S. - (and all the other women on this thread) - cosmetic surgery really is not the answer. After reading your story and all the replies to it, I sense a lot of fear about these surgeries. I'm a firm believer in NO surgery! I see this all the time, mothers who are stay at home moms who work really hard at taking care of their kids as well as your home for your husband and family. I have quite a few friends who do much of the same and some of them work part or full time as well. I always ask them the same question, "what do you do for yourself?". The most common response is, "I take care of my kids". Well, in the grand scheme of things you are neglecting the most important person....YOU. If you are not happy who do you take it out on? Most likely your kids or husband right? Maybe sometimes you go and meet your girlfriends WITH your kids and then at the end of the day you are wondering why you are so run down and exhausted. Having no time for yourself is almost as bad as neglecting your children or your marriage. If you want to change the way you look you have to take time for yourself. It could mean a number of things, from going to the gym, hiking with your kids, or taking them for a walk in the afternoon, or maybe getting a babysitter to watch your kids while you and your husband go on a date. But, in the long run if you are still unhappy with YOU then doing all those things really aren't worth doing.
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~A.~