Q: So I've picked names out and I've liked them forever, and I've wanted to name my kids these names.
But my family doesn't like them.

so here we go-
(boys)
Tobias
Pilot
Asha or Sasha
Lucas
&
Gavin

Q: Would you say kissing on the shoulder is a sluty thing to do in a 6 month relationship and you both truly love eachother but he kisses your shoulder..would that be considered kind of wrong? i dont know why i feel its a bit slutty or maybe its just me

Q: My tonsils are getting red and they have like white specks on them. It's really gross. Is this strep throat?

Q: There's this guy Dean who I just started to talk to on myspace. He's two years older and really hot... blonde surf hair and gorgeousss blue eyes. I havent talked to him in person before, but he commented me last night, and we've been talking a lot on myspace. He seems really sweet. We don't ever see eachother in person, and he has different friends. I think I'm starting to like him... is that bad?

Q: i just got a new boy friend(he asked me out today...) and before he asked me out we were really good friends and we would say hi and stuff.....
but anyway, so he asked me out today and i said yes but now it's like really awkward to talk. it's like we don't really no what to talk about.

So, do you have any conversation starters or things we could talk about?
it it helps im 13/f

Q: hey, well i was searching around advicenators for advice on hairstraighteners and i noticed you said that you had one. i was wondering if it's still good and working for you because i got one myself today and im not sure if i should return it for a chi instead.

Q: Ok so i'm gonna start working out and i would like to just start working on my trouble areas so what are some good exercises to do for my stomach my arms and my thighs????? please help

Q: im an 18 yr old female. i have a friend angela, she was seeing this guy, brad. they broke up, but they were still having sex. 1 nite they were bout 2 get back 2getha, b4 brad hooked up wit emma, angela's friend. angela 4gave them both. on angela's 21st brad decided he didn't want 2 go out & basically ruined her bday. last week we all spent $60 on tickets to a rave. brad was suppose 2 b coming but didn't show up & didn't call. afta 5mins of being there angela decided she wanted 2 go home.i went with her. on the way out brad called her. she had a fight with him and started 2 cry. brad said he would come pick us up, when he got there she got in the car with him and drove off on me. i made my own way back 2 her house & yelled at brad as he had ruined our day yet again. then we all went out. all nite she made out with him, then when we got bak 2 hers she told me 2 sleep in the lounge so she could have sex wit him. at 1st i said no, then she cracked it saying what a bad freind i was, so i slept in da lounge. i left the next morning. as soon as i left, she started bitching bout the fact i went off at brad. then she fones me up 2 say she wants all her clothes bak, including a top she lent me 6 months ago. i took the top off & left it in my room, which i was sharing wit a girl, jess. i got kicked out the same week & wasn't allowed bak 2 get da top. a week l8r jess moved out, taking da top. then she disconnected her fone, so i cant get in contact wit her now. now angela is saying just 2 give the rest of her clothes bak & stuff the friendship. am i in the wrong?? if so how??

Q: How do you get a guy to notice you that doesnt know you exist?

Q: I really need a hobby.What hobbies could I take up?

Q: All right, my friend and her boyfriend (they're both 16) have been going out for about 8 months now, and neither I nor my friends have seen much of her at all. Honestly, we get to talk to her for more than 5 minutes about once every couple weeks, and it's really getting us all down. We've tried talking to her, but it's practically impossible because she gets defensive and then drags us into an argument, instead of talking and understanding. I understand that now she's got a boyfriend who she cares about we're not going to see as much of her, but it's been taken to an extreme.

I just really don't know what to do about it. I'm really close to her, and it's getting me and my friends down. We don't want to lose her, but it's frustrating that she's dropped us for a boy.

Q: Ok.... well I am currently checking out gym memberships in my area, but I have also thought about buying some weights and getting an elliptical machine. Which would be the best for me to do?

Q: i have a friend that i like and she knows i like her but things are getting a little weird should i stay friends with her?

Q: does anyone know any really good country songs?

Q: ok my question here is what are the top things that you guys like about girls in their personality and looks and what do you not like?like for example with or without makeup and intelligent or not intelligent?

Q: I am almost positive that one of my professors is changing our answers on tests so that we get better grades. Let me start from the beginning....

After the class took the midterm exam, I was looking over my answers and I noticed that some of the writing was kind of funny. I thought, geez I must have been really tired when I took this test, and I let it go. Then, some of the other people in the class started whispering about it. Apparently someone had changed some of our answers to the correct answers before the tests had been graded! We all assumed that a student aid or graduate student had done it.

What's the problem then you might ask. I got a better grade so I shouldn't complain, right? Well, I try my best to be a good person and the fact that that had happened made me feel sooo guilty. It stressed me out to no end. I don't need to get a great grade in the class. With the corrections my score had been boosed from about a 70 to a 90. I didn't need the extra points. All I have to do is pass the course.

I didn't want to be the tattle tale and ruin everyone's day by possibly making the entire class take the midterm over again, but I couldn't deal with the dishonesty I was feeling. Later in that day I went to talk to the professor about what had happened. I liked her and I thought that telling her was the right thing to do. She seemed very understanding and told me to just keep working hard and that she would take care of it. I felt so good after I did it and knew that it had been the right choice. Well, nothing was done about it and I began to wonder.

We took another test and when I was handed my test back I got a "Great job!". When I noticed that the same thing had happened I almost cried. Nobody else in the class seems to mind, but it is tearing me apart. Now everyone is almost positive that it is the professor that is doing it. It's almost the end of the semester and I worry now that we'll all have to take the whole course over again. I can't afford to do that! I have just enough time to fit all the classes in that I need to graduate.

I think I know the reason why she does it (if she does). She isn't allowed to make her own tests or assignments for us. It has to be the same for everyone that is taking the class. The head of her department makes everything and she is often confused on what to teach us and what to tell us to study. I think that this is terrible and that a professor should be able to teach the way they want. Boosting our grades like she does (or allowing it to happen) is her way of giving us a curve.

It makes sense and it seems like a good thing, but if it's supposed to be the same for everyone taking the class, then my class is getting a very unfair advantage! Yeah, there needs to be some change, but it should be done in an honest way! There are so many better ways to have handled that. I believe that the professor is retiring after this semester so I don't think it would affect much in her life if she was found out.

Should I tell? I think I probably will anyway. I don't want to have to live with this for the rest of my life. If I do, who should I go through? The head of the department or someone higher in the college? She doesn't let us keep the tests and I have a feeling that if she were being investigaed for this that they would mysteriously go missing. With no proof, can anything really be done?

I give a lot of advice, but now I need some myself. I have no idea how I would answer this question if it were asked by someone else. Am I doing the right thing? I doubt anyone has gone through something similar to this and can offer an experience based answer. I shouldn't have to deal with this, I'm a student! I should be the one that's cheating if anybody! HELP!!

~sizzlinmandolin, (20/f)

Q: I'm a 21 year old woman and I live alone. My next-door neighbor is a middle-aged man, and I feel that he gives me excess attention. Since I moved here last year, he's left several gifts on my doorstep, including t-shirts, candies, home-grown vegetables, and long letters about how people come into your life for a reason. He often offers to fix up my car or cook for me. Last year, I contacted my property managment and, without naming names, let them know that a neighbor was being too friendly. What scares me is that they knew it was him, and he laid low for a bit. Eventually he confronted me, jokingly asking if I really thought he meant me harm. At one point, a policeman knocked and asked me if I knew my "older, African-American neighbor" but wouldn't tell me why. I feel somewhat guilty of racism and snobbery, but, more importantly, I don't feel entirely secure. He might be spying on me. He knows if I've been napping or on my computer. Tonight I was dozing off on the couch, having a little alone time, when he knocked. I have blinds, but I noticed they were a bit tilted. When I opened, he asked if I were "daydreaming" and then asked my boyfriend's name, claiming he might have received a package for him. I've had all kinds of weid encounters with him in the past--he told me I was hot once, and once my boyfriend and I forgot the window was open, and I when we left my apartment, we saw he had hung a bag of candy from my doorknob. Truth be told, he gives me the creeps. Am I a racist or a snob, or do I really have something to worry about? Contacting the management didn't work, so what should I do?

Q: does anyone know of any cheap hip hop dance places? i wanna maybe perform and stuff too, but all the places i know of are cheer/really expensive. maybe less than $100 would be good. performance isn't necessary. thanks

Q: Alright so i really like this girl. I went out with her the beginning of the summer and we kind of just stopped. I didnt worry about it that much when we broke up but for the past 3 months i cant stop thinking about her. She hasnt really had a boyfriend since us that i think meant to her as much as i did. Or shared the same kind of attraction. I just wanted to know is there still a chance in getting her back. Maybe if i talked to her alot more and tried hanging out with her more. The talking started dying down once we started highschool this year but lately ive made an effort to talk to her more. Please any advice would be appreciated.

Q: My wife and I own a business where travel is necessary. I have a valued employee that would be very difficult to replace - and he is a close friend, and I do not want to replace him - even if keeping him would pose difficulties.

My wife is involved in our travels, as is our employee. Since we are sometimes away on business for as much as 2 weeks or more at a time, we have structured our travel so that his wife can accompany him. We have given her some light duties and some limited employment, and we pay both her travel expenses, as well as his, including meals and lodging. This is an accomodation for him, and for their well-being.

However, she takes advantage of us at every opportunity. We enter a restaurant, suggesting a price range for the meal we are willing to obtain, and she often exceeds this amount by almost double. When trying to deal with it, our employee lets us know that he wants her left alone by us - but he does not correct her. He appears to be afraid of her.

She refuses to be accountable to us or to him - and has caused several problems on our last trip. She insinuated herself and her agenda into a meeting that she was in attendeance at, though she had no business doing so.

At a restaurant with people with whom we had just done business (and where they picked up the tab), I was horrified to see her take a handful of butter in her hand (and palm) and then butter corn on the cob by rubbing it with her butter drenched hand. It was disgusting, and I had to leave the table for a bit.

When trying to correct the situations, both she and her hiusband say that I am treating them like children, and he will not allow me to correct the situation - nor will he.

An association we all belong to has had some complaints brought against her for her prima-donna actions - and they are being dealt with separately by that organization for her attitude and actions.

Our business is in the area of fine arts, and he is very gifted in this area - and very hard to replace. Replacing him would, in all likelihood, cause us to have to cease operations in our business for 3 to 6 months - and would hinder our business for up to a year. He knows this and, he seems to be aware that they have us over a barrel.

He has been a good friend and is highly valued by us. Letting him go would cripple us, and we have contemplated actually closing our business rather than allowing this to continue as is - or to operate in a crippled manner with his departure. The problem is her - not him - but he refuses to travel unless she accompanies us.

Perhaps the weight of comments from those on this site as to the outrageousness and unreasonableness of her behaviour will convince them that they need to change.

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