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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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I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to get an antiobiotic filled. I have also had a problem with my hands sweating all the time. I mean all the time, except when im sleeping. It interferes with school writing and my job. Ive also had underarm sweating problems that i treat with drysol but i tried for my palms and it didnt work. So do you think the doctor can prescribe me anything for my hand sweating?thanks! (link)

I am sure there is something your doctor can give you or at least something he/she can suggest. Be sure and mention it to him/her when you
go to your appointment. :)


do blatter infections prevent you from getting your period?i was saposed to get my period on or around the 6th of october but didnt is it because i have an untreated blatter infection or am i pregnent? (link)

I doubt a bladder infection would prevent you getting your period. Though they can make you pretty sick if left untreated.

You probably need to see a doctor to treat the infection, if you have one. If you have had unprotected sex since your last period, take a home pregnancy test. :)


You're like an advicenators godess. (link)

Well, I don't think I am an advice Godess but I do try to be helpful. Thanks for the smile. :)


One of my best friend's came to me and another friend (also both bi) and told us he was bi and he was serosuis. Now fast forward a couple weeks, he says to me he's complety straight and would never do another guy, now i think he's lying whatta do ya think?

btw were all 14 (link)

I think it shouldn't matter. :)


why won't it let you delete a question from your column anymore =[ (link)
Because the questions posted and answered are not meant to be deleted.

It may also have something to do with those who delete questions to unfairly keep thier ratings high.

However, if you have one in particular that is bothering you for some reason, you can contact Dangernerd and he will consider your request.

Be sure to include the question link and your reasons for wanting it deleted.

dangernerd@gmail.com


Okay I'm 15 and been dating my boyfriend for a year now and we were at homecoming and we danced every slow song together because we said we would. He has these two friends who like to hang out with him and his other friend and the two girls are nice, but they flirt with him and one of them just went up to him right in front of me when she heard a slow song come on and grabbed my boyfriend and started dancing with him. So I went over and started talking to some of my friends and tried to act like it didn't bother me cause I didn't want to be mean and say no you cant dance with him. But I wanted to burst out crying. And I told him that I didn't like it when he did that. So do you think that I should just tell him that I don't like it when he hangs around this girl or just ask the girl to stop flirting with him or just let it go on as if nothing is wrong? Thanks!! (link)

I think you can tell him it bothers you. Don't tell him he can't hang out with his friends no matter how you feel about them. She must not mean to mush to him or he would be dating her.

Even though it is uncomfortable when he dances with his friends, its only a dance. It is nice of him to dance with his female friends, especially if they don't have dates. He is just being a good friend.

Discuss it with him because you don't want to bottle it up and you do want him to know your feelings. Just try to talk about it calmly. Don't put him on the defensive. :)


im on seasonal, meaning i only get my period like once every three months. well i missed a few days but i still took the pills and ive done that before but today i got my peirod. im only on the second month. is that normal? like whats going on? (link)

It could be from having missed the pills, even though you did catch them up.

To be on the safe side call your doctors office and ask his nurse about it. Its free and they are more than happy to answer your questions. :)


This is a tad embarrassing (for the boyfriend, that is) see, we just started having sex like a week ago or so, and it's great and all, but sometimes he has trouble getting it up. Like we'll try, but nothing happes, so we'll put our clothes back on and then an hour later he has an erection out of nowhere, which is a nice surprise and all but, well, I need some suugestions. What can I (or we or even just he) do to get it up? Any suggestions are welcome.
We're both seventeen by the way. And just to be reassuring, we are both being very careful about this. (link)

He could have a bit of performance anxiety. I think the best thing to do is just let it happen...like it did out of nowhere before. :)

Just be spontaneous and don't get undressed and just go for it. That may be causing him stress even if he isn't aware of it.

Some diseases...diabetes is one, can cause erectile dysfunction. Doesn't really sound as if that is the problem though, he does eventually come around.

Just let it happen. If for some reason it doesnt every time you see each other, let him know that it is OK. :)


This might be long, but please read and help. My boyfriend broke up with me a month ago. He was my first real boyfriend and we learned so much from eachother. I lost my virginity to him, and we had more great times than bad. He said the relationship wasn't the same and needed to start focusing on himself. It was a complete shock to my heart. We hadn't talked for weeks, but finally I made the first move and called him. I wanted to just catch up and see if maybe we could be friends. He seemed up for it and we hung out together. The only thing he seemed to want was sex and he was just being mean to me. He was never like that before. I held my own, but I'm even more hurt. I just can't seem to let him go no matter what. I wake up depressed and go to bed depressed. I can't believe that this boy has control over my happiness. Is there anyway you can be friends with someone you had a really intense relationship with? How do I even go about moving on? Nothing is working. (link)

You can probably be friends at some point, but not right away. Its still to raw. He only wants one thing and if he isn't going to be with you through other stuff he sure shouldn't get the good times!

The only way you are going to move on is to start thinking of other guys and maybe going out with a couple. Start off in a group if that is easier but don't just sit at home and pine for this guy.

I know it will be very hard to do but you just have to make yourself do it. For the time being don't give him the time of day. He wants to focus on himself...let him. In every way. :)


i have been with my boyfriend for a year in 4months and it seems like were falling out of love what can i do? (link)

Talk. Ask him if he feels the same. Ask if he wants it to work out. Then talk about how to fix it.

I know it is kind of scary to do but you need very good communication between you if you want it to work.

Best of Luck! :)


my brother and i were in car accident recently and i was driving and totaled my brand new escalade. my brother told the police and our parents that he was the one driving so i wouldnt get in trouble since i had only had my licnese for a few months and he has had his for about 6 years. i feel horrible about the whole thing. should i tell my parents the truth or just let it be?

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I think it would make you feel better if you told them. I really do. :)


Hey

I am 18, I am an international student in the UK.I like a British boy but I dont know how to get closer? I am afraid of being rejected.So I cant do anything. That boy and my best friend (girl)are flatmates now,I have chance to see him yet I dont know how to get closer and make him my boy friend.

If you can help me I will be realli happy!! (link)

I don't know if I would go out of my way to flirt if it isn't something that just comes natural to you. It will be uncomfortable for you and he could pick up on that.

Since your friend is flatmates with him try spending a little more time there. Talk to him, be nice, smile, and just get to know him. Ask him about himself, ask about his classes if he is in college, or his job, his car...just whatever comes to mind.

With luck he will soon start quizzing you friend about you. That is really the best way. Get to know him and let him get to know you.

Best of luck! :)


Hey I just have a few very random pregnancy questions:
1) If you have sex when you are pregnant without protection can you get double pregnant or something?
2) If you have unprotected sex with two guys at the same time could the baby be both of theirs' baby?

Like I said before, I know they are random questions but I have been wondering them for a long time. 14/f by the way. (link)

1) No not at all. If the sperm splits once it gets to your egg you can have twins. After you are pregnant though that's it.

2)No to this one also. It would just be a matter of which one sperm got implanted in your egg. I have seen stories like this in the enquirer but they are made up for entertainment. :)



"Why is being popular better than being intelligent?" (link)

it's not.


ive been fooling around with one of my guy friends that ive none for about 7 years.. were realy comfortable with eachother so every weekend lately weve been hooking up.. the first time he fingered me (not my first time getting fingered)it was fine.. but the last two times we've gotten a little out of controll and he fingers me alot...i was bleeding after and i was realy sore.. right after i noticed one side "down there" was swollen and realy sensitive.. it went away after a couple days so this weekend he did again and the same thing happend.. i bled after and im still kinda sore and swollen.. is this normal sense im a virgin and were getting kind of rough or should i be worried? (link)


You certainly don't want to be hurting for a couple of days each time. Next time get some lubricating jelly so it doesn't hurt so bad. Also tell him to slow down and not be so rough if it gets to hurting.:)

I don't think it is anything more than just his being a little rough. But if you aren't lubricated enough it doesn't take much for it to hurt.


welll. me and my boyfriend, [been together about 4 months.] known eachother for 4 years. we had sex today, and the condom broke! he admitted he cummed inside of me. this happend before, and i regreted it, but i took some of my moms emergency contraption pills & she's out! she doesn't know or anything though. i just got off my period today too. i contacted planned parenthood and tomorrow i'm going to this place near by. i just hope i'm not, and i'm hoping there's something they can give me?! i'm not sure if that's possible though. i'm suppperr young, and i wouldn't know how to tell my parents?! even though me and my boyfriend talked about this and he'd be sucha a [great father.] but yeah. any advice? :] (link)

At planned parenthood they can give you a pill to help prevent pregnancy. It is good you called them so quickly.

I am concerned that this is the second time a condom has broke. They aren't usually that fragile. You might ask them what they suggest. It might be you need to use a lubricant to keep them from breaking.
Ask them about it okay? :)


female.

the short version: i toldGod i wouldnt masturbate for 3 monthes if he would watch over one of my close friends while she wasnt in a good spot, and of course shes fine now, but now i feel like i shouldnt have done that because i should've trusted God in thef irst place, so i dont know if i should do it to show that i do trust him, but one of the seven sins is lust anyway so i dont know which one would be worse: to do it, or not to. and i know it sounds really stupid the only reason why i said it in the first place was because im trying to do it less and less, but im saving myself for marriage and i kinda need something up until then you know.....

gah i feel silly. any advice would be good. thanks. (link)


I don't think God makes deals like that so don't worry about it!

If it helps keep you saved for marriage It is a good thing. A natural and normal thing to do. Perhaps that's why you are able to do it. :)

Don't worry about how much you do it either.


i was juss wondering. can ou sleep with tampons in? (link)


Yes you can. Just use a fresh one before going to bed and change it when you get up in the morning.
No problem at all. :)


im 15 year old girl goin out with a 17 year old guy. we've been going out for 7 months and we are really close to each other and he's the first guy ive ever really been able to trust. heres the thing though, he has a seasonal job at a haunted house and the people that go to the haunted house are all like girls that hit on the guys that work there and i dont know i feel really insecure about him working there. and i mean its not obvious that those are the type of the people that go but when i visited him i saw a lot of the girls hitting on guys and he was telling me about how all these girls ask for his phone number and press up against him and flirt with him. i just feel really uncomfortable about it but he tells me he feels weird about it too and he kind of wants to quit because of it. and i totally want him to but then again he always told me about how we was looking forward to working there again because hes been working there for 3 years. so should i just trust him to do the right thing or complain about it? (link)


Since he is telling you about it and not trying to hide it, I don't think you have anything to worry about. Trust him. Tell him you trust him.

If he were up to no good he would be tying to hide it from you and he isn't. Sounds like a good guy. Lucky you! :)


im in a bad situation. see my bestfriend of about 2 or 3 years just told me alot about her life and there is some things that i should tell someone about..but i promised her i wouldnt and,her life just keeps getting worse and worse.I love her to death but i dont want to loose her as a friend if i tell someone.
what should i do?
age:13
female (link)


It really depends on what is going on in her life.

If it is something that would be harmful to her then
better to tell than let her come to harm. You would never forgive yourself if something happened to her.

So if it is something like that, consider her telling you as a cry for help. Tell.

She may be mad for a while but she will get over it once she is helped and realizes you only did what was best for her. :)




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