Messages By: likeike

Halleluiah!  No one has been able to say it so well. 

Kelly’s attitude about weight should be the least of Julie’s worries.  Is thin his only hang-up?  Will he still love her when she is old?  What about after having a few kids?  Is he the kind of man who could stand by her if she had cancer, and God forbid lost her hair or maybe a breast?  Would he take care of her during an illness?     

If his love is so conditional, he might not be the best candidate for a father. This man would be a nightmare for any child, especially for a girl.     

He is a bully, and he doesn't want to get over his childishness and selfishness.   

I'm determined too.  I've scheduled a physical to make sure I'm okay to get started.    

It might be a good idea to get your thyroid levels checked if you gained that much during your pregnancy. I have a thyroid problem, and pregnancy and post-partum can throw your levels off.  

I used to do water aerobics, and it was wonderful.  Most community colleges and rec programs offer them for cheap.  I found a diving school 10 minutes away from my home that has an indoor heated pool and excercize classes for a resonable cost.    

I hope it goes well for you, and I won't mail you any peanut m&ms!  

Everyone should get their thyroid checked.  I went from a size 4 to a size 16 (before kids) and chalked it up to age, knee injury, stress, PMS, or any other remote excuse.  I kept dieting until I was down to slimfast, yogurt, and water.  I was so tired, I used to sleep all evening on the couch, and my husband would wake me when it was time to go to bed.   

It turned out I had a golf-ball sized benign tumor on my thyroid.  The doctor said that my levels were within the normal range, but once the tumor and half my thyroid were removed and I started on a thyroid replacement medication, I became a new person.  I am still overweight (I am also 5'4 and somewhere in the 160's), but I can function a lot better, and I feel human being again.   

Good luck!   

With freedom comes great responsibility.  The courts have determined that a person cannot yell "FIRE" in a crowded movie house, or publish accusations that are not true.  She is a publisher, she has responsibilites.

That woman claims her site is a formum for women to discuss bad relationships, but she did not name the site "mendabrokenheart" or "cryonmyshoulder".  She came up with the name "dontdatehimgirl".  Isn't that an overt statement that the site is a place where women can disparage men to any potential mate?

I find it frightening that there are so many sites that permit unfounded accusations to be posted.  There is a huge difference between name calling, and posting someone's picture with accusations that the person has a specific transmittable disease.  For the sake of all of us, I hope Todd wins. 

Dr. Phil,

What happened to you?  Have Oprah and her “nomenklatura” comrades hijacked your show?  You did not show how the homeless are treated; instead, you stuck an able-bodied, healthy man out to panhandle.  Before I had kids, I had a real job in a major downtown business district.  The homeless there never begged (most were mentally ill and not even coherent enough to panhandle).  Some of the secretaries in our building would send untouched left-overs from lunch meetings down to the folks who lived in our parking garage and on the benches in front of the building. 

In the summertime, when the tourists arrived, we would see quite a few young, healthy adults show up during beautiful weather to scam for money.  I never saw any of these folks after dark, or sleeping on a bench, or eating out of a trash can.  After concerns of aggressive panhandlers accosting tourists surfaced, our local news media caught one of the fair-weather panhandlers getting into his nice car and driving back to his lovely house in the suburbs.

Your staffer collected $20.00 in one hour.  Some of your viewers, like me, have to work a few hours to clear that much after taxes.  I have compassion for those down on their luck, but please do not pour on the guilt trip for those who do not like being accosted on the street.  It is not a safe world we live in, and to try to guilt people into opening their wallets in public or engaging strangers is just not a bright idea.  My area has encouraged residents to give to shelters and not to panhandlers.

Americans give generously of their time and resources (just look at the response to Katrina and the Tsunami).  Your self-righteous segment was uncalled for and completely out of character for you.   With so many people in need, couldn’t you have inspired viewers to help by showing the positive work of a local shelter? 

All these women with multiple kids with multiple men make me want to scream.  It is not a moral judgement, it is a matter of sense. If you can't afford to get pregnant, cross your legs.  Why are so many of these women suprised when their latest hook-up doesn't want to pay for an unwanted child.  How many of the people on this board complain that their exes turned out to be awful.  If you don't know someone well enough to determine if they would make a good parent, don't sleep with them.

My heart goes out to women whose husbands have run off or passed away.  I am married, have two kids, two degrees, and two jobs.  To those who spend time on their backs instead of working:  stop cranking out kids for others to support.  If you have so much time and energy, WORK.

He seems a bit clueless.  She needs to take him shopping to see what things really cost.  My poor husband thought the only way to save was to buy generic.  He was shocked the first time I sent him to the store with coupons and a specific list of items and brands.  He came home with generic items.  I went over the receipt and showed him the sales circular and coupons; he was surprised how much we could have saved by purchasing items on special combined with double coupons.

I have found that clearance racks at Kohl’s, Target, Wal-Mart (and even a few major department stores) have better deals than Goodwill.  My husband had no idea what clothes or kids’ shoes cost until I took him shopping.  Now he appreciates a good deal when I find one.

They seem like nice folks, I hope they work it out.

What a crock of liberal dribble.  There have been many stories on the news about wackadoos and predators trolling MySpace for victims.  In my area, they are now prosecuting a man confessed to meeting a youngwoman on MySpace, murdering her, and hacking her to bits to try to hide the crime.

If this is just a harmless prank, and the punishment should fit the "criminals", perhaps Anna would drop all legal proceedings if the parents agreed to put  of their teens' pictures, addresses, and personal information on some NAMBA-esque website for a day or two.  I'd be willing to drop the lawsuit just to watch the parent sweat.

Those little animals knew exactly what they were doing.  This wasn't about a whoopie cushion incident or even vandalism. They put Anna's life in serious jeopardy.  A lawsuit is too light a punishment for them.  Go Anna go!

You really have a lot of venom for those who differ in opinion.

How can you call this the internet equivilant of writing something dirty on the bathroom wall.  If it isn't so bad, please respond with your full name, picture, home address, phone number, work information, and maybe where your kids go to school????

When it is YOUR information on the web, does it seem like such a big deal. 

I never mention the sadistic stuff you listed with the whips, maybe that is why the fake posting didn't bother you.