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How Young is Too Young For a Family?

When I was little, I thought that everyone got married at eighteen. I grew up in a very rural town in the Midwest and saw the same pattern over and over again. Graduate high school, get married, and have babies. Lots of…
Part II: He Said She Said: Abortion

When people say what you do with your body is none of anyone else's concerns, I don't agree with this. How do you think laws are created so you can abort your baby for selfish reasons? By a majority voting. It amuses…
A Poll: Which Do You Prefer?

Recently, a pregnant woman I know found out the sex of her baby: she's going to be having a boy. So, I responded by asking, "was your husband super pumped with macho at the thought of producing a son?" To my surprise, s…
Use Your Man Voice, Please!

I love my husband dearly. I love him for who he is... but like most people that we love, there are also things about them that irk us. We forgive them for their faults and hopefully they forgive us for ours. There are…
Five LOVE Haiku

Love! It makes us ravenous and dizzy. Sometimes so dizzy we can only manage a few syllables. At such times, only a haiku will do. when life winks at me i want to rush out the door and wink it to you taking a sh…
Single in a Sea of Couples

Because I grew up in the woods, I have only one very good friend from childhood (outside my immediate family). For this story we'll call her Julie. I say we grew up together (even though we lived 6 hours apart and only…
Broken Up... But Living Together With Our Baby

My boyfriend and I were dating only about three months when I became pregnant. From the moment we met it was more of a physical attraction, and we just had so much fun together. We drank a lot together, and before we e…
How Can I Tell The Guy I'm Interested in That I'm a Mom?

I currently am 19. I have a 4 month old boy and his father and I were together almost 5 years. He is still always wanting to be a part of his life, I have no doubt he will always want to and will be in his life. The pro…
Just A Quickie: Do You Ever Feel Paternal?

I rarely used to ever think about this. However, every time it is that time of the month for me, I feel so... maternal. But does the thought of wanting a baby ever occur to guys before they have a baby on the way? I ne…
The Pros and Cons of Havin' a Baby

Recently, I was waiting to be seated at a Japanese restaurant with a friend of mine. We were just sitting there, chatting about something inane like whether 1,000 naked men without tools could defeat a brontosaurus, whe…