Nope - never. Even if she is married and you aren't stil equals adultry!!

I know it is tough as I have been there. You answered all your own questions. It is all up to you. You will know when you are ready to move on. When your are ready, you'll go, and go quickly. Not everyone can move on quickly or let go easily. Some find another person right away because that is their way of coping. We each have our own way, our own grieving time that we need, then we can move forward. We broke up almost a year ago and I finally decided I wasn't wasting anymore energy on what "might have been" and what I have no control over. It was a decision I made when I was ready! You'll get there. It is harder when you work in the same place and if you have the option of finding something different it might help. Do what is best for you! Doesn't sound like (no matter how great he is) that he is the best for you...which means there is someone else that IS.

These are my sons in the pic.....they're all grown, but we still need each other!!

Ahhhh.....

One day at a time with the sincere belief that it will be better. Because it will! A friend commited suicide a couple of weeks ago and I promise that is not the answer....leaves a lot of questions and pain for the people who cared about him to clean up!

I'd suggest a picture with a smile and the grammar police will attack your spelling!!

Keep in touch, but mostly GO LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER!

I think you're cute and I like your profile. Straight forward and to the point. Not everyone likes that, but I like it and appreciate when the guys are honest about what they want. You'll do fine.

SORRY, THAT IS "LAKE EFFECT" SNOW.

We have had a very cold week --like in the teens, got snow off and on all week, it is about 5 inches on the ground and we're suppose to get 3-5 inches more today. I am close enough to Lake Michigan to get the wonderful 'snow effect'.

I agree w/Buttons.....

I'm here, coffee is brewing, and we are still getting snow. Brrrrr

Welcome...it is very cold (20) in Michigan and we have snow adviories...other than that, life is good. My family is in Benton Arkansas which is not too far from you!

Most people have a hard time trusting in love and another person. We protect our hearts by not fully giving it because we are afraid of it being broken.

I was looking for a kitten.

Oh, geez, ya'll, too, huh? My dad used to call that philosophy spending a dollar to save a penny. Just today an aide I have been training was telling me he wasn't going to try to toilet this large lady by himself. They tell him to use a gait belt. She won't let him put the gait belt on her. She really isn't ambulatory but she tries. I told him to go get me to help him. You have to go by the doctor's orders on the resident status sheet or you can kiss your license goodbye. We can't even have candystripers or orderlies because they would have to be on the payroll because if they are not on the payroll then the insurance doesn't cover them. Yup. Have to stay positive and that is why I vent a lot. It got to the point where I really didn't have a choice. Can't hurt the residents because that is abuse and can't hide from the residents because that is called neglect. So ya just have to deal with your anger and theirs, too. It is impossible to be in two places at once but we try.


Yea....trying to figure out how to save $$..but we have to care for out patients and when they complain that I scheduled someone for over time I tell them to decide which patient gets less than adequate care!!

Michigan is at 9.2% unemployment and they just announced more job cuts!! But, it will get better! I believe that!!

Sorry, I always end up being a thread stopper! As a mother of 5, grand mother of 4, I will tell you that 11 year olds know about sex. As soon as my kids came home from school with incorrect information we had THE TALK. My younger two were in 1st and 3rd grade when we had the talk. It is important that they know the truth. And when you start breaking it into FACTS they lose much of the curiosity.

I hope your daughter understands that nothing was her fault and not her job to fix things. She may feel she was responsible since she was home and you were at work. They do look at things that way. Best of luck. I do have a lot of experience in kids and life if you ever want to ask, just email me.

She needs to know that it is not her responsibility as a child to handle any of it. It is OK for her to be mad. Remind her that she hates what her mom DID not her Mom. And that is OK. As the "oldest" she is taking the caretaker roll and that is way to tough for a kid!! Hard enough for us (supposed) adults.

Love your poem. May I share it with my daughter? She writes poetry as well and I think she'll like it. We had squirrels where we use to live and they'd come to the door, look in the window, then wait until we brought out a cookie which they would take from our hand. If we didn't see them at the door, they would jump on the screen and make noise until we came out!