Hi Vera, Even though you haven't planted many containers, we ARE going to insist that you take pictures of your beautiful establsihed beds! Being able to see what your "babies" will turn into when you are a newbie is so important! Your pics are the reason I have a flat started that has about 35 blue flax seeds sprouting in it right now!!!!! I loved looking through the pics. I was pretty new when I added my photo, so does being on that thread make me an oldie? (smile) Nancy

Either one of you could have accidentally deleted your friendship. Or, one of you could have been hacked although other things probably would have popped up. I wouldn't read too much into it. I mean you're either friends or you're not. It sounds like you're friends and you mentioned it and they said they didn't delete you, so I would think the next step woud be to say you will refriend them and leave it at that. If you get deleted again or not accepted, I think you know your answer. Otherwise, it was probably an honest mistake. But keep this in mind, even if people are "friends" in real life they may not want to be friends with certain people on facebook. And, I'm not saying you are doing this... but some people post sexual comments or pictures or divuldge too much personal info about others...and some people don't like that kind of stuff on facebook. So if you are friends in real life, and think you have been intentionally deleted, there may be a reason for it.

It doesn't matter if it's your first, second or fifth marriage, you have to look out for yourself because nobody else is. A second wife should not depend on a guy anymore than a first wife should. I agree that it's fair to be compensated when you put your career on hold to have children and take care of the family, but it's not fair to think you will walk away from the marriage with a better financial position than the person that is the higher wage earner. It's not fair but life's not fair. If it were, men would be giving birth, not us. Your advice KKNY to not get involved with a man with children and not expect him to provide financial and other support is good advice. I wouldn't date a guy that didn't see or support his children. I also wouldn't date a guy that talked bad about his ex. But, the flip side to that argument is that when you get divorced, you have to accept that when he gets remarried, he legally obligates himself to his spouse and possibly more children. His obligation to his first family don't go away and they shouldn't suffer because he remarries, but if he is able to support the new family by increasing his income, then it doesn't impact his first family. The problem is that when the ex wife sees his income go up (or the added income of his new spouse), then she wants her share to go up too. If his income goes up and he doesn't have more mouths to feed, then maybe it would be fair to give more to the first family. MAYBE. It also depends on the ex wife's financial situation. I agree with Ashley that an ex wife can't sit on her duff demanding increases because he's working his butt off to make more. She's not married to him, she needs to do for herself... how pathetic is that? My husband's ex has gotten spousal support for 12 years on a marriage that lasted only one year. (Well, she hasn't finalized the divorce, probably because the court may stop her spousal support) She will continue to get it until he takes her back to court to stop it. My guess is that he is afraid they will increase his child support and reduce the spousal support (which is tax deductible for him) and so he lets it go.

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