Maybe they're stalker zombie children and they want to eat your brains


Just kidding, bit seriously, don't truer parents watch them?!

No. The people here let their toddlers roam free while they shop. I've had to run after a few of them to keep them from going outside. Hell, they send their 5-6 year olds to walk 6 blocks to get their stuff.

In a neighborhood where crime is rampant, why do that?? And considering there are MANY child molestors in the area... it confuses me.

That's HORRIBLE! How can someone be so IRRESPONSIBLE with TJIER OWN CHILDREN?!

It really upsets me.

I'm thinking about printing up a copy of the Family Watchdog site, pinpoint our area, and handing it out at my register XD

That's actually a real good idea

People should let their kids run loose though, especially if there's crime in the neighborhood.

Okay, I’m a bit of a mess this morning.

Had a rough night, and I can’t really talk to anybody about it. I broke up with my boyfriend last night and I just feel so blegh. It was horrible. He didn’t even give me a reason other than the fact he thought I was too ‘flirty’ with other guys, and a comment I left on the forums about somebody’s picture pretty much sent his jealousy into orbit.

I don’t have many friends as I have huge trust issues, but the only friends I do have are mostly guys, and my boyfriend didn’t like that. I find it’s easier being friends with guys because they aren’t as B*tchy as girls. It’s hard to be paranoid that you’re being talked about behind your back that way.

I’m not sure why I’m burdening you all with this, but, although this sounds so sad, you all have been like an online family to me and seeing as I don't have much family of my own, I kinda like being around you guys. I guess I could really use some advice? Somebody to talk to? I don’t know. Any girls on here have been in a similar situation?

I’m not sure whether it’s worth talking to him straight away, or leaving it a while and seeing how he gets. I really don’t know.

I’ve been with him for three years and he’s the only boyfriend I’ve ever had, so I have no idea what to do.

Like I said I don’t really do friends, and I don’t speak to my parents. I literally have nobody I can have a genuine talk with; I always had my boyfriend for that.

Ahh… sorry to make your day miserable.

I will be smiley, happy Eva again… just kinda needed to get it out :

Enter nosy stranger with advice you didn't ask for.

It might just be a temporary thing that you'll both be able to work out in a few days, sounds to me more like a fight than anything. Everyone has issues that sometimes come out in the wrong way, we *all* do this, I'm not innocent of this either.

Our capacity to forgive is directly proportional to the amount of love we have.

That being said, if this was a final thing, my condolences. There is an ancient tradition in Japan among the Samurai class which has them meditate upon all the ways they may die before entering battle.

What that has to do with this, is that I believe we must be willing to accept that anything we embark upon in life we should be willing to accept that failure is a possibility.

Don't buy a new car without accepting the fact that it may get a ding and some scratches, all things are impermanent and subject to change.

Yet, life is too short to not buy the new car. It should be lived and experienced to the fullest. This includes the tears alongside the smiles, and the sweet is never so sweet without the sour.

I am grateful for all my experiences up until now, however hard or bitter, and I have learned that the sun will rise and the tears will dry.

Best of luck.

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Been there... ...Well...-ish...

Just hang in there...

Give it a day or so and then try him...

Maybe he'll have calmed down by then...

Good luck... ...

Three years. That's quite remarkable. Couples over here, in my place, don't really last long; I'd be amazed if they hit the three-month mark. Quite remarkable. Now, with those three years on you guys, saying that true goodbye won't be as easy as he thinks it is...? Like McB said, let him cool off. He's just having that storm of emotions every one of us have once in a while. Jealousy is a natural part of relationship, but overcoming it is the true test, if you'd ask me. So yeah, let him cool off and talk things over once everybody's all calmed down.

In the meantime, if it makes you feel better, you can come in at Cottonwood Cove and put bullets in the heads of obnoxoious, arrogant, sexist legionaries anytime!

Leave it be for a bit. That's the best advice I can give you.

My husband and I have been together for almost 5 years, married for 2 months. Now, when we broke up 3-4 years ago, it was I who left him. So, in this situation, I was with your bf's mentality.

It's not you, unless you're dancing up against every guy and handing our your number like candy. He is insecure. He has a beautiful girl with him, and instead of going "Wow, I'm the MAN!" he's going "She wants other men."

5 years ago I wasn't the same person I am now. I mean, dude, you see how I act, right? Like an idiot. I took myself so seriously back then, and even then thought I was a joke. I was insecure, to a very critical point. I left my would-be husband over it. Even after we got back together when our son was born, I still did it. This whole "Man, I'm so awesome" attitude didn't happen until about 5-6 months ago.

So leave it be, love. If he takes things to heart, that's HIS issue. And you're not making our days miserable :]

If you ever need to PM someone and vent, then you can PM me. -hugs-

What is this?? How did you come up with that?

For him to break up after three years over this sounds like it has been building in him a long time and one incidence too many was the straw that broke the camel's back.

It is really hard to be with someone insecure, because even if they voice their concerns and you assure them - their insecurity remains and continues growing. Like Liz said, unless you are doing something outrageous, he is the one with the problem.

Maybe his self-esteem is low and he doesn't think he can keep you by his side with all the competition out there, but you can't change who you are to feed someone else's insecurities. If you do they will keep moving the line you need to cross to keep them. It gives his jealousy power instead of diminishing it.

This is something he needs to work out within himself, either he loves you enough to work through his insecurities or he is so afraid of losing you that he causes it to happen. Those are his choices. Like everyone said, give him time to think things through, but don't let him manipulate you into changing who you are to appease his jealousy. You are the same person he met and fell in love with, he can't expect to shape you into someone unsociable just so he can lay his fears to rest.

This post has been edited by mALX: Feb 19 2013, 05:58 PM

I don't really have anything to add to what Blacky, Badgy, Uly, Lizzie, and mALXy already said. Keep your head up and hang in there, Eva.

My son just passed out in the hallway. Like he was playing, then he just randomly laid down and went to sleep. I started laughing at him, and he got up, gave me a dirty look, and went to his room XD

I'm bored! I don't wanna go back to science class

LET ME OUTTA THIS PLACE!

LOL Pay attention, dude!!

I'm standing in the bathroom pulling all of the paper towels out of Their place

what- why??

Because I'm bored and I don't want to go back to class

Leave the paper towels alone, the poor custodian must dislike you XD