Azaruk Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 (edited) My significant other and I cache together. She is a fiercely independant woman who would prefer to have her own cache name. We obviously find caches together. The question is - is it acceptable practise for both of us to log finds individually, or should we register as a team? I only introduced her to the sport last weekend - instantly hooked on the sport!!!! Members of the geocaching fraternity -- please welcome yet another addict!!!! She hasn't registered yet, wants to wait and see what the consensus is to this post. Edited December 8, 2004 by Azaruk Link to comment
+Team Tigger International Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 (edited) Each to there own ! We cache as a couple , and we share a team name. I think you will find that some couples share the same Team name and others each carry there own individual id's. We think it is acceptable anyway you personally want to go with it ! Star Edited to add: Welcome to the addiction ! Edited December 7, 2004 by Team Tigger International Link to comment
+AuntieWeasel Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Oh, feel free to log separately, says I. Even if you do them all together. Link to comment
+bradandangela.com Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 We've been wondering about this too. I have already found some caches without my wife but I am just logging them anyway... she doesn't mind so far. There are also some that she isn't willing to do, like this past weekend when she didn't want to wade in knee deep water but I did it anyway. Link to comment
+briansnat Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 My wife and I have our own accounts. I know couples and entire families who log under one account. You can do it either way. Link to comment
+nfa Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Hi, I would certainly log them individually if you want. nfa-jamie Link to comment
+OzGuff Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Each member of the family has their own account. Each of us enjoys caching to a different degree and for different reasons. See if you can tell who is more addicted? OzGuff (40 years old) 1,024 finds OzMeg (10) 242 finds Tahu (7) 233 finds SWMBO (39) 36 finds Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 (edited) I recommend separate everything. Just be perpared for her to surpass your find count. Edited December 7, 2004 by BlueDeuce Link to comment
+bradandangela.com Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 We considered separate accounts, but since I will most likely do some without her, but she will most likely always be with me, she didn't really want a separate account. Besides, she would make me update her logs too if we were separate. Link to comment
+GrizzlyJohn Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 I don't wish it on you but I can see the day now when custody of the GC.com account becomes a pawn used by the divorce lawyers. "Yes you can have the car but I am keeping the geocaching account" "No most of those finds are really mine and I am not letting you have them" "Fine you can have two thirds of the finds but you have to pay for my premium membership until I get another team account with someone else." "OK but I want all of the finds and I will throw in the old yellow etrex." "Glad that is settled, now what are we going to do about the kids?" "Well I do have the latest version of Streets and Trips." "If it is the one with the GPS locator you have a deal." Link to comment
+Katydid & Miles Stone Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 I have thought about this same issue...whether or not MS and I should have separate accounts. We do go caching separately at times, especially when he goes at the crack of dawn, or pre-dawn but most often we go together. That is the key, I believe..."most often." Which way will you cache most often? If you think you will be together more often than not, than it IS easier to maintain one account (less logging). If you each want your own identity, then go separate. In our case, a single account does inflate the number slightly (as opposed to what each of us would have individually) so technically it would be "fairer" to have separate accounts, but it is, afterall, only a game. Also, consider if you will be hiding caches together... again, it is easier to manage one account. ~katydid Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 She hasn't registered yet, wants to wait and see what the consensus is to this post. Do what makes you two most comfortable. We cache as a couple. Lately though, Sissy has been wanting to do even longer, harder caches--sometimes several in one day! (I think she's secretly trying to kill me, or at least, it feels that way!) Well, this old fat man is digging in his heels and she has threatened to create her own account and go without me! Me, I like high risk micros and she loathes them. Maybe, seperate accounts would work out. ...but considering, the caches one likes and the other doesn't, one account might still make more sense. When I find them and log under the joint account, that'll mean she doesn't have to look at them anymore. Some might complain that artificially inflates the numbers, but if you consider a member of that team is the one that found it, then that should be fine. But if you guys like to hunt the same caches, but at different times, the only way to go is seperate accounts. In the end, it's what makes you most comfortable. Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 It's only inflating the numbers if you log a cache twice because both members of the team found it. If you decide to log as a team you get one smiley for each time a cache is found by the Team. I say create seperate accounts. That way as your caching history evoloves, and you may go on seperate hunts the numbers will be more accurate. If my SO was more interested in caching in the beginning I would have encouraged her to get her own account. Since she only goes out with me on occasion, and never on her own she has never bothered to log her finds online, but occasionally upon prompting will sign the log book for both of us. In return I occasionally go to the symphony or see a movie/play I don't want to. I'd rather eat spiderwebs and get muddy and tired. But in the end, don't listen to us, do what your hearts tell you is best for the two of you. Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 There are teams out there and individuals. It's whatever works best. With Individual names you can compete and flip each other crap in logs. That's always a little icing on the cake. With a Team there is less logging for both, but if you later find a cache that she already did...you shouldn't log it again. Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 ... but if you later find a cache that she already did...you shouldn't log it again. Not to put words in your mouth, but don't you mean to not log it as a find again? You can log a note just like any revisit. Link to comment
+Team BigW Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 We are usually together so it made sense for us to have the one account. The consensus I see here is..just do what you feel works best. One account several accounts it is still a game have fun. Link to comment
+Marky Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 I've seen it done both ways, and both ways work fine. The only kind of weird thing I've seen done is one couple that logged their finds individually, and when they hid caches, the other partner would always claim FTF on the cache even though they were there when it was placed. That always seemed to bug me. --Marky Link to comment
+Shawn&Holly Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 (edited) Right now we have a joint account, our cache finds more or less reflect my cache finds as my SO has not cached without me, I have 46 solo finds on caches she did want to go out and find (she does not like urban micros, night caches, difficult terrain and long multi/puzzle caches (she hates it when I say, "These are calculated co-ordinates, I might have made a mistake"), she does like a nice hike to a special location or finding that little jem of a park we did not know was there before). If she starts to go caching without me then I would like seperate accounts to reflect her cache finds and caching experience that would then be different them my own. Edited December 7, 2004 by Car37&Holly Link to comment
+evergreenhiker! Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 I'm a single cacher here, but I do know several geo couples. Some do the team thing, while others do the separate account option. Either way works. Sounds like your lady will prefer the latter. Have fun! Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 ... but if you later find a cache that she already did...you shouldn't log it again. Not to put words in your mouth, but don't you mean to not log it as a find again? You can log a note just like any revisit. That's what I meant. A note is fine, and a DNF after a Find would be rather funny on a team. Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 ... a DNF after a Find would be rather funny on a team. And a chance to point and laugh! Link to comment
Azaruk Posted December 8, 2004 Author Share Posted December 8, 2004 As always, the advice is good. Thanks to all who took the time to respond. No need to continue with this particular topic. Link to comment
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