wendy645

Wow, I wish our insurance covered gym memberships!!! That's awesome! Then again, for $5 a month I'm not complaining :-D On the upside, I just found out we're expecting the fitness room to be available in late August!

I just started a new job at a hospital. Imagine my delight when I found out there is a fitness room that you and a guest can use 24/7 for $5 a MONTH!!! I checked it out last week and was so excited! Except, here's the thing... we just started construction on an ICU and I just found out they blocked off the fitness room yesterday since it's next door, and it's closed until the ICU opens... which is slated for OCTOBER! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Just had to get that one off my chest. I'm so bummed out!

A subject like this always hits home with me, in a weird sort of nostalgic way. My boyfriend and I got together when we were 14. (12 years :eek:) We have been together since, no breakups or anything. No kids, either, and we've been... active... since 15. Chris rarely stayed at my house overnight, though there were times he would walk me home from his house and be too tired or it would be too cold to return so he would sleep in the living room and I would sleep in my room. There were times I would crash out after a long day at school at his house. The first time I accidentally fell asleep at his house (I'd had a hard day and we cuddled and both fell asleep), I woke up at 3 in the morning and panicked. I dashed out to the living room and his mom was still up. She worked late in those days. I was so red-faced and embarrassed but she saw me standing in the hallway and laughed softly, inviting me to sit on the couch with her. She said she'd talked to Chris's dad, who'd explained that he'd seen us fall asleep and knew about the rough day, and they'd contacted my folks, who were fine with it. The door had been open and they'd checked on us, apparently. She asked if I needed anything and told me my parents had already gone to bed so I could stay there. I went back to bed in some borrowed PJs and life went on. After that, and after talking with both sets of parents, the concensus was that it was generally OK for me to stay over on weekends so long as the door was open. That was fine with us. We weren't your average sex-crazed teenagers. We weren't your average teenagers, period. I saw this article and just shook my head, my jaw on the floor. I wish that young people would take the time to educat themselves and talk to their parents or SOMEONE about all aspects of it. Here in my hometown, the schools are not allowed to incorporate Chapter 9- The Reproductive System into Biology class. You go from chapters 1-8 to 10-16. Lame. Our school's teen pregnancy rates are off the charts and they can't seem to figure out why. Chris and I were always pretty open with our folks, and they were open with us. It's only been a bit awkward, but in the end so worth it. We have a healthy sexual relationship and good communication with our parents. The two of us sat down before our first sexual experience and discussed birth control, what we expected out of our relationship, if/how we figured sex would change things between us (luckily it brought us closer!) and explored all the what-ifs that come with sex. We waited until we were both ready and had another discussion about it afterward. I realize we're the exception, not the rule, but I sure do wish more young people could have the sort of experience we did. I think it would change a LOT of things.

Thanks Devana! I love Garfield and thought it would be a cute addition to my siggy!

Wow. I was kind of dramatic as a pre-teen but I think it had to do with malnutrition- I had an eating disorder. But something clicked and I swore to myself I'd never be that typical teen. Backwards enough, I hit 13 and even though my first period started and messed with my hormones, I did what I could to be the good kid. And it worked! I kept myself (mostly) in check, helped my parents, was respectful, even paid rent when I got a job. My mom says it takes on a whole new meaning when she tells me she hopes I have one just like me :cursing:

Woohoo I was the 666th voter in the poll- is that saying something? :cursing: I am pro-choice, and religion has NOTHING to do with it. I'm not a religious person anyway. I just think that it's a woman's choice. Now, I do have a disclaimer here- unless there's something really wrong, I don't think it should be done later than the first trimester. I don't know why, exactly, just my feeling. I also don't know what I would choose to do if I found myself pregnant. My BF and I are not ready for kids any time soon. I really wouldn't ever know unless I crossed that bridge, which I hope never to!

This thread died off in August. What happened?! I hope you and your family are doing well and he got himself in some deep doodoo!

Wow. I never thought of how lame mine is LOL Wendy is my first name. And I live in a small town that, for the longest time, all the phone numbers started with 645. I just liked them so they've stuck in my usernames since, oh, 1993 or so... :-)

So I got to thinking about how there are just certain songs that I like to groove to, ifyaknowwhatImean! Here's my current sexlist (I put it on repeat hehe) Adam Lambert- For Your Entertainment Natalie Imbruglia- Identify Coldeplay- Violet Hill Blue Foundation- Eyes On Fire Three Days Grace- Pain (who doesn't like to trace that line between pain and pleasure sometimes? ) Justin Timerlake- Like I Love You Nine Inch Nails- Closer Backstreet Boys- Everybody (what can I say, it was playing when I lost my virginity and it holds good memories! teehee) On a sidenote, I found this mashup (has bad words!) and wanted to recommend it- the Beatles and NIN- pretty sweet :-) YouTube - The Beatles vs. Nine Inch nails Come Closer Together# So what's on YOUR sexy playlist?

My BF and I tried it a few years ago and I enjoyed it. And I, too, thought of this thread last night. Didn't act on it, but it popped into my head and I giggled. When he asked me what was so funny (not in a self-conscious way, he added "silly girl" to it) I said "Sometime I'll show you... "