sophistifunkox

My boyfriend is in the Marines, and the next time we will see each other is in January. To pass the time, I decided to make a scrapbook of our memories. However, I have a question on deciding which scrapbook to buy..

Is it appropriate to buy a scrapbook with the Marine Corps symbol on the front? My only doubt is because it is not Marine related; it is about us. Maybe I am over thinking it and it does not really matter, but do you think it does?

I had braces for four years during middle school and high school. After I got my braces taken off, I wore the retainer for about a year, year and a half. However, my top teeth came apart just slightly that there is a very small gap in between my two front teeth.

People always compliment me on my teeth, but I am unhappy with how they are because of the slight shift. Is there anything that can be done to fix this? I feel like braces would be out of the question because the gap is so small, but are there other options to help bring this teeth together again like they were when I first got my braces off?

Before I met my boyfriend a little a year ago, I have always considered joining the Air Force. More and more, I have been thinking it is something I am going to do. However, my boyfriend is in the process of becoming a Marine. He graduates from boot camp in January and then will complete 2-3 years of training out in San Diego.

It's tough enough as is not being able to speak with him for three months and then just through Skype and phone calls after boot camp with the occasional weekend visits; however, how difficult do you think it would be if we are both in two different branches of the Military? This isn't something that was ever really brought up in our conversation before he left.. But what do YOU guys think?

What are you having tonight?

Two girls (one vegetarian) and a guy are hungry for dinner, but we are all too indecesive to make up our minds. What should we eat tonight?

The oven was preheating for about five minutes when the smoke detector started to go off, not the carbon monoxide detector. There was no smoke coming out of the oven, but the noise was very loud so we just turned it off and gave up on the pizza.

This is a new apartment, so we have never used the oven prior to this event. Why was it setting of the smoke detector? We want to make pizza. And fries. And baked goods.

I have been hiding behind my secrets my whole life. They are the reasons for why I am the insecure, shy, and scared person that I am. No one knows anything about the real me and why I act the way I do sometimes. If I were just to confide in a few people I trust, would it feel better to let them know? Does it feel better to unleash what has been holding you back?

I'm at a loss for words. A week ago my boyfriend broke up with me after being together for over two years. We have been fighting lately, and things were not perfect like they were in the beginning. There is little to no intimacy between the two of us, but that is because of my own personal past not because I don't love him or love being close to him. We broke up because he said the fighting just got to him, and he was slowly buliding a barrier between us. Now he is at the point where he said he has built it up and can't take it down. He says that he doesn't want to go back to any fighting and can't find it in his heart to try again, even though he says he still loves me and misses us being happy.

Do I sit here and try to fight for us? I have a lot of faith. I now understand how I was acting. No, this wasn't solely my fault, but I understand where I went wrong and I already feel like a changed person. I don't want to seem like the psycho ex girlfriend in this situation, but he is my world. He's my best friend and knows everything about me, I've told him things no one else knows. He's got the best personality and is totally the guy you bring home to your parents. He gets along with everyone and knows how to do and fix just about anything. Not to mention the feeling I get in my stomach when he simply smiles at me. At the end of the night, if I was sad, just cuddling up to him and falling asleep in his arms would make it better.

So do I try to get him back? Give him a little space and hope he realizes what he's missing? I never said I was perfect, but I believe we are perfect together. There isn't anyone you won't fight with at some point in your relationship. And now that we have hit rock bottom, it can only get better, right? I have so much faith that if I were to get one more chance, things would be perfect. But do I try to tell him that or just let him leave? I've been a mess since the break up and can't seem to grasp the fact we might never be back together ..

So last night we found a mouse in my friends house, and let it go outside. Sadly, two hours as we were about to leave, we found it had passed away right by the steps we let it free. It made me really sad, and right away I thought about what would happen to my little dwarf hamster.

So I get home, and I hear this noise. At first I thought he was just tearing up his toilet paper, he goes nuts for that stuff! However, I go to check on him and he's sitting by his house just shaking or something. I was so scared, not my hamster too! He stays in this position for awhile, continuing to make a weird noise. It sounds to me breathing related, like he was choking or something. After a while, he started to move a little bit, very slowly, and crawled into his house. He is still alive, but I can still hear this noise. He's very slow and I am so worried, I know it's just a hamster but he's my first real pet and he's so fun. People say how mean dwarf hamster's can be, but this is the sweetest one I have ever met. I just hope he isn't in pain, does anyone know what this noise could be? :[ I wish I could describe it better, but it's the first time I have ever heard him make a noise. Like he's panting or trying hard for air? :[

i got some in his eye.. and hes acting funny.

In three weeks I'll be flying my way out to Boston to visit some family, and we're taking a two or three day trip to New York City. I've never been to NYC (or Boston for that matter), and they are leaving it up to me to choose what to do.

So basically, what are some must see or do things in New York City?! :] I want to make the most out of my few days there.

I'm 18 years old; I should know better than to care about what others think of me when I go out in public. Yet, every time I get ready to go anywhere, I spend so much time locked away in my room trying on twenty different outfits, none in which I feel pretty enough in. I always feel people are judging me, laughing at me, criticizing my fashion sense, and I hate it. I tell myself not to care about what others think, whether they stare, laugh, whatever it may be .. but I can't seem to shake the fact that I feel I'm this ugly girl who isn't good enough for anyone.

So I guess I'm just asking, is how do I give myself that boost of self-esteem that I need? I hate feeling this way, and I know it's childish .. which makes it even worse.

I'm getting my tragus pierced later on today, but I was just wondering for those who have their tragus pierced .. how much did it cost (jewelry included)?

I'm short on money and just hope I have enough! ah ;]