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Q: I'm breaking up with my boyfriend. This is seriously going to be so hard for me to do because I completely adore this boy, but I can't see our relationship going anywhere because now I realize I can only see him as a friend. He's just not boyfriend material which sounds shallow but I don't think he's right for me or I'm right for him. I've been going out wiht him for a month an a half and he's been so sweet. Like, treating me like a princess but I just don't feel attracted to him anymore and I've given it time but everytime I see him, I wish he was just my friend and not my boyfriend. I'm going to break up with him soon. What should I say? What should I avoid saying?
Make sure you let him know that its NOTHING hes done. Reassure him that hes an amazing person and he will make some girl incredibly happy one day, and that you just dont think you are the right girl for him. Blame yourself if you have too but just make sure he doesnt blame himself or think he did everything wrong. Just tell him that you absolutely adore him and love him to death but you've come to realize that its just as a friend. Make sure you let him know you need him in your life and want to be extremely close to him as a friend.

Q: i want to tell this girl that she really upset me about something she said...should i do it online...in person or on the fone?
Do whatever you feel comfortable doing. If you dont feel comfortable saying it in person than dont but in my personal experiance, I understand a person more in person than on the phone or the internet. It means more if they come to me in person and talk to me about something serious, its more emotional and you can see how much the other person is hurting, whereas online or on the computer you cant visually see it so its hard to understand and picture. =D

Q: I was planning on redecorating my room. Im going to paint my walls white and i want to get a red (or something with red) bed comforter. i have one big window and i wanted to get red drapes. does any one have any other ideas or like websites where i could get pillows or decorating ideas or stuff that would look good with my room i rate 5's
thanks
www.pbteen.com www.jcpenny.com www.delias.com www.alloy.com spencers in the mall, www.amazon.com www.overstock.com www.pacsun.com - - =D

Q: Well i have brown eyes..and BLAH! i hate them..they are so dark and ..to me ..ugly!
all the gorgeous girls have blue eyes and i really wish i could have blue eyes..and im definately not getting colored contacts..my brown eyes make me feel so ..ugly. i always say to myself..if you were to have blue eyes you would be so much prettier..and i like this guy..but i think he likes his ex again..and what does she have? blue eyes. and i have brown hair..so on me i think it looks so ugly! i dont want to dye my hair blonde tho haha. on some girls brown hair and brown eyes is gorgeous..just not me. what do i do..my brown eyes are making me feel so..ugly.. =[
Aw sweetie, brown eyes are gorgeous! I'm sure your a very beautiful person no matter what you say. I mean, yes I have blue eyes & I do love them, but I have seen some very amazingly gorgeous people with brown eyes, and I envied them. You just have to be happy with what you've got, but what you can do is (it all depends on your skin tone whether ot not it looks good) wear a light colored makeup, which will bring out the color of your eyes. Like wear maybe a pink eyeshadow with a black mascara, and thin eyeliner, and it will bring out the color in your eyes, making them look gorgeous. Like me, I have light blue eyes (natural) & I wear really heavy black eye makeup which causes them to become lighter. It works the opposite with dark colored eyes. Light colors make them shine =D. Try that and see if you like it.

Q: What is a 3.7 GPA considered in the US?

Is it an A average or B average?

Thanks.
Definitly a high A average, considering 4.0 is perfect.

Q: Hey, a week ago my boyfriend and i tried to have sex, but he couldn't really get it becuase i was in too much pain. He had a condom on and didn't cum, so we just stopped tryig..is it possible that i am pregnant? I am not sure if there was any pre cum though.
There is always precum, which is used for lube. If he had a condom on during the whole thing, you are not pregnant. The only way to get pregnant is if the cum came anywhere near your vaginal area. & if he had a condom, yeah that wouldnt happen. If your really concerned, go buy a pregnancy test & see how that turns out. Also dont be scared about the period thing, thats not the best way to know. I had sex with my boyfriend then skipped and I got a little scared, but I'm always irregular. So the only true way would be a pregnancy test. =D

Q: ok i have a bf and i love him to death, but other boys like me and keep hitting on me and i like them back sort of ,so what should i do? please dont say ignore because thats what i have been doing for quite awile now! also how do i tell my bf to stop flirting with other girls he does it alot!
lol you like the attention, its normal. You dont really like them, its just a curiosity thing. You wonder what would happen if you dated them, and how that would turn out. I do that all the time, I know I dont really like them but I just wonder 'what if'. You can flirt back, a little harmless flirting isnt going to do anything. Just say haha I have a boyfriend, and make a joke out of it like you cant have me or something. But if you want your boyfriend to stop then you cant do the flirting thing.. as for him just be like "Sweetie It really bugs me when you flirt with other girls, its like I'm not good enough or something", something along those lines. Just have a serious talk with him & see why he does it and if hes willing to stop.

Q: Okay so i am a 16year old female. and heres my situation. ive only gotten my period like 3-4 times in my life. and they havent been in consecutive months. the closest its ever been to consecutive was dec 2004 and january 2005. and the time after that was june 2005 then i didnt get it until my last period which was january 2006. my main question is...does my very irregular period mean that i am not ovulating like i should be and could it effect whether or not i will be able to have children when im older? dont get the wrong idea its not that i want a kid now or anything. but i do want a family in the future and this i just freaking me out. any advice/information anybody could give me will be much appreciated. thanks.
Its perfectly normal haha, I go through the same thing. I skipped for 7 monthes one time, its no big deal. As teenage girls, we all get our period at different ages in our lives, generally its not going to be anywhere near regular till were in our 20's. Its nothing to worry about, your still going to be able to have kids & everything is fine =D

Q: My step father has been forcing me to have sex with him for a few years now. When I was 8-9 he brought home a porno tape and showed it to me. I called my mom and told her that it was a sick tape and he threw it away. After that, my dad has brought porno tapes for us to watch and has had sex with me various times. I hate it when this happens, but I've been afraid to tell anyone!! He taps my ass and touches it and stuff. What do I do to make it stop?!?!
Wow! You NEEEEED to tell someone ASAP. Call an abuse hotline, tell your mom, counselor, uncle, aunt, sister, brother, anyone you have tell SOMEONE. if they dont believe you MAKE them believe you. Call the police if it goes to extremes. or straight up refuse. When he forces you tell him if he doesnt stop your GOING to call the cops and have him arrested. & there will be nothing he can do about it. Take control & stand up for yourself. Dont let him abuse you like that.

Q: when i say that my ex has been on my mind a lot lately. i dont mean, when im sexually with my bf or anything. but sometimes when im alone or wiht my friends i think about him. my family moved next door to him a few days ago. we broke up about 5 months ago. i was really hurt. i know i loved him and still do. but i love my bf now. my new bf was my first. and he is so sweet. he is perfect. but how can i stop thinking about my ex. i dont feel like im being loyal to my bf. plez help
You ARE being loyal to you boyfriend, like I have explained before to girls its completely normal to not forget your ex boyfriend. & to even sometimes have thoughts of them. I mean, everytime I get a new boyfirend I always think of the last one, no matter what my feelings are for the new one. Once you care about someone a tremendous ammount, they pretty much always stay there, in the back of your head. & its a curiosity thing. You think, what if we were still together, whats he doing, whats he thinking about, who does he like now. Things of that sort. & its common & normal. Dont worry about a thing. As long as you understand the line between thoughts & actions. Thoughts about ex's stay in your head and their okay but once they become actions with him then their bad. So as long as its thinking, your being loyal. If you still feel bad though ttalk to your current boyfriend about it and explain to him that your ex has been on your mind and its really bugging you because you think it could effect your relationship. Im sure he will understand and if hes really caring and perfect he will be there for you to talk about it too.

Q: okay, well my friend got fingered for the first time the other day and now she's been worrying about it. she think's that she is pregnant but i'm telling her that she can't be because it's totally impossible because she didn't have sex or anything. and she hasn't gotten her period and she's 2weeks late. i told her that i think it's because she doesn't have a regular period, because she hasn't had it for over 2years and normally that's when it starts getting regular. her boyfriend only fingered her, she didn't do anything to him so i'm really not sure what to tell her except that she isn't pregnant. what do you guys think?

PS. when she got fingered after she bled alittle, and i told her that maybe he scratched her or something because you never know.
Yeah, there is NO possible way to get pregnant by him fingering her. If she bled a little its probably because he might have broke the hymen. Just because she hasnt gotten her period in 2 weeks doesnt mean anything. I didnt get my period for 7 monthes, and I wasnt pregnant, haha. So just reassure her that she is not pregnant, and that there is no possible way and that she is completely normal. In the teenage years its so completely normal to skip for monthes at a time, because our periods are starting to form a regular flow. Have her even look stuff up online if she doesnt believe you or me, haha.

Q: how do you dump a guy without hurting his feelings?
Well. There is no special way to do it because if hes going to get hurt hes going to get hurt, no matter how you do it, just the general fact of breaking up is going to hurt. Then again he may take it easy and not even care all that much, every guy is different. I would say be honest, but if you dont want to hurt him then tell him that things just arent working out and you think that you guys would be better as really close friends. Reassure him its nothing he did and its just a decision you feel comfortable with making. At all costs though make sure he doesnt blame himself, that would set him off in the right track =D

Q: On The-N are they ever going to show any new episodes of Degrassi or are they going to just keep playing Degrassi minis on the website.

And if anybody knows, what are Degrassi minis? Are they ever going to come to the tv?
Haha. The -N sucks. New episodes are already being shown in Canada and have been being shown since the end of December. The -N takes a break from degrassi every 4 episodes into a season, its BS. Degrassi Mini's are tiny parts of what are going to happen in the upcoming episodes. Basically, to keep you still interested. The -N has all these new TV shows coming and they have to make room for all of them and keep track with Degrassi. It also sucks because they dont show every episode haha, like Manny abortion? Wasnt shown on the -N , but it was in Canada.

Anywayyy - - yes they are going to come to TV because ive already seen all those episodes. If you have a download program you can find them. The episode numbers are in the 500's. If your interested in doing this just search google for Degrassi Episode guide. www.tv.com should come up and you go to the current season and itll have episode titles & numbers, search for the numbers in your download program and they should come up =D

Q: okay so i'm really flat, but i feel like i need to wear a bra, but i donn't know how to tell my mom that without making it awkward! what should i say? when should i say it? i am kinda uncomfortable with the whole idea so i just need some ideas of what to say! thanks! i rate 5's!
Well, act like its no big deal. Just be like hey mom can we run to the mall i want to get some bras. Act like it's a normal thing & you've done it before. If she makes a big deal just be like "Mom, please, can we just get them" You know, totally nonchalant about it. =D

Q: i know this is a dumb questionn but in all of the hip-hop songs like young jeezy and others they always refer to the trap and being a trapstar...what does that mean?
signed, dumb
lol, im pretty sure their saying rap star, but i dont know maybe it has something to do with drugs cause in most of 'Jeezys songs, like the one soul survivor. its about selling crack on a crack block.. sooo i dont know haha.

Q: i know that you can take a test to see weather or not you've done drugs but if you did drug when you were 14 and then took a drug test when you 18 would it show up....don't worry i'm not a freaking idiot who would f*** up their life just to get a high and seem cool for a minutes so don't worry i was just wondering
Nope. Drugs are out your system in 30 days at the max. =D

Q: hey, i have been looking into bowdoin college in maine, and their website and all, but what i can't seem to find is what the scool is best for (i.e. performing arts, sciences, etc., etc.) can anyone please help me out?

thank you, everyone willing to help.
The College is currently known for its particularly strong programs in the natural sciences =D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowdoin_College

Q: i made a pro pic, but when i try to upload it onto my horses page, it is over 100kb. could someone please tell me how to fix this problem?
right click on where you saved the picture at, and hit edit photo, it will open in paint and then you will go to save as, and when that opens there will be a drop down box below where you name the photo and its most likely saved as .BMP file or something - change it to .JPEG =D

Q:
Hey, I'm 17/f
I was just wondering... how can you tell if you are in love? Are there signals he'll send you? I need any kind of advice because I think I'm in love but I'm not sure.

Thanks in advance!
Love cannot be explained or defined. Its a feeling that has such a broad range of definitions. Its a feeling that you get only when your around him, a feeling that cannot be explained nor duplicated, its an intense feeling of wanting, needing towards one special person and is shared between two people. It is often mistaken for other things, or so I've heard. Basically, you just have to figure out for yourself if your in love or not & only your heart can do that, noone else.

Q: I like two people. :( They happen to show interest in me as well. But I don't know who to choose. They both are great
Well. This is how you decide. You take out the fact that your going to hurt one of them. You take away the fact of feeling bad and everything else and you say to yourself. Who has the potential to last with me. Who do I like the most, and who could I see myself being with for a while. That should eliminate it down. Basically, its who your the most comfortable with, who you can talk to the most, whos more trustworthy. FOrget about hurting them and do what you want to do, then do it. =D

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