Dragging My Husband to the Golf Course

@paigea (36316)
Canada
June 3, 2020 12:25pm CST
Right now the nearby golf course has a special on Monday and Tuesday. It costs $12 for 12 holes. On Monday, I cleaned up my clubs and golf bag as they have been sitting in the shed for 2 years! I told Hubby about the deal. I told him I wanted to go. So many places are closed and it is easy to physically distance from others at the golf course. On Tuesday morning he was very reluctant. His feet would hurt if he walked that far. He was not interested in spending $30 on a cart. I said I did not want to drag him there, I could cycle or paddle, or walk by myself. Finally, suddenly, he said, "Let's go!" Luckily, it's easy to get a Tee time there. Off we went. Now he says we should do that twice a week! But he may decide to get a cart next time. Are you ever glad you did something when you had really just felt like staying home?
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@JudyEv (341742)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Jun 20
Yes, many times I've been glad someone has talked me into something I thought I didn't want to do.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
4 Jun 20
Luckily he was glad in the end. Or the evening might have been tense
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@JudyEv (341742)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Jun 20
@paigea Tense evenings aren't good!
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
5 Jun 20
@JudyEv We have a big house
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
4 Jun 20
It happened so many times, I was reluctant and finally I enjoyed so much.
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
4 Jun 20
@paigea I am fighting with errors, it takes so long to reply to the notifications and read new posts that I decided not to post for the moment.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
4 Jun 20
I guess it happens to everyone. I often need to be coaxed to go places.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
4 Jun 20
Are you no longer making new posts?
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@snowy22315 (181948)
• United States
4 Jun 20
I am glad he went. Sometimes people have to be encourage dto do things that are good for them.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
4 Jun 20
Yes, glad he finally agreed.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
4 Jun 20
Not my idea of fun, but glad that your Hubby enjoyed it and wants to get back into it twice a week!
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
4 Jun 20
I will be surprised if we even go once a week. But it is nice to go occasionally. Outside, physically distanced and close to home.
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@NJChicaa (120054)
• United States
3 Jun 20
I feel that way every time I go to the gym
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
3 Jun 20
I will never drag myself to the gym. Glad we didn't get a cart though, I need exercise.
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@thelme55 (77168)
• Germany
3 Jun 20
I am glad he likes it after all.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
3 Jun 20
He golfed well, so he enjoyed it.
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• China
5 Jun 20
You finally talked him round and at least he didn't say "I would have been better off staying at home"
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
5 Jun 20
Yes. And believe me, that has happened before!
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@RebeccasFarm (90295)
• Arvada, Colorado
12 Jun 20
Yes all the time most days when I go walking Paige. I have always wanted to try my hand at golf.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
13 Jun 20
That is good that you make yourself go walking!
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
3 Jun 20
You would have a hard time trying to convince my husband and I to go play golf, not just our thing.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
3 Jun 20
Nice to get out and do something.
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@GreatMartin (23672)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
4 Jun 20
I am just as happy doing nothign as I am doing something but, sorry, golf is not my 'thing'!
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
4 Jun 20
It was nice to leave our seclusion and see people, just to wave to. And get some exercise that wasn't yard work.
@moffittjc (121656)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Jun 20
That's great that you got to go golfing. But why only 12 holes? A course is either 9 or 18 holes, so it just seemed odd to me to only play 12. There have been handfuls of times when I didn't want to do something, but was dragged kicking and screaming to do it anyway. And I ended up having a great time in almost all instances.
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@moffittjc (121656)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Jun 20
@paigea You can't argue with a dollar per hole. That is a fantastic deal. If that deal was offered here at any of our courses, and I had the time, I would be out playing every day!
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
7 Jun 20
@moffittjc My parents would have also. We are "social golfers". This course is good for us to practice a couple times per year so we can occasionally golf okay with the real golfers And where they golf is not $26!
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
7 Jun 20
It is just a special deal. Regular for 9 holes is $26. Monday and Tuesday It is $12 for 9 holes and they give you 3 extra holes to make it $1 a hole. You start on 7 or 12 which kind of didn't make sense and meant extra walking for Hubby
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• Midland, Michigan
5 Jun 20
Yes and I understand about the hubby not wanting to walk very far. I didn't know you golfed too. Both of the courses in our city for flooded and I don't know if they are open again yet although I no longer see the mid so maybe they are.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
5 Jun 20
Flooding! Yikes. We golf occasionally. My family all golfed but I call myself a social golfer. Mostly I just golfed to get together with family. Now we don't do that any more but Hubby and I golf now and then.
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
6 Jun 20
Our CC club is still closed, so no golf for us. I did have a good time doing things on the spur of the moment. Usually I am the instigator.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
7 Jun 20
@paigea I hear ya!
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
7 Jun 20
Golf courses are open, with restrictions/distancing. It is a little country golf course with no crowd. Barely got close enough to even wave at people. Golf and home before we need the bathroom!
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@Dena91 (16692)
• United States
3 Jun 20
Glad he finally gave in and went. Yes I have been that way before, reluctant than thankful.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
3 Jun 20
I suppose I have been too. Mostly thankful that I talked myself into going for a walk or something.
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