Stress Center Peer Support

"Swallow My Pride" by the Ramones

Thanks for asking Faith and if you are a Long Horns fan my congratulations on your #1 ranking (from a Notre Dame fan)

I rediscovered my conscience and told my wife about my email relationship with my ex. To her credit she was very understanding. Almost too much so. I know she would be and maybe ...

Negative thinking.

The lesson on secondary gains was a tough one for me also. I actually lost sleep that week thinking about stuff.

Hawaiihereicome:

Thanks for your concern and compassion when just about everyone else wanted to run me out of here.

I will send you a PM next week on how it goes.

I have to wait awhile to talk b/c I don't want to ruin our holiday weekend with all of this. Tuesday is my b-day. Not that I deserve a ...

Good point. I wouldn't like it but if he didn't cross any lines I wouldn't be too judgemental.

I had to forgive my father for having an affair when I was five. I grew up not knowing whether he was coming home or not. I think my grandfather had an affair. By not going through with it and learning a ...

Thanks for the suggestions.

My sister says that she has checked into the babycenter website. She thinks it is just "separation" anxiety. I disagree b/c supposedly she cried all of last weekend when she was with her baby.

My wife bought her a copy of the Brooke Shields book. Hopefully she will take ...

No problem. At the expense of some personal embarrassment maybe this will cool off some of my critics.

I was 27 when I got married. My wife and the ex were the only two that I really dated.

I went to an all boys catholic school for high school. Being shy this made things exceptionaly difficult for ...

First of all you have not been too rough on Pujols5. Lets recap this game so far.

1st inning vs. Pecos - Strikeout
3rd inning vs. Whiskersonkittens - Walk
6th inning vs. FrancesL - Hit by Pitch (on the head) Bench clearing brawl. Tony La Russa ejected.

I am trying to maintain my sense of humor ...

Thank you and everyone else for your honest opinions and compassion.

You put a different spin on it.

In our first counselling session the therapist asked if I loved my wife. I said "I love her but I am not sure that I am in love with her".
This was the day before her birthday!

It is the fact that ...

It's all fair criticism. I know that I am not Ward Cleaver. You interpreted the history part right. I gave serious consideration to dumping my wife who was my girlfriend at the time. I never slept with Abi the old girlfriend because of our age difference but I was tempted back then and she was 20 at ...