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Q: I am female and 13 and i have been friends with this girl for about 3 years. She copies everything I do, like fashion etc. This is surprising cause she is really outgoing, and everybody thinks she is coming up wiht all of this stuff! I don't know what to do!

this is allot like something that happened between my friend and his friend and i told him just what i am going to tell you call them out on tell them you don't like it and hope they listen and if not just stop hanging with them and b the way if there a true friend they'll understand so don't be afraid to talk about it

Q: All he does is sit around and watch cartoons all day. Why wont he go out and make some money.
I say if he is old enough to carry a shovel he should.
He also sucks in school, I think he ll drop out from kindergarden.

is this a serous question??? cuz it sounds very odd

Q: I got my ears pierced last February. I didn't exactly follow the "clean it every day" instructions and now there's kind of a bump at the back of my ear around my cartilage piercing. I don't really know if it's just a random bump or swelling, but it hurts when I touch it and it's been this way for MONTHS.. I'm wondering what exactly it is, and, if possible, how to make it go away.

it's an infection kinda it will go away when you start cleaning it more frequently mine do the same thing and I've never gotten a bad infection to the point were i needed to go to the doctors but just when ever you rember clean it

Q: For over a month now I have been pulling all-nighters up to about 10am-1pm. Now I have a job at Timmys and it requires many early morning shifts. Because of this I usuallt have to make sure I have a cofee before I go to work cause the lastest these shifts go to is 4pm and I can easily stay awake if I try. The problem is I am sick of staying up all night with nothing to do. I keep trying to fall asleep, counting sleep doesnt work anymore and since school is starting and I recently hung out with a boy I like I find it hard to concentrate on sleep. For the last 4 nights I have been lying in bed for a good 5 or so hours trying to sleep. Can anyone help me fall asleep? Any tips? School is starting in abotu a week so I cnat afford to loose anymore sleep! Thank You 14/F

hay look your most likly just stressed out about skool your job and this new boy.i use to have problems sleeping i'd be up all night and all the next day what i found helpfully was cutting back on candy and sweets and caffeine

Q: hello. i was thinking of buying coconut rum, and im having a party, so any cheap good tasting alcohol would be better than the expensive stuff. i have seen a coconut rum called "four palms coconut rum" which is half the price of mailbu. just wandering if it would taste just as nice? thanks:)

I've had both and I'm pretty shere i could not tell the diff. so you should be fine.

Q: hey,
my name is kate and im 15 years old. im a girl. i was really hoping you could help me out. i really want to get over this boy.. but something inside me just wont let him go. first ill fill you in on the backround between us. His name is Greg and I've known him for a really long time but never really thought of him in that way. We got to the same school and i was a freshman when he was a senior but he just graduated and im starting my sophmore year soon. It all started when i heard that he had a thing for me and thoguht i was really hot and wanted to hook up wiht me. I was flatterd but i didnt really think anything of it and i never like hang out with him or anything so i doubted it would ever happen. Then about two weeks ago theres this town soccer camp (we both play soccer) and we happened to both be working at it with like a bunch of people from my school and we ended up coaching the same team together. There was so much chemistry and i developed a small crush for him but i really didnt have any feelings for him. He told my friends that he tought i was hot and wanted to hang out with me and stuff. He would IM me and we would talk and we just got along so well.I was away with some of my friends the next few days and i kept thinking about him. When i got back i was going to go to this concert the next day with a bunch of my friends and he found out so he wanted to go and we were both going. We both knew we would hook up that night. I kinda had a bit too much to drink and hooked up with two other random guys that night and he stayed with me the whole night taking care of me and makign sure i was ok. As i started to sober up we were pretty touchy-feely if u know what i mean and i loveed being with him. He said he wouldn't hook up with me until i was sober.. which was cute cause he said he didnt want to take advantage of me. He said really nice things to me and told me if we hooked up he didnt want it to just be one time and he didnt want it to just be a concert thing. He was like we can hang out tomorrow just you and me and all this stuff. Finally just before he left for the concert we kissed and it was perfect. I had to go down the cape the next few days and when i got back on monday he was leaving the next day for college. I never really got to talk to him or say goodbye. I figured he was gone and i should just get over him. Then he messaged me on facebook (its like a myspace..just in case you dont know what that is) and he asked how things were back home and everything and he said: "I don't have my laptop yet so i cant go on AIM and talk but ive been using my friends laptop to check my facebook but i don't have enough time to go on AIM and talk to people cause he needs to use it.. but when i get my laptop dont get all cool on me and not talk to me" i was so happy to finally hear from him. The next few days i was going crazy i missed him and i wanted to talk to him so much and finally he got his laptop and we talked on AIM and flirted so much and he was saying when he got back he wanted to hang out and he wanted me to come visit him. I know that hes older and hes in college and it really can't work and i just want to get over him! hes such a nice kid and hes really cute and i know that im not just some hookup or some random girl.. hes not that kind of guy. but i know it could never work.. hes at college and im in highschool. i just wanted your advice on what to do.. and if u had any tips to get over greg. i think my question may be wayyy to long and if you just read it thank you so much for taking your time to help me it means so much! i'm just really desperate for help! thank you SO much for helping!

-Kate :]

hay! ok well i don't think you should have get over him i mean he's sounds like a very nice guy and there are allot of people out there that date like that. but if you really want to get over him then talk to him tell him that all you want to be is friends and that the hole college high school is not going to work for you two.don't stop talking to him because that is almost worse way to leave someone that like/loves you.just be up front with him don't drop hints that you don't wanna be with him just say it but not in a mean way like "i dont wanna be with you so good bye."but nicely lol if that makes any sence??

but in my honist opinyin i think you should stay with him, he's sounds like a great boy.

hope i helped you out if not then tell me and I'll try to be more helpful

-ashlee

Q: I tried a tampon today but i CAN'T get it to go in...I don't know what I'm doing wrong! I read the directions and checked it out on a web site and was relaxed and stuff but it just didn't work! I tried 2-3 times but still nothing worked! I know they're great and I really want to be able to use them but i don't know! Today was my friend's pool party but i couldn't swim and it sucked and i really need help! Please if anyone could give me advice i REALLY need some! Thanks! :D

wisewoman98 is compleetly right but just to add a little to what she said i say that the first few times or every time use one with an applicater sometimes they can help by getting it in there and making it easer because your not using your fingers

Q: My gf says im not daring enough like she wants me to grab her but and finger her but I want to treat her with respect and iono most ppl would think i'm weir for not doing it but iono

first off let me say that you must be a grate guy cuz most guys do it any way just because they think its cool.

if you don't feel comfortable doing those things tell her if she leaves you shes not worth it. because i know a bunch of girls that would kill to have a descent person in there lives and if your girlfriend cant see that all you want to do is respect her then don't stay with her now I'm sher she is a great girl and I'm sher you like/love her allot but if she is pressuring you to do something you don't want to the leave her

Q: ***probably not a good idea for guys to read this question.

I'm going to start off saying that before my boyfriend and I became physical we both were COMPLETELY pure (we were each other's first everything). Now to my question....

It seems like every time my boyfriend and I have sex the inside of my thighs and vagina gets irritated. A few days later I feel like I have a yeast infection. We have tried different brands of condoms and the same thing happens every time. We've even tried different kinds (lubricated, not lubricated, spermacide...you get the idea). The only time I don't get irritated in that area is when we don't use a condom (don't worry, I'm on birth control!!).

So, could I be allergic to the latex? If so, why don't surgical gloves irritate my skin?

here i know ppl hate links but this site may help you so check it out

http://www.estronaut.com/a/latex_allergy.htm

Q: now i've been seeing this boy i am 13 AND HE IS 14 WIN IN WAS IN VIRGINIA MII BFF INTRODUCED US. I BEEN KNOWING EM BUT DIDNT TINK OF EM AS A B/F BUT ONE DAY I REALLY KNEW DAT HE WAS DA ONE. SO ON DA 22ND MADE OUR MONT DAT WE'VE BEEN TOGETER BUT FOR SOME REASON MI "FRIEND" WHO KNEW WE WERE TLKIN WENT WIT EM NOW HE SAID HE LOVED ME DAT MUC AND HE WAS JUST PLAYING WIT HER SO NOW WE DIDNT TALK FOR ATLEAST 1 WEEK OR MAYBE 2 WICH IS A LONG TIME TO ME AND I REALLY LIKE EM BUT I SEE EM EVERY DAY HE STAYS 3 MINUTES OR MAYBE LESS 4RM MI KRIBB AGAIN I LOVE EM TO DEA SO PLZ SOMEONE TELL ME WAT TO DO

ok i have no clue about havf of what you said but i'm going to try and help based apon what i could read.i think you said that your friend introdused you to and then he went out with your friend or he flerted with her or something along those lines? and now the two of you arnt talking?

well first off if he did cheet on you or any thing then maybe you should leve him but if you realy miss him and want him back then call him maybe he just dosn't know if you want to talk to him of not?

Q: Holy mother of god, I just had the worst day I've had in years, and also embarassed myself by not being able to use woodshop's own variety of combination lock. I have tried and tried, but to no avail.

How does this work? Do all combo locks work the same? Our hall/PE lockers work like this: you enter the first number by twisting to the right, twist to the left to find the second, and then you skip one whole turn before you get to the last number (to the right).

I'd prefer not to get links, but whatever you can give me will help. I feel utterly helpless when it comes to this, and have basically been in a hellhole of depression this afternoon because I can't learn how to use the things and can't practice... (besides being incompetent at other things in woodshop)

These appear to be standard master lock ones... please, if you have ANYTHING to say please enter it because I have to worry about popping into my locker tomorrow.

you turn it to the right for the first number then go to the left and skip the seckon number once the put it in then go back to the right and put in the last number and pull the tup wall the arrow is at the last number.

Q: I am so confused w/ this guy... We hang out w/ the same people and we both know that we want each other... but we're both just not used to making moves. We hooked up at a party once while we were both drunk, which was fine. 2 nights ago I was swimming at my friend's house at like midnight and he came over and we ended up kissing. Then yesterday him, me, and 4 of our friends went to a theme park then to the beach and he and i were together the whole time and flirted all day. So then last night when we were all driving home he and I were in the back seat cuddling and I KNEW he wouldn't make a move. So I kissed him. We made out for a little bit, not very long and then we got back to our cars. I was his ride home and on the ride home he didn't say anything about it and didn't acknowledge it at all! I felt so stupid.

So what's your take on this whole situation? I'm sorry it's long but I'm just so confused! Why didn't he say anything or act like anything happened? I felt like an idiot after just kissing him and then driving him home pretending everything was normal. Does this mean he doesn't like me all of a sudden b/c I was too forward? Ugh, what is your opinion? THANK YOU!

i think hes nervous you should try to talk to him about it yes it may seem hard but it may make your relationship or it may show you that he dosn't like you but come on its better then not knowing

Q: Hi, My mom is 100% careless, she gets me whatever i want, like anything, but i asked her tonight "Can i go to victorias secret to get bras and underwears?" she was like, THATS FUC*ING INSANE! I dont even wear that?! You'll get it when i start!" and shes 46, my sister, whom is 19.. turning 20 in january, she gets it with my MOMS CREDIT CARD! its redicilous! All of my friends wear their bras, but of corse, mine are from like, target, and the rest of my clothing is from abercrombie, it doesnt make sence! HOW CAN I TELL HER I DESERVE STUFF FROM THAT STORE!? and i already have underwear from there, my mom gave me her credit card when i was on a school trip in washington DC. and i got stuff in the mall, its pissing me off!

* what can i do to prove to her that i should be allowed to wear it?
* why do you think she wont let me?
* she wants my father to pay for it, just like everything else.

Victoria secret is just expensive underwear its nothing grate. and maybe she thinks your to young or maybe she thinks that store is not appropriate.
but i suppose if you rely want it then you could ask for it agen and try to talk it out with her, or your dad hoo ever is paying for it, simply state your case and respect there answer!!! it may not be the answer you want but by showing you respect them and there disquisition they may consider it over agen.but DON'T STORM OFF it shows that your imacher and don't respect anything they say

Q: My friend is 14 right now, she will be 15 in November. She wants to get a restraining order to get away from her alcoholic father. now my questions are:
-is it legal for her to get one on her own?
-if its not legal, how old does she have to be to get one on her own?
[we live in CT, btw]. and her mom wont get her one, but she just doesnt want to live with her dad anymore because hes constantly on her case. her parents are divorced.

so any information would be great. thnx =]

http://www.larcc.org/pamphlets/children_family/get_restraining_order.htm

this site has some good info. hope it'll help

Q: kay well theres this girl that i was really close friends with and like now we're drifting apart kind of i dont know. but yeah. she just always seems to be one of the problems when a guy like breaks up with me or somehting like that. and now there is this guy that i've been hanging out with and like it was great cause i didnt tell her or anything cause i dont want her to get in the way or anything. but then she called me and told me he liked me and like now im just scared that when he gets back from mexico on wednesday that she'll like do something i dont know. im just scared.

tell your friend you dont want her to do anything.

Q: Okay so, basically, I have braces, but I really want a monroe. But I'm scared that A. it won't look good and B. it won't work real well with my braces. I need some opinions on this.

i think the best thing for you to do would be to wate for your braces to come off but if you dont won't to then i don't think the piercing would stick to your braces considering the back is pressed ageist the inside of your lip and doesn't realy touch your teeth but i think you should still wate but what ever you wanna do

Q: How do you change your ringback on
the chocolate phone? Because my ringback
is some really weird Beethoven music &
its pretty embarrassing haha.

Thanks in Advance

you have to goo into "vzwtones deluxe" and if you look at the top it says something manage search and then click manage and then go down to manager ringbacks and it will show you how to change it

Q: well, as most girls get throughout thier lifes, they get an irratation in their vagina, and i curently have that,i have the creams to take care of it, but the irratation is just making me cazy, i is affecting my sleep, i am unable to sleep at night, which is litterally making me go insane.. does anyone know of anything i could do?? to make it go away faster... help the process...or anytricks they may know of to help the irratation so i could sleep?

okay clean your vagina regularly and and some times if you take a cold wet peace of toilet paper and place it down there it can calm the irritation down

hope i helped

Q: I re-booted my computer and of course my iTunes was gone and all of my songs, but I saved them and put them back onto my library.

Now everytime that I plug my iPod in, nothing happens. It doesn't even say my name and I can't update because it says my iPod isn't connected.

How can I fix this? Thank you so much.

it may not be your computer it may be the wire that connects them it happened to me and luckily i had anther one on hand so check that and if its not the cored try to re star up i tunes and plug your i pod in then up lode all your songs wall its pluged in

Q: you know how people have names like "andrea anorexia" or like "brittany bombshell" does anyone know a good one for amanda?

Amanda panda, Amanda bananas,Amanda addiction, Amanda apathy

hope i helped ^-^

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