dirtypool40 Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 I thought I already posted this, but this is as good a place as any. Back in April I had been dating a girl who had a hard time with my being gone every Saturday to shoot. Finally I invited her out; it was the first Springfield Action Challenge in Orlando. I gave her directions and planned to meet her around noon, figuring to spare her the boring sign up and tedious walkthrough. It's just a fun match borrowing Springfield's gun, but it's a nice, easy to understand intro into the sport, even for spectators. We shot, she didn't show, we shot some more she didn't show, on and on. I am the next shooter on deck for our final stage before we break for lunch and a TGO DEMO, she is nowhere to be seen. They stop the match for a little break and to watch ROBBIE shoot, and NOW she shows up. "Hey, baby, awww I didn't get to see you shoot, well let's watch this guy". Robbie burns the place to the ground, 1.6 bills from carry holster with a compact XD, just ripping .80 draws, really impressive. She has never seen this stuff before, and has no frame of reference, but this is a good intro.....so I think. Now we go back to shooting and with TGO as her reference my new girlfriend watches me run the next stage. She greets me with a really sympathetic smile and hug after my run, and says "That was great honey, you tried really hard." DAMNIT!!! I am an IPSC Master class guy, I can shoot a little, honest!! I was High Overall at the match and won a gun for my Dad, but this chick thinks I'm a charity case!!! It's hysterical looking back, and I figured if I can't laugh at myself, at least I'd give all of you a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Ok...now that I've gotten off the ground from laughing so hard ( ) that is probably the worst case of bad timing I've ever heard. I feel for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 maybe you and she aren't ment to be... Or you can just grin and tough it out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 DAMNIT!!! I am an IPSC Master class guy, I can shoot a little, honest!!I was High Overall at the match and won a gun for my Dad, but this chick thinks I'm a charity case!!! It's hysterical looking back, and I figured if I can't laugh at myself, at least I'd give all of you a chance. I have just a tiny bit of sympathy for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Great! Now, all you have to do is beat TGO at his own game to gain your girlfriend's consideration ... You'd better try and have her comfort you after each match, at least this would be pleasant . But, for god's sake, don't you ever try any of Rhino's tricks while shooting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 This was in April. Are you two still together ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkbrd Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Ha Ha Ha now you know why I don't bring my wife to the matches, she would have to see me shoot against the likes of you and Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted December 9, 2003 Author Share Posted December 9, 2003 No Garfield, we are not still together, but shooting was not a big factor in it, my traveling all the time and her working nights 80 miles away was a little more hard to fix. Oh well, makes for a funny story. Blackbird, you need to quit "slow walking" us; you nearly wooped me last weekend with your skinny gun!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkbrd Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 I don't want to shoot my skinny gun, I have to, WAAA I want my limited back. At this rate I will be shooting a singlestack at the Open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherErik Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 I think the moderators should move this topic to the humor forum. I dont like when my wife comes to the matches. Im preoccupied wondering if she is comfortable rather than concentrating on my shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 My wife never went to matches with me for the same reason that she did not go deer hunting with me...conversely for the same reasons I did not go with her to decorative painting and other "chic" stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 My wife shoots/goes to matches with me pretty often. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 John If it makes you happy, good deal...just didn't work for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liota Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 TL, I thought shooting WAS "chick" stuff. All my female friends do it. Do I have to learn to cook now??? Boy, even I don't want to think of those experiments. Trust me, neither does Wakal. He dreads the day when I say, "Honey, Guess what's for dinner!" L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 I thought shooting WAS "chick" stuff. All my female friends do it. So do you have a lot of chick shooters where you live, or do you just have very few friends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 Liota Obviously, you and the other women who post here are special women in many regards, shooting is just one of them. Didn't mean that chics don't shoot, just that my ex didn't. Turning from shooting to cooking. You should try it, it is fun, very creative, and occasionally you get something good to eat. Sorry, I just have not met many women who enjoyed shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 "Sorry, I just have not met many women who enjoyed shooting." Nor have I...and I have been looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liota Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 TLoop, Just picking on you. Don't mind me. Liota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 My GF started shooting IPSC a couple months ago. She'd been shooting steel occasionally for a year or so before that, starting with a .22. It's very cool although now I get to clean more guns, reload more ammo and keep more guns running at the same time.. At least both of us being lefties, she can use my spare gear. In most every case I know, the trick is finding the right girl, then convincing her to go to the range. Looking around once you're at the range is less productive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooter Grrl Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 So do you have a lot of chick shooters where you live, or do you just have very few friends? Bad Rhino... Very Very Bad! 50 lashes with an uncooked noodle ( a wet one would be too good for the likes of you ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 "Sorry, I just have not met many women who enjoyed shooting." Oh, we're OUT here, just in the minority from the looks of it. But we're a rare and exotic breed--to be cultivated and sucked up to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Rare and exotic, I'll buy that. Sucked up to...I don't know about that. But anyone with a forum name of VixZen...be afwaid, be vewy,vewy,afwaid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 Bad Rhino... Very Very Bad! Apparently, while you were gone, there was no one to monitor my behavior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus The Bum Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 My gal has just accepted the fact that from 9am to 3pm EVERY Saturday is MY time. She has 6 days/18 hours a week to do with me what she wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 Such a deal she got..... Now if she decided to shoot, too, she'd have the whole package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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