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Like in the pagan religions of Wicca, Druidism, etc. Like name at least three gods like Cernunnos, or at least fatherly-like like Him, and describe them and tell facts about them, please? Thank you!

(Now I said gods, not goddesses. Personally, I feel more connected with gods than the goddesses.)

So You must already know that Cernunnos is the Celtic version of the male God.

In a more localized tradition in Berkley, Windsor Forest area, the tradition and folklore speak of Hern the Hunter. It would take hours and hours to type all the facts about him but I will paste links for you to go read yourself:

http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/godsandgoddesses/p/Herne_Hunter.htm
http://www.mystical-www.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=195&Itemid=285
After reading, you'll see that when horned Gods are mentioned in Pagan circles, Hern is one of the Gods named, in the stories told, he was a human to start with.

Pan is a Greek God, depicted as half man half goat, a God of the wild, of shepherds and flocks, nature, of mountain and the wilds.
http://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/Pan.html

The Green Man: Most call him a God/Deity of nature and he is depicted as a leafy form of a man sometimes with animal horns or branches taking the place of horns.

Along with nature deities, Wikipedia has a listing of different nature Gods and Goddesses, just pick out the male ones you want to read up one, from many cultures around the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nature_deities

I have not heard of any other specific Horned gods named. Usually all the folks I know who are pagan/wiccan/druid just say 'the horned God'.

Here's a treat for you. If you haven't heard of the singer/songwriter Damh the Bard, he writes songs out of his Druid beliefs. I love his songs. I am giving a link to one in which he mentions the Green Man, Cernunnos, Pan and Herne. Listen to his other songs on you tube and enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFvpMObnzB8

Last night, I had a dream that I was walking at school, and some random guy kissed me. I can't exactly remember what he looked like or what his name was, but I didn't recognize him at all. What could this mean? Ever since I had that dream, I've been dying to know who it is. The dream felt so real, and he was a really sweet guy.

The subconscious mind rules when we are asleep. And that instead of our awake mind is where all our emotions and feelings lie. So your hopes and dreams will be there too. Most likely you are wishing you had a boyfriend, or if you have one, a better one. You want to feel the exc itement of romance and love.

There is no specific face or name to the person because this is only a desire, not an actual person you know in real life. If there was someone you are crushing on, even in your awake state, you'd be aware of it. We can't always control our dreams and get them to turn out just as we wish or provide info. But there are a few people who are able to do lucid dreaming, this is more real and you have more control in the dream. To check if you do, tell yourself before going to sleep to remember in your dreams to look at your hands in the dream. I was only able to do that once in all my life and very briefly and the hands didn't look normal at all, wrong color and texture like reddish with bumps and scales. So while most of us can have that seldom realistic dream, we don't have the control to be able to do it again.

My wife and I have been married for 47 years. Admittedly shew has made some good financial decisions over the years but now I am concerned about something very serious. We have approximately 95,000.00 in nth stock amrket. ait goes up and down, most.y down lately. I want it all sold and the money put into the bank where it never goes down. She refuses and I hate confrontation. She will simply not talk about it. I asked her one question that I thought would seal the sell it all deal. "Is there more of a chance of it getting to 100,000 or going to 80,000.00"? we've all seen the crashes and we're to old to go through another one. What do you suggest?

Excuse me for being blunt but if a stock market crashes, the same financial system its part of crashes and even the banks will have a run on them for money that they don't have. You do realize that there isn't enough paper money to cover all the banks and other financial institutions or what the government owes to other countries, I hope.

There is much less profit to be made in a bank. However, if the main concern is that it doesn't go down in a bank, that's pretty true, it doesn't. However if the US financial systems in all its venues falls apart, there will be a mad dash by people for their money to take it out in cash and banks don't have that kind of paper money around. If a withdrawal you want is too large, and by too large i mean a limit of $1,000.oo in most banks on any given day, then you have to wait until the next day to withdraw more. I wanted to take out $2,000 in cash once to pay someone in cash for something I bought, they wouldn't trust a check, and I have to go to two other branches to take out 500. in each to make up the rest. When I asked about it, they explained they only have so much cash on hand at any given time. So your financial worth is a bunch of numbers on paper or in computers.
I suggest you not worry about it. Whats going to come will come. If a compromise can be made, see about splitting it in half and putting half in the bank if it gives you peace of mind. But I consider it all a false peace. Just my opinion though.

My friend told me how I raped him months ago. We were both drunk and the incident occurred. But it's been 5 months and he tells me this. He still calls me over to help move in and set up the house. He asks for advice and assistance from. Even now when he's sick with the flu he asks me to take care of him. I have contemplated going to the police and turning myself. It's been two days and I'm thinking Monday , but he has no desire to take any recourse or make a case. I feel that he's just being nice and I tell him to stop it, that it was my fault . But for some reason it's like he doesn't care.....why??

He is willing to do this, forgiving you and overlooking it since you were drunk at the time. That should be a lesson to learn to know your limits with alcohol and never place yourself in a situation of not being in mental control of your actions.

As I said before, if the person raped is not willing to make a report to the police, then there is no rape report or evidence for the police to go on and you just end up making yourself look like a fool.'

What needs to happen is for you to learn to forgive yourself.

You ask why he doesnt care. I don't think that's the issue, he does care. If he didn't care, he would not have mentioned it to you. But he realizes that a one time mistake like that doesn't need the type of consequences you feel you deserve. He has part fault in the occurance by being so drunk himself. If he had not been and was sober, as another male, he surely could have fought you off, it's not like he was a weaker female.

Forgive yourself, watch your drinking or quit, and move on with life.

My best friend of 14yrs attends the same college as me. Neither of us like it here and we wanted to transfer but decided not to. However, we visited another state with another college that we fell in love with and we both sent in applications and decided that we wanted to go there instead. A very hasty decision but something we really wanted. However, her parents have now decided against her going and mine have not. If I get into this college and leave her behind I fear that It will ruin our friendship , but I really love the new school I applied to and I want to go there very badly. What should I do.

Go to the new school. You can still visit hometown, call, keep in touch via computer. Yes, it wont be the same. But rarely can a person take a childhood friend with them through their life even into old age without changes taking them in different directions. Its part of life. Different schools is the first thing that takes friends in different directions, during these years, we learn to define how we are for ourselves, not to please everyone else as before so....another change may be to ones religious belief systems taking one into hanging in different circles that the other has no interest in or belief in. Dating and relationships, when starting each new relationship with a guy, thees the star struck stage where a person cant get enough of their new sweeties and best friends get set on the back burner for a while. Marriage, now with a husband, setting uphousehold may be not close enough to keep in touch in person. Jobs, either one you apply for takes you far away or a husband gets transfered to another state. children: yes, this one solidifys the fact that all energies are going into your life and raising kids and there is no time to keep in touch frequently. The most you can expect when some of these changes occur is once a month or a couple times a year visits, but lots of phone calls and skyping. However when both your daily routines take over your life, job, husband kids, church, volunteering, vacations, then there is no time left to keep in touch regularly. I have a friend that keeps in touch on facebook, we write to each other about twice a year. My mother in law had a childhood friend she's kept in touch with and is now approaching 90. I learned that of course things changed in each girls life so that they had less and less time to keep in touch, but never did a year go by when they didn't have some type of contact, a long indulgent phone call, a weekend drive or flight to go visit if money was in the budget to do so, sending a fun care package, with homemade gifts, etc, sending updated photos of yourself and the family and the kids, writing letters, and even once or twice in your life, perhaps even a planned vacation together that both your familys agreed on. You don't have to lose her unless you intend to let that happen. All that will change is how often you see her or have some kind of contact.

How long do hickeys normally last?

5 to 12 days. Thats what wikepedia says:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hickey

They list some things to do to treat a hickey. But there are more suggestions on another site. I have never tried any of these myself, just covering up with scarves or turtlenecks.
Here's the other site. Hopefully something in there helps you out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hickey

SO UM my best friend (guy) whom I like is confusing. In math we sit next to each other. And he held my hand and said "is this friends?" But then my friend Julia was like aww and I responded to him and said SURE (I felt really stupid after that)he held his hand there for a good ten seconds before moving it. He's also very "touchy. There's moments when he could make "moves" but he never does. My question is, does he like me? And if you believe so, me , being a girl, how to approach him?

There is no class a person can take when in school that teaches you how to talk to someone you like, or the how to's of getting into a relationship. So guys have no more clue than you. If he held your hand, that means he has an interest in you that goes beyond friendship . This could be called flirting but my guess is, he is just testing to see what response he gets, to obtain the information he wants, whether you like him now as more than just a best friend. this is how some of the best relationships start, as best friends and move on to the romance part eventually. He doesnt know if you have an interest in him. You said "Sure" but you didn't mention if you've given him any signs that you have that kind of interest in him also. If you don't, it's best to tell him you don't. Its not something you can change if you dont' have the right kind of chemistry for the romantic part.
If you do want to explore this with him, tell him you are starting to like him as more than a friend and you are wondering if he is feelings the same. If he says yes, then work on seeing each other away from school, maybe hang out at each others houses or if you are old enough to date, go out together. There is no reason why a girl can't ask. Good luck.

Feeling like my mum doesn't give a damb. I am in agony because of the emotions I have that are because of being hurt by my stepdad physically and emotionally. The pain is geytwto the stage that I won't be able to go to school and will end up back in the shit hole called hospital. It is getting worse every time he's near me and my family. I just can tell if he's near them weather asleep. One minuite I am having a brilliant dream then I wale up in agony and hear del downstairs. I cannot cope much longer and need to get away so that I don't go to hospital for months on end again. I know my family needs him to see them but they know full well I despice what he has done to me for all my life he's sadly been in. I want to leave this world half the time to get away. I feel that my family would rather have me in hospital than at home that that del can come back so I'm going to go and live with my dad before I do either, get out this world or in the shit hole. I've tried non stop to try and get through this with my family but every time I try it is thrown in my face. I've just talked to mum and she I mad at me because she is 'annoyed that I get angry when dels here'. The only people who, even knowing Everything about how ALL the family fell, still don't understand how mum can be wanting del around after emotionally hurting me all my life. All my life mum has always said that if anyone hurts her kids, in any way, no matter what they'll be out her life. But it must be worse that someone that is meant to be there parent hurts a child, especially with disabilities. The only way I can be relieved is on my PS3 or doing it/art. Please if you can give advice on what to do. I've got two sisters who care about del, some how, but hate and blame me for what's going on.

I've told mum everything about how I fell except suiccide and hatmfull thoughts but makes no difference. Social services are involved but don't feel able to talk to them. Please give me advice as I don't know what to do.

Oh Good God girl, If social services are involved, you've got to tell them! Please! ASAP!
If your sisters are not being treated differently and like Del, then the problem may be that he doesn't like the fact you have disabilities, doesnt want to have to deal with it, or maybe seeing you reminds him of someone or something in his past that was painful so he lashes out. No matter what his reasons, under no circumstances should he be emotionally and verbally abusing you.
I can't say whats wrong with Mum. She just may not have any personal strength/or other ways to say it is lacking guts to do the right thing. A weak person will overlook the bad, lie to themselves that everything is fine, and the love she has for him could be blinding her to his obvious faults. It's not like she wouldn't see that happening in her house, she just doesnt want to rock the boat. I know it hurts to have a parent not care. She may love you in her own way but have some emotional or mental issues of her own that prevent her from being a better parent and protecting you. So if she's incapable of assuring that you are treated well, tell others, social services, your birth father, tell your pastor/priest if you have one, tell school counselors, tell grandparents or other relatives. Don't just tell one, tell them all. I am glad you tried talking to your Mum but for some reason she's not able to be a fully responsible adult. There are lots of people who are born without any ability or patience to deal with people who have disabilities of any sort. That is not right but no one can force them to grow up and do the right thing any more than we can force a person with biases to be accepting of all. But there are advocates for you out there, you just have to say something. Don't worry, Mum won't be in trouble. Most likely if this situation is brought out into the open, this allows officials to try to get her into treatment herself if she has any need of it.
Even if your Dad doesn't have legal custody of you through a divorce, as a parent he can go to a lawyer with his concerns for your well being in that house, especially since it has you so depressed you are considering suicide. Just showing up at Dad if he can't legally keep you, doesnt help you at all. You have to tell him what is going on too. I understand this situation all too well cus a child I know and care deeply about is in the same situation with Mum having custody and incapable of taking care of her and needing the courts to review the case, (thats where documentation from social services comes in and is helpful,) and she needs to go live with her Dad and Dads new wife. Do not keep silent about this dear. God knows and knows you are strong enough to fight this, or you wouldn't have written us to ask for help. I am praying for you but you still need to do something, tell others whats really going on and how it affects you.

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I feel like everyone who is going to read this is going to think im stupid. I have been with my boyfriend for about 4 years now. I live in new england so we just had this huge snow storm. I was just at his house on sunday and i havent been there because he was working in the snow. I finally saw him today (thursday) and i went over to his house. I have a key to his place and i walked right in i noticed that there are two picture frames of us by his tv. I noticed they were gone, so i was upset. I noticed that there are pictures on his fridge and the one of us was taken down. I got upset and couldnt wait for him to get home and i texted him why did you take my pictures down? He responded with "i cleaned the tv stand lol" i looked for the picture frames and they were put away in a draw. I told him that my feelings were hurt and i am very stubborn so i was giving him attitude. He got so devisinve and bad saying your really going to get mad over a picture? and i felt guility and shut my mouth up. My feelings are hurt. i dont understand why he would do that. My only thought would be if a girl came over. We have been together for so long that everyone kind of knows that we are together. I am just confused because he was working for the past 4 days. I am trying not to be indenial but thats the only reason i can think of. Im just upset. Thank you for anyone who is reading this i just needed to vent to someone about it.

So the pictures were there on display on Sunday but not on Thursday. Looks like he didn't want someone to see the photos. Most likely another girl, unless your relationship has been a secret from other people in his life, friends, family who were over to his place on those days inbetween. This is not a case of being mean, its a case of not being into you, cus if he did care about you, he'd treat you differently.
I am almost 100% positive that he lied to you when he said he cleaned the TV stand. For one thing, the photos on the fridge were missing and I doubt he was dusting his fridge also, doing an entire apartment spring cleaning. When a person dusts furniture, they remove items temporarily laying them on a chair table or floor and when done dusting, puts them back, not stashing them away in a drawer. So he lied. What is he covering up? Can't say. But my firsts guess is another girl. Even if there isn't another girl right now, he is not acting like you are that important to him. To help you out, I have a quiz for you to go over to help you know whether he loves you or not.
Here it is:

7 Questions to know if he really loves you

1. Does he say I love you. For some, it's a hard thing to say but they show it to you in other ways. When he says “I love you”, he is viewing that as a commitment to you. It is not a flippant phrase.
Saying I love you too early like during first couple dates is a warning about the guy. Its a very good chance he is needy and wanting a woman to be his mom. Other phrases from a guy count too, like you're awesome, I adore you. You're the woman I always dreamed of.
2. Does he make you a priority in his life? Guys have more than one priority...things very important to him but you should be one of top 3.
What he does for you or how he acts can't be faked easily because it's hard to lie with your body. Things he does without having to be asked, making dinner, picking up something for a collection you have, making time for you, even if it's a walk or a long phone chat. If the guy likes you, he'll make time for you at least a quarter of the time.
3 Does he tell friends about you and like to show you off? Have you been introduced to his family and friends? If he keeps you separate, he's hiding something or ashamed or fearful of something
4. Does he care about your pleasure during sex? Is he only into seeking his own pleasure or your's too. Does he open his eyes and want to have both your eyes connect while making love?
5. Does he respect and encourage you? Respect means, does he value your opinion, do you share decisions and treats you as a partner. Are you encouraged by him to have your own friends and hobbies outside the relationship and encourage you to seek your dreams and uphold you in that.
Jealousy is not love, it's control. It's okay to be protective, but jealousy shouldn't be what prompts the protectiveness
6. Do your friends and family like how he treats you? Others make a great gauge for judging a guys character.
7. Does he look at you with lust and passion in his eyes, with a hunger and thirst for you? Does he give you admiring looks, does he still want to sneak peeks down your shirt. What he sees is Very important since guys are visually stimulated. If he isn't looking anymore, he has lost his interest. All men because of this natural trait, will also view other women but do so discreetly, without being an ass about it. Don't expect a man to look at only you. If he doesn't look at other women at all, it may be a sign that he is gay. You do want a man who is visually stimulated by women.

How many points are true for you with your guy?
7 true He treats you as a Queen and he is an exceptional man
5-6 true He loves you. Just don't focus on what is lacking.
3-4 true He loves you enough to make the relationship work for him. If it's enough for you, then be content. If you feel like you're settling for less, let him go and look for something better.
1-2 true He's a douche-bag, a user or controller. Leave immediately.

My friend found out I like him and started avoiding me. I told him I understand it is awkward but I still want to be friends. He replied that he 'kinda likes me but rather not do anything about it' and I really matter to him but I have a feeling he is lying so that it does not break my heart. Because I feel he is still kind of avoiding me. Is it wise to tell him I do not think he is being honest? Because it hurts me to think someone is lying to me. It has been a week since I messaged him about it and I do not know if it is too late to ask. Both of us are in high school.

You can have all the suspicions you want about a person but to tell them you think they are lying is asking for trouble. Of course it hurts if you feel someone is not being honest. I am by nature a very suspicious person but I do not come out and accuse a person because if I did and it was just that one time I might be wrong, I could do great damage to a possible friendship. I would have a slightly different thing to say if this was a long established relationship, a committed couple or marriage.
If you still don't understand, lets pretend just for the sake of understanding why its better not to tell him you think he's lying, lets pretend you lied to someone and they come up to you and accuse you of lying. You'd get angry, simply because they figured it out, and that starts a fight. Or you never lied to them but they come and tell you they think you are lying. You'd be hurt, but also angry and not want anything to do with them for a while or maybe forever. It's a no win situation. So whether he's lying or not, if you want him for a friend and say that to him, he's probably going to react in a negative way, no matter if its true or not.

I can't talk to my best friend about this because I'm afraid she will not take me seriously, or she won't know how to respond. I'm having some questions about my sexuality. Are you comfortable talking about this with me?
I will give you a little background first so hopefully its easier for you to see where I am coming from. I'm female, and 24yrs old. I lost my virginity when I was 19 in my first serious relationship. However, when I was about 13, I was in a sexual encounter with a girl. I was unaware of what was happening because I was half asleep, she started kissing me and touching me and when I realized what was going on I woke up and tried to rollover. She then put her arm around my side and tried to touch me again, thats when I got up, left the room and told my parents.
I have always loved men and don't have any issues with being with men. It was after my first real relationship ended horribly that I started sleeping with other men and I noticed that my relationship attempts have been failing. It goes one of two ways, I find someone I am interested in and things are going well and then it just ends, or a guy is more into me than I am into them.
I have had sex with a girl before, it was a close friend of mine and it happened twice. I did really enjoy it and I often fantasize about doing it with her or even other woman. In fact, I mostly only watch Lesbian, or group porn.
I am very attracted to woman, but I'm not sure if what I'm feeling is real or just a temporary fantasy. Am I bisexual? Am I just going through a phase? Should I try dating women to see how it goes?

Another possibility of something affecting you this way comes from your statement starting with: It was after my first real relationship ended horribly...
and I am assuming that first relationship was with a male and that other relationships didn't work so now that has you thinking it's a sign that you aren't meant for a sexual relationship with a man. I do know from talking to several females who were lesbians that there were two reasons they were lesbian. One, they always knew from a young age and were always attracted to females, NEVER males.
The other type, were females who started out liking males, believed they were heterosexual but do to physical or emotional hurts from a male or several males, they decided a female would be safer and maybe there was a psychological fear of men as well so they felt females are the better choice. These are women who chose to become lesbian as a result of negative experiences with males and in my mind does not constitute a true lesbian.
That said, there is also bi sexual females. These women are physically sexually aroused by both males and females. Just having an emotional connection to a female without sexually being aroused by her does not necessarily make you lesbian. I have found I have emotional needs met by both women and men but only feel aroused by looking at certain men, not women.

And then, there is the realm of porn or fantasy and what excites us there. Just because something excites you in porn or fantasy doesnt again mean you are lesbian. I have friends on SL second life game on the net. You can experience anything on there like being a Fairy or a witch to live out those fantasies. But regarding the areas of sex, there's lots of the unusual,People can experience having an avatar the opposite sex of theirs, experience sex with werewolves or other such creatures,, same sex, group sex, sub and doms, kinky stuff, sex with different animals, etc... whatever you can imagine, you can bet someone is doing it. The thing is, the great majority of these players have no wish to fulfill the fantasy in real life. Its the fact that something is naughty, wrong, bad or taboo that makes it exciting and when sex is involved, it creates sexual excitement. You believe what the girl did at 13, was wrong. That makes it wrong, naughty and so watching lesbian porn can easily give you that sexual excitement. There's women with fantasies of rape, sex with an animal etc...and it's not something they'd ever want to do in real life, finding it morally wrong and disgusting. But imagining it is enough to create sexual excitement.
You need to discover what you like strictly in fantasy only. What you like strictly in real life only and what you like in both areas. The only way to figure it out is to take the time to experience it. What is your mind set from, was there any religious up bringing, what positive/negative examples did you have from parents regarding relationships.

From what you write, It would seem your area of actual problems is relating to another person in a relationship. There are many do's and don't to learn when it comes to taking into account another persons feelings, how they communicate or understand you, their hopes, dreams, wishes, be it male or female. I do know from watching dating advice videos on you tube for women or for men that there are many common mistakes that both parties make over and over. If it's not a mistake in the daily functions of the relationship, the mistake is in recognizing and choosing a partner with the best potential. Most have no idea what they are looking for in personality and characteristics of a partner let alone how to look for warning signs that someone is not right for you.
So in my own opinion, based on what you wrote, are you bi-sexual? I say Maybe, I don't have enough info to determine that. Are you a Lesbian? I highly doubt it. Are you heterosexual? Yes. I am so sure that you are geared to desire men but your bad luck in relationships so far, combined with what gets you going in fantasys has you confused. So dating women wouldn't be the solution. Buying or checking out books on relationships and studying before you meet the next guy is the best thing. There are even seminars to attend that are held on the topic of relationships and dating. You have to sift through carefully but there is lots of good information on line also in articles and you tube videos. Learn what you want in a guy and then don't be afraid to ask for it right at the beginning, able to lay out a list of criteria you are looking for in a guy so he knows what he has to do to keep you or you will break up with him if he doesnt. Thats when you will finally realize the power a female has in a relationship if she takes control of the rules and boundaries and won't accept anything less than what she wants. Do that, and You will begin to attract more quality guys. If I can help you with anything else, or you have more info to clarify, or need me to explain something better, feel free to write to me.

Hi! I'm a transgender teen (female to make) I haven't come out or anything yet but I know I'll have to. I asked another question in regards to coming out a few days ago, but this is a whole different topic. I'll obvioudly have to pick a name when I transition. I've been considering Gabe, Ben, and Lance. But I feel SO guilty changing my name because my mother always talks about how ever since she was little she's always wanted a girl named Laura Grace and that's why she gave me, her firstborn daughter, that name. She always talks about how I "have the best name out of the bunch" ("the bunch" being my 5 other siblings). She's so proud of my name because it's a mix of her favorite boom character (Laura) and the grandmother who she always looked up to (Grace). She loves my name. Everytime I consider bringing up the subject of being caked something else, I feel a crushing guilt about how much my mother loves my name. How do I change my name in the future without crushing her? She has no idea that Im transgender and im afraid to take her daughter away.

If confused and not totally sure, then talking to a professional is good advice. At some point in the future, you will need to see Dr.s and psychologists to go through with transitioning to a male. Drs don't take this lightly and will rather tend to wait to make sure that you know you are sure.

As a mother, I do understand how I might feel if one of my daughters decided tomorrow to tell me they were transgender and just had never told me and there were no clues as she kept it very hidden. Of course I'd be shocked and yes, I think I might grieve the loss of not the child but the image I had of my child. Two of my kids have already taken on name changes (non legal) but names they go by now and no one but family knows them by the name I chose. I do whole heartedly want my daughters to be happy. And their happiness comes before mine. I work hard to remember to use their chosen names when introducing myself and telling people who my daughter is as when I use her real name, people look confused as they dont know anyone by that name. Your mom is likely going to need the support of other moms of transgender kids, who are going through the same or already have worked through it for those are the only people who can really understand the best, and you may want to find the support in an online transgender support site yourself. I put in a search for 'transgender support systems' and got a lot of hits. Here's one that you might try, ask others how they told their parents.
http://community.pflag.org/

The name change deal may not be as difficult as you are imagining ahead of time. Once Mom is over the initial shock and working at coming to grips with it now, that gives her some time until you do the actual transition to get used to the fact that Laura Grace won't work anymore. Perhaps involving her in the renaming process may help her. If you can come up with enough names that are likeable to you, any will do, present it to Mom to choose your new first and middle name from. It is a nice gesture that will hopefully touch her heart and make the change easier for her.

Me and my boyfriend (both 22 years old) have been together for a little over 2 years and we have a great relationship there's just one thing that's bothering us. We get absolutely no privacy to be intimate, EVER! We are both still living home with our parents and someone is always home at each of our houses. We both work and saving money to get our own place but the state we live in is very expensive to do so and will take a decent amount of time. We maybe have sex twice a month and it's driving us crazy! Of course we thought of the idea of getting a hotel but how many times can we really do that? I'm just scared it will become a big problem in our relationship. Advice please !

I know we all do better if we know no one can hear what's going on. Have you actually talked to both sets of parents? Asked if they would have a problem with it? My oldest when engaged and still living at home had our blessing to have her fiancee over to her room overnight and they had sex. Not all parents are that openminded, even though you are both adults now. If the parents don't mind and it's more you feeling squeamish about engaging in sex under the parents roof, then may I suggest you give yourself some time to get comfortable with it. There is a period of adjustment time to getting comfortable with that. When I met my current husband, he was a divorced Dad with teen daughter in a one bedroom apt. The daughter was raised to not have problems discussing sex, knew when her parents had engaged in it and it didn't bother her. So when I moved in, we had the living room/kitchen big area as our place for bed and privacy. She had the bedroom and access to the bath was through her room. So we knocked if we needed to use the bath or she knocked if she wanted to come out to make a tea or popcorn for herself while we were in bed. Or call out to ask if we were decent or covered. It took some adjusting for me to not feel self conscious at first but after a month, we all found a way to make it work. She'd let us know if she planned to be out of the house a long time so we could have time together and would call shortly before coming home as her Dad was a nudist too and she warned us that she was almost home and whether she was bringing a friend by so we could be presentable.
I believe that at the very least, if you mention to the parents that you'd like to work something out with them, could they let you know when they will be away and give you a few minutes warning before coming back so you have some privacy to yourselves. Hotels aren't the answer and since you have a financial reason to live with the parents, they need to be made aware of your need, whether they have sex anymore or not so compromising can be made.

For the past two years I've been on 30mg of Adderall XR a day and it's made a lot of positive changes in my life. For some reason I'm starting to feel bad about being dependent on this substance. It's an addictive drug and I'm paranoid that it will harm my long-term health. I know I will have to be off of it eventually, so should I try to get off of it sooner than later? My concern is that the longer I stay on it, the more my whole life will depend on it. I'm scared that when I go off it my life will completely collapse and and it will force me to reset everything, including my personality.The medicine has helped me to be more in touch with my surroundings, which has given me life-changing social confidence. Since beginning adderall, I've been at a healthy weight whereas before I was overweight and I REALLY don't want to go back to that. When I have to miss a day, I feel depressed. PLEASE tell me this is a withdrawal symptom and not my natural state. Should I try to go off of it in two years when I'm no longer a student or now? In general what should I do??

You need to talk to your doctor about this. If you want to come off it and you have a side effect of depression, I'd think that just taking a depressions medication should help with that. As for the attention deficit or hyperactive part, people do learn to cope after coming off the meds if they have to. One biggie I've personally experienced that can affect attention deficit is Sugar and I don't know yet of any moms today with kids diagnosed with ADHD who have been told to cut sugar out of the kids diet first to see if it helps.
My 2nd husband has a daughter who was enrolled into a Montessori school when little and they had to sign a contract promising not to give her any sugar. If they did, the teachers would know from the behavior and would call parents to come pick up the child. Only so many warnings and the child was kicked out of the school for sugar in the diet. So what does sugar do? According to them, it was attention deficit and hyperactiveness. He says when you walk into any class in the school, any grade even K or 1st grade, the students were focused and behaving well, more like college students in maturity as far as interacting with others and adults and their grades were high. I would suggest you start watching your intake of sugar, there's the hidden sugars in things that turn into sugar later and thats not to worry about but stop drinking soda's, they are the worst, sugary desserts, learn what portion sizes of cookies are and stick to it if you must have a cookie, as it will literally be 1 or 2 only as a portion size. If you need help figuring how to cut out sugar and read labels, check with your doctor office about seeing a dietician once for help with that. If you start that now, perhaps once you come off the meds, it won't be as drastic a difference. Dr.s can only share with you what they have been taught or the latest updates and new discoveries. It's my belief that sugar hasnt been tested enough in the diet to see what other medical issues it causes besides diabetes. Only by common sense and trial and error did the school figure out student were off the chart better without sugar, but there were no official science/medical reports to back that up.
I'd still talk to your Dr about your concerns and whether depression medicines would be prescribed if you have problems once coming off Adderall.
Best wishes.

I was introduced to my boyfriend by my best friend who is a guy, my best friend and my boyfriend aren't so close though, just hi hi friends. My ex boyfriend and I had relationship issues, we barely used to talk or call.. when I told him lets fix it he said he wanted to do so as well... even after we decided to do so, he didn't call or text me for 3days, Three days ago, I asked him if he wanted it or not in a yes or no answer, he didn't reply, I kept texting him to give me an answer... I told him that I need an answer so dat if this no contact continues and I decide to indulge in another relationship, it wouldn't seem like I am cheating. then he replied "you can indulge Deedee" so since then I decided to move on...its been three days since we broke up, just this morning he text me Hi, I didn't reply.... I was talking with my best friend about it and he told me that he saw him with a girl a day before he text.... so I am wondering if his hanging out with some other girl a night before why would he text me the next morning to say "hi"

A guy who is really into you is going to have time for you, make you a priority in his life and is not going to tell you it's okay to start another relationship. He's lukewarm for you at the very best, maybe no feelings at all. So the best thing to do is ignore him. He doesnt have to have a reason behind texting Hi. He wouldnt be able to explain why. It could be that he has something of a disorder with being compulsive, which means, whatever thought hits at any given momemt, he acts on it, so there would be no reliability with someone like him.

Good morning and good afternoon advicenators. I am an 20 years old girl with a boyfriend who is 23. We have been together for the past 2 years. Here is my situation: Tuesday of last week, my boyfriend texted me in the morning but I did not answer his text. Later in the afternoon he called me but I did not pick up. All this was because I was frustrated with school and I was not in the mood to talk to anyone. Of course he got upset and felt as if I was ignoring him but I was not. I was planning to call him later before I went to bed. I had no intention on making him feel bad about it but when he confronted me with it I apologized and he forgave me. since then, our relationship has been off-balance. He has been ignoring me but I act as if I dont notice it because I feel like he wants to get revenge. When I text him, he takes forever to text back but I always text him right back. When I call him at night, he doe not pick up and texts me in the morning saying that he went to bed early. I really do not know what to do. Can someone please advice me on what I should do. Thank you in advance.

I agree on confronting him with it. He is basically doing to you what he 'thinks' you did to him. This can mean he is immature and needs to do some growing up and until he does, the relationship will never be really solid and secure,
OR... he may have something else going on that is working against him. It is his incorrect, negative thoughts that led him to act as he is doing.

Think on it whether he has shown other areas, or situations where he has problems with his thinking that leads to odd behaviors in other areas and if so he may have cognitive behavioral disorder. Here's a link that explains it:
http://psychology.about.com/od/psychotherapy/a/cbt.htm

Hopefully all that is needed is a good talk and setting some ground rules and expectations that are reasonable that both of you agree to. If neither of you are willing to stick with agreed to rules, then perhaps the two of you or at least one of you are not ready to be in a relationship yet.
I will say this, it is reasonable for you to want your bubble time, alone time to work out your frustrations by yourself. Others when feeling as you did do the opposite and want their closest people around them, a partner, best friend or parent for example to help them get back to their cheery self. Your personalities may differ here in how each of you would respond. It takes understanding each other that well and be willing to give each other what they need to keep the relationship on an even keel. So have a real good talk with him. Then both of you apologize for your behaviors and promise to do better with the understanding and agreed on rules for your relationship. If he still isn't willing to see reason, give him time to cool off and then choose another time to have this same conversation, if he still isn't responsive and willing to work on things, then I would suggest it is time to break up. that might be enough to bring him to his senses or he will move on. Hopefully it doesnt come to that point, but in dating, it's a time of discovering things you like and don't like in a person because you are actually working on coming up with a picture of what the personality and character is of the person you will eventually end up in a long term relationship or marriage with. The ones will faults that are irreconcilable, are ones to leave behind and move on to someone better.

I just recently started taking birth control after experiencing a pregnancy scare.

The pill that I am on is mononessa, and I am scared because although I have not missed taking any pills, sometimes I take them an hour later than my scheduled time. My own research told me that you should not take the pill any later than 24 hours from your last time.

I have an upcoming pap smear and I am going to bring it up with my doctor. The only concern I have is that I tend to not like condoms when having sex with my boyfriend, and I thought that birth control (which is supposed to be 99% effective) would work at preventing any unplanned issues.

If I take it an hour later than usual is that okay? Should I use back up?

An hour late is okay. What works best is to set your cell with a timer to go off same time each day to take meds. thats what my sister does, and she never takes her meds late at all, always on time. If you don't have a cell, and any other way of setting a timer for same time each day, talk to doctor about the birthcontrol shot good for 3 mos I think, but then you'd have to remember doctor appointment, and there are other options too they can share with you where the prescription is good for several months.
Condom's is for protection of STD's even if there is birthcontrol but make a good back up if a person messes up their birthcontrol taking. If you prefer to not use a condom, then the best thing to do is to have the doctor check you for any Stds and also have your partner go get checked for STDs and once both of you are clear, then there's no reason to use condoms. As long as neither of you go have a fling with anyone else on the side, then you are covered.

I raped someone I want to turn myself in immediately. Tell me what I need to do. I need to be punished. I will not say how it happen and why. I can't make up any excuses. I was drunk but it doesn't change anything. The person who was hurt doesn't want to do anything and prefers to just forget and move on, but I can't . I need to be punished and I want to turn myself in. The person wouldn't have to worry about trial or publicity. I just need to know what I have to prepare for.

Hey, I looked at history of questions from your account. Though there may be someone else who used your computer and account, it's more likely it was you. It was previously stated, "I'm a sociopath and a psychopath" but I see no where any mention of being under doctors care. When it comes to something like this, you can't handle it on your own. Your friend needs professional counseling help for what he experienced, and you need to be seeing professional help too, this isn't something you can handle on your own. If you will not go see a therapist or go talk to yours about this, then just call the police and tell them that you want to turn yourself in for committing rape. However, without anyone verifying that they were raped by you, they have no reason to hold you. It may take a mental health profession who is familiar with you and your history to find you a threat to your own safety or safety of others before they would consider putting you in a facility where you are locked away from society if there are such places available.

I wish mt husband didn't smoke. We've been talking about him quitting for some time now and it seems like every time we do, he just gives me some excuse as to why he can't quit at the moment. He always says he'll quit when he's ready and big surprise, he's never ready. There's always some reason or stress as to why he can't quit. Not only is it hurting his health (and mine to an extant), it's an expensive habit that I don't like condoning. Any advice as to how I could help him quit would be much appreciated. Thanks!

That's a tough one. But when it is affecting your health, you have a right and a say as to some rules that you expect him to follow. Its even more important if there are children being forced to be around cigarette smoke. You can tell him to not smoke indoors. And when outdoors, a good distance from windows or doors where it can drift back in. You can't do anything to make him want to quit for his own good. This is an addiction like many others and require the individual wanting to quit. To know how to best support and encourage him, it might be good to look into a support group. I know there are support groups for family members of an alcoholic, so I am sure there must be something like that in Nicotine Anonymous (used to be Smokers Anonmymous) Here is link to their website:
http://nicotine-anonymous.org/

Good luck dear.

I've heard that Child Development is fun but a little bit hard but an assembly we had made it look so boring. Is it fun? Or should I not take it?

If this is a new class available in your school and you're still not sure, it might be best to go have a talk with the teacher who does the class and ask if there are students who've taken it that you can talk to. They didn't have this as far as I know when my kids were in high school. If you are thinking of perhaps going into elementary teaching, or working in a daycare/early childhood development, or even a social worker helping families with children, it would come in handy...or at least taking it would confirm you are more positive that this is the right path for you for college or you discover you don't have the interest you thought you had. I personally don't think an assembly the best way to learn about a class.

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