I think it depends on the situation. I think you have to
ask yourself a few questions before you start dating again.
Are you over this person?
Even if you broke up with her, did you allow yourself enough
time to get over the break up?
You don't want to end a relationship and then decide 2 weeks
later that you compare every woman to her. You have to make sure
that you past relationship is done and over with before you
even think of starting a new one.
I was actually in a relationship for about 7 years and it took me
about 2 years to want to date again. I wanted to make sure I was
completely over everything and not be unfair to anyone else.
Only YOU will know when the right time is. Your heart will know!
Good Luck!!!

Oh you are right, I don't think you ever stop being a parent.
I also have a 25 year old, so I know that it gets worse as they
get older.
I guess I just got all freaked out because my baby is going to
college and to see him act like a young man..I had so many mixed
emotions. I was very proud but yet inside I was screaming NO!
I could tell that he was freaking out and he was very nervous
so that did not help me at all.
I told him that I would do all I could to help him if he ever has
a problem. He took some of the classes that I already have taken.
Makes me want to go back and finish my career!!!

Honestly, it is no laughing matter. I DID BUY A GUN
AND I AM READY TO USE IT IF I HAVE TO. I DON'T THINK
PEOPLE REALIZE HOW SCARY IT IS TO BE STALKED. I have
taken gun classes and there is no way that I would NOT
shoot to kill. He will never stalk me again.

When you are here you can use all the labels you want.
When you are around the lady's do not label them, I was
just giving you advice!!

God is a good and loving God, he will love you no matter what.
Only YOU can decide when to tell your family. Honestly, I bet
they already know. Do you have a sister or brother that you
are really close to that you trust? If so, maybe talk to them?
That is how one of my family members came out.
Just remember as Lady Gaga says..BABY WE WERE BORN THIS WAY!!!
Good luck

You guys are going to scare that poor boy to death.
If you like older women...just go for it!!!
But do NOT call them MILFS or COUGARS..I hated when
my son actually told his friend to leave the house
before he killed him because he called me a MILF.
Sorry but that is so disrespectful!!!

Anyone you date has baggage!! If it does not bother
you then why should you really care what anyone
else thinks? If you are afraid that your friends
are going to judge you then maybe you need new
friends?
If you don't date the ones that you like, you might
be letting a good one go!!!

Am I afraid to die? I had cancer once and I survived that,
but I did prepare everything just in case I did die. I was
not afraid for myself but I was worried about my boys because
they were still in school and they would have been up-rooted
and would had to move with their dad.
I am actually looking forward to seeing my Dad again and all of
my loved ones. I have 4 friends that just passed away since
January so I have lots of catching up to do with them.
I am hoping that God makes my passing easy, but they say that
God doesn't give us more then we can handle. I guess when it
is our time to leave this life, we join our loved ones and
start our new journey with them.

I went with my son to sign up for his college
classes, I must admit I am a proud mom BUT
once I got in there, I almost had a panic attack.
I guess it just hit me that my youngest son is
actually old enough to go to college and I am now
finished doing what I am suppose to do. BUT I got
so nervous and thought OH WOW, this is really
happening. I honestly wanted to cry and say NO
YOU ARE NOT READY TO DO THIS.
I think I am really worried about the field he is
going in and what he wants to do in the end. He is
going for Criminal Justice and he wants to be a
Police Officer. If anyone has ever heard of South Bend,
Indiana then you know there is a shooting just about
every day..how scary is that? To think that my son is
going to have to deal with that....yep, scares the heck
out of me!!!!

I think it can work out IF you are willing to
move. It seems like the interesting people are
far away but I am just on here looking for
friends.
If you want friends, this is a great place to
make lots of friends.

You assume a lot about divorced women. You know what they say
about people that assume things? LOL I think you know!

This is what I don't understand...IF you liked her, why didn't you
just ask her out? There is no need to stalk someone when you can
just walk up to them and talk to them. I am sure that she did
notice that you were every where she was. It is honestly scary when
someone you don't know does this to you.
When this happened to me the police told me, OH MAYBE THEY THINK YOU
ARE CUTE AND THEY WANT TO DATE YOU. I asked them, why don't he just
ask me out then. His answer was..maybe he is afraid to ask you. I
actually bought a gun and thought NO ONE WILL SCARE ME LIKE THIS AGAIN. I still look over my shoulder all the time and yes I carry my
gun every where I go. I won't get scared or stalked again!!!

I do think you can be friends with an ex IF it is agreed you are
never going back together. I am friends with a lot of my guys that
I use to date. Some of them are married now and I am even friends
with their wives, their wives know that I am not the type to mess
with a married man so we have no problems. They are my ex for a
reason so its not like I am sitting there trying to figure out how
to get them back...I am sitting there thinking OMG I am so glad you
got stuck with them. LOL not really, they are just friends and I
am happy that they are happy with their lives.
I think as you get older you mature and realize that you dated them
when you were younger and things were not to be for a reason. You
can be friends with them because they are your PAST and we are moving
on with the FUTURE.
I am also friends with my ex husband and I have no problems with
his new wife. I think you just have to be mature about the situation
and know that things didn't work out for the best. Life does go on
and you will find better.

I actually am just happy that my boys feel that they can come and talk to me. If I am embarrassed I don't let them know it.
You should actually just feel glad that he is taking
precautions not to have a baby.
Trust me..I am sure you are going to have a lot harder conversations
then this one. SO GET READY!!!!

ARE YOU SERIOUS? I CAN CHOOSE TO BE THE PREY? YOU REALLY ARE A YOUNG
KID THAT HAS NO CLUE! I PROMISE YOU ONE THING, I WON'T BE STALKED
NOW...ALL I CAN SAY IS SHOOT TO KILL!! BUT NO I DID NOT CHOOSE
TO BE THE PREY..IDIOT!!!

Actually I have been to so many classes on ADHD because my
son has it. He is the poster child for it, I actually took
him off his medicine and he actually felt like he was going
crazy. I DO believe in medicating children esp when they
are younger and can not sit still.
My son is now 18 and we have actually stopped all medication
for ADHD but his brain is non-stop. My son still has to take
medication to calm him down to sleep or his brain would never
allow him to stop.
I know a lot of people believe in thinking, oh control his
sugar count and that will help. WRONG...we actually eat healthy
and have nothing in my house with sugar. I actually had a
disease when I was preg and it said that my kids would end up
with ADHD. My brother did a study on it, he is a psychologist,
and it said that 90% of the time people with this has ADHD
children. I had one with ADHD and one with ADD.

Life is way to short to put up with any thing negative.
When I have to say when is enough enough..it is way
past time to end that relationship!!
IF you are asking yourself about the relationship, then
make a list about the positives and negatives. That
should give you your answer. Unless of course you like
to be unhappy and you like chaos??

Well I can see that everyone here thinks that stalking is
funny so it is very obvious that no one here has ever
had a stalker.
I had a stalker for about 2 1/2 years and I actually had
the police to tap my phones because I was afraid to leave
my house. I just got over going through my Cancer so I was
very sick and the last thing I needed was some man bugging
me. I called the police and explained everything so they did
tap my phones but said they could not really do anything to
this person until he did something to me.
I honestly believe it was an officer because the officer taking
care of my case called and said they knew who it was. So after I
got the message on my answering machine I called him back and he
said I misunderstood him. Now when he sees me he acts like he
is going to pull out in front of me every time he sees me. He
watches every move I make...so I went and got a gun and made
sure he knew it. I had to get finger printed and now I am a PISTOL PACKING *****.
No one will ever make me live in that kind of fear again. IF some
one breaks into my house...I shoot to kill. OH and if you think it is fun to have a stalker...you are dead wrong!!!

I don't use a phone I am actually on my laptop.
I have been using the slide bar to try to finish
reading the sentences but it was being a pain and
I thought maybe it was just me.
Soufie..after I posted it, I noticed you were also
writing shorter lines so I thought it was just the
site after that. I guess I will just use the tool
bar at the bottom and slide it unless everyone will
start writing smaller...HINT HINT!!

When I go to the Forums and start reading topics,
it seems that people type all the way over and the
words get cut off and I know the sentence is not
complete. Is this just me or is this happening to
everyone?
This is why I only type so far over and then enter
it to the next line, so everyone can read every
thing I say.