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Q: Ok! So my friend liked this guy(let's call him Edward)first. She liked him first and EDWARD asked her out first, but she didn't say anything because she didn't like him. Now I like him because we spend a lot of time with eachother. Now she likes him again and I'm not sure if he still likes her. What should I do. Please answer soon!
i think you should ask him about it. if you really don`t want to, though, valentines day is coming up, so just see what happens. talk to your friend about it too. if you guys are close, don`t let this boy get in the way of your friendship. chicks over dicks. remember that. if he does still like her and he asks her out and she says yes without even talking to you about it, then she must not be a very good friend. you and your friend should talk it over&decide what you guys would do if he asked one of you out.

Q: ok so i've always been like a really good girl and stuff.. all honors, does extracirriculars, doesn't fight with parents, the whole deal. well this summer(after freshman year) i started drinking just to have fun but now its gotten me in a little bit of trouble. k. so when i was really drunk with my friends with decided to call up this senior kid who is friends with my friend.so he comes to the house at like 2. and ALL of us kinda take turns hooking up with him... but i only let him go to like.. a little past 1st. sooo the next day he IMs me and is like hey wanna hang out? and so im like sure and we've hung out a few times and now i think i really like him... but ever since that first time we've never done anything physical. my question is do you think its trashy to go out with him because we met so awkwardly? and do you think my drinking has gotten out of hand because of the situation its put me in? thx. 15/f by the way.
it`s not trashy. it`s not like you`re friends with benefits or anything. &besides, you were drunk. your drinking isn`t out of hand. just make sure you don`t do anything that you`re gonna regret. don`t go too far with it.

Q: okay my names kayla im 15 and im a freshmen in high school/ i played soccer when i was in 1st grade to 6th i sadly stoped when my parents got devorcde and my family just moved and im attending a new school and they are haveing freshman tryouts in about 3 weeks i really want go out for the team but there are a lot of kids trying out and i need advice on

what are some ways to get in fast shape for soccer ?

what are some skills will they probley require to make the team ?

what are some soccer moves (tricks) that i should know?

what are some good ways to practice ?

i really want to make this team for a ton of reasons i truly love soccer please help me :)

thanks kaylaa
right now, what you really need are endurance and touches. i suggest you start running. A LOT. at this age, full games are 90 minutes. you should start doing touches. juggle, on your feet, not your thighs, practice dribbling, and try a few moves. (scizzors, step-overs, etc.) also, another good thing to try is ladders for speed and agility. you get a rope ladder, and you run through putting one foot in each rung without tripping/kicking the ladder as fast as you can. then try this with two feet in each rung. another good thing to do is set a cone about 3-5 yards from the end of the ladder that you come out of, and when you are through the ladder, run as fast as you can to the cone. most importantly, decide whether you would like to play defense or offense, and train yourself for it. ask someone to practice with you and decide what position you would like to play. practice kicking the ball far and acurate. also practice throw ins. i think thats all you need to know for now. hope this helped.

Q: Ok so i told my best friend that if she starts "talking" or going back out with a guy named Jay that i wouldnt talk to her anymore.

And the reason i told her that is because for one, he is rude to me and is an asshole to me.

2nd reason is when jay and my best friend went out they fought almost EVERY day and when i tried to have a conversation with her, ALL SHE WOULD TALK ABOUT WAS THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.. about how they fight abt the same thing. and i got sick of it.

Third reason is that he changed her attitude towards me and more importantly her parents.. he would get mad that she couldnt hang out like everyday (because she has strict parents) and so like he would make her go ask her parents then she would just end up gettin in a fight with her parents bcause she wanted to hang out with him. (and this happen almost every day too)

4th reason, they only knew each other like a week or two and he kept tryin to do stuff with her and she wouldnt.. and he WOULD get soo mad and start a fight about it almost every time they hung out bcause she wouldnt ever mess around.

anyways i confronted her about all this and finally i sayd well if you want to go back out with him then DONT TALK ABOUT HIM AROUND ME... and seriously i dont want her goin back out with him because i know its goin to end up the same way.. but i want to know if i am doing the right thing and if i am not.. then what should i do and what should i tell her?
i think you are doing the right thing. you should tell her why you don`t want them going out. remind her about all the fights they had and how he wanted to do stuff she wouldn`t do. tell her that it`s for her own good. but don`t come straight out and say "you can`t go out with him", this might tempt her to go out with him more. instead just tell her why you don`t want her to and that it`s a really bad idea and that you don`t want to have anything to do with it.

Q: i was wondering how come when i go onto the myspace homepage it doesnt connect sometimes? when i try to sign in itwill say something like the user has been locked for 15 mins or something. everytime i try to sign on it goes to the page cannot be displayed? how can i fix this?
it means that you, or someone else has been trying too many wrong passwords. if you or someone else tries too many wrong passwords, the account will be locked for a while to prevent hackers.

Q: ~how do you get your limewire playlist onto your itunes playlist
~how do you put songs in yor itunes to your ipod ~how do you put songs from limewire to your ipod

--list all the steps pleaz
i had trouble with this at first too, but i got it down.

1) find and open the folder that your limewire songs are saved to when they are downloaded.
2) open up itunes.
3) copy all of your songs from the folder that they are saved to.
4) paste them into "party shuffle" or whatever you have under playlist on the menu on the left.
5) it should then show up under "music" in your itunes on the menu on the left.
6) plug your ipod into the computer.
7) it should automatically sync the songs to your ipod. if not, just go to your ipod under the list on the left hand side and click "update".

Q: i have thick thick THICK hair. you dont even know!! it is soo thick i can't curl it.

i want my hair thinner is there anything i can do to make it thinner???? my mom said something about going to the hairdressers and theres something you can do to make thick hair thin.

i need all ideas possible! please &+ thanks
you can go to your hair dresser and ask them to layer it and thin it out. that`ll make it atleast somewhat thinner.

Q: I have a deep fear of germs and getting sick. Even the thought of catching a regular cold drives me crazy. I was my hands for 10 minutes, and at school, I wear a bandanna that covers my nose and mouth to help keep the germs away. I mean, hey it's not my fault that kids at my school go swimming in 10 degree weather over the weekend, and then catch a cold. Basically Everyone is sick at my school ALL the time.

Some of my teachers get mad at me when I wear my bandanna, but if they make me sit next to, talk to, and help out sick people, why shouldn't I be able to wear it? I'm not going to get sick because of one stupid person. Last week, I skipped alot of my classes just because I sat next to sick people in them and I don't want to get sick. Mainly because I just started working out, and if I'm sick, I won't be able to work out. (yes, working out is REALLY important to me.)

Now my question, I guess my question is, is there anything else I can do from getting sick? Any healthy tips that you can inform me on? (Besides obvious stuff like washing your hands.) Do you think the bandanna is a good idea? I've actually considered wearing a surgical mask but then people would think I'm even weirder.

Also, how possible is it that I'm going to get sick if I sit next to someone sick, for about 45 minutes every day? (Keep in mind that I'm wearing my bandanna over my nose and mouth.) ANY advice you have would be helpful because I'm flipping out right now.
if you`re really that scared of getting sick, i suggest you go to your local albertsons/cvs/walgreens/etc. and buy some airborn. that helps kill germs before you get sick from them. as for the bandanna, i wouldn`t wear it because i think it`s disrespectful, but if you really think you need it and are that afraid of being sick, just wear it. but don`t skip class to avoid getting sick. if you miss too much class, the school does have the ability to flunk you or something else. if you are scared beyond scared and will do whatever it takes to not get sick, i suggest you get home schooled.

Q: okay, well my mom and her boyfriend smoke. a lot.
i only visit on saturdays, but it drives me CRAZY because whenever i come home i smell like ciggerettes. and i dispise that smell. i don't like people who smoke that much either, because i have heart issues and i can't really breathe around it.

how can i try and convince my mom and her boyfriend to stop smoking? i already tried, and i told them how bad it is for you and everything, but they didnt' care. i WANT them to care. i hate this.

can someone give me advice on how to avoid this? or something?
they probably don`t care because it`s themselves. i think you should tell them how much it hurts YOU and how much it affects YOU. maybe then, they`ll give it a second thought.

Q: ok heres the story this guy who i barely know says hi to me every day and he sent someone who he thought was me a myspace that said wave like 32 times and he told me this so i was just wondering if anyone could tell me if this means he likes me or if he is just some stalker messing with my head and could someone please tell me what to do.
he probably does like you, but he probably likes you too much and is obsessed with you so he stalks you. creeeeepyyyy.

Q: well there's this thing on beyonce on tv, and in her band there's this girl that's playing a guitar that sounds i guess it has a spanishsound to it. do you know what these kind of guitars are called? thnxx
i`m pretty sure that would be an acoustic guitar.

Q: Hi im 14 male,i was wondering,how old would most parents say you should be before your girlfriend could sleep over,like in the same room/same bed.I know some parents are strict, but what would most parents say is old enough?
Thanks,
Please Anwser
most parents would say never. haha. maybe like, not until you`re 18&moved out or something like that.

Q: i am a freshman in highschool and there's this senior, *John. i knew him all throughout middle school until i was in 8th grade and we just seemed to drift apart. i always used to say "when your a senior, i'll be a freshman & you'll drive me!'" as a joke. now i really am a freshman and i had tottally forgotten about him until one day i walked into the cafeteria in the morning and before i sat down i caught his eye. we looked at eachother for a really long time but neither of us were going to say anything so i just smiled and sat down. i couldn't stop thinking about for the rest of the week. i accidentaly bumped into him in the hall and one of my friends grabbed me before i had a chance to say anything. let me just say before i go any further, we were best friends and when i knew him before i was WAYY to young to even think about him. it always seemed as if he made an effort to sit a couple of seats down from me in the mornings in the caf.

what could i say to start a conversation?
just say "hey, whats up, haven`t talked to you in a while, how`ve you been ?" &stuff like that.

Q: Ok well I'm a freshman in highschool. Currently, I go to a great school with different "academies" that focus on specific jobs, such as health, telecommunications, etc. By the time I finish highschool, if I stay there all four years, I will have a certificate which will help me towards getting my degree. However, in this school, I have to wake up at five in the morning every day and I get home around 3:00, when school lets out at 2:30. I've been thinking about going to my homeschool, which is only a few blocks away. If I went to that school, I wouldn't have to wake up so early, I would get home much earlier, which would give me more time for homework, and I'd probably get much better grades because the teachers there are less strict and the work isn't as hard. The school I go to now is a uniform school, which means no worries about wearing an outfit more than once. I also have many friends here and the people are nicer. In the other school, there is no uniform, which means I'd have to spend more money on clothing, and the people aren't as nice, although I do have some friends that go to that school. My question is, what do you think I should do: Bust my butt at my current school but get a better education while I'm with my friends, OR take the easy road, make new friends, and still get an education, but not as great?
if you already know, and are positively sure about what you want to be when you grow up, my advice is to stay at your current school. if you don`t know what you want to be yet, and want a wider range of choices on what to become and want less to worry about, transfer to your home school.

Q: My boyfriend is significantly older then I am.

:] Well let me start by saying that I do have a great relationship with my boyfriend. He's my best friend and he makes me extremely happy most of the time.

The problem is he makes me feel so bad. He says that I don't let him see his friends enough. Whenever we rarely hang out on weekdays, and yes, we do hang out on weekends only because we're both so busy any other time. =[

So, tonight he came over because I cooked my family dinner and everything was going well. Until he got a call from his roommate who said they were going to have a party. The guy who was going to be there always has weed & stuff and the only time my boyfriend ever gets high is when he's there.

That's when I went into a serious girlfriend mode and started telling him he couldn't do it, otherwise I'd be mad. Then he started complaining about how I always make him feel guilty & never let him hang out with friends.

What can I do to make this whole situation better? But, still be with him at the same time?
talk to him about it, and tell him how it makes you fell, but don`t force him to stay by your side. the simplest thing to do is just go along with him to keep an eye on him.

Q: They're like necklaces that have your name on them in the middle in like.. little brown boxes, and then around them are like colorful plastic beads. are they in style now? i dunno, but they look cute! so.. where can you get them from?
they are not exactly in style right now, and they are hard to find. most people that have them, made them by themselves with those little bead kits. i think that`s the easiest way to get them. just go to target, or walmart, or kmart or something and buy one of those bead kits with letter beads and make one by yourself.

Q: okay i love my boyfriend of 9 months more than anything in the entire world. theres just one problem, he gets high all the time. he says its impossible for him to stop and i shouldnt make him choose. i know he might sound like an asshole but other than that he's perfect for me. but constantly worrying about him is really starting to upset me.
well, i have a few friends that are high all the time as well, and if you`ve hung around him while he`s high or really got his opinion about doing it, you know it probably is really hard for him to stop. either that, or he really doesn`t want to. for this reason, i don`t think you should ask him to stop. the best thing you can do is ask him to do it less. let him know that you are worried, but don`t make him choose. try to get him to cut down. also, if you haven`t been with him when he is high, you should talk him into taking you along, just to see what they do when they are high. if he`s like my friends, you really don`t need to worry about him. also, if you really do worry about him, you should talk to his friends. the only reason i don`t worry about my guys is because one of them is straight edge and he watches out for them. you should talk them into having one person stay sober to watch out for them when they are high.

Q: 15/f

When a guy asks you to see a movie, does that necessarily mean it is a date? What if he is bringing one of his friends but doesn't care if you bring someone?

I suppose I am going to get different answers, but I'm sure there must be a way to figure it out.

Thanks! =)
it probably means he likes you, but doesn`t really want you to know yet. either that or he just wants to start slow. really though, he probably likes you.

Q: 16/f
Me and my friend, lets call him chester, always fight. Like we are in fights every other week, or last year we where. The last time we had gotten into a fight was in august.

We are yet again in another fight. I dont think he cares about our friendship. I talked to him the other day and told him what was bothering me and all. Then he said he had to go.

The next day i asked him where that left us? if we where friends, not friends, or whatever. And he said "idk i dont have answers only ears"

I really dont know if i want to try to be friends anymore.

Im the one who always tries to fix our fights, im the one who starts to talk to him. It just feels like he doesnt care and i dont know what i should do.

Any ideas?
i think you should ask him straight up whether or not he cares about your friendship. if he doesn`t, theres no point in trying because from what you`re saying, it sounds like he really doesn`t care.

Q: I was at Rite-Aid in like November, and they had these really cute, cheap slip on shoes.

They no longer have them, but does anyone know where to get similar shoes?
if you are talking about the shoes that i think you are talking about, they also sell them at kmart, but i`ve only seen them there in tan, navy, and black.

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