I know men aren't really supposed to confess here, but I need to tell someone. Wife and I are separated, I'm devastated, but soon we're seeing eachother in what I hope to be a first step to reconciliation. I'm nervous, my hands are cold, and I feel like an underconfident teenager.

I think earning a good amount of money after being poor for most of your life is similar to being an ugly awkward teenager that blossomed into an attractive adult. You have something people want and can spare in spades but the idea of crossing that line is scary.

One of our neighbors is hosting a foreign exchange student from Italy and my husband was sitting awfully close to her at a neighborhood gathering last weekend - and telling the kids all about her while using an Italian accent with her name, and how they should be kind and understanding... ugh. On one hand, she's thousands of miles from her family. On the other hand, she's adorable and wears bikinis to the neighborhood pool and I have to physically lift his jaw off the floor. Damn it! Hope she meets a local teenager who takes her fancy soon and my husband leaves her the hell alone.

all these guys that I thought were hot as teenagers are now hitting middle age and they look like...middle aged guys. It's weird. It makes me look at older guys differently. This is how the hot guy from college will look soon. So, maybe you should find an attractive older man and look at pictures of him as a teenager. Look for someone like that, so that you know they will age really well. That was very shallow, wasn't it?

When I was a teenager, I believed in "true love" and thought I knew what it felt like. Now I'm 40 and I honestly have no idea anymore.

I want a baby. I want to tell my DH he's going to be a daddy. I want to decorate a nursery. I want to experience pregnancy and childbirth. I want to hold my newborn in my arms. But I don't want a toddler, kid or teenager. I'd rather travel than have the expense of a child. So no baby for me.

dh had a vasectomy almost 9 years ago. We have teenagers. I'm not cheating (ew) but woke up this morning with the most intense "OMG I'm pregnant" feeling. I know it's not true but dang it freaked me out a little. (and I really hope his 'v' didn't reverse itself, he deploys in a few weeks for 15 months)

When I was a teenager I was brutally raped by a guy I barely knew. I didn't trust men for a long time after that. But then I met my husband. He was so nice and treated me so well. But I was cautious because I was so scared to trust again. I thought my husband was the real deal--but it was all an act. He has turned out to be a monster. He beats me up and calls me names. But I can't leave him because I don't want people to think I have failed. But I have learned a valuable lesson--MEN CAN NEVER BE TRUSTED!!

I have never been able to use tampons. I tried when I was a teenager and couldn't bring myself to insert it. I said to myself that maybe after I am not a virgin anymore I will try. Well I am married with two kids (one was a vaginal birth) and still I can't insert a tampon. It makes me squeamish.

During the summer we often take our kids to splash parks, pools, $1 Movies etc since they are free/inexpensive. Sometimes SD15 chooses not to go. We do other things also(zoo, aquarium, skating, etc)but less often due to cost. Her mom feels if SD doesn't want to go we should either do something SD wants regardless of cost or all stay home. We feel SD is a teenager and as long as she is included/invited she is old enough to stay home if she wants. Not sure who is right.