and would gladly have that many in my barn to keep down the mice… that’s a reason!), or… idk, randomly draw mustaches on people (yes, i know someone who does this!)
God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy.
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Yes, the world is full of crazy people. And what makes it worse is that sometimes even the ones you know and accept as crazy control freaks can surprise you by throwing you under the bus on an issue / at a time / for a reason you least expect. That truly sucks.
Too true.
And the “crazy control freaks” always look for someone else to blame when their plans go wrong.
To answer FP’s question, it’s because we ALL need love and companionship, and those who are too darned UNPLEASANT to be around that that they repel or drive away people and more mobile animals, like dogs and cats, turn to animals that you can keep confined. Although I wonder how many of their equines run through and jump fences/barns/shitty enclosures to get away ANYWAY…
Well I am crazy because who else would get up day in and day out at 5am in all weathers to worry about every little thing that my horses may or may not get into. And do this day in an day out along with all the associated chores of farm and horses. But this brand of crazy keeps me fit and since my horses aren’t complaining, I shall keep on! And yes, I’m very controlling with the horses.
But my brand of crazy stays with me. As I’ve aged I’ve realized I don’t need to apply my crazy to other people. I keep my mouth shut as long as no horses are being harmed.
And as I told my husband one time when he called me crazy. No honey, crazy cuts up your clothes into little shards, crazy starts screaming at the top of her lungs in the grocery store for no reason, crazy burns the house down because she loves to see the pretty flames dance, and finally crazy lurks around every dark corner and likes to watch you sleep with big wide glassy eyes. Then I say, does any of this sound like me. I got a no and wasn’t called crazy again. (insert smiley face here as mine have dissapeared!)
Terri
