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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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My school's choir is doing a cabaret show and I have a solo in the song "Popular" from the play Wicked. I can sing the solo very well but I have a problem with singing infront of my class. I can sing infront of other people just not infront of the class. I need to practice with everyone so I can get it down perfectly. So, my question is... How do I get rid of my nerves or atleast be able to sing without a shakey voice? I try to tell myself they will judge me no matter how I sound but it doesn't seem to help. (link)
I hope you have adobe reader because this seems to be a great article on stage nerves. If you don't have it (almost everyone does I think), it should prompt you to download it. It is safe to do so. :)

http://web1.msue.msu.edu/cyf/youth/toolkitimages/overcoming_stage_nerves_skill_sheet.pdf


like a lot of other people i have a bad habit of biting my nails. i ALWAYS do it! i like cna't stop. Can anyone give me advice on how i could stop?! I'll rate 5s! (link)
This article has a lot of tips to stop your nail biting habit. Hope its helpful! :)

http://health.yahoo.com/ency/healthwise/tw9722spec


There is this girl at my school that knows my boyfriend somehow and i think she likes him. He deosn't even know her that well but whatevr. Anywho she said she is going to call my boyfriend and tell him I'm cheating on him. well the thing is i'm not and i would never do that to him bcuz i love him so much. Idk who he will belive tho!!! wut can i do to stop her. and if she does tell him how will i tell him that i didn't cheat on him? I'll rate!!!! (link)
You need to call your boyfriend and tell him whats going on.

If he hears from you that she said she was going to do this then he will no what to expect and can cut her off before she even gets started.

Also, if you talk to him about it she has no threats to hold over you. Just tell her he knows all about her and her lies so she can just go ahead. She probably won't even try it and maybe it will embarrass her too.

If your boyfriend cares for you as he should, talking to him about the problem will only strengthen your relationship. :)


What does it mean when you poop blood? Like seriously the whole toliet was filled with blood. (link)
It could be as simple as a hemorrhoid.

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hemorrhoids/

It could be lots of things. Most of them nothing to worry about. Maybe a change in diet is making your stools harder and causing you to strain.

Any time you have a change in your body though, its a good idea to have a doctor check it out for you. :)


is Dihydrogen Monoxide living,non-living,or dead? (link)
Its water. :)

http://www.answers.com/Dihydrogen+Monoxide?gwp=11&ver=1.0.8.207&method=3


im doing areport for school and i need songs about sucide anyone know any?? (link)
The theme song from MASH. http://www.mash4077.co.uk/theme.html



okay - so i have a gyncologist appt. in a month, and i am sooooo nervous. i don't know what to expect! i'm going to the same one as my mom, so i'm guessing he's a pretty normal guy. my mom asked me if i wanted a girl instead, but i really didn't think it would matter (and it doesn't, it's still as nervewrecking to me). what should i do? like .. before i go? do i need to like .. shave? lol i don't know what to expect either - like my mom told me he does a breast exam and that i have to lay down and he has to stick a q-tip like thing in to check for cancers and stuff. but what does it feel like .. or like .. what else should i expect?!

help! ♥ (link)
It doesn't hurt. Its just uncomfortable and something dreaded by most of the female population. Its just one of those things we have to do!

Here is a website that will explain everything to you. Will tell you what to expect and all that good stuff.

If you have any questions or things you are curious about now is the time to get answers. Write down those things and ask the doctor about them. The reason is you will be understandably nervous and are likely to forget them all if you don't.

Look around this site some if you haven't been here before. It has all kinds of useful information. :)

http://coolnurse.com/pelvic_exams.htm


OK, heres the context. My girlfriend and I are dry humping. I have my pants unzipped with boxerbriefs underneath and shes wearing shorts with underwear underneath. As we usually do, we stop far short of either of us cumming, but she noticed a small wet spot on my boxer briefs. I identify it immediately as pre-cum and shrug it off. But she starts to panic a bit seeing as how its within the week period before her cycle and the chances of her getting pregnant are higher than usual. I've tried to console her telling here there is no chance that the amount of sperm could permeate through 3 layers of clothing and make it in to fertilize her, but she has doubts. Can someone please verify what i think which is the chances of this are so close to zero its not worth thinking about? (link)
Unless you and your boxers were inside her she is not pregnant. :)


I would like to know how to stop my boyfriend from always grabbing me in the wrong places? (link)
He needs to learn to respect you when you say NO.
If he doesn't slap the crap out of him.

If he doesn't respect you enough to listen then you really need to reconsider the relationship. :)


Ok so My school canceled my 8th grade dance this year we've always had one and now they took it way and everyone is pissed! including me and everyone has thought about doing something about the dance like making our own. like everyone paying a little money to rent a place, get a DJ, etc. but we dont know i was thinking about telling everyone to just sit in the gym and NOT MOVE untill they give us our dance back i mean they cant suspend us all lol but i was wondering if anyone else had any good ideas and dont say talk to your principal because we already tried that and she doesnt care. and we already tried getting everyone to sign a thing to get our dance back and she just threw it away please help al 8 graders in my school! (link)
It would help if we knew why the dance was cancelled. Was it a legitimate concern or anything?

The best bet just might be to get your parents involved. Go over the principles head to the school superintendent or school board. Parents could be a big help.

If you know the excuse they are using add it to your question. Might get some better ideas. :)

Edit**************

Some kids being embarrassed just isn't a good excuse. As you said, if the dance isn't held during school hours, anyone not wanting to go could just stay home.

If you could get enough 8th grade parents together who would offer to chaperon the dance.
Maybe you could get the superintendent or school board members to out vote the principle.





there is this boy that i like...and he likes me...but he isnt looking for a girlfriend right now...he just wants me and him to be "friends with benifits"......what does that mean?...... but it seems like i want more than that....when we are alone he acts like we are boyfriend and girlfriend...but we arent......but when we are at school he doesnt really talk to me that much anymore.......and i want him to........he doesnt give me little sweet kisses, or hugs, or anything like that... someone told me that he is emaressed to be around me and that he doesnt want others to know......but he doesnt seem like that kind of guy...and others are saying that he just wants sex out of me (RUMERS)...i guess i just want to be more than just friends but i dont know how to tell him......because he isnt looking for a girlfriend right know.............
thanks for your helping hands!!!!!!!

baby (link)
thisismydance is right. Friends with benefits means he gets all the benefits of a girlfriend but no commitment to you at all.

It is not something you want to get into no matter how much you like him and may want to. The only one benefited will be him. You will just suffer watching him hang all over other girls. You will have your heart broken big time.

He will be nice to you and kiss on you (in private) to get what he wants ( including sex) and then ignore you the rest of the time.

If he doesn't care enough about you to make you his girlfriend then forget him. You deserve better than that. :)


Hi, I'm 14 and female. Just wondered if any of you could help me out:
One of my guy friends is kind of obsessed about his body and weight. He is somewhat short, 5'3", and weighs 150lbs.. I don't think that he looks fat; yet he is convinced that he is. He wants to lose weight to impress a girl in one of our classes. I've tried to tell him that he doesn't need to worry about his weight, and he looks fine, but he is stubborn and won't stop talking about it. He says he doesn't eat anything for breakfast anymore and he has cut back on a lot of food. I'm really worried that he might start starving himself or end up becoming annorexic. I suggested that he ask his doctor what kind of fitness plan(s) he should try, and he says, "no, they'll just tell me to excersize,".

Should I back off? Should I help him? How do I help him? What should I do?

Thanks, I'll rate you with a comment or two if you post! (link)
You definitely need to tell him that diet without exercise isn't going to get him far. Girls aren't attracted to a flabby guy who weights less.

Boys can get anorexia. It isn't talked about as much but they can.

I don't think you should back off. Offer to walk with him or play tennis or anything that will get him a moving! Exercise doesn't have to be dull. Dancing is also good.

The best person Here to help you...and if he doesn't come across your question send a note to his inbox with a link to your question and ask him to come give you some advice is...

http://www.advicenators.com/column.php?u=MikeCFT

Maybe you could get your friend to write and ask him the best way to get in proper shape. I know he could give him the best advice.

Good luck with friend of yours. :)



I am in a play for school and its called "Poetry Coffee House". I need to wear a costume thats like from that period where they went to coffee houses and read poetry and snapped for applause. also when they talked like(this is a line in the play): Hey chaz, what you folks are gonna' see tonight is like.... alot.
I dont think we are supposed to dress like hippies but all our director said so far is the boys should wear barrets. please help i desperatly need it! (link)
You will have to skim down the page a bit but this site has a few references to fashion of that era in it.

The bad thing about that generation, if you haven't studied it, is that women's lib was a thing of the future. Most of the women were kept in the background...not all but most. Its very hard to find much about them.

I think this site will be helpful to you though.

http://www.answers.com/topic/beatnik

Have fun. Sounds like a really cool play! :)


I'm seeing a counselor on Friday. I'm not used to being open with other people, or strangers. What should I do to make it easier for me to talk about what is on my mind and my feelings. I don't want it to be a waste of time because I have half an hour. Thanks in advance. (link)
Don't worry about it. The counselor will make you feel comfortable and will help you along the way.

Just trust that she is there to help you. You will be telling her things before you know it. :)


hi....im 15/f...
i live with my dad and my step mom. i go to see my mother once a month...if im even lucky, somtimes once every 3 months...but lately ive bean feeling like my mom doesnt love me and more.
last time i saw her i got 2 stay for 2 days only, when i was supposed to stay for 4 days. she took me and my brother home early because she wanted to have sex with her boyfriend that just got out of jail that morning. ive already talked to her about it but she didnt want to listen to me...she just yelled at me instead. saying thay if i loved her i would let her have sex every day.....what should i do? shes never bean there for me at all in my life...when ever i need something for school or when i need clothes she tells me to call my grandma because she doesnt have any money. she calls me names like stupid b****, dumb a** h*, jack a***, little slut, ext. so what should i do about it?
thank you,

*~*baby*~*

sorry its long~ (link)
I would hope that if she didn't see you any more often than that, you would be top priority. I'm truly sorry that isn't the case for you.

Sounds to me as if she is a bit selfish. I guess you will have to learn to accept her for what she is. A mom when its convenient. I would bet she has other problems as well that are probably making her that way.

See her when you can. Gotta love her she is your mom. But you don't have to like her ways. Ask her before you go if she is going to have time for you. If she pitches a fit of name calling or can't give you an answer then don't visit her.

The sad thing is one of these days when you are an adult, she is going to wish she had spent more time with you. Then it will be to late. She will have missed your growing up.

You are right though to feel cheated out of her time. There isn't much you can do about it unless you just don't visit her and save yourself the aggravation. Talk to your dad about it too. He may have some good ideas. :)


I have been going out with this guy for almost a year. And it is pretty serious. I dont get to see him much so it makes it hard for me to say im "with someone" I have cheated on him a lot in the past couple months. I have only told him once and that was almost a year ago. I love him to death and I dont want to hurt him. He is the kinda guy that you wanna be with. If anybody has any advice on how not to cheat on someone. or to tell him please let me know. thanks

dude. (link)
The answer is really simple.

If you truly like someone you do not cheat on them. You may think you do, but you are not ready for that kind of a relationship.

Your not seeing him much doesn't help either. Not
cheating would probably be easier if you saw him more often.

You need a guy to do things with when you are a teen. If hes to far away for that to be possible, you may just have to settle for being friends for now. :)


i have to get a sports physical wat would i normally expect? (link)
If you scroll down towards the bottom of this web page it will tell you what a sports physical is all about. :)

http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/weeklyquestion/a/073102_ask.htm


ok for starters i am mostly an idiot when it comes to relationships....with that out of the way i only recently realized that i needed to really like a girl to be with her for an extended period of time.....for the longest time i was horribly put down by people (females included) and i was basically made to think i am ugly and no girl is gonna want me....so for years now ive just felt lucky to GET girlfriends even though i know i can....and ive hardly been focusing on myself finding qualities in them that i like...problem is its hard for a person like me to find a realistic girl that i can like.....most that seemingly fit this category are taken or consider themselves "not my type".......i wanna know how i would go about making them realize that just cuz i like supposedly "dark" music and wear predominantly black and leather, that i may have some things in common with them and stand a chance with them...im a high school senior that will be 18 in a week or 2 (if that helps much)...if anyone at all answers this id be happy and rate you well. (link)
First you have to find a girl you like. One who you think has those qualities your looking for. That in itself can be hard to do these days!

Once you do that just concentrate on getting to know her. Talk to her, just be friendly and polite. Smile now and then.

Really, what you wear or what you listen to need not be a turn off for the right girl. The right girl need not like all the same things you do. But she needs an open mind.

Once a girl gets to know you, she will realize there is more to you than what shows on the outside. That's when you ask her out.

Good luck.:)


I've just been prescribed one of the antibiotics that is known to affect how well the contraceptive pill works. That's no problem as i can use a condom for the next few weeks but something's worrying me- i know sperm can live for 5-7 days inside a woman and i had sex whilst on the pill without a condom two days ago. Therefore if i start taking my antibiotics now is it a possibility that i might get pregnant as the pill won't be able to do anything about the sperm that's inside me at the moment??? I can't find out the answer to this anywhere on the internet!! Thanks guys and please only answer if you have experience with this!! (link)
Using condoms while taking antibiotics is a great idea.

The chance of getting pregnant while using antibiotics is very small, but still a possibility, so you have to be told about it. I wouldn't worry about sperm already in your body being affected, you will do fine. :)


Okay, so I was dating this girl and we were makin' out and stuff and she took off her pants and I looked "down there" and there was nothing. No hair at all.
Is she a slut? am I goin' to get warts or HIV or somthing?
I rate 5s (link)
I doubt shes a slut.

Use a condom to help prevent diseases. No hair "down there" is not a sign of disease.

For some strange reason young girls these days no sooner are mature enough to get hair...then they shave it off. Don't know why they prefer the 11 year old look. :)




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