I wish I had a husband and a cat. THAT'S ALL. Alas, that is not what is happening in this house.

My first husband had a son before me. Got Full custody just Before we married. Bio mom was in and out of the picture. I adored my step son. He adored me. It was really hard anyway, When bio mom stepped back in every few months and xh acted like I was suddenly irrelevant. After the divorce, I swore I'd remain single forever before having to deal with a bio mom again. Loved the kid, hated the mom... though now, 8 years after the divorce, bio mom has cleaned up, won custody back, is married to one of my oldest friends, and we chat on facebook, forgetting our mutual ex.

My husband has 1 beer a night. A few more when he has friends over. We have been together 11 years and I have only seen him very drunk a handful of times.

My husband was much nicer and calmer when he was drinking every night.

Before quitting, my husband would drink a 6-8 pack of beer nightly, seven days a week, and twice as much on his days off. This would be considered heavy drinking.

My husband saw a patient today and he said the woman looks defeated. I think I found the word the describe myself these days, defeated. Motherhood, grad school and all of life's problem have finally caught up with me.

My son is 7 1/2, my step sons are 7 and 10... When we got married I was dead set on having another child, heart broken at different opinions... Now that I've been around multiple kids and babies, I am thanking God We didn't and that our boys are independent and resilient. I don't think I would survive the baby days ever again! God thank you for blessing me with my family and my husbands patience!!

Congrats to everyone who advanced with the Navy! including my husband. I am so proud of him!

I would bet people think we are really rich from the cars we drive and the house we live in. My husband is a almost perfect aside from the fact that he cares what other people "think we have" to be honest I am always panicked about $$ and we live close to paycheck-paycheck. I hate our big house and expensive cars. I don't work so he says he gets to choose the cars and house. The grass is not always greener on the other side.

A friend of mine asked me to watch her infant for a few days while she has a gap between daycare and starting back up at work. Her husband is watching their baby for a few days along with a handful of other people. I just learned they booked a 9 day trip in June. Am I a jerk for being annoyed the husband isn't using more of his vacation time to watch their child-and instead they are dropping him off for 10 hours each day with multiple people?