i joined on the reommendation of some friends from another forum. i mostly read (the forum and sometimes the stories) and sometimes post. the first post i read when i looked this up was "having children" by TomOfSweden". when i read the reponses, i knew this was a good place, one that i cud relate to. it was like i saw all parts of my life fitting into a whole right in front of me.... in the lives of all those people who had posted their replies....

i've stayed (though it's a too short a time yet) because i'm always finding little nuggets of gold in what i read in the forums and because the people are so warm and friendly.