I'm in a poly-relationship with a great guy friend and my girlfriend of 12 years. The relationship is pretty balanced, and I feel comfortable with it except when it comes to explaining it to someone else. I feel like monogomy is the norm and polyamory isn't accepted. I can't help but feel superficially embarassed, although I love both him and her equally. I feel more ashamed of being poly than I am being "bi". Am I crazy?

i lost my virginity to a girl i love. weve been dating for 9 months i love her i want it to work between us but now i have come to the problem that she says i am to much like a child in how i act which i dont understand because i am a very responsible person she says she loves me for whoi am yet she tries to change me . i have changed everyhting about me i dont talk to the same people i used to i dont act how i did i just feel so depressed . i feel like the only reason i am still with her is cause i know she would be devistated if i left her cause weve been through so much we both lost each others virginity to eachother . after word i found out she was molested when she was younger its just like she has had such a hard life and i dont want to make it worse but i feel like i am suffering for no cause and i saw a comerical today that said maturiety is over rated im 17 why am i living like i am a married man thats 30 and wants to dive off a clif.

After being hurt and abandoned by everyone I have loved, I don't think I have loved anyone since the mid 80's, including my daughter and God. I want to feel and give love so badly again that it hurts beyond belief, but I'm too afraid.

I recently had a falling out with a close friend. I've known him for several years, and we have spent a lot of time together. About a year ago, he hooked up with a girl that I disapproved of. As I got to know her better I realized that I wasn't fully correct about her, and she soon became my friend. She has a harsh history, and she often makes bad decisions because of the emotional scarring it has left on her. Since I got to know her, she has continuously shown interest in me. I have thoroughly turned her down several times due to loyalty to my friend and heavy devotion elsewhere. Despite this, she claims to love my friend, and my friend is definitely in love with her. In recent times, they have had relationship troubles. She has since drawn even closer to me, and I find myself with both the information and position to either fix their relationship (as she is still my friend) or end it permanently and exact revenge against my friend. Ending their relationship would devastate them both.

It started off as fun and games. A bit of flirting and dirty talk. Now it's taken over my life. I feel really stupid. I'm almost twice her age, married, kids, the whole bit. She's just come out of years of bad relationships, drug abuse, sex addiction, and nonstop partying. She's just starting to get her life together. I've already got a life. She wants to think of me as the experienced and funny friend that gives good advice, but she also hits these wild streaks where she entices me with stories and pictures and fantasies. She says she loves me and is attracted to me, but she also says that she's crazy and doesn't know what she's saying. I back away, give her space, but sure enough the whole things starts up again after a few days. It's nuts. I want to make a serious move. I know what that would do to my life, but I want to do it anyway. To tell truth, I'm less afraid of ruining my family life than I am of her turning me down. That would destroy me. I am a foolish old man.

I am so lonely in life and I don't do much to remedy it. I am more creative when I have no friends or lovers. What sucks is realising that even pictures and words cannot replace human contact.

i really my husbandhe used me to get GREEN CARD all jamacians use american women for a green card it was a sham marriage i divorced him i hope he rots inhell

I never understood, nor do I understand now, what was so appalling about the September 11th attacks. Sure, people died, but that happens ALL OF THE TIME. Yes, it was an act of terrorism, but we terrorize each other all the time, just on a smaller scale. More people have died in this 'war' than in the attacks. So, really, why can we not forgive and forget? The attacks were no Holocaust.