Am I getting the flu?

Sounds like you have SOME kind of flu.

My siblings and I always got called by my uncles' and aunts' names.

Ditto.

"... but, dad, I'm Jesus Christ!"

"... but, dad, I'm Jesus Christ!"

hahaha...my mom and sis are going to see him this weekend

Am I getting the flu?

Sounds like you have SOME kind of flu.

What the hell does that mean?

It means you probably have one of the Orthomyxoviridae family of RNA viruses.

Which means.....? I think I just have allergies.  This fucking place!!!!!

Am I getting the flu?

Sounds like you have SOME kind of flu.

What the hell does that mean?

It means, your symptoms match those described for people who have the flu.  And there's been a lot of people in Austin getting sick recently with a flu that's not swine flu.

Since you're in a thread called "swine flu", and you said "Am I getting *the* flu?", I just wanted to clarify that your symptoms match a normal flu strain, not H1N1 symptoms.

I went to the doctor today and told her that I had been feeling run down and had a sore throat and generally felt like shit.  She didn't even exam me and asked personal questions about stuff like my life and she said that I haven't been sleeping because of the switch from a graveyard schedule to a more common schedule.  She also said that I had a case of being a badass and that it can be exhausting.

what a hip doctor. mine just tells me repeatedly that i should be using condoms with my boyfriend even though neither of us are cheaters and we're planning a future together. she says "you never know. aids isn't curable and neither is an unwanted child" (the second part, by the way, is of course a lie. abortion is the $350 cure, and a good belly punch can be free!). what a cunt. she doesn't want me to be happy because she's a miserable bulldyke with sausage fingers. did i mention this is my gyno? sorry, back to you, sasha!

Oh well I asked for an HIV test too.  It takes a week to get the results.  My friends are the ones that tell me I should stop sleeping around with shady people.  I don't have to pay them a copay for that guidance.

Why would you use condoms in a long term, monogamous relationship?

Next they'll be saying that you should never have sex without a condom and when you're ready to get pregnant you should go get artificially inseminated.

Yeah man. Lame.

Condoms are the worst thing ever. The only thing they're even good for is getting strange. Outside that, they're the devil's own creation.

Of course, this is coming from the guy with four children, two miscarriages and one abortion on his resume.

Our dick has a womb.

I think hip and her boyfriend should use condoms because he already has one baby mama.  I have never dated a guy with a kid and I doubt I would, because I would just be wondering why him and the mother aren't together the whole time.

it was definitely a morbid fascination of mine for the first few months. when the time felt right, i delved into the subject with him. the lowdown is this: they were married in their mid-twenties, and apparently she bored the fuck out of him by the time they were 31, (my money's on: she stopped putting out!) so he filed for divorce. he tells me he got married too young, before he really knew himself and what he wanted, before he was ready to settle down with one person. he said that the only reason he would never say he'd take it back if he could, is because of his wonderful little boy. he's changed a lot since then, and now wants to be with me and only me.

personal side note: his ex-wife and i are the only women he's ever slept with without condoms. besides, he makes a great-looking kid. i'd say i'm pretty good-looking with good bone structure, and he's absolutely gorgeous, so i'm thinking our kids will be astonishingly adorable. booyah, bitches. i can't wait to make some cute babies!

Condoms are the worst thing ever. The only thing they're even good for is getting strange. Outside that, they're the devil's own creation.

Of course, this is coming from the guy with four children, two miscarriages and one abortion on his resume.

+1

I have never dated a guy with a kid and I doubt I would, because I would just be wondering why him and the mother aren't together the whole time.

I dont think I could...

But more because a guy my age who has a kid is so definitely a slut. No ty.

I know that there are guys who have had kids with women but I just can't do it!  I couldn't see the kid he had with another and think, "wow we could have even better looking kids than that!"  I just couldn't!  Maybe I'm too selfish. 

*nods*

which of course just heightens the selflessness of hip in taking on some other chick's kid as someone to get to know and possibly to watch grow up rather than just as "some other chick's kid." Good for you katie. I hope all goes well.

I was going to make that parallel and commend Kate as well, actually ...

which of course just heightens the selflessness of hip in taking on some other chick's kid as someone to get to know and possibly to watch grow up rather than just as "some other chick's kid." Good for you katie. I hope all goes well.

Seriously. And not to get all sappy here, but good, caring parents are way more important than blood-related parents. If this kid can have both his parents AND you as influential people in his life, he's got a head start on a lot of kids.

all I have to say is that you should both live together for 1 year, with you acting like a step-mum, before you think about getting married or having babies

Definitely a good plan. I'd even say 2 years.

I couldn't see the kid he had with another and think, "wow we could have even better looking kids than that!"

Wow. Cuz I can totally hear you say that... Of course you're very drunk and laughing hysterically because that's the only point of reference I have for your voice.

Definitely a good plan. I'd even say 2 years.

This.

You don't want to find out that you are jealous of the kid or anything like that. Also, you will be helping pay for child support. You need to be ok with that.

I was going to make that parallel and commend Kate as well, actually ...

but, INSTEAD, you just nodded.

re: "better looking kid than this"
I'm worried it's not possible. I can honestly tell you all that of the hundreds of little kids i've spent time around, his son is the cutest, most well-behaved, smartest little boy I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. I pray mine come close to that.

re: living together
I know that if/when we take things to a more serious level, it will be unrushed and well-timed. neither of us want to fuck any of this up by being foolish or hotheaded and rush into something before we're both ready. I think in that area, he's more concerned with me being ready, as he has pretty much been there and done that, and wouldn't want me to feel i rushed into marriage before i was ready.

As for child support: We don't have any form of joint finances just yet, but I was just thinking the other day that we will probably set up some sort of slow-growing savings account in both names that we will agree to add to each month...something like that. the child support situation is not at all mine until the day comes when we merge all accounts, which I can only see myself doing if we were to get engaged. so far it has affected me in that he has had X amount less each month to live on, and other than that he knows how I feel about the larger-than-required sum he pays weekly, but the deeper I've fallen in love with both him and his son, I couldn't say I'd want that boy to get a penny less than the current amount. how can you begrudge your child? I'd never expect him to. if it means less money to say, put a down payment on a house or something in the future... Well, it is what it is. Life isn't always ideal. I accept and love him, history and all.

My ex fiance, Russell, got together with this chick with a kid about four months after we finally broke up.  I think he did it to make me mad.  Anyway, two years later she took off with the kid never to be seen again.  They had merged bank accounts and she drained him dry.  I would never share my money with another, ever.  Money ruins relationships.