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If you were to break up with your boyfriend what would you say to do it? weve been going out for 5weeks and hes already said the 3letter word and "loves me" and the feeling isnt mutual so what should i say .. im not asking to give me a whole conversation lol bc i can do that myself just give me some ideas of stuff to say. i dont wanna hurt his feelings but if i keep going out with him when the feelings arnt mutual im just making myself unhappy. please help!! i rate high!

Just say something like "I don't like you as a lover, only as a friend" or the crummy friends line "I think we should just be friends." Just say something along that line! Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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ok i have this ex who is always trying to get back with me but is also always hitting me and leaving marks. I know it makes me sound stupid but i still keep coming back to him, i cant help it i still like him. Is there any advice someone can give me out there and by the way this is monkeygirls friend not her!!

You don't deserve a guy like that! Try to stay away from him. Try not to think about him so you won't go back for him. If a guy hits you, it means that they don't care about you. Seriously, stay away from him. Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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I have brown hair a little past my shoulders, and I was wondering what are some cool haircut ideas? Does anyone have any pictures?

Umm, people, she said she wanted some hairCUT ideas, not hairSTYLES. Well you could get it cut a few inches and have your bangs angled. I don't know where you find pictures online but you can look in some magazines or you can go to a hair salon and look at pictures there! Sorry if I didn't help!
-Karen

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I'm having a New Years Eve party at my house tonite and we want to make dirt. Like, the stuff with the oreo cookies and stuff. I don't know how to make it, and I need to buy ingredients for it. I'm going shopping soon, so please answer fast!
Thanks

I did a Google search for "Dirt (food)" and here's one link that I found: http://foodhacker.info/recipes/dirt.html. It didn't say anything about gummy worms but you can just add them because I'm pretty sure that's how you make it. Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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Okay heres the deal, I have this huge crush on this guy and he already knows and since hes known hes been extra nice to me (i guess hes trying to make me feel special or something which is nice but whatever)anyway he got mad at me because my friend called him like a millon times when I wasnt looking on my house phone and he knows my last name but thats all cleared up now because i talked to him and now were friends again. I have his cell # and home phone # so Im asking....Is it okay if I call him? ~Jacki

Yup, it's alright to call him, why wouldn't it be? Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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I am sick with the flu and my grandmother want to give me some medicine that they used to use in her childhood days.Viniger and greentea.how can i get out of this?quick i am getting my next treatment in 30 minutes!

Actually, that does work! Why don't you just take it so you can feel better? Well if you don't want to take it, just tell your grandma that you don't want to. If she still wants you to take it, pretend that you sipped it and then spit it out in the sink! Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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i going skating with my boy friend tonight and i am going to wear some cute blue jeans with some top thats where i ned yalls help here is your chocies a jaket thats like a burgedy that says Abercombiewith the zipper pulled haft way down and you see a whit shirt or a orange that says Hollister zipper pulled haft way down with white shirt?????? any other ideas
Tanks
~~~SCM~~~

Just pick the outfit that you like best! I like your idea, it sounds cute! Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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omg i dont have that much of bad acne but like its get worst and incressing the party i go to tonight i am just wearing like make up and stuff but when the make ups off whats the best way t o treat it???
help me

Go to your local store and buy Seabreeze Astrigent! It helps get rid of acne a little bit. Putting toothpaste over your zits helps reduce the redness of them. You can't actually get rid of your acne in one day. Just cover it up with concealer or cover up! Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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My friend told my other friends that this kid likes me, but i don't like him. I like someone else. I don't want to hurt his feelings because i know how it feels. What should i do?

Just talk to him and tell him that you don't like him as a boyfriend but only as a friend because you like someone else. What ever you say to him will hurt him but don't worry. Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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What are some good gift ideas for a guy youve only been going out for 3weeks? nothing too big or nothing too little. please and thank you :)

Well what is your boyfriend interested in? You could get him a jersey, a burned CD of his favorite songs, a DVD, you could take him to a movie and then to a movie, you can give him a gift certificate to his favorite store, and so many other ideas! Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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okay i have this boyfriend now and lets call him Kyle well kyle told me he loved me and that he always will well i dont feel the same so im gonna break up with him. but we havnt exchanged christmas presents yet bc hes been in flordia so i dont want him to give me a present and then break up with him. should i wait a week after we exchange gifts or how long should i wait. How long should i wait to go out with another guy? Plus theres this guy Ryan at my church and i think im starting to like him . he told me last night that i was really beautiful,hot, and pretty and hes sweet but hes a year younger than me and we dont go to the same school. is that good? could it work? -- sorry i have like 3 questions in one but im really confused these days =)

Hey, it's alright, I don't mind all the questions! Yes, you should wait until your boyfriend comes home to exchange gifts and then you should dump him a few days after. It doesn't matter how long you wait to get another boyfriend. Until you're ready and over your boyfriend is when you should find another guy. Yes, I think it would work if you went out with this other guy. Who cares if he's younger than you! Age doesn't matter well it does but a year is not bad at all! Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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i hear i guy likes me and i like him. some of my friends say he does. how can i tell?

You can tell if a guy likes you when he always wants to be around you, always talks to you, smiles or makes eye contact with you a lot, and so many other ways! Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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what are some good love songs

Some songs are: the original "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin, "Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" by Aerosmith, some Journey songs, and so many others. Just search on Google for "Love Songs." Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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I want to get a cell phone. My mom says if I can pay for it I can get one. Where can I get a inexpensive pre-paid flip phone? Right now I have like $30-$35 dollars. I know that isn't enough but I'm going to keep saving.

Virgin Mobile has some cheap prepaid flip phones. Other phones cost more than $100. Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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Since its winter time my face is getting very dry , does anyone know any good daily face moisturizers. Thanks

Aveeno makes some great face moisturizers. Clean n Clear and Olay makes some too. Just look in the health section of a grocery store! Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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ok i know this might be weird but what does 1st base 2nd base and 3rd base mean?? not like in baseball!! **PLEASE DO NOT DELETE THIS!*

Well 1st base is kissing/making out; 2nd base is fingering/handjob; 3rd base is eating out/blowjob; and Home is all the way (sex)! Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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Has anyone seen the movie The Day After Tomorro?
Well after those horrible tsunamis that killed like 120,000 people...i got thinking. Then i was watching the weather channel last night and i saw that texas had a lot of rain..then 12.5 inches of snow..and then tomorro its supposed to be 80 degrees! I live in ny and our winter is extremely mild..only like 5 inches of snow in TOTAL for the whollle winter so far. And it might reach 50 degrees in a few days! Does anyone think we are heading in the direction of where the Day After Tomorro went? or something less drastic?Its kinda scary...Global warming...

Hey, don't worry, nothing like that is ever going to happen, well it may happen someday when the world ends. The Earth may get an ice age and all that stuff but not in the near future. Don't worry about it. Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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is there anyway to loose weight reallly fast and still see improvement?

Well there are ways that you can lose weight really fast and still see improvement but they aren't healthy. Losing weight takes a long time and you can see results but not that fast. The South Beach diet is a great way to lose weight and it's a good diet to go on that shows results pretty fast. Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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I'm 13/f and I'm a little over 105 pounds. This is pretty normal, and I'm happy with my body, but my tummy has been a little pouchy lately and I want to know how trim it down because my uniform for track is spandex and is really tight and I don't like my stomach sticking out. If you have any ideas what I can do-----plz help!!!!!!

You can do crunches, situp, and any other abdominal exercises. You can also jog or run on a tredmill. I think riding a bike or anything along that line targets your abs too but I'm not sure. Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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i sometimes feel uncomfortable singing infront of people! how do i over come this fear?!

signed,
Afraid2Sing

Try practicing singing in front of a group of friends or family. Practicing before hand always helps! Just relax and pretend that no one is watching you. Hope I helped :)
-Karen

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