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If you're talking about me asking Ravencroft if he had children, it wasn't a strawman, it was because it had been mentioned in Marvelgirl's first post that having a small child influences her need to know ahead of time about dates, etc. As I've said, I approached that in a less than productive...

Conveniently ignoring the first sentence of her paragraph that makes paragraph on topic is on you, not her. There was a question in the original post about whether or not you expect to be told if your partner is going out on a date. Marvelgirl said that she expects to be told because just not...

Did you ever have kids Ravencroft? Because if you didn't, you're commenting from a totally different prespective than the reality of a life of a parent with small children is, especially if you are a stay at home parent. When my boys were young and I was a stay at home mom, I looked forward to...

Both my boys got braces, one because his teeth were really messed up in about 4 ways and one because his bottom teeth were overlapping in front. Both of them had their wisdom teeth pulled by an oral surgeon who works with the orthodontist right after the braces went on. The younger one has a...

Take either Aleve or Advil, not both. They are both the same class of drug (non-steriodal anti-inflammatory) and taking both of them at the same time can cause issues. So it's a one or other situation, not a both. It's not like Tylenol and ibuprofen, where you can stagger the dosage for better...

I struggled with something sort of like this for a few years with my husband when my marriage was at a really bad place and I was fairly depressed. He'd get angry, raise his voice, say something (sometimes mean, sometimes not), I'd shut down, he'd get frustrated because it felt like he couldn't...

I wonder if you could do the lettering on the inside of the glass and then it'll be protected from weather? If you need help and can't find something that will work or make it yourself, let me know and I'll try to figure out how to do it on my Silhouette machine for you. I have some vinyl that...

I've been going to my family doctor for twenty years. I trust him, I know him, he knows my rather convulated health history, he is willing to help me with my pain from my fibromyalgia without making me feel like a drug addict. Sometimes changing doctor's isn't as easy as it may seem from the...

It was interesting to watch this and have my son, who is 23 and came upstairs to get ready for work about a third of the way into the video, ask questions about what it was like to come out as polyamorous to my mom and my siblings (and later to my in-laws). I was grateful for the opportunity to...

I am a year younger than my husband and 10 years older than my Dom. Most of the men I've dated since we opened up our marriage have been younger than me. It's not that I look for younger guys, since most of my relationship have been with people I've met in life, not online, it just happened to...

Most basement ceilings are dictated by how much room there is between the joists that support the upper floor and the cement foundation. And you usually have heating ducts and other things that you'll need to work around. So, unless you plan for higher ceilings in the basement while initially...

That made me laugh :)

I do find it a little funny that Polygamy Porter is in the oddball beer section at your liquor store. It's made by one of the breweries here in Salt Lake. I guess they figure even making beer is so outside the dominant religion here that they took it a bit further and made fun of the religion...

I'm not sure who you are confusing me with but the message you quoted is the first time I've posted on this thread, so it hardly qualifies as continuing to weigh in on a thread I find unproductive. Which I never said, by the way, I've thoroughly enjoyed most of the comments on this thread. I...

I do find your addition here at the end a bit ironic, given that you've spent this whole thread mocking other people's attempts at defining polyamory, telling assorted people they're silly or what they say is nonsense when they call you on something, and steadfastly refusing repeated requests...

They are 21 and 23 now, so I don't remember for sure. Neither of them were really needy at bedtime past the infant stage. I had friends with kids who had similar experiences to yours, in addition to my little brother and his wife, and I vividly remember being grateful that neither of my boys...

Little ones do take a toll on the couple relationship. I mostly didn't work when my sons were younger and it was still hard to find time and energy for my husband. And my kids are two years apart, I'm sure it's multiplied with twins. One of the things that we did was to make sure the boys had a...

It sounds like you're so worried that you'll lose her to her friend, after years of neglect, that you're trying to fit years worth of attention into each moment you spend with her. You spend hours doing what you think will help her feel better, when, especially in the middle of the night, a...

I can't take any credit for that, since I've only had her a short time, but it feels so incredible to pet her.

I don't have suggestions on the kids part, since my sons were teenagers when we opened up. However, on the financial part, my husband and I have entwined finances. For years, we've had our own spending money that we can do whatever we want with, no questions asked by the other partner. We did...