I thank all of you kindly for the wonderful welcomes!

In regards to DH, you all might be suprised at how little of the Macho Dude there is in Jon. Honestly, he's sometimes even better with the emotional stuff than I am! I've often said that I'm more masculine (tom-boy, former Army and all that) than most girls of my acquaintance, and he's much more feminine (not to say he's effeminate or "swishy," just REALLY in touch with his emotions) than any straight male I've ever met. As far as too much information, I've never found ANYTHING to be truely TMI for him, his interest in everything (including the differences between boys and girls) is boundless.

He is truely the sweetest, kindest, gentlest man I have ever met. We have been married for 5 years, together for 6, and he still gets doors for me, holds my chair, won't sit at table until I do. I've had lots of people tell me that I trained him right, but he was that way when I met him. And it's certainly not his father's training! He raised himself up right, as he lost his mother at 9.

I will, however, let him know that a few "test posts" might be in order, and since you can set your own Title here, I'm sure he'd be willing to put Team Testosterone or something else to make it plain he's a guy. And I can suggest that he might want to stay out of some of the more embarrassing posts until/unless you ladies become that comfortable with him.

You know how sometimes, a gay male friend can seem almost like a girlfriend? Well, he's almost like that. Except that I really don't think a gay male would honestly want to hear about period problems (having NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER in female anatomy) where Jon would express sympathy, and perhaps a tiny bit of empathy (he's talked about there being a male "cycle" that kinda roughly corresponds with the female cycle, and sometimes he feels cranky, or headachy, when I'm menstruating.)

I'll let him read what you all have said, and if he'd still like to post here and get to know some kick *** chicks, he'll try very hard to win your friendship.