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I have had an extremely event- filled life with many extreme high and low points. I've even learned a few lessons along the way, and I hope that I can be of service to anyone who asks. I have definite opinions on quite a few relationship topics, especially- but not limited to- child development. Please feel free to ask me, as all 3 of my children (raised with very few resources)are extremely well adjusted young adults.
Also, I've been divorced 3 times, so I know pretty much what NOT to do in a married relationship.
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Location: alabama
Occupation: salesman
Age: 53
Member Since: November 18, 2008
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I am 17 almost 18 and me and my fiancee' have been trying to get pregnant for almost a year and we have tried everything we had sex everyday that i was ovulating and i still havent got pregnant. Can anyone give us any advice on how to get pregnant or why im not getting pregnant? (link)
Did you say he's your fiancee'? Why not wait until you two get married and establish a home before having a baby? I know it sounds "old school", but it worked for generations in the past.It makes for a better home for the child.


HII :]
I had my baby April 14th :]
We named her Riley James Court.
I ended up moving in with my boyfriend in feb.
we are getting married in August.
im super excited.

but i need some wedding tips and ideass.
help me out.

thanksss. (link)
Get married at the courthouse. Use whatever money that would have been spent on a wedding to begin a fruitful family life. Weddings don't make marriages anyway- people do.Either way you go about it, the result will be the same. You will be married.


Ok, so my hair stylist told me I shouldn't use baby shampoo on my kids. She claims that tear-free soaps and shampoos contain Novocaine or something similar.

Now, I'm no fool. I go home, first thing I do is read the ingredients listed on the bottle of shampoo. Nowhere do I find Novocaine, or any other "caine" type of ingredient.

So I tried looking it up online. Someone asked it on Yahoo Answers and said it also contains formaldehyde.
What the...? Come on! Give me a break, already, ok?

I'm not very internet savvy, so that's the best I could come up with. So please don't tell me to Google.

I don't need to have this concern about the soap that goes into the eyes, noses, ears, and sometimes mouths of my children!

Please! Somebody give me a FACT.
Solid Fact.

Links to reliable sources GREATLY APPRECIATED.
Don't worry that you may do looking for nothing- I do rate accordingly.

Thanks for your help...
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I've been a salesman for most of my adult life, and I know quite a few tricks, as well as common sense approaches to problems. I'm quite sure that your hairstylist has EXACTLY the product needed to solve this so-called problem, which by the way, was not a problem until the stylist created it.
Ask yourself this very basic question- have the makers of baby shampoo stayed in business ALL these years by adding poisons, or anything harmful for that matter, to their products? The answer is a resounding NO!!!!!
It sounds like a certain stylist is trying to sell OVERPRICED products by using two very basic human emotions- FEAR and GUILT.Maybe instead of changing shampoo you need to change stylists.


My boyfriend and I have been trying to have a baby for over a year now. I haven't been on birth control in over a year and he never wears a condom but still, nothing! I'm just wondering for all you mothers out there, is there something we are doing wrong? I've heard you can only get pregnant when an egg releases and that they only release on your period. Does that mean that if we have sex on my period, I'll get pregnant? I don't smoke or drink or anything harmful. I've talked to doctors, but they just gave me vitamins to take. I'm not sure what we're doing wrong =/ Any help please! Thanks in advance. (link)
If you really want to get pregnant, maybe you should think about changing your relationship.You need to make a major change in your boyfriend.Try to turn him into your HUSBAND before having a child.There is still room in todays' society for things such as HONOR,RESPONSIBILITY,and RESPECT. Just a thought.




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