held to ransom by teen aged kids

The sign of growing up when your 14 year old asks for your blessing on her boyfriend. while i am glad she has been mature enough to tell me i am tempted to be the dad from hell and test him out when he comes around to meet me. but i promised my little girl i will be a good daddy and not tease or... Sign in to see full entry.

I recently finished with a woman i was seeing. It was just when we could see each other thing and all was cool..but i found the gradually we would see more than planned of each other.i made a point of telling her alomst a week ahead what my plans were with work etc and if i could see her that... Sign in to see full entry.

who is right? me or the kids? doesn't matter what i do i'm wrong and feel as if is was born a 100 years ago or on the ark.. we have to let them find their way i know but it is killing me some times. my daughter will text me from her bed room to ask a question rather than get up out of the pit! on a... Sign in to see full entry.

In our great country called england we have some thing you over sea's don't understand..well many things like our use of irony and sarcasm..but we have the great thing called accents.some say where i come from it is the worst in the country and the brummie is not i can tell you go t the black... Sign in to see full entry.

the chances we take make us who we are..are we chancers or "bottlers"? for the first time in years all seems to be going well..doors have been opening and life has been quite good. sometime we only write about misery and sorrow, i feel great today.. been offered an new job,finished with a girlfriend... Sign in to see full entry.

this week i have been contacted by someone i have not seen for 22 years!! We we at the same school and where very good friends.Our paths in life have been very different and more tragic for one of us..she lost her partner at 39. It is hard to picture our friends from school getting old or some even... Sign in to see full entry.

When asked how do describe your self? Often it what other people see and comment on is what we normally take as part of who we are. Does your name have a bearing on who your are? I am guilty of " nameism " see a name and try to assume what the person is like, based on experiences with people with... Sign in to see full entry.

today has not been the best,shocking i have to say, life has taken a little angel far a way. we will miss his laugh, his little tuft of hair. Those 1st few teeth he loved to smile and share. sleep well little man, you did not have long, our love is with you now forever,strong. for baby thomas aged... Sign in to see full entry.

I know it has been said before but what does love really mean? to me it has different levels from sexual love to emotional. the two get confused. so why do many say it when they mean they love the sex? do you feel some times because some one says those words you should say it back? love and in love... Sign in to see full entry.

I had a long chat with my godson who is 19 and about to join the R.A.F. I am brimming with pride for him as his mother and step father really had no faith that he could do it. he was worried about things he is leaving behind and the future. His life has not been bed of roses and i explained to him... Sign in to see full entry.