True with kids thing, TD.
True with me checking out, Jaken.
LKess - yes it is Old Spice. In fact, I'm eating Hungry Man for lunch...really manly...

mmmmmm.......Hungry Man......I thought I heard the microwave going.....wait.....did someone turn up the fan in here?

TD...I hope that other personality is not my "feminine" side...then things could get messy...

You have girls, you have to let it teach you how to braid hair. ;o)

Rman dont forget to peel the corner back to expose the tater tots. They explode if you dont.

Last night I had to pretend I was the husband of my 5 year old daughter. She told me that I either had to go grocery shopping, or clean the house. They start at such a young age...

Thanks for the info, SD40...I just hope I don't burn the brownie again...

Are you gonna eat your tots? -N. Dynamite

drugs - I refuse to talke anything not prescribed by a doctor for diagnosed conditions. I've been known to refuse medication because the side effects are worse than the symptoms being treated.

alcohol - some, but not to the point of drunkeness. just comfortably numb.

sex - no

food - absolutely! Homemade tamales anyone? Ten pound stuffed pizzas (Chicago style)?

denial - that too

Rman- strangely, the act of creating pottery is called 'throwing'. It comes from the action used to adhere the mass of wet clay to the wheel before it is shaped by being turned while pressure is applied.

I shook my head in disbelief too before I remembered what it meant.

alcohol, denial, and exercise. Not drugs or food.

Denial? I have no idea what you're talking about.

Drugs/alcohol -- I have no tolerance any longer. I must have lost that in the settlement.

Sex -- see above

Food -- unless it's popcorn, I'm not interested.

when the second affair was going on, I would generally not eat until about 3 in the afternoon and was lucky if I was eating one full meal a day at the time.

I knew before I said "I do" that I was definitely not sure. I got caught up in the rush...and being a 'nice Southern girl', I couldn't hurt feelings and disappoint. Not that it was a serious reconsideration. Just that gut feeling so often overlooked and squashed. Now, 18 years later and more than one (or two) affairs, I know the right thing to do is end it. I hate, hate, hate causing pain to my husband (and children)but I just don't see how we dig our way out of all the shit. We used sex together to stay connected for years. Then we tried swinging - disaster for us... And of course the cheating for me is like a drug. I just had to face that what I am medicating is the regret I feel for being such a puss in the first place and not saying the truth' This relationship is not good for me and doesn't work for me." GOD - THAT would have been easier than this wretched pain!

Food.
I keep waiting for the "divorce diet" to kick in. Not happening.

During the marriage, I used Bulemia, Anorexia, laxatives, pills, a little alcohol, and eventually an attempted suicide to avoid the pain I was going through. All the behaviors magically disappeared 6 months after I left Mr Wonderful. I did a rebound relationship which I regret.....
I've come a long ways baby!