Although you might have to put up with their strange behaviors, time warps, and other things that you won't understand... you can definitely benefit from their skating because it's their therapy. If you've had a fight, something bad has happened in your lives, or they are just distracted and not acting like themselves... skating is the cure. In the 12 years that I've been with my rollerblader so much has happened, everyone has their way of dealing with the good and the bad, and this has definitely helped out in so many ways.
If they say they need to skate. They truly do. Let them go. If you're having an argument and it's clear there is going to be no solution and you're looking at them wanting some kind of closure with the bull shit and they say "I'm fine, I think I wanna skate." Encourage them to go, as long as you are willing to drop the great debate, when they return everything will be different. I promise. The worst case scenario, they've busted some body part but still the focus is off the nonsense.
The same holds true for when life happens, things aren't always easy, bad things happen to good people, and it's impossible to always spew sunshine and rainbows. If something bad happens or something has them distracted and your normal antics aren't making them smile, encourage them to skate. Sometimes they'll say I don't know, don't know if anyone can skate, encourage them to put a status update on facebook, have a practice rail session... anything you can do to encourage them to strap on those skates and have a therapy session.
You might be the most important person in their lives but skating is the most important thing for so many reasons... many of them you won't understand but you will learn to appreciate it.
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