Yes, I lack the self discipline to watch what I eat and excersise regularly. Know what I have the self discipline for? I have the discipline to be an active and attentive parent. I have the discipline to run a clean and well organized and maintained home. I have the discipline to watch what I say to family and friends in order to keep my relationships strong. I have the discipline to work hard at a twenty year marriage. And before all of this I had the discipline to get a Master's degree and have a productive career. I'm sorry to annoy you with my lack of discipline regarding my weight.

I feel alone in this marriage. I love DH and we've had a good life{married 22 yrs}, two kids {18 and 8}, make a decent living. DH is a workaholic. He works full time and we own a small business that he runs in the evening. I help with the business, run the household, the kids, do the booking for business and personal, take care of the pets, discipline the kids. He's too tired to make love. If we do its because I initiate. We have no social life. No date nights. He says he's really happy in our marraige. I feel invisible.

I am working hard to be disciplined & pay off our last bit of debt. Every time I walk in a store I chant to myself, "Buy what you need, not what you want." So far it's working. I sure hope it becomes second nature soon!!

Sometimes there's just not enough hours in the day to be an awesome mom. Discipline-wise and entertainment-wise.

I don't hate your screaming child. Sure, I may look angry when they are screaming/misbehaving in a restaurant, but honestly I am angry at YOU the parent(s). So go ahead and call me a child-hater if that makes you feel better for your lack of parenting skills. Go ahead and bitterly say that it will be different when I have my own child (not gonna happen). And yes, I was once a child too. The only difference is that my parents believed in discipline and you apparently do not. So you just keep on being miserable and trying to get company and I will continue to sit in the bar to avoid your kids.

I think it's sad when people have to turn to an imaginary friend (aka belief in god) when they have a hard time. It's a crutch and can never replace human interaction/support. The church sets people up to always feel guilty, always feel like they're not good enough and that they should constantly be SO thankful that god loves them because they're so unlovable; that god "tests" them out of discipline and love. They sound like battered wives making excuses for their deity. I'm glad I escaped religion years ago.

I know you are a teacher and you need to show your discipline blah but it is OK to at least crack a smile at the parent of the kid in your class. You are down right scary lady I understand you have 29 kids in your K class and have been teaching for 14 years but did you teach out basic courtesy. be warm be soft they are just kids you can be firm and kind at the same time. And for shit sakes SMILE at the parents you are not TEACHING us. Thanks a ...BUNCH.

Before getting married, DH stressed that he would be head of household or there would be no marriage. I accepted this and am a submissive wife. He provides for me and I take care of our home and go out of my way to please him. It works for us. We also practice domestic discipline when I don't please him.

I don't know if it's because I'm older, but this self discipline stuff is easier than I thought. All I think of is the end result and that makes it so easy to deal with.

I hate when my husband has days off. He stays home all day criticizing everything I do. I basically can't do anything right. According to him, I don't buy the right groceries, I don't make the right meals, I don't discipline the kids the right way and I don't meet his sexual needs. Even though we had sex 3x in his two days off! He also complained that I took the girls to get their hair trimmed without telling him first! WTF! He's at work today, and I am so incredibly drained from the last two days with this control freak!