Other - Family & Relationships - 12 August 2006

Because you don't know who they actually are, maybe they are fake. And you can get easily hooked up on this. Perhaps you even waste all your hopes and time chatting to this fake person.

What is your view on this? Have you done it before? if so, where did it get you?

2006-08-12 06:39:30 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Price of Children

This is just too good not to pass on to all. Something absolutely positive for a change. I have repeatedly seen the breakdown of the cost of raising a child, but this is the first time I have seen the rewards listed this way. It's nice.

The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income family. Talk about sticker shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition.

But $160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down. It translates into:

* $8,896.66 a year,

* $741.38 a month, or
* $171.08 a week.
* That's a mere $24.24 a day!
* Just over a dollar an hour.

Still, you might think the best financial advice is don't have children if you want to be "rich." Actually, it is just the opposite. What do you get for your $160,140?
* Naming rights. First, middle, and last!

* Glimpses of God every day.
* Giggles under the covers every night.
* More love than your heart can hold.
* Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.
* Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.
* A hand to hold, usually covered with jelly or chocolate.
* A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites
* Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.

For $160,140, you never have to grow up. You get to:

* finger-paint,
* carve pumpkins,
* play hide-and-seek,
* catch lightning bugs, and
* never stop believing in Santa Claus.

You have an excuse to:
* keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,
* watching Saturday morning cartoons,
* going to Disney movies, and
* wishing on stars.
* You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets and collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clay or Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.

For $160,140, there is no greater bang for your buck. You get to be a hero just for:
* retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,
* taking the training wheels off a bike,
* removing a splinter,
* filling a wading pool,
* coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.

You get a front row seat to history to witness the:
* first step,
* first word,
* first bra,
* first date, and
* first time behind the wheel.

You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family tree, and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildren and great grandchildren. You get an education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match.

In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there under God. You have all the power to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love them without limits, So . one day they will, like you, love without counting the cost. That is quite a deal for the price!!!!!!!

Love & enjoy your children & grandchildren!!!!!!!

2006-08-12 06:38:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

What drives you crazy about your boyfriend, husband or lover?,
and please be honest

2006-08-12 06:34:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

im so confused over this, i feel guilty for developing feelings for this way older dr, but it has happened,yes... he is married w/kids and he never talks about his wife. i just see the ring and assume. he is the one who started this whole thing, and continues up until this very day...im starting to get used to the flattering comments, phone calls, and the flirting, i know i know it's wrong but i basically just went to the dr. never guessing that for 5 months straight i would be in this situation. what do you do when you want to tell him how you feel but you know it's ethically and morally wrong?if i know it's wrong, he definatly knows it's wrong so why does he still do it?

2006-08-12 06:33:51 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am, and have always been a firm believer in marriage and a sacred relationship between two people. But now it seems as if people treat marriage as if dating and mostly end up in divorce. People are quick to cheat and are too selfish now to keep up a relationship. I am slowly starting to lose confidence with time and society.

2006-08-12 06:33:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-12 06:22:58 · 6 answers · asked by Cliffather 2

all the signs are there that tell me that he might love me. and i fell deep down that he does, but he hasent told me yet. he's a single father of two boys and very busy with work. he's told me about other women he has dated but they leave because he cant spend alot of time cause of his kids. but for me he does everything he can to see and be with me.

2006-08-12 06:14:50 · 10 answers · asked by leigha w 1

not aware of this childs exsistence the courts still went back 5+ years for back childsupport. how come they can do that when if i had known then i could have been there from the begining and at least could have been there for the kid?

2006-08-12 06:13:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My boyfriend and I have been together for four years. He had to move to New Mexico in December to accept a new job, but will be back to Arizona next summer. Long distance has been tough, but I THOUGHT it was making us stronger. However, about 2-3 months ago, we had a big fight and seperated temp. He met another girl and started dating her. We recently reconciled, and he told me about 'Regina.' He is 26, she is 50. I told him that she has to go, and he agreed. That was about 6 weeks ago.

Last night, I called and left a message on his voice mail. Something crazy happened, and I started hearing a message from her, from last night. She was saying how much she misses him (because he is on a business trip this weekend), and how much she cant wait to see him when she gets back.

I was furious, because obviously he lied to me about ending things with her. I called him back and he answered. He said it must be some mistake.

Am I asking to much to ask him to end all communication with her?

2006-08-12 06:07:56 · 8 answers · asked by PRETTYGIRL 2

2006-08-12 06:05:22 · 8 answers · asked by lastjaca 1

next door to us.They hate me as well as I hate their ways.The father in law has two wives.And everyone acts like this is OKAY.The father in law wont admitt the other women as his wife and says she is a friend but she has the same last name spends the same amount of time with himand the 1st women (wife knows this) both women have been in the same kitchen cooking.He runs all over town with the women that dosent live with him.Everyone in this town knows her,not my husbands father wife.My husband and his sisters hate this other women but they still let her stay around their mothers house.My husband son thinks Carol is ok.I tell my son no she is a bad person due to the fact they have taught husbands son to hate my son.This is a messed up family.I dont want them living next door.And told husband so and why.But he wants his dad close becz the old fart is sick and theres mold in their house which dosent help his condition.He dosent know that Im thinking of moving when they move in.Someone help

2006-08-12 06:02:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-12 05:55:12 · 12 answers · asked by help.. 1

2006-08-12 05:48:26 · 16 answers · asked by Red 3

2006-08-12 05:42:20 · 12 answers · asked by amy 2

2006-08-12 05:40:59 · 20 answers · asked by leigha w 1

grandma has come again for her 3 week summer vacation, she is 72 and sleeps in the spare bedroom next to me' this is so embarrassing but here goes, well she is using a vibrator not only is it buzzing very loud but i can hear her moaning and groaning till she reaches "O" i cant have any friends over for sleepover till she goes back home, surely shes too old for masturbating??????

2006-08-12 05:36:14 · 22 answers · asked by qcumber man 3

My mom and my dad are divorced. They have been since I was 10 months old. My mom visits but to her I might as well be invisible. On my brothers birthday she will bring him lots of gifts and a cake the whole works but on my birthday she wont even give me a birthday card or even on a regular day she talks a blue streak to my brother im lucky if she says hello to me is it wrong for me to dislike her a whole lot I mean she is my mother but.....I'm now 25 and I’ll bet she has not said more them 200 words to me my whole life and she sees me almost every weekend. Several times I have sat there next to her and tried to talk to her she will pick up a book and start to read or turn the TV on or just get up and walk away.

2006-08-12 05:34:56 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

A guy's ring, its our anniversary.

2006-08-12 05:34:10 · 3 answers · asked by thetheatregurl 2

What can I do to help her to understand that she needs to take pride in keeping her house clean

2006-08-12 05:32:31 · 6 answers · asked by Candy 4

Maybe it revealed your identity and opened up a can of worms? Felt stupid afterwards? Got too many answers you didn't agree with?

2006-08-12 05:29:57 · 17 answers · asked by JustineTime 4

i heard that it costs about 10,000$ to adopt a child and then youve got to wait a long time before even being able to take care of that child....my question is..why is that so , dont they want the child to grow up happy ? dont they want more people to adopt ? if it costs that much and it takes that long , some loving husband and wife wont be able to take that child home because they cant afford that much at the time without saving up months and months of paychecks..not like they are poor or anything but bills and food are priority and there isnt exactly 10,000 left over..
why do they want that much money anyways ? and why do they wait so long ? cant they just screen the possible parents to see if they are good people etc in 1 month or less ?

2006-08-12 05:28:14 · 5 answers · asked by to whom it may confide 3

my bf and i just started having sex the second time, after sometime he was concerned if i was feeling different with my body, i told him that im okei and not is different. after a week i've been craving cofee which normally i dont drink coffee does this me it could be something?

2006-08-12 05:27:00 · 6 answers · asked by flower_roxy101 2

My husband, whom I love with all my heart, just had a heart attack wednesday. He came home from the hospital on all kinds of new meds and orders to change his life style and follow up appointments with the cardiologist. The problem is he is not suppose to be under any added stress and now I have juevenille officers contacting me over an incident of his son being abusive to my daughter while here this summer. I know he needs to know but I am scared to tell him afraid it will send him back to the hospital or worse. I can't talk to his family as they feel everything that has happened with his kids is my fault and my kids. How should I tell him this is going on. The juvenille officer didn't come by until after he was in the hospital and then last night when I got home had a note in the door from her to call her first thing Monday and she wants us both there. My husband knows what had happened just not that the authorities are now involved

2006-08-12 05:24:12 · 6 answers · asked by Martha S 4

2006-08-12 05:19:05 · 5 answers · asked by liv3_2_sk8 2

2006-08-12 05:15:04 · 23 answers · asked by sweet 2

that they kind of "forget" about their girls. My boyfrined and his best friend has hired a car for the weekend as they both decided to go and travel around a bit. Anyway, I know that my boyfriend likes to spend time with his friends and I know that this particular friend is very important for him. So when he told me about his trip, I didn't think that I would hear from him this weekend as I thought that if men are together, that means he is doing his own thing and I am doing my own. But I was very happy when I came back yesterday evening from work to receive a sweet message from him. He was asking me how I was doing and how my evening was going and he was telling me about a place they went to visit. I though it was really sweet but I must say I was quite surprised to hear from him.in a nice way of course. What do you think?

2006-08-12 05:08:51 · 8 answers · asked by violet b 1

2006-08-12 05:04:46 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Never got that chance uh?
Tell them here, tell it to the world. You never know whose see this.

2006-08-12 05:04:28 · 3 answers · asked by Handsup 3

Last night I hung out with this girl who I haven't seen in years. My boyfriend called while I was with her but I left my phone in my bag which I left in the car. When I finally realized he called and called him back he started grillin me about where I was and who I was with. After I explained what happened he still had an attitude so I hung up on him and now today he isn't answering his phone. Should I make plans with my sis or wait for him to call me so we can hang out? (we only get to see each other on the weekends)

2006-08-12 04:57:19 · 11 answers · asked by akiastatz 3

We met at the store when he was 15 we fell in love 2 month ago. I still love him but don't know if ok for my age.

2006-08-12 04:51:12 · 6 answers · asked by Simone 2