This is a guest blog submitted by sleepyhead.

A few weeks ago, a fellow Xanga member declined my friend invite.  I had invited her to be my friend after writing a comment on her blog. I wasn't surprised with the decline; it happens. What surprised me was the message she sent me explaining why she'd declined; she said she was married so she didn't want to be friends. 

I didn't respond to the message; I deleted it but wondered why she had to mention she was married when declining a friends invite. I expected her to say she didn't know me or wasn't comfortable with an invite from a stranger. If I get friend invites and plan to decline, I just do it. There's no need for a message to be attached.

Since the message, I've been wondering if this woman is in a relationship where her husband controls everything she does. I say this because this coincides with an AIM conversation I had with someone's BF when I thought it was her.

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This is a guest blog submitted by spiritedsherry.

In our marriage, there is no such thing as too much honesty and openness; Derek is an open book and I'm like an audio book on auto-play. There is absolutely nothing that we keep from each other.

I think we can all agree that communication is key to a strong relationship. But there are some things we share that are honest, but potentially hurtful to the other person, damaging to the way the other person sees us or downright embarrassing or socially taboo.

Here are some examples of unreserved candor that either we or our friends have shared with a significant other:

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Dr. Datingish

My 13-year-old cousin is going out with a 16-year-old guy. This guy and I used to be friends until he completely ruined pretty much everything. I tried to be okay with their relationship, but there was just something really weird about a junior going out with an eighth grader. I let them know that, too.

After four months of going out with my cousin, he's managed to ruin her relationship with me, her dad and everyone who doesn't like them going out. To top it off, he took her virginity, too.

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This is a guest blog submitted by sleepyhead.

I was excited after winning a great basketball game with my teammates and was talking about it on the way home with my siblings.

Then she caught my eye. We were in the same train car and she was chatting it up with her friend. 

She looked familiar - in fact, she looked exactly like the sister of one of my friends from college. At first I wasn't sure if I should approach her or not, but I figured it probably was her - she was taking the same train my friend takes to get home, so that gave me even more reason to believe it was her.

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