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horse and horse owner steriotypes/ names

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#1 ·
okay i hate every steriotype about horses and thier owners!
when im at school i am the horse humper, or the rich girl that has horses ( lol ya right!!) and blah blah blah. when im riding english i hear the western steriotypes vice versa, when im riding western its the english! my pony is an off the track part TB gelding well who knows how i control him, with that TB in him! uh no people!! gees! what is with all these steriotypes?

what kind of steriotypes or names do you guys get called? i cant be the only one!!
 
#3 ·
exactly! its aweful some of the things people come up with! i also train dogs and breed my labs and theres all sorts of things and sayings people come up with for be that have the word b**** in them!!
 
#4 ·
Ignore it. It is only fun for them because they get a reaction out of you. If you let it roll off you like water rolls off a duck, then it doesn't become as fun anymore.

Or become wittier/sarcastic. "Like I haven't heard that before*laughing*" "You're just jealous I can control 1200(ie) pounds of horse flesh, and you can't handle 100 pounds of boyfriend".
 
#6 ·
Ignore it. It is only fun for them because they get a reaction out of you. If you let it roll off you like water rolls off a duck, then it doesn't become as fun anymore.

Or become wittier/sarcastic. "Like I haven't heard that before*laughing*" "You're just jealous I can control 1200(ie) pounds of horse flesh, and you can't handle 100 pounds of boyfriend".
Thats what everyone says.. at my school it doesnt work.. this has been going on since yr 7.. im in yr 10 now and it just gets worse
 
#7 ·
I agree with Velvet. Just ignore it. I grew up in a ranching community, so if you DIDN'T have horses, you were made fun of. :-p Also, surround yourself with people who share common interests. Right now, two of my closest friends both have horses (one of them boards at the same stable I do). We can talk horse stuff and especially when we get talking about how my training Aires is going, everyone around us has no clue what we're talking about and THEY feel like the dumb ones.
 
#9 ·
Ooooh! Yeah, I know how that goes. :-/ The barn I used to work at turned that way (got very catty and the BO started talking behind my back and another boarder's back about us and saying not very nice things at all...especially considering I worked for her for two years without any kind of pay at all). :-(
 
#11 ·
I used to think my friend knew quite a bit about horses and riding and such. Now I've come to discount more than half of what she said. For example, she said that trail riding in an English saddle with hurt a horse's back.
 
#12 ·
ya i tried to ignore it until one of the boys got a pic of sable and i and put it up arund the school saying...
WANTED: horse humper runs lose in the halls of Cent secondary... - THAT ruined my life for my grade 8 year!!!! i wanted to put him on sable, on the lounge bareback and set sable off at a trot and c whos the horse humper then!!!!
and ohh ya i've heard about drama at the barn!! it can be nasty! im lucky we have property to keep our ponies on!!
and everyone says wow u have horses you must be loaded or there goes the snooty little rich kid with the horses... umm people you try paying for one horse for a year and see!! god some people r stupid like i get that its not thier fault they've never been introduced to the wonderful ( aka expensive) world of owning and showing horses but still!!
 
#15 ·
yep, in school i was always getting innapropriate comments or gestures. at first it bothered me and made me self conscience... until i realized it doesnt matter what anyone else thinks.
its no different than having a passion for football or something, only you're more unique.
as for insults i've learned to turn them around. like 'hell yea i can riiide!' or 'why yes, there are 16 hands between my legs'. just learn to laugh with them and they'll be the fool.
also, since when is it an insult to be rich??
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#16 ·
ya i do really try! but sometimes its hard! oh and it woudnt be an insult if we were actually rich, we arnt even close. Gee if i was rich and people talked like that i wouldnt have a care in the world but since we're no where close its hard when people assume that if you have horses you're rich. it takes a lot of work (i was forced to get a full time job at the age of 14) to be able to pay for feed and vet bills. so no its not a insult in anyway at all!!!!
 
#17 ·
Our schools got shuffled last year so all of us that live in the country had to go to the big high school in town. At first there were quite a few jokes but then they realized that there was almost more of us than there were of them so they stopped. Just stick with other 'horsey' people and you'll be fine! Be proud that you have a connection with horses and that your not stuck on a couch playing video games in your free time... With horses there's no such thing as free time :p
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#18 ·
Our schools got shuffled last year so all of us that live in the country had to go to the big high school in town. At first there were quite a few jokes but then they realized that there was almost more of us than there were of them so they stopped. Just stick with other 'horsey' people and you'll be fine! Be proud that you have a connection with horses and that your not stuck on a couch playing video games in your free time... With horses there's no such thing as free time :p
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there is a lot of truth to that!! and i do try and ill keep trying!! thank you!
 
#19 ·
There are alot of people who would do anything to have a horse but can't afford it, and I think the "rich girl" comments come from jealousy/envy or actual sadness. I live on ramen noodles & spaghettios so that my horses can eat like royalty. Some people think they can't afford a horse when in reality, a horse just isn't as important to them as being able to go to the mall, pay for a seat at a movie theater, or even to eat properly or go to the doctor/dentist just for a checkup. There are lots of people who give up all of those things in order to have horses, because horses are worth more to them than all of those other things. So when people give me "rich girl" comments, I tell them what I ate (if anything) so far that day, so that they know exactly how much I've given up to have horses of my own.

As to the "horse humper" comments... That is just immature banter. I'd give them a disgusted look and just not say anything, and they will end up feeling gross, lol.
 
#20 ·
ya today a boy came up to me and was like wow you ride? and im like yeup i do!! then hes like wow your so lucky, i wish etc. he even got me to tell him about all our horses and ponies and such! it was such a relief. he even asked for my email and said that we should become friends and i should teach him how to ride. it was awesome, just like when my boyfriend asked me to teach him. i was so happy all day long!!!
 
#21 ·
People USED to say that just because i am a girl that i can't handle a stallion properly. I own a stallion and he is very well mannered, he dislikes men with a passion, and i have no problems handling him. People always asume that girls are weaklings. I never listened, often i beat the people who said that at horse shows. Don't listen to them.
 
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