Posts by jayd294mp

On top of everyone else's replies (which were good!), why not try Raisin Bran? I love Raisin Bran and 1 cup gives you 50% of your daily iron intake! Same with Mini Wheats and lots of other cereals.

Original Post by alibsam:

You don't need uglier friends. You need to work on your self-esteem. 

I think the uglier friends part was a joke. :)

To the OP: I've felt like that before - not because I'm NOT attractive, but because I'm usually the fattest girl in my group of friends. But you know what's crazy? Even though most of my friends are tiny, curvy, smokin' hot babes, I'M the one who rarely looks in the mirror and only sees the bad. They all look up to me, because I don't let my size get in the way of how I want to present myself: what I wear, how I style my makeup and hair, how outgoing and vibrant I am. Maybe it's not just that your friends are actually physically better looking than you, but maybe they look more approachable, more friendly.

Sometimes it takes me a while to loosen up at the bar, when I feel like everyone's checking out my friends and not me. Eventually I get over myself though and get lost in the music and having a good time with the girls and sure enough, that's when the guys come over to dance or chat me up at the bar.

I LOVE what ncxcrnnr said. And I agree that while most women believe that men don't actually feel this way (and that some guys will behave like they don't!) - that for the most part... they actually do! :)

Original Post by azirra:

Original Post by crazineko:

 I would still get into the habit of using a condom, and use this as your secondary form of birth control. 

If youre using the pill correctly and you are both STD free there is no need for this.

That's really not a factual statement at all. Even if it was factually correct, the human condition (and the fact that we lie about going to appointments, getting negative STD test results, or cheat on our partners before or afterwards and exposing ourselves to STDs) really solidifies that that kind of logic is quite foolhardy.

It is quite common knowledge that the pill is not an entirely fool-proof method of birth protection (actually NO methods of birth control are, besides abstinence), with the highest percentages of success rate in the high 90's and only if it is taken diligently (same time every day). Besides that, some people are simply more prone to becoming pregnant! I've known quite a few people who have become pregnant while on oral contraceptives and even one who used the pill AND condoms and became pregnant!

I personally feel that if you really care about your sexual health and preventing pregnancy, you should use both oral contraceptives and condoms, at the very least until you are in a long-term, monogamous relationship. Even then, both partners should be regularly tested for STDs (which can be simply incorporated in with regular checkups!). That way, IF something still happens, as least you can feel good about the fact that you did everything you could. Way too many people learn the hard way - there's no reason for you to as well.

As an aside, that abstinence-only education sure works, doesn't it? *eye-roll*