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I'm leaving for hospital in about an hour. A little nervous, mostly because I've never had any kind of surgery before so I'm just not sure what to expect. Excited the date is finally here, looking forward to seeing what my future brings!

Generous return policies from stores are to support those people who are returning clothes that have not been worn. They are designed to prevent a consumer from ending up with a product that is faulty or inappropriate.
Aside from the ethical concerns of returning used clothing (aka "freestyling"), I would hazard a guess that certain states have criminal penalties for returning used clothing.
Returning used clothing is a clear breach of the return policy. Your worn items have to be discarded by the store and that increase in cost for retailers results in increased prices for consumers. Or worse, one of us is stuck wearing your used clothing that we paid for at Sears.

This will sound weird but I fell in love with my husband before I met him in person. Tons of phone calls, lots of emails, and we were both goners. I was terrified that the in-person chemistry wouldn't work out but of course it did.
I never felt like I was settling for less. I felt lucky to have found such an amazing man and to have my love and admiration reciprocated. I dated a lot before I got married and never thought that I was "less than" because of my weight.
I've loved him at much higher weights and now, he's thinner than I've ever seen him before and I still just adore him. His weight is a non-issue for me. He has seen me 25 lbs lighter, and 25 lbs heavier than I am now, and has never made me feel less loved.
I think WLS is like every other challenge a couple faces together. Challenges seem to strengthen good relationship and bring people closer, and weaken shaky ones and tear them apart. I've been in both types of relationships and know how that goes.
If it wasn't WLS for some of those couples, it might have been something else that either brought them closer or broke them up.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lol... now your messing with Fiddlemans biscuits??
Dang you get around!!

Does anybody else here, besides me, think that pokey and big country are the same person?
I mean they are never on at the same time.
And she keeps posting his pictures and promoting him???

I just want to take a minute to throw out a general thank you to all that are willing to share photos (particularly the gritty, unclothed, saggy skin photos). I think that most of us are going to face some really serious sagging skin and feel just as body conscious, or even worse, than we did about our weight. Seeing that we aren't the only ones that have to deal with this undesirable side effect really helps the negative self-talk where we feel like we're defective or have destroyed our bodies. We don't have to feel like we must be the only one that has skin this saggy, yada, yada, yada.
Heartfelt thanks for being so brave!

My kids are older, 13 and 18 so talking to them about the surgery wasn't difficult at all. The first thing my daughter said was she didn't want me to die (we watch too much Grey's Anatomy lol) but once we actually sat down and talked about what the surgery was and went over the risks and how frequently they occur she was good. Now I just annoy her by telling her which of her clothes I'll be borrowing someday soon! My son is all for it because he knows it will make me happy.
You know your kids and what they can handle, so maybe just start off by saying your going to have a surgery and let them steer the conversation. You answer the questions they ask, as they come up.

Oh my sweet cherry! If you're a good girl he will send them too you!!
But hands off! HE'S MINE!!!

I've told a couple of people at work about the surgery, just the ones I'm close to and have already trusted with other personal information so I know I can trust them to keep it to themselves. As far as my manager is concerned, I'm having my gallbladder removed (which is also happening) and I don't feel the need to tell him anything different.

One thing about it running from pokey should keep you in shape.

Oops that wasn't homophobic was it??
**** my daughter is at school..
So I can't even ask!!

Ummm...watching true love bloom between pokey and big country???

Heh! I'm actually a little afraid of how the sex is gonna be afterwards since I like it far too much for my own good now.

Oops double post!!!
On that note I like Oreos

****! Gay! Lol she hates when I say lesbian!
OMG everyone's getting offended tonight

It's ok....I've had my shots.

Hey pretty lady! I am flattered by your attention but I just cannot compete with BigCountryAbs. I'm old and flabby and bald. He's young, stacked, and is fit enough to satisfy your appetite all night long.
(Keep after him though, I think he's just trying to make you work for it. )

<-------------Looking for a dark corner to hide and cry in.....

And I suspect the next line will be something to do with a big ole "fishing" rod......Sheesh

Is it something to do with steers and.....oh nevermind.

Girl it's been of the hook!
Now if I could just find someone to do it with..

I think as we lose weight our hormones get all outta whack. I haven't had a period since June and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt I'm not pregnant It will all even out eventually.

Go cash!! I say screw the man and his attempt to keep you in permanent debt!!
... Oh except that sports car we are buying next week

You know? Come to think of it, I've never been waxed "down there" either...