any time! i was in a similar situation and im completelty afraid of getting my heart broke, but opening up to a guy was the best thing that ive ever done for myself and it was worth it :)
I didn't actually have a horse, but my Mum paid for lessons and this one horse I considered to be mine. The riding centre I went to wasn't very good at business, and when one of the horses there caught this deadly highly contagious disease, they closed the stables and have the horses were put down, the other half sold. I'm not sure what happened to my pony.