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- Hi -- wow this is very difficult to write. I feel outed -- and wrongly so -- by a colleague/friend at work, and I'm having trouble handling it.. I'm straight although I have an androgynous attitude towards my work and some private bisexual...
- Hi all -- am wondering if I can get some input from you. My mom at an otherwise fairly healthy 93 is showing some signs of dementia -- what a very difficult word to write about a brilliant, organized, ultra-logical mind.There's a pattern to the...
- "WHY DID THE SIAMESE TWINS MOVE TO ENGLAND?"-- "SO THE OTHER BROTHER COULD DRIVE."(Thanks Beaumont, for letting me know about the Laughter Club.)
- Hi -- about a year ago my Mother's doctor prescribed Cymbalta for her, both for relief of lingering pain from a fall and as an antidepressant. At least that's how I remember the conversation in the doctor's office -- a discreet talk with me that Mom...
- Hi I'm new here and hoping that I'm not facing a breakup but my gut says it's likely.I realized last night -- or rather I found I couldn't rationalize against the denial anymore -- that the relationship has hit a wall. Spent most of the day crying...
- Several days ago I was backing my car out of my driveway and I still don't know whether the accelerator pedal jammed or the floor mat got stuck underneath it. The car raced and the brake pedal did nothing to slow it down. It went down the driveway...
- Hi -- Happy New Year.My question is about the grey area between close artistic (professional) collaboration and friendship.I'm a musician, keyboard player, and have a lot of close, longterm collaborations with other performers. The rapport is closer...
- Hi -- all things considered, I have a nice dilemma, as one door has shut, another has opened.For the last 2 years I've been music director at a small church -- great gig, warm people and lots of opportunity for me to be creative. But the church has...
- Hi -- my Mom is 92, We 3 "kids" are in our 50's now, the birth order being myself, a sister then a brother . Dad passed away in '04.My sister has totally separated herself from the family and essentially without explanation. She has a history of...
- Ever feel like the kid who on his/her birthday is given a pile of manure and assumes there must be a pony to go with it?I've been wondering how this plays into the issue of codependency. As does a Pollyanna attitude in general.I'm the type of person...
- Hi -- I have a 8-10 year old Tempurpedic mattress and I need to find zippered covers so that the mattress and upholstered foundation unit (not a box spring) can be fully encased against dust mites. Any recommendations?The mattress is an earlier...
- Hi again -- I bought a Tempurpedic mattress 7 or 8 years ago, before the memory foam material was improved. It sleeps very hot and exacerbates hot flashes. For Tempurpedics, is there a good mattress cover which will sleep cooler?I also have intense...
- Hello -- I'm in my late 50's and (still) experiencing a lot of menopausal symptoms -- hot flashes, weight gain, fatigue and sleep disturbances, irritability lapses in concentration.So I'd like to find an OTC treatment for this, however I have some...
- Hello, just joined the website and this group. My brother lost his 21 year old stepson to alcohol and heroin addiction -- on Christmas morning 2011 my brother found him dead in his apartment. There had been threats of his suicide but it's likely the...
- Hi all, I'm Openfacedsandwich, OFS for short. Just joined up.Finding some proof to the trueism that parents become the kids, kids become the parents. So as Art Linkletter would have said had he interviewed another generation, (elderly) "parents...