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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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im in tech class and i have to define weather terms but i can find any websites ive tried dictonairy.com and google and askjeeves can anyone help me? (link)
This should help

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/terms.htm


Hi,

My name is Todd, I'm an only child, and I am 15 and in High School. I have a really good friendship with this girl who has some problems. We're not really dating, but she's a really nice person and she's very kind, however she's depressed quite a lot.

I found out that she cuts herself since I saw cuts on her arms, and when some people asked she said it was nothing. I knew something wasn't right since she's never usually been cut like that. I didn't want to tell her that I think she's cutting herself, since I don't want to make her feel worse, but I just wish I could do something to make her feel better.

I always listen to what she has to say (although it's not much [as she says]), and I always try to do great things for her like get her gifts and make her feel better.

I know, from what she told me, her family has issues since she isn't really given much attention. It's not that her parents are mean, it's just that they don't really care about her. She also has two older sisters (who have children also) and one younger sister, so things get hectic over there, from what I know. Her two older sisters occasionally come up once a week or so, and she is left to babysit her nephews and niece.

I always try to let her know that I care about her 24/7. I'm going to invite her over to my house this weekend since she's been to my place before and my parents are happy to see her. Plus, it's a lot quieter. :-)

I know I can't "give" her my family, but I want to do as much as I possibly can to make her feel better and less depressed.

I'm concerned because I don't want her to commit suicide, since that would kill me. ;-(

If you have any advice or solutions you can give me, PLEASE TELL ME.

One of my ideas was that if her family doesn't do anything for Thanksgiving, I was thinking of having her over for Thanksgiving, since my parents won't really be doing anything since my immediate family moved away.

Thank you very much! :-) (link)
I'm afraid when someone cuts they have problems you may not be able to help with.

I do have a website you can check into. It is for friends of people who cut. Maybe it can help you figure out how to handle things.

Hope it helps :)

How can I Help A Friend Who Cuts?
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/friend_cuts.html



how do you make words bold on a profile here on advicenators?? And how do you make that things where you put someones column on your profile???
If you can help me asap id apreciate it
sorry if i confused it a bit lol
:) (link)
I don't relly know how you make things bold on your profile. Mackenzie is who I would ask about that one.

And if you mean adding someone to your favorites, you go to their column and there is a link to add them. Some people have theirs hidden and others have add as friend.

I hope that helped. a little :)


Do you think its wrong to be bisexual? (link)
No. I don't think its wrong.

I do think a lot of young people think they are bi when they are actually just going through a phase of curiosity though. :)


13/m/sevy
There is this girl i see a lot in the hallway. Most of the time I see her talking to others and shes like always giggling everytime i see hertalking, and im like whats so damn funny{mentaly that is}.What kinds of things do preteen gals talk about {shes 11 or 12, im 13]. If you answer, please dont talk about dating and stuff like that, that 15 year olds usualy talk about. (link)
OK this one is pretty easy.
Boys,
and clothes,
boys,
and that stupid Laguna beach show,
and.....boys. :)


I am a sophomore in high school and in love with dance. I am currently on my school drill team and I also dance for a studio that I've been at for about 7 years.


My parents have recently noticed a drop in my grades because of dance. I'm usually an A student with an occasional. But, for the past 2 grading periods (the only 2 of my sophomore year so far) I've gotten C's. To some of you that doesn't sound bad but I don't get Cs...ever. I care about my grades very much and so do my parents.


And that brings me to my problem:
My parents aren't making me quit dance but they are making me choose between my dance studio and my school drill team.


I can't quit my studio because I've been there for what seems like forever and I love it too much. I've made so many friends and I can't imagine not dancing there.


But, I also can't quit my drill team. It's what keeps me sane in school. Plus I love belonging to a group that is looked up to at school. If I quit this, I won't be able to rejoin or retry out for the rest of my high school years. Once you quit, you can't come back.


I have until Wednesday to decide because if I do end up quitting drill team, I have to give my coach a 2 day notice before the next football game. What do you guys think?
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I guess you have exhausted trying to keep on both? They won't give you another grading period to work on getting your grades up?

I figure you have already done it but mention it just in case begging will work!

If all else fails, I would have to vote for the studio. You have already invested 7 years of your life to it. I think it would be a shame to give that one up.

You won't lose any true friends you've made on the drill team.

I see know reason the others can't look up to you for being a studio dancer. It reaches far more people I would think.

That's just my opinion. Good luck with your decision. :)


do u think its ok for someone who is fourteen to hide a boyfriend from there parents i dont have one yet but in the futrue is it ok because i think my parents dont want me to have one but is it ok because its wut teenages do (link)
I don't think you should hide a boyfriend from your parents.

I think you do need to sit down with your mom and find out if its okay for you to date and if not when...all that important stuff. You need to know!

She may not want you dating any boys one on one but may not have a problem with you dating along with several others in a group.

Talk to her and find out whats okay and what isn't. You will be much better off following the rules. :)


ok... i have a step family that i live with. like i live with my mom and with my step dad and with 3 step sisters. i get along really well with all of them but the youngest one(jody) is a little younger than me. we get along pretty good infact we are pretty close.sometimes. but other times she gets mad at me for like the simpelist thngs. like if i were to just be like wow your ugly, and then say just kidding she would get mad at me. or something like that.but im older than her. shes not supposed to boss me around. but if i say something to her or talk back to her she tells her mom(which absolutely hates me)and then jody gets even madder at me. just help me please. im sick of getting bossed around of somebody younger than me. help! (link)
Do you see them all the time or just on weekends? Wish I knew!

She probably looks up to you. If you see her only on weekends her time with you is limited. If you call her a name it probably upsets her because she probably is taking what you say seriously...even if you are just kidding.

She is probably close to her mom. When mom gets upset it probably makes things even worse...especially if mom doesn't like you.

Try being a little nice to her. She is the youngest and I'm sure her parents getting a divorce probably hit her pretty hard.

I think she is really trying to like you despite anything her mom may be telling her. Make it easy for her. :)


I've always loved government and law. But, I don't wnat to be a lawyer. What other jobs have to do with law? (link)
Journalist...specializing in government
politician....yuk
teacher....if law or government
probation officer
police officer
Legal secretary
court stenographer
Law clerk (usually take law students though I think)

Well, there's a few. :)


ok....im not a very social person, at least not anymore, see...i used to go to this awesome school where i had like tons of friends and stuff but then i had to move so now im at this new school and its sooooooo much different. now i dont have that many friends. i mean like its not like im a nerd or anything, like people like me but theres only like 4 or 5 people that i can really call my friends. all i want to do is just make more friends but i dont really no how. HELP PLEASE. (link)
You probably spent a lot of years at your old school. Most of those friends weren't made overnight either...just seems like it.

Give it time. Find out where the kids hang out and go. Talk to people. One friend usually leads to meeting others. You will make lots of new friends in time. :)


What do tornado clouds look like???
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Funnels. I got a bunch of photos living in tornado country! I have no way to show them to you at the moment but I know where to find them.....:)

http://www.chaseday.com/tornadoes.htm


I am currently in the dating stages of life (like many people). I have dated about 5-10 people and i am a nice guy who is just the plain average guy. But everytime i date someone i always end up being broken up for some "bad boy" or someone who is along those lines. I am starting to think that a normal guy can't keep a girlfriend without having to become a total jerk and steal peoples girlfriends. i am just wondering if anyone would tell me what could i do to stop this in the future. i was thinking of starting to date someone and i dont want this to happen again. (link)
aw, don't become a jerk to hang onto or get a girl. There are far to many of those on the planet as it is.

I don't know why it s the girls go for the bad boys. They usually wind up getting hurt. There is nothing wrong with being the average good guy. Plenty will want you.

Throw a little romance in your relationships. It doesn't have to be anything you buy. A girl wants to feel shes special. Treat her special and she will fall head over heels. Call her just to say goodnight, leave a little note where she will find it later. Use your imagination!

Good luck to you, don't change. :)


I'll try and condense this. There's been this guy who I've been chatting to online for years (nearly 3) and we are really, really close and truly do love each other. We are planning to meet soon as well.

But here's my dilemma. He was going on today about some girl who he is really worried about because a guy has been pestering her. He was asking me what to do about it and kept going on about how he thought the guy was objectifying her and she deserved someone great. I finally asked him whether he liked her and he confessed he does have a bit of a thing for her. This is not the first time this has happened either - 6 months ago he liked another girl and it started lots of problems for us. Then he thought he was just confused and it wasn't really a crush at all.

I can't help but think that he would drop me in a heartbeat if a girl liked him back in real life. The other girl he liked told him she didn't like him, and this one doesn't seem to either. I feel somehow I'm just there as a backup. Do you guys think I'm being paranoid? I know we aren't together and I'm really not usually so defensive - I encourage him to have female friends! But I feel really torn up inside over the fact that he likes this girl when he tells me every night that he loves ME. I understand that guys are always going to be attracted to girls even with they are with someone else, but it's really depressing me and I don't know what to do. Should I say something to him? Am I justified in feeling this way? Is it alright for him to do this?

Thanks a lot for your help. (link)
It honestly probably wouldn't hurt either of you to date people in the "real world". Make sure what you have is true and going to last.

It is very hard to maintain a long distance relationship if you've never met. Its only real when you are online.

I don't mean to say it isn't real...It is easily forgotten may be more what I meant.

I can understand you being upset about it, I would be. I think once you meet and you become real to each other it will make a big difference.

I am doing a very bad job explaining what I mean today! So, I will give up and hope you get my drift. :)


I'm wondering what might be the oldest music band still playing with only founding members?
I'm mainly interested in pop/rock genre. (link)
Just a wild guess I'd have to say the Rolling Stones. They are way older than even I am! :)


Hey I'm a guy and was just wondering about something...
I know its normal and not exactly their fault and everything, but when a girl goes through monthly stuff, what are we, the guys, supposed to do. I really don't mind it, but sometimes I feel like I need to help out my g/f with whatever the problem may be...but I can't. Should I just be there to talk and listen? That's what I've been doing so far. I mean I can't think of any good advice other than lie down, take some medicine, try to relax, and stuff like that. Should I try to help, or just stay out of the way? Is there any way I can help or no? I know I don't or ever will understand what it feels like or anything, but I'd still try to help with anything. Will rate, thanks in advance. (link)
Its probably safer if you just stay out of the way!

There really is nothing you can do. The reason being you never know from one minute to the next what might set a girl off if she has PMS.

The first day is usually the one where she will get cramps or whatever. After that she should be fine. It isn't like they are sick or anything (though there might be some who play it that way).

Sounds like what you are doing is great. Just keep doing what you're doing. :)


Ok well I am a casual smoker. I used to smoke about once every six months (I limited myself). I'm not too worried about getting cancer because my mum is a chain smoker and she smoked is my washroom so I'm more likely to die of second-hand smoke. I don't care though. I'm not afraid of death.
So I've liked this guy for a few years and his sister died of cancer so I figured he hates people who smoke so that was why I never told anyone that I smoked.
For the past two weeks I have been smoking my ass off (and drinking a lot of coffee) because of all these exams, fights with my parents, stress at work et cetera. In terms of what this guy would think, I was pretty much like... whatever.
Anyway, day before yesterday he was walking in front of me and drinking coffee (which struck me as weird because he doesn't seem like the kind of guy to drink coffee) and while he was passing, this guy was like "Hey man, you gotta stop smoking over there. I know it was you!". I also thought that was weird but I figured he was just talking about weed or something.
Yesterday, we were talking about my smoking habit and my friend was like "You know who else is a closet smoker?" She said his name and told me that he smoked in his car so no one would know.
So I have a few questions (no lectures on how smoking is bad for you and how disgusting it is, thanks. I already know that I'm twice as likely to die and am injuring myself everytime I take a drag):
1. I know that non-smokers don't like to date smokers but do smokers prefer not to date smokers?
2. Do you think I should let him be aware that I smoke too?
3. Do you believe in people sending brain messages to each other? Because I JUST started smoking and drinking coffee two weeks ago and it seems like he just started recently too. Do you think maybe He/I influenced each other unconciously to start smoking and drinking coffee?
4. Do smoking and drinking coffee go together? Is it something that is totally related and that if you're a smoker, it's assumed that you're a coffee drinker.
(This is a long question. 5 to anyone with a logical answer) (link)
1. Personally I think weather a person smokes or not should be way down the list of dating priorities. I assume though that if you are not a smoker you don't want to smell like one. So, more than likely a non smoker doesn't really want to date a smoker.

2.I think you should let him know you smoke. More than likely he does too, otherwise he would have noticed you smelling of smoke. Non smokers can tell if you smoke.

3.I doubt there was any brain influence going on. Drinking coffee is no different than drinking anything else.

4.I don't think it can be assumed that smokers all drink coffee. I know several smokers who never drink coffee. And hundreds of coffee drinkers who do not smoke. :)


iv'e liked this guy for like 7 years and i love him .. but he's short im tall,, everyone says he's ugly but he's not.. my friend loves him too.. i never told my mom.... and now is it too late? he doesn't have a g/f yet. what should i do (link)
Its not to late. Talk to him, let him know how you feel. Ignore those who don't like him, they are shallow. :)


Well, one of my best friend, her friend keep flirting with her boyfriend. it really pisses her off, cuz it isnt like your verbal flirting, even though that some things are deffinately not meant to say. She ((my best friend's friend)) like rubs with arm and she like backs off whenever Kelsey ((my best friend)) comes back. I want to know how to help my best friend whenever she needs it because she needs it, if she doesnt do something, she'll explode from anger or something. (link)
She needs to talk to both of them.

She needs to tell her friend that its not right and she doesn't like it. She needs to tell her to back off.

She needs to ask the boyfriend to stop responding to the friends flirting. If he knows it bothers her, he should have the decency to tell the friend he doesn't like it. :)


i had a boyfriend for almost 3 years we did everything for eachother i thought he loved me but i guess not...i found out he cheated on me 3 times and he is in the military..he got stationed in germany met a girl and brought her home..wat should i do?? (link)
Sounds like its over. Real nice of him to let you know about it wasn't it?

If he cared enough about this other girl to bring her home, I think its time moved on.

He doesn't sound like a good catch anyway. :)


ok so my boyfriend i went to a boy girl party and we palyed spin the boottle andi got my kirst like REAL kiss by then like an our later he give me the middle finger and told me to shove it cuase i wasnt "cuddling" with him. Then he apoligized and i gave him a chance and he was like kept getting mad at me b/c i wasnt lik making out with him. He was acting all perverted, do i dump his sorry ass. And how shloud I say it? (link)
I would say...listen buster, When I say no I mean no. I don't need some horny teenager getting mad and making fun of me for what I think is right. If you can't live with that, get lost.

You can say what you like. :)




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