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what are things you can do for a one year anniversay? (guy who is planning for a girl)


i need to know for my friend so please help asap (link)
take her out for a meal and watch a romantic movie at home in candle light or something


I'm gonna keep this short. I started sumerschool today, met a guy there- started talking. After school we went for a bite to eat and before I know it I'm kissing him and he's my boyfriend!! This is no not like me! Sure I had fun with him today but he is so not my type! Ot maybe he is but there is something that doesnt feel right. He is really sweet and nice and likes me alot (after one day, I know..) But I kinda like this other guy too and I don't know if he likes me but I think I have a chance...So now I'm torn. Should I give the guy I now have known for 10 hours and who is ´my boyfriend appeantly or should I dump him and try going for the guy I actually like??

PLEASE HELP ME!
Thank you! (link)
isnt it obvious, u should ask the guy u actually like out


My boyfriend and I have been going out for 5 months. And while I deeply care about him, that same spark isn't there that there was up until about a month ago. I make excuses so I don't have to go see him when I don't feel like it, and a lot of the time, I don't feel like it.

He started to get on my nerves from not knowing when to stop playing around and being too shy to ever say anything when I'm upset or suprise me with something or be sweet more than on the very rare occasions.

I think its time to end the relationship as it stands now. I still really DO want to remain friends with him though, and I know that usually never happens after a breakup. Especially when the guy is so attached, like it is here. He (although he has difficulty showing it in person, but over IMs and whatnot, it shows -- jeez, computers are taking over our lives and ability to speak, aren't they?) is a LOT more attached to me than I am to him.

How can I word what I want to say to let him down very gently and hopefully keep our friendship? Any other helpful things to add?

PS: School is out for the summer, if that may come into play. (link)
Tell him exactly how you feel, including how much you would like to be friends with him, and hope he wants the same rather than you two going your seperate ways and all that.
If it doesnt work out that way then at least you know you tried.
luck, Shandi


In school I have 2 awesome friends I have known for 10 years...they're basically the best!!! Yes and well one of them is celebrating her 15th birthday a month and about a week from today. Her birthday will be when we go on summer holidays...and we might be going in different clases. We'll still be friends but I really want to make this present special and when it comes to buying gifts I suck. I mean I'll walk around the mall//store about 20 times then end up picking the lamest crap.

Here's a bit about her...thanks:
She's 5'3", a bit girly not much, she wears tee's a jeans, she has a big bust line, a chubby middle (not as fat as me), she's moving during the vacation, she has curly frizzy hair, she fair.

I have no idea what she wants or likes. Plus she's moving so it doesn't matter if you say a cute wall decoration or something. (wall decoration = lame...I know).
And there's no price limit relly maybe $300 or something..but no clothes or bras please lool. thanks alot!!! (link)
Why dont you make her something that revolves around her and your friendship. Maybe get pictures of all the things she loves and make a big colarge and include pics of you and her friends.


Okay, I am a 14 year old girl who recently started using tampons[[okay like two days ago]] My question is- is it suposed to hurt a little when you pull it out? Is it natural? or is it simply becuase im not used to it? please let me know. if it helps i will have my period for two years july 2nd. (link)
it's normal, your just not use to them yet, you will be in time just keep using them even if they do hurt for a while


This guy and I we have always had a connection through the way we smile and the look in our eyes, we knew we had a connection but we never told each other whats more, we didnt talk alot.
At the prom I asked him whether he ever had a cush on me, he said he did for a year or so but then 'he got the feeling we were just friends' I thought that meant he stopped having a crush on me. My friend on the other hand said 'whattt no!! that means he wasnt getting the right signals from you'..so im perplexed to what he meant by that...i never asked him whether he still had a crush on me, but through the prom he kept holding onto me asking me to dance and impulsiveley kissing me on the cheek...do u think theres something there?? what do u think he meant? anyways take care xxx (link)
I think there's something there, if you likehim alot then you should talk to him and tell him, then you can find out exactly how he feels
luck, shandz


Ok well one of my friends is like the hugest flirt ever, and her parents are stricter then ever and she still hooks up with guys. I am starting to get really annoyed because she likes a new guy everyday. See what i dont understand is my parents dont care if i have a boy friend but i dont!! I am soo shy to anybody i like, But i am not shy at all to guys i only like as friends. I just want to be more flirty and have the perfect guy. Any suggestions? (link)
practice on your guy friends it'll make you more confident so you'll be able to flirt with the guys you fancy


I've been going through a lot the past couple month (serious knee injury, parents splitting up, gramma dying) and im gonna talk to my priest about it. I am very comfortable talking to him, but i dont know what to say. I can tell him how I feel .. but what will that do? idk im so confused, HELP ME (link)
sorry about your grandma dying and parents splitting up i no its not nice to have to deal with almost all at once but if you feel you can talk to your priest then you should, he's not gonna care what you say or how you say it it's not gonna matter to him if you cant find a place tostart, just see him and see what comes out when you open your mouth.
XxXshandiXxX


Okay, so this guy that i`ve been wit` since we met jus` recently broke up. We were together for 15 1/2 months. He took me back everytime I cheated or anythin` like that. But, this time, he broke up wit` me. He said he loves me still, && that we`ll get back together "soon". But, right now he has "too much drama" && "not enough time" for a girlfriend. I love him so much && I want him back. This all happend 4/21. Everytime I talk to him..I cry on the phone..off the phone, or whenever I think about him. I want him back. I feel like no other guy is worth my time, but him. He`s my everythin`. I jus want to know how I would be able to start the "soon" process.

oh by the way..he`s livin` wit` lesbians && he gets mad when I talk to ANY of my guy friends. But i`m perfectly fine wit` that. I`ll stop talkin` to EVERY guy, jus` to have him back.

HELLPPp!!

i rate..GOOD! (: (link)
well you obviously dont want him as much as you think or say if you cheated on him more than once when you had him, however it takes things like these to make people realise what they had and how lucky they were to have them. my advice is you should give your ex as much time as he needs and be his friend for now. he will appriciate it .
XxXshandzXxX


k so heres the problem. i like this guy..he likes my best friend as much as i like him which is ALOT! my friend said that i could have him cause she just wants to be friends with him but then him and her text message each other all the time. i wanted to know what the texts said so when she was in the shower i read them. he asked her when he was gonna get the first kiss from her and he called her beautiful and things like that. she replyed that he is gonna have to work hard to get and she called him sexy. she knows i like him. i liked him before she started talking to him. but one thing i dont get is why she still lies to me when she clearly knows that i know she is starting to have feelings for him. she send him the texts right when im sitting next to her. then on friday night me, her, him and his friend hung out. and i could tell that he liked my best friend ALOT! so i decided that if he really wants her im not gonna get mad over it even though i am jealous. but i could see that if they did go out then it really wouldnt work out just because there way too different. like she flirts with EVERY guy that she comes across of and he is one of those guys that like long relationships. so i think once he finds out what she is REALLY like then he wont like her. i feel really bad for saying this but idk. i just really like him. she and her bf just broke up last night so i think he is gonna ask her out real soon. but if they do go out i dont know how that would feel for me. i dont know.. what should i do?!?!?



ILL RATE REALLY HIGH =) (link)
just so you know i don't do this for the rates and stuff, i just like helping people. right anyway, i think in this situation you should tell your friend how you feel about all this, trust me it'll help, and if she genuanly likes him too then i think you should let her go out with the guy when he likes her back.
i know it seems suckish but its the right thing
hope this helps
XxXshandzXxX


15/f- Okay so theres this guy, Ryan. Hes one of my friends cousins, and Lives like 2 hours away from me. I met him last summer, and ever since then, we hang out everytime hes in town. Well usually when we hang out, theres a little flirting and stuff, like we bicker back and forth and stuff like that, but when we hung out time before last, he wrote me this big long not on my cell phone about how he hoped I didnt think he didnt like me because of the "fighting" because he did. Well I didn't know whether to take that as he liked me as a girl friend or friend. Well he was over here last night with 2 of his friends, and we were all hanging out. We started cuddling and holding hands and stuff. When he was leaving, we were standing by his car and he had his hands around my waist, and we almost kissed, but my mom ruined it lol... well anyways, neither of us will really take the first move. I would, but its been like a year and a half since I've made out with anyone, so I'm afraid I'm gonna suck at it again. Its like starting all over for me. And I'm scared he'll pull away, because I misread the signals or something. I don't know. But I'm starting to like him a lot, and he said he liked me when we were laying outside. So I just dont know what to do. He'll be here in 3 weeks again. Any advice? Please, anything would help. (link)
when you next see him just ask him out, im sure he'll say yes and that way he will know you like him and will know its cool with you if he kisses you


Lizzie Gracie and Nermonie are in a big fight. Nermonie and Gracie are on the same side. Nermonie got a hold of Lizzie's diary and photocopied the page that had all the guys she'd love to date on it then made flyers with her biggest secrets and that list and handed them out to everyone in our grade. It didn't stop there. Nermonie and Gracie made a rumor that Lizzie and her sister masterbate together and finger each other. Everytime Lizzie walks down the halls all the guys hold up a finger and say " Hey Liz, we worship you, " or something like " Finger your sister latley? " Its gotten way outta hand. I asked gracie what her deal was, and she said " Nothing, Lizzie didnt do anything. I just dont like her" Lizzie is my best friends, and I wanna help her. She cries everyday, shes sucha strong person, and very sweet to everyone, but with everyone giving her the dirty looks, holding up the fingering sign, talking bad about her to her face she just cant take it.


I wanna know what I should do to help, everynight I called her and she cries to me for hours about what somebody did to her that day. How can I end this, she never did anything. Please help (link)
tell nermonie and gracie they are losers and need to stop being so mean to lizzie, tell them that they are soo immature for photocopying stuff from her diary. try to support lizzie as much as you can, let her know she can count on you. the rumors and stuff should die down soon.
hope your friends ok,
~shandi~


So I am a "couch potato" so to speak, but I actually just plain don't like exercise. For 5 years I have not done anything besides being forced to in gym class. How do I start exercising again? I want to focus on running. (link)
just get out there and do it! it will feel so good. the hardest part is actually standing up and going outside, once you've done that it gets much easier and you will want to do it.
hope this helps
~shandz~


I was at my friends house awhile ago i live right next to her.. well anyways we was sitting there watchin tv then she said she was going to sleep then she kept looking to see if i was still there when she looked asleep I went home and got on here and now she is on the internet like 2 minutes after i get on..Why won't she just tell me she don't wnat me there.. i mean dang it hurts more worst when she just lies to me.. (link)
maybe she was just bored of hanging out - i get like that sometimes - and she wanted to be alone so she tried to hint it in a nice way so she didnt hurt your feelings, if it starts happening more often then talk to her and say if she wants you to go then she can just tell you without you getting offended.
&hearts
~shandi~


Okay guys, heres the delimma or whatever.. My friend said that the guy I have liked for a while said he won't go out with me or any other girl at my school because he can get hotter girls elsewhere, the guy I liked said he didn't, but hasn't talked to me in person since I've found that out. The friend who told me is confident the guy I like said that.. he says he heard the guy I like say it. BUT the guy I like, well he just doesn't seem the superficail/shallow type. BUT then again my friend has never lied to hurt me, he hates to see me all emo and stuff.. So my question is who should I believe-the cutie pie I like, or the brother like friend? (link)
you should always trust your friends over the guys you like, no matter how hott or how sweet they look and seem


my bestfriend and her boyfriend broke up they have been together for about a year and 2 months or so.. she's really down about it.. what could i do to cheer her up? (link)
show her your there for her and help her through this. Also you can try taking her mind off it by taking her on a fun trip into town or to a theme park or something, she'll appriciate it.

~shandi~


I have started dating this guy a few weeks ago, and we have fun when we go out, when we hang out and everything. I just cant seem to make him want to have sex with me. I am very beautifull, but I do have very small boobs. (A cup) I am going to be 21 in a month, and I really like him and want to have sex with him. We can be totally naked with eachother and making out, but he just doesnt seem to want to do it. He knows that I want to have sex with him. WHen we make out he wont touch me down there and he also sometime looses his erection. Im not sure if he just doesnt like me or what? hmm well thats about it. some good advice is needed (link)
talk to him and ask him whats up. he might have a good reason about not whating to have sex.


I like a person named Travis now and he is younger than me....we get along fair...but not as well as i want you know i mean not to fast but i don't want to be friends all my life either. Anyway the other day trav was over at my house and we were jumping on the trampoline and he gets a rope and whips me on the legs with it...could he be flirting with me? anyway so were talking and i kick him and he jumps on top of me and starts like squising my face cheeks and stuff like he's hurting and tonight...he said you really hurt me and so i kissed my hand and put on his cheek and he just looked at me and smiled....then i took his hand put it on his mouth and put it on my cheek and he just smiled and looked at me for like 2 minutes and i said what are you looking at.....and he took a minute and said the window.."from what i told you do you think he likes me?" "do you think he's gonna be a wife beater." please tell me your advice.
(link)
It seems like he really likes you but you should tell him not to be as rough with you, as he probably has sussed you like him he will be glad you brought it up so he knows it hurts you and he knows to stop.

~shandi~


Okay, theres this kid. Lets call him JAR, now jar really likes me; a lot. And well, I don't really like him. But the thing is that he would pay someone $10 for my phone number or beat up anyone that said something mean to me. He offered to buy me a new phone .. and got my chocolates, and a bear and calls me ALL the time.

Okay, now my boyfriend. Lets call him AREO(don't ask) now, areo never says things like that. I've gotten chocolates before, and cute little love notes from him like "From the first time I saw you .." kind of notes. He just doesn't give me a lot of stuff. But does that mean he doesn't care? I mean, he loves to skate he's out skating most of the time and he doesn't have a cell. So sometimes its hard for him to call.

Thats the thing. Who likes me more? Theres a 99% chance that I'm not going to go out with JAR, but I feel bad for him. For all I know his room could have my face all over it. He really likes me. But so does AREO. Nobody really likes JAR. So it would be kind of embarrassing to go out with him, and I don't want to. I like AREO, but sometimes I have my doubts of him.

ugghhh, help? (link)
if you don't like 'Jar' then you shouldn't dump your bf for him, just because your bf isn't as obssessed over you it doesnt mean he doesnt care and his popularity shouldn't really come into it.



ok well i was w/ my boy for a couple months but he lives so far away we never get to see eachother. so even though we both (really) love eachother, we knew that at least for now until high school was over we'd have to break up. but ever since not much has really changed. like since we both still love eachother we still act like we're going out. and now i'm like so excited cause he got accepted to the same camp i signed up for this summer, so we're gonna see eachother there. i know things are gonna happen between us..i'm just asking that even though we arent together anymore, its only because we cant' be. so since we still love eachother so much and plan on getting back together later, is it ok for us to do..those things (we'll be safe) this summer???? thank you i'll rate high for good answers!!! (link)
i think it'll be o.k, cos it is kinda still like your both going out and if your sure your gonna get back together. Tho wouldn't it be easier if you just got back together? if your gonna be seeing each other and hanging out sometime it makes sense if you did.
~shandz~




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