October 9, 2015 
1. Your horse was technically your first love.
Having a better relationship with my horse than I've ever had with a guy #GrowingUpEquestrian
— Shay (@Shay_Shay81497) August 2, 2015
2. And your personal belongings, a billboard to express that love.
#GrowingUpEquestrian this was your background on every computer throughout childhood
3. Which drove you to acquire some odd, but totally understandable, preferences.
#GrowingUpEquestrian @FiskPiper – I love the smell of horse poop" pic.twitter.com/E6a2RZxAZy
— Mindy Bright (@Mindy_Bright_) July 20, 2015
4. At first, your parents were kind of perplexed.
#GrowingUpEquestrian the non horsey parents pic.twitter.com/5mmQCIJDKq
— Julia F (@mysignaturem0ve) July 22, 2015
5. Followed shortly by…
#GrowingUpEquestrian
parents: "can you think about doing a less exspensive sport honey?"— val (@valerie_smith26) July 20, 2015
6. So you learned to channel all available funds appropriately.
getting money for your birthday and going straight to the tack store #growingupequestrian
— Emily Ford (@eford145) July 23, 2015
7. And, after a while, your parents just went with it.
*is 16 years old*
*rides English*Christmas morning: pic.twitter.com/Kth00x3vTj
— I Tweet Horse Shit (@ITweetHorseShit) July 20, 2015
8. While your friends were doing their nails, you were ruining yours.
#GrowingUpEquestrian Getting your hairnet caught on a hangnail. :/
— Isabelle (@izzycrider) August 18, 2015
9. You started working on your farmer’s tan before you even knew what a farmer’s tan was.
"how do you wear jeans in summer when it's so hot out" #GrowingUpEquestrian
— senakay• (@senakaysaniaaa) August 8, 2015
10. (It’s now a lighter shade of paste.)
Someone else probably posted this already but #GrowingUpEquestrian pic.twitter.com/Zdm1wgZbXc
— blaze jumper (@everytingrider) July 23, 2015
11. Sometimes that made things awkward and/or confusing.
#growingupequestrian never knowing what to wear when you have to go somewhere other than the barn
— taylor jensen (@taylorjenss_14) July 30, 2015
12. You OBSESSED over equitation.
#growingupequestrian Criticizing the seat and form of any and every horseback rider in a movie
— Danielle Ferrandino (@dferrandino625) August 5, 2015
13. You got more excited about dressing up your horse’s Halloween costume than your own.
#GrowingUpEquestrian you put ridiculous costumes on your horses for Halloween and hope you won't die pic.twitter.com/5gSQdAIDIN
— mz voldemort (@mozophia) July 24, 2015
14. You realized early in life that things almost never go to plan.
Horse goes perfect at home, goes to show and thinks it's acceptable to rear and not have brakes #growingupequestrian
— Alex (@alex_bavey) August 7, 2015
15. Because the pony hunters wait for no one.
#GrowingUpEquestrian going to shows instead of parties on your weekends
— Laura D'Aquino (@LDaquino19) July 28, 2015
16. And anyway your “normal” friends just didn’t get it.
#GrowingUpEquestrian
Having to explain to friends that you're participating in horse shows not races pic.twitter.com/4Nf5Lyrdx3— Equestrian Struggles (@SaddleProblems) July 22, 2015
17. Or you.
#GrowingUpEquestrian when your school friends try and tell you that their sport interferes with their social life. pic.twitter.com/L0qePLC1v4
— Emma Andrew (@emmajane3113) July 21, 2015
18. Because seriously, there’s no excuse for bad equitation. Ever.
#GrowingUpEquestrian breaking the feet on all your Barbie dolls so they could ride with their heels down.
— Suitable Turnout (@SuitableTurnout) July 20, 2015
