Young Adult Contemporary Romance discussion

Let's get to know each other by sharing 5 TRUTHS about yourself!

I'll start off with my 5 truths!

1. I read comic books and love Superman.
2. I'm a huge sports fan...baseball, football, hockey, basketball.
3. I love a good bottle of wine.
4. My husband and I go out to dinner on Friday nights.
5. I'm really afraid of spiders!!!

Okay lets see.....
1. I was a DJ in a club in Jersey back in the 80's.
2. I have been married four times.
3. Im left handed.
4. I pierced my own ears, five in one, four in the other.
5. Im a closet fan of The Bee Gees and Barry Manilow.

Susan wrote: "Okay lets see.....
1. I was a DJ in a club in Jersey back in the 80's.
2. I have been married four times.
3. Im left handed.
4. I pierced my own ears, five in one, four in the other.
5. Im a closet..."

Love these 5 truths, Susan!!! They're awesome. Piercing your own ears wow...my daughter use to do that too. Ouch!!

Chris who are your favorite teams?

Susan wrote: "Chris who are your favorite teams?"

I've grown up just outside of San Francisco, so the SF Giants baseball, SF Forty Niners Football, San Jose Sharks Hockey and the Golden State Warriors for Basketball! Super sad my Giants are making the playoffs this year. Too many injuries and my 49 Niners look horrible! :( But Hockey is just getting started with pre-season!

My truths:
1. I have to shower right before I go to bed.
2. I am physically addicted to coffee. (Like bad headaches if I go without.)
3. I am impatient.
4. I love to cycle, hike, SUP, snowshoe, and exercise while listening to an audio book.
5. I have 14 pairs of Birkenstocks in all colors and styles from hot pink and orange to the traditional brown.

1. I love 80's music.
2. I am a real life soccer mom. I know, so cliche.
3. My husband and I went to junior high and high school together. Our best friends dated for 3 years in high school but we never had a conversation until after I graduated from college.
4. I faint when I get hurt.
5. I'm still disappointed the Seattle Supersonics are now the Oklahoma Thunder. Bring back the Sonics, NBA rulers!

@ Susan...You are so awesome!!!
@ Kris ...I get crazy headaches too
@ Deanna....I live outside of OKC and...THUNDER UP BABY!!!! (*˘︶˘*)

My five truths

1. I married my husband over Christmas break my Senior year of high school.....and didn't tell anyone...
2. I am also left handed and look for all things lefty friendly!! Lol
3. I have 3 sisters.(2 I got addicted to reading )
4. I don't care for sports but I dress up in gear for my husband
5. You guys probably know my better than some one my "real" peeps!!ヾ(*´∀｀*)ﾉ

Vega_girl wrote: "My five truths

1. I married my husband over Christmas break my Senior year of high school.....and didn't tell anyone...
2. I am also left handed and look for all things lefty friendly!! Lol
3. I h..."


Holy cow Barb!! Number one......when did your family find out? You were a married senior!!! Wow!!

Okay, first Chris, let's open a bottle over while reading and we can say we had drinks together.

Susan, I would of loved to walk into your club, I bet I would of danced my a$# off!!!

Kris, what's your favorite coffee? Me, I'm a Starbucks girl and if I don't have coffee...beware who ever catches me like that lol

Deanna, I love your story about your husband, just think, sometimes we save the best for last.

Barb, so much to say... first I am left handed so, YAY!!! and I'm with Susan, when did you tell everyone???

Wow all three of us are left handed??? No wonder why we mesh so well! Lol

Haha!! We told my family after I graduated in May!!! He was a year ahead of me. We were young and dumb and thought for sure our parents wouldn't agree(which they did not). So we said screw it ....and now 15 years later we are making them eat their words!! Lol it only took us about 8 months to all love each other again. I would kill my daughter if she ever did it though!!

Wow! Loving this! And OMG Barb @ your #1. Susan - I love that you were a DJ during the 80's...I can picture it! Sal - you are a genius! That is so cool!

My 5 truths:

1. I teach reading intervention and love to get my struggling readers to be able to read. It's what I love most about my job.

2. I love the snow and snow days more than most school-age kids do! I get to have an unexpected day off, stay home with my kids, and curl up and read on the couch under a snuggly warm blanket! Plus the snow is so pretty. If snow is in the forecast I check constantly for updates on school closings and wait for my "school is closed" call.

3. Sometimes during the summer and on the above mentioned snow days, I get tired of feeding my kids 3 meals a day. That's horrible I know, but sometimes I just want to say, "Let's skip lunch today, we don't need it!"

4. I love a cup of hot green tea with a shot of honey...it's my go to comfort beverage

5. I love football and baseball, but I am an Ohio girl through and through, so Go Reds, Bengals, and Buckeyes!

This is so much fun!!! I love it!! Sal give us you favorite German curse word..(not a crazy bad one though)

Oh I love it!!! I am totally googeling pronunciation!!

Okay my truths

1. At the age of seventeen I was married and had my first baby (Still married to the same man)!
2. I am extremely scared of rodents.
3. I'm with Barb, you guys know a me no one else does.
4. I love music, all of it.
5. I secretly love school even though I want to pull my hair out half the time.

Okay, this is so awesome, can we come back every once in awhile and share new truths or different ones???? I love this. I am going to go around and start swearing in German!!!!

Okay, this is so awesome, can we come back every once in awhile and share new truths or different ones???? I love this. I am going to go around and start swearing in German!!!!

Im going to have to really dig for my deepest darkest truths just for you Erika!! Lol

Vega_girl wrote: "@ Susan...You are so awesome!!!
@ Kris ...I get crazy headaches too
@ Deanna....I live outside of OKC and...THUNDER UP BABY!!!! (*˘︶˘*)"

Ahhh! You stole me team! Lol. Oh well. At least you get to watch basketball. We still have the Seahawks, so I can't complain too much!

And Susan, I really want to go to the club you DJ's at in the 80s. If only there was time travel...

Hahaha I had alot of fun and the stories I could tell!!!

OMG this is really fun!! I'm loving reading everyone's truths and I completely agree with Erika we can keep adding other truths!

@Kris 14 pairs of different Birkenstocks is wild!! I'm all about the comfort of my Crocs and have several different pairs.

@Deanna I'm a total soccer mom too. LOL And my youngest is a Junior in high school so I don't have much longer for him to play and I'm going to miss it!

@Barb your #1 is really something! I love how both you and Erika were both married young and still happily together!

@Erika, I'm totally going to open a bottle of wine and toast to you tomorrow night while reading . Next best thing to drinking together.

@Sal your a genius that is amazing and thanks for the German swear word! ;)

@Karen I love that you teach reading intervention. My son struggles terribly with reading. He's always been in tutoring and special reading help, but he still hates it. :( It makes me sad that I love to read so much and it's not easy for him.

I agree 100% this is so much fun!! Definitely coming back to update

@ Erika I love the look on people's faces when I tell them how old I am and then how long I've been married!! It's one of those fun stories...because. we had so many doubters....

@ Deanna on behalf of Oklahoma I say "Thank You" they are our first professional team in the state.

Lol. You're very welcome. Please return them when you're done with them. ;) I miss watching Collison play!

Ummm....Nope Durant is here to stay!!!

Omgosh!!! I know a Crazy amount about sharks because I am so afraid of them!!! I watch shark week just feed my phobia!!Lol

Geez......that is way too much testosterone!!

You should totally learn a lot about one sport just to mess withht them!! Lol!

Vega_girl wrote: "@ Erika I love the look on people's faces when I tell them how old I am and then how long I've been married!! It's one of those fun stories...because. we had so many doubters....

@ Deanna on behal..."


Me too!!! This summer is going to be 25yrs, and people ask me if I was married at 12...I love it.

Sal my daughter is obsessed with sharks and LOVES shark week!! She spats out information about sharks all the time!!

ヾ(*´∀｀*)ﾉ

Hahaha!! I love baseball!! Long time Yankees fan!!

Here's two more truths.

1. I'm a stay-at-home mom but my daughter's in 2nd grade now, so I don't actually have any kids at home during the day.
2. I hate the days my husband works from home. I feel like I have to be productive 100% of the time since he's there.

Truths...
1. My son is getting married and I am happy but oh so sad...

Erika wrote: "Truths...
1. My son is getting married and I am happy but oh so sad..."

Oh, poor mama! I hope he's marrying an amazing person!

Erika wrote: "Truths...
1. My son is getting married and I am happy but oh so sad..."

You are not old enough to have a son getting married!! Did you get married at 12 too??lol

He is marrying someone amazing, I love her!!!! Just gonna miss my baby. Susan, I didn't have him at 12 but at 17! He's all grown up... Stinks when that happens

Erika wrote: "He is marrying someone amazing, I love her!!!! Just gonna miss my baby. Susan, I didn't have him at 12 but at 17! He's all grown up... Stinks when that happens"

Awwww, I'm so glad you love her, but I understand how hard it is for your baby to grow up!

Deanna wrote: "Here's two more truths.

1. I'm a stay-at-home mom but my daughter's in 2nd grade now, so I don't actually have any kids at home during the day.
2. I hate the days my husband works from home. I fee..."

I'm envious of your free time when your daughter is in school you can read!! I'm laughing at the comment about your husband!! Here is my husband truth...

1. On Saturday's if my husband isn't home I will sit and read, but I use the Find my iPhone app it's a GPS and I use it to watch my son when he is out and about, but I will also check how much longer before my husband gets home, so when he walks in the door I'm up and cleaning the house instead of still reading!!

2. Thankfully my job is flexible and so is my start time, because sometimes I can't put my book down in the morning, so I just go in a little later!!

3. I'm really envious of my sister who travels the world.

4. I have two amazing step daughters who I love like my own and rarely refer to them as step and one son of my own.

5. I hate coffee and drink tea all the time black and green!

Chris: I am with you on the tea. I love green tea and hate coffee! And I too am jealous of your sister!

Erika: Your son getting married is bittersweet! Sending good thoughts your way!

More truths:

1. When I first met my husband, I had a boyfriend and he (my future husband) used to come visit me at the ice cream parlor where I worked and order milkshakes and tip me large tips. It made my boyfriend at the time angry and at the time I didn't think anything about it.

2. I have only been outside of the U.S. once and that was to Canada and pre-passport requirement days, so I don't have a passport :(

3. Women who have been through divorce and/or are single parents are the strongest people I know. I couldn't be the woman I am or the mother I am without the constant help of my husband. I watch my sister do this by herself every day and couldn't fathom it. Kudos to all of the divorcee's and/or single parents. You are very strong!

4. I could eat pizza every day and not get tired of it. Pizza Hut, Dominoes, Little Ceasars, frozen pizza, school pizza, Local Pizza; it all tastes different to me! They each have a unique flavor!

5. I refer to my students at school as "my kids" because they are "my kids"! We spend so much time together we are like family! So I only have two kids that live with me. But after 10 years of teaching, I have around 300 kids that I claim as "mine".

Karen wrote: "Chris: I am with you on the tea. I love green tea and hate coffee! And I too am jealous of your sister!

Erika: Your son getting married is bittersweet! Sending good thoughts your way!

More t..."

You're not alone on #2. I don't have a passport and I live less than 200 miles from Canada. I don't even have a Washington state enhanced driver's license. Guess I should work on that!

More truths:

1. Making small talk makes me feel awkward. I swear I say the weirdest things some times.
2. I've turned into a huge procrastinator in my 30's.
3. I, too, start cleaning up and looking busy when I know my husband's coming home. It's usually after I pick up my daughter at school.
4. I secretly wish one of my daughter's teammates would quit soccer so I didn't get stuck talking to her mom. And I feel even worse because I'm not the only team mom that wishes that. I'm nice to her, but yikes!(I swear I'm not mean!)
5. It's weird being a stay-at-home mom without kids at home when all of your friends are going back to work. It makes me feel guilty. But it works best for our family right now. Plus, I don't know what I want to be when I grow up anymore!

Omgosh!!! Great truths all . Deanna my youngest is in first grade so last year I started substitute teaching...I love it I work when I feel like and I get to read during lunch and planning period. I also get to go in and come out the same time as my children so no after school care!! I also say Tue weirdest things most people think I am a snob because I don't typify make small talk...if you don't know me...you have to make the first move to get to know me...I know how weird I am and would never force it on someone. Lol!!

@Karen I absolutely love you story of your husband!!!

I also 100% agree with how strong divorcees and single parents are, it's amazing!! I also want to add teachers to the list!! You guys are wicked awesome!! Seriously teachers should be paid like doctors!!

Deanna I totally get being an at home mom. I stayed home and now the kids are gone and I am figuring out what I want to be when I grow up...so I'm going to school. I love it!!!

Thanks guys! And I second the teacher thing. Teachers are amazing. I couldn't be one!

Karen, your story of your husband the big tipper is so awesome! I love it!! And your 300 kids so warms my heart. You must be an amazing teacher!

Deanna, take advantage of being a stay at home mom. Just because you daughter is in school, you still get to volunteer to help with school stuff and go on all the field trips and take your daughter to school and pick her up. There is nothing better to me! When I had my son I quit my job and I was a workaholic working up to 60 hours a week. It was the BEST thing I even did. I eventually went back to work 2 days a week for 5 hours a day, then 3 days and now he is a junior and I work 5 days, but only 5-6 hours a day. I never missed anything in his life. If you can afford it stay home and enjoy it!

Barb, you are so funny!! I can't believe you don't make small talk. I would think you would be so outgoing all the time, with everyone like you are here!

Erika, that is awesome that you are going to school now and figuring out what you want to do.