<BR>My husband would love to learn to fly. We saw an ad on TV the other night about how becoming a pilot is becoming more affordable. There's some flight schools just an hour from here. <P>My husband saw that and began talking about how great it would be to fly himself to and from his business trips. How much less time it would take and all that. <P>He kept asking me, "Whadduya think, whadduya think?" I refused to comment, but he knows what I think. It's terrifies me! <P>My question has do with supporting him in this dream (his dad was an AF pilot) with parameters, "Do it yourself, don't involve me or the kids! Take out more life insurance." <P>Whatever...OR, actually participating in it, by buying him lessons for his 35th birthday coming up in December?<P>He knows quite a few business associates that fly small planes and he'd really like to have that opportunity. <P>Last year I bought him a helmet (helmut?) before he got his motorcycle as a way of showing support of his desire to have one. He had been holding off, but commented to me that he guessed he had my "permission" now. So a month later he bought his motorcycle. <P>It's turned out okay (motorcycle)...but what I am really worried about, with his becoming a pilot is that I KNOW he would began hassling me to go up with him, and he'd want to take the kids up too. He went up with his dad several times when he was little and thinks nothing of it. <P>He'd love it even more to combine this sort of thing with "recreational companionship" with me at his side. <P>Anyone deal with this type of thing and how did you / are you handling it?<BR>

My answer would be to support his dream. We all have them and what a great way to show him you love him. If you don't support this dream he may start to resent you. Life can get awful dull if you don't take chances. <P>I wish my H would be adventerouse like that. I think that is what he needs instead of dating OW for a exciting hobby.<P>Jill