I, too, can't seem to connect. And I have wondered before if I have a so-mild-that-it's-undetectable case of Asperger's. But maybe Pomegranate (hope I spelled that right) is onto something. I was raised to do a lot of acting -- I had to act like I was someone else or I would get punished, basically, for being who I was. I sometimes think that I'm still acting a lot of the time, and others pick up on it even if I don't.

Who knows. I don't know what the answer is. All I can say is you're not alone. And you have a husband and kids who love you, so you must be doing something right. And I don't think most kids turn out to be carbon copies of their parents, so I don't think you have to stress about that.