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Q: So here's my question... im a girl and im 16, but for some reason i am very nervous about doing things with this guy i like in school. We always talk about doing stuff and having sex. I asked this question before and i got an answer saying watch some porn videos... well i did and im still nervous because they are pro. How do I boost my seflesteem so i can actually do what i say i want to do? And im not looking for an answer that says do what's conftorable or if youre not ready dont do it. Im not looking for those answers. I want to do stuff with him but im scared, how do i become unscared?
You really dont become unscared. Since you are ready, you just have to do it. Then you won't be scared anymore. The first time I had sex, Me and my boyfriend had been together for 6 months and i was still really nervous about it. Its just something you learn while you go. Trust me, the guy has more to worry about than the girl anyways. You both will be nervous but it will pass

Q: I've been dating this one guy for almost 8 months. We tell each other we love each other and all that stuff. I do love him, I suppose. It's just, one week I'm really into him and the other I'm just all 'blah..' towards him. I dunno. I feel as if the feelings have changed ? But there's this other guy. My boyfriends best friend. We used to talk a lot and flirt bunches when school was in. Which, I know was wrong, but I kinda couldn't help it. We connected instantly and he's real cool. I know he likes me, and I kinda have thing going for him too. A while ago, I considered breaking up with my boyfriend for him, but decided against it. And now there's this other guy. Hes a year younger than me. We talk all the time. We're pretty much best friends right now. I spent the whole day tubing with him, and we flirted.. A lot. He kept smacking my butt, and hugging me from behind and holding me. It felt really nice. He kept wanting to kiss me, but I told him not to. Since I'm taken and all. I don't want to sound like a slut, cause I'm not. I just, I don't know what to do. Some days, I want to break up with my boyfriend to go out with someone else, but then my feelings totally change. :/ What should I do?
it sounds like right now the best thing for you to do is be single. You seem to have feelings for a mix of boys and its not fair to play with all of them so maybe just try being single for a little and see how that goes.

Q: I want honest answers because I don't know if I've turned into a crazy girlfriend or am I thinking right.

Over the summer me and my boyfriend have this unwritten rule that during the day he hangs out with his guy friends and then I come over around 4. Well recently he got a car and it needs work and he hasn't stopped working on it all week. Today I went shopping with the girls and he was working on cars with the guys and we agreed to meet back up at his house around 4 as usual. I get there and he wasn't there, so I hang around for an hour and there was no sign that he was coming home so his sister and I decided to go into town and shop around for an hour before all the shops close. One of the stores stayed open for us so we ended up being out for two hours. We came back and my boyfriend still wasn't home so I went to go watch tv alone in his room and after getting the third "I'll be home soon" text from my boyfriend I got bored and fell asleep. He woke me up at 8 when he came in and he had one of his friends with him which annoyed me the minute I woke up. He had the nerve to bring his friend back after hanging with the guys all day and I only had about an hour and a half before I had to go home and he knew that. So for an hour we went back and forth with the "What's wrong?" "Nothing" thing. I kept saying nothing because I was really annoyed and didn't want to start anything in front of his friend. Well he finally figured out that I was mad because A)I was only going to see him for 2 hours. B)he brought his friend with him. BUT! not long after he made that great discovery his friend called him (the one whos house he's been at all day) and he asks what time they were going out. Now this pissed me off and I'm going to sum it up for the sake of making this simple.
-boyfriend is with the guys from 10am-8pm working on cars
-has "time with me" that includes his friend
-boyfriend leaves at 9:30(his friends wont let him wait until 10 which is when I leave). and he goes to a underground street car show an hour away with the same friends he's been with all day.
-i go home and then at 1am get a text from him complaining that he barely saw me today.


Am I turning into one of those controling girlfriends or do I have a right to be annoyed?

This situation was the one that really pissed me off but I've been hearing about this car for weeks now. I'll start a conversation or talk to him about an actual problem that I have and he'll change the conversation out of the blue to talk about the car and for a while I actually showed interest.
And we haven't had a day to ourselves without one of his friends showing up in over a week.


Other info:
We're both 18. Been dating for 5 months.
Okay, well the fact that he texted you at 1 am and said he barely saw you showed that he cared and i think he was probably trying to show you that he understood that you were upset about that and he was also upset. Your not a crazy girlfriend so dont start thinking that because the relationship will fail if thats on your mind. He is obviously very excited about the car and thats all that he can talk about for a bit but that will pass. Just let him talk and be excited because you would want him to do the same. I think its healthy that you guys can hang out with some friends and maybe just mention that you miss seeing him as often and it would mean alot if you had some more time together. Just try not to do it in a nagging way. I hope it works out :]

Q: hey i was wondering at like a party like a outside like block party whats a good way to go up to a girl start talking to them ask them to hang out for the rest of the night/get their number/how to find out if they are single. im 16 male if that helps..girls would be around the same age.please answer asap. thanks
its okay if your shy, i think you just need to be relaxed about this kind of stuff. Girls generally wont be mean and if they are then you dont want them anyways. Guys generally just come up and start a conversation at a party, it helps if your with friends that maybe know the girl too. Then its really laid back. I personally like when i meet someone who can make me laugh at parties.

Hope that helped

Q: my bf and i were dating and it was the only relationship I've ever had that was serious. I've dated like 7 other boys, but they meant nothing to me compared to the way I feel about my last. Since we broke up I can't seem to be able to focus on anything, school work, sports,i can barely sleep or eat anymore. I know I'm still in love with him and I've told him how I feel but he doesn't feel the same way. Is there anything I can do just to get my life back?
Mmmmm bummer :[
well, no you really just need time. try hanging out with friends and just having fun!


im sorry sweetie :[

Q: One of my best friends... Last year, Gr 7, was fine. She was nice and we were all together. Now in Gr 8, she doesnt even talk to me. Though i have another best friend. All she ever talks to now is another 2 girls. Which are also my friend and THEY DO talk to me. She is like such an anime freak now. Sometimes , shes all gloomy. I ask her whats wrong and she ignores me and sometimes pushes me away. Today we went on a field trip and then I wanted to take a picture of all of my friends and stuff and she just pushed me away, same with my camera. Last year, she wasnt that much of an anime freak. Not that I don't like it, she talks aobut it every day, this and that. We are also in seperate classes. I know shes a good friend but I just can't stand this of her being talking about anime, everyday, every lunch, every time! I jsut hate it. she just never talks about anything else now. She doesnt even hang with us. She ignored me and my other friend who likes anime but isnt a freak, like me. What should I do?

Thanks :)
ok so i was in a similar situation my freshman year of high school. My best friend just started leaving me out and completly not engaging in conversations. it made me upset and then id act negatively toward her for the rest of the day. What i think you should do is just go with the flow. Working for someones friendship is exhuasting and sad if they arent working at it too. She is learning who she is and may need a little space. but this doesnt mean you should just leave her and dont talk to her that wouldnt be good :[ i think you should just stop working at being her best friend. Try hanging out and talking to other people.

i hope it helps and dont let her get you upset. its just frustrating. :\

Q: 16. F.
I've been single for about a year now. I've given my number out to plenty of guys, but only liked them as friends. So most of my guy friends like me and that's how I met most of them. Well I jus got back with my ex and I don't know how to tell them I have a boyfriend. I don't want to say it out of the BLUE! Like one wants to meet me at Six Flags, but I'm going with my boyfriend that day! Another asked me to go to homecoming as a date with him, but I just want to go as friends! The thing is, they always think I like them, I guess because I'm so "nice." I don't TRY to flirt. Oh gosh I do not. I don't say straight out flirty stuff (I would never!)... but I just need the best way to tell them! Thanks!
wow, you sound alot like me. I grew up with older brothers and i am just kinda one of the guys. All of my best friends are guys but most of them get mad at me when i dont sleep with them. I too just got a boyfriend and luckly my boyfriend is being very good with them. hes actually showing intrest and becoming there friends. If i were you, when one asks you out just simply say, well i have a boyfriend now and im not really sure if that would be the best idea. Guys dont want the fancy lies and bullcrap. they want you to tell them the truth and no mixed messages. And if they are just into chilling your boyy should have no problem with that :]

hope i helped and good luck :D

Q: I'm a shy person and only have two close friends. I always thought that it didn't matter if other people accepted me because they did. Today my best friend sent me this email:

hey, i have something i need to talk to you about. it actually involves dixie too but she is too afraid to talk to you about it because she doesn't want to make you mad or upset. okay first off dixie and i both agree that you have been acting rude to us. every time we say something that isn't said "perfectly" or is not something you would say you treat us like we are 5. like for example at dixies party at my house i said something about sequences (i proabably spelled it wrong but i really don't give a crap) and you were like amanda you are special..blah blah blah. also you make a big deal out of the fact that dixie hasn't seen bambi.....BIG FRIGGIN DEAL!!! you haven't seen marry poppins...OOHH ASHLEY YOU HAVEN'T SEEN MARY POPPINS OH MY GOSH!!! sorry but that's the way you treat us. you have also been acting spoiled and it seems like you are trying to make us jealous....okay personally dixie and i don't give a dookie that you did whatever...good for you..we are happy for you! oh and the college situation. it seems like everytime we are talking about college you always say that dixie can't be an interior designer. SHE CAN DO WHATEVER SHE WANTS IF SHE PUTS HER MIND TO IT. she has an interest in it! SHE CAN DO IT! you are sapost to be her friend and support her instead of put her down!!! why don't you think she can be an interior designer??? cuz she doesn't dress like you do or decorate like you do???????? give me reasons..because if that is your reason then we don't think you could be a teacher because you have no patients. oh and that time you called me just to tell me I was wrong when really i only had a different opinion than yourself. it was about global warming. you said we are all going to die and blah blah. i don't believe in global warming and i don't believe we are all going to die. i don't care what scientists say or what al gore says...they're not God..i only believe what God says. i don't care if you are thinking i am stupid because i am my own person and i have my own opoinion....you heard the old saying "opoinions are like butt-wholes, everybody's got one!" that's all i have to say now but we just wanted to let you know how rude and childish you have acting. we love you to death and don't want to ruin our friendship but we had to say something so you would realize what you are doing is hurtful...and if you are thinking that this letter is hurtful i realize that. i wrote it so you would feel the hurt and humiliation you have caused us. please write back

I just don't get it. I mean I'm the one with self esteem issues. If anything I envy both of them. Just the thought of them being mad at me is killing me. Its like my world is falling apart. Its not just them. My whole family has been treating me worse lately. I'm digressing backwards. I'd went from almost commiting suicide to being a relatively happy teenager. I mean I'm 17 and I want my life to end. I'll never kill myself and I know it. I just don't want to spend the rest of my life alone and unhappy. I just need some advice and help.

By the way, sorry about how long this is.
Yeah, friends are always supposed to be there for you. But this isnt the end of the world...they said that they are just feeling bad about how they are being treated. Just try to watch what you say. I was in the same boat as you not to long ago...I started acting strange because my family life was NOWHERE near perfect and it effected my attitude untill my best friends started talking about me and said they wanted nothing to do with me..which isnt fair since they were leaving me in my time of need but thats beside the point.

I realize that you are feeling lonely and it wasnt really nice of your friend to say that stuff to you! she could of certaintly said it in a nicer way. but just say your sorry if you are and try to work on how you treat them.

I hope i helped and i hope everything does work out :/

Q: well i have asked a question on how i can be more outgoing cause its affecting my ability to be able to make friends. well i try to be interesting but no one seems to like me. like i see people in the halls at school saying "want to come over my house" or "Want to go bike riding" no one ever asks me that, is it because i'm boring? what can i do to make people want me as their friend? and how can i keep friend? i am really desperate for help. :( i have like one kind of best friend and she never even asks me to do stuff! she doesnt even invite me to her parties! and please dont say "why dont you ask THEM"
i know you dont want to hear this. but i really think you should ask them to hang out sometime. and you shouldnt stick "best friends" with the girl that doesnt invite you to her parties. the thing is. you have to be yourself and stand out. do daring stuff and always have funn. that way ppl want to hang out with you cause you do crazy stuff. this doesnt work for everyone and im sorry if it doesnt work really hope i helped

Q: Ok, so there's this british exchange program at my school and 16 British people came to my school and are being hosted by students at my highschool. One of my friends is hosting this kid, i'll call him Ryan. The thing is he's so cute and nice and i really want to get to know him but the only thing is that there are always tons of girls around him because they also think he si cute. I know my friends s/n and my question is, should i try to get to know Ryan? Oh ya and by the way, he is leaving on Friday to go back to ENgland but i would really like to get to know him well enough to ask him for his e-mail so we can talk back and forth after he leaves but idk if i want to get to like hima nd know that i can't go out with him because he is 3000 miles away in another country.
well i dont think you could go out with him. obviously. but i think that you should defiently ask for his email. you shouldnt be afraid i mean heyy if hes leaving soon then you dont have to see him every day! lol hope i helped

Q: This question has been asked alot, but mine's a bit different. I need a dress for my 8th grade dance, it needs to be nice, somewhat dressy, bun not like, dressy dressy like a prom or anything.. if that makes sense =\

Any websites with cute AND affordable dresses?
i'd say dillards thats where i got my dress. not to expensive but very cute

Q: is there anyway to improve my running so and can get faster?? i'm an outfielder for softball and the only way i'll be able to start varsity is if i can cover more ground any help is appreciated
alright. the best advice would be maybe every morning before school is runn. i know that it may seem really early but thats how i made track. hope i helped. pls rate

Q: hi
i don't know if i should do lacrosse. everyone said that it requires alot of running. i signed up for it. is it hard? ihave never played it but thats ok. so if you can just tell me a little about it running, hard, stuff like that..
14/f thanxx
okk well i absouletly love lacrosse. it is my favorite sport. and it does require running but after the first few practices you'll catch on to the game and how you play. If you really like the sport then you dont even notice the work. yes well i think yhou should do it cause 9 out of 10 girls like it. yeahh hope that helped

Q: okay so i have longish dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, and an ovalish shaped face. i was thinking about getting side bangs when i get another hair cut but i don't know if they would look good on me. if you could tell me what shape faces, what hair colors, and what eye colors, side bangs generally look good on it would be really helpful for me to figure out if they would look good on me. I rate 5's. Thanks in advance!
I think side bangs look good on dark hair and an ovalish face. yeahh so i think it would defiently look good on you. hope i helped.

Q: I've already asked my friends, but I thought a few of you would have GRRRREAT advice. So I like this guy. A while ago, I told him he was a hottie. Nothing realy happened after that. He went out with my friend a while after, but they broke up. They are still friends and she said he would tell him to call me. I am NOT a shy person. But whenever Im around him, I can't talk. At all. My friend told me she sees him glancing at me, but I haven't seen it. I really like him and want to go out with him, but Im kinda stuck on what to do. Any suggestions on what to do? ANYTHING is appreciated. Thanks =]
yeahh. whenever anyones around the guy they like they get shy. but i think u should try to flirt.

Q: I'm 16, almost 17. When I was a freshmen I started dating this guy, who wasn't the best guy in the world. The bad guy type, does drugs, gets in trouble, gets drunk on weekends. I look back now and I don't know what I was thinking. But I was with him for a year. My parents hated him, yea you know how it is. Drama in the household. Eventually we had to break it off because of my parents. We still talk every couple of months or so. But I got in a relationship with a guy, and I've been with him for 8 months now and I know I love him, but I still keep thinking about my x. And there is no way I could ever get back with my x or even want too. But I can't help but think about him. I always wonder if he's thinking about me or how he's doing. I know my boyfriend now is the best thing I have right now so I don't want to end it with him, but I don't know why I keep thinking about my x. What should I do?
Its normal to think about your x's. my x was just like that. he was into drugs and all that stuff but when i broke up with him i knew it was better but i still can't help thinking about him. i think u should just keep going n with the guy ur dating now. i really hope i helped

Q: is there any other image host besides photobucket that doesnt resize the image? thanks in advanced
yeahh.
try piczo.
www.piczo.com
or
www.imageshack.us
hope i helped.

Q: i am really good friends with this one guy we hang out all the time we play basketball football everything we are neighbors so ya but i really like him and well i am afraid that if i tell him that i like him he mite not like me and we will grow distant from eachother and i really don't want that to happen i tried forgeting about him but it won't work als i am 13.f and he 16/m and the age difference kinda bothers me please help i will rate really high
Heyy.
Okk well the same thing kinda thing.
You can not keep this from him...cause
if you have a secret then your relation
ship will get worse. what i would do
is hint that you like him and then flirt
alot. then if he goes to ask you out then
that will be good. but if he doesnt just
be really glad that your such good friends
with him. i really hope i helped =]

Q: ohkay, so im like a reeeaalllly slow runner when it comes to ... running? i get 12 minutes on my miles and i dont know what im doing wrong. i weigh 110lbs. im not fat but not stickly skinny. can anyone tell me how i can run faster and make it easier for me to run without getting tired?
okk well...sometimes in like the mornings you should run so you get use to it. and once you start running just keep running like focus at something in the distance because once you stop its harder for you to keep going. if you go out in the mornings then you will get faster and more in shape. hope i helped =]

Q: ok i my friend and my best friend use to go out with him and they went out like 4 times and it never worked out so i like him and my friend asked him when i was on the phone but he didnt know i was if he liked anyone? he said he did and the girl he described was just like me but when i talked to him and asked he likes anyone he said he doesnt so my friend got the 3 of us on the phone at the same time and she told him that he needs to ask me out i was acting like i didnt like him and he just did a sorta laugh that was like maybe idk it wasnt amean laugh but it was a kinda idk laugh wow i sound stupid any way what should i do?
Heyy
I think that you should maybe have your friend tell him that you like him...cause i mean he sounds intrested and if you are then you should go out. but yeahh defiently have someone tell him that you like him cause whats the worst that can happen...he find out you have a crush on him. lol well yes i hope i helped. =]

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