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Gainesville Moms Events - Evening Playgroup on Dec. 4!

Stacy Fournier — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:17:28 -0800

Our next evening playgroup is Thursday, Dec. 4, at 5 p.m. Come join us at a local park! For details, e-mail Stacy at gainesvillemoms@gainesville.com.

I hope to see you all there!

Mom of the Week - Thanks Caryn!

Stacy Fournier — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:07:34 -0800

Thank you so much for being our mom of the week. We really enjoyed learning about you and your family! Thanks again!

General Chat - Great Deals and Freebies

Stacy Fournier — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:16:16 -0800

Cheap magazines at Amazon.com

Parenting/Children
Family Fun $9.95
Parents (2 years) $12.00
Wondertime $10.00
Cookie $15/00
Parenting $9.97
American Baby $13.97
Scholastic Parent and Child $9.97
Baby Couture $9.00
Highlights $29.64

Women's
Good Housekeeping $10.00
Family Circle $14.97
Redbook $8.00
All You $19.97 (great source of coupons!)
RealSimple $23.68
Domino $10.00

Then there are these special deals. Normally $20 per year, during this promotion, it's $21.75 per year. LOL!
Children's Digest
Jack & Jill
Turtle

Relationships - Kids in relationships

Casmly — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:30:59 -0800

I was watching Nick today and saw a preview for a show or reality show or something where a young boy (about 12 maybe) was "breaking up" with a girl his age. They looked very young but were having a very serious conversation. He said, "If it's meant to be--it will be." He sounded so grown! It was so crazy and strange! I had my first BF at age 13 and I was way too young for as serious as we got. My husband didn't have a girlfriend until he was 19 and he married her. I want that for my kids but it's hard to prevent young love, especially with shows like this airing all the time. Am I paranoid? Should tweens be allowed to "fall in love" and "go out?"

Relationships - He's MARRIED!!!

Casmly — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:09:28 -0800

Ok. I have to vent this. My best friend met a married man much older than her and since he and his wife are separated and she lives in another city, he moved in with my friend. She was deeply in love and I have helped her realize part of it is because her dad died in a car accident when she was 12 and she never had a father since. This man is wealthy and my friend got prego even though he said he was sterile and has no other children. The baby is almost 2 now and this man will not leave his wife. He visits her every couple weeks and stays the weekend but other than that lives as husband, provider, lover, and father with my friend. Please be slow to judge. She knows she got herself into this mess but he is a great dad so she doesn't know what to do. She is the coolest person I have ever known. She is a much cooler girlfriend than I ever was and would make someone an amazing wife but she is stuck with this man who want to have his cake and eat it too! She deserves so much more but doesn't know how she will ever meet someone now. She feels doomed to forever be "the other woman." She made a mistake but doesn't deserve this her whole life. I want to force her to move away from him but he is really good to her (aside from having a wife) and loves his little girl! Is this hopeless?