Hon, you look **great!** Remember, hubby loves you very much, but transitions can be funky. This time next year, he may surprise you... either with how much he loves how you dress, or how he suddenly barely even notices things. Men! Right?

Here's a funny story for you. I had a Helmut Lang sweater with the arms cut. It was basically a shirt sleeve sweater with long sleeves sewed on part way. Underneath it I wore a bright long-sleeved t so you could see slashes of color. I was feeling pretty fine, but DH says, "Your sweater is ripped." I said, "No it isn't, look, its hemmed. It's fashion." He said, "That's stupid." At which my little daughter - she must have been three or younger - piped up, "No, it isn't Daddy, it's FASHION!"

Mama's girl!

Wow. I daresay it looks better on you than on the model! I love the obi belt with the dress.

I'm so glad to hear that you and your husband are getting back on better footing. Be patient with one another - but he needs to hear you and your needs, too, and it's good if you can keep the communication lines open.

For a bit of detail about how I relate - I'm a very anti-confrontational person, and so is my boyfriend, so he and I are actually having to learn *how* to argue after nearly 4 years together. We have a tendency to sweep issues that are bothering us under the rug, and we learned the hard way that doing this only makes us both frustrated and liable to lash out at each other in a passive-aggressive way. We're both trying to learn how to actually voice when something is frustrating or worrying us, and that also includes a certain amount of picking your battles and deciding what's NOT worth arguing about.

I hope that things get better. I'm very happy to see you here again!

Wow, you LOOK fantastic and amazing in this too! So glad Natalie is "back"!

LOL Andrea, I really thought I would be gone longer than I was but I just couldn't stay away! I should know better than to swear off YLF. You gals are like family and I missed you lots, even though I was only away for a week! Fortunately things are improving between me & hubby and as long as I try to be more discreet about the picture taking I think I can keep things in balance and still hang out with my dress-up friends!