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Q: I have 2 neighbors that I've been friends with for a long time. I'm a girl, 15, and they're both guys, 2 yrs younger than me, if that matters. Anyway, we used to always play outside together or play vido games at each other's houses a lot. About 2 years ago, due to personal family issues, I wasn't around very much for a long time, and I havn't really seen either of them at all. For a long time if I saw one of them on the bus or something, we'd just say "hi" and that's it. For the most part they ignore me. All the family stuff is cleared up now, but since school's out, I still havn't had a chance to talk to them. I want to still be friends with them, but what am I supposed to do? Do I just call them and ask if they want to come over like I would have two years ago as if nothing's happened? Do I tell them I feel like I've been ignored? Please help me, and sorry this was so long!
Go to their house, ask if they want to hang out. and go from there. don't use the phone, it is better to renew friendships in person.

Q: I just moved in to a house in Lake Park, NC. I have lived here for a week and I like this girl that lives across the street. I don't have the nerve to ask her out. Can someone tell me a good way to ask her out.

Signed,

newkid
using your dog might be a good idea just make sure she is outside. ask her how she is, and if she would like to hang out sometime. talk about what her hobbies are, and stuff like that, tell her about you and after awhile tell her that you like her, and ask if she will go with you.

OR...

instead of using the dog, you could write a little note saying i am new, would like to get to know you, i like you, i live across the street my name is- whatever your name is lets hang out. leave your number and put a rose with the note if you can, then the next time you see her outside use the dog- let it go free to her house and just ask did you get my note? and see what she says.

which ever you perfer personaly i think the 2nd one is more romantic, and it would get her to smile. the number thing well i would wait a couple days and see if she calls and then use the dog.

HAVE FUN AND GOOD LUCK!

Q: You ever feel like your wasted space? Just waiting for someone to prove you wrong. Like you want to hurt yourself but you don't want to feel the pain. What do you do then?
You try your best to get your mind away from those thoughts. It seems to me that you don't think much about yourself, and that my friend needs to change right now. NO your not wasted space everyone is here for a reason, to learn. learn all that you can about everything that you can i assure you if you get out and you be with friends, get hobbies you will not think that you are wasted space. you keep being the great person that you are and you go out and have fun, don't think for one more second that you are wasted space, and if you need someone to prove you wrong, i am the person to do it. get out there and have fun, don't waste your life away by thinknig that you are wasted. ok? good luck and i wish you the best with your life, full of happy times, thoughts, and memories. :)
(Hello again, if you could tell me how you are diffrent i think i could help you more, and i would be more than happy to help you.) thanks.

Q: What do i do when i want to get close to someone i barely know.I'm not totally sure but people say she interested in me.Under ther circumstances i can't get close to her.She's hardly on aim and doesnt have a myspace and she barely picks up the phone.We've only met each other once but that day there was good chemestry between us and I know we could have a great relationship if i just make the right moves.The problem is, i dont know what kind of moves to make...
what do i do???
the next time you see her, tell her how you feel, see how she reacts, if she likes you back great. don't make moves to quick just talk to her, if you do get together with her, i am sure the circumstances of not getting a hold of her much will change, because she will be making time for you. so have fun, relax, and just go with the flow.

Q: ok so my mom smoked and than she stopped becuase of breast cancer but than she started again and than she stopped recently and now she begun again a few days ago ! i dont udnerstand it. i try and make her stop all the time but she just doesnt listen. she ingores the fact that it can kill her and do all other things. and i really dont know what to do and i really want to get her to stop .. please give me some adivce.. i really dont want smoking to hurt her.
OK, i know this is the answer you are most not looking for, and the least you want to hear BUT, here it goes. 1st smoking is a very bad habbit to get into in the 1st place, and it's very hard to stop, so give her some credit for quiting as much as she has already. 2nd it's her life, you can't live it for her, if she is going to smoke as much as you don't want her too, and as much as she knows that it is not helping with her cancer smoking is the thing that she does have left. and she will stop smoking if she wants to bad enough to live longer for you, and for many others who care about her. but don't nag her, or anything because i sware it won't do any good. believe me i have tried everything with my family. so let her live her life they way she wants to live it. i know it's hard to just sit back and watch her make her cancer worse but you can't stop her. i am sorry. all you can do is tell her how you feel about smoking and how you feel about her. and hope that she cares enough about herself to slow down the cancer with not smoking. i hope this helps. and good luck.

Q: I'm 15 and in need of a job. The store I want to work at only hires people 16 and older. Should I add a year to my age? what's the worst thing that can happen & could they easily find out? I'm just wondering... thanks!
PLEASE don't lie about your age, you will get fired, when you do turn the legal age to work at this fab place you won't be able to work there because you lied. so just wait till you are 16 and then go for that job. you can either wait another year to get a job at all, or untill you turn 16 work somewhere else. but there are alot of consquences for lieing, so please don't do it. you will regret your lies. good luck with the job search!

Q: first of all its not an STD b/c my b/fs never been with sum1 n neither have i.....but it sumtimes burns when i pee and i have a little tiny sliver like thing...and ive been getting them since i was little....and i do wear thongs n tight fitting cloths....what could it be a yeast infection?
hi there,

um this is what happens when you eat something that your not supposed too. go to the store and get these it's called cranberry fruit, super concentrated, 1680mg plus vitamin c take 2 and just read the directions, they help alot and everything should be gone within a couple of days. also just to be on the safe side, talk to your boyfriend make sure he has not been with anyother person. PLEASE both of you get tested. because if he is lieing, and you both have something it would be alot better to catch it early instead of later. please take this advice. if your boyfriend won't get tested please do it for yourself, and if it's not something from your boyfriend then just take the cranberry pills you can get them at wal-mart.
good luck. :)

Q: i woke up this morning and my wrists hurt and i dont know why. they arent cut or anything they just really hurt .. and its like near the vains. its not like i pulled it or anything. and i dont cut or do lacross or anything to make it hurt. its just realyl random and i was wondering if anyone knew what it was.
you may have slept on them wrong. put some ice on them and do circlur movements it should help.


Q: What do I do if my friend's boyfriend is starting to get physically abusive towards her? Like he always "play" hits her but he goes out of control and keeps "playing" even though she's saying stop. The other day she told me he hit her for real. She barely did anything and he hit her on her face and arm. I personally want to kill him. But what can I tell her? Because she really loves him. That's why she has stayed with him that long. Everytime she calls me she always has something to say about something that he did and tonight when she called me it really made me sad/mad for her. So someone please give me some tips on what to say to her or do for her... Thanks =/
there is only one thing you can do, you need to talk to her, be there for her, tell her what you see through your eyes. say that the relationship she is in is not safe,and she has to get out. this guy will not change once someone hits another person they won't stop, it is a constant cycle. i would also advise to allow her to come over your house some day soon, get some books on physical abuse and tell her that you are really worried about her, and that she needs to get help. allow her to read the books and see what she has gotten herself into. the best thing you could do is be there for her when she needs you most. because she might be so blinded by this "love" for this guy that she can't see what is really going on. or she can see it but she is afraid to get out, maybe he has threated her. i am not sure, but it is always possible. if things get to the point where she realizes she needs to get out, and she is ready stick with her all the way. if he is the type to go completly crazy you will have to get a restraning order. if things get to bad. physical abuse is a really big thing and one thing can lead to another. what she thinks she has is not love, it is only a feeling of longing. he has told her so many compliments to make her feel good about herself, and yet he abuses her. it's not good. if it would help you could let her read what i have just written and maybe she will see that she is not in the best position to be in. there are guys out there that will not abuse her, and she needs to find one, because this guy is bad news, and i am very thankful she has a friend like you to see what she doesn't, and someday she will too. i would advise to do these things asap, because you want her to get out of that realtionship as soo as she can, otherwise it will be harder for her to get out. i wish you the best of luck, and hope everything work out. :)

Q: ok so i broke up w/ my boyfriend about a week and a half ago then i left for a trip and got back the other day. when i got online i was telling him all about it b/c he imed me first and he said he still wanted to talk to me b/c he wants to stay friends. so i was telling him about everything but i left out the part about this guy i met at camp b/c i didnt want to hurt him. he got mad anyways and was like " all you talk about is yourself" but he never talks about him even if i ask so i was like umm im sorry? then he went into detail about how he got drunk, and went to his best friends exes house and hung out w/ her in her hot tub. then he was like im gonna go its hard to talk to you b/c i still love you so much. then he signed off. i was so pissed! what the heck is wrong w/ him? i got so mad that i sent him an email that was like " why would you tell me about u and that girl and then tell me you love me? " it just pissed me off! so then i was like "fine, ill tell him about the guy at camp!" so i did and w/ great detail just to piss him off b/c i wanted to give him a taste of his own medicine. i know that was wrong but it just really made me mad about what he did? what should i say to him later when he ims me and gets mad? i kno he will, but i just dont know if i should say sorry a million times, or be just as angry at him as hes gonna be at me. thank you so much im sorry this was so long!
hello,
what you did was wrong, but also what he did was wrong also. he told you about that girl because i strongly believe he does still "love" you, and he is hurt by the break-up and he is rubbing in your face saying "this is what you are missing out on." what you did was just to get back at him, and what you should have did was say you don't talk about yourself so i don't have any choice but to talk about myself, and if you want to talk about you go ahead. you should not have to apoligize. and defintilty don't say your sorry a million times. that's what he wants you to do. he wants you to feel guilty so that you will go crawling back to him. i don't know what happend to stop your relationship with this guy, but apparntly he still cares about you. i say you talk to him and see how he really feels/ thinks and tell him why you did what you did. if you come to the conclusion that you were both wrong and you still want to be friends good, but if you want to try to be together again, i would advise some major communication skills added. because you both don't have a strong enough relationship right now with the small communcation skills that you do have. you need communcation skills friends or more. so talk, tell him why you did what you did, get his side and move from there. good luck. :)

Q: I'm a thirteen year old female.
Well I have a very bad problem with a friend. She thinks I am a backstabber because she thought I got mad at her for taking her old boyfriend, but I said I didn't. And she thinks im an annoying person because she said "Your like a mosquito that won't go away." I've tried talking to her, but nothing helped me. I tried telling her I won't be annoying anymore, but she didn't believe me. We have been friends since Kindergarten and then this happened....HELLLLP..please!!
-Depressed Anonymous-
Hi,
with this friend of yours, she must still have feelings for your guy now. and that is why she is mad. so if she is telling you that you are annoying and like a mosquito then here is what i say. i would give it one last try to talk to her. tell her that you want to be friends and you don't want a guy to come in between your friendship, and that it's just not worth loosing a friendship over. ask her what she really feels, and tell her not to lie. maybe you can work out something where you can have you kindergarten friendship and your man. if the talking does not work, the friendship wasn't the greatest. just give her time, she should come around and if she don't then just move on, you tried your best to keep the friendship and if she is going to be a noncaring friend that does not care about how you feel, or what you want then there are lots of other people that would be your friend, and who will understand. so talk, and just give her time. good luck. :)

Q: ok soo me and my boyfriend have been together for a while and he thinks im to jealuos
-i hate this girl he use to like
-i hate that he whatches porn
-talks to other girls thats are sooo stuck up and snoby and thinks there hot errr!!
-talks about girls but jokingly he says!!
-stares at girls and then when i ask him what are you looking at hes all like umm i just thought i knew her!!
this stufff tottally drives me crazy i hate it do you think im to jealous and what should i do about it and do guys not like it when girls act jealous!!
Hey,
NO guys hate it when you "act" jealous. they like to know that they are wanted by you, that you like him. and i don't mean by having sex with them. i mean by complemnting on their hair, new clothes, anything that you find attractive about them. but with this guy i don't like how he looks at these other girls if he does it once in awhile i don't see a problem with it because he may be telling the truth of how "he thought he knew her" but if he does it constantly i have this for you... BREAK UP! you are not to jealouse at all. what he is doing is wrong. but you shouldn't hate this girl he used to like either he is with you not her, and you have to realize that if he wanted her he could still be with her, but he is with you so that means something. with the porn, almost all guys are into it. not all but most. and it's just how guys are, sorry to tell you that, but it's true. with talking to these other girls, maybe they are friends, again he is with you not them, he talks about other girls? that is a sign that he is still very immuture, and that he is not fully ready for a realtionship. so you have 2 choices my friend. 1) stick around till he grows up or 2) dump him and find a guy who don't look at other girls and say that they are hot, and he complments you, and who treats you better. with the porn their are guys out there somewhere who are not so intreted in it. i wish you the best of luck.

Q: i dated this guy for about a month and i liked him alot. He was so sweet in person and jus seemed perfect. But, we would plan to do something and he wouldnt show up and make up wierd excuses. It made me suspicious. so later he told me it was over for summer but he loved me and would never stop lovin me. me and one of his friends are friends also. he told me about all the lies my ex told me and how he even tried to cheat on me. but later i found out that his friend telling me the info liked me.. so im not sure who to believe cuz his friend could hav jus lied to make me like him.. but he and my ex decided not to take a break for summer.. i didnt kno what to do.. i decided to believe the friend.. and now im not sure if i made the right decision. i asked my ex and he denied everythin and said he would never do that to me and that he loved me
Ask your ex about the lies that your mutual friend told you. dont' yell at him and say you did this, i know you did i herd from our mutual friend. don't ever do that. your ex may have not been the best boyfriend in the world and he may lie to you. and if he does then just forget about him. with this friend if he does like you, ask yourself do i like him too? maybe this guy wants to go out with you so badly that he thought the only way you would think about going out with him is if he lied about your ex making him (the friend) look like the good guy to come to your rescue. and your ex look like the bad guy. so i wold talk to your ex first, follow your gut and if you think he is not lieing keep being friends with him, if he lies forget about him. with these excuses that your ex gave you talk to him about those as well. just follow your gut and good luck.

Q: It helps if you read my other question first. it'll clarify a lot for you! oh, and i'm really sorry in advance- i ask a lot of questions, and some are a little stupid. :-\
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OK. Well, i finaly built up the courage to tell him i liked him. and his response was : "I'm not very good with relationships. but i wouldn't mind staying friends, maybe we could try in the future." alright. here's the thing. i've known him to be very honest. but what if he didn't mean it? are things going to be really awkward between us from now on? was this a bad thing for me to do? and another thing- what if he finally ends up liking me, but i stop liking him? will that make things even more awkward? and what do i do if it happens?

ok, that's it i guess. sorry for allllll the questions. i'm just weird like that.

There is nothing wrong with asking alot of questions it is better to ask. Ok with this guy, he told you stright up, exactly what he ment in the first part. he just wants to be friends. you can't make someone like you, and with him saying i am not very good in relationships he is trying his best to say in his nice honest guy way that he is not intrested. and with the future, he is trying not to put you down. so my advice to you, is be friends with him now, move on to another guy, have fun, and if it turns out he gets "better in relationships" and he does want to be more than friends with you in the future, he will let you know. if you turn away from him when he comes after you, just go with your gut if you still like him enough that you want to give him a shot going with the great you, ok. but if not, tell him what he told you, just leave the not good in relationship thing out. or probally by then you will have a guy your with, and you can tell him sorry i am taken, but i would like us to be friends. it makes you feel better about yourself and it's his loss, if he didn't want to go out with the wonderful you, some other guy out there does, and he's just waiting for you to find him! or he will find you, just be patient, in the mean time have fun, and keep being you, don't change for anyone! :)

Q: I need a girlfriend and I am shy around girls. Can someone give me advice on how to meet someone.
Hey there,
ok first of all you don't need a girlfriend. i understand that you are shy, so if you would still like to meet a girl, if you have any outgoing friends (the guys that are not shy) see if you can hang with them while they are hangging with girls and see if they can get you hooked up. and to meet someone on your own, if all your friends are shy too, go out and have fun and if you see a girl that you think you may be intrested in go and talk to her, small talk nothing big, ask her how she is, where she goes to school, her name of course, and ask about her hobbies, and don't forget to talk about yourself and to tell her all about you, you will have a coversation going in no time. With any girl though become friends first, dont' rush anything, you have plenty of time for girls just concentrate on school, and what you like to do. be most importantly BE YOURSELF. don't try to be someone your not. good luck with the ladies!

Q: Okay, so I really really like this boy James. But he hates me. For no reason! Omg. Hes so sweet/cute/fine and I really like him. People try to convince me he likes me but I just know he doesn't. I know this sounds dumb and all but I started cutting myself just because I think my life was horrible [in my opinion] and now this to make it worse! I cant stand It but i like him so much. I want to stop cutting SO bad because its really not the right thing! Please help me with suggestions to stop! I really dont wanna ruin my life by a stupid mistake I made.


Sincerely,
Bloody Wrists.
Bloody wrists,

girl you should never cut yourself for anything, it's a pretty bad thing to do to your body. i am sure whatever the reason you cut, is not worth it. there are so many more better possibilities instead of cutting yourself. With this boy named james, unless he tells you himself that he hates you, and i am sure he doesn't because hate is a pretty strong word, then i would not believe what ever your telling yourself, of which he hates you. talk to him, flirt, get to know him, become his friend. and see where it leads you. but i would highly advise you stop cutting yourself first, because right now your not in any shape to be in a relationship when you turn to something as horrible as cutting yourself. love yourself first before you can love others. because when you get into a relationship you not only have to deal with your own problems, but you have to deal with your boyfriend's too. take one step at a time. stop cutting, go out with friends, go to a movie, do what you love to do, there are so much better things to do than to cut yourself, and then go after the guy. i wish you
the best of luck. :)

Q: i started taking birth control pills and i was wondering when its safe for my boyfriend to not use a condom?
Even though the pill is highly effective, it is not 100%. so i think the best thing to do is to use condoms and you stay on the pill. this way it's a lot better chance for the effectiveness. and a lesser chance of getting pregnet, Unless you want to get pregnet. but pill and condom work hand in hand. so have fun, and keep practicing safe sex. :)

Q: (sorry if it's long =/)
15/f
Okayy so I met this boy like a few months ago. We have only hung out like 3 times(not alone with a group)but we always talk online and stuff. Lately I have really started to like him. The other night he was talking to me and asked if I liked anyone. I said yes, and then he asked who. So I just sucked it up and told him it was him, but I would like to hang out more before anyhting happened. He said he felt the same way and I was really happy. But here's the problem, I am normally really shy and about stuff like that. I have never had a boyfriend or a first kiss. So my question is how do i get this like moving along. I want hang out and stuff but im like nervous but excited. I feel really comfortable around him but we havent hung out alone yet. Please help. Any advice is appreciated.(sp?)

It sounds like your very intrested in this guy and he is the same for you, i am happy for you both. this is simple, just tell him "i like you and i feel really comfterbal with you, but i think if we are going to be in a relationship i would like to take it slow." just tell him exactly what you told me, on how you feel towards everything. and if he is a good guy and he does like you then he will understand on how you feel. i would advise you stick with hangging with the group just a little while longer. just so that you both can get to know eachother better, and so that he doesn't get the idea of that you want to go faster than what you are compterbal with doing. and this is after you tell him of how you feel. That you are shy, and that you do like him but you want to move things slowly. stick with hanggnig with the group and he should get the idea, and talk about how combterbal u are with things. and don't worry about your first kiss, it will happen when the time is right. just have fun.

Q: I am from miami and i am 15. I had met a boy and he is 17 we have been friends for a month and he asked me to be his girlfriend so i said yes and a week later he had to move back to new jersey and we have been going out for 6 months now but he works as a chef and barely have time for anything. should i drop him or stay with him?
Hey there,

Ok this is probally not going to be the answer that you want. but i assure you it's the best thing for both of you at this time. You both have your lives going on in 2 diffrent places, he is doing his thing and you are doing yours. long distance relationship rarly work out, if you think that you have a major thing for this boy just wait till your older, and
see where both of you are. be friends for a longer time than a month. my personal opinion is that you both rushed into the relationship. i am sure you both like eachother very much. but for you both to be in diffrent places and not talking that much it's just not good for either of you. it's to much pressure and stress. talk to him and tell him you would like to be friends for now, and see where you are in the future, keep in touch and just have fun. both date around, and just have fun. hope this helps :)

Q: 16/f

okay i don't know what is happening. for the past week or 2 weeks i have been tired all the time. i can never feel awake for some reason and im always yawning. i sleep for about 10-11 hours each night and it doesnt help at all so maybe i'm oversleeping or something im not sure. i dont even usually do much during the day. any ideas for why im so tired all the time?
OK, hi I believe you answered your own question. Your getting to much sleep. My advice to you is go to bed around maybe 10 or 11 and then get up like about 8 or 8:30. You will feel sleepy for a bit when you get up but after awhile like a couple days your body will just get used to you sleeping less. and doing more during the day will definitly help. then by the time you go to bed you will be really tired and when you wake up you should be refreshed.

i hope this helps.

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