I think the biggest thing that has effected me in my entire life is the fact that all the "father" figures in my life were nothing more then kids acting like fathers. My mom did a much better job raising me then any man. Because of her i have more respect for Tougher women, single mothers and i dont stand for rapists, child molesters or any other monsters. I spent 5 1/2 years in group homes and shelters and was told in my freshmen year i would never graduate let alone make something of myself, but here i sit 24 years old graduate of high school and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

I think i did good and came out on top after all the years...What do ya'll think?

Never considered not getting myself back to where I was an option. Only got 90% but considering the alternative.... it's much better!

Critics[who?] say frequent use of ain't is a marker of basilectal — which is to say, "vulgate" or "common speech". The same applies for using i'n'it (normally written as innit) instead of "isn't it". There is little justification for this judgment on etymological or grammatical grounds, but it remains a widespread belief that the word is "not a word" or "incorrect".[5] However, a descriptive analysis of frequency statistics does make it perfectly justifiable to regard it as a colloquialism seldom found in formal writing, although its frequent usage in popular song lyrics is one argument for more general acceptance in writing.[citation needed]

During the nineteenth century, with the rise of prescriptivist usage writers, ain't fell under attack. The attack came on two fronts: usage writers did not know or pretended not to know what ain't was a contraction of, and its use was condemned as a vulgarism — a part of speech used by the lower classes.[6] Perhaps partly as a reaction to this trend, the number of situations in which ain't was used began to expand; some speakers began to use ain't in place of is not, have not, and has not.[citation needed]

Ain't would solve one logical problem of English grammar; it would serve as a useful contracted inverted form in the question "Ain't I?" Many prescriptivists prefer "Aren't I?" in this situation; (the Hiberno-English and Scottish English form Amn't I? follows other patterns), and for speakers of non-rhotic accents this may only be a baroque spelling of one possible pronunciation of the eighteenth century an't. Ain't is also obligatory in some fixed phrases, such as "Say it ain't so" and "you ain't seen nothing yet" (though for the former, "Say it isn't so" is also sometimes used). Under grammatical analysis of some dialects of nonstandard English, such as African-American vernacular English (AAVE), use of ain't is in fact required in some conditions. In AAVE, ain't is used as a substitute for hasn't in certain past tenses. Thus, one would say "she ain't called me" for "she hasn't called me".

Ain't is also found to be a stereotyped word for most peoples from the south-eastern United States, and is commonly used in most casual conversational settings (see also Y'all). Modern usage notes in dictionaries note that ain't is used in a self-conscious way by some speakers and writers for a deliberate effect: what Oxford American Dictionary describes as "tongue-in-cheek" or "reverse snobbery", and what Merriam-Webster Collegiate calls "emphatic effect" or "a consistently informal style". An example of this effect would be "Ain't ain't a word so I ain't gonna say it". Most prescriptive usage writers continue to condemn use of the word in an unselfconscious way, but it is proper English if used in the correct manner.

TBI at 21, coma 3 months, had to relearn everything again.

well i have to say i dissagree with you... call it baggage if you like.. im in the same boat with the part tine job.. but i dont consider it baggage... but i am the type that wants to give it all to a realationship, for relationships take work.. and giving... and right now i dont have that to give and its not fair for both partys.. for i need to take care of myself before i bring someone else into a relationship.. as i wish they would do for me...until i feel good about myself its not fair to bring someone else into it.. JMO

Yes, there are 'Knights In Shining Armor'...Back in 1988, my Knight (for 3 years) rode up in a RED MUSTANG. So, it's not always a white horse, it could be RED or any other color. An unforgettable and warm memory.
Just thought I'd add this...

My dad and brothers definitely taught me old adage:

An Irish man is never drunk as long as he can hold onto 2 blades of grass.

They would know...

I have found in my experience as a human and as a therapist, that most people are selfish a$$holes. Don't let the bastards burn ya! Beausant!