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Q: My class is looking for really cool saying we can use for our class posters and yearbook entries and stuff. So far all I have is: "Welcome to the class of 2012! At least the world is ending AFTER we graduate! :)"

Can anyone else think of some good ones?
DeVine....

awww you a freshiee...lol
okay sorry just can wait till mah little sis get there...anyway I would give you advice
but it against the rule (everyclass has to make
up there own solagan of the year they are graduating in) however all I can tell you is
think out side the box and be creative...

and I know your probably think what kind of rules
is that just how it was with us in my school year, are class year had to make up our own solagan representing the class...it was fun
it help you get even more connected to others...

Q: Okay, I've been her best friend since sixth grade,and we're in 9th now. and since last year every time she switches her friends to her new boyfriends friends. Like when she dated an emo guy, she was all emo and was only friends with his friends. and now shes dating a football player. and shes all besties with his best friends, who are girls. and sometimes she will invite me to do stuff and talk to me, but just when shes not with them. Shes like their clone. she never even talked to these girls before she dated this guy... so i dont know if i should talk to her about it and just let it go...
Divine...

seem like a case of dis and two-faced
I honestly think that you should just stop hanging out with her...but being the fact that
yall knew each other since six grade then yes
you sit down and have a talk give her a warning
and let her know how she act with others...and if she still be the same way everytime she get a dude
then you shold just do you and let her do what she decide to do...

I only say this cause some people ways changes
for others and for them self that they think
will get the best of their peers attention....

Q: I have a monster hickey! Can anyone tell me how long it might take to go away? It is purple and really obvious so I would like it to go away as soon as possible. If you have had a hickey how long did it take to go away or at least become less noticeable? Can you tell it is my first one? LOL!

Thank you!
Divine...


okay I had a hickey before and mind was so big
that I didn't even had to turn my neck and when word got back to my mom it took me 2 days would have took me 1 day but i was out flaunting it lol any way this is what you do

use cold spoons just put bout 4 or 5 wet spoons in the frezzer and let it get cold for an hour
take one out at a time used one then wet it and put it back in the frezzer and get a another cold one....trust me it works it help me and mind look like I couldn't say it was a punch, mesquitoe, or a pitch.....

Q: I'm going to a college in the fall (Miami of Ohio) where the majority of people are white middle class. I like it a lot but I've heard it's got a pretty big greek life. most of the people that aren't in a frat/sorority join things like student government and other things. I really want to rush a sorority, but I want to get into a good one or not be in one at all. but I don't know anything about it. how do I make myself an asset to the sorority?
I'm really funny (class clown in my senior yearbook), I'm smart (5th in my class of 239, 4.55 GPA), & I'm usually up for a good time. how do I present myself so that the sororities want me? I've heard from people that go there which ones are considered "good" & which ones are kind of lame.
um, please no one judge me about this & if you're just going to tell me it doesn't matter what I get in or sororities are stupid. I'm looking for some real advice & maybe first hand experience. hopefully someone understands me :]
Divine...

Okay for starter go girl....
anyway down to business im not going to tell
you what you want to hear and what you don't need to hear...so my best bet is for you to go visit the school and check out the sorority...if you already have and did or did not check out the sorority then you should get information before rushing so you know that is just the one that you want to rush in...just be on the safe side so you don't regret it....

Q: so i have a huge crush on this boy the year above me in school and when i say huge i mean huge i love him now. he knows i like him and i was thinking of asking him out bt wont to get to know him better first so i was wondering what are some good convo starters that dont make me sound like a nod lol
thanks (:
Divine...


hay there the best way that you can get to know
him is to become friends with him which is good
that where doe you and him can to know each other
and you know what he like from your state of mind and not what some one else s think...
cuase he can be acting a different way around whoever...so againg just become friends with him....and then see where things may go with you and him

Q: 16 female... So this is kinds wierd I got my period on time when I was supposed to and I had it for my usual 5 days but it wasn't as heavy as it usually is but any ways today, two days after my period has gone away I woke up to pee and when I wiped I had blood so basically spotted. Idk why this happened?? What could it be? And if it helps this is my first month on birth control pills. Help!!


Divine...

okay donot panic why?.
casue sometimes your period changes as the season
changes that is why...I really hope this fit to your answer


Divine

Q: okay so, boy crisis.. last night i was with my boyfriend and we were umm, awkward sorry, being intimate lets just say, and well obviously i wasnt completely paying attention to what he was saying but then all of a sudden i heard, or at least i thought i heard him say "i love you" so i was like 'omg omg omg' in my head and said it back, cause well, i kinda do..though i did so rather quietly, but then he said/asked me something random that made me think he didnt actually say it..so now i'm really freaking out for many reasons..

1. did he say it!?
2. if he did, did he hear me or said the random something to avoid the silence and non-response?
3. if he didn't, did he hear me say it, and that's why he said the random something cause he doesn't?
4. i can't just ask him "hey, did you say 'i love you' last night?"
5. did i just completely scew myself over with this!?
Divine...

so im checkin out your situation...and yeah your in a pretty bad situation so as for us girls this is where we weight our options....

you either

1. ask him " and yes I know you can't do that but that the whole point of being mature and not shy about it".

2. you can right him a note and just bring it up
EX: say one or groups of your friends was talking bout the subject of love and you was wondering is there a chance that we caould be.

3.or you can just leave it where it is at " by not saying nothing and just question in your mind what was said and move on from it

however if you do feel the way that you do for him
then you should feel comfotable with just asking him straight up but explain to him so he won't get to thinking the wrong Idea....


Divine

Q: I am in love with someone who doesnt care. there is no one to move on to and i need physical attention so i keep going back to him. I would just have sex with someone else but i just cant do it. i keep going back to the same guy thinking i am going to change his mind bc i think he really does love me back. i have gone long periods of time without talking to him and i miss him i dont want anyone else and i am not happy by myself
Divein...


sometimes move on is the best thing in your situation you have no chice...
but what I think you should do with this time is
just regain your self...and this time with who ever else comes along don't rush or take it slow
you might don't understand so i will explain

why I say don't rush or take it slow casue you can't tell what going to happen each momment so the only thing that best for you to do is just let time tell what right and best for you...

Q: So I'm the type of person that says "I love you" a lot. Like, my family's as dysfunctional as can be, but I always make sure to say it before I leave the house or hang up the phone. I say it to my best of friends whenever I say "bye," and whenever even an acquaintance makes me laugh or does something nice for me, I'm always like, "holy crap, I love you," and I mean it.

I met this guy in late September and we went on our first date less than two weeks after meeting. Because we talked nearly nonstop over text and IM, we were super, super comfortable with each other by the second date. We saw each other unofficially for four weeks and have been officially dating for nearly three weeks. This is my first serious relationship (I'm 16) though he's had a few girlfriends before me (he's 18).

I'm not one to overcomplicate love (obviously). You don't have to love everything about a person to love them. This guy is the sweetest-- he compliments me constantly, isn't afraid of PDA (romantic kisses goodbye, not makeout sessions), would do anything for me, and would never want to intentionally hurt me. He's not "in it to hit it" either-- he knows I'm abstaining until marriage and he's fine with that, and we didn't even kiss until the third date.

What I'm saying is, I know I love him, but is there a clear difference in the love you feel inside when loving someone as a person and loving someone romantically? He makes me happy, and I want to spend every second talking to him and just being with him. And I could not STAND to see him with another girl. But what qualifies love to be romantic rather than loving someone as a person? Have I already crossed it?

Also, how soon is "too soon" to say it? I know his family says it a lot too, and he says it to his family in front of me, so I know he's not uncomfortable saying it. But I don't want to freak him out.

Any advice whatsoever appreciated, or past experiences :) Thanks so much!
Divine....


okay there are three different type of love
you got the casual I love you, serious I love you, and the I'm IN LOVE WITH YOU...


so you really can't tell which one your feeling and till you feel it and I say that it a possibily that your just going through a phase
or you may just be rushing it...which isn't good cause it won't come out the way you may think it will so it better to just let time tell your life
you will know when it the right time just let time tell...and you find out if he the one that you love...but it best to just let time tell and wait to see where things may go....

Q: Okay, I'm an 18 year old gay/male in college. I've been told a lot lately that my flaw is that i have to many friends, and so makes it hard for people to date me. Lately everyone seems to be obsessed with me, i mean i don't want to sound conceited, but it feels like they feel like there something when there around me and like they have to be around me 24/7, but some of the people are just going and starting rumors to get people away so they can hang out with me more with out everyone else. It's been very hard and stressful lately, trying to please everyone and do what everyone wants me to do. I just don' know what to do anymore, its actually gotten so bad, i have to go outside with a different look so no one will notice its me. I just feel like i have the glamor famous life but i don't at the same time. What should i do? how do i just give up most of my friends and have alone time?
Divine_Mine...

you don't have to give up your friends
cause that would be wrong just make a time schdule
like have a day when it just you in your friends hangin out and a day when it you and your boo hangin out you understand....


as far as everything else with the famous life
style just live it but don't follow it as in be incontroll of your life cause you have no choice but to live it but you can always controll it....



Q: Okay so I have realized that whenever my friends and I have a fight, and its my fault, the reason is because I am jealous.

My tendancy to be jealous has ruined my relationship with my ex-bestfriend. And I can see it happening again.
You are probably saying, "well just stop being jealous." or "just be happy for her." but its not like that. its not that easy.

when i make really close friend, i only make one at a time. and lets name her... Sani. okay so sani and i became closer this year. at first i thought she was a a funny, chill, innocentish girl. and sheis... butnow she always talks about boys... and now shes getting closer to other people? and its making me so jealous. and now this really hot upperclass man likes her.

what do i do? i cant talk to her because that would make it soo awkward!
Divine_Mine...


ok this is what you can do
do talk to her explain why...
and it okay to talk bout boys with her
and meet other people and that kind of what you need to do is try to fomr a little group of your own that include there nothing wrong with hanging out with others and with your friend...that how you become social and it seem like to me your friend is just doing her...and you should the same so go talk to her and let her know you are sorry bout your actions....

Q: So I went to go see someone who I had never met before in person, and we had a nice couple of days together...we even kissed and slept in the same bed together (I didn't actually "Sleep with him" though)...he never said anything about being attracted to me or any type of compliment for that matter...and he would reject me trying to give him affection when it wasn't bedtime...this made me become even shyer and less talkative and ESPECIALLY less confident in myself (I don't have a lot of confidence in my looks or personality to begin with)...now that I'm back home, he won't even talk to me...when he's online, he won't say anything to me...I don't understand, and I am very confused and hurt...
Divine_Mine...

I'm going to keep it real....one you should never meet a guy by your self from online always make sure your with someone or tell him to meet you somewhere cclose by your area, however let me put out there you are not ungly at all your gorgeous
or else he never would of came to your page, as for him to be honest you not been what he expected there are few times that I met guys from online in person and they where not what I expected the to be...so you shouldn't worry about it and if it not nothing big with you ad him then you shouldn't be on him all cray...WHY? cause it make you look type crazy and despreate you not like that you can stand on your own to feet and get any guy you want...cause there are plenty more and better to come.....

Q: ok im a 17 female. and my boyfriend is going to be 18 in january. were both virgins and we really want to have sex! weve been together for almost a year. and everytime were together we always carry around my baby brother. like if were alone the adults are super watching us. so my boyfriend started saying just bring your brother. cause everytime hes with us then they kinda give us a little break and stuff. well i get mad cause i dont want him with us every single freaking time! and my boyfriend doesnt find anything wrong with it. well i was complaining to my mom and she says that she can tell me and him want to go further with eachother and he probably keeps my baby brother around to keep his mind off of sex and us being alone cause if we were alone wed probably do something so my baby brother is something to his mind off of us doing stuff. she said thats how guys minds work. well i askd him flat out. and he said thats true, cause he does want to have sex with me but he doesnt want us to get in trouble or anything cause we both agree that we think if we were alone we would probably try to do it. well my question to all you guys is that really how you guys think? if you dont want to have sex cause your still a little scared of the consequences you find something to keep your mind off of it? thanks in advance
hay gurl im sorry that im not a guy but I definetly can give you the answer you looking for....


ok some guys are like that and others just want to take things slow cause they care for you that much that they want to make the momment completely right so if your bf is afraid of the consequence then how bout you guys just go to his place and from my understanding with your family seem to be a lil up tight and protective of you but you have to take a stand cause they are not going to always be there to controll your life so sit down and talk to your mother that you both are ready to have sex and that it nature of life it may don't be on the time that you want it to be but it nature of life they don't understand then still go thrugh with it if you want to...but you should talk to your bf made there are more reason why he don't want to just yet oh and guys will try to find a good reason not to want to get in the momment....


hope this is what your looking for....

Q: 15/f

It's my first year of highschool and I’ve made many friends (mainly juniors). I've been asked out quite a few times which is, to be honest, a weird thing to experience considering I’ve spent the past nine years in a school being referred to as "the tranz" or "the ugly fuck". A little while ago, no more than a little over a month ago, I began going out "dating" my friend. He's a junior and it being that we both had just recovered or somewhat recovered from abusive relationships, well, we understood each other and could empathize completely with each other.
I'm adopted and for some reason when it comes to serious relationships or even just friendships, my abandonment issues tend to lose control and instead of being extremely clingy because I’ve become so attracted to them I do complete opposite and, for a short time, become extremely apathetic towards them . I don’t do this intentionally. It’s difficult to explain but, in short, I try my best to not show how much I depend on them and refrain from smothering them. (even though that’s actually how I feel inside) I do this because I’m afraid they’ll get freaked out and leave me. Almost every guy I’ve been remotely close with has abandoned me for either not getting with them or maybe disappointing them in some way which is natural I suppose but the way I see it is that if they really want to be with me or care about me, they’ll forgive me and stay with me. No guy has ever done that.
So I was dating my friend (like I said he’s a junior and literally has all the freshman and sophomores and even a few seniors on him) and was thrilled because we made each other so happy. But then I went through my stupid little apathy phase and I suppose he became disinterested and we stopped dating and came to the conclusion that we would better ourselves by just remaining very close friends. The feeling was mutual at the time. We dated for over a month and so during that time I actually began to really like him. I still like him and everyday tend to want to be with him more and more. (even if I don’t show it) Lately we’ve gotten closer, physically that is. We’ve held hand throughout a whole entire movie. He’s learned that I moan when I get bitten and so bites me and picks me up all the time. He bear hugs me and puts me so close to his face that my lips skip his cheeks.
A couple nights ago I told him I regret fucking up like I did and apologized for my strange behavior that took place prior to our break up and ask him if he would ever consider giving me another chance and/or if he would ever be interested in me again. His response:
“probably, but if I do I probably won’t act much on it” and “_____, we’ve already discussed this. We tried and it didn’t work out. We had an agreement remember?”
Before dating we agreed not to fuck up our friendship and to just try dating. If it didn’t work out we weren’t going to make a big deal over it. BUT another part of our agreement was that we would never do anything or would never intentionally hurt each other by misleading each other.
My question is: What am I supposed to do if every time we embrace I become closer to kissing him? What does he mean by saying he won’t act on his feelings if he ever wants to date again? He’s saying he won’t give me a second chance. Why, if he’s over it, would he suddenly be so touchy still when we agreed not to mislead each other like that? Is there possibly some way I can move past my abandonment issues? (I always have to wait and see if they’ll actually stay with me and not abandon me but unfortunately that all happened after and most likely the cause of our break up) What reasons could he possibly have to be unwilling to give me another chance?
For anyone who can lend me some advice, I greatly appreciate it and apologize for the lengthiness of this question. It’s difficult for me to articulate my problem in short terms.
hay girl ok for one this was type long...lol but it cool cause im here to help you and from my understanding you are going through the same exact situation that I was in...and how I went about it was finding out what made me feel this
and how I can contorll it so what you need to do is find you reason why action switch up on you every time you get close to someone and learn to controll....so it best that you amd him stay until
handel what goiing on inside of you if care for him the way you do plus this can become a big effect to your personal life style in the future so yes you want to figure out the reason ASAP....before time start to make your every movement...and you be loving stray cats the rest of your life...lol joking....anyway hope everything work out

Q: Hi, I'm a freshman in highschool now (15/f). I'm in honors classes and do a sport each season. But I want to become more involved in the school the community. Any ideas on what I can do or where I should go to start?
hay there are other things like community services
which you are going to need when you get in college so it good to start now and you can go to your consuler about that and if you have like a miltary group as in JROTC then you can also so do that as well theses would be good for you college application....


Q: 15/f

so me and my boyfriend of 8 months recently broke up but its nothing official because we have these bipolar moments where we say we hate each other and the next we're hugging and kissing each other. but he says we need a break because i was "unfaithful" to him 2 months ago. and now people at school have been saying that he is trying to get with this other girl, but i never see them talking or together so i dont even know if this is true. i know he has her number because i saw it in his phone but other than that, i wouldnt even think they knew each other. i really love him alot, there's no way i can possibly move on, there's no one out there for me except him .... so please i need to find a way to get him back and a way to prove to him that i really do love him or make him want me back . PLEASE HELP ASAP !!
broken heart... what you can do is talk to him face to face so that he is looking in your eyes make sure you are showing your feelings even if it consider you breaking down crying in fornt of him let him know that what you did was wrong and you want to fix thngs and make them better you just got to pour your heart out to him like no holding back at all....

if anything else is on your mind
you can always come and tell De'vine_Mind

Q: So we had sex last night and now it feels like my bladder is bruised inside of me. I know this is stupid but I held my pee while we did it because it was a right in the moment thing and I didn't want to ruin it. You know what I mean.

So is that what I did and do I need to go to the doctor about it?
Bladder...ok I did that before and I went to the bathroom right after because my inside was open and it felt like i was going to pee myself so my question is did you go to the bathroom and how long have you been hurting if more then 3 days then i think you should just incase or you can ask your mother that if she know you having sex if not go to someone make sure it a parent or a person who knows what they maybe talking bout see if they can help you or something if they are not giving you that answer that you want to hear then just got to the doctor....

Q: hi 14f


I was wondering how to keep my foundation from fading? i use maybeleen dream mousse foundation, its the wet kind. In dhe morning i put the wet foundation on, than the powder kind. it looks good, but during the day at school i see i can see my pimples and skin come threw. like my skins like a redish color and i use the makeup to cover it,but my face isnt all red just a little on my cheeks and chin.Help me out there? I also wanted to know some sexy makeup ideas usually i wear the gray eyeshadow with purple,blue or green eyeliner, and sometimes over lap them, it looks nice and i get a lot of compliments. I want more! haha i like to look nice, and i want my bf to be proud of his girl. :) i love make up,i don't wear it constantly though. im happy with the way i look..sometimes. tips, ideas and links would be appreciated thanks so much!!!
Makeup...hay okay as far the foundation part
if you got good skin from what your saying just got a few red spots so you should just put that foundation on your red spot so that it can blend in with your nautral color skin since your using the wet kind and powder kind just dab enough of the wet kind on your read spot and put the powder one all around your face not alot just enough to still look like it you face...as far as the eye liner that hot the idea that you got lol...but anyway try different color of eyeshadow where doe you won't need to use so many eye liner on your eye you should at least used to eye shadow or three eye shadow colors on your eye and one eye liner that will bring it out a little more go to goggle.com look under images and check out that artist make up...and you see how some style their make up....

Q: Recently, my friend has been talking about how hot he thinks his teacher his. He keeps saying he fantasizes about her and he worships her. He said he likes walking past her room having excuses just to walk by her and at the end of the day waiting to see her leave, he said he wants to buy the yearbook and school newsaper just to oogle and at any pictures of her in them, saying "pictures of my hot teacher are like what pornography is to other people. Worst of all, he said he wishes she was a pedophile and if she wanted to rape him he'd be all for it, and he also said he hopes her boyfriend dies. This sounds kind of funny but also weird to me. I guess you could find a teacher hot, but still. Is this normal, or has he gone too far?

friend is 16 teacher is about 26
hay okay don't worry to much cause it just a phase that he is going through let him just be the boy he is lol...now when there is physical action being used or if you think later dwon the line physical action will be against your teacher like him wanting to touch her body and may try to one day if he get a chance then you should warn your teacher so that she may deal with it...but as far as that may goes it just seem like he being a normal hormones boy....so no worry

if there anything eles you want to talk about
just leave it in my box and i will get with you right away....

Q: Well I'm a junior in high school, and last year this boy, who flirts a lot with many girls, including me, started to really have feelings for me, and I just blew it off because he was always just play flirting. He finally convinced me he was serious, and I really started to develop feelings for him. I found out he had a girlfriend this whole time, and got mad at him for flirting so much with me. He told me he didn't like her and broke up with her. I really liked him so we started dating over the summer. He started acting very weird and ignoring me after a few weeks, I finally got sick of it and we decided we were going to take a break, which turned into a break-up. We came back to school and he apparently liked a new girl. He still texts me and tells me he misses talking to me, but always changes the subject when it comes to our relationship. He also told me he didn't like the other girl. I don't know what to do because I've tried to get over this boy but I really think I fell in love, and now I'm stuck because I know I should get over him but I cant. I don't know what to do because he obviously has problems with staying with one girl, but i just dont get how he can go from being sooo into me, to this. I'm just miserable and don't know what to do because I dont want to give this up when I know hes the one for me. Please any advice that would help would be greatly appreciated:)
well from they way things sound this is all just high school love when you get older your going to laugh on it, however the best thing you can do which I'll give you choices and explain why

A. you be strong and let him know that if he can't real with you then yall are through

B. you can join the game and what I mean that is
talk to other guys with out him knowing that if your goning to make him your main man/ boyfriend
so when it over you'll may feel the pain but you will have another guy to talk too

C. you can an adult and catch him face to face and talk bout it to him and let him know how it effectin you that way he is acting is becoming over rated....

which ever these choices you feel comfotable with
but make sure you think it over before acting on it....

if you ever have another problems just leave it
in my inbox...and i will get back at you...

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DiVine
I am me a average gril just like you I have this passion of wanting to help others so I came across this site I hope to seek the answer that you are looking for. I been a writer since I was 6 or maybe 7 started of with songs then traveled on into writing poetry I still do those things, however the reason why I want to become an advice columnist cause their is always someone coming to me and telling me what is going on and ask me how do they handle it I be amazed at how I help them and I start to notice that this happen to me more then once and I should make a carrer out of it. So I been told that I have a gift and if it true then I perfer to share it with you.....

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