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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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I'm like in tears trying soo hard not to cry so sorry if i mess up on any spelling or anything.

Heres some background:
Okay, like 14 years ago my mom had breast cancer. She survived and has been cancer free for about 12 years... My grandmother passed away from it in 2001 and many women in my family have died or have breastcancer in both sides of my family. Also my family has a sort of decisese that evreyone women on atleast my mom side of my family has that it makes lumps in your breasts and stuff.. Now the guys have that cancer related to breast cancer and my pappap has it but it too old (83) to get treatment..

What i need help on:
My mom went today to get a Passmere and that breast checkup thingy and seh said they drew blood work. When my dad got home they were talking about thing then my dads being like out of it and has been laying on the couch ever since he got homw itha blankey wrapped around him. And my mom, she looks horrible and my mom always looks great. She looks like shes sorda worried. Anyways we went to go pick up my sisters and i was talking to my mom about what was wrong with my dad and she kept saying nothing he'll be fine nothing he'll be fine then she said nothi (started to say nothings wrong) but then stoped and said he'll be fine so again i said is tehre somthing wrong with dad and she said I'm the one who went to the doctors he didnt why would tehre be somthing wrong with him? Then she said when i have to worrie then you have to worrie. i have this realy werid feeling they might think the cancers back. .. maybe there just nervous of getting the resluts but i am almost crying and sick to my stomich.. can someone help im not sure what im asking just some advise or help she wont tell me but i'm not sure why we usaly seem realy close.. anways please leave me somthing...


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If something were wrong she would probably let you know.

You might try asking if shes alright though.

Most likely she is worried about her test results. She probably goes through this every single time she has a check up.

Being older now, you are probably just beginning to notice these kinds of things.

It should take about 3 days to get test results back from the lab. Do your best to hang in there until then. Be as supportive as you can be and let your mom know you are concerned about her.

Oh, and your dad is just worried too. Maybe you should try and talk to him about it too. Let him know you are concerned too.

Hope everything works out well for you and your family. :)


Righto, my monthly visit (period) just came by again. It's weird, it's really uncomfortable and it hurts just to walk.. I was just wondering how can I make my cramps a little better and any hints/tips on periods? Thanks (link)
Heating pad on your abdomen and a couple of midol usually worked for me.

And chocolate. :)

*** Yes I'm serious about the chocolate :), You need a treat!

As for the popcorn kernal...I've had that happen and it is really annoying. You might try gargling with some salt water if you have no mouthwash. It might dislodge it for you.

May have to do it more than once throughout the day. :)


What does that gold star on your lookup mean? Are you a high level moderator or are you just very highly rated? Thanks! (link)
It doesn't mean either.

It means I am a paid member. I am a L2 mod but that isn't the reason for the star. :)


okay so there is this guy that i met at the beginning of the school year and i liked him. well at least i thought so. well on fall break we went to the movies and other dates. this past week i thought alot about him and if i really liked him or not and i realized the only reason i liked him is because of all the attention that he gave me and i just really wanted someone to care about me. but i cant keep leading him on like this and play some stupid game. so how do i tell him without really hurting him? (link)
Check out this website and see if it doesn't have some useful suggestions for you to use. :)

How to break up

http://www.lovingyou.com/content/advice/breakup/content.shtml?ART=howtobreakup


What does it mean when people say I want to bone you or I wanted to bone her? (link)
They want to have sex.


Does any one know any sites where I can find cheats for games? (link)
You can usually punch in the name of your machine and the name of the game and get some good sites. I personally use the webcrawler search engine.

check out this tutorial, it works on all search engines the same.

http://www.advicenators.com/faq.php?f=108


well i like this guy a lot but he has a gf n he says he likes me too well at least thats what he tels mee but i dono if hes lien n stuff soo is that one of the player type of sayings or... what is it ?????

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The only way to tell for sure if he REALLY cares is when he breaks up with the gf and dates you instead.

Anything else is playing...don't be a part of that kind of thing. You are the one who would get hurt. :)


i had a question. besides the risk of stds and pregnancy why are adults so against teen sex? like parents make a huge deal out of it and i dont see why if you use male/ female condoms and are on birth control. i mean there is always still of risk of those things but they arent the end of the world. (link)
Actually if you were 12 and had a baby it could very well be the end of the world.

Unfortunately they think its OK to have sex too.

There are STDs that can kill you. AIDS for example.

And then again a lot of parents (myself included), have had their kids and don't want to raise their grand kids. Would kind of take the fun out of having them. :)


hey everyone - my dress for a formal is mainly black with a very light pink ribbon. My question is should i find very light pink shoes? It would be really hard for me because i am already tall so i dont want over a 2 inch heel, and i dont want them to be over 60 bucks. So should i find matching light light pink shoes? or what other colors would work? how about gold? thanks so much! (link)
My opinion is black shoes. Any other color are going to make your feet and not your dress the focal point. :)


Okay, last night I was with my boyfriend and he was fingering me..butbefore he fingered me he had handeled his dick and idk if there was cum on it or not..but when i felt it there wasn't really any there.. is there a possibility that i could be pregant? (link)
I don't think you have anything to worry about.:)


My boyfriend and I have been dating 3 months. We both have decided that we're not going to throw around the word 'love'. Seeing as most 14 year old couples do. So this is what we do..

When we do say i love you, we agreed we should only say it when we feel the moment is suitable, but we both know that when we say it we mean 'like is too small of a word, but love might be too strong of a word'

Other times we just say like 'I like you a whole lot', but we both know it's not just a normal 'crush' kinda of like.
Do you understand what I mean?

Does anyone think this is a stupid way of going about things? (link)
I don't think its stupid, I think its great! ;)



im a sophomore in high school and theres this senior that is really hott. lately ive been starting to talk to him, but hes really shy, and so am i. what could i do to get us to talk more?? (link)
I have a website that will help you to get started.

I think once you get to know each other better you will be more comfortable and it won't be so hard to find things to talk about.

http://www.lovingyou.com/content/advice/dating/content.shtml?ART=convstarters


Is semen and sperm the same thing and if not whats the difference? (link)
Yes, they are indeed the same thing. :)


ok im a 16 year old girl... im not gonna be having sex anytime soon, but am i suppossed to shave "down there" even if no one will see it? and how much are u suppossed to shave? (link)
Its a personal preference. The vast majority, contrary to popular belief, do not shave "down there" :)


Damn I have nothing funny to read on this site anymore. Why do you guys have to ban all the funny people? Do you have to take them so seriously? Or just ignore them? (link)
The purpose of the site isn't to be funny. If a person is smart enough to be funny while giving good advice...we think that's wonderful.

But, if they are being funny while giving bad or worthless advice then they don't belong here.

Our goal is not to be mean and hurt the feelings of someone who sincerely wants help with something. A lot of people have no one to ask, or they are afraid of being made fun of if they do.

They should be able to come here without worrying about that.

Have you read the stupid warning labels on some products? You know, don't use this electric blow dryer while standing in the shower? Well, somebody must have done it or they wouldn't need the warning.

In other words, there are people out there who would be stupid enough to follow some really bad advice.

We don't need the legal headache. :)


ok im a young female...i know a lot the basics and terms about sex and whatever, and i know im not ready to do it, but i dont know like how it works. is it weird that i wana watch porn, not to get horny from it, but just to see how its done? is it wrong? dont say im too young to watch it, but its bugging me of thinking about how to do it (even though i wont for many more years). just help me please. thanks. (link)
I believe you will find everything you could posibly want on this site (and then some) :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse



my name is Rachel and iam 16 years old my mom says becouse I take special ed classes that I can only date boys in special ed but all the boys in special ed have girlfriends what should I do? (link)
Well, I don't see what could be wrong with you dating boys that aren't in special ed.

Maybe you need to talk with your mom and find out why she feels this way.

Do you have a disability she is afraid the may tease you about or something?

Because some might do that but, they probably aren't going to be boys you'd want anything to do with anyway.

That probably didn't help a whole lot. Please feel free to write back with more details if you'd like. I don't mind reading long ones if you don't mind writing them. :)


My guy friend needs help. He was just on the phone with me ( cause he knows about my site and figured i could help ) and said that theres this girl that he really really likes, but this other girl that he dates ( not a relationship, just dates ) likes him, but he doesn't like her anymore. And he told me she cries to him sometimes on the phone and that she says she doesn't want to lose him and such and he doesn't want to be a jerk, but he doesn't know what to do, and I don't know how to answer. Please help.



Love,
Mel (link)
No matter what, when there is a breakup one person is usually gonna be hurt and the other will feel bad.

Here is a website to check out. Perhaps you will find something useful here to pass on. :)

http://www.lovingyou.com/content/advice/breakup/content.shtml?ART=howtobreakup


Yep not now or me. My best friend is hung over. And now i dont know wut he should take.

What should he do? (link)
Well, your friend shouldn't take anything with alcohol in his/her system. Not a good idea.

If they have been vomiting, have them drink plenty of water.

Lie down until the world looks right again. Not much can be done about a hang over...except remember the feeling the next time, eh...;)


Ok. My sister just had to Gall Blatter taken out Thursday and she isn't supposed to lift things over 5lbs in 2 weeks and she has a baby. Her baby is 2 and he weighs about 20lbs! She picked him up today and it scared me. Cause her cuts could come open! How can I get her not to pick him up?!?! I mean it scares me! Thanks (link)
You can tell her to sit down and have the two year old sit in her lap. No real need to lift him.

Who knows if she will listen to you. Some people are just stubborn. But, its worth a shot! :)




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