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I really want a puppy and my mom said the only puppy we can get is if its a really small puppy. Like a chihuahua. Anyways, She doesn't think I would take good care of it. I know I would I've always wanted a puppy. I do not have my license so I am home all summer ( I live in the country so its hard to go to town ) so i would always be here to take it out, walk it, train it, play with it, etc. I just need to write her a small email telling her that I KNOW i can do this. I just need help how to sound very reassuring

I hope you get your puppy! Summer is a great time to get one, because then you can really spend a lot of time training it. And it is soooo important to train your puppy right away! A lot of people get puppies but don't spend the time teaching them good manners... then the puppy grows up into a badly-behaved dog, and its not so cute anymore... and that's how millions of unwanted dogs end up being killed at animal shelters. You don't want that to happen to your puppy! So before you get your puppy, get some books on training dogs. Look at them with your mom and show her that you're serious about doing what it takes to be a good, responsible dog owner.

ok so i love to dance i love it alot do you think if i get dance videos or something and start doing that if that will help me lose weight????

absolutely!! dance is great exercise! if you can do it for at least 30 minutes every day, you'll definitely shed some pounds.

15 f
ok so me and my bf were so great. everything was perfect. we were together for 9 months. so suddently he started being mean to me. like calling me corney or just like wheneevr i asked him something he wouldnt want to tell me. like if i would ask him what are you doing? he would say "something". that would just get annoying. so i was really depressed and i asked him if he wanted a break and he sed no. and i sed i do. and he said ok. and then he put a smily face. this was all through aim. why would he put a smily?. and i asked him why he put a smily and he sed idk. i told him it was jsut a break for a while and he sed ok as long as its for a while. so my best friend has classes with him and she asked him if he wanted to get backtogether and he sed no.i was so sad. and he doesnt have his cell anymore and he barely goes online and i dont go to the same school as he does. also, my other friend was telling me about some girl he used to like. she used to cut herself for him. that made me feel worse. i dont know what to do anymore. i really miss him and cant contact him i wanted to hang out with him this saturday. what should i do? is it too soon the breakup was 2 days ago and we havent talked since. thanks. i rate!

I'm so sorry =[
It sounds like he was ready to end the relationship. Perhaps it was too difficult on him since you were going to different schools. He may have been afraid to break up because he didn't want to hurt you, so maybe that's why he put the smiley... because he was glad you did it so he didn't have to. Or maybe he put the smiley to show that he still wanted to be friends? I don't know. But anyway, since he told your friend that he didn't want to get back together, talking to him probably won't change things. I know you miss him, and breakups are never easy, but I would try to put him out of your mind and aim towards moving on. I know this doesn't help now, but in time you'll feel better and meet someone new.

13/f
ok well there is this popular girl in the 7th grade lets call her erin. well we went on a field trip today and after we went to dairy queen and then one of my best guy friends lets call him billy got his hand stuck in this mailbox thing and i tried to get it out and erin passed by and was like ok you guys stop flirting and holding hands and i was thinking wtf and i walked away so she went out the door and there was a bunch of 6th and 7th graders sitting out there and then erin was like omg you guys samantha (lets call myself that) and billy are going out and they were laughing and stuff i heard from inside then one of my BFF's came inside and was like omg samantha your going out with billy and all that stuff and i told her no and every1's coming up to me and asking me that and i DO NOT like billy, not now nor everr and im soo sick of it this girl erin starts so much shit i hate her soooo effin much and i wanna get even, i DONT CARE if its wrong and its the end of the school year i wanna do something to get her back, she has a boyfriend if that helps thanks guyss

well, there are tons of horrible, nasty things you could do to her, but honestly, that's not going to make you feel any better. you might think it will, but deep down you'll know that you're being just as rotten as erin and that won't make you feel very good. the best revenge is to be the bigger person and not let her know it bothers you. eventually people will see her for what she is, but they'll respect you, and then you can secretly think "hahhahaa."

okeyyyy. so i have a MAJOR crush on one of my friends, but he just had his one year anniversary with his girlfriend. and i know they're serious and whatnot, but he still said that if things went badly with them, he'd deffinitely go out with me. and that made me really happy, and i reallyreally like him. i have so much fun when i'm with him. and basically, he had me at hello.
and there's this other boy, single, cute, i have fun with him, starttttting to like him, but he's not like the other guy. i know i'd have a better chance with this guy, but still, i'm not sure what i should do.
i'm not sure if i should wait around for the guy who i really really like.
or take my chances with the other guy?

Take your chances on the other guy. Waiting around for someone who is taken will just make you miserable. Move on and have fun with the guys who are available. Maybe in the future things will work out with the first guy, but right now he's off limits.

Me and my friend want to hang out tonight when she gets off work. shes not in the mood to go walking around because thats basically her job. so no mall or anything.. what is there to do that doesnt require much walking ( and other than a movie ...oo yeah and we dont have cars so our parents have to take us =[....quick advice would be appreciated shell be home around 7:15!

Bowling?

14/f

my friend had called me today and told me that my boyfriend asked her a question.. and she said not to tell him... because i wasnt supposed to know about it, he asked her how many boyfriends have i had.. and i told her to ask him why does he wanna know, and he said "you told her didnt you." and i told her to say no. and then he said "i heard differently" and she asked him who was telling him this stuff, and he said "im not tellin` you." and the thing is i`m so mad about it.. because i told her to tell him i mainly had 4 because the other 3 we acted like we were friends. and then she said "what? do you not trust her?" and he said "i do trust her, im js makin` sure." ..... to me it seems like he doesnt trust me.. then, he also keeps assuming things, like my friend david .. he likes me but i didnt tell adrian that, he seems to go through my comments and stuff and then he clicked on his myspace and sent me his about me that said "MARY IS THE BEST AND SWEEETEST GIRL IN LIBERTY." and he said "he seems be really into you." and then i said "oh, well im not sure because i havent talked to him since the last day of school." and he js assumes that i think hes cute he says "ooo you think hes cute, hes your bestfriend, you think hes hot." i know hes playing around, but he does it TOO much. and i talked to him about that, but he says "i love you." ...... ughhh, i dont know what to do... please help me!!!!! i dont want this to get any worse. :[

Obviously, your boyfriend likes you a lot. He's afraid of losing you to another guy, so he's looking for assurance that you really like him. If you do really like him, and want him to trust you, then by all means be honest and up front with him about everything. People always find out if you don't tell the truth. Make sure he knows that even though you've had other boyfriends, and other guys may be interested in you, that HE'S the one you want to be with.

i have this project and i need to get 100 people to do this four question survey. me and my friends already got some people, but it will be very helpful if you answered these questions to increase the numbers.. seriously, this will take you like less than a minute to type!~ :]

1.Would you rather eat skittles or M&Ms?
2.What is your favorite kind of chocolate? White, Milk, or Dark?
3.Which would you like to have inside a chocolate bar? Nuts, caramel, or fudge?
4.What is your favorite flavor of starburst? Yellow, Orange, Pink, or Green?

thanks for answering! remember to choose one, and in your answer do something like the sample below:

1. skittles/m&ms
2. white/milk/dark
3. nuts/caramel/fudge
4. yellow/orange/pink/black

again, thankyou!

1. m&ms
2. dark
3. caramel
4. pink

my boyfriend , who i like very very much, tries to get me to sneek out alot. and i dont like getting into trouble very much with my dad because hes the kind of person who does not forget. but when i try to tell my boyfriend that i dont want to sneek out because i dont want to get into trouble, he gets angry at me and tells me that he would do anything for me and that i wont get caught... how do i tell him to not push me into getting in trouble.

Tell your boyfriend, "I really like you a lot! And there's nothing I'd enjoy more than sneaking out and being with you. But if my dad catches me, I might never be allowed to see you again, and I really don't want to risk that!".

If he starts to argue with you (which he probably will, if that's what he normally does), tell him, "You said you would do anything for me. Well, please stop asking me to sneak out. I'm really sorry to disappoint you, but I just can't do that, so please don't ask me to again."

If he keeps pressuring you, that means he cares more about himself and his wants than he does about you and yours... and you don't need a guy like that. Sorry, that's probably not what you want to hear, but I'm sure that you probably expected to hear something like that. =]

Hope it works out!

is there a sight that you can upload your picture and put hair styles on your picture to see what looks good?

Thanks a bunch
MEEEE =)

This site allows you to upload a picture of yourself and experiment with different hairstyles and makeup:

http://makeover.ivillage.com/IVillage/flashRemoting/index.html

have fun!!

I'm a teenage girl who has way more maturity than any other teenager you'll meet. I suffer from depression, and well everyone in my town is a shallow preppy conceited betch who only cares about their nails/hair/clothes/etc.

The problem is i just choose not to obsess over that inane stuff (to a certain extent- It's not like I disregard my appearance completely) and people think that's really weird.

I'm a thespian and musical theater is all I care about.

Why am I the only person in the world who has REAL values, and would rather spend time doing something REAL, like musical theater, instead of just doing something inane like shopping?

I cry about it all the time.

everyone asks me "what are you so sad about?" and i never know what to say. :(

It would be great if you could find some other people who share your passion for musical theatre. Are there any theatre groups or camps you could join, where you could meet others who share your interest? If there's nothing like that in your town right now, at least you can look forward to college, where you'll meet tons of people who are involved in the things you care about.

In the meantime, though, it might help to develop some interests other than theatre. You have accused a lot of people of being shallow and conceited because they only care about one thing (shopping)... but perhaps they have the same opinion of you, that you are shallow because you only care about theatre. Expand your horizons and give people a chance. Chances are, at least some of the people who like shopping also care about other, more serious things as well. People are not all as one-dimensional as you might think. Come out of your shell and try to get to know some different types of people. And get yourself a manicure... it really does make you feel good!

Um if you never went to gymnastics before, can you still join even though you're thirteen or older?

I wanted to join gymnastics so just get a little flexible when I was little but we had no money and now when I excercise and try to kick up the highest i can get is a kindergarden's height even though i'm skinny.

You can definitely start gymnastics, at any age! Some gyms even have classes for adults. It's great for your body; the strength and flexibility you gain will help you in other sports as well; and besides that, it's fun!

It's true that some gyms group all beginners together, meaning you may be with younger kids. But many gyms have beginning classes just for older girls. Call all the gyms in your area and ask how their classes are structured as far as age divisions.

If it's really important to you to be with girls your own age, you might try a tumbling class (which most gyms offer). You won't do beam, bars or vault, but you may use a trampoline, and you'll learn cartwheels, roundoffs, flip flops, etc, while gaining strength and flexibility. Tumbling classes are usually filled with girls your age who are wanting to improve their tumbling for cheerleading.

You don't have to be aiming for the olympics to enjoy gymnastics. Give it a try and have fun!

SORRY THIS IS SO LONG!im 14 and when i was born my mom put me into a foster home(couldnt take care of me)(i have 9 blood brothers/sisters) and when i was 4 i was adopted and given to a great family.the problem is the adoption people said that they lost the photo album with my mom/grandma/and me in it.my foster mom had baby pictures of me but when i left she wouldnt give me any of them because she was mad that she couldnt keep me(leagal reasons).the youngest pict i have of myself is when i was 4 right before i was adopted(school pict) but i really want to see baby pict of me and also pict of my mom/grandma.for some reason my parents get mail from the adoption adency(its like a bill)and i was curious so i took one.i have the name of the agency(also a guy that i think might have helped with the adoption) and the adress but i tried to look it up on the internet and couldnt find anything.i dont live any where near the agency because i moved.i just really want my baby pict! you dont know how it feels not to know what your blood mom looked like or what you looked like when you where a baby.it hurts when i have school projests that requre me to bring in baby pict and im the only one without any!please help if you can!

Is there any way you could contact your foster mom? If you can track down her address, you could write her a letter. Be really, really nice! Tell her that you think about her often and wonder how she's doing, and how much you appreciate all the love and care she gave you as a baby. Then say "I was wondering if you still have any pictures of me when I was a baby?" Explain to her what you said here... how hard it is to be the only one in school that doesn't have a baby picture of yourself. Tell her that you understand if she wants to keep them to remember you by, but would she be willing to make copies for you? I guess this won't help with the photo album (unless your foster mom has it), but at least maybe you can get a few baby pics. Good luck!!!

okay theres this girl in my class. ive known her since this year and shes okay i guess.. oh yeah im 13 and a girl too. im not really friends with her but we sit at the same lunch table so we talk occasionally. i used to think she was okay, until one day she just changed. well it kinda progressed to her changing.. i only see her at lunch and special periods. first in the year we had music and i liked her and we usually partnered together. next was art and we were at diff tables. she sat at a table with alot of the cool popular people.. maybe that affected her? like soon after that its like she was trying to make herself be something.. she just wasnt before. its like she is so fake i hate it. then soon she got a new haircut and she keeps flipping it all the time.. and the way she acts its like too overly nice and shes trying to be cool i think but i'd rather her just be the girl from before. and then she acts all nice and stuff.. like now in homec thats what she does, but at lunch like once i asked if i could borrow a little hand sanitizer and she was all like "no!" and like pretty meanly. it was just a little sanitizer and it was hanging from her bag.. yeah thats pretty sad i couldnt even borrow a little. and like its like shes trying to act like shes superior to other people and would just seem like.. UGHH i dont wanna be around her! but shes in my home ec group and if shes not in our group she will have nobody else so we have to have her!!! DOUBLE ughhhhh. HELP. PLEASE.

I understand how you feel. You met a girl who seemed nice, and you thought a friendship was developing. Then she began hanging around with other people, and suddenly didn't want to be your friend. So you did lose something... you lost a friendship that you'd hoped to cultivate. I'm sorry that happened to you, because of course it made you feel sad and rejected by someone you liked. Obviously this girl is insecure and thinks that being "popular" is going to make her happy. Unfortunately, there's something she hasn't learned yet. "Popular" means being well liked by everyone... not just a few people in a certain crowd. She thinks that by being friends with someone who's not in the cool group will lower her popularity, but that's not true. Believe it or not, by the time you get to high school, most of the people in the "cool group" will not be so popular anymore. It will be the people who are friendly and nice to everyone, and who have the respect of everyone, who will be the most popular in the end. So, don't worry too much about her. Just realize that she has a lot to learn and hopefully she will eventually. In the meantime, keep making new friends!

I'll be a freshman at a public school next year, and i'm pretty, i've had some boyfriends, but it's been a while since i've had one and, well i'm hoping to find a really good one at this public school...

So can anyone give me any tips on how to really attract men (hopefully older guys since i look 17 or 18)... And what can get them to call me and ask me out? (like what hints should i throw at them?)

thanks

There's nothing more attractive to a guy than a girl who is attracted to him. If there's a guy you like, show it! Not in a slutty or over eager way, but act interested in him, smile at him, laugh at his jokes, sit by him in class if you can or walk with him down the hall. Just knowing that you like him may be enough to get him interested in you. Good luck!

i have no idea what to get my best friend for her sweet 16.
Money is not a big problem so if you have any good ideas for gifts please leave a link to the gift or tell me what it is

thanks =)

well, she'll probably be getting her drivers license, so maybe you could get her something cute for her car. like a special keychain, something really nice and personalized. another idea is to make her a scrapbook with pictures of the two of you and special memories you've had together.

i get angry with little things really easily now i didnt used to be like this only been like it for about 3 weeks now. lets just use this as an example i play a game i die once its the first of my deaths in any game i played so far. i get really pissed and slam the keyboard... sad i know but i cant help it i just feel it. i get angry real easy now like the other day i was asked to do sumin by a freind and i got well shitty and was just being an asshole now i dont like her at all fer no reason and i got no idea wtf is up or how i can at least fix it and get back to normall and get some freinds back. i'm not a stubborn person i will admit when i am wrong but at the moment i just feel like hell and angry with anythin that doesnt go right

Everyone goes through times when they are more touchy or sensitive about things than usual. Something that normally doesn't bother you can drive you nuts if you're in a bad mood or going through a hard time. You can't always control how you feel, but you CAN control how you act when you're feeling angry. Spend some time imagining situations that make you angry (losing a game, for instance) and picture yourself acting the way you'd like to act. Keep visualizing yourself acting the way you'd like to act. Then, next time you feel your anger building up, take a deep breath and remember what you've practiced in your mind, and try to do it.

In my city, there's a really big mall. Me and my friend went to every store finding me a dress but nothing says me!

I'm so short..I want dresses up to my knees which they are on the manikins but when i wear them on it's like a long dress.

And the straps are so long..like as long as two of my hands! Whne I wore the dresses on, the top reached under my boobs.

My friend told me I'm really skinney because we picked the smallest sizes they had and they looked so big on me as if I'm playing dress up with my mother's clothes. I don't even need to unzip the zipper to take off the dress, I just put my arms up and it falls down!

Speaking of boobs..the dresses wouldn't hold up because my boobs are so small.

I don't know what to do and my grad is in 3 weeks!

I'm short and petite, too, so I know your problem! Everything seems to be made for giants! I'm sure you've already thought of this, but try looking in the Juniors and Petities departments. If you find a dress you love, but it's too big, take it to a seamstress. They can hem it to the exact length you want, shorten the straps, and take it in to make it fit you perfectly!

i have a black kitten and i dont know what to name him. so does this sound like good names?

Raz
Diablo
Black Jack (BJ)
Donnie Darko
Knight
????

Do u have any names?
i am trying to look for a egyptian name or hawaiian but not to long or to hard to say.
please and thanx. ;)

Those are all cute names! Here are a couple websites with pet names. The first one has Egyptian cat names.

http://www.geocities.com/heartland/estates/6913/egypt.htm

http://www.20000-names.com/female_egyptian_names.htm

http://www.bowwow.com.au/

http://petrix.com/catnames/

http://www.petnamesworld.com/

ok well i have alot of friends but i dont know if they truly like me.. because they will be all nice to me one sec and then ill hear one of my so called freinds telling me something that my other friend said about me. i have even witnessed it.. i was pretending to be somebody else and i was talking to my friend and all of a sudden my friend start talking s*** about me saying i stalk them and im ugly and she doesnt want to be my friend. and its way confusing because then she come up to me and start hugging me acting like i dont know what she did.and huh *sigh* i want to be her freind but i dont know if they want to be mine. help me please

There are a couple different reasons that a girl could be talking behind your back.

One, it could be that she really doesn't like you, or doesn't like something that you do, or some way that you've acted. She acts all nice to you in person because she doesn't want to hurt your feelings or seem mean, so she pretends to be your friend. If you think this is the case, you have two choices. You can take a good look at yourself and see if there is anything you've been doing that would make someone not like you, and then try to change it. But if you don't think you're doing anything wrong, or you don't want to change, then forget that girl, move on and find friends who will like you for who you are.

OR... it could be that the girl really does like you, but she isn't mature enough or self-confident enough to stick up for you when someone else is dissing you. So she talks about you, too, to seem cool in front of other people. If this is the case, and you want to keep that friend, you might want to tell her in a nice way that it really hurts you when you hear she's been talking about you. And try to understand that she's learning how to be a friend, and might mess up sometimes, and try to forgive her.

It's basically true that TRUE friends don't talk bad about each other behind their backs. But everyone makes mistakes sometimes, especially in middle school and even high school, so if it only happens once or twice, try to be forgiving.

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