6 lessons...that is great...trust me. Now i am only commenting on your swing and i did not see the ball flight.....however, keep at it....the great part about golf is anyone can enjoy themselvs regardless of ability. It's all about expectations...there is that nasty word again. Obviously if you want to play in the masters one day, Golf will drive you crazy. Take your time and enjoy yourself, don't get too bent out of shape when you miss a couple of shots. FORE!!!!!
The kids and I hit a Mexican restaurant tonight. D5 always orders cheese quesedillas and refuses to try anything different. Then we went to an indoor putt putt, jungle gym and game place. D5 beat her brother in putt putt for the first time. She actually is doing pretty darn good - got a lot of 2's.
I wonder if I should try to get her to putt right handed (she is a lefty). My instructor recommended that at her age she should try to learn as a righty because gear for leftys is tougher pickings. I have had her hit as a righty on the driving range and she plays right hand violin, so I suppose we should be consistent. I will take her out to the practice putting greens at my golf course this Sunday (in addition to the driving range).
Tonight, as I was getting the kids ready for bed, S7 said that a person should not remarry after a D because the next M has a higher chance of ending in a D. I said "60 percent" and he acknowleged it. I told him I believed the number to be higher than first marriage because people dont learn from mistakes and improve themselves after the first marraige. He also said that one should not remarry right away after a D. Smart kid. All I can think of is he learned that from the "Kids Turn" classes. He also mentioned a little 3 year old girl that was in that class. He said that he felt sorry that her parents broke up when she was so young.
Glad I found your new thread. Sorry it took a bit, but I'm back now.
I'm also going to look at your videos tomorrow and see how the swing's progressed. As for the price of lessons, the range balls are always a good alternative, but the lessons are basically throwing away money unless you practice in between. I'm learning that one the hard way right now. Unfortunately for me, all my "practicing" has been in visualizing what my swing should be like and not hitting balls at the range.
In any event, I'm glad you are doing well and have your new thread. Your W's hesitance ("don't get your hopes up") isn't the best of signs, but could also be a defense mechanism of sorts for her. Keep focusing on what you want and see if W is making baby steps in progress.
Her actions will speak volumes for you. You may want to let her know that you'll judge her by what she does from now on. Just a thought.
Well, I'm off to bed after another draining cyber-beatdown from W, so I'm too bushed to see your swings tonight. I will get to them this weekend however, ok?
On my GAL, I was just looking at some video from my golf lessons and was quite impressed of how far I have come in a short time.
That's fantastic - Only six lessons, but how often do you play without instruction?
I need to start going to the driving range at lunch time. Once the weather is good of course. Never really done much with golf, so it might be fun to learn.
I try to get to the range to practice once or twice a week. I am heading out right now to do that and then get in a workout. One other GAL I might try today is something I read from a Forrest Gump post on soul_mate's thread - batting cages. I have done that a few times before in the 70 mph cage, but maybe I should try the slower one like Forrest suggests so as to kill the ball more.
This morning, D5 called W and talked. She then wanted to talk to OM and he got on the phone. I heard D5 call him daddy several times. That sure hurts. After she hung up, I asked her if she called OM daddy and she said she has 2 daddy's.
W just stopped by to pick up the kids for a haircut and the Cirque Du Soleil show. I will get them after they are done. I mentioned the OM "daddy" thing to W and she said that D5 lives in a fantasy. She said OM has told her that she only has one daddy - me. W gave a quick hug (no kiss because W has a bad cold) and they left.
One other thing... when W called that she was on the way over, she mentioned that she really liked a particular song that was playing in her car. It was "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens. It just happens that is on a CD collection of love song that I had made for W back when I was desperately pursuing her. It has a lot of songs that were a big part of our marriage.
Calling the man who is having an affair with your wife "daddy"? I sure don't understand why your W would encourage that. It'll just confuse D when that R fizzles and it's disrespectful to you. Man, that's cold.
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I went and picked the kids up as the show let out. The were wearing some really fancy clothes that OM bought them at Nordstroms today. W had on a brand new fur coat that I assume he bought her too. I get the feeling that he might see W slipping away and he is trying to impress her with his wallet. If this turns her more towards him, then I truely dont want her.
D5 said a funny thing at the Chinese restaurant tonight - "You and OM should have a race." I told her that the odds would be in my favor as I used to run track and cross country and I am 20 years younger than him.
I am sure that if the tables were turned, and I had a girlfriend that was acting so mother like with our kids, my W would blow her top. There would surely be a girl fight.
WOW!! The golf swing looks really good. In the 2nd video, you actually look like a golfer. I'm really, really impressed w/ your tempo b/c it is nice and smooth. That will only lead to consistent contact. I struggle w/ remembering that if I hit it solidly w/ good, clean contact, the ball goes farther than if I try to smash the crap out of it. Keep up the lessons, if you can afford to do so, b/c there is definite improvement.
As for your W, if she's still accepting nice gifts from OM, then she isn't ready to move forward w/ you. You two seem to need that talk you've mentioned, but I'm pretty sure hasn't happened yet. Do you have a time set up for your uninterrupted talk w/ W yet? The subject of the gifts will most likely need to be addressed there.
Thanks RTL, no time for the talk yet as W is really sick with a fever and I have the kids for 5 days. I am going to try and go to the range again today with the kids. I might even take them to try out the batting cages which I did yesterday.
I too find that if I try to smash the crap out of the ball that it very rarely has a clean contact. Best to just be smooth. The batting cages are where to put all you have into the swing.
