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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did, we both did actually. Met each other at 17, dated off and on for years, finally actually got married at 26. Neither of us had sex with significant others, it just didn't feel right. We were both virgins on our wedding night, and it was just so incredibly sexy and special.
I would say the experience itself was really hot, frankly. Not awkward at all. I love the fact that our entire sexual relationship is based on each other.

How can you be so sure about your husband?

Not sure about pp, but DH and I met at 17 also and dated until we got married at 25. We were both virgins on our wedding night. I know for sure. Today is our 11th anniversary and we have 2 little ones.

Again, how do you know for sure. Is there some way to test for male virginity?

You are aware that there is such a thing as a trustworthy man out there right? She probably has one of those...

Anonymous wrote:Just put some clear packing tape over the outlet plugs and that should keep him from removing them. Put it over the entire plate.

That's a good idea unless it's an outlet that you use for things.. in which case you'd end up replacing the tape all of the time and it won't take long for your DC to figure out how to pull it off just by watching you.

Don't get me wrong, I have no complaints about the actual things that I do.. cooking cleaning, caring for the baby etc.. There is pretty much NO family time on days when he's working, and that adult conversation and support in the evenings is pretty much what I feel like we're lacking I think.. I really didn't mean to come across like I was complaining, because we really are quite blessed, I guess my original question was to see if there was anyone else in a similar situation schedule wise and what their days looked like..

I have a LOT of weight I need to lose. I have a two year old, and I have just now managed to get just below where I was when I got pregnant (but I am still a pant/dress size bigger, and my husband notices but I don't think that I look like I've lost weight.) But I did that just by eating a little less, I worked out for a while, but I'm having a hard time finding a good workout routine. Going out running or going to the gym is not an option with my husband's schedule there is literally NO way that I could do it except for his days off... and I live in a third floor apartment so running/jumping around on someone else's ceiling is something that I don't know that my downstairs neighbor would really appreciate... I have been really overweight for much of my life and really really want to be healthy, so I guess I need some recommendations on a good workout routine..

And for that matter, I have a hard time finding healthy recipes and still managing not to spend a small fortune on groceries...


Please help! I need to do this so whatever comments, recommendations or criticisms will be appreciated.

I have a couple of questions about this.. To all of you who talked about laser removal, do you mind if I ask where you did it and how much it cost you?

And what is an epilator? How do you use it, is it expensive, and does it hurt? I also have really dark hair and white white legs...

You know what, my husband is like that whenever we have an argument, and sometimes he is quiet like that when he's grouchy and doesn't want to lash out wrongly. I ignore him right back, it sounds immature, but what I'm actually doing, is giving him the space he needs until he's ready to talk to me. It took me probably about 3.5 years of marriage to learn that that's what works for us because eventually he will reopen the lines of communication and we will talk things out and be fine, but the conversation always works better when we give eachother space to cool down and choose our words so to speak. My husband and I have an extremely happy marriage, but sometimes the "never go to bed angry" rule just doesn't apply to us.. I give him time and than we are able to have a cool calm collected conversation and everything gets talked out.


Sometimes, when it's an argument we had that's causing his behavior, and I feel the need to talk it out right away, I will write him a letter and just give it to him and tell him to read it and than we can talk about it when he's ready. That way I'm saying whatever I need to say to him, but I'm not pressuring him. Because in my case, I really believe that my husband is trying to do it for my benefit because he would rather have a calm conversation later than a shouting match now. And we have been married for five years and have never had an argument that consisted of any real yelling.

So that's what works for us. Hope this helps some.

I was wondering if that might be what you had meant..

I grew up in Maine, and have been living in this area for about 5 years now.. I had to chuckle at a PP's comment about the "crisp days in the 80's" But I face the same problem.. I get so tired of all the indoor things to do, and just driving there is unbearable if your car AC doesn't work well.. My family passed around this awful virus through the whole month of June, so by the time we were ready to enjoy summer it was already unbearably hot!

I also have the problem living in a fairly small apartment (and as DD gets bigger, the apartment seems to get smaller..)

So there aren't any other SAHM's who's husband's work overnight?

Also, to the PP, my husband was in the army for 5 years, but he was an MP so he worked a lot of different shift work, but almost ALWAYS 13 or 14 hour shifts so I can definitely relate to that also.

My mom worked full time, and I am a SAHM. I went back to work for about a month after my maternity leave from work and quit when hubby switched jobs when Annabelle was about 6 months old so I could stay home with the her.

You know what, you frequently hear about the Obamas spending weekends in Chicago, and vacationing here and there, it just seems like we are always hearing about their damn family vacations.. And we as tax payers are footing the bill for every damn vacation that they take while they're in office. And I know that Obama is entitled to some time off and blah blah blah, but I would feel much better about paying for him to take all of these trips if he were actually accomplishing something positive and worth talking about in the mean time which I am not seeing. This president angers me so very much, and I cannot wait to vote for ANYONE ELSE in 2012.

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Anonymous wrote:My husband leaves for work at 4:30 am and gets home at 4pm. It is exhausting.

Are you being facetious?

My husband leaves for work at 8am and gets home around 7pm. I would love it if so many of my dh's working hours were before the kids were even up and then he was home so many hours in the evening before bedtime.

Yeah, exactly that's what I was saying.. Life would be easier if my husband had a daytime job with more "normal" hours.. Not that I need him to do a whole lot or anything, but he'd be here for support or a "hey watch the baby so I can pee in peace" or something.

He has to go to sleep early in the am because he really doesn't sleep for very long as it is, and than has to leave in the afternoon, so I think maybe what overwhelms me is just that I don't have that evening time help (or even just adult conversation lol)..

Him... especially after having children!