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My girlfriend and I recently found out she is pregnant. I told her I’d support her and the baby, and secretly started saving for an engagement ring. She said she thought I would have wanted her to get an abortion. I didn’t—at least at first. She was excited and started planning the nursery. It took me two months to save up, but I finally got on one knee and popped the question. She cried and said yes. I’m still scared about being a dad, but I’ve got a good job and so does she. We’ll make a great family, just...

Hey guys, before I say anything, please note that I tried to post this vanity in "general/chat" but there was not a category that fit.Here's the deal.I have just taken the (some) steps to start a freelance career.I have been checking out freelancing for a while now at freelancer.com and upwork.com and others.I am still an outsider looking in.But I am going in...and I will share my experiences here for my fellow freepers.I am going to start with freelance projects that are involved with MS Excel and VBA. Starting at the bottom and working up from there.Here's the thing for...

Let me begin with this. If the National Enquirer wrote a story about me cheating on my wife with five women, I had better be extremely definitive in my response; because if I’m not, my wife –smelling the guilt – would kick my ass. OK, let me also tell you that I wouldn’t be angry; in fact, I’d be ecstatic. It’s fun to count money from guaranteed punitive and compensatory damages in a multimillion dollar lawsuit. But that’s me. I can’t speak for Senator Ted Cruz except to say that so far his reaction seems —well, not exactly definitive. He...