I waited until college too, but I was still only 18. We used condoms always, and after a few months I got up the courage to ask an older adult friend(old enough to be my mom, but not a friend of my mom's) for advice about a gyn to see and got on the pill. I am now married to that man with 2 kids and haven't been on…

I've had to hide my atheism too. I am in a very public job, and my bosses are a publicly elected board of trustees. It does suck that we have to hide who we really are from most people. My best friend, and a cousin who I'm very close to are very much practicing believers. With one, We just don't talk about it much. We…

I can't jump in. I never really did. We were Christmas/Easter Catholics growing up and I can't remember ever believing in God. I believed in Santa Claus for longer. I saw proof of Santa every Christmas morning under the tree:) I'm proud of the way my son views religion and I hope my 16 month old daughter eventually…

When my dad was diagnosed with colon cancer and my FIL was diagnosed with prostate cancer, AND my 2 year old cat died of colon cancer all in about 3 months time, I didn't start believing in God. In fact when a year later my dad had died and my FIL was in remission, it just made my disbelief stronger. My dad was a…

I think you're spot on about indoctrination at a young age. We never really discussed God/religion/heaven/hell/etc. with my son until preschool. The only reason it came up then was because the Y preschool said a prayer before snack time. On a side note it wholly pathetic that the most secular preschool program we…

Right you are! I don't think there is a God, but if science ever figures out a way to test the hypothesis that there is, and it finds that there is, and the test has been duplicated numerous times and has been accepted by the scientific community as a valid theory(like gravity and evolution), then I will humbly change…

But none of the same participants would have fallen into the 27 and younger group and the 58-67 group during the 17 years of this particular study, so it is still very generational.

I let my son join a pack, and he and I just take a REEEEAAALLY long breath during that part of the pledge and never actually say it. We do the same thing during the Pledge of Allegiance, actually.

I let my son join as a first grader because he begged me too. His pack is also awesome, and we're atheist who have many friends and family members who are gay. Our Packmaster is useless and knows nothing, but the Assistant Packmaster(who is also my son's den leader) and I have become friends over the last couple of…

In my area at least, Targets do not have full grocery stores. They are more like Wal-Mart was before before they all changed to Super Wal-marts. When my local Target needed more space, the expanded the existing building. When my local Wal-Mart needed more space, they abandoned the old building and built a new one.…

I dance 1 day a week and run 4-5 days a week, but I'm like your friend too. Especially when I'm carting my toddler around. Girl gets heavy. I though I was gonna die a few weeks ago when I hiked into and out of a canyon at a local state park with her 24 pound body on my back in a carrier.

I agree. I had started dancing again to perform in alumni number at the dance studio that I went to as a kid and that my son now attends, and I started to eat healthier/smaller portions. I accidentally got pregnant shortly after, but I kept up with the dancing through most of the pregnancy and started walking. I only…

I am a parent of 2 kids. If the real problem with the popsicle was the gumballs being a choking hazard because littlegloss is under 3, please ignore the rest of this comment, because taking it away from her was entirely appropriate. If she's older, 1 popsicle will not hurt her. Do you think all of the food she eats at…

With my second(oldest is almost 9 so I wasn't on Facebook with him) I announced at 10 weeks on Facebook, after my first appointment and the ultrasound where we were able to hear the heartbeat. I was already starting to show and we told my son(7) then too. People were gonna know anyway. I never posted sonograms. Really…

Yes, yes it does :)

I'm with you. The only time doggie-style is better, is when I'm hugely pregnant.

I always thought the same thing!

After 10 years of marriage and 2 kids, we go through a box of condoms or less in a month. 1 box of condoms =$10 or less. 1 month BC on my insurance =$30. Condoms for the fiscally responsible it is.

She's also a friend's kid. I hope she feels that way. I did what I could. Just keep talking to your friend's kids. Teenagers listen more than they let on.

Whether she comes to me or not, I feel better for having put it out there.