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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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I love this guy but I don't think he likes me because of the music I listen to now (( emo, rock, etc. )) He is my exboyfriend but when I dated him last year, I was really preppy and loved rap...what should I do? (link)
Liking or in your case not liking someone because of the music they listen to is pretty shallow.

If you don't think he is that shallow of a person, you need to talk and find out what his real problem is.

Surely it isn't the music you listen to...that's not right. :)


Me and Ross ( my boyfriend ) have been going out for a few weeks now. Before we starting going out we were so open and outgoing with each other. I could goof off with him and he would do the same with me; we really had fun times flirting and just being good friends. But when he asked me out we both fell into a trap of shy and ackwardness. We talk; but our conversations are so dry and usually don't get past " whats up?" We both really like each other; but how do I help me and him get comfotble with each other and just bring out our true selves and be outgoing and open with eachother again? (link)
You have to get over the need you both now feel to impress each other!

Now that you're dating nothing has changed but your attitudes. You'll still like each other if you say or do something silly. You did before!

Once you get over that...all will be well. :)


I just want to know if you gain weight on the patch like you do on the depo shot and the pill (link)
Any weight gained using any of those methods of birth control will be very small. Maybe a pound or two.

I know people like to claim they gained a bunch of weight...it just isn't true. Very manageable weight gain if any. :)


every morning after having sex, i have spotting. (slight bleeding). i'm 16 f. is this normal? i can' talk to my parents about it (link)
Bleeding after sex is nothing to take lightly.
You need to check with your doctor about it.

It isn't my intent to scare you, though this probably will. I'm truly sorry for that but you need to have it checked out.

http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/menstruation/a/bleedaftersex.htm


i was invited to the jr prom by my friend jeremy and hes usually with very cute, fit girls. not that i really care because he obviously asked me for a reason. he must not care that im not really tiny but im 16 and im a little chubby, and i think its just cuz im kinda short and my legs are so short. but can i lose at least 15 lbs by then? i really want to tighten up my arms&"love handles" especially. i have been doing crunches on my ab lounge the last 2 nights so if i do sets of 30 throughout the day will that help? i might go to the gym but i have no one to go with, so i dont know if that will definetly happen. so does jogging in place really work? i may also just take walks during the day, like walk to the tanning salon and back home. im very sad that ive gained over like 20 pounds since school started, and im not even kidding, it SUCKS!=(

*i was thinking maybe because i usually dont eat breakfast on school days i can have water.
*workout when i can in gym at school,then have an orange and a fruitdrink/ water at lunch
*after school workout when im home&try and take walks.. but i dont know what i should eat? maybe yogurt
*dinner maybe a sandwich and water&definetly work out alot (link)
Walking is very good. So is the ab lounge.

Don't skip meals. Just eat a normal serving and don't pig out. Not eating will actually make your body think its starving and will cause you to gain. You don't want that to happen.

Try to stay away from sugary sweets and soft drinks until the prom. But do not skip meals.
Watch the snacks. Yogurt is great for a snack.
Don't eat anything real high in fat. Eat chicken or fish instead of beef or pork.

Walk everywhere! Maybe one or both your parents will walk with you. Make it fun.

Have fun at prom. If you don't lose a lot...hey, he likes you the way you are! :)


what does humility mean
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It is a humble person...someone who does not think that he or she is better or more important than others.


whats cocky mean
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A cocky person is overly self-confident. :)


okay i've had the flu since sunday and every night i have a problem sleeping! i take 2 nyquils every night about 30 minutes before i go to bed.. then like around 4 in the morning i wake up coughing and extremely thirsty.. it just seems kind of weird because the docter i went to said that it was just a flu and to take 2 nyquils every night and a whole bunch of other stuff in the daytime, but its not working!

so anyone have any suggestions on what i can take to help me sleep better at night? (link)
You probably shouldn't take anything more than the doctor ordered.

What you should do though is take a big icy glass of water with you at bedtime. The NyQuil is working, but it tends to dry you up pretty good. That is why you have such a thirst when you wake up.

What you might try is taking one NyQuil when you go to bed. Put the other close by and if you wake in the night take the second one. That way you aren't taking more than the doctor ordered.

Taking one should calm your cough good enough to sleep. The second one should get you through the rest of the night. :)


people I need help. Im not a parent but I'm writing a project and I need to make it funny, so what are some weird ways of punishing your children when they've done something really bad, like smoke pot, or something?? And it has to be strict.

Got any ideas?
Thank you. (link)
You don't specify it has to be a punishment for teens. So, I will tell you my sons way of getting the message across to my grand kids.

Works very well because they hate it. As do their friends whose parents love it too.

He calls it boot camp day care. I have 5 grand kids. 4 of them are old enough for the day care treatment. The youngest is not quite 2 and thinks its a game so he does occasionally try it out.

Now my son has friends who each have a couple of kids. Quite frequently since they all live in town, there can be as many as 8 to 10 kids visiting. That usually means trouble! When they get up to something particularly bad like fighting this is what happens.

They all have to lay on their backs. They then have to lift their legs off the ground a few inches and hold them there. The classic leg lift exercise.

Those new to it think its all cute for a few minutes...then, well you try it! Moaning and squalling begins.

One thing certain. If they are rotten kids, they will have strong leg muscles when they get older.

They are all very well behaved by the way. They rarely get the boot camp. Guess maybe it has worked. :)


Hello,
Can someone please tell me what a chat room is here and what does it do? If there is information on advicentaors that I do not know of please send me the link. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Ryan_10 (link)
In the blue column to your left is the chat room link.

It is listed under advice. Rarely has there been much advice given in there though. It is more a place to meet the other advicenators.

It is usually fun in there if you can find someone around. Keep checking because sometimes if not much is going on, the ones listed as being there are probably drifting around somewhere else. They will see you eventually. :)


today someone told me that she liked me. i kind of like her too, but her friends hate me. so should i ask her out? if i decide not to ask, then how do we keep things the way they were...(not weird/awkward) (link)
Since (hopefully) you won't be dating the friends too, I would ask her out.

A girls friends will just have to learn to, if not like, then at least tolerate her boyfriend. :)


i have to make a two liter bottle rocket. and i have no idea how too. i have never done anything like this before. i have to build it from stracth. i have a few months.
so i was wondering if anyone here has built them before, or knows how to build them.
please get back to me!
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There were several I found by punching in bottle rockets + 2 litre bottles. Just in case this site isn't what you want. :)

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pagrosse/h2orocketsi.htm


okay ive heard that there is a right and a wrong way to use a condom. is this true? i thought you just put it on and your set to go...please help! i rate 5's. (link)
Here is a web site. About halfway down the page it tells how to use a condom properly. :)

http://www.avert.org/usecond.htm


does peanut butter help you lose weight? or is it at least good when your on a diet?

cause it is peanuts and peanuts are nuts. so shouldn't it be good for dieting? (link)
Peanut butter has loads of fat in it.

Most diets I believe allow you to have a tablespoon a day of peanut butter. It is a good source of protein. :)


Lately, Ive realy wanted ot become balimic or anterexic.. the thing is i cant. i love my boyfriend to death and he would flip if he found out.. also i would loose all trust in my parents.... soo what do i do?? is cutting back food a badd thing???


--thx-- (link)
If you sit down and eat an entire box of ice cream, cutting down is not a bad thing.

If you stop eating or start vomiting up everything you eat, that is not only bad but can be deadly as well.

You will turn into a very unattractive skeleton.
Your teeth will rot out. Your hair will fall out.
You can have a heart attack or you can rupture your stomach.

That is only a few things. None attractive.

The best way is to eat the proper amount and exercise. Really not a hard thing to do. There are thousands of web sites out there that will help you with proper diet and exercise tips.

Just punch in "proper diet and exercise tips" in any search engine. :)


Hi

I am 14 years old and me and my boyfriend have sex and we use protection but on night my boyfriend put his penis a little bit in my vagina, and took it out again,, it wasn't even in there for a minute. He took it out and i wiped my self off. I missed my period this month, and i am worried that i might be pregnant, I am going through a lot of stress this month and I am sick with the flu.. but i am still scared that i might be pregrant, what do you think.. (link)
OK. I wasn't even going to answer this but I will. This is for all young girls your age and older.

Anytime you have penis entering vagina the possibility exists that you will get pregnant.
Protection or no protection. Protection of course being the preferred thing!

Stress and flu may cause your period to be delayed. At your age anything can cause your period to be delayed. That is why sex is discouraged in young girls. The hormones say yes, the body though is not mature enough. You will have missed periods and you will panic every time.

A very real possibility you and other young girls need to understand. A young man has very little control over ejaculating. Most, no control at all. He puts it in a warm place...It goes off.
It doesn't need be there for even a minute. Is he going to admit it? Probably not. Can you get pregnant? Most certainly.

Now, I am not saying you are pregnant. We have no way of knowing that. You may not be. You can take a test but they cost money. Better to wait it out.

I hope it doesn't sound as if I am picking on you. That isn't my intent at all. I just think that this is information you and other girls your age need to know.

The drawbacks of having sex at a young age are many. It can be a very scary thing. The consequences of having sex can change your entire life.

You girls need to think about yourselves because teenage boys (sorry guys) no matter how much they may say they love you have only one goal in mind. It is not your future.

I don't use the SN younggrandma because I waited until I was 21. I do know what it is like for you...I do think 14 is way to young, but I know. I am not judging you, just giving you benefit of been there done that wisdom. :)


I am a 15- year old female that wants a navel piercing. Can someone send me a website on some information on what I am going to need to do, to keep it clean, and what to do and not to do in order for it not to get infected. Please Help ASAP (link)
Sure thing! Here are some sites for you. :)

http://www.tellmehowto.net/howto/care_for_a_pierced_navel_74

Scroll down a bit on this site

http://www.ehow.com/how_17138_care-new-body.html

Throwing this one in FYI

http://www.ehow.com/how_17695_belly-button-piercing.html


how do you determine the right weight for a certain hight/weight?

im 14, 4'11" and 110 pounds

thx (link)
Here is a chart for you. :)

http://www.healthchecksystems.com/heightweightchart.htm


Hey all im a frequent user on this site and i ussually am the one giving advice. But now im on the other end of the receiver. I need your guys help. There is this guy who is one of my best friends his name is lowell and there is my fiancee named andrew well i used to have a thing going on with lowell and me and him started going out but its just a lust thing and he knew it. Well hes starting to love me and lowell is liek a little kid, he throws a fit about everything i knew it was wrong and i still love my fiancee i want to tell lowell ya know what i love you but i love andrew more and its over but i want to be friends. I have told lowell before but he wont listen to me he takes it as im cheating on him with andrew but its the other way around. I need your help its an awful thing that i did but i cant help it. Help me please!
~*~ Short N Punky ~*~ (link)
If you want the relationship with Andrew to last, and you have those kind of feelings for Lowell...you have to stay away from Lowell.

I mean clear away. If you can't stay away from him then you need to break it off with Andrew. It could be you won't be able to remain friends at all with Lowell. His next step will probably be to tell Andrew everything.

Don't tell Lowell that you love him. It is just encouraging him and giving him hope that isn't there.

You have a decision to make. Which one do you really want. Once you do that, the other is going to have to go.

Good luck.


My best friend is an eighteen year old guy who thinks he's in love with an emotionally unstable girl, who is also a close friend of mine. He does care for her a lot, as do I - we want the best for her. She tried to commit suicide a couple of months ago, and she's been undergoing recovery since then, including undergoing hypnosis and being put on prozac. She's been doing great so far up until now - for the last few days she's been falling back with her old crowd, the one she used to get drunk and high with, part of the reason she decided to kick the bucket a couple of months ago.

On Wednesday, she got drunk and made out with another guy - total asshole. She told him that she got wasted, and they talked about it and made up, but she didn't tell him that she cheated on him. The girl who told me wasn't supposed to, and if I talk to Sam (the girl) about it, she'll know it was her who told me. The problem is that this girl is in love with the guy, she has been for the last year since they broke up - she doesn't try to ruin things for him, and like me, she wants the best for him and even Sam. What I (and she) don't know what to do is whether or not we should tell him, or keep it from him that Sam cheated on him that night?

If we do tell him, obviously all hell is going to break loose, and one of the things that is going to happen is that this girl is going to be accused of telling me only for the sake of breaking Sam and him up - which is so far from the truth. We have noo idea what to do. She doesn't care about being talked about, but she doesn't want him to think that she wants him to get hurt.

I, on the other hand, don't want my best friend to live a lie, and at the same time, I don't want Sam to have another thing that could hold her back from completeing her recovery.

I'm so confused, what do I do?

I'm sixteen, female. (link)
Doesn't sound like her recovery is going very well.

She needs a support group. AA or alanon, whichever pertain to her problem.

Returning to the old crowd is a great big no-no. Old crowd = old behavior.

I honestly don't know if you should say anything about her cheating. I do know that you guys are going to have to stop treating her with kid gloves. It doesn't work. I might let her know that YOU know all about the cheating. Maybe she will confess.

The message she is receiving is behave bad, get forgiven, rinse, lather, repeat.

Try to get her to attend a meeting of a support group. They have been where she is now. She won't be able to fool them. They will help her.




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