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I love to give advice and help people. I never think any question is too stupid or small, even if it's been asked a million times. Honestly, it's better to ask than remain in the dark.

Some of my favorite quotes:

"People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse to give it, upon request, for it often helps us to see our own way more clearly."
-Brendan Francis


"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't."
-Erica Jong

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I think that my brother uses drugs/sells them.I looked in our basement and i found some drugs.I'm really worried about him!He also threw a party and there was alcohal when my dad wasn't home,but my dad crashed the party.What should i do!

If you found drugs, tell your parents about it. They need to talk to your brother and intervene with him. If he gets involved in drugs...there can be severe consequences, legally and life threatening.

If your parents aren't willing to do anything about it, you need to find some other trusted person who can help your brother.

It may not seem good to tell on your brother to your parents, but in the long run you are doing what's best for him, and in time he will come to thank you for it.

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Hey, I've just recently begun learning guitar and I know a little bits and pieces of songs, but I'm not good enough to start doing chords yet. Does anybody know any songs that are easy to play or anything? [ It's for accoustic guitar, by the way ]. Help?

hmm any Beatle's song has pretty easy chords to do. Also, try Tom Petty songs they are pretty easy. Most rhythm parts of songs are fairly easy to do.

Good luck, and remember to practice a lot=)

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ok i have a lot of discharge, i have not started my period yet either. i live with my dad so its really hard to bring up the subject. i can't have a aunt, a friend, or a cousin take me either. i need pantyliners but i dont know how to get them without my dad knowing. what should i do???
plz help me, A.S.A.P.

umm if you can go to the store alone, you can go get them they are at every drugstore. If not, next time you go to the store with your dad, you can either shove them at the bottom of the cart and hope he doesn't notice, and if he does, just tell him it's a girl thing and you need them. Or if you're at the store with him go grab them, buy them while he's looking around the store. Or you can ask a friend to go with you and get them.


Good luck, hope it works out=)

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I'm 16 years old. I've never had a girlfriend, I've never been kissed, I've never even held hands. Is something wrong with me? I feel like I'm missing out on one of the best parts of my teenage years. Is it wrong that it hasn't happened yet? Is it a bad thing? And what about when I finally do get a girl. Is she not going to want to be with me because I'm not experienced enough to make her happy? I guess the advice I need is how do I stop worrying so much. The only reason it bothers me so much is because of my age. I'm 16, I should have at least gotten to 3rd base by now, and I damn sure should have fallen in love. Please help! I appreciate it.

Don't worry too much about it, everyone finds these things at different times. I know many of my friends are eighteen and haven't had much experience. And I doubt many ppl actually honestly fall in love at your age. If you want to have a girlfriend, find a girl you like and start flirting with her and ask her out. I know that's a hard thing to do, but you gotta try if you really want to experience something and get a girlfriend.

But don't worry, most people say they've got a lot of experience, but they don't really. And no, I don't think a girl would be turned off by the fact that you don't have experience. Personally, I find it refreshing when a guy hasn't been with many girls. =)

good luck, and don't worry too much about it. These things happen naturally.

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okay i'm 13 and i havn't had my period yet. i live with my dad so its really hard to bring up that subject, and i cant shave my legs because,again it hard to bring up the subject. i have air under my arms, and i'm guessing i should be shaving...but how do i bring up tht subject. what should i do? i cant go to anyone else either.
thanks in advance

Well you could do a few things. First, you can just go up to your dad and tell him you need a razor because you want to start shaving. Or if you can, just buy some on your own? If you can't, the next time you go to the store, just go get a razor and when you ring up the stuff, if your dad sees them just tell him you need them now.

As for your period, you might want to get stuff in advance like pads or tampons and have them in your house cause it would be embarassing asking your dad for them the day you got it. So if you can, talk to your dad about getting some just in case. Everyone goes through it, so I'm sure your dad will understand even if he does get a little embarassed.

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If yoou aint in that many of ya good friends' classes in high school does that mean you wont be friends?

Although it is hard to maintain friendships wihtout seeing them at school, I've been able to hold on to many of my strong friendships. As long as you talk outside of school and hang out outside of school, it shouldn't be too hard. What me and my friends did is we went to school like ten or more minutes early and sat by our lockers and chatted.

My best friend and I have had no classes together, but still are very close and best friends. Sure, you may lose some friendships, but so will everyone during highschool. I'm sure the meaningful and strong ones will stay.

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Hi my boyfriend and I are having some problems. Well first of all he is mad at me for getting a myspace and he wont leave me alone he's threatning to break up with me for it, its retarded he needs to just leave me alone. What should I do?

wow...if he is willing to leave you over something as small as that, then he is just trying to be controlling. You need to get out of that relationship, he obviously doesn't love you if he's going to break up with you over a myspace. As much as you probably don't want to hear this, I think you need to go find a more mature guy and dump him. Don't let him control you.

I hope everything works out.

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I recently asked my parents for a cell phone, but they aren't giving in. 15/m by the way...i get good grades like all almost all A's. My parents said that money isn't the important thing, so I need some advice in convincing them to get me a phone? what could I say or do?

Make a list of reasons you would need a cellphone. If you're out a lot, then you can tell them that it'd be easier for you to reach them in case of an emergency or something, and it'd be easier for them to reach you as well.

Also, you could try working for it. Tell them you'll do certain chores for a certain time frame if they'll get you the phone. Show them you'll be responsible about it and are mature. Don't fight or complain about it, talk rationally with them.

Good luck.

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Hi,

I recently bought some clothes from the Hollister at my mall. I am a 17 year old boy and think the clothes are nice.

When I got home and showed my 13 year old brother the clothes I got (a polo and a sweatshirt) he started screaming at me and said that only posers and gays were Hollister.

I know quite a few people don't like Hollister and quite a few people do.

I am wondering what people think of boys who wear Hollister?

Your brother is going to be judgemental, cause he's thirteen. I've noticed younger siblings tend to do that, but at your age you more into what you like opposed to what people say.

At my school, it's pretty cool to wear Hollister, and the guys who do wear it are not referred to as gay or posers. I'm sure no one will care much, and if you like the clothes than that's all that matters.

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Okay, so I'm dating this boy. And I really really like him. But he's moving, and I don't know what to do. Because he wants me to 'try' a long distance relationship. But as it is, we don't talk that much, unless we're hanging out. But when he moves, we won't hang out at all. I intended breaking up, but he got really mad at me. And it's really not what I want, I have no idea what to do. If anyone could help me please!

You could tell him you will try the long distance relationship, and see how it goes in the beginning. It could work out, if you two stayed in touch a lot, maybe through teh computer, or phone, or mail. Tell him that if it doesn't work out, then you two should consider breaking it off.

But if you don't even want to try the long distance thing, then it's your decision wether to stay in thsi relationship or not.

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So my friend has been havin relationship problems. right now shes not going out with him but they hav kissed several times and hugged and cuddled. from wat shes heard about him she thinks hes usin her. she had 1 of our friends ask him and he started cursin at her and i asked him and he just said he had 2 go. shes felling really low but she still likes him, i troed convicein her her not to but it didnt work. please help me. I want my baby to be happy. Please help me i dont know what to do!

Well I could see why a guy would be mad if the girl's friends kept bugging him about her. Honestly, SHE needs to ask him where this relationship is going, if he wants it to be serious or not. She needs to ask him if he's using her, or wants something more. That's the only way she'll figure out if he's worth her time or not.

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i cant think of what this song is called it starts off saying " i see you windin and grindin" someone please answer me

http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/song/738540.html


could that be the sogn, it starts off like that? I've never heard it, but I did a search on Google, if that's not the song, try searching there.

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ok well i went on my boyfriends myspace and i saw a message to another girl this was

it she aint 13 but umm its nothing even serious ne more and the girl is suicidal i think so if i try to brek up with her she will do something to herself so im sl;owing breakin that shit off i no i coul,d do better i had u didnt i?


well... that was about me so i confronted him n turns out it was this girl amber who wants torbeak us up now hes saying he cant trust me, and im fraid hes gunna break up with me, what should i say to him when he calls me, and how can i gain his trust?

If he said those things about you, why do you even want to still be with him? He said your relationship isn't serious, and that's he's going to break up with you. I say, break up with him before he hurts you even more. You don't need his trust, because obviously he is not trustworthy himself. You can do much better and have a guy that appreciates you. Never settle for less.

Hope it all works out.

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they are going to show this episode on a three year old obssessed with her looks...and I was just wondering what is normal age that many people start getting concerned with how they look?weight,height,etc...etc...

It usually happens when the person becomes a teenager, or when their hormones start acting up. They notice the opposite sex, and start to be concerned with how they look. I started to car when I was a teeanger, maybe 13 or 14. But I never was obsessed about it.

A three year old being obsessed...that's terrible. When I was three, I don't remember caring what I looked like.

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13/f.

I am very forgetful. I have a very short memory and can't even remember what I ate a couple of nights ago or what I wore. I often tell people about my experiences like something interesting happening or about a party that I went to, but I tell people again, and not even realize that I told them the first time. Help?

It sounds pretty normal to me. I forget I told people things and end up telling them many times. I guess you just don't keep track oh who you tell, that's what happens to me. And I think it's normal to forget what you ate/wore a couple nights ago. If you forgot abotu just yesterday, that might be a problem. I don't think it's a problem unless you forget things right away, but you seem to forget them over a period of time, which is normal.

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does anyone know any bands that sound like flyleaf and paramore && that have girl lead singers and are rock / alternative ?

I think you might like Lacuna Coil, The Distillers, and Nightwish. =)

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Im turning 18 in a month && im going to start taking diet pills. Dont tell me why i shouldnt because you probly wont change my mind.

Does anyone take any diet pills or know someone that takes them. Which kind would you recommend?

i need something can buy at cvs or walmart. none of that sutff you have to order off the tv or online.

thank you.

As much as you don't wanna hear this, they're not going to help you and they are dangerous to your health. They might even make you gain more weight, which I think is not what you're looking for here.

http://www.teenwire.com/infocus/2003/if-20030429p222-diet.php

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Diet/story?id=1445974

quick fixes never work, if they did everyone would just take the pill and lose weight. Before you take them, read about the side effects and the story about a women who tried many of them.

Good diet and excercise is the key. It's proven time and time again, none of that other stuff works. They just want your money.

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My friend really likes this one guy, but I talked to his friend about it and he told me that his friend really didn't like her that much. She REALLY really likes him, and I don't want her to get hurt. Should I tell her?

The one thing that you should never do is get involved in your friends love lives. It never ends up good. Best advice is to let them actually talk and meet, and have them figure it out for themselves. Plus, he could have just told his friend he didn't like her much cause he was afraid to. If he gets to know her, he may like her. So encourage your friend to talk to him, get to know him, and have her find out for herself.

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(13, Female)
My crush asked me out recently. I'm totally outgoing and flirty, but once we start going out I get shy. How do I break out of that. Like on the phone, I don't know what to say. Sometime's I'll try excuses not to talk to him, or hang out with him cause I hate ackward silences. How can I be a more outgoing, romantic type when I'm going out with someone?

You're probably not going out with a guy you're compatible with. Honestly, before you go out with a guy, get to know him well and see if you guys have things in common. Be friends with him first, because then when you're his girlfriend you already know what it's like to hang out with him and you will be more comfortable talking with him. Good luck.

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Hi. I am 14/f, going into 10th grade.

I'm 5'7 or so, and 113lbs, so I'm pretty skinny and tall.

Because I'm so tall, and alot of my friends and other people are shorter, I don't want to wear any shoes that make me even taller.

Can you give me some ideas on cute shoes that are flat or have a shorter heel? Also, I don't have that much money so the max. is $20/shoe...which makes it a lot more difficult for me to find shoes.

Also, do you think that if I wear shoes that are taller, people will notice or make comments?

Thanks.

wow... I have the same problem, and I'm the same height. Honestly, you're lucky now cause flats are back in style. Converse, and keds are really cute and are awesome cause their flat.

I would check out payless shoes because they have cute styles for low prices, usually 15 bucks.


And if you were shows that make you a bit taller, I don't think people would care that much. I mean people notice when I do, but it's understandable cause they can see it's the shoes making me taller.

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