MiaLeah

Thanks guys, theses responses will help me out. Oh, and thanks for catching my mistake there caro33.

I'm currently doing some research on marriage and mate selection. If anyone is willing to answer my questions, it would be greatly appreciated. 1)How long have you been married? 2)What important things did you know about your mate before marriage? 3)What would you have liked to know about your mate before marriage, even though it probably would not have made any difference? 4)What qualities does your mate have that are important to you? 5)Did anyone make suggestions on how to fund the best mate before you were married? 6)What were those suggestions? 6)What were you looking for in a mate? Did you have any clear idea what you wanted in a mate that you would spend the rest of your life with? 7)What advice would you give your children and grandchildren about finding the right mate? 8 )What are the most important qualities the right mate has to have? 9)f you were 17 again, what would you look for in a lifetime partner? 10)Is there anything about your partner that you did not know before marriage that would have prevented you from marrying him or her had you known before? Thanks

I actually can't pinpoint the reason I'm always attracted to older men. So far, they've been the only ones I really get along. I never feel as if I'm on the same level when I'm with guys my own age. Most of the things I'm involved with cause me to associate with people who are older than be anyway, so I'm just used to it. I'm 18 and dating a 33, soon to be 34 year old now. When I was 15 I was in love with a 38 year old. I made the mistake of telling him, which didn't work in my favor.

I take it that you're staying in the dorms. Will you be sharing a room with someone? Your college should give you contact information about the person. Try to contact that person before you go. Once you get there, try to at least get along with your roommate. If they make friends, then you might be able to meet people that way. This sounds kind of cheesy, but my friend went to a college where she didn't know anyone. The first day, she and her roommate decided to go door to door on their floor and introduce themselves. By the time they reached the last door, nearly the whole floor had come along with them. I know that sounds kind of stupid, but she made several friends that way.

I think it depends on the teen's maturity and the parent's trust level with their child. In general I think 14 groups, 16 single.

Well, I was up for a few more hours last night, and the pressure began to lessen until I could no longer feel it. I havn't felt it since, which is good I suppose. I'm being treated like an invalid though...I'm barely allowed to sit up without somebody helping me! I just want to get this over with now. I'm having a girl. We didn't want to know the sex at first, but due to the complications, we kind of found out by accident.

I know I'm in good hands. It's just hard not to be nervous, you know? I'm not very good in any type of medical situation. I always fear something terrible is going to happen. You hear all these stories of what it's like and it really doesn't help the situation. I know you don't have to wait for your water to break, so that's why I was wondering about this. My mom had been in labor with me all day, but her water never broke so she didn't really pay much attention to it. I don't want to go to the hospital for them to simply tell me to go back home though. I went into early labor when I was about 16 weeks, then again around 25 weeks. When it happened the second time they found that the level of amniotic fluid had decreased by 1/3. I had to spend several days in the hospital. But they sent me home, gave me medication, but oddly enough they didn't put me on bed rest. I've known two other women who experienced similar things and they were put on bed rest, or virtual bed rest, for the rest of their pregnancies.

Thanks. I'm scared to death.

So, I'm due in less than two weeks. Throughout my pregnancy I've had several complications. The doctors warned me that due to these complications, I most likely will not make it to my due date. At around 3 today I started feeling a dull pain in my lower abdomen, but it didn't seem major. I laid down for a while, and it went away. Now it's back. It's not longer painful, but feels more like an intense pressure that comes and goes every few minutes. Could this be a sign that I'm going into labor?

Yeah, I know. But she says she thinks her doctor will say something like "well we'd better give you a physical before we give you these shots." But they just have to take your temperature b/c you cannot get certain vaccines if your temp is above 101.

They write that type of stuff down? My doctor used to always question me about drugs. She was convinced I was on something.

I'm not sure. She just really doesn't like going to the doctor's at all. A physical is nothing though. I've been through much worse.

Alright, so my friend has to go to the doctor tomorrow. She simply has to get two shots for college. That's all that is required by the college. She has a physical, but not by her regular doctor. It was in a sports clinic for school in January. She scared that the doctor will try to give her a physical since that doctor ha not given her a physical in a few years. I told her that her doctor cannot give her a physical if she doesn't want them too, no matter what,especially b/c she's simply there to get two shots. Can somebody please confirm this. She's trying to make me go with her tomorrow, but I'm trying to assure her that it'll be fine.

Dog_Fancy_Gurl24, you got exactly what I meant. I'm not ashamed of the baby, I'm just ashamed of myself. I feel I let my parents down, lied to them, and lost their trust. I'm happy for you that you're getting married. I guess that makes you look a little better. The father of my baby is nearly 16 years older than me. We're not getting married, at least not anytime soon. I just feel this adds to the whole situation. Anyway, hope all is well with you. Thanks for understanding.

I wasn't directing it at any one person directly. Oh, yeah, it's completely their the guys' faults. Come on. Unless the girls were raped, then they had a say in it! Yeah, I am different...but that's too complicated to go into now.