I asked her first, would never deliberately do anything to embarrass her or hurt her feelings. She said a few more won't hurt, she's already been in some news and magazine articles. Won't be pictures or talk of the ex. I try to be polite and respectful with the ladies, and never tell them what I really think.

 

My first wife and I have been split well over 30 yrs , my daughter still calls me regularly about the tantrums and get even games my ex still dreams up & goes on about . I'm waiting her out so I can **** on her headstone .

No love loss ............

 

That is very cool of you to acknowledge your wife as you do. You can tell there is alot of respect there. And, I gotta agree that confidence in your abilities can affect you in a positive way. When you feel good about yourself, it shows in everything you do. I really admire her for that trip she made solo! I think I've been on the road you describe she was on.

My husband doesn't really like me to go out solo on my bike. If there is somewhere I want to go, he usually goes with me. Usually, I just ride on the weekends with him or in the summertime I'll ride to work, but that's just short distance now. When I do venture out alone on my bike to go pick something up in town, I usually will get "chatted up" by a few guys. Are they hitting on me? I'm not sure, maybe some are. Usually just a casual "nice bike", "how long have you been riding?", etc... comments. I'll chat while putting on my jacket/helmet and off I go.

 

I get along even better with mine now, but then we don't cross paths often. As divorces go, it was pretty amicable, but I wouldn't call it enjoyable by any means. And it won't happen again.

 

Was on good terms with my second for a long time , we still bumped uglies for 10 years after whenever I was in town . Too bad the booze took her down the rabbit hole .

 

Yeah, some guys are probably hitting on you, but a lot of us just enjoy conversation with a lady that looks like she can take care of herself (if you're on a Harley, that's just assumed); even a lot of guys can't do that very well any more. I'd probably talk to a lot more ladies than I do, but I don't want them thinking I'm hitting on them, so I usually let them start the conversation, if there's going to be one. Was getting on my sportster one day and a lady parked next to me on a really sharp looking sportster; I looked her bike over, she gave mine a long look, glanced at me, and walked into the store. Never a word, but that's usually the way it is for me. I enjoy a friendly moment with about anyone, with no intention of more than that, but just getting harder in today's society to have one with a lady. Or maybe it always was and I've finally grown up enough to realize it.

 

I would have at least said "nice bike" or something like that. I am in a small town and everybody says "Hi" to everybody, so I guess I'm just used to that. I don't just assume someone wants something from me if they start a casual conversation. Happens all the time around here. (I guess I do understand though, we came from a metro area and were amazed when we first moved here and everybody was waving at us. It was like, who was that? Now we are the ones waving and saying "Hi" to complete strangers.)

 

The best revenge - "Ha, ha, you're dead and I'm not!"