I have a story that combines family w/ husband's friends, showing that the combination is worse than either world alone: last autumn was beautiful, so everyone came to visit us every weekend. if I wanted to ride, I had to deal with it (ie ATVs in the woods). My sister was visiting along w/ her...
Wouldn't it be great if more people could understand that, just because you own horses, that does not give other folks license to bring their little kids over to plop on the back of one of your horses!
I'm not popular with relatives nor with some would-be friends as a result.
All horses are...