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Q: do girls get top or bottom?
it doesn't matter. they can have top OR bottom, it's just up to the couple.

Q: 15/f sophmore
Ok, I'm involved in a lot of extra curricular activities both in and out of school. So many activities appeal to me and I just keep joining things. They're things which I really really enjoy but that you have to make a commitment to, such as a once a week 4 hour orchestra rehearsal, jazz choir, daily cross country practice (which is over now), other clubs here and there, and soon mock trial. On top of that, I have all my schoolwork. Now, I don't mind being busy but what I'd like would be to stick to only a couple of big things and be really good at them. In other words, I want to start making priorities. But the thing is, I can't. I can't decide on what to focus on and what's the best route to take. One dilemma I'm having right now is with mock trial. I want to be a lawyer in the club and last year I didn't really have any parts. But the thing is, there's no 100% guarantee that I will be really good at it. And this is where the other thing comes in: I kind of want to be in the school musical but there's no 100% guarantee that I'll get a good part for that and also, it meets every single day which may be too busy for me. I've always dreamed though, of having a lead role in one of the school plays/musicals and MAYBE if I train hard enough now, that dream will come true some time in the next 2 years. There's no guarantees for anything. If I stick to mock trial I may regret not doing drama, but if I do drama, I might regret not doing mock, which I may be capable of being really good at too. And there millions of other things I want to do as well. I don't know what I have true talent in, though. My mind is all over the place. I don't know what to do with my life!!!
well, if you wanna be a lawyer, choose mock trial over drama. it doesnt matter if you get a good part, it'll be good experience, especially if you wanna be a lawyer. choose things that either you're good at, or will help you a lot in the future. whichever you choose, just remember there's always next year where you can switch off.

Q: does anyone know where i can get costom guitar picks? mostly stores in the 48178 zip code area. but any internet souces or anything?
http://www.intunegp.com/index-0.html

you can order them from there, but i think you have to order them by wholesale.

Q: I'm thinking about getting a tattoo (not at this moment, but within a few years)and I'm wondering where the area of least pain is. I understand its different for everyone and it's always painful to some extent, but is it true that it's less painful on more fleshy parts of your body and more on bone-y parts? I was thinking about getting it on my wrist...

http://www.umcs.org/chrismons/patterns/triquetr.gif

that but very small (like no more then an inch and a half all around) It represents the trinity, which is meaningful to me, and I want to represent my irish heritage so I was wondering if anyone knew what "past, present, future" was in irish/gaelic, or "father, son, holy spirit" or "simply blessed"
Those words would go around the triquetra.

I also want my ears piereced, but the problem is I've had them piereced twice but the holes closed both times (both because I got an infection and had to take the earrings out for a period of time)Do you think I'm just unable to have earrings? Is scar tissue a problem? I always wore hypoallergenic earrings and cleaned my ears once a day, so I really don't understand it.
Sorry for the long questions and thanks to all those who answer!
tattoos hurt more on bone-y parts of your body then on fleshy parts. on fleshy parts, theres more fat, which makes it less painful.

you can try getting your ears pierced again and the thing is, you have to clean them THREE times a day, once is too little.

Q: I have a hair calick, and my hairline goes in a little at the middle. I also have bangs, and when i straighten them they dont lay right because of the calick. Is there anyway to fix this or even get the calick removed so my hairline is normal?
as far as i know, the only way to get rid of a calick is by shaving that area of your hair, and sometimes, that doesn't even work. other than that, i don't think there is a way. you could try to use hairspray or something to even your hair out.

Q: I need birth control i had sex and i plan on to keep doing it with my boyfriend we've been together 2 years, but i have NO idea how to convince my mom to get it. i can't very well say heyy i had sex get me some birth control cuz she'd freak and probably make me break up with him. i know theres ways around it saying my periods are irregular nd stuff but that won't help ive already tried. anyy tips?!
you can try asking for the birth control that gives you shorter and less periods. tell your mom that getting your period all the time along wtih school and everything else is stressing you out, so you want the kind that makes you get only like four periods a year or something like that. i don't know if it'll work, but it just might.

Q: *sorry if this is in the wrong catagory*
okay i wanna get a cherry chocolate cell phone, from Verizon.
and i my question is:
what are the ups and downs with having that type of phone?
thanksssss
ups:
-cute&stylish
-small&compact
-easy to use, once you're use to it

downs:
-the antenna is in the bottom, so if you hold it a certain way, you might not get signal
-sliding, and the springs wear out over a period of time
-touch screen is hard to get use to
-sometimes, they randomly call people while in your pocket

hope this helped.

Q: 16-f

ok well i was thinking of getting my belly button pierced and i talked to my boyfriend about it and he said that it would be cute and he said that its sexy when girls get it done but he's worried it will hurt me alot....well what i want to know is, is the pain worth it? and is it really sexy?
it doesn't hurt very much. it is really cute and sexy, and its well worth the pain. it'll hurt a little, maybe for an hour or so, but it's not that bad, and its really cute.

Q: Kay so me and this guy have been dating for like 4 months and i have a feeling we are going to go further and he has respected me the whole way so far but i both know we both want to go further like fingering and ect. Well after he like feels me up what do we do..like i know we will be kissing when hes doing it but what do we do after..and same with fingering. Thanks soo much (:
while you're kissing, if you want him to finger you, you can take his hand and start slipping it down your pants and vice-versa. hope this helps.

Q: okaay...sooo i was just wondering if you had to take a pee test when you get a physical..&& this is going to sound really bad...but how long does it take for weed to get out of your system??same with alcohol.oh gosh.that's bad.yeaah.
well, i didn't have to take a pee test for my physical, but it might vary from physician to physician, although i'm 90% sure you don't have to take a pee test. weed stays in your system for about a month, as for alcohol, it depends, but it usually leaves the body within 24 hours.

Q: About a month or so ago my boyfriend broke up with me. We were together for about 9-10 months. It was the most amazing relationship. We didnt fight. We got along perfectly and it really was true blue honest love. We were only 16 but it wasnt just typical high school stuff at all. I know its kinda hard to understand unless you've felt that feeling.
He said he couldnt be with me anymore cause he was going through alot right now in his life, which i knew he was. He said he didnt want to be a bad boyfriend to me cause i didnt deserve that at all.
The other day i decided to talk to him and clear things up cause we really havent talked everything through fully and i asked him what his feelings were about me and he said sometimes they're there and sometimes they're not. Then we talked alittle more and i said you should go out and see if you have feelings with other girls and he said that hes confused and that if he saw me with another guy it would hurt him so much and he would be upset and mad. Does this mean he still has alot of feelings for me and he's just confused cause hes going through something right now?
I'm really confused and really hurt cause he was the type of boy i can see myself with in the long run. even if we broke up in the end we would find eachother and he mentioned that to me already i just need another opinion cause i'm just so hurt and confused.

thanks so much im sorry its so long =\
obviously, he still has feelings for you, but i don't think he should make you wait for him to clear his mind. you two should both try dating other people, and if you come back to each other, then you know its meant to be. its like that saying "if you love something, let it go, if it comes back, its yours, always and forever". thats what you two need to figure out, if it really is love, or if once you start dating other people, you realize its just infatuation. talk this out with him, but make sure he knows you still care. you two just need to figure out what you really want, and the best way to do that is to change things. if you change things up a bit, but once everythings changed, you realize you loved everything the way it was, thats how you know that the way it was is exactly what you want.

Q: ok i had youth group and this guy i went to elementary with was there. he is really cute. also this guy who goes to my school now(7thgrade) is kinda cute to. The problem is i already have a boyfriend.I dont think that i like him anymore.What should i do.

please hepl me soon!!!!!
you need to figure out whether or not you like your boyfriend anymore. you can take a break from him to try and decide if you like him or not. if you don't just break up with him. the longer you wait, the more it'll hurt him, so basically, the sooner the better.

Q: my boyfriend and i have been together for over a year and 3 months..
OK. so I have no idea what to get my boyfriend for Christmas and his birthday. His [[ 18th ]] birthday is February 13th and well, I dont have a whole lot of money to spend on him. He spent a bunch of money on me for my birthday this year and I HAVE TO get him something good.

His hair is a huge deal to him, he has it long right now but is cutting it tomorrow, it's really curly [[ which i love, i even call him my "curly" ]] but he hates his curls and is always running his curling iron through his hair to try to straighten it a little. So I'm thinking a hair straightener.. What else? Do you know of any good hair products?

i cant get him clothes because all the bands' [[ that he likes ]] shirts i can think of, he already has...

He really likes taking baths with candles and stuff. lol.

[[ funny, the way i'm describing him, it sounds like he's gay or something.. haha ]]

he's not. believe me.

oh! when i asked him what he wanted he said a lap dance... lol... i would, but i haven't danced like that in years. so i dont know.

any ideas? sorry if that was long, but if you could give me any ideas at all, it would be greatly appreciated. =]

thank you so much!
it all depends on how much money you have to spend.

sounds like a good thing you can do for him is take him to the salon and get his hair chemically relaxed (permanently straightened). of course it's not permanent for life, but it lasts a really long time.

you can also put together a nice little gift basket type thing with like bubble bath, bath salts, bath gels, candles, hair care products (like a straightener), cd's, and band shirts.

good luck !

Q: there is a song, its kinda like a remix of the song " umbrella" my rihanna. and it has chris brown in it and he says " you can be my cinderella"

i look on itunes and everything! what is the name of this song?
cinderella under the umbrella by rihanna.

it doesn't always go by the same name, sometimes its just called unbrella remix. i found it on limewire, so yeah, you can get it off limewire.

Q: yeah, its been going on for two years...it all started when I was helping my friend move. It was a pretty dirty yard. dirt and dust everywhere if that helps... it will crack and dry up and leave sores all over my middle finger, but after a certain period of time, it will clear back up and do it all over again. it was originally on my middle finger, and then it spread to my ring finger and then my pinky... does anyone know what it is or how it happened and how i can cure it? its got so bad that i can hardly move my finger. i'll rate anyone who helps. thanx
there might have been some kind of microscopic bug or something like that in the yard when you were in there. you should probably see a doctor to find out exactly what it is and get a reccomendation for treatment.

Q: I think it's kind of funny how things happen sometimes. my friend, Julia, has a guy friend whom shes known forever. His name is Gerard. He is seriously cute, says Julia, but she doesnt want to date him, cuz she doesnt like him that way. she was trying to set us up, by asking me to go to haunted houses with her and him and being over on a day he was. well it turns out he lives far away, on the other side of the country. i havent even met him, and by Julia talking about him whenever im a round her, he sounds perfect. i know nobodys perfect. its just that he seems perfect for me. he likes a lot of the things i like. he doesnt really care what people think about him. hes really funny. and likes to make people smile (really sweet). so i was smitten from the first day that Julia started talking about him. I wanted so badly to see him and hopefully fall in love with me. I bought all sorts of beauty products, and a cute costume for the halloween party, where i was going to see him for the first time. the only problem with this is... my friends. none of them have boyfriends, and theyre all totally crushing on his description. i ask them all if theyre going to dance with him at the party, and they all say "Eh, maybe a little" very nonchalantly, but i see it in their eyes that they want him much more than that. My real competition is a girl named Heather. She is so pretty and i don't know... she just seems to get all the guys that I want. she just knows i want him and takes him immediately. she is the first girl in our class to have a real boyfriend, and she just happened to break up with him the week before the party, which was the only time we will get to see Gerard. i asked her if she was going to flirt with him, and she blushed and said, "i dunno!!!" is there any possible way that i can win him over during the party??? I cant let her steal another guy from me!!!
just do your thing and be your self. don't try to get him to like someone that you aren't, get him to like you for you. if he doesn't, then its not meant to be. maybe heather will flirt a lot, but if he's a good guy, he might get sick of it. just talk to him and try to get him to see the things you have in common. then, maybe he'll like you more than heather ! looks aren't everything, most guys will pick a decent looking girl with a good personality over the best looking girl in the world that has no personality. keep that in mind, and again, BE YOURSELF.

Q: Well my guy friend lets name him Tim well i asked Tim if he had any secrets and he said yes and he told me he wanted to tell me face to face on Saturday and i did the whole no tell me now blah he told my friend aswell i'll tell you the convo's with me and him and me and my friend lets call her sara

Me-give me a clue
Tim-Nop cause you'll know right away
Me-Is it funny ?
Tim-I hope not cause then i'll get embarrassed lol
Me-Arghh ! Saturday !



Now me and my other friend
Lily-Hii Tim is so hott YUMM ! he's perfect would you ever go out with him
Me-I duno
Lily-What would you say if he asked you out
Me-Yeh i guess
anyone havea clue on the secret xS
most likely, he likes you.

Q: what would cause a drug test to come back positive? medication? alcohol? weed? tell me everything. and how long does it take for weed to get out of your system
alcohol, weed, ecstacy, speed, etc. all those bad drugs.

i know alcohol takes just up to whenever you pee it out. (usually anywhere from a day to a week.) and weed takes about a month to leave your system.

as for other drugs, i have no idea.

Q: I am hanging out with my friends brother next weekend, He is a 19 year old and i am only 16. Should i tell him im 17, i really want him to like me! Maybe he will like me more if there is less of an age difference?
NO. relationships are based on trust. it's not good to start a friendship that you would like to become a relationship with a lie. especially cos this guy is your brother's friend. because of that, most likely, he'll find out. just show him your true self. if he doesn't like you for who you are, he's not worth it.

Q: 15/f
Another fabulous love story. (Note the sarcasm)
I apologize in advance for the length, and thanks for reading.
Okay so i have known my friend Anna for maybe 4 years. We got really close the last 2, because we only saw each other once a week at dance classes. I recently moved, and now we go to the same school. PRIOR to me moving, I would go up to her school for different events (talent shows...plays, etc.) So i got to know all of her friends (who are now my friends, seeing as we all go to the same school.) and her boyfriend, jake. As soon as i saw him, i fell in love, okay not really in love, that takes time. But he was really sweet and funny and hes so cute. ANYWAY. The first time me and jake had met was about a yearish ago. Since then, we talked online almost everyday, and we had seen each other a few more times. Then, i had gone up to her school for a day to get to know everyone, and sort of take a tour and get the feel of everything. Anna and jake had a bunch of classes together, and i was tagging along with anna all day. Jake kept smiling at me and looking at me, and it was kinda weird because he was still dating anna at the time. They broke up a few weeks later, but not because of me. Anyway, a few weeks ago, i was talking to jake and he told my he loved me and thought i was really pretty. i was thrown off, because im not the girl who every guy is drooling over, and it kind of shocked me. So i told my friend from my old school, we'll call her mary, who doesnt know anna, but sort of knows jake, and mary asks me if i like jake. i told her the truth, i did. so she goes and tells jake, because she thinks shes doing a good thing, i was a little pissed at first, but i got over it. so after mary tells jake that i like him, jake confronts me about it. his words were something like well i like you and you like me woo. but he doesnt want a gf now, and i dont really want a bf now either.
im not sure what my questions is. i guess its what should i do? how should i act around jake (btw, anna and her friends DONT know i like him. and me and jake dont really talk in school, but when he walks my me in the hallway he'll tap my shoulder and walk away) would it be really bad for me to want to be with my friends ex? ahh
sorry guys, thanks so much. i just need to know what i should do :\\\
it's not bad to want to be with your friend's ex as long as shes over him. find out if she still likes him and stuff, or if shes over him already. since you both don't want a serious relationship right now, just keep being friends. only, maybe a little friendlier. that is, as long as anna is okay with it. the first thing you need to do is to explain to her that you like him now cos you guys have been talking. just don't tell her you've liked him since you met him, that'll be weird. it's better for her to find out from you than from someone else, right ? so talk to her first, and go from there.

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