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Open Question: 2 miscarriages in 9 months, now 5 wks 3 days pregnant, is it going to happen again?

I have had 2 miscarriages within the past nine months, obgyn says everything with me physically normal and I am just proving the statistics true, which I agree with. I just returned from Vanuatu (we got married over there) to discover that I am 5 weeks 3 days pregnant.. My hcg on this past monday was 1142 then on wed it was 2799 and on that same day We saw the gestational sac, so absoloutely everything at this stage is perfectly normal. I am so anxious, scared as the past two miscarriages have absoloutely gutted me as many of your would understand. Thank goodness I am returning to work next week otherwise I would go insane at home counting down the days. I go for an ultrasound in two weeks to check heart beat. Has anyone had 2 miscarriages and fallen pregnant? and successfully carried to full term, and did you feel the way that I am?, any advice on how to distract yourself from worrying about the 1sr trimester or rather how you anticipate the worst to happen even though you try to tell yourself everything will be ok and you will have this baby. In big need of some reassurance. And wishing all of you ttc all the baby dust in the world xo1st miscarriage 9.5 weeks, second at 6 weeks more

Open Question: For People Who Really Really Like The Show Lost - Question About Claire...?

In season 3 of Lost in an episode about Claire it shows how she was driving her car when it crashed and her mother fell out and was in a coma. Because Claires father (and also Jacks father) pays for her medical bills her mum is in a vegetable state for a period of time - im not sure exactly but when it happened claire was a teenager with black hair - and then later it shows her blonde and pregenant and telling her mum that shes pregnant (even though her mum is a coma) yet in the first season in a flashback it shows claire findint out shes pregnant and she says she cant have a baby coz her mum would disown her and then her bf says 'well she pretty much already has' this doesnt make sense if her mum has benn in a coma for at least a year also when claire sees the phsycic he says 'oh how long have you known about the baby?' and claire says 2 days then her friend cuts in and says haha but she hasnt told her mum yet shell freak this also doesnt make sense if she is in a coma do you think imreading to much into it - or is this possibly an example of the writers just making up a part of the story as they go along and not really checking out the details? more

Open Question: so im in a bad situation that involves me, my best friend and his girlfriend.?

He's been my best friend for 8 years. and while i was pregnant about 2 years ago, he told me he had feelings for me. at the time i was dating somebody and i mean, having a baby with them so we ignored it and still got along fine with no weirdness or anything. well. 2 years later, me and the guy didnt work out and now he's dating a girl that i know just isnt right for him in general and whom he fights with constantly. Well just in the past 6 months, i got a job where he's an owner of his own store and just him and i work there together 5 days a week... and sure enough, stuff has happened over the past 3 months. actually no sex has been involved, but still, not stuff you do while youre in a relationship. my huge dilemma is, that i like him so much, i mean, i love him. and he likes and also loves me too. i know he does and he's told me many times. his girlfriend doesnt know anything about me and him and i feel horrible about what we've done cuz i know its wrong. my main question is, is it even worth it to try and do a relationship thing with him if he breaks up with her, because he cheated on her, maybe he'll cheat on me. or is this just maybe something thats supposed to be and she was just the unlucky one that fell in love with someone that wasn't right for her. I'm just so confused onto what I should do right now... any suggestions would be amazing!oh and he does know my feelings for him... she was his true actual like first girl that he's been with and such so i can understand why its hard to break up from that even when you do love someone else. me and my ex were together 3 years, and even though he treated me horrible it was still so hard to move on cuz i did really still love him so much.oh and me and this guy never dated, it was me and the guy that i was dating at the time that didnt work out. more

Open Question: How can I help my husband get a raise so we can have another baby?

I go to school online and stay at home with our son who is starting school in the fall. I feel like now is "right" in terms of timing... He agrees with me, with exception to our finances. We get by, and we pay our bills, but he doesn't feel like we have enough to support another child. I respect his opinion and by no means want to "trick him" by "accidentally" getting pregnant like some women out there. I want us both to be excited about this. Our son was a surprise, and we were scared senseless. I never want him to feel like that again. He went to ask his boss for a raise, and was turned down--not due to his performance, but due to the economy. His boss told him that he agrees that he needs a raise, but his hands are tied. Since I take more than a full load with school online, I really cannot work because I would only be paying for childcare anyway. Seeing as how money is the only issue here, how can I help him increase his income? Any creative ideas? Please no rude/crude remarks... more

Open Question: toddler crys and screams at bed time unless someone stays in her room with her?

I have an 18 month old daughter who needs to sleep in her toddler bed. She had been mostly co-sleeping with us, if she did sleep in the crib it was only because we moved her after she fell asleep. We moved her to the toddler bed a few months ago before our second daughter was born. The problem is that she will only stay in the bed if someone is in the room with her. At first, we thought it would just be a transitional thing, but now it seems she depends on it. Usually her night time routine (which is the same every night at the same times and includes bath, milk, teeth, book and bed time at the same time) ends with my husband falling asleep on her bedroom floor. I usually have to stay with the second baby because I'm nursing and my husband is so tired, he falls asleep before she does so ends up just sleeping on the floor. She lies there watching him and is fine until he tries to leave. Even if she is sleeping, the slightest noise or creak in the floor board wakes her up as he leaves and she starts to scream. If he is able to sneak out, she wakes up a couple hours later screaming until someone comes back into the room with her. I have tried just putting her back in the bed without any talking and leaving the room, but she just keeps coming out crying and screaming. If I continue to do this after a while she makes herself sick with all the screaming and vomits. This is so hard on my family and hard on her. She is not getting enough rest at night, is waking up the new baby with her crying, and keeping my husband who works 12 hour shifts from getting his much needed rest. Please help! Two things: #1 It is not because of the new baby. She is a little mother and has never once shown signs of jealousy. She also had a problem with sleeping in her crib and would cry when we left her the same way long before the new baby came. It was just easier then to let her sleep with us. #2 To all those out there who will say we never should have let her co-sleep in the beginning and/or should have dealt with this earlier...no kidding. She's our first and we're learning and now we are trying to move past this. I can't change the past, just the future. Please help! more

Open Question: How do I get my 3 year old on a bed routine?

My boyfriends 3 year old stays the night once a week, we haven't come to an agreement on a reasonable time for bed. But when HE decides its time, she will cry and make up every excuse to get out of bed, im hungry, thirsty, have to pee, I want daddy, etc... Eventually he will go in the room with her til she falls asleep. She then will get up in the middle of the night and say she has to pee, and that she needs help, which she doesn't, she can do it by herself any other time.... After she is done she wants to sleep in the bed with us, which is unsafe for me b/c I am 30 weeks pregnant and she moves around a lot. Not only that, but I don't think its a good idea, b/c of the new baby and her age! Please help us!!! We need ideas and advice... Thanx! more

Open Question: What age are babies supposed to climb onto things unassisted?

My baby is 11 months old. She is too scared to attempt to walk (she doesn't like falling down) and she can say a few words, sort shapes, point to her feet, belly, eyes, etc and pretend to put on clothes- shoes on feet, hair bands/sunglasses hat on head, shirt over head and actually succeeded in putting herself head and arms into her daddy's shirt all by herself. She can also blow into the flute and play it (which I'm assuming most babies can, but i still think its pretty awesome) And just tonight, she proceeded to climb onto the couch without any help and has been climbing down from things (bed, me chair, etc) for a few days now. Is this "normal" more

Open Question: What age are babies supposed to start climbing onto things unassisted?

My baby is 11 months old. She is too scared to attempt to walk (she doesn't like falling down) and she can say a few words, sort shapes, point to her feet, belly, eyes, etc and pretend to put on clothes- shoes on feet, hair bands/sunglasses hat on head, shirt over head and actually succeeded in putting herself head and arms into her daddy's shirt all by herself. She can also blow into the flute and play it (which I'm assuming most babies can, but i still think its pretty awesome) And just tonight, she proceeded to climb onto the couch without any help and has been climbing down from things (bed, me chair, etc) for a few days now. Is this "normal" more

Open Question: breaking a baby! Whats your thoughts?

okay so i show performance western pleasure & hunter under saddle horses. APHA & AQHA. I breed almost every year to try & get really nice horses since i can't afford a $100,000.00 horse to win everything, Well last year i breed one baby & he is STUNNING. He is 15.3' already! dark minimal white bay. he string tests at 17.1" HUGE i know! The nicest baby i have ever seen or bred. So he is a yearling this year & i am planning on going to the fall world show to compete in lounge line. But my trainer thinks he is soo nice that we should break him at a year & 6months old so around july. so next year we can take him in the world show hus for 2 year old event. I break ALL my horses as 2 year olds. But what do you think of breaking a horse at a 1 1/2? I have heard of it & lots of top performance horses are broken early. But i want to know your opinion?I understand what all of you are saying & thank you for giving me an opinon. BUT, i think starting a horse at 2 is a good thing....Becasue staring a horse at 5 years old they become little shit heads, they have had 5 years of there life off, most of them think why now? & they usually have a spoild side to them...If you disagree tell me why you disagree? please dont be rude on what i am saying. more

Open Question: too many love games!! ahhhhh?

all my best friends are guys cuz i get along with them better and there's not as much drama. but the more i talk 2 them the more i fall 4 them. they know all my secrets that no 1 else knows but they all have g/fs and nobody likes them (not 2 b mean and im not jealous) they always call me baby and say i love you and 1 of them means it! is this 4 real or just a game? (some of us have been more than friends more

Open Question: I'm very clumsy.. Why...?

Alrighty.. Soo.. When I was a baby and growing up I kept running into walls and ve always never walked straight.. I stopped running into walls when I turned 11. Haha. But recently whenever I stand for like.. 2 seconds I tend to slightly fall over... ive always wondered why i dont have a very good balance, i think i should go to a doctor or something. i dont even know. :P Im not very flexible either.I'm 13 now. :] more

Open Question: How can we help the injured baby bird? PLEASE HELP! Life or death matter!?

There is an injured baby bird that appears to have fallen out of its nest in our garden. Its wings are bent at awkward angles, and there are ants crawling all over it, including on its head. It is making feeble movements with its head, like it is trying to dig for worms, but is barely scraping the dirt. How can we help it? We don't want to scare it, and know that if we touch it the mother bird won't recognise it. But we think it's dying.The nest isn't there. It was all broken and abandoned. We don't think that the parents are coming back for it. more

Open Question: How can I lose weight fast while staying strong? Please help!?

Hey, So last year I weighed around 130-140 pounds (5'4" now 15 year old female gymnast) and I went on an amazing diet that helped me reduce to about 115 pounds by the summer and I felt great and healthy (though at the time, I still thought I needed to reduce more). But since school and training re-started, I have felt like I needed more food and I have been eating more that I should and I have gained about 10 pounds. I still try to stay within 1500-1600 calories (though in the summer I was doing about 1200-1300) but every once in a while I start going crazy and eating even more (never over 2000 but still). I need a lot more food to stay focused on school and in gymnastics we are moving into higher levels that require more strength and energy. My grades are satisfactory and my gymnastics is going great - only I feel horrible about on thing- my weight. I have been 123 pounds for about a month now even though I have not done any binge eating or anything. I work out about 4-5 times a week in the gym for three hours and sometimes I do strength training at home. I eat lots of fruits and veggies and stay within 1600 calories, the only things I eat besides fruits and veggies are protein bars, low fat or soy cheese, tofu, and noodles, bread, or cornflakes for carbs when I need energy. I also drink up to 3 mugs of Green tea because I heard that it boosts your metabolism. During the fall, my weight had reached about 119 or something but that time my coach was saying that I needed more strength and muscle. Whenever I eat too little, I don't perform as well (thought I feel I can perform even better if I don't have as much fat and I have more confidence in myself). I don't know how to find a balance between my energy/strength and focus/grades while dieting so I can reach a weight that I feel comfortable with (and so that I can run faster, flip higher, etc). I don't care how I look that much, actually, I just want to feel going about myself and not have that heavy feeling while performing. SO basically what I'm trying to say is, I want to know what I'm doing wrong an how I can improve my diet while maintaining my strength....Here is my typical day (in terms of food and exercise, not including water) : BREAKFAST: Soy Cheese on Toast (110 calories) , 1 Protein Bar (200 calories) , 1/2 Cup of Cornflakes (55 calories) SCHOOL LUNCH: 2 cups of assorted fruits, usually strawberries, tangerines, nectarines, grapes, or blackberries (Max: 150 calories), Cracked wheat bread (130 calories) AFTERNOON SNACK: Noodles (250 -300 calories), 1 cup of cornflakes (110 calories), A nectarine, plum, or tangerine (Max 70 calories) GYMNASTICS (6-9) DINNER: Cooked tofu or lentils, served with Cucumbers, Zucchini, Baby Carrots, or Okra (usually takes up the rest of my 1600 calorie limit) Any advice, please? Any help is appreciated! Thanks so much! more

Open Question: 2 probelms and theyre both guys?

i met this one guy eric who is 1 year older than me, 2 grades other cause of my late birthday, and i met him thru a friend around like the end of school last year. and its very complicated because well shes 21 my friend is, she has his number (hes 15) cause he is her cousins friend and she just kinda got his number i guess to mess with him, not really sure why she had it cause she doesnt talk to him, but thats besides the point, so i stole her phone and got his number, we talked a long time, he called me babe and baby and names that i adored for the longest time. said he wanted to do stuff with me, and he said he loved me once, we even dated at one point...but then one day he said that he was kidding about everything. not only was i humiliated, but i was hearbroken, because i fell in love with him, and he lied to me. so i didn't talk to him for a long while. but after some time, i couldnt stand it anymore i was still in love with him, I still am, so i had to text him. i did, and he doesn't call me babe or baby anymore, but said he wanted to do that stuff with me again. of course i believed him...but he would call other girls babe and baby. not me tho... and just recently he said he cant talk to me for a while cause hes got a girlfriend, but on his facebook, it says hes still single...what do i do?? i need major help! oh and another thing, the first time i told him i loved him, he said damn yeah i feel you (what does that meann???) and the second time, he said ily back. and the third time, he said aww back...what does all of that mean?? OKay so like alot has happened since then. he calls me babe baby and boo again and its like the same as before except he randomly called me man the other day? Man?! reallyyy?! i dont get it. the catch? we've never really met in person yet.... the second problem: i met this guy tyler, whos my age, my grade cause of a late birthday too. anyway, we met once and we talked for a very long time. we exchanged numbers and now we text. but sometimes he'll come up with an excuse why he cant talk to me (do you think he's serious, or just doesnt wanna talk to me?), but when we do text, its usually for a long time, like from 9pm-1am one time. and i asked him if he only likes me as a friend and he said yeah. but he says that he wants to do all this stuff with me and that i'm beautiful and he pointed me out to his brother before we started talking that day we met. he asked what i would say if he asked me out and when i said i would say yeah he put like 20 smiley faces. he's sending mixed signals and idk what to do? and jus recently we talked on the phone for 3 hours for the first itime. he had me keep saying i love you over and over again and he said it back but since then he only answered one of my texts and that was like a 5 or 10 minute conversation and that was a while ago. please help and im sorry theyre so long! more

Open Question: Another Song I Wrote For A Broken Heart..Is It Good Or Bad?

It’s Not Love It’s A Feeling Verse: 1 I’ve been waiting for the sky to clear And sun to appear My Dear, Is you near I really want you here Light switches into darkness hate turns to happiness I would climb any mountain And prove to you how much I want this, The fresh smell of pine trees every morning She comes rushing knocking on my doorstep When I open up, our lips suddenly begin touching She takes me above flight higher than an airplane I could mention a thing or two In my opinion she the sexiest from her group Secondly we fuse Never refuse to kiss sweet sweaty hips Slipping off my grip as I dip In whip cream now she wet like a stream Or maybe like a dream I never lost connection I and she are like the sand and ocean Haven’t separated what am I saying? I think I’m faded Probably it’s the henny doing all the talking But Like the saying goes A drunken person always tells truth in their words Either way I ain’t lying She my tiger and I’m her lion I the king she the queen This call’s for a celebration, a festival With a whole lot of g’s and hoes Don’t forget please or your head will get chopped like a guillotine So Romeo and Juliet don’t die on me I ain’t dropping poetry And it’s not love it’s a feeling Verse: 2 All alone starring at the moon If only it be possible to set foot I would escape from this depression For passion that keeps on stacking Up like money, I’m going in like I’m racing Itching to get first place I rather start dating Here’s a ticket to the run way It’s another way of telling you Bye bye baby it wasn’t meant to be Don’t blame me my heart just wouldn’t beat In the beginning I wasn’t able to see Then I realized I’m young and hardly ready I can’t even afford a ring Plus I’m addicted with clubbing And meeting different type of women Every day of the week I had a good long faithful relation wait Why cry I found these pictures in your cabinet And it looks like you kissing different men I should be the one with tears on my eyes Wasted years yet wasted time I’m tired to start a fight A lake freezes during winter is how I feel inside I’m headed to my car, hot box it Then gaze upon the stars While I bump some Pac taking sips of rum Thinking damn I was dumb Unfortunately I got my act back together Now I’m Treating girls like whatever Until I fall for some one better No more being soft as a feather Careful sweetie with the seat cause its leather The weather is foggy All windows from my Benz got blurry She slowly started grinding We doing the dirty dirty And it’s not love it’s a feeling more

Open Question: 8 week old baby won't sleep on her back?

My baby girl is turning 8 weeks this week. Ever since she got home from the hospital, she had trouble sleeping or staying asleep. She sometimes would fall asleep in my arms but as soon as I put her down in her bed, she would either wake up straight away or wake up after no more than half an hour. When she was about 6 weeks, I was shown by a nurse to pat her to sleep in her side, wait till she's in her deep sleep then put her on her back. I found patting her to sleep on her side really worked but the problem was as soon as I put her back on her back, she would fuss, after a short while and then wakes up. So I tried leaving her to sleep on her side, using a positioner on either side so she wouldn't flip onto her tummy, and found that she would stay asleep that way. Even at night time, she would only wake up once or twice for a feed then fall back asleep. However, recently she's been fussing a lot even when I leave her to sleep on her side. She would turn her head down on the mattress fussing rubbing her head against it, taking longer to fall asleep. Then when she is asleep, she would wake up sooner than when she was first introduced to be put to sleep on her side. At night, she wakes up more frequently as she is a little older now and is able to kick herself back on her back and would fuss and wake up soon after as she is still not able to be left on her back to sleep. Is she going through some sort of phase? Why would she all of a sudden not sleep as good as she used to? Is it ok to leave her to sleep on her side if she still has trouble staying asleep on her back? Would leaving her to sleep on her side damage her arms in the long run, since it's always being bent and pressed down by her body? Would she eventually be able to sleep on her back? Is anyone else having similar problems? It would be good if anyone can answer my questions. Thanks. more

Open Question: what have you done to lose that damn belly after baby?

i am sick of it and i begin to fell sadevery time i look at myself in the mirror... my little girl is now 16 months and it's like i have gained back that belly that was gone by the time she was 6 mnths. it's strange...however any tricks anyone? what did you do to lose it and to bring back your slim figure? thank! more

Open Question: PLEASE HELP ME!! PRETTY PLEAS ? :D?

i need more ideas because my story is too short == His feet teetered over the edge as he thought, “It's not that high a jump; but it will do the job." It had been a year since the accident, and if he jumped, he would finally be with them. Seeing their eyes one more time, and being able to hold them again would be a dream come true. He wouldn’t have to let go of them, and would spend eternity in their arms. The morning had started like any other, nothing was different. He drove past the bridge on his way to work, trying to forget, but something had pulled him towards the edge of the bridge this time. Tears leaked down the front of his face as he remembered the day his world fell apart, when he lost the love of his life and his baby girl. They were on their way to Natalie's parent’s house for Sunday dinner, like they always did. It was when they drove onto the bridge that it happened. A car sped towards them from out of nowhere, and Adam tried to steer out of the way, but it was too late... In the final moments, Adam took one last look at his wife, she was staring out the window in horror, His eyes moved up to the mirror, and he saw his daughter asleep in the back seat. She would never wake to witness anything; he could only hope she was having a good dream. He heard the squeal of the tires as he slammed against his breaks. In a matter of seconds glass shattered everywhere, as the car spun out of control. His wife screamed, but Adam didn't have enough time to see his baby one last time before darkness surrounded him. It was strangely peaceful on the bridge that day; no other cars were passing by, and no walkers that he could see. He thought it was best this way, no one would even notice when he jumped. No one would have to witness this. He closed his eyes one final time, and raised his foot, when his phone suddenly rang. “Hello?” Adam answered calmly. “Adam! It’s Jenny! Mom is now in the hospital because her heart is hurting in pain again! Come immediately!” Adam’s younger sister shouted in a terrible manner and hung up without allowing Adam to answer. Adam got into his car, turning to go, but since his mind was full of depressing memories, he couldn’t concentrate on his driving. He suddenly lost control and slid, which appeared to be the same way that accident had happened. That was when he heard the sound that had been haunting him for the last year; the tires squealed in agony. After a moment, he saw a shone of light. There was his wife and his baby girl smiling and waiting for him. He gave a grin and walked into the light. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and a title please ? more

Open Question: i'm a 27 yr old female ; why am i FREAKING OUT about ending up alone?

i'm an independent, mostly happy woman with great famly and friends. i didn't start dating until i was 20 and have never had a serious bf ; the longest i ve been with someone is maybe 3 mnths and that was off & on. i just seem to really be into men that make my life chaotic (emotionally, because all the men i ve loved were powerful, agressive personalities) and when i date a man that is more passive, i get turned off because he s too weak for me. 6 of my friends are getting married this year and 3 are having babies. i never felt bad about it until today ; i visualized myself being close to 40 and falling for a divorced man with 3 grown kids or something like that when the reality is that i want a baby and someone who is into me for the long run BUT also want to have everything i have now. am i overreacting or can other women in their late 20 s relate? more

Open Question: how do you tell someone you broke their heart?

I have been in a relationship for 3 years. When we first started dating I thought there was more commitment than what was felt on his part. I have always had issues with this because I became pregnant one month after i forgave him after finding out what he had been up to. We were 19 when this started. Over the 3 years of being together we have butt heads a ton and lash out and say mean things. I have lost 2 immediate relatives in my life withing 6 years from eachother both random sudden deaths- my dad and my brother. I lost them at a very young age and never truly had time to cope because i never took a break from college or life thinking i would fall apart if i did. During my relationship there has been abuse from when i was pregnant through. My fiancee likes to drink and blacks out and if we argue he gets physical. you would think after years i would learn but I just have been getting more an more fed up. this past year he proposed we had been doing great and i said yes! and all was well. Then he broke it off and freaked out on me and was never truthful with why. He had been talking with his ex still and she mentioned feelings and so did he so he felt like being in a relationship with me (baby's momma/fiancee) was not fair if he thought he could feel that way about someone else. I freakkked out because there has been a series of girl issues in our relationship and we have a child together and the abuse and all I just felt like he was the worlds greatest ass. i stayed with him and things got bad again one day and he knocked me out for looking at his phone... which i should not have, trust issues? so i threw a cup at his face!!! i snapped. I feel like i have gone off my rocker. Then we just keep getting into all these quarrels now and I dumped him this past weekend and just flipped out more on him and all he wants is to make this work and let me know he loves me and i just detest him. I am seeing counseling again and all but I just don't know what to do because I feel like i am crazy. i know i am not but i got so mad i said stupid things and he made all our friends and family think i am nuts and skewed the view. He just wants to make it work thats all he has ever said but i just keep screwing up. Now this past weekend during our "breakup" and my latest freak out he didn't want to be near me so i got one night off of child duty and went out with my girl friend (now 22) my girl friend doesnt like my fiancee very much for obvious reasons even though he is trying so hard to make life up to me. Needless to say she said we would hang out with a buncha girls and take my mind off things. I wanted the couch. but she bought me a 40 dollar dress and took me out in a limo... ya right? and I was angry anxious and freaking out and screwed up. I was pushing guys off of me all night and at the end of the night i just wanted to sleep but they kept trying bc my friend lives with a boy who knew these guys. I blacked out and woke to having started to have sex with my friends bf best friend who also has a kid and a girl and i freaked out and told him i didnt want this and jumped out and started crying and yelled at him that he raped me ( i was blacking in an out ) I have anxiety so Zanex was in my system as well as too mas alcohol and such. If anyone can tell by my rambling i just need advice, on how to tell my boyfriend (just asked him last night) / old fiancee hopefully again soon through counseling how to forgive me from breaking his heart. We are extremly young and dumb and have been through so much that i feel this wouldn't kill us but its killing me because i used to hold all the times he "toed" the line against him and grudges and now i see it from his point of view and how crazy and mean i had been to even do that and not get over things and i am scared that he is going to hate me forever. more

Open Question: What do you think of my book?

Here it is...any suggestions or criticism is welcome This is only the prologue. Prologue Nurse Jane walked into the hospital room to check on the twin brother and sister who had just been born. Jane was used to caring for twins, but what the doctor hadn’t told her was that the parents of the twins were teenagers, no older than 18. Jane felt sorry for the couple, they had no one there supporting them, no friends or parents. “How are you doing?” Jane asked the man. She looked at the file the doctor had given her. The man’s name was Zepp Chain and the woman was named Airan Gloss. “We’re doing fine,” Zepp said, smiling down at the mother, who lay in the bed. Zepp had the girl cradled in his arms and Airan held the boy. The boy had thick, dark brown hair and eyes, just like his father, Jane noted. The girl had little hair on her head, but it was definitely blond, unlike her mother who was a redhead. As Jane looked closely at the baby girl, she noticed she had mesmerizing purple eyes, which were mirror images of her mother‘s eyes. “May I see him?” Jane asked. Airan handed her his son and she cradled him in her arms. She began making faces and talking in a high pitched voice, making her self look like a fool. The baby put his arms in the air and yawned. Jane noticed a black mark on the underside of the boy’s wrist. It was much like a tattoo and was in the shape of a sun. What an unusual birthmark, Jane thought. Crash! Jane turned around. Shards of glass rained onto the ground from the broken window, a man had jumped in. He wore all black, and he closely resembled Zepp. He wore gloves and held a javelin in his hands. Jane tried to run out of the room, but the man threw his javelin and volts of electricity shot through her body and she fell to the ground almost immediately. The baby boy fell to the ground, completely unphased. Larken reached over and picked up the boy. “Larken!” Zepp hissed. “How are we today, little brother?” Larken said, picking up his javelin and pointing it at Airan. He pulled his arm back and threw the javelin. There was no need to aim, the weapon always hit it’s mark. It was a gift from Phaeton, his leader. “Why are you here?” Zepp asked, tears rolling down his cheeks. “Adymus’s orders. You know how he hates it when we disobey him,” Larken said evilly. Larken moved forward and punched Zepp in the face. Zepp staggered backwards and fell into a chair, the girl still in his arms. He quickly got up and ran to the window. Zepp threw his baby girl out the window, it was the only chance she had of survival, if Larken got a hold of her, he would kill her instantly. Larken punched Zepp in the face again and then kicked him in the knee. Zepp fell to the ground. Larken kicked him in the head, and he became unconscious. *** The baby girl fell to the ground, but at the last moment transformed. She was a blue jay, flying high into the sky. She flew all around town, but finally got tired and landed softly on the ground. And then she was a girl again, and had forgotten everything that had just happened. A man wandered up the street, as he was buying a soda from the machine, he noticed the baby laying on the sidewalk. She was wrapped in a pink blanket and had dark purple eyes. Puzzled, he went over and picked the baby up. There was no one else around, it was three in the morning, after all. The man figured the baby had been abandoned and left to die. The man, called Frank, new of an orphanage in the center of town. He took the girl there, hoping her life would be safe from then on. But, unfortunately, life will never be safe for a Shifter. Thanks for reading :) more

Open Question: She won't let me breathe?

My wife is very demanding and needy. We've been married since December and I thought then she would be the perfect wife. She found out she was pregnant a month before our wedding and I was happy as I wanted another child with my ex wife. Since then she has become demading. Shortly after the wedding she began to fall asleep early in the evening and was always being sick. I used to tell her to go to bed, or go and stay with her mum so me and my son (whos 19) could play games, Just because she felt tired and sick there was no need to spoil my life. My son was due to go to his mums to live, but I dont want him to go. My son is my best friend. which upset my wife -p but shes my wife not my friend. She wanted us to move to a 3bed house but I wouldnt as my son is fed up with my wife and wants time alone with me, also my wife would be on the tennancy and could throw me out if she wanted and I'm not willing to lose my son over her. ] I arranged for her to go to her old house and i will visit her and the baby (though i need to be available to my son and don;t want him to feel left out). When my wife insisted she wanted to live with me i said i may look for a 3bed house - but now she says its too late and I should have done it when I was offered one and after what my son siad about her she doenst want to live with him anymore. I told her I was going on holiday with some mates when the baby is a month old - she got angry. When I realised how controlling she would be stopping me from doing what i want, I decided to book a holiday to the canary islands. She will be heavily pregnant at the time, but not due for a few weeks. I need to get away and am going alone. She told me she'd leave if I went - yet that means she doesnt want me. Other women put up with their husbands going on holiday alone, why is she so needy? more

Open Question: Why does she bug me?

My wife is very demanding and needy. We've been married since December and I thought then she would be the perfect wife. She found out she was pregnant a month before our wedding and I was happy as I wanted another child with my ex wife. Since then she has become demading. Shortly after the wedding she began to fall asleep early in the evening and was always being sick. I used to tell her to go to bed, or go and stay with her mum so me and my son (whos 19) could play games, Just because she felt tired and sick there was no need to spoil my life. My son was due to go to his mums to live, but I dont want him to go. My son is my best friend. which upset my wife -p but shes my wife not my friend. She wanted us to move to a 3bed house but I wouldnt as my son is fed up with my wife and wants time alone with me, also my wife would be on the tennancy and could throw me out if she wanted and I'm not willing to lose my son over her. ] I arranged for her to go to her old house and i will visit her and the baby (though i need to be available to my son and don;t want him to feel left out). When my wife insisted she wanted to live with me i said i may look for a 3bed house - but now she says its too late and I should have done it when I was offered one and after what my son siad about her she doenst want to live with him anymore. I told her I was going on holiday with some mates when the baby is a month old - she got angry. When I realised how controlling she would be stopping me from doing what i want, I decided to book a holiday to the canary islands. She will be heavily pregnant at the time, but not due for a few weeks. I need to get away and am going alone. She told me she'd leave if I went - yet that means she doesnt want me. Other women put up with their husbands going on holiday alone, why is she so needy? more

Open Question: Does this guy really like me? And am I stupid for doing this?

I'm pretty sure he does i don't even know why Im asking but i guess just to clarify cluttered thoughts. We met about 3 weeks before he was scheduled to move out to NY for 6 months (he is my best guy friends best friend) and definetly hit it off. When he moved, he called and texted regularly and now we are kind of in a long distance thing until he moves back the end of July/aug. We talk almost every day and when we dont he sends me texts like: Thinking of you babe, or miss you baby. Hes actually the one I go to now when I have problems in my life and the other night I had a falling out with all my friends and he called me and I felt soo much better. After the convo he texted me and said: I like you a lot just so you know. And i said ditto, and he said "Im yours night". I couldnt stop smiling! And the next morning when I woke up I saw he sent me the lyrics to "our song", one we both love. All of my friends think I am stupid for waiting for him. But they don't know how it is in my shoes. I know its not serious until he moves back. In fact, he can do anything he wants over there and vice versa but we still have very strong feelings for each other and for some reason I know they arent going away anytime soon. I have a good feeling about it more

Open Question: *~*~*~*~*~*STORY CRITIC PLEASE*~*~*~*~*~*?

So. I been working on a story and would like some input about whether it is any good. Feel free to make suggestions. I would also like help with an aspect of the main characters past. But first a little background. The character is male and a self-washed up lawyer. Early in his career he had a case that ended badly. Okay now for your help: Choose which scenario is more interesting. A or B. The lawyer is defending. A-----The defendant is accused of murdering many people. In reality he is guilty, yet lack of corraborating evidence allows him to plea not guilty. He is found not guilty and is released and is allowed back into the public. Since in reality he was guilty, he kills a family of three in a park yet is never caught. B-----He is not guilty yet evidence points to him being guilty. He is sentenced to death row and is eventually killed. While the innocent man is in prison the real killer waits out til the death of the innocent man. When the innocent man is killed the real killer strikes again killing a family of three in a park. Okay now for the story----- (would also like to note that this story does have profanity in it and is meant for an adult audience) It was a late night. I'd just got home from the bars and the smell of cigarettes and liquor hung heavy in the air around me. There she lay, passed out on the couch, no doubt she'd had too much to drink tonight. I looked at her with disgust, the woman had no shame. Ever since losing her job at that fancy shmancy hotel, she had been a mopey old mess. Stumbling to my room, loosening my tie as I walk, my eyes glanced over the old beer cans and the Chinese take-out containers from weeks past. Shaking my head wondering how I let my life get this way. I had dreams. Ambitions. Once. Even began working on them. Wanted to be a lawyer. Woulda been good to, 'cept life got in the way. Funny how that happens. You're walking the path to sucess and life gives you a detour. Promising to be a pleasant side alley to those little trinket shoppes and flea markets or a stroll through the flowery park. Yet you stop and think after a while and say. What the hell. All this stuff is crap or the flowers are dead. Same way with my life. Headed towards being a powerful attorney and along comes Margret. She was beautiful. She thought the world of me. Wanted me to go as far as I could. Wanted to hook her a lawyer is what i figured out later on. In the earlier days we were unseperable. The couple of the year friends used to joke. Thinking about it now, I should see how Jim and Teri are doing. Probably pretty well with Jim's Wall Street salary. Hell they probably wouldn't want me in their life. With the new job, the beautiful wife,the new baby , and the new uptown apartment, the life of Jim Hudson had morphed the once fun loving and booze guzzling Jimmy into Mr. Jim Hudson, Criminal Attorney. The room was filled with light from neon bar signs across the street. The lights always reminded him of the good days. The ones before the twenty extra pounds and dark circles under the eye. When you could love and laugh and work. Now, after his fall from almost stardom, he looked ten years his thirty two. His fall. He cringed as the man's face entered his mind. He'd beleived so hard. So much. Goes to show his judgement. George McKennel.....................................................................................and so on and so forth. Please help I'll take any legitamate suggestion into consideration. I haven't yet chosen a name for my main character, if you have a suggestion feel free to add it in. Thanks in advance.As to the grammatical errors. Do you mean the cadence with which it is read? If so: I chose to write in this fashion because it is supposed to be like he is speak to you or thinking. We do not think in perfect sentenses. I think this style give my character a humanity, as if you relate to him. I mean every one has hopes and dreams that they have had to set aside or have failed horribly at. If this is what you are refering to, here is my explaination. If it is not, maybe it is about spelling or punctuation. This is a very rough draft. And that's my story and I'm stickin' to it. lolI have also thought of a title and would like criticism about it. If it was called City Lights would this catch your eye and make you want to read it? Explaination of the title. When you are at the top of your game you are blinded. (lights-paparazzi, the glamor of the big city, and also being naive because of being new, a rookie) If and when you fall from your top, you are still blinded by the fame you once had. The center of the story is about finding yourself. In the story the main character ultimately realizes he doesn't need fame and fortune to be happy. more

Open Question: Please Help?! Will I Fall Pregnant Again?!?!?

Last year me and my husband had a beautiful baby boy... according to my conception dates i fell pregnant around Thursday, April 23, 2009 and Wednesday, April 29, 2009. My due date was 19th of January 2010... i have just recently gave birth to my son he is now 8 weeks old... however on friday night we had unprotected sex... Because of the conception dates from lasttime will i only fall pregnant at the end of the month? or will i be pregnant again?? I am unsure about my periods and everything? Please help.. more

Open Question: What do you think of my story?

Here it is...any suggestions or criticism is welcome This is only the prologue. Prologue Nurse Jane walked into the hospital room to check on the twin brother and sister who had just been born. Jane was used to caring for twins, but what the doctor hadn’t told her was that the parents of the twins were teenagers, no older than 18. Jane felt sorry for the couple, they had no one there supporting them, no friends or parents. “How are you doing?” Jane asked the man. She looked at the file the doctor had given her. The man’s name was Zepp Chain and the woman was named Airan Gloss. “We’re doing fine,” Zepp said, smiling down at the mother, who lay in the bed. Zepp had the girl cradled in his arms and Airan held the boy. The boy had thick, dark brown hair and eyes, just like his father, Jane noted. The girl had little hair on her head, but it was definitely blond, unlike her mother who was a redhead. As Jane looked closely at the baby girl, she noticed she had mesmerizing purple eyes, which were mirror images of her mother‘s eyes. “May I see him?” Jane asked. Airan handed her his son and she cradled him in her arms. She began making faces and talking in a high pitched voice, making her self look like a fool. The baby put his arms in the air and yawned. Jane noticed a black mark on the underside of the boy’s wrist. It was much like a tattoo and was in the shape of a sun. What an unusual birthmark, Jane thought. Crash! Jane turned around. Shards of glass rained onto the ground from the broken window, a man had jumped in. He wore all black, and he closely resembled Zepp. He wore gloves and held a javelin in his hands. Jane tried to run out of the room, but the man threw his javelin and volts of electricity shot through her body and she fell to the ground almost immediately. The baby boy fell to the ground, completely unphased. Larken reached over and picked up the boy. “Larken!” Zepp hissed. “How are we today, little brother?” Larken said, picking up his javelin and pointing it at Airan. He pulled his arm back and threw the javelin. There was no need to aim, the weapon always hit it’s mark. It was a gift from Phaeton, his leader. “Why are you here?” Zepp asked, tears rolling down his cheeks. “Adymus’s orders. You know how he hates it when we disobey him,” Larken said evilly. Larken moved forward and punched Zepp in the face. Zepp staggered backwards and fell into a chair, the girl still in his arms. He quickly got up and ran to the window. Zepp threw his baby girl out the window, it was the only chance she had of survival, if Larken got a hold of her, he would kill her instantly. Larken punched Zepp in the face again and then kicked him in the knee. Zepp fell to the ground. Larken kicked him in the head, and he became unconscious. *** The baby girl fell to the ground, but at the last moment transformed. She was a blue jay, flying high into the sky. She flew all around town, but finally got tired and landed softly on the ground. And then she was a girl again, and had forgotten everything that had just happened. A man wandered up the street, as he was buying a soda from the machine, he noticed the baby laying on the sidewalk. She was wrapped in a pink blanket and had dark purple eyes. Puzzled, he went over and picked the baby up. There was no one else around, it was three in the morning, after all. The man figured the baby had been abandoned and left to die. The man, called Frank, new of an orphanage in the center of town. He took the girl there, hoping her life would be safe from then on. But, unfortunately, life will never be safe for a Shifter. Thanks for reading :) more

Resolved Question: Question about ur teeth fallin out?

my tooth fell out, and im 12 yrs old. some of my friends say that it is bad, and others say its not bad. im not sure if its a baby tooth or not. i dont want to get a fake tooth. please tell me if this is bad or not, thanks you more

Open Question: Please Help?!! Will I Fall Pregnant!!?? AGAIN?!?!?

Last year me and my husband had a beautiful baby boy... according to my conception dates i fell pregnant around Thursday, April 23, 2009 and Wednesday, April 29, 2009. My due date was 19th of January 2010... i have just recently gave birth to my son he is now 8 weeks old... however on friday night we had unprotected sex... Because of the conception dates from lasttime will i only fall pregnant at the end of the month? or will i be pregnant again?? I am unsure about my periods and everything? Please help.. more

Open Question: can spirits hurt you?

I have had a spirit in my home for a few years now, and as the time goes on, increasingly more strange things and noise happens. For the last few weeks maybe over a month I haven't been able to fall asleep until well after 4 am, due to every time i am drifting off to sleep I get awakened by a noise or a jolt on my bed. I have come to the conclusion this morning that although I am afraid all night and am in need of sleep to take care of my baby who sleeps perfectly through the night without disturbances, that the spirit or spirits have not yet physically hurt me yet. They just make so much noise, sometimes in my bedroom, attic, and all over the house. So i figure I should not let the noises scare me, that the spirit is just doing its thing and I shouldn't worry. Does this sound correct?Thank you all very helpful. I will try and not be afraid tonight. more

Open Question: Baby formula/Cows milk?

hi i had a question on here earlier where my son was waking up early but was still tired and wouldn't go back asleep. some ppl suggested that i put a bottle of milk beside my son so when he wakes he can pick up his bottle and hopefully fall back asleep after drinking it. my question is is it safe to leave milk or baby formula in the bottle for about 5/6 hours before he wakes for it. would it not be gone sour by the time he wakes because obviously i dont want my son drinking sour milk thanks in advancejust to add he's 15 months old and well able to feed himself and part of the problem is when he sees me getting up he wants to stay up he doesnt wanna go back asleep. den is crying with tiredness about an hour later more

Open Question: Baby with one and in love with another... Who do I choose?

In 2007 I had just graduated high school and partied a little bit. I met this guy I was only with him for 3 weeks and I was miserable. We had a rough relationship. Not even a relationship. We partied together and we got drunk one night slept together and I ended up seventeen and pregnant. We pretty much knew I was and next thing ya know I start finding out he had a warrant for drug charges and I was so niave all my stuff started going missing and he cheated on me with my best friend. He ended up leaving and I never saw him again till I found out he was in prison. That was when our daughter was 1 month old. We wrote and swore to each other we loved each other and wanted to be a family but I was in two relationships behind his back I just wanted to keep the door open... see if maybe I could get love for him. But my relationship I have been in I fell in love! However he just got arrested for 30 days possibly 90 for a DUI charge. He is good to me and we TRULY love eachother. He is amazing with my daughter and good to me. And when he gets out he wants to go to college and get a real life a real job be a family. But So does my babys daddy he says the same but with his record who knows? My mom stays in contact with him telling him I love him and I like I said did keep writing and telling him the same my fault (just want saige to have a father) Well he wants to marry me!!! I wrote him a letter saying I love someone else and we barely know each other and maybe if we get to know eachother through being parents my feelings could change. I feel so bad cuz he didnt get it yet and now hes writing saying he wants to marry me and give saige and i the world!!! But I love my boyfriend. IDK what to do. I get a phone call with the father tonight... And Ive gone to both to visit and I felt the connection with my boyfriend obviously but with the father I cried. He thought it was because I loved him and missed him... WHICH I NEVER TOLD HIM Y and it was because i was hiding my boyfriend and i was confused and its not my fault he didnt stick around for me to see the good side of him... I met someone and fell in love... THats good for me and saige... I think.... was I wrong when I wrote him and was upfront? I went to the mailbox to pull the letter out cuz I had second thoughts and I think this was a sign the post officce lady just pulled up and pulled it out before I got down the road I asked her to give it back... she said she cant. (is that a sign) what should I do??? I love my boyfriend and trust him but my mom hates him cuz she wants me to marry my childs father in prison!!! WTF please help meee!!! should i feel bad for her fatheR? im just trying to follow my judgement and my heart but lets face it both of those arent working or u would never be reading this. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!IDK what makes me happy anymore... I am sure I could technically be happy with either one but my boyfriend is the one I know. THe one who always makes me smile even when we argue... more

Open Question: Is this a good love song<3?

Im really big on oldies. I sent this song to my boyfriend even though hes likes black metal .. Lyrics- Brenton Woods<3 ----------------------------------------- When a boy falls in love He thinks of one girl He wants to try to get a little thing goin Strange expressions on his face is showin He gets an old rag and he shines his shoes And patches the holes in his favorite suit Im the one who knows Im the one who really knows After school he walks her home And when he gets home he gets on the phone Tells his baby that he missed her so When he just seen her five minutes ago He talks an hour, he hangs up and then Picks up the phone and calls her back again Im the one who knows Im the one who really knows At night she's in his dreams, heh And boy, if you could just see the scene He-hes all dressed up in a hero suit A long cape with stars on his boots He rescues her from a fallen plane They fly away to a far off land And live a life that's really grand Im the one who knows Im the one who really knows Im the one who really knows Im the one who really knows ----------------------------------------- <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HgiaHGNmOHA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HgiaHGNmOHA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> more

Open Question: i have fell pregnent on the copper coil?

hi has any one fell pregnant on the copper coil im really scared as i have 4 kids and fort i was safe but now im 6 weeks preg and really don't wont to lose the baby i had my coil out to day and really scared and just wonted to no if any one has gone through this that might pot my mind at ease thank you for reading this kealey more

Open Question: can any1 give me a good reason to live?

im 17 year old boy, who hasn't had a girlfriend and is a virgin and is fed up of it and fed up off being rejected be every person i ask out, i have had people who i made my friends and then asked them out and asked out people straight up but no-mater what the situation i have always got the same no, it is driving me insane and i cant bare it any more, should i just kill myself to stop this pain, if i had a girlfriend id want is to have tones of cuddles all the time, spend every minute of every day with them, kiss them until i can't kiss no more then kiss them some more, be the one they can always depend on, have them call me their baby boy, watch romantic films with me under a blanket with her raping herself around me, someone who i can buy nice things for and give her anything she wants in the whole world. if i wasn't what she wanted id change my whole life just to be with her and be what she wanted. id want to stay on phone all night to her until we fell asleep. but i doubt any girl would want me from the amount of times i have been rejected, and because of this i don't see any point in carrying on my existence if i cant even have one relationship with a nice girl so can any one see a point in me living or should i just end it all? more

Open Question: BABY NAME GAME! a good one! itll be fuuun!?

ok heres my baby name game xP 1) you get maried to your highschool sweetheart right out of graduation. your wedding was your hometown and your honeymoon has to be somere tropical. 2) well a few weeks after you come home from wherever you had your honeymoon you find out youv got a bun in the oven! congrats! its a boy and his name has to be from a book and his middle name has to be from a movie. (tell what book and what movie) 3) your baby boy isnt even one yet and you and your hubby already have another on the way! good greif you two! your having another boy and his name must have something to do with nature and he has to have 2 middle names one of your choice and the other his dads name. 4) your oldest is 3 and 2nd child 2 1/2 and you decide to get a puppy! he must be a big dog (tell us what kind) (sorry no toy pupies yet) and he has to be named after your favorite munchy food or candie bar. 5) your oldest is 5 and 2nd child about 4 and guess what! your prego with twins! both are girls and their names must stary with a "J" and a "K" and they must sound similar. middle name of your choice. 6) its been a few years now. your oldest is 11 your 2nd child is 10 and your twins are 6 and you decide to go on a second honeymoon in greece. well we allll know what happens at those so you come home prego. again. and it is another set of twins! omg! its a boy and a girl and you name each after a greek god/godess. 7) ok now it has REALLY been a long time. your oldest is 19 2nd child 18 first twins 14 and 2nd set of twins 8 and your twin girls both want a toy dog! what kind of toy dog is it and its name has to be soomething corny,cheesey,stupid,or just plain weird (like feifei or poopoo or something like that) 8) you go on a family vacation to china the same year you get the new puppie(whatever you named the poor thing) and fall in love with a little orphan whos parents died in a tragic cart accident. you adopt the poor 3 month old baby boy and make him one of your own. his name has to be chinease and has to mean something (ike great one or something) 9) well with your guys history we all know what happened in that other hotel room in china ;) right after adopting your prego AGAIN! its a baby girl and her name has to be chinease as well because you conceved her in china. 10) you have way to many children to fit in your tiny houe! you and your husbed decide to move to a bigger house with a huge yard and a hot tub! (uh oh). what does it look like? 11) youv had quite a number of kids! you decide 8 is way enough and decide to have your uterus removed. (smart idea with the new hot tub and all) 12) well again its been a long time and your eldest is 32 and about to have a kid with his wife (you pick her name. dont forget to share!) and you get to choose the middle name of the child! it will be a girl and her first name is (insert your name here!) congrats your a grandparent! sorry if its kinda long. i was having fun haha. HOPE YOU LIKED IT! more

Resolved Question: is this safe for my pregnant hamster?

my hammie is pregnant and i have a little hanging pouch in her cage like ferrets like to play in. it's for hamsters too and i have it hanging in her cage about 3 1/2 inches off the ground of her cage. she likes to climb on top of the pouch instead of in it, (she thinks she can get high enough to escape out of her tank lol). the top of it is probably 8 inches off the ground and she climbs on top trying to get out and will fall off it onto the ground of her tank. she is 12 days into her pregnancy and i am wondering if that is too far of a fall for her. she's got about 3-4 inches of bedding in her tank so it's not a hard fall but im afraid it might hurt the babies being so far into her pregnancy. i've been keeping it up out of reach the last 2 days, but it makes me feel bad because she really likes playing with it but im afraid it might hurt her babies..am i doing the right thing? and if i should keep it out of reach should i leave it that way until the babies are two weeks old just in case she falls off of it and lands on a baby? personal opinions please? much appreciated. more

Open Question: My pregnant girlfriend left me two months ago, I want her back so bad, do you think she does too?

My ex and I dated for abut a year, and towards the last four months of the relationship things got kind of bitter and ugly. There is no doubt that we didn't love each other. The problem is we were so nuts for each other, but we just fell apart at the end. After we broke up we soon found out she was pregnant. Things changed, we tried it again, and then things were going good. I've kind of been a "new" person since finding out I'm going to be a father. I was really trying, and we were having a lot of fun. The problem is I cheated on her one time early on in the relationship. NO excuses, I MESSED UP. I know I did, and I know things weren't always great, but I do LOVE her. So she got thinking about how I did that and among other things, she got real upset and stopped calling, and starfted avoiding me. She eventually got to the point, she wanted to go through the pregnancy on her own and wants me to be a father figure to the child, but doesn't want a relationship with me. Since then I've been so devastated. That was a couple months ago, she stopped calling all together and I let her be, she needed space. We went three weeks without a single conversation, and two days ago was the first time I had physically seen her in five weeks. I'm doing really well at work, and am making good money again. I just finished my best month and am on pace to have an even better month. We had a convo on Monday when I came over to help her get her cat to vet to get declawed. We had a nice conversation, but she made it very clear again she didn't want me. She would try to get close though and if I pulled my leg away from touching hers, she would position herself to where our bodies were touching. She would call me babe, and I am just so in LOVE with her. She's 21 weeks pregnant, and looks so cute. She hasn't gained a pound and has a little baby in her. She is such a pretty girl and is glowing, I am so attracted to her. Today we went to the hostpiatl to find out what the sex was. I brought her a hot chocalate and you'd think that had made her morning! When we went into the sonogram room as soon as the sonogam showed the baby moving around I got teary eyed and grabbed her hand. She held my hand and squeezed back and we're going to have a baby boy. I kissed her on the cheek and said congrats. We walked out together to my car and she got in to get warm. We talked and she said again that she doesn't want to be with me. But when she got out she kissed me on the cheek and said bye baby. I'm confused. I just want to be a happy family. I think it's so amazing I'm having a boy. I've always waited for this moment. I want her and I to fall more in love and learn to get a long better while raising the kid. However, I want what's best for the kid and her. I'd do anything to make it work, however I don't know what's going on with her. What do you think? If you were pregnant with your boyfriends baby, wouldn't you at least want to try your hardest to make it work. I'm so depressed I feel like I'm missing out on so much, and I just want to take care of her.First Paragraph: Meant to say: "there is no doubt that we loved each other." more

Open Question: Shakespeare Homework Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

When was William Shakespeare born? * August 3, 1664 April 26, 1564 He was most likely born on April 23rd or 24th of 1564. A few days previous to his baptism record. Where was baby William born? * William and wife Anne Hathaway had three children. Which of William's children died at a young age? * Does that name remind you of anything? Judeth Hamnet Susanna William Shakespeare probably never went beyond grammar school. * True False How many plays is Shakespeare thougth to have written? * 34 18 98 39 How many came you name off the top of your head? * No need to look them up (cheater). Just list as many as you can. You may surpise yourself. While most people regularly use about 2,000 words, Shakespeare used more than _________ in his writing. * Pick one phrase said to have been coined by Shakespeare. Have you heard it before? Where? What does it mean? * If you don't know... guess! Why does this article believe that Shakespeare has been credited with coining phrases that predate his works? * He claimed many phrases that he never wrote. Shakespeare's works made these phrases more widely known. The article doesn't talk about this. What was the main focus of Shakespeare's tragedies? * Forbidden love Fall of a main character War between nations Select the four most famous tragedies according to this website. * Romeo and Juliet Othello Hamlet Much Ado About Nothing King Lear Henry IV The Taming of the Shrew Macbeth Who are the characters in Act 1, Scene 1 of Hamlet? * http://www.stickfigurehamlet.com/act1/scene1/page01.html What is the setting? * more

Open Question: I want to get back with my **PREGNANT** Ex-GF soo BAD, do you think she does?

My ex and I dated for abut a year, and towards the last four months of the relationship things got kind of bitter and ugly. There is no doubt that we didn't love each other. The problem is we were so nuts for each other, but we just fell apart at the end. After we broke up we soon found out she was pregnant. Things changed, we tried it again, and then things were going good. I've kind of been a "new" person since finding out I'm going to be a father. I was really trying, and we were having a lot of fun. The problem is I cheated on her one time early on in the relationship. NO excuses, I MESSED UP. I know I did, and I know things weren't always great, but I do LOVE her. So she got thinking about how I did that and among other things, she got real upset and stopped calling, and starfted avoiding me. She eventually got to the point, she wanted to go through the pregnancy on her own and wants me to be a father figure to the child, but doesn't want a relationship with me. Since then I've been so devastated. That was a couple months ago, she stopped calling all together and I let her be, she needed space. We went three weeks without a single conversation, and two days ago was the first time I had physically seen her in five weeks. I'm doing really well at work, and am making good money again. I just finished my best month and am on pace to have an even better month. We had a convo on Monday when I came over to help her get her cat to vet to get declawed. We had a nice conversation, but she made it very clear again she didn't want me. She would try to get close though and if I pulled my leg away from touching hers, she would position herself to where our bodies were touching. She would call me babe, and I am just so in LOVE with her. She's 21 weeks pregnant, and looks so cute. She hasn't gained a pound and has a little baby in her. She is such a pretty girl and is glowing, I am so attracted to her. Today we went to the hostpiatl to find out what the sex was. I brought her a hot chocalate and you'd think that had made her morning! When we went into the sonogram room as soon as the sonogam showed the baby moving around I got teary eyed and grabbed her hand. She held my hand and squeezed back and we're going to have a baby boy. I kissed her on the cheek and said congrats. We walked out together to my car and she got in to get warm. We talked and she said again that she doesn't want to be with me. But when she got out she kissed me on the cheek and said bye baby. I'm confused. I just want to be a happy family. I think it's so amazing I'm having a boy. I've always waited for this moment. I want her and I to fall more in love and learn to get a long better while raising the kid. However, I want what's best for the kid and her. I'd do anything to make it work, however I don't know what's going on with her. What do you think? more

Open Question: first love, alot of mistakes?

I lost my first gf,i am 19.we were together for 2 years.she was my first everything, i really did love her with all my heart, but i was so inexperience.she became pregnant for me, but i was so scared an i knew we werent ready, so i told her to have an abortion. we fell apart after that, an she began seeing someone else behind my back.she blamed me for everything an made me feel like the worst person in he world.my first relationship turned out to be so serious, i went through everything with that girl, but i messed up so bad cause i didnt have experience to handle certain stuations. losing her was one thing, but coming to terms with killing your own flesh an blood is another, i have nightmares every night about it, i cant even hold a baby, cause it hurts so much.i pray everyday that God and baby can forgive me.this is too much for me too handle in my first relationship. they say u never get over your first love, so how am i suppose to do it when, I've been through so much with, an having to wonder everyday what could've been, knowing hat she hates me forever.i feel like my heart is broken beyond repair, an she never even forgave me. i never meant for anything to happen like this. this relationship made me mature before my time an i learned alot fom it, but will this pain ever heal, will she ever forgive me, will she even remember me?? can i even be forgiven for all the mistakes i made??? more

Open Question: Hubby and I are seriously considering a move from the US to AU...?

Hubby and I are seriously considering a move from the US to AU within the next year or two (housing in US is terrible right now, so we'll need to wait for market to correct itself before we'll want to sell our home...plus we're disappointed in the public education system here in the US). We are educated professionals with four young children, currently 7 yrs, 5 yrs, 2 yrs and baby due in June. We've vacationed in Sydney in the past year and just fell in love, but question if it's the best place to raise a family. We've read lovely things about the schools and family-friendly atmosphere in Perth, but it's so far away! Our primary concerns are our children, obviously...we want good schools, suburb-living, and a family-friendly environment. Would you guide us in some directions please? Many Thanks! more

Open Question: i have had the same dream 5 nights in a row. what does this mean?

alright so for the past 5 nights i have gone to sleep right hoping to dream something else but when i fall asleep it happens.. see my dream is this i am running thru my house yelling at people for no reason (i think it has to do with the fact the love of my life and i broke up) and storming past every thing breaking everything i touch and making my baby sister cry and telling my mom to shut her up before i toss her out the window. but every night something changes just a little like last night instead of there being a dog sitting and watching there was a duck. i know its crazy i just don't know all my friends are telling me its nothing and to stop worrying about it but i just cant.. you know its like i am being told something but i just cant figure it out.. does any one have any ideas? please help.. more

Open Question: Can't Control my words....?

So my youngest sister is 18, she is a hs senior and she has a 15 month old baby boy... we love him very much. She was 16 when she had her baby and I believe she has grown up but not really, my grandmother takes care of the baby when she's at school and she has him for like two hours untill we (me, my mom and step dad) come home from work, we all work at the same place so we car pool. Anyways so she has the baby for like two hours then once we get home my mom is the one watching him because she already has her bf at the house. They are always fighting and they have only known each other and been together for around one month.. constantly jelous of each other and they have a habit of playing rough. I do not want her with a boyfriend oh and he is 16!!! she's 18 already... I told her in a txt message that I can't believe she took back her bf after they just had a pretty big fight over HER ACCUSING HIM OF BRINGING ANOTHER GIRL TO OUR HOUSE (he stays the night & stays at the house while she's at school). I do not want her with anyone, idk it's just a feeling that she just shouldn't be with anyone. So in the txt I told her that "I can't believe he stayed the night after they had faught the day before, and that I dont want her with a hs kid....) so then I tell my mom what I told her n how i felt but then my mom jumped all over me saying that (i shouldn't have said nothing that she has alot of pressure on her and that just probly brought her day down) so i sent her another msg with some what appoligzing in it "I it's just how i feel i guess now that i'm getting older i just want to see you at your best and not all teary eyed over a hs child. u will graduate n i can't wait for you to be in college" .... my mom called me on our work phones and asked if i replyed to her with appologizing.. i told her what i texted and my mom said "Gah Ashley, you just really don't know what to say do you, you probly just made her feel even more low, then she hung up and came to my cubical and hoovered over me, saying why would you tell her things like that, when you were 17 dating a 15 year old... just like her... ) I thought I was being open to how I felt for my sister.. that she doens't need these little 16 year olds she need to be herself and have fun while being in hs... and not fighting over this 16 year old... and I showed encouragement to her future sucess... but no my mom has to bring me down, telling me what I should be telling my sister... or telling me this and that.. SHE IS THE ONE WHO brings me down... when she was hoovering over me, I told myself I didn't want to talk to my mom for the rest of the day but that's dumb because she is my mom and I can't just be rude to her in such a way.. mother always does this to me, she has to say oh ashley does this and it's something that can reflect badly on the real person i am, i am always trying to make time to spend with my family, even it just to sit in the living room and tell a joke, or run around with my lil nephew or go to my grandmas to help her make dinner and clean dishes... i really like doing all this with my family i love them very much and I want them all to be happy, so when they are down I always tell them look at it this way... you can be happy doing this... or that to show them I care and they can stray from the mishaps and sadness... while I'm soooo completely sad inside, no one understands me and that is waht keeps me so fusterated when my mom comes at me with your bringing her down... when i'm showing her i care about her feelings and i want to see her at all her best not one tear falling from her eye... but my words never ever come out right and that makes me seems like this awful person.... idk. i hate dealing with my mom other than like really trying to show her i'm her i'm doing ok and well, just to leave me alone and not hoover over everything i'm doing in my life and how i feel i can talk to my family in the way i am feeling for them. more

Open Question: Did we lose the romance?

When I first met my boyfriend we were totally perfect for each other. Everything ran so smooth and we were so in love. We started planning a wedding and talked about wanting kids. He was so attentive etc. We stopped using condoms and I went to the doc to get on birth control, before I could start it I got pregnant! Everything feels so different. He's not attentive, he hardly acts excited to see me, he says he's stressed out trying to work and finish school but he was in the same boat before. I know a baby is stressful but he said he wanted this before hand, was he lying? I'm so confused. I have tried being nice, mean, putting my foot down, ignoring it... I can't ignore it anymore. I want the romance and the love back... will it happen with time? Did he fall out of love? What do I do? more

Open Question: Could someone analyze my dream (part 3)?

I decided to take someone's advice and split my 10 page document of dreams into one question per dream. Any help would be appreciated. (Age 13) In this dream, I am running through a dark house with floors covered in hay (as if it were a barn). I’m carrying a baby in my hands very protectively. I come past a table and place the baby on it, then leave it as if it would be dangerous for the child to come with me. I walk further into the building and into a hallway where I slow down and look around suspiciously. Suddenly, I fall into a sort of basement across from a man who is eating an animal. After ripping into it and spilling blood on the hay-covered floor, he looks up at me and, very seriously, says: “You know what you are.”As I said in part 2, the dream inspired my story, not the other way around. more

Open Question: anyone with a 2 year old and pregnant again?

hi all, i have a sweetheart of 2 years and now i am pregnant again.touchwood!! my question is, my daughter still nurses so by the time the next baby arrives do i need to wean her? or can both the babies nurse simultaneously?? like will it fall short?? please help! another question too, anyone with a similar situation tell me how do the two kids adjust?? i mean any rivalry or something? coz touchwood ! my first daughter is a sweetheart! no tantrums! touchwood!! more

Open Question: can my landlord evict me for having a baby?

the lease on my flat runs out jan next year and my baby is due in mid oct, somebody told me that when she fell pregnant her landlord told her she had to leave immediatly due to the fact he didnt want the baby making noise/mess in the flat. im unsure if this is actually the case with some landlords? if anyones had any similar experiences or advice on the topic please do share. more

Open Question: Do you need that *reconnection* after so many years?

You get married with all these ideals, then the sh*t hits the fan, not directly a cause from either spouse but life happens, stress happens, obstacles are constantly thrown in your face, and then you're blessed with babies and you concentrate on that to keep your focus going. Kids get older, don't need you so much and then you're staring at a relative stranger across the table and you go ''hey who are you?'' Do you find getting away just the two of you brings you back to that place where you both remember why you fell in love in the first place?I'm not talking about quitting the marriage, I'm asking if people find it helpful to get away together away from the stresses and kids...we've never done that in 12 yrs. I'm thinking its about time to! more

Open Question: do i have depression ?

please help me im not sure what to do .i have had a bit of a bad time and now i have got to a point where i dont know what to do anymore ! my head feels all scrambled i lose my temper at the silliest of things of things.the other day i even thought about falling down some stairs just to see if it sorted my head out .yes its sounds silly but i have bad days and good ones. i have been raped at the age of 16 ,i lost my baby at 17 weeks pregnant then i had too wait 2 weeks before they removed my baby then i found out i could have cancer which later i got the all clear i have been homeless with my children ! then my brother died at the age of 30 which was a shock ! life at easy as im always struggling to pay my bills !! i have never spoke to anyone about how i feel untill now. i have tryed exercise but now i find it hard to do anything some mornings i dont want to get up i even get to a point where i just want to walk out and leave my family ! please help i feel like im going crazy !!! more

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