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hey. yeah. i keep it real, and i'll try to help out annyway with annythin i can. im Em, and im a pretty smart chick. im a preddy good person, you know the type you would let babysit ur kids. dont take me for granted. i k how to rock it and keep it kool. w/o all the drugs and tequila. go ahead, ask me. ill anser. cuz u k im good lik that ;)

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Any ideas on how do I put up my hair so i can decrease my acne from the oils of my hair? It's so hard to keep it up because first of all, It'll put a dent on my hair and my hair will forever have a dent in it and second of all, it's hard to put up your hair when you have serious amounts of acne

well, first of all, it is an extreamly important thing that you wash your hair with shampoo every single day. people normally say to not wash it everyday, but if your hair is oily, it shouldnt be a problum. there are lots of acne things you can do- obviously washing your face at LEAST once a day, the proactive stuf works- the natures cure stuf works- stuf lik that is always a good idea to try. make sure to wash both your hair and your face at least once a day, and its a good idea too see a dermatologist.
and depending on your hair volume and length, messy buns are fast and easy and i do not think there is annything rong with them. it would also be a good idea to sleep with your hair up, to prevent oils from resting on your face. just experiment infront of the mirror to see what looks good.
hope i helped
luv emi

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this isn't a question, it's a request-but please don't delete it.
Can people please stop finishing every answer with "hope i helped" obviously you hope you helped, and whether you say that or not doesn't change whether you actually DID help. please, for everyones sake just answer the question!

hey-
you have obviously been getting a lot of shit for your 'request'
no offence, but you kind of asked for it.
like everybody is saying, it is kindof stupid that you posted this when you probly knew it wouldnt work.

hey, i get what you are saying. it can get kindof irritating when people just say that so they can get higher ratings, but people are gonna do what they want to do.

i personaly say i hope i helped so people know i was actually trying to help.

people do anser the question. its just a nice gesture to add to the end

sortof some type of closure

haha i have a very extream erdge to say i hope i helped

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Sometimes when I don't wear a bra like my nipples start hurting.
are they sensitive or what
Cause its annoying haha.

Also Lace bras hurt too

well if your nipples are hurting that either means your bra is to small or you are supposed to be wearing one but arent
its from the friction of them rubbing on the cloth
wear a bra haha

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Alright this guy I've known since September, we dont have any classes together except an after-school elective. ive noticed he flirted with me a lot, but i didnt take it too seriously since a lot of guys do that, and he kinda has a flirty personality. well recently on a school field trip he was like seriously flirting with me and its relle obvious he like worships me, like 10 people approached me and said that, even this girl he asked out a few years ago, and she said he acted the same way around her. hes really sweet and all, and funny, but hes never, ever serious, and i sincerely have no physical attraction to him at all. i know hes gonna ask me out soon and i cant help but think that if he was good looking id give him a chance. hes not exactly the coolest kid, but he has a bunch of friends. i dont know what to do. id feel horrible if i rejected him, cuz hes my friend and all. what should i do?

hey-
there really is nothing you CAN do
if you arent atracted to him and you dont like him that way, then, you just dont like him that way.
if/when he asks you out, just tell him you only think of him as a friend. hopefully he will get over it, keep being friends with you, and not be too upset
hope i helped
luv emi:)

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I need some good date ideas that aren't totally expensive. I was thinking bowling and dinner, anything under 70 bucks a date - cause thats as much as I can afford right now..... I know, I'm cheap - but I'm getting a job soon, so that wont be too much of an issue soon enough.

ice skating doesnt cost too much, and its normally really fun, even if you dont know how, as long as youre willing to try
swimming is a good idea, but its obviously way too cold
movies are always fun, plus they never have akward monents, unless its really sexual...
going to the zoo is ok, sence its free... even if it sounds kindof childish its actually really fun
the mall is kool because EVERYONE can always find something at the mall
well hope i helped
luv emi:)

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whenever i masterbate it feels good. but then i get this feeling thats like telling me to stop. is that normal?

yeah- it is normal to feel sortof discusted or guilty even though it feels good
u used to get that feeling too
it just takes a while to get used to
hope i helped
luv emi:)

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14/F

okay, so, i'll be blunt. i want a boyfriend....no, wait, scratch that, i NEED a boyfriend. There are many guys i'm interested in my school, but they don't seem to be interested in me. I don't know what to do. I'm shy, short and i don't think im all that good looking. but what girl doesn't think that about themselves? all of my friends have boyfriends... many infact. My very best friend is workin on her 8th...but this last one is steady (already 7 months!!), one of my other friends has a date practically every weekend, and i just feel lonely. I asked someone out in 7th grade so he would stay out of harms way with another girl who was gonna ask him. (the fact that i liked him too helped), but knew then that i wasn't ready becuase we didn't do nething, infact, we talked even less when we were "dating". well, i'm ready now. I'm so tired of being the third, fifth, or even 11th wheel. I want someone to hang out with and taht will like me for me, and will want to do stuff (like go to the movies or dinner or somethin). How do i get these guys, or any guys to notice me?? please remember, i'm shy...oh yea, and i NEVER want to ask out another guy as long as i live (except for turn-about)!

I really want a good break, so quick advice would be very appreciated and helpful!

thanks so much, and sry this is so long

you sound really... despreate
the thing to do is to just let thigs flow...
no reason to get so hyped up over not having a boyfriend... as for the "but what girl doesn't think that about themselves",
i dont think that way about myself

i think you have more of a cofidence problum than a no boyfriend problum
talk to your friends about hanging out at the mall just you guys

dont be despreate
guys want chickas who are sortof picky

and i feel ya with the lonly thing but i mean once you have a boyfriend that you are going steady with, you really REALLY miss the single life.
so consider yourself lucky, because you can do annything you want to.
you probly are like "wow that wasnt much help"


but it will be:)
luv emi

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(15/F) I'm not one who likes to sleep and the dark circles under my eyes give it away. I'm not looking for make-up, but more of a solution. Are there any specific foods or vitamins that could help and how long until I see any changes? I've had dark circles for years, so would that make it hard to reverse?

if you have permanent dark circles, it probly means the vessles under your eyes leak, and sence skin under the eyes is so thin, it makes it dark
i have dark circles under my eyes as well, and i know you said you werent looking for makeup, but a light cover up might make your skin look a lot better
just a few little dots under your eyes inthen blending it in dramaticly improves the circles
it only takes maby 3 minits, and you can find some cover up very cheep. you would be suprised how natural it looks
hope i helped
luv emi:)

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I told my best (male) friend that I wouldn't sleep with him. We had been friends for 3 years and really cared about each other. I felt that he was my "soul mate". The problem was that he is trapped in a bad marriage- really bad. They have nothing in common and fight constantly. People say they are like oil and water. I almost think he is afraid of her. They have never had kids and she is older than him with two grown kids who are heroin addicts. lt time I saw him he hinted we should fool around. I told him that as long as he were married I wouldnt sleep with him. Now he wants nothing to do with me. So does that mean he was never intending on leaving her and just wanted an affair? Because I think he really did care about me but is too scared to leave her. She is very vindictive. I know how unhappy he was with her because I could see the pain in his eyes when he was with her at social functions so if you think he's staying with her becuase he loves he it's not true.

i dont know wht his problum is
you probly dont want to hear this- but maby you just 'saw the pain in his eyes' because you wanted to. it sounds like to me you care a lot about him. it also sounds like he has a lot of things he needs to work out right now, and it isnt up to you weather or not he divorces his wife. maby you should give him some time- he is obviously off his rocker sence he doesnt want annything to do with you.
maby he does love his wife. maby it is painfull, but maby he still wants to try to make it work. maby he got angry at you because he didnt like that you thought he was someone who would do that. i dont know, im not in your life, but atleast it sounds reasonable?
hope i helped
luv emi :)

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So, for Christmas I had every intention of buying my boyfriend of five months an iPOD shuffle. [The new one, the one with the clip.] I pawned my alto saxophone, and got $150 for it. I gave my parents half of the money that I had gotten. So I had $75 left, and had an extra $35 to spend. I bought the shuffle for $80 and I had $30 left over. So, I wanted to get him the FEAR computer game. Which is $30. I have enough money for it, but my sister & mom are getting mad because they don't think I should be spending that much money on him.

He bought me a $70 pearl necklace and is buying me more, we made our price range $110. Everytime I ask them to take me to the store to buy it, we'll get into a huge argument about spending too much money, but I want to buy it for him. What can I say to defend myself?

Thanks mucho.

well, it is really sweet that you want to buy him so much stuf to make him happy...
but have you ever thought that maby HE cant afford to get you so much stuf back?
and it IS human nature to feel akward when someone gets you more expencive things than you get them.
you shouldnt have to give away your owne things to get him stuff... it is your money, but i can see why your fimly would be so concerned...
i can see that you want to buy the stuff for him, but arent you taking it a little extream? save some of that money for his birthday or something.
maby you should buy yourself a little something as an award for being able to give so much to other people
hope i helped
luv emi:)

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see heres the deal. my ex boyfriend and i are amazing together i love him but of course there are things about him that bother the shit outa me. but me and him are gettin bak together. i've been thinkin about the future alot lately and i dont like the way i've been thinking. see.... and him and his dad all hang out alot of the time! his dad is THE shit! well i've been thinkin about the perfect man for me, and the perfect man is.... his dad! his dad is 34 yrs old! hes the greatest. now dont think his dad is a petafile and dont think im into the older men, cuz normaly im not. i mean i dont wanna b with his dad but his dad is everything i've ever wanted to b with...... is that normal? cuz it makes me feel uncomfortable. and im not sure if i sould b worried or not

staceys mom
has got it goin on
shes all id ever want and ive waited for so long
stacy cant you see your just not the girl for me
i know it might be rong but im in love with staceys mom


well sence i said that... i should probly anwser your question sence that was kindof rude of me... i mean i dont even know you so i dont know if that made it worse or if you started laghing...
im sorry

yeah that has happened to me before. it doesnt mean you are into older men or annything, and even if you were, that isnt really that bad unless you try to get with one...
it isnt rong that you like an older guy...
but it is kindof rong that you are getting back with your x and you like that perticular older man.
sence you are getting back with your xboyfriend, it might be a good idea just to stay away from his dad... like if he wants you to eat diner with him and his dad try to steer away from that
nah you dont have nnything to be worried about it might even just be a phase. it was for me...
again no hard feelings bout stacys mom
hope i helped
luv emi:)

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This is my 3rd and hopefully final sick question.
Okay, so Tuesday I left school around 9 because I felt sick. I didn't get sick but I started to feel much better around 11ish. Around 5ish I went to Target to pick up some ginger ale and to get some fresh air. Probably a bad move on my part. I got a stomach ache, but not a bad one. The following morning I felt sick, stayed home from school, got sick around 7:45 was fine by 8"30. Lost the sick feeling by 11ish again. I had one last thing to pick up so I went to target again but this time around 4. I returned home around 5. Ate some crackers and the queasy feeling came back. Why am I giving you these details? My question is - how come from waking up-11ish I feel like crap, but after that I start to feel fine. And I'm sure the reason I get queasy later is because I've gone out.
I don't think I'm contagious because I've been around people and none of them have gotten sick (then again, you never know). So right now I'm wondering, is there any reason why this may be happening. I know it's probably just your assumptions, but it's nice to know. I know that vomiting/fever/runny nose etc is going around and when my mom had it monday night-tuesday afternoon she had talked to her doctor and the doctor said to let it run its course. But I'm kind of weirded out that between 11-probably 4ish I feel fine but any other time I feel icky. Also that when I sleep I don't wake up until my sisters alarm clock goes off around 5:30.

So does anyone have any ideas why this is going on. Or is this something that only a doctor can answer. I'm looking for experiences or something, not necessarily why, but possibilities.

Also, I know I'll probably end up vomiting it up, but I'm REALLY thirsty. So I've been drinking some ginger ale and at this point I don't care if it comes back up. Is that a bad thing? And once the ginger ale is gone (I have about half a water bottle full) Is water the next best thing?

I know this is my 3rd question on the subject, but it's really starting to weird me out. Thanks to those who answer and who have answered the previous 2.

OK first of all it takes well over a week to spread most sicknesses, and you probly just have a weak strein of the flu.
if it really was a concern, the doctor would have wanted to see you. yea, water is the next best thing to ginger ail, infact it is BETTER than ginger ale...
it just kinda tastes bad/wierd/like nothing
and you would probly drink more ginger ale
well do what the doctor sais... just wait it out because the doctor knows WAY more than anny of us...
and drink losts of fluids and get pleanty of sleep
hope you feel better soon
luv emi:)
ps: you arent pregnant if you are a virgin

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for a while now i've been thinking that i may have ocd. heres some of the little things i do, and if i don't do them then i want to cry and my stomach starts to hurt and i feel so guilty.
-when i eat something colored, such as m&m's, i have to eat them in a certain order. like all the reds. then all the greens. or red, green, red, green.
-when i lay on my back i HAVE to cross my right ankle over my left.
-when i shoot a freethrow i dribble it 3 times and then spin, drop, spin, drop.
-i have to take out my right contact, then left.
-when i eat noodles, i have to eat three at a time.
-when i eat something i try to eat it in numbers so that when theres quite a few left, the number left is how many letters there are in the name of the guy i like.
-i have to sleep on my left side.
-i HAVE to drink my coke with a straw, even if its in a can.
-i have to put my right rubberband on my braces before i put my left one on.
-i have to straighten the left side of my hair before the right side.
-whenever i pop a pimple, puss has to come out of it. [gross, i know.]
-when i stand, i have to bend my leg so i appear shorter than i really am.
-i save ALL my receipts and put them in order from the date of the receipt.
-i have to save all the little tear off price things from price tags.
-i have to save all my movie tickets and put them in order of the theater i was in.
there's more..but it's hard to explain some of them. do any of you think this could be a sign of OCD? i've told my mom, but she thinks i'm kidding, and it's making me upset. but maybe i'm just overthinking..? what do you think?
♥ megan

hey i feel you on the mom thing
i told my mom i had the over-sweating thing and she thought i was just trying to get medication
but yeah- i do think you have ocd- it might not be as serious as some cases though. some people go to mental facilities because it takes them 30 minits to make sure their dinner plate is in the right spot and turned the right way, BEFORE the food is placed on it
it would make sence to go to the doctor, but like the other person said it doesnt seem like something that really affects your life.
now if you were failing english because your handwrighting was bugging you too much, then THAT would be a real problum.
its not that wierd or annything if you have ocd, but it isnt something you want to have sence it IS a type of dissorder.
hope i helped
luv emi:)

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14/f

Hi everyone,

Okay so heres the issue. I've masturbated maybe 5 times when im horny and i feel absolutley nothing. What feels good to me is like punching my area of my lower stomach around my bladder area. It doesnt matter if i have clothes on or not it just feels good. but i can never orgasm. and i cant get the good feeling from that after i pee or for a while after i pee. I think my bladder has to fill up a little or something for the feeling to happen. But acutally touching myself down there, and my clit, feels like nothing. Whats wrong with me!!!

xo

well, theres not really annything rong with you
i feel your pain haha
i dont really know where the bladder thing comes from i get that too...
wierd, huh?
but hey yeah maby that type of thing doesnt really work for you.
this might seem kindof grose, but maby if you use other cylinder-shaped objects?
i dont know hope i helped
luv emi:)

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My boyfriend wants a gift.

He wants it to be something that he can carry around.

And he has also recently said he wanted the something to have my name on it... like a bracelet... but something more masculine.

Any ideas?


have you asked him if he had annything imperticular in mind?

there are a lot of places like at the mall that imbroider names in baseball caps and things

he would also probly like it if you got him dog tags with the your names in them

both of those would be easy to carry around

guys can be really hard to get gifts for sometimes, so
maby you can call one of is friends to help you?

hope i helped
luv emi:)

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14/f

i messed up with my boyfriend. i feel horrible.

ian and i have been going out for 3 months now. i just told him something big about my life that i think he should've known. i told him that i have cut myself before. he flipped out.

he also said that he was gonna end the relationship until i can prove to him that i really want to stay in it (from something else that i did i think). what can i do? talking to him on the phone wont help.

any ideas on what i should do?

um...

why would he think that you didnt want to stay in the relationship because you told him?

in what way did you mess up? did you tell him it was because of him or something? holy crap

hes an asshole. it must have tooken some guts to tell him that(i would know, but im not gonna go there)and he practicly threw it in your face.

you THINK it was because you did something else? how bout you ask him why?

if he cant understand that you confided in him with something really important and scary, you shouldnt even try to get back with him.

hope i helped
luv, Emi:)

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Okay, so after i take a shower
I blow dry my hair and straighten it
and my scalp is really dry
and now my hair comes out easier..



AHHH
what do I do?
i know im now balding.

well it might not just be because of how you dry your hair and stuff... there's a lot of reasons people loose hair. if people dont get the right nutrients it can make you hair fall out. so can stress and really tight hair-tie things. there is probly treatments to use on bald spots in drug stores... hope you figure out whats rong ;)
dont worry, it will probly grow back soon

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Well April 3rd will make it 3 years I got my period and this is my 2nd time for the year i've got it. This year was really hetic for me and the first time I got it this year, my grandma got really got sick. So in the first time in almost 3 years I got cramps. It has never really happened b4. So today I stayed home and got this nasty diarhioea. (spelt wrong). So I also vomitted this morning and my mom tells me that when I get married the cramps will ease up and then she says when you have your monthlys your body is cleaning yourself out so it will happen. I used midol and it helps but I was wondering...is my mom talking bout the sex? Does sex ease the cramps? And does your body really need to clean out during your period?

cramps are normal, but i dont think its normal for them to make you through up. you should go to a doctor. there could be something else rong. just tell your mom that you would feel better if you went to the doctor sence it had never happened before and yeah. and i dont really think that once you have sex it gets better. my mom complains about it sooo much its really annoying but she never through up. and yes, your boby does clean out somewhat, but thats not what cramps are. cramps are from the egg moving along and causing muscle contraptions. maby you should talk to a school nurse about it, because i know for a fact cramps shouldnt make you through up. well hope i helped

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I babysit my niece and nephew once a week and when I do they won't listen to a word I say what do I do?

ok i had the same problum when i was babysitting. i decided to give them rewards. the first one to get done with this gets to choose what we watch on tv... the first one who eats all of there diner gets a peice of candy... stuf like that. there more willing to cooperate when theres something in it for them. well hope i helped ;)

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okay is it true that your boobs can become deformed if youre wearing a bra cup size too small..? cuz mine tend to hurt after a while and i think my bras getting a little small.. cuz im like right between an a and b.. and its really difficult to find a nice bra.

lol i hope its not cuz i didnt change my bra sise intill recently... i went from a a to a c lol um no thats not true they dont get deformed, bras just dont work that well when there 2 small. you could get those playtex ones that are like nearly b well hope i helped ;)

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