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I have gone from younggrandma to just yg. Now,
I am using my real name.
I don't think anyone who knows me will have trouble figuring out who that is!


I have been gone a while dealing with things in my own life. I am back now to help once again. Do not expect answers from me that just tell you what you want to hear. Life is to short for nonsense. :)
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is it normal for people to cry over nothing? like seriously! i think something is wrong with me, maybe depression or something? but i can just sit here and start crying for hours. and so many things will just run throug my head.. do i need help?! (link)
Aw well it is if you are a teen. Depression is normal. Part of the great hormonal onslaught!

So long as it comes and goes it is natural. If it
comes on and just WILL NOT go away for weeks at a time, then you may want to seek some professional help.

If you have a school physical coming up soon, or a trip to the doctor, mention it. But it should be nothing to worry about if you go through bouts of depression. :)


I think I might cervical cancer, I have small lump/ball type thing poking out of the outside lips of my vagina. I did some researching and it said that was a symptom of HPV or other cancers "down there" I really want to get it checked out. However, me and my mom aren't close. I really don't know how to tell her, or how to work up the nerve to. What should I say? (link)
PLEASE, don't let any symptoms you read on the Internet scare you. MANY,MANY things all share the same symptoms. Cervical cancer does not usually cause lumps, it is detected by abnormal cells.

Tell your mom about it, go to the doctor and get it checked out. You will feel much better knowing what it is.

Honestly, for example some symptoms of AID's mimic a lot of the same symptoms of the common cold. If you were to read that you could blow a common cold way out of proportion. Go see your doctor. :)


hey , sorry if i spelled that wrong lol. i think your advice is amazing and intelectual. well heres the deal. i have a boyfriend and hes 15 and im 14. we've been together for eight months now, and dont plan on letting go any time soon. well this boy does everything for me, he always buys me things, and suprises me ( he leaves school 30 mins early to drive to my school and suprise me there after we havent seen each other in 2 weeks) , takes me here and there and drives 30 mins to my house whenever we want to see each other because im not allowed over his house becasue of my parents. well, my problem is that he does all this stuff for me, and i just cant do anything for him and idk what to do because it bothers me. all my friends and family say hes the perfect boyfriend and hes jealous of him, and it makes me feel good, but also makes me feel sad because i know i couldnt repay him or even show him how much he does for me. i notice how we always talk about how much he loves me and how he always does things for me but we never talk about what i do because i dont do anything, and i cant because im not allowed to go to his house or anything. and he always says im the perfect girlfriend, but it makes me feel horrible when it should be making me feel good because i know i dont do anything for him to say that. im his first gf maybe he just thinks that. because he has nothing to back it up with. he calls me perfect, yet i dont do anything. i hope you understand my situation, and can help me and give me ideas or tips on what to do here or what to say, please just dont ignore it i need help, thanks in advance. (link)
I have never known any guy to turn down something sweet!

This woukld be a good time for you to learn to bake and/or make candy. I baked my husband all kinds of goodies when we were dating and he loved it!

It will be extra special because you made it yourself.

He seems like a real catch. He also sounds like he loves you a lot. I'm sure he doesn't expect anything
more than your company when he visits you, but make him some cookies or cupcakes. The ones he takes home
will remind him of you when you're not there. AND if
he wants more he will have to come and get them!

Get out that apron and start baking that guy some
love cookies! :)


i was wondering what age you thought is good to have a boyfriend/girlfriend and what age you think is good to date. You would help me so much. oh and what way is the best way to tell your mom you have a boyfriend? i dont know what to say to my mom if i get a boyfriend.
thanks bunches (link)
To be honest with you I didn't let my kids date until they were 16.

They could go out in a group and all that but as far as having a boy come pick my daughter up and take her on a date it was 16. She went to school dances and and all that she just wasn't allowed that "steady" boyfriend thing.

I think it is a good idea because to many girls before that age really shouldn't get stuck dating one guy. They should be getting to know several guys. 13 is not the age for "serious" relationships.

If you have a boyfriend then you just tell your mom about it. Be honest and don't sneak around. Not all moms have an age picked out. If you are under 16 and he is too, you won't really be going
out alone often anyway because he probably doesn't drive.

Good luck. :)


i'm 17 and my boyfriend is 19. he will be 20 in Sep. and i'll be 18 in Dec. well my boyfriend got into some trouble about 3 years ago. he spent 2 years in jail. bC some girl lied about her age and she got pregnant by him. well he isn't labled as a sex offender but he is on porbabtion and is not allowed to be around anyone under the age of 18 i know we are risking alot. my mom knows his deal and HIS MOTHER is trippin about the whole thing. we really don't go out and see each other bc of the risk and if we do we go with a group of people. well now i found out that his mom wants to kick him out in a week. i think it might bC he want quit seeing me. so now i have no clue what to do. i wanna stay with him we are so happy with each other. but it's so hard. it keeps getting worse and hasn't really gotten better... (link)
I hate to break it to you but anyone not allowed to be around anyone under 18 is labeled a sex offender or a pedophile. Hes lying to you.

He dates you and gets caught he goes to jail for a long time. In this case you aren't the one that has to complain about it. ANYONE can turn him in.

You would do yourself some good in the long run to
leave this guy alone. He has problems and your age isn't the main problem. If he got in trouble 3 years ago he already committed a crime and new it when he made you his girlfriend.

**EDIT**

If he was under 18 at the time he may not be labeled a sex offender "officially" but if he weren't then his having contact with people under the age of 18 would not be a problem. There is some reason he can't have contact with minors. A reason and punishment put on him by the legal system. You can deny it all day if you want to. I can understand you not wanting to believe it. But it exists. I will tell you if he breaks probation now he will be considered an adult. It will become
public record and he will go to jail. Sorry but some things cannot be sugar coated.


Me and my 2 friends are all 13, and were going to the mall on saturday alone, like without a parent or nething. We all are probbly going 2 go into JC Penney's and get push-up bras lol so i was wondering if stores alow young people (like minors) to buy push up bras without an adult or older person there. (link)
I don't think there is any clothes that kids can't buy. Especially not at JC Penney's. Shouldn't be a problem at all. :)


about a 6 months ago i caught my b/f cheating on me. we were going out for about two years before that and i thought everything was perfect. no warning signs or anything. it hurt me really bad. after that i wouldnt go out with anyone because im so afraid that they'll hurt me like he did. i guess i have a huge trust problem. now theres this guy i like but i just cant go out with him. i know i should because he seems like the perfect guy, but so did my ex. thats my first problem. the other one is that i saw my ex a couple of weeks ago and that brought back old feelings. and he started to call me a few times too. i thought i was over him but now that hes made an appearance im not so sure. he says that he thinks we could patch things up and go out again. i told him that we could never because i wouldnt trust him. he says that he made a mistake and that hes sorry. its like i like him but i hate him. i dont know what to think anymore. (link)
You still have feelings for the ex because you haven't moved on. Why go back to someone you KNOW
can hurt you again?

Try dating the new guy. Every relationship has the potential to hurt you. Even a good relationship. But, you have to try. Remember no two people are alike, and most are not out to hurt you.

Good luck with whatever you try...just try something! :)


do guys like it better when you like shave tha sides of your vegina and leave a pubic hair strip down the middle, or shave it all? (link)
Just do whatever you like. Any young guy getting to look doesn't really have right to be fussy if you ask me. Not his choice at all. :)


This is longish and kind of all over the place- sorry, but I'm excited! There's a want ad in my paper for a chiropractic receptionist/front desk person. I'm interested in the job, but I don't have any experience working in any kind of alternative medical office. I've only worked as a temp in a Nephrology office when I was a teenager. I'm 22 now, and that was the last medical type job I had. I haven't wanted to do anything medical, but I thought the holistic medical field would be somewhat different and that I'd probably enjoy it. My last job was as a sales consultant in an art gallery, I worked there for a little over a year.( Other jobs were restaraunts, retail etc.) Business slowed down so I left. Not let go, I left voluntarily, good terms. That was at the end of March and I've not had a job since. We were waiting to save up and get me my own car, now we've almost got the down payment and I can work some kind of transportation out for a little while. OK bear with me, my questions are as follows: what can I put on my weak resume to let them know I'm serious, that I'm not lazy, and that I'd still be a good candidate, even without experience? I have good references, but I have a terrible time with my "objective". I just need ideas, of course. Do I even have a shot at it? The ad says I'd be assisting in therapies? What other therapies do they do in a chiropractor's office? Again, apologies for the lengthy question!
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You would be answering phones, dealing with people as they come in, taking insurance information, pulling their records from files, scheduling appointments etc.

So you need to play up your people skills. If you have filing experience make sure they know that. Computer data entry skills or at least a knowledge of whatever program they use would be a plus.

The assisting probably won't be hard to do. They will just ask you to help now and then. It may be as simple as standing in the room while he/she works on patient of the opposite sex.

I think you should go for it!

Good luck.


same as above. (link)
You need to contact Dangernerd with you column name and password at dangernerd@gmail.com


so i started taking birth control a little less than a month ago. and i knwo it takes a month to be affective. well i had sex during this month that it doesnt work. when are you supposed to start your period? im on the last week, and it hasnt come yet. (link)
It should start after you are finished taking them all. Don't panic about it yet. :)


is it necessary to breast feed? like does it HAVE to be done or will the formula stuff work just as well ? (link)
I didn't breast feed either of my kids.

So while I wouldn't tell you not to. Because it is
good for the child and least expensive way to go...It doesn't HAVE to be done. Personal choice. :)


my boyfriend has recently gone to jail. and i know that sounds really bad but he really didnt do anything except for be in the wrong place at the wrong time. he had a current probation and he was caught hangin out with people with alcohol and he was underage. so hes going to possible have to stay in jail till september if he cant make bail (his bail hearin is tomorrow). so im not sayin im having a problem decided to stay with him. i know ill wait for him, and i told him i would. but my mom's not lettin me accept his collect calls anymore. they're expensive and i get that. but i just wanted to answer his call tomorrow after his bail hearing but my mom wont let me. because he could stay there at haverhill, or he could get moved to concord, or he could be out if he can pay the bail. and my mom wont let me answer the phone. shes like just write to him. but if he gets moved to concord how will i know .. aww. i was hysterical. like i hate not knowing things and she was being such a bitch about it, sayin he asked for goin to jail, which he didnt even do anything. and i hyperventilated and all that stuff. and i cant calm down, i need to talk to him. i need to know where hes goina be. but all i can do is send a letter to a jail he may not even be in .. i dont know waht to do. (link)
You won't like what I have to say because I am going to agree with your mom on this one.

For one thing he DID do something. He violated probation. He knew the terms of it and yet did it anyway. Not so innocent as you'd like to think.

Second, he has evidently made it a habit of getting in trouble or he wouldn't be on probation in the first place.

Collect calls from jail are VERY expensive. Call his
parents after the hearing and get the scoop from them.

You are going to get hurt by this guy...worse than what you are now. My advice..find a decent guy who
isn't on his way to being a career criminal.


I'm a 19 year old female and I've been with my boyfriend for almost a year. I know it may sound crazy, but I havent told my parents yet. His parents know and they approve of me. But my parents seem to disapprove of him because they think having a boyfriend in college would distract me. I've already proved them wrong because I've gotten straight A's this past semester. My parents met him during thanksgiving, but still disagreed with me having a boyfriend. Theyre also very hard to talk to and are shallow saying that he's too short when he's taller than me by 2 inches. I respect my parents, but after a year of lieing to them about our relationship makes me feel guilty.

What do you think is the most proper way for me to tell them? Write a letter? Have my boyfriend's parents talk to them? Or... straight up tell them in person and hope for no lecture?? (link)
Tell them in person. They may not like it but you are 19 and have a mind of your own and a right to have a boyfriend. They may get mad and may not like it but there really isn't a lot they can do about it.

Good luck! :)


So, over the summer I fell in love with my best friend. You see, I moved to Germany and left him behind and went to visit him over the summer. Well, we slept together, numerous times. Towards the end of the summer I got a UTI (a urinary track infection)... and I couldn't get it treated until I got back to Germany. So my mom made a doctors appointment for 2 days after I got back. Well, the doctor wanted to give me a pap smear, but she checked my urine and found too much bacteria in it, so the pap smear wouldn't make a difference. Now I've been taking medicine for my infection for almost a week. yet I'm still bleeding a little bit, and I bled the whole week and a half I had it. Which I don't know if that was my period gone astray or if it was because of the UTI. I've been noticing some symptoms of pregnancy. I'm eating more, peeing more, feeling nauseous in the morning, and sometimes all day. My boobs are swollen and I've been tired a lot. And I'm going to try and get a pregnancy test sometime this week, but I'm afraid. I'm not afraid of being pregnant, I'm afraid of not being pregnant. I love my boyfriend very much, and can't stand to be away from him anymore. His parents won't even let him come visit me. Maybe if I was pregnant, they'd have to let him come? And if not, I'd have something of his... something we CREATED together to keep me sane. The only problem with that is I graduate this year (technically 2007... but this school year) and I won't be able to fly back to be with him until the child is of age. Do you think I could be pregnant? Or just crazy? (link)
It is possible you could be pregnant if you had unprotected sex. A home pregnancy test should tell you for sure.

The bleeding you had could have been your period. Any blood from a UTI would be rather light and usually just in the urine.

Eating more really isn't a sign of pregnancy. Pregnant women eat normally. All the cravings are sort of an old wives tale.

Peeing more is probably a result of the UTI. Nausea can also be a symptom of your UTI. Any meds you were given could also cause nausea.

But get a home test anyway because you never know!

You don't mention your age but if your boyfriend needs parental permission to visit I will assume you aren't yet 18. That being the case then being pregnant will probably not make them more likely to let him visit. Unfortunately it could have quite the opposite effect.

I don't think you are at all crazy. You just are wanting so much to be pregnant and lots of those symptoms can also be from other things. Here is a
good website that has all the symptoms listed for you.

Let me know how things turn out. And if you need anything else feel free to ask anytime.

http://www.coolnurse.com/pregnancy.htm


Who sings the song "Material girl" Thanks! (link)
Madonna. :)


My boyfriends wants me to send him a picture of my pussy to his phone. I don't really want to. How can I tell him I'm not going to without making it seem like I don't love him? (link)
You tell him a picture isn't love and you aren't going to do it. And don't do it.

You may think you will be with him forever but if you aren't that picture could be shown around school or on the Internet. It would be very hard to get over something like that and could devastate you forever.

If this boy cares about you he won't insist or argue about it. If he does then I would be a little suspicious of his motives for wanting the picture. :)


Ohk i ahd answered a question on here && the person rated me a 5 for the advice.

I come home today && someone left something in my inbox saying the adivce i had given was crap & i shouldnt of given them the advice.

The question was About should i have sex because my friends are having sex && its Causing me to want to have sex. And she asked for stories about our past experiences. I left stories about why not to have sex. & that you shouldnt have it because of pressure or because of friends.


Why do People bother leaving something in your inbox telling you that your advice sucks if the person you gave it to liked it.

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File an abuse report and be sure to provide links to the question or answer you are referring to. Then it will be looked into. :)


My brother and I were very close ,I always knew everything about me and vicea versa but since we move to Holland (he came fisrt than us) we grew apart...to my surprise he told us that he was gone married some church girl in june ....I talked to him and I notice that he was not ready to get married yet so I told him he should wait,
He told me that he still sleeps with another girl (my ex best friend)and he was to dump this girl 1 monthg before he get married and that he would not tell a word to this girl about his marriage...I didn't agree...I even tried to talk him out of his idea but he didn't listen ..

He married last month.....

Today I got a phone call from my brother telling me that he wants to divorce and that he thinks he is madly in love with another girl(my ex best friend)The point is that his wife went trough his stuff seeking found out about the other girl,She called her and told her to leave my brother alone because he was married....
His wife even went back to her parents and the other girl don't even want to see him again..

I know my brother was wrong and he agree
My point is that his wife knew he wasn't one woman man and still she agreed to marry him ..she told him that she will pray for things to change after they marry eachother ..Now she went telling lies about my brother to the whole familie .....Half of the family don't even talk to him anymore....

Concerning the other girl (ex best friend)she really didn't know he was gone marry....At first
she was kinda having a sex affair with my brother because her mother don't like poor people (only people with high class and good education ,that isa why I am not her friend anymore)Than she broke up with her bf to be with my brother and they felt really in love with eachother but than my brother didn't tell her about the marriage
SHe got really mad and told him: that she was using him all this time and that she didn't love him a bit and that she never broke up with her bf
She told him that he deserve to be burried alive and that she hopes that he never will be happy..
Than she called me and told me what my brother did to her (we talked to eachother about 2 years ago)I told her that I don't know what to say ..

My brother cried a lot I did't
have any words to tell him that everything will be alright
I know he was very wrong but I can't see him like this after all he is my brother and one off
my best friend
What can I say to him to take some of the pain away??..what can I do? (link)
They were all wrong in what they did. They are also all wrong for each other. Better he knows that now before he makes a mistake with your ex friends as well.

The women are of course hurt. They are going to say all kinds of hurtful things to him because they feel bad. They will stop sooner or later and he really needs to just stay away from them both and start over. He needs to stick with one girl and never get involved with two at once again!

Honestly, there probably isn't to much you can say to cheer your brother up right now. He will get over it but it will take some time. Just be there to listen when he needs to talk. That in itself will be a major source of comfort to him. :)


If ive only had mine for like 4,5 or 6 months and im 13 yrs old ..how many days should my period last.? (link)
Here is a website that will tell you all about it. It has some other good things to read if you have time while you are there. :)

http://www.coolnurse.com/menstrual.htm




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