My confidence was ruined in my early teens (12-15) by guys who were mocking me daily in school and picking apart my physical flaws. At 16, I met a guy who worshiped the ground I walked on (I broke up with him 8 month later for unrelated reasons and he attempted suicide). Right now I get hit on SO OFTEN (beating them away with a stick almost), and I assume they like me for multiple reasons, but the one that I hear 80% of the time is "You are so REAL. I'm so drawn to women like you!" or "You are so direct! I love that" Etc Apparently it drives them wild.

I was also watching the 16 & preg afterrshow. Dr drew asked one couple what they were using for bc, now that they have a child and the father was heading to college on a sports scholarship & they would certainly want to prevent another accident. He said NOTHING! We figured it happened once , it wouldnt happen again! WHAT THE HELL? this pissed me off to no end! And the boys mom was pissed at the girl thinking she was trying to trap him. What an idiot! And he is going to college. This is one for the 'we need to temp sterilize teens' argument. Just so effing stupid.

OP w/ the trans bf. He refuses therapy bc he was in it for yrs. He told me he was born intersex & lived as a girl til teens, then lived as a boy but a fam friend of his said he was trans & when he switched in his early 20's he would never talk about it with her even tho they were very close, so I feel he didn't tell me truth, IDK if it is worth it 2 bring up. I wouldn't have left him if he told me he was trans, I think he thought I would. 2 siblings disowned him for it,my fam did a background check on him and disowned me for being w him. he has dealt w/ so much surrounding gender...its sad.

Sometimes people seem to forget that they are not having a baby, they're having a HUMAN. That includes the terrible twos, bratty young kid behaviour, sullen teens, and possibly huge family break ups and never speaking to you again when they hit adulthood. Why are people surprised by this shit? If all you want is a cuddly baby, volunteer for a nursery instead of having your own.

Parents are divorced. When I was younger & into my teens, I thought Dad was just being super mean & snide saying my brother was just like my mom in the way they handle life's issues. Now at 30 I realize he was right. They internalize everything as a slight & blame everyone else for their problems. They live in the past. Mom-"It's the therapist's fault your brother isn't happy. It's stepdad's fault I act like this." I'm not happy all the time but at some point you have to take ownership of your own happiness & stop wallowing. Stop giving people so much power over your emotions. They're YOURS!

OK, I am seriously freaked out here. I moved away from my hometown almost 20 years ago. With the "help" of social media, two guys from my teens have tracked me down. Both have told me they have been looking for me for years, and both told me they have unrequited feelings for me (whoa, when did that start?!?). Plus, I've just met someone new via online dating and I think the world of him. What exactly is going on here? Think I might have to go back to being a hermit. Not sure I can handle this!

I have two wonderful kids from a not-so-wonderful marriage that I left 5 years ago after having my tubes tied. Now I'm with a fantastic guy. I missed my period, and although I was certain I wasn't pregnant, and he knows it was extremely unlikely, both of us secretly hoped that that teensy, tiny miniscule chance of getting pregnant after a tubal would have happened for us. It didn't. Now we are faced with the decision, put money towards our dream house, or a tubal reversal?

If more young men (think late teens, twenties) read this site they would totally figure women out. They would knownjust what to say and do to get a woman hot, horny, in love and in bed. Seriously.

A guy I "met" online and started writing letters to over 10 years ago just friended me on FB. I was in my early teens then and hardly recognize him now. We've never met in person and I'm not sure I want to open up those can of worms, although I'm sure that I still have his sweet letters somewhere in my parent's home. Pretty crazy stuff!

Last night I watched this special on 2020 about homeless teens. I just bawled my eyes out. Even though I wasn't homeless, I empathize with the stress and anxiety, when the people you trust and love most in the world betray you and abandon you, that feeling of no floor under your feet, that feeling of being utterly alone in the world. It was so, so sad.