<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>JoeUser Forums » RSS Feed » Personal Relationships Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/JoeUser/forum/15</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In Personal Relationships</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 2:44:01 PM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 2:44:01 PM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>Anthony R</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/485224</comments><description><![CDATA[Comrades! It was a private post, but I was disturbed by it and I&#39;m glad to no longer be subscribed to John Doe. I love the US with all its flaws and wouldn&#39;t think of leaving it. And if I did decide to leave it, I wouldn&#39;t move somewhere that has 3X the murder rate of Chicago without the investigative apparatus of an American police force. Good luck man.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/485224</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/485224</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2017 1:53:22 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2017-10-31T01:53:22-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Disturbing Post By a John Doe</title></item><item><author>LittleBump</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/450953</comments><description><![CDATA[I finally got a break last night.  Dropped my baby off with my step mother I was going to do some Christmas shopping.  Everything was going to be alright.  I ran into my ex at the Wal-mart.  As soon as I did I knew that it was a mistake, because he automatically stopped me in the middle of the store to tell me that he needed to talk to me.  I did not like the idea of him wanting to talk to me. Nothing he had to say to me could be good. We finished our shopping together for the baby, an...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/450953</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/450953</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2013 9:33:07 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-12-20T09:33:07-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Strength</title></item><item><author>LittleBump</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/450899</comments><description><![CDATA[  Being a family is a beautiful thing, but remember if the realtionship is not healthy for you then it is definetly not healthy for your child.     I have watched many people get hurt because they think that they are going to work out their problems with their spouse/significant other. I have watched families be torn apart by drugs, because the parents were way to wrapped up in themselve, and didnt want the relationship to end.     When I decided to split from the father of my child. It was not ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/450899</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/450899</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2013 3:26:47 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-12-17T15:26:47-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Definetly Not Needed</title></item><item><author>Trudygolightly</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/447877</comments><description><![CDATA[ My sister used to say that "life is what happens while you&#39;re making plans"...    and as the years have wandered by, &nbsp; that is one of the truest sayings for me.   &nbsp;   This morning finds me baking a cake for my son&#39;s girlfriend, &nbsp;it&#39;s her birthday today. &nbsp;I realized I wished it was for my older sister, &nbsp;who has been very sick now for months.    Seems like people, &nbsp;time, &nbsp;and all the good thing in life, &nbsp;are falling away, &nbsp;leaving.....]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/447877</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/447877</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:57:22 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-08-27T12:57:22</pubDateParsed><title>Where Is Home?</title></item><item><author>greywar</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/12786</comments><description><![CDATA[  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As you may have gleaned from my earlier articles I am a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. I have been on active duty for going on 13 years and have nearly a decade of that spent as a Non-Commisioned Officer (NCO).   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When I joined the Army in 1992 the military was in a period of heavy transition from the Reagan/Bush years and the drawdown into the Clinton/Post Desert Storm years. During this timeframe the cultural changes in the Army were nothing l...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/12786</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/12786</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 8:29:43 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-08-16T20:29:43-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Sergeants As Loco Parentis</title></item><item><author>lobsterhunter</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/325852</comments><description><![CDATA[   I have been a huge fan of the author Nicholas Sparks for as long as I can remember, so when my husband mentioned the possibility of catching this North Carolina writer&rsquo;s latest chick flick on the big screen I was thrilled. We decided to grab a bite to eat at Logan&rsquo;s Steak House before the show started at 7:30, and our conversation took us down memory lane. Both of us dialogued about how former relationships had shaped us, and we agreed that freedom to be ourselves was the key to a...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/325852</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/325852</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 1:42:58 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-04-21T13:42:58-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>What Causes you to Feel Insecure?</title></item><item><author>Dan Kaschel</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/158994</comments><description><![CDATA[   Ideas never come to me fully formed.  I'm a comedian that only remembers the punchline, a musician that only remembers the final chord.  That's all I've ever had: conclusions.  For me, writing isn't really about expression.  It's about connecting the dots between where I am and what I've already concluded.  And, in case you were wondering: yes, that's what I'm doing right now.  This entire e-mail is based off a single thought that flashed through my head: "conclusions are all I have."  It's...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/158994</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/158994</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 1:08:34 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-03-22T13:08:34-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>All I have</title></item><item><author>Dan Kaschel</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/314788</comments><description><![CDATA[I always thought you were immune to that question.&nbsp; Wasn't it enough, looking into your eyes as I did?&nbsp; But here is your answer, if you must have it:   What is beauty?&nbsp; Is it pure sexual attraction?&nbsp; Because I swear there is no alluring stranger, no old flame, no celebrity crush that I desire as I desire you.&nbsp; Is it some arbitrarily magical combination of features?&nbsp; Because since I have known you, you have been the measure by which all works of art are measured. ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/314788</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/314788</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 1:06:54 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-03-22T13:06:54-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Do you think I'm beautiful?</title></item><item><author>perrinwlf</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/417934</comments><description><![CDATA[&nbsp; How do you tell someone that is genuinely trying to reach out, that you have no interest in them whatsoever. The artificial front that they present to the world, you know is a mask that they hide behind because they confessed it to be so while drunk, all the while I stood trapped, unable to leave or make myself care. I know now how to label it after years and years of hating, and before that fearing the very same markers that identify that personality.  &nbsp;  &nbsp; Boisterous, narc...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/417934</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/417934</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 8:07:46 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-02-18T08:07:46-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>sounding board</title></item><item><author>crimson</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/415130</comments><description><![CDATA[ I went back to my old neighborhood, and though much had changed, it was still very much the same...  &nbsp;  My girl is 14 now, and is long-legged, healthy and fairly happy for a teenager. &nbsp;She&#39;s in regular schooling once again, after going to a special school for kids with extreme learning disabilities. She started Grade 6 with a kindergarten to grade 1 reading level, and after 2 years, entered Grade 8 this year with a Grade 6 - 7 reading level. She&#39;s a bit behind, testing wise, b...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/415130</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/415130</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 9:48:54 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-01-14T09:48:54-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>love story</title></item><item><author>Phoenixboi</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/414645</comments><description><![CDATA[Wow it&#39;s been four years since I wrote anything here on JU. It seems like a lifetime ago.&nbsp;  I guess a catch up is in order.&nbsp;  Three years ago I went on a world trip. It started off in Argentina, upto New York over to Germany then to Spain down to Sicily seeing where my Mum comes from and then up to the main land to see where my Dad comes from. Then went to Thailand and back home.&nbsp;  I came back home to the start of a relationship with a guy who I spent the next two years ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/414645</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/414645</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 8:55:26 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-12-27T08:55:26-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>It's been four years since..</title></item><item><author>Tractormansavesthedayagain</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/412449</comments><description><![CDATA[When I was about 20, I received a letter in the mail that said for a 5 dollar investment, I could get a steady stream of cash income. It seemed like a great deal to me, so I sent for the information.&nbsp; I got a letter back explaining the process, and it had a few other addresses on it.&nbsp; I was directed to send 5 more dollars to the next person on the list, and he would send me the next thing I needed to know.&nbsp; So I sent 5 more dollars and got a sheet back that said I was to send lett...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/412449</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/412449</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 4:07:45 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-10-03T16:07:45-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>If It Seems Too Good to Be True...</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/411593</comments><description><![CDATA[I wrote a little about this in the article I just finished, but here&#39;s an article on just this topic...&nbsp; I would have (perhaps) posted it sooner, but have been mostly offline due to power outages after the passing through of Hurricane Irene, and well, was otherwise occupied with a honeymoon.  A co-worker (who was one of the groomsmen in the wedding) teased me a bit via TXT message when the Earthquake struck in Virginia (and shocks were felt in Maryland and other parts of the region) t...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/411593</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/411593</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 1:33:51 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-08-29T13:33:51-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Just over a week...</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/411311</comments><description><![CDATA[Dr. Guy asked in response to another article what&#39;s the date -- I&#39;m not sure I had given away the details there previously, but I will here and now.&nbsp; In just over 2 days, I&#39;ll be saying my vows to my soon to be bride.&nbsp; My second time down the aisle, and hers as well.&nbsp; We both are looking forward to it, and have been counting the days for a while.&nbsp; We&#39;ve had a few bumps along the way as we get closer and keep talking through anything and everything we could thi...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/411311</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/411311</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 8:16:40 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-08-19T20:16:40-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Who's counting?</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/411137</comments><description><![CDATA[My daughter was going to be at the movies last night, having taken advantage of a special offer to go see the new Glee 3D film before it&#39;s regular release to the general public this weekend.&nbsp; Not having gone to a film in a theater in a few months, I opted to take advantage of the time that I would otherwise need to be waiting to pick her back up and opted to go see the last of the Harry Potter movies.&nbsp; I had seen all of the previous films, but was delayed in seeing Harry Potter and...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/411137</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/411137</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 4:45:25 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-08-12T16:45:25-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>That reminds me... or, maybe it doesn't</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/410490</comments><description><![CDATA[Ah, the joys of some separate worlds...  If I opened up on this topic in some of my other favorite hang-outs, I&#39;d probably be handing someone an "I told you so" type moment and I&#39;m not one that ever likes to do that, so ... well, I&#39;m going to take advantage of this old hangout and open up a bit more here than I might do so in other places.  Somewhere along the way, as I typed thoughts about what I&#39;d expect and try to achieve in any (at that time) future relationship I said so...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/410490</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/410490</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 3:57:53 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-07-19T15:57:53-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Challenges</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/410513</comments><description><![CDATA[After getting to spend some nice quiet time with my fiance last night, the world just seems so much brighter today.&nbsp; Yes, it&#39;s hot outside, too hot for my tastes.&nbsp; Yes, I have lots of work to get done still in the clean-up and readying for her and her youngest daughter to move in soon, but again, just getting to share some quiet time with her makes my day and week&nbsp;so much better.  Yeah, yeah, I know, it&#39;s that early part of the relationship when everything is so nice tog...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/410513</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/410513</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 1:30:22 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-07-19T13:30:22-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>What a difference a day makes</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/410032</comments><description><![CDATA[The last few days have been fun for me - NOT.  Thankfully between some phone conversation with my fiance&nbsp;late last night, a little bit of my friend MGD (Miller Genuine...) before bed, and a bit of a nap and meditation yesterday a.m. (when I took a mental health day off from work), I finally got a decent block of sleep.&nbsp; I think the beer was probably the most creditable for that, but then again there was the tiredness that existed all along, and yes, talking with my fiance also helped...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/410032</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/410032</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:21:10 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-07-01T12:21:10</pubDateParsed><title>Paging Dr. Van Pelt</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/409960</comments><description><![CDATA[Ok, let me start by saying I forgot some of those other things I was going to be writing about here, but that&#39;s not unusual as my brain fails me too frequently in remembering little things throughout the day.&nbsp; I may remember by the time I close here, but I&#39;m not counting any chickens.  Let me start with the visions.  I wrote an article about some glitches in the road (and some dead horses that I hadn&#39;t kicked enough) that had come up over the last few weeks in my relationshi...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/409960</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/409960</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 4:43:25 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-06-28T16:43:25-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Visions, voices and other things...</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/409917</comments><description><![CDATA[Whew!&nbsp; Thankfully after some talking with my fiance over the last few days, I think we both killed the latest dead horse that was in our path enough that we could move on and get back on track, but it seems that we both still have a tendency to let little things bug us and pop-up along the way that distract us and cause us to lose focus.  Granted, with a dwindling number of weeks to go until we go off and get hitched it&#39;s somewhat normal for some things to pop up and try to make thems...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/409917</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/409917</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 9:30:40 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-06-27T09:30:40-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>What's that over there?</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/409554</comments><description><![CDATA[While my fiancé is able to compute the hours without the use of computing aids, I make use of a Countdown Clock widget that I recently downloaded to show me how much longer there is before our big day.&#160; Still a few months away, but not much more than that now.&#160; So close, yet so far.    We’ve still got a ton of things to do between now and then.&#160; I’ve got a lot more clean-up to get done so that she can move into the house and move her stuff in with her.&#160; I’ve also got to com...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/409554</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/409554</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:14:57 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-06-14T09:14:57</pubDateParsed><title>Coming up quickly, but then not quick enough&amp;hellip;</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/409040</comments><description><![CDATA[Lots of happenings personally since my last article here.&nbsp; Nothing that has derailed my (and my fiance&#39;s) plans for later this summer though we&#39;ve certainly hit a few snags and roadblocks to work over in our planning.  The stress of planning things has gotten to both of us and left us both a bit overwhelmed, though as I told her earlier today the worst of the stress really should be behind us at this point.&nbsp; Most of the stress has related to the guest list and to just how we&...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/409040</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/409040</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 11:48:07 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-05-31T12:48:07</pubDateParsed><title>Taking a breath...</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/408342</comments><description><![CDATA[Dr. Guy had recently inquired how my relationship (discussed in prior articles to a minor degree) was going.&nbsp; I had a vague reference to same in the last article previous to this one (  Making an Appearance  ) where I said something like this:    The summer looks like it could be a busy one for me and my family  and significant others  but I'm glad for that.    I'm back to update again, though I've probably given everything away compliments of the article title.  I sent some notices o...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/408342</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/408342</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 3:00:13 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-05-05T15:00:13-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Save the date(s)</title></item><item><author>okie1106</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/407264</comments><description><![CDATA[ I am so frustrated right now.&nbsp; I am just so sick of my "blood family".....not all, but most of them.&nbsp; My step mom has always treated my dad's 4 oldest kids as lower class citizens.&nbsp; I am just really starting to see some reality that I don't like.&nbsp; I will start out by saying, my father is a retired minister, so keep that in mind as you read this.&nbsp;     Recently, my oldest son started asking about being baptized.&nbsp; We sat down with our pastor, and he feels that he is...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/407264</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/407264</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 3:16:45 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-04-05T15:16:45-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>I wish I had a family</title></item><item><author>IceTippedTears</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/406537</comments><description><![CDATA[  It has been a very long time since I last used this blog, I had forgotten it.&nbsp; The sands of time had slipped through my fingers and reading back on the previous posts they&nbsp;reminded me of emotional times.&nbsp;    During the 2004/2005 years I went through alot of heartache and change.&nbsp;     6 years later and here I am.     I have moved country, I have married and I am settled. The previous posts on here were based around 2 people, they are still lurking in the background of my lif...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/406537</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/406537</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 6:46:56 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-03-17T06:46:56-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Time</title></item></channel></rss>