Something weird just happened...
The war office started to bang on about the week ahead and I said "hang on" and opened up sea breeze. Then said "go on", I'm listening. ( well sort of)
Anyhow two things I noticed .
1. Opening up sea breeze was an instinctive reaction to the impending barrage of instructions.
2. She did not even flinch and seemed to accept this is just normal behavior.
Tell me it's normal behavior??
It is perfectly normal. Along with having a backup list of excuses as to why I am busy when the swell or wind could be up days in advance.
And it is completely safe as it is as innocent as checking the weather for the plans 
Lucky she can't read the graphs to catch me out.
But she does tend to notice when I sound like a slow person on the phone while I read the graph just going 'yep/yeh/mmm/i know/ok'.
My wife refers to SeaBreeze as "kite porn" cause i allways close the page when she walks in.
I have a newborn and if I even get caught looking at the Graphs I get called all sorts of selfish names.....
What about the baby.... blah blah blah
"You complain about being tired after work but you still manage to get a Kite in". blah blah blah
if wives are so annoying why do people have them? is breeding really that important?
I take it you are not married. If you are or do, you will ask this question many times.
Must admit I have done better than most my mates, she understands ( I think) the compulsive need to kite or surf.
But annoying, yes
just who wears the pants in your household. I go kiting/mtb/racing/drinking with mates when i want, where i want........assuming i have vacuumed the house, mowed the lawn, done the trash, washed up ...... 
My wife is still coming to grips (after 6 years of kiting) that i go kiting when the wind is there. at whatever time that is. she usually wants 2 go shopping or some other non weather related thing right in the middle of when the wind is best.
I'm probably up to 1000 of these conversations. "but you can go shopping at any time in the day! best wind tide combo is 2.30-4.30"
Luckily for me i'm organised and state the times on the weekend i'd like to kite well in advance. she decides on saturday at 2.00 that shopping is required instancly...
"oops sorry booked my window in on thursday, See you at 4.30"... hehehe...
but it does back fire on me when the forecast is wrong. i can be looking out at perfect wind looking after the kids while the missis buys shoes and then race to the beach to find the wind is now crappola.... oh well you cant wind them all.
I always laugh when i read this kind of thing with blokes whining about inflexible wives .WTF ,WHY DID YOU MARRY THEM .YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY INCOMPATIBLE
(or DOS)
I love it, women trying to change blokes is sooooo true!
I got told the other day
"I knew you liked to have a drink, have fun with your mates, and smoke relaxation substances at times but after 11 years I thought you would grow out of it"
I thought to myself ...."why?"
l never said I would change.
However she is always saying she is going to lose weight but let me see the reaction if I expect her to!!!
Great relationship advise! Only been married a month so better start taking notes.
At the moment though my surfing mates are giving me more grief for passing up a surf to go kiting. Family get togethers are put on hold until I know what the weather is doing.
Sounds like it is becoming an unhealthy addiction.
Ok, stop all the complaining. Here's some advice from someone who's happily married and gets to kite pretty often.
Get all the big jobs done over winter - paint the lounge room, build the pergola, pave the driveway. In other words build browny points in the off season. That way you get to enjoy the summer winds without stress.
It's also a good idea, if you can, to have winter holidays with the wife doing stuff you both enjoy. Go hiking in the mountains, family BBQ's, bicycle riding in the park - all good winter persuits for couples. Summer holidays should be beachside, no excuse, that way kiting is an afternoon option.
Get the kids into kiting as well. That way it's quality time with dad every windy day.
