 Poster: A snowHead
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Big Paua, I'm not complaining - these guys are far more interesting than your average desk jockey whose primary focus seems to be making more money to get into more debt. And I like the unshaven mountain man look. I'm in frikkin' paradise! Now, if only I could speak the language without inadvertently extending invitations for sexual favours instead of lunch...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Corduroy, Book a lovely hotel in a beautiful resort in a town with stuff to do,(shopping?) with a spa and childcare and make it at Easter when the sun is shining so it's acceptable to sunbathe and she might feel differently. Certainly try Esprit - the dinner parties are amazing (I'm lucky I can remember them!) and you can go and ski - join a class or a guided group.
Go with friends?
Try Sol y Nieve (?) - ski in the morning and seaside after lunch is I think the routine there.
Don't give up.
Just don't complain about being bored on a beach all day when it's her turn to choose!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Corduroy, take her here: http://www.aqua-dome.at/en
They will also shuttle you to either Hoch Oetz or the Soelden ski area each day.
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she doesn't want to go skiing! If someone was trying to persuade me to go on a cruise, it wouldn't matter how lovely they assured me it was going to be, I wouldn't go!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Corduroy, Have you considered fixing yourself up with a 'chalet bride' ? Perfect unless you get found out. Then you might as well sign off from here because the alimony will rule out skiing.
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Corduroy, you think you've got it tough.
One of my ski mates is just getting his teeth into the off piste, so I could usually rely on him to share the cost of a guide, car hire etc.
But, he's getting married this year and the new wife to be has already put the veto on him skiing last year and this year.
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| pam w wrote: |
| she doesn't want to go skiing! If someone was trying to persuade me to go on a cruise, it wouldn't matter how lovely they assured me it was going to be, I wouldn't go! |
Spa holiday for her, ski holiday for him, as above...
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I think i am going to have to go solo in future. No amount of persuasion is going to budge her....she just doesn't want to go again.
I think once a year will work but i need three times at least!
I have started looking at single rooms but boy are they expensive and i really don't want to share with a bloke i met on the internet. Im sure most hook ups are all fine but it does bother me a little.
None of my friends ski.
I have looked at resorts that offer more than skiing but as i would be on the slopes all day she really doesn't see the point in her going if we are not holidaying together....i see her point.
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i really don't want to share with a bloke i met on the internet
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Can understand that.  Go UCPA, in a dorm room. There's safety in numbers.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Corduroy, single rooms (and/or low sole use supplements) are much more common and affordable in Austria and Italy.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| fixx wrote: |
Bloody hell, reading these threads makes me agree with my friends for once, how the hell am I single?!
I want a man (boyfriend please, no husbands – too much effort apparently ) who:
- Loves skiing and is willing to go every weekend, and every day off in winter (boarders are acceptable, as long as they don’t need towing too much!)
- Pays his own way 
- Is willing to watch rugby and F1, and discuss them in depth – or stay quiet and not complain when I’m watching! Willingness to attend actual races is a bonus.
- Doesn’t like soccer, or at least will never ever expect me to watch it
- Will fully partake in après including copious amounts of beer, wine, shots, cocktails, dancing on tables and general merriment. Participation in summer versions also mandatory. Must be able to keep up – being outdrunk by a girl isn’t cool 
- Likes motorbikes, scuba diving, hiking, kayaking, cycling in the summer
- Loves live music and festivals
- Is house trained – ah, that would be the problem then! |
I call sex change!
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Haha! I'm also lifelong single and into skiing, motorbikes and rugby. But not the sort of woman any man would be interested in. C'est la vie!
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You know it makes sense.
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Corduroy, forget about the Rugby?!  But the 6 Nations starts this weekend! 
feef but if I lived in the UK I don’t quite earn enough to afford to ski every weekend from there, boo.
HeidiRhiannon maybe! Hopefully that’s just screening out the unsuitable ones though, I like a guy secure in his own musculinity And I don’t look like a tomboy!
RattytheSnowRat darn! So close I do have girls to go to F1 with though (3 of us got a few odd looks at Barcelona last year, wandering round the track in dresses, not a man in sight).
Zero-G, I’m off to Chamonix this weekend funnily enough! The goods can’t be any odder than Geneva surely?! Stubbly mountain men are definitely preferred over desk jockeys too. Any advice on bars showing the 6 Nations with suitable potential populations? Scandis preferred… Mmmm, scandis French are ok too, I can almost communicate after a drink or two…!
homers double, No.
Back to Corduroy’s problem – I agree with Miranda and many others that you don’t want everything in common, so go enjoy skiing without her, and give her a week to do whatever she wants to indulge herself in.
And Miranda I’m also crazy about nail art, nail painting, makeup etc – definitely don’t want a guy who shares my interest in any of that!!! 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| fixx wrote: |
| Zero-G, I’m off to Chamonix this weekend funnily enough! The goods can’t be any odder than Geneva surely?! Stubbly mountain men are definitely preferred over desk jockeys too. Any advice on bars showing the 6 Nations with suitable potential populations? Scandis preferred… Mmmm, scandis French are ok too, I can almost communicate after a drink or two…! |
I avoid bars that show sports matches (of any sort) like the plague, so can't help you with bars showing rugby. I'm not convinced that any bar showing rugby will be frequented by the Scandis. However, the South Bar in Cham Sud is reportedly a Scandi hangout but I've not seen a strong presence there. Try Chambre Neuf?
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Poster: A snowHead
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I like skiing, motorbikes and rugby and I've found a man Definitely not a tomboy either. There's hope.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| queen bodecia wrote: |
| Haha! I'm also lifelong single and into skiing, motorbikes and rugby. But not the sort of woman any man would be interested in. C'est la vie! |
They say there is someone for every one.... never say never.....unless ur an ilkeston lass.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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fixx, am I detecting a small measure of compromise possible? I do like cars I just fail somehow to see why a super prissy car (that I will never get into) and a super prissy midget driver with a super prissy humongous team of subservient techs garner quite as much attention as they do. I see more point in the Paris-Dakkar where it's a trial of man and machine and the reliability of both conquering treacherous nature, now THAT's a race. Or am I missing the point and it's the glamour of the whole thing you like? If so, I could def. get my head around watching Monaco from a yacht just at the point Button or Hamilton usually crash out after the tunnel - that works for me. Would it help if I said I'm sorting out three other (sort of) motorbikes and an old BMW at present?
Unfortuantely I am a desk jockey (although that may change soon). Tried various other things but what I do now requires a certain level of brain-work that keeps me off the streets, I get bored otherwise.
Corduroy, suggestions - first a Spa town with a furnicular to the slopes - plenty in France and Austria - she 'spas' all day in town, you ski and meet up early evening? Second - Lake Tahoe. I hesitate to suggest this but the situation is desperate. She can have a flutter on the Nevada side and make use of the myriad services that accompany the casinos (e.g. creches), you can ski. Prob. not a repeater (unless she wins big) but might get you an extra trip every three years or so. Last - summer skiing, e.g. Whistler/Tignes/etc. - go on a nice summer holiday somewhere there's an accessible glacier - she gets the sun and the fresh air, you can get the snow time, not ideal but 'beggers, etc'.
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It took me 20 years to get my husband to ski, absolutely loves it and on roughly 2 trips a year at present. He races motocross so that is our life March til November, sun, mud, floods and lots of good friends. Aside from that we both ride Ducati's and enjoy a bit of touring on those when the weather is good. Our 3 teenagers also ski with us some of he time. Life diesn't get much better than this.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Corduroy, 5 miles from Ilkeston. So that explains my singletondom.
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I've met fixx, if only I was 20 years younger
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feef but if I lived in the UK I don’t quite earn enough to afford to ski every weekend from there, boo.
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A very good point....
I hope to move to somewhere more alpine in about 10-15 years when my boy's old enough to look after himself... bit long to wait I'd expect
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queen bodecia, Sis lives in Ilkeston, im down the road in Beeston.
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| Zero-G wrote: |
| Oh and there's a saying here: the odds are good but the goods are odd. |
that's Alaska
not Cham
I had been going out with my (now ) wife for a year or so ( I think) before we both discovered that we both really really loved skiing.
Now I just couldn't imagine having a "no mountains , no adventures" spouse.
I think this is something a lot of snowheads have to get to grips with. You see it in the "where can I go with a non-skiing wife" threads- I yearn to say - "the divorce court"
pam w- what do you think?- you are the sage of snow heads- if only I was 20 years older..........
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pam w- what do you think?
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what do I think about what, ed123?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Mosha Marc wrote: |
But, he's getting married this year and the new wife to be has already put the veto on him skiing last year and this year.
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Hang on - why would a skier marry someone like this? No matter how big the norks he'll probably have access to them vetoed in due course.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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You know it makes sense.
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| ed123 wrote: |
| Zero-G wrote: |
| Oh and there's a saying here: the odds are good but the goods are odd. |
that's Alaska
not Cham |
You've obviously never dated Chamonix men. It definitely applies.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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pam w, That came from the heart.
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Poster: A snowHead
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But the woman speaks sense!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Zero-G, Well yes . . . but then I am semi-housebroken in doing my own housework, laundry, cooking etc.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| pam w wrote: |
| But it also infuriates me when men ask on SHs for advice about child-care on holiday, or activities for their wives to do with small kids, when they have apparently never been left in sole charge of the kids even for a day and have no intention of taking their fair share. |
Just for future reference.. when I ask about childcare on a skiing holiday next season, it's because I'm a single dad and easily do my fair share, but would like to get some turns in on my own while the wee man is in a creche/ski-school/kindergarten/whatever. Don't go tarring us all with the same brush!
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Don't go tarring us all with the same brush!
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I didn't, as the words you have quoted made quite clear.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Claude B, aw shucks 
pam w, totally agree – but I do think some women bring it on themselves. I don’t get why they don’t agree how childcare will be shared before pro-creating/birth etc, and make sure both parents do their fair share. Of course some women want to do it all themselves (which is unfair on quite a few men who would like to be more involved IMHO), but I do get the impression that there are a lot of women who don’t like how things are in their household, but would much rather complain about it than actually change things.
Anyway, if one person wants a ski holiday, and the other doesn’t, the sensible option is both agree a budget, they do their own thing and cover for each other while the other is off doing it. Two happy people in a couple, with lots to talk about with their partner when they get back
As for me, I’m happy to date a guy who doesn’t like snow holidays – as long as he doesn’t expect me to give them up for him. Same with watching rugby, F1 etc – as long as he doesn’t try to talk to me while they’re on, object to me spending my own money travelling, or say anything about me heading off to the pub without him but with a large group of other guys, no problem
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| fixx wrote: |
| As for me, I’m happy to date a guy who doesn’t like snow holidays – as long as he doesn’t expect me to give them up for him. |
Good plan... until you decide (out of the blue, apparently) to do a season 
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Claude B, aw shucks
pam w, totally agree – but I do think some women bring it on themselves. I don’t get why they don’t agree how childcare will be shared before pro-creating/birth etc, and make sure both parents do their fair share. Of course some women want to do it all themselves (which is unfair on quite a few men who would like to be more involved IMHO), but I do get the impression that there are a lot of women who don’t like how things are in their household, but would much rather complain about it than actually change things.
Anyway, if one person wants a ski holiday, and the other doesn’t, the sensible option is both agree a budget, they do their own thing and cover for each other while the other is off doing it. Two happy people in a couple, with lots to talk about with their partner when they get back
As for me, I’m happy to date a guy who doesn’t like snow holidays – as long as he doesn’t expect me to give them up for him. Same with watching rugby, F1 etc – as long as he doesn’t try to talk to me while they’re on, object to me spending my own money travelling, or say anything about me heading off to the pub without him but with a large group of other guys, no problem |
i think, even if you do get with a guy who wants to do all those things, it's still healthy to do your own thing within it. Go skiing with your own friends without him.. I've seen too many relationships fall apart, some of my own included, where you just do everything all the time... and even if they are things you're both interested in, it's always good to keep some time to yourself.
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fixx, Of course a real man will be predominantly interested in the true code of rugby and will think F1 is essentially a made up geek sport for those with a love of stats, engineering uber-geekery and heavily branded midgets.
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Anyway, if one person wants a ski holiday, and the other doesn’t, the sensible option is both agree a budget, they do their own thing and cover for each other while the other is off doing it.
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Absolutely - and that's really the only sensible way to do it. But if one of the partners doesn't want to holiday with friends, or on their own, doesn't want to ski AND isn't prepared to do other things during the day and enjoy the mountain atmosphere, then that's a bit selfish, IMV. On the other hand, wanting to do multiple holidays that a partner doesn't enjoy might also be rather selfish - for most couples with small children, even managing one or two holidays in the year is hard work. My daughter has two small kids so she knows a lot of other Mums - two of them have partners who have yet to spend even one night on their own with a child. I find that absolutely astonishing but as fixx says, it would be a bit odd to discover such a fundamental thing about somebody only after you decided to have kids with them.
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for a whole evening. 
), it's the 'blokes' we don't trust 