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I have gone from younggrandma to just yg. Now,
I am using my real name.
I don't think anyone who knows me will have trouble figuring out who that is!


I have been gone a while dealing with things in my own life. I am back now to help once again. Do not expect answers from me that just tell you what you want to hear. Life is to short for nonsense. :)
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well i have this boyfriend, and he is older and more experienced then i am. He says that he loves me and he wants to be with me I love him soo much. He says that he wants to take it to the next level. Where im from alot of the girls my age arent virgins and dont care bout sex or nethin. Im young but veryy mature for my age, i dont know what to do, I feel that im ready but i dont know. (link)
Here is a site that might help you make the decision. Hope you find it helpful. :)

http://www.coolnurse.com/sex.htm


What's the average no. of hrs of sleep I should get?

I'm a light sleeper and I get woken up easily by noises. What can I do to ensure uninterrupted sleep?

Any good advice will be much appreciated. (link)
Here is a site that tells you how to get a good nights sleep, how much you need...all that good stuff. It is a site for teens.

http://www.coolnurse.com/sleep.htm


well lastnight, me and my boyfriend had sex, but he didnt have a condom so he promised me he'd pull it out before he came. well after we were finished he asked me when my last period was, like he had accidentally came inside me. he denied that and said he had taken it out before then. today my breasts hurt and i dont feel very good, but im not completely sure ( i had a drink lastnight )im just wondering if it's just nothing, just a hangover, or if i could possibly be pregnant.
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please help! (link)
I don't want to come off sounding preachy but questions like this sadden me. Young girls grow up so fast these days but still don't know basic sex
facts any better than I did in the 70's. So I am making your answer for all girls reading this. Especially the younger readers.

I will give you a link on pregnancy symptoms at the end. They would not show up this soon so for now it is something else. Doesn't mean you aren't pregnant but today's symptoms are no indication.

OK. First of all any guy with a hard on...even the nicest guy on the planet, is not to be believed when they tell you "I will pull out before I come". They may have good intentions, they may think they can, but most of the time they cannot do that. Young men have a serious lack of control. It comes with practice and maturity. You believe them and you might get pregnant.

They can also come at the drop of a hat. If you believe because he was only there for a minute he didn't do anything...you are sadly mistaken. Those with a little experience will take a little longer, but you get hold of a guy who hasn't been around and it doesn't take much. You could get pregnant.

I know you want to please your guys. If you feel you have to be sexually active MAKE THEM USE PROTECTION! You, not them are the ones who will
get pregnant. Protect yourself. If you must do it be safe and smart.

Okay, jumping off the soapbox. Here's your link...:)

http://www.coolnurse.com/pregnancy.htm


13/f, a boy a year older than me reallly likes me ALOT. i like him too but we go to different schools like 45 min away.now he wants to hookup with me and stuff, but he said if i don't want to its fine, but i want to. i know he has hookuped tons of times and said he had a lot of girlfiends but 'doesn't like commitments'. i saw his myspace/facebook and he has a million friends that are girls and they all comment saying 'i love youu!' or 'the movies were so much fun' and like i think hes a player or a manwhore.
but i really like him, so what should i do? just let him go? is he worth it? (link)
I think you would be much better off finding someone
closer to home.

Even if he wasn't a little man whore, he lives 45 minutes away and probably doesn't even have a drivers license. You'd not see him much...only be a name on his little love list on myspace. :)


I stumbled across this site by accident. I seriously doubt many of you have the qualifications to give real people proper advice. After reading some of your responses to people's inquiries i was quite astonished as to how teenagers find they are able to give quality advice and information to real people in need with such little life experience. If you ask me you are not in a place to give your "personal opinion" when people truly believe you are giving them the right answer simply because you claim "people think i give really good advice". (eg. i am still at a loss as to how a 17 year old girl thinks she can give advice to someone regarding conceiving a child) I know you try to come across as a "godsend" to poeple who are in some sort of personal crisis and need a fast easy answer but the truth is, in the cases where it really counts, there rarely is one; at least not from you. (link)

First, let me thank you for asking a question of all us imbeciles. I don't know if I can add much to all the great answers that come before mine, but I have to add my two cents worth.

It is my opinion that if you had read very many of the questions and answers you would have found that the majority of our younger advisers stick with what they know. Occasionally one will try a venture into the unknown, and when they do they get their column suspended for a few days and are warned not to do that again. No one is allowed to give harmful or illegal advise here.

My occupations have all been in emergency medicine. Ask me about the current fashions or hairstyles and I couldn't give you an answer. Don't know, don't care. But our younger users know all about that.

Talk about tampons, discharge or shaving private parts...mmm I don't care. But the younger girls who are new to all that LOVE to share the experiences they are having. Same with boyfriend questions and does he/she like me. They know all about that.

They are entitled to give their opinions. It is just the same as talking to your girlfriends or boyfriends about a problem.

If we get a question better answered by adults, there are plenty here to answer the question and plenty of teens who will let someone know if a really bad answer is given.

I don't think anyone tries to come off as a "godsend" to anybody. I know there are people who have been helped because once in a while they will let us know. I doubt seriously that we make much of a difference to a lot of people who come here for advice, not in a big way, but there have been a few that I KNOW of and that makes it worthwhile.

So weather you call it advice, or opinions or just
hand holding for someone who needs someone to talk to I think we perform a service. We are damn good at it too.

If you want to join us and maybe feel good about yourself for making a small difference to someone in need, we are happy to have you.

If you just want to come on and try to make us feel bad for what we do...go away, you will not succeed. :)



well im a freshman wrestler for 119 and 125. i think i might have a skin disease from the mat, its sorta like a matburn and its like rele close to my lip. its scabbed up and my dad thinks its emphintigo. idk what it is, so i just say its a matburn. can anyoen help? (link)
Just to add to Erronius very good answer...

Impetigo does spread and sometimes very rapidly. It is also contagious which means you can give it to other people. Get it treated soon.

Here is a web site that has pictures of it and also
information on how to treat it.

http://www.dermatology.co.uk/index.asp



How come some people just answer the question but never read (understand) the question they are answering so their answers never make sense. And if this is the case should the person posting the questions only go by the individuals who read the question and gave the person posting the question an answer that makes them feel better and ignore the other answers they received that did not make sense?
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I don't know why some do that. Its kind of aggravating though.

Rate them according to the answer. You don't want to rate an answer low if it has some use. But if it doesn't have any use rate it low and leave feedback politely telling them that they didn't read the question correctly.

Only rate it a one though if the answer given is very bad and the one giving it needs banned for it. :)


when you "get advice" on this website, do ppl know which user is asking for the advice? (link)
The very few L2 and L3 moderators can tell if they care to look. They are thre only ones though. :)


Okay well im not sure whats wrong with me because lately it has hurt when i went to the bathroom and today i think i peeed blood do you know what is wrong with me? (link)
You need to see a doctor as soon as possible. It could be any number of things that only a doctor can know.

I do no that kidney stones can cause blood in the urine. If you are a male that is something you definitely want to get fixed because they can be very painful if left untreated.


My Ex & I have been done for overr 2 months.. but he calls me, emails me, IMs me, etc.. non-stop.. I don't really understand because we both decided to just be friends. & just called me & i find it kind of random.. What should I do? Why does my ex want to talk to me so much?


Sincerely,

ThinkI'mOvErIt! (link)
Don't you usually call, IM, email and talk to your other friends? Nothing unusual about that. When you feel like it respond and if you don't like it tell him to stop. :)


My dad always calls me spoiled.. and i don't wanna be- but i think i am. I only buy designer stuff(not versacee.. but like a&f .. and hollister) i have 3 tiffany necklaces && 1 bracelet. I have lacoste polos. Ipod.. tv&& computerr.. and more...
I just don't want to be noted as spoiled..
am i?
thankss (link)
If you will only wear designer clothes and things like that, then I'd have to say you were spoiled. the majority of the world get whats on sale at walmart. :)

However, you are spoiled because you are allowed to be by parents. So he can't really blame you entirely for that.


ok, i had sex a little over a week ago and im supposed to be getting my period in a week. How earliy can i notice signs of maybeh me being pregnant? and what are those signs?
ANY ANSWERS WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED (link)
This site will tell you all you need to know.

http://www.coolnurse.com/pregnancy.htm


i went to a new dentist today.

i was wondering if i could be allergic to the kind of metal pick thing they use to count and scrap (etc) your teeth.

beacuse somethings wrong. i got home. they barely even touched my teeth just kind of poked around. and they hurt so bad my tongue cant even touch them. and my gums are all swollen and i have bumps that are really sore on the my gums. and when i brush my teeth they bleed so bad.

i was just wondering if anyone knew what i could do to fix it, or if im overreacting and i should just wait it out or see a doctor? .. i dont know. but it hurts. and it worries me. (link)
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I couldn't say for sure that it was an allergic reaction, but something is going on. If it is that sore and if you are in pain then go to an emergency room and have it looked at.

It is Friday night and while I would usually advise you to call your dentist, you may not be able to reach the office until Monday. Don't wait that long.
Should it be an infection of some sort stirred up by
your dental work, or maybe a piece of tooth gunk got
stuck under your gums, whatever it is it needs treated before Monday. :)



You told me that you've worked in a doctor's office.I remember that almost every time I've gotten a physical,they need a urine sample.When they do this,it's only to check certain factors and it's completely different from a drug test,correct? (link)
If they do gibe you one it is probably to check for urinary infections or blood in your urine. Unless your school is really into drug testing the doctor isn't going to do it in a routine physical. :)


My sister is getting married in Rome next year, but, because our biological mother is hysterical and refuses to be in the same room with our father, he is not invited to the wedding. (My parents split when we were kids and my sister went with our bio-mom and I stayed with dad. They split for several reasons, including bio-mom’s affair. Not that my father is perfect, but he was never abusive or anything that warrants this type of behavior from her. Like I said, she’s hysterical.)

My sister has a great relationship with and loves our father, but he is not invited to the 'big' wedding (in Italy). Instead, my sister wants to have a small civil ceremony with my father (in the US). She asked me to be her maid of honor at her big wedding in Italy, but I don't know if I can go to the wedding if my father is not invited. What do I do???? Please Help!!!!!

At this point, I don't think I can go, but I am afraid of losing my sister. I have no relationship with our biological mother (for reasons like this), and, my sister, who is 30, can not seem to get it together to stand up to her mother. She wants to ensure that there will not be any problems at her wedding, that is why she is not inviting my father. I don’t think this is acceptable…am I overreacting? The problem is now compounded by the fact that our uncle (father’s brother) WAS invited and is planning to go to the wedding. I am soooo confused and don’t know what to do. PLEASE… any and all advice is welcomed. I need to know what others (outside of my nutty family) think about this.

Thank you all in advance!!!
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No, you aren't overreacting even a little bit!

Your sister needs to invite dad to the wedding. He is her dad and needs to be there giving her away.

If your mom is not willing or able to put her feelings aside long enough for your dad to be at the wedding, then she needs to stay away. Her choice.

It is your sisters big day. She shouldn't even have to deal with your mom acting like a spoiled child. I'm sorry but that is really selfish of her.

Advise your sister to put someone else in charge of speaking to your mom and advising her dad is invited too. Someone who can tell her to stop neing so selfish and get along at least for one day.

Oh I hope it goes well for your sisters wedding! :)


when you have to take a physical for school and you're given a urinalysis (piss test)do they check for drugs without request?

I've heard that they do and they don't,and I would like a straight answer from someone that knows for sure. (link)
Well I have worked in a docs office and can tell you that we never did drug tests on kids.

Height, weight, check your ears and lungs. Make you read an eye chart.

The doctor will take your history...Have you ever had problems with your knees, any trouble with breathing, headaches etc. Then possibly give you info on STDs and birth control. :)



i could be pregnant and my exboyfirend said if i was he was going to get custody and what should i do tell him im pregnant when i take a test or dont tell him at all? but if i dont tell him and i am then that would be something against me if he finds out and takes me to court for it right? (link)
I do believe if he wants custody he will have to take you to court and get you declared unfit. Not real likely to happen.

You don't say how old you are but he would also have to have a good home and a job to support a child.

Judges rarely take children from their mothers.

So, it really doesn't matter weather he knows it or not.

Now should you decide you don't want to keep it, and want to put it up for adoption or something, he would have to agree to that too. In that case he may get custody.

But if you are keeping it...don't let him fill your head with nonsense. He may get visitation rights, but it would be very rare for him to get full custody. Just isn't gonna happen. :)


my uncle did something that i thought i could never forgive him for and well i said i hated him and a while back he tried to say hello and i ignored him, now i just found out he has possible bone cancer and well i feel so bad, like i dont want to hate him but i cant forget what he's done. i feel like the worst person in the world because he's still the man i grew up with inside and i still kinda love him but i dunno, all i know is i dont want him to die. am i a terrible person (link)
No. You are not a horrible person.

You can still love someone but hate the things they do or the way they live their life.

So if you want to talk to him or wish him the best it is okay for you to do that. It doesn't mean that you approve of the things he does. :)


which part of a guy physically do you like the most.....eyes? abs? arm muscles? cheekbones? hair? lips?

thanks for reading (link)
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Hands. Isn't that weird? Can't tell you why. Followed closely by eyes. :)


This women I used to date some time ago has recently asked me to basically show her attention again even though she has a boyfriend, I think she wants to make her current boyfriend jealous. It was recently her birthday and she had wanted to know if i was going to do what I had done before which is send her flowers, I have no clue what she wants from me seeing how she has a boyfriend atleast that's what she says (link)
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Smart thing would probably be to tell her that so long as she has a boyfriend you won't be sending her flowers.

You really don't want to get in the middle of her game playing, if that is what she is up to. You also don't want to be an excuse for her breaking up with a current boyfriend. She would only be using you and
you shouldn't allow that to happen. :)




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