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Me and my best friend have been best friends for a while, but now that i got a boyfriend, she is acting all weird, and trying to prove herself to me. She told me she didnt like me going out with someone, and i dont know what to tell her, or what to do, because i dont want to break up with my boyfriend, so what do i do to make her ok w/ me again???

She may just be jealous of the time you are spending with him. Are you ignoring her? Make sure to carve a little friend time in your social life. Friends are forever; boyfriends sail in and out like ships. Go shopping. If other people don't like the guy you are dating either, then maybe you should worry about breaking up.
This used to happen to me a lot. Just try not to be selfish and include her a little more.

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Usually my friend and i dont fight at all...but lately shes been ..pissing me off a bit. .Lately..idk shes been moody and i dont like it. It was like she didnt appreciate that i was driving her somewhere...the ride was late. She was only concerned wit her plans for later..going to a game. I guess im aggrivated with her..how can i get over this aggrevation? I dont think i want to confront her because that would be making a big deal about things..what can i do?

Good grief she's your friend. Tell her that you felt really mad the other day when she said "x." Ask her what's going on with her, she may need to tell you.

She may just hate depending on other people for a ride. It's just not fun. She needs to learn to bring a book or something to do to distract her while she is waiting. Then she won't feel like she is wasting time.

We all get in bad moods and sometimes it spreads to other people. Maybe today will be different.

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well how to start... ok so me and my b/f have been experimenting alittle bit more lately, and the other day he started like kissing my boobs and sucking my nipples and stuff like that... well today they're really sore and they kinda sting/hurt... does anybody know why this is?? or what's causing it?

How close are you to having your period? They sometimes hurt when you get closer to time. It may just be that you aren't used to it. Don't worry too much. Just tell him you need a little break from that for a few days.
If it is still bugging you after a couple of days and its not period related, I would check with a doctor. They won't necessarily know that it was your boyfriend, and they don't have to tell your mom.

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Hey, this is mainly a question for girls. Alright, I have shaving gel, shaving cream, everything and everything to make shaving easier..and my legs smoother. EVERYtime I shave, which is usually during my shower, the day after..I have razor burn. It is..disgusting. Little red dots, and hairs..are already all over my pale legs. Is there ANYTHING I can do to prevent this? After I use a shaver three times, I have to get a new blade..is this normal? Becase..otherwise, the third time I use it, my legs get cut everywhere, and bleed. It suckssss. Help me, please. :/ Thankss.

Wow you can use a shaver three times? That might be part of the problem right there. I can barely use one twice. Unless you are shaving every other day or something, get a new shaver every time if you can afford it. Try switching shavers and/or cream. There are some special gels out there for people with sensitive skin that works fairly well. I have had really good luck with the shaving gel. You will want to put some lotion or other moisterizer on after you shave.

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i heard that when you drink up water it makes yur metabolisn faster because yur body thinks its cold and needs to warm up so it works extra hard. an i also heard it yur always really cold then you have a fast metabolisn..well i was wondering if any of those are true? if you aren't totally sure please dont answer. thank you:)

If you want to speed up your metabolism, get some exercise. It is always good to drink water. 8 glasses is minimum. How much water you need depends on how much you are sweating and your weight. Cold water will not make that much difference.

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My boyfriend john and i have been going out for about two weeks now and everything has been going fine. but i heard that he went to the movies with his ex-g (she goes to another school) and he did go to the movies b/c he told me and i was pretty cool with it i guess (b/c they were with a group to) but then i heard a few days later that he said to some people..."this valentine's day is gonna suck. i have to buy two gifts now". i think that he's cheating on me. and when i talk to him about it he just denys it. i told him everything and he still denied it. he is my first boyfriend and guys are kinda hard to find for me and i really like him and don't want to break up with him but i dont want to be two-timed. i dont know if i should break up or not. i mean what if he's really NOT cheating on me? then i lose a good realationship over nothing. please help me!

Two weeks. Good grief how can that be considered a relationship at all yet. Anyway, I vote for asking him if he is seeing the other girl.
How dependable are these people who are talking? Do you have names or are they just "people"? If you get a name, then talk to them about what they heard. But if its "I heard that she heard that John said" then ignore it. If you can someone who actually heard this come out of his mouth first hand, then you have a problem. Then you need to let him have time to get over his girlfriend because he hasn't. It's fair to you if he isn't ready to move on yet. Plus if I have known a guy for a few weeks before Valentine's Day, I don't expect the moon. Maybe a nice dinner or something as simple as a card or poem is just fine.

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This is an odd situation. Just for a little background info, I have a boyfriend. I've been dating him for over a year. Valentine's day will be 15 months.
Okay, I just got the lead in the school musical, and I have a love interest (duh). My love interest is a guy half the girls in the choir have had a crush on (except me, lol). That isn't really the point, just a bit of background.
My problem is this: We rehearsed, and we ended up practicing a scene in which we kiss. I didn't feel bad about it yesterday, but today I feel like...awkward, and wrong, and like I was cheating on my boyfriend, but it wasn't me that consented to the kiss, it was my character. My boyfriend knows about the scene, but he doesn't know we actually kissed yet. I was gonna talk to him about it today but he didn't come to school.
The thing is, the director thinks stage kisses look fake, and refuses to use fake kisses. So it was real. But I feel soooo bad about it. I shouldn't, because I have no feelings for the guy, but I do.
Any advice for me?

If it felt real, you were probably doing a good job. Don't over rehearse it. Be absolutely sure not to neglect your boyfriend during this time because his friends will probably give him a really hard time about it. Bake extra cookies, call him on the phone, whatever. It is just a play, and that is part of your character. You are just acting. If your boyfriend isn't bothered by it, you have a keeper.

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--16.f-- There's this guy, in my school (let's call him Tom?) well..I am on the school swim team, and so is Tom..He flirts with every single girl he can, and ofcourse, I'm included amoung these girls. But he doesnt flirt the same way with me as he does with the other ones. He gets..more into it, I guess. Everyone says that he likes me all and I like the attention. But like he just can't be trusted and he's one of those guys who you think is going to grow up to be a prostitute..but I kind of like him..what should I do?

Thanks to those that answer = )!

It's the usual teenage goop. He might like you, he might be fishing for the first thing that will pay him attention. He may not grow up to be a prostitute. He sounds pretty normal to me. You might mention that his flirting with everybody bothers you a little bit. At least talk to the guy and see if you can decode his true intentions.
If he stops flirting with other people when you are spending time with each other, he will probably be fine.

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Hey guys, our Sadie Hawkin's dance is coming up, and I want a creative way to ask my guy. We're dating, and I don't really have to ask him, I just kinda want to. Lol. Some ideas have been:
Balloons
Puzzle
Cake (but that won't work because I can't bake...)
Um...I think that's all my friends have thought of. If you guys think one of these ideas is great, tell me, and lemme know if you have any other ideas! Thanks =)

You can buy a cake and a tube of icing if you are too worried about baking it!

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I can't believe you answered over 500 questions. Don't you have a life?

No, but I am thinking of getting one really soon.

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okay... well me and a few of my friends are starting a band, and allison wants to play guitar but she has no friggin clue what shes doing!(iv'e been playing guitar for a few years and she just started like last week) and she was going to be a singer in the first place, but i have no clue how to tell her that she doesn't know how to play guitar, and NO i can't just go up to her and say "you can't play guitar" or "you suck" because i'm not the kind of person that can do something like that. help please!

"Allison, you are such a good singer. We really need you to focus on singing right now. Maybe after several weeks of playing we can let you do a few pieces with us on guitar, but we don't want a hole in our band where you should be singing."
Then help her with the guitar. There is no reason she can't eventually do both with lots of practice.

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My mother and I got in a huge fight. I went over like $50 bucks on my cellphone bill, and she was sooo mad!!! So yeah we got in a fight, and now I'm not speaking to her at all. I don't want to apologize to her, because she called me stupid and stuff, I don't know how to apologize to her. Should I just not talk to her all night and then write her a note and leave it for her in the morning, or should I apologize to her tonight to her face? I'm overly confused. Please help me!!!

Well, its morning now. I hope you at least wrote her a note. Offering to pay the bill will help tremedously. For me that is about 5 hours work. Which is most of the day that would only go for that one bill. And then there are the taxes that are taken out of that. So its about one forth of a week wasted on your phone bill. Yeah apologize and try to keep track of what you are spending. There is usually some way you can check your minutes on the phone.

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ok i like this gurl and i want to tell her and this is my plan but i want to kno if its corny or not. ok i was gonna ask her to take a walk with me and then take her hands and b like "i really like u and i was wondering if u could see me as a b/f?" abd then also if she says yes wat am i sapposed to do and wat do i do if she says no?

I am voting with the "that is the sweetest thing ever." Be sure to look into her eyes when you say that. How could she say no?
If she does say no, just say ok and go somewhere else to pout about it. Take it like a man. At least you don't have to wish that you had asked.
Part of falling in love is taking chances.

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Ok, this might be long and confusing, so I apologize in advance! I will give good rating even just for effort.Ok, I finally started crushing on this guy, lets call him Bob, like 3 months ago, or somehting like that. He and one of my guy friends got into a fight before that, so me and Bob never really talked. I didn't evn know who he was. Then..., I started noticing him, and realized his locker was like 8 aways from mine. I was really phsyced ... I mean I'm a freshmen, and I've had a ouple of crushes this year, but nothing serious, like more then 2 weeks until I started noticing Bob. I started to get all these butterflies. Finally, after two months, I got the courage to finally talk to him. I asked him to meet me in the library once and after that we started talking. That's when I reallly fell for him! =) And then we decidedto keep meeting after school at the library and stuff and I called my friend Alice, because I knew she USED to like him and she talked with him, so I thought maybe she could help a sista out. lol. Firstly, I asked if she liked him and she's like 'um, no, i don't think so ... ' and i explained the whole story and told fhger everything. She said she'd talk to him. So the next day, my friend Kyle calls me and says I saw Alice & Bob in the library on top of each other and flirting, so i was like wtf...?! And I called her, and she said she talked to him and he told her he didn't like me. SO I was like oh, ok, I mean what was I supposed to do? ANd she told me how HE *was all over* HER! And I was like, well are you guys gonna go out or what? And she's like no, he's too much, too fast. And the next day I asked him about her. He's like 'wtf, i hate her. what a jealous bitch. i'd choose you over her ANY day, he told me that like 21 times, lol. And he'slike she's just jealous, what a jealous hoe. So then, I just you know, went on with it and then I hear that he wrote here a not later on that say say said dont ever fucking o talk to me you fucking bitch i hate you dont look atme dont talk to me ... etc. so then she strats saying stiuff that the only reason I like BoB is cause she does, which SOO isn't true, cause I asked her in the first place. S me and her aren't talking and we USED to be best friends, so yeah. then here comes the problem, Monday, no school, Tuesday I saw Bob, and said HEY to him, i was shy, lol, and I havn't seen him since. I asked around, and I thought he had ACes(suspension!) but he didn't and I heard that he left to Siberia or somewhere (he's arabian) because its some arabic holiday. BTW, he'sonly 50% arabic. And i did notice that lots of Arabs were missing in school today, so I'm not sure if its that. then I also heard that he went to iraq or palestine or wherever for 2 years and he's coming back his junior year! i was like no, i seriously wanted to cry. then I heard, he moved/transfered. my one friend has class with him and she said he was moving or something bcz he returned his books and yturned in transfer papers so I'm not sure ... He was actually the first guy I've felt reall good about. I mean just when things were going good, things got screwed up. SO does anyone know if there *IS* an ARABIC HOLIDAY? and please I need help with all of this, I don't even know what to do. I'm like obsessed with the guy, I fell for him wasy too soon and he's just gone for sure now without a site. I'm still going to try to talk to his friends but I'm not sure. I just need some help, what to do about all of this. And I CAN'T moce on ... there is NO ONE else.! thanks for at least taking the time to read this!

By the way, it is a Muslim Holiday today. Apparently its called the Celebration of the Sacrifice, I heard it on NPR this morning. I doubt he went over seas, but he might have taken a day off to celebrate with his family.

So take a breather and don't so worked up over this. If she was really a friend, she wouldn't let some dude get between you. Don't send other people to ask guys stuff you want to know for yourself. You either get a bad answer, no answer, or look like an immature idiot. If she's lying to you, she's probably lying to him too. Communication is a good thing.

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I am 26 years old female and have been with my ex 6 years 3 of which we were engaged and had bought a house togtehr.
I caught my ex finance cheating on me 6 months ago we sold house and I left but we remained in contact it was usually me initiating contact and wanting to know what he was doing why he cheated etc. He is now with someone else for the past 5 months he cheated on her with me 4 months ago and I could have again but said no. He now tells me he loves her and wants to remain friends but told me not to phone him he would txt me etc in case he is with her. He conatcts me when he is on his own whcih is rare I have been trying the no contact rule whcih I know is the best but is so hard. I was good and ignored hsi texts (2) so therefore he rang this morning three times then turned up outside my work as I never answered calls he was wondering whether I had sold the engagement ring and if so could he have half the money as he needs to pay for his exams he couldn’t even talk about it as he was running for the bus to meet his new girlfriend. I was using ring as an excuse to talk to him before hand but after having no contact was so determined to be strong. Yet now that he is initating contact it is only confusing me all over again. He was also asking how I was and hoping I was well yet at the same time telling me he and his girlfrind were out SUn at his staff do which I never missed with him and had a great night. I still really love him he tells me cares then tells me he loves this new girl.
I was good then fell into temptation and rang him after he left my work. I rang off straight away as he was woth her so I txted to see did she sort him out. I know I should not have txted him when he was with her as this will only give him ammunition to blame me instead of me having a go at him for asking for the money while seeing someone else. Should i ignore his calls and restain myslef from phoning him feel I am totally obessed with him and her and can't move on feeling really crap.

Tell him that you are no longer interested in talking to or pursuing him. And then proceed to ignore him. The engagement ring should promptly be returned to him because it was part of a promise that was not fullfilled. I know this is hard, but if you can't stay away from him, you will not heal.
Try to find something else to do. Go out with friends, get a hobby, etc. It will take a long time to heal, several months for every year you were together.
If there is someone who can provide counseling to you, I would highly recommend it.

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Hi I'm an A level drama student thinking about going on to drama/dance scool in london and I've not done any auditions before has anyone got any tips to help with nerves and confidance?
Many thx Joolz,(i rate high)

Have you talked to your drama teacher? Maybe you can make an appointment with him/her to discuss tips in auditioning and/or a test audition. It shouldn't be that difficult to arrange. Prepare your audition piece, it's usually one straight, one comedy, and one song. Sometimes there is a separate dance audition. If there is a community theatre in your neighborhood, get involved with their auditioning schedule. Most towns have at least one or more you can go to whether you take the part or not. The more time you do it, the more confident you feel. Preparation and practice are always key.

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Right I have a christian friend who is like really serious about it, and I some times feel like she is constantly trying to convert me when I've told her that I'm not like her i'm not like a church go-er and it's just i've been bruoght up in a different way to her. I don't want to offend her but can any one suggest ways of making it clear that i don't believe half of what she's saying. (Thanks alot, i rate high!)

Try telling her that you appreciate what she is trying to do, but you are really bothering me with you trying to convert me. Tell her there may be a day when you change your mind, but I don't feel the same way you do. Pray for me, but quit pestering me.

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ive been going out with my boyfriend for a long time. he never pressures me or disrespects me. but the other day in the movies he started touching my boobs which is really unlike him. then apologized throughout the whole movie for doing it. we went out to dinner and i flipped out on him and he started CRYING. this morning at school he decorated my locker saying "im so sorry i love you" with hearts all over it. i found out that he stayed up all night making it. he was crying all day in school, and he wrote me a long apology letter. everyone says im overreacting. should i get back with him because i really want to...

Ok maybe you overreacted a little bit. But at least he is visibly sorry for what he did. Give him a break.
In the mean time, maybe its time for a discussion as to what you do and do not like to be touched. He obviously wants to be closer to you, so open the conversation as to what he wants, and what you will allow him to do. It is good to keep communication open. If you don't tell him outright what you want you will not get it, hints do not work with guys.
Maybe he can pour himself into some more art work for you. Like poetry to distract him from throwing you down in a theatre.

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hey im a 17 year old girl i have a boyfriend how is to much with me but i think hes a woosse... in the way that if im not with him every minute of every day he gets bitchy... if i ask for a night off he bitches... cryies you name it... he does it.. and it just makes me feel bad... and he wins... i feel like im in jail... he says he dosnt mind but the next day he says i hated it and makes me feel bad like i dont what to do... hes driving me insane... and when i try talking abt it he just makes me feel bad... i need help

QUIT wasting your time. You don't need the jerk ordering your life around. If your friends aren't screaming at you now, they will be. It is abusive and disrespectful of him to think that you only live to please him. You will feel much better when you dump the trash onto the street for some other poor soul to pick up. And when he threatens to kill himself because he has nothing to live for, ignore him. Well, report him to a counselor or his mom, and then ignore him.

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My family has always had issues. I've tried to work at fixing them even though my family tells me constantly that its me, not them. We fight over how much work each other does around the house, we fight over who gets to watch what on TV, we fight about almost anything we can think of. I think that everyone in my family has little problems in their lives that they need to work on, but they all seem to think that it's my fault, when I believe all I'm trying to do is help get this family in line because no one else can. Could it all be my fault, or no?

There is no way that it is all your fault. Maybe you are being a little bit pushy. Are you actively trying to change who they are? Stop that nonsense. If there is blood involved, worry about it. Otherwise try to be the smart one and refuse to argue. Or instead of saying no, think of something else to say yes to. For example, you want to see something particular on TV. If you plan ahead, let them what they want for a show, but say in return I would like to watch X at 6. Just make little deals. Its not broken, you just need to do your part and everything will be better.

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