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:.Hey x3
My name is Emily and blah blah blah.


:.I have a lot of personal, family, and friend issues of my own so a lot of times, I can probably relate to you a lot of times if you have personal, family, and/or friend issues.


:.I can offer a lot of information, help, and advice on family and friend relationships, love lives, depression, stretching/flexibility, weight loss, violin, being organized, dog training, forensics (public speaking), keeping up with school/extracurricular activities, eating disorders, writing (stories and poems), and probably a lot of other random stuff like what to drink when you eat something spicy and why.


:.Although I can help a lot of you guys on the above subjects, I don't tend to take my own advice so it can become quite an awkward/ironic/contradicting situation for me or make myself sound like a complete and utter hypocrite.


:.Hannah Whitall Smith once said, "The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right." I agree 100% of it. Advice is advice and it is given when asked for. I give it and I leave it at that. It's up to the questioner/advice seeker to take it.


:.That point leads onto my philosophies in advice giving:
1. Advice is given when asked and no time else, unless your friend is about to irritate a black bear, then you should definitely advice your friend to back away and run for his or her life.
2. Advice is not critical, not judgmental, and definitely not biased. Advice is advice and should remain neutral.
3. Advice is to help, not to get 5s on every answer. As a result, my advice ends up being quite blunt and frank with a hint of rambling mixed in.

If you have general questions on the topics I can be a lot of help in (as listed above), most likely, they will be in my FORUM

If it is not, you can inbox me to request me to put it up.

:.If you want to ask me a question directly...
a)if it is not urgent and can wait a week or so, inbox me.
b)if it is an urgent question such as "I'm being eaten by a shark! What do I do???" first of all, I'm quite amazed that you can type while being eaten and second of all, e-mail me at cancel.life@gmail.com. I will answer you by midnight of that day (or if it's 11:55PM, probably by 3PM the following day).

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Can your body get rid of strep throat naturally, without antibiotics?

Eventually. But that would be torture..

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I have a very slender (kind of too skinny) figure and people keep telling me that I should put on about 10 pounds. I think the only good body part I have is my legs----if I put on 10 pounds, would my legs, like, fill out and not look as good?

It depends on how you are going to gain weight.
If you're going to just eat and eat, well yeah.

Um but if you gain weight by lifting weights and eating healthily while exercising regularly, probably not

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Hi! I am 18 years old and still a virgin. My boyfriend and I tried out anal sex for the first time and the condom broke without us realizing it and he ejaculated. I'm not sure if there was sperm around the anus b/c it was bloody. As soon as we realized what had happend I wiped what I could away from front to back and with a different towel each time. Then I grabbed some hand sanitizer and wiped it from front to back as well. I had read online that hand sanitizer will kill sperm instantly. Then I ran down to the bathroom and peed and squeezed as much sperm out of me as I could. My period last month started on the 27th which means I am now on the 26th day of my cycle. What do you think my risk of pregnancy is?

Chill. You can't get pregnant from anal sex. And by the way, there will always be sperm when there's a broken condom and sex.

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I have a dance competion around the time I will be getting my period and I need to know how to put tampons in.

I have the cardboard kind. So please don't say to get the plastic ones because I already have two boxes of the cardboard ones.

I tried but it kind of hurt. I know I was putting it in the right place though.

PLEASE HELP!


You need to first: chillax.
Relax, just sit on the toilet or put a leg up there and just forget about your previous experience with tampons. And just stick it up there. If it hurts, try angling it differently. Make sure that its tilted to the back slightly and not going straight up. If it feels not very comfy, take it out and try putting it in again or use a smaller size. Or just try putting it in deeper because that's probably why.

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Alright. So there's this worker at my community (complex condominum (sp?) And he works here every day, whether washing cars, or watering the plants. He looks 25-30, and he's a gangster hispanic/latino. And I'm a 15/f. Well, I just find him ABSOLUTELY weird and suspicious! OMG...It happens every time. I walk outside to take the trash out or to get the mail, and he is watering plants (today). Of course it's obviously inappropriate for a 27 year old guy to talk to a 15 y/o other than saying hello right?...well he said hello, and as I was taking the trash out, he stopped watering the plants (he had a cigarette in his other hand) and he came up to me REALLY quickly and drunkedly (sp? lol) said "let me get this for you" and he opened the door to the garbage disposer. I know it seems "OK" but the way he said it was SOOO weird and evil and...it was like he wanted to "get" to me or something! It was in his eyes ;_;...and as I was getting the mail, I noticed him spying on me. I don't trust these kind of people...and i don't know what to do. He works here every day. Now I know the kind of advice that is going to come to me; "Tell your parents". But I don't want to do that...because I don't want any trouble. Any tips on how to avoid him if he gets too close?

Let me tell you a little story. I was at my friends house for a sleepover and we got bored watching movies and went outside and just laid there on the lawn talking about random stuff (This is well over midnight) Then 2 guys from the house behind hers (They were over 30yrs old at least) came over and sat down next to us one with a beer bottle half way finished and one smoking. And I was like hmmm, weird. And I kind of just sat there staring at my friend. Then she just like got up and walked away and I was like OMG WTF. And I was wanting to get away with her but they held me down with their stupid conversations. I know, pretty mean of my friend to just ditch me there for 5min. But anywhos, that was pretty frightening and finds out she was raped that way (by some other people but in a similar situation)

So if you feel uncomfortable or unsafe around some people that you don't trust, just walk away. If he says hi, just say hi and go back in. Don't let it get anywhere further. Just make up a lame excuse like you left something on the stove or that your friend is waiting inside or your parents are on the phone right now and you were just checking hte mail for them, blah blah.

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15/f. i'm 5'3" and i weight about 135. i want to loose like 15-20 pounds. but my mom wont let me. my dad says it wouldnt hurt. i need advice on what to eat or do, no diet pills or anything because i dont want my mom knowing but any specific foods should i eat? i know most of the usual fruits, veggies, noo beef or junk food. but anything in specific or any specific workouts? thankss!

Well, I would understand from your mom's point of view. Because nowadays EVERYONE wanrts to be supermodel thin and that could just as easily become the case for you (not saying that it is). About 4% of women have bulimia and 1% anorexia nervosa so that's pretty scary. And about 20% without treatment die so heh.

Anywhos, just reassure her that you want to lead a healthy lifestyle and don't want to end up in obseity which leads to other problems such as diabetes and heart related problems.

You can eat beef but I wouldn't indulge on it. Eat lots of protein and healthy food such as veggies and fruits. Don't skip any meals and to resist from grabbing tons of food, eat small healthy snacks in between meals. Don't eat someting after 8 pm, drink lots of water, and of course, ignore the junk foods.

Exercising is a bg part in leading a healthier lifestyle. Soooo exercise at least 3 times a week. Run 3 times a week (Start off with a fast walk, jog, then increase your speed to a running pace over few weeks...not minnutes but weeks.) Weight lifting is also great because it burns a lot of fat while helpng you develope muscles. Personally, I like pilatteess!!! Haha

Don't measure your weight lose on the scale because it really doesn't work. Because as you work out, your muscle increases resulting in a same or a slightly heavier weight. Instead use a tape measurer

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I'm 14 and I go to a combined middle school and high school. In the middle school, we aren't allowed to listen to our iPods, so I always go to the high school during lunches and breaks to listen to my music.

Now, recently for the past two days, this guy has been sitting next to me on the bench every lunch hour and talking to me. It all started when I left my stuff on the bench, and I had to go. He wanted me to stay and talk, but I was in a hurry to leave. I'm 14, and this guy is probably about 15-17 at the most.

I'm getting very worried here. I've been previously been a target many, many times for jokes and attempts to make me look stupid, but fortunately I've never fallen for it. I'm having trouble telling whether this guy is really interested in me, or if it's part of a clever joke that someone else has already planned out.

What should I do?

Well, no one on this site can give you an insight on what this guy's motives are. But just remain friends with him for now. And after a while if you do gain trust in him, get closer. But until he gains your trust, don't assume he's there to not pull a trick on you or something

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16/f
okayy so my boyfriend was going through well still is going through a ton of stuff and i was talking on the phone with him and i started yelling about this thing that happened in the morning (it wasn't my fault at all and i wasn't yelling at him i was just had so much emotion that i was yelling) well he got mad and hung up on me then texted me saying that he had too much stuff going on right now n we needed to take a break. how am i supposed to get him back? like i really want to talk to him and i've texted him a couple times and he has responded but i don't know if he's going to take me back. i have a feeling that he did it because of everything he's dealing with but i'm scared i'm gonna lose him forever =/ any thing i can do thats gonna remind him of me without like talking to him.. suggestionss please!!!

He wants a break..give him a break. If he has many other things going on right now, he's just going to be more frustrated and might possibly get mad at you if you urge him to get back with you so soon.

Just casually txt him and ask what's going on and if there's anything you can do to help. And engrave in his head the fact that you're always there to listen and help and that you'll keep your lips sealed if he wants something to remain confidential. When most of his problem seems to have been solved, ask when breaks gonna be over in a lighthearted way.

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Yeah. I kind of need help!! Me and my best friend r having a huge fight right now and I don't know what to do. We both said things we didnt mean. What should I do? Im so confused? ;0; Please help me. I already apologized but she wont take my apology!!

Well, did she mean what she said or not? Because either way, you hurt each other's feelings and you stepped forward to apologize yet she refuses to accept it when she herself did the same thing.

She's being a little immature right now and wanting this to carry onto more drama. Just leave her alone for a while. IF she doesn't come around in eh...2 weeks or so, then you go to her again and ask if she's cool with what happened or not. If she ignores you and all that jazz, just forget about it because it's just going to lead to further complications.

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About 3 years ago, I fell in love with a band named Queen (as my username states :P). And well...what can I say? It was love at first listen. I FELL IN LOVE with Queen. I started collecting all of their CD's, books, vinyls, shirts, etc. I've had a crazy obsession with them for the past 3 years. My whole ROOM is Queen...I know the group members, and seen the two that are still alive in concert. Queen is all I ever talk and think about...they're like my second group of parents. I don't know whether its sick or not...but I've noticed it's been getting on people's nerves. Teachers have made comments telling me to lay off Queen. SO many friends have been annnoyed by my CONSTANT talk of Queen (I've also lost many friends because of it). Thing is -- I don't know what to do....This is clearly messing my relationships up. But I

At least you're not banned from them...
I was and still am obsessed with one band which I'm banned for life from--long story.

You should really resist on going on and on about the band to people though...seriously I know that it gets on evreyone's nerves and I've learned to control it. Just write it down over and over again--everything you want to say about the band. Write it, throw it and repeat. Haha.

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I've been having this problem...and it's the fact that I strive to be a perfectionist...I don't WANT to be...But I feel like I have to be. I get straight A's, kiss up to teachers, ALWAYS do my work and turn things in. I never skip any assignments...but I've been wondering lately...is it bad to overwork yourself? I mean...I've already done so much. And I haven't been getting enough sleep either :(...I don't know what I'm doing wrong...I can't quit getting good grades...but I'm sick of my head being so messed up. I feel as if school is taking a part of me away...I have ABSOLUTELY NO time on my hands to do ANYTHING...I haven't been to the mall in AGES! ;_; :(...What should I do?

Ha, I feel you're pain.
I'm getting used to 4hours of sleep every night.
I MUST get straight A's
EVERYTHING must be organized at ALL times
I HAVE to kiss up to the teachers and administrators
I MUST be the top 2nd violinist in class
I HAVE to have everything PERFECTLY done or it will drive me crazy
I HAVE to meet the demands of every club I'm in.
Never skipped/turned in a homework late.
I stayed up all night finishing a history project after getting 6hrs of sleep previous to that and so that week I got 6hrs of sleep over the course of 5 school days..hmmm

Haha, I feel your pain and yes, you and I overwork ourselves but we DONT have to. There's a way to manage time that will reduce stress.

Learn to cut out unecessary stuff like AIM/MSN/YIM, myspace, emails, talking on the phone. Yes, you're not gonna have a social life if you overwork youself.

Anywhos, get home, get homework done, and sleep. Don't get on AIM, myspace and all that jazz. I mean, get on when you have time...but heh if you're loaded with hw, forget about it. IF you do extracrricular activities--I mean a lot of them like I do, find ways to fit in bits of hw here and there. Over the weekends, don't goof off to the last minute. Finish EVERYTHING that you can..even if the due date is a month away. Just do it because it will make your life a WHOLE lot easier.

Caffeine is your best friend if you're deprived of your sleep by the way. XD

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ok so my friend and i have been friends since 3rd grade but now i have another friend and she always talks bad about her i told her i didnt care if she talked about her or if she likes her just dont talk meanly about her in front of me and she screams i can do what i want and you cant stop me so i say you cant stop me from not being your friend so were not friends anymore but she always really mean to me when im with my friends for no reason she also says i started all the fights when i didnt for example if i see a punch buggy i punch her now i did accidently do it a little hard but i said sorry and then she says youre not supposed to punch people for punch buggys your supposed to lightly tap them so thay cant really feel it and i told her my science fair idea and she said she was doing that (and she had already said hers and it was different) and i told her i would not be her friend if she did and so we got into a fight and stuff like that and she said i started them ALL!

Girl Drama. Woo.

She's just overly jealous and probably insecure about where she stands with you...

Just ditch her and ignore her to free your life from serious complications.

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which do you think is the best movie for a girl's 13th year old party?

- Epic Movie
- Happyfeet
- Dreamgirls

or have any others? I mean like.. movies that are out in the movie theatres now, not movies you can get on DVD or something.

kthnx. :]

Epic Movie!!! Haha

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1. can anyone search the address for catalina island please?
2. is catalina island really pretty?
3.is it like a peaceful place? with coconut trees, yhenno?
4.where can i get waterproof disposable cameras?
5.is it wrong to have make up on while you sleep? why or why not.
6.what is Live 8?
7.any good websites for myspace layouts?
8.why did spice girls end?
9.IS IT NORMAL TO HAVE BOOBS UNEVEN/UNEQUAL?
10.is it true that spice girls will reunite?
11.can anyone tell me where to get the code to get the song " too much " frm spice girls to my myspace? coz when i went to the music myspaces of spice girls its not there, is there anyway i can get it besides the music myspaces?
12.[optional] how many mts should i wait until i get my free stuff from sunsilk and teenfreeway?
13.when did victoria and david beckham get married? does she have kids? how many?
14. is there a volumizing shampoo/conditiner that works really good but notthat expensive that can give volume and thickness and body to the hair that is curly which is always getting blow dried to be straight? [get what i mean????? read it slowly. lol sorry]
15.whos damon dash?
16.what are somt good hair style for long/medium hair? [STRAIGHT and CURLY] (PLEASE PICTURES!]



thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can only answer 2

5--it's bad because it will make your eyes puffy if you have eye make up on and make up overall is just bad for your skin because it clogs it up most of the time and having your pores clogged up==acne.

9. Yes.

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k..
i juss started going out with this boy today.
it was very awkward. (wat can u expect on the 1st day though?)
we hardely talked
we didn't really walk together...
and we kinda avoided each other

i think he is waiting for me to kinda make the first move or w/e...cause he's shy.
any ideas of what i could say or do to make us open up more to each other...? or at least talk?
it's not cause we don't like each other...i juss thinks it's because we are both shy. so i am willing to make the first move...if i could just figure out what the best thing to do is.

i will rate all answers.
any advice is appreciated.

13/female...if that helps

thanks in advance

Ask him what kind of music he's into. Since your'e both shy people...

I'm sure you are more outgoing around your girl friends, right? See him as a good friend of yours and just talk to him and it will unleash this unstoppable chain of ranting. Haha

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ok so my friend likes this guy a lot! she thinks about him 24/7, and she really really wants to go out with him. I tell her that me or one of her other friends, should tell him that he likes her, so he will know, but she says hshe wants him to ask her out without any interference. I respect that.. but he will never know that he likes her, without her giving him any hints, or somebody telling him.. Ive givin her ideas on an easy way to ask him out, but she is just too embarissed, I want her to stop dreaming of her fantisy and start living in it ya know?? i know that sounds corny.. but.. i really want to help her get him.. what should I do??

Many many many Many thanks in advance!!!~

HA the movie scence. Okay, invite him, her, yourself, and some other friend of yours. And maybe this guy's friend. Drag the guy friend and your friend to the front row and ditch the one with the crush and the crush in the back!! Haha, it worked once XD

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Jordan, a girl at my school, and me never have really known each other, but she seems really nice and I've been trying to talk to her. It just seems like she doesn't like me though. (AS A FRIEND! AS A FRIEND! I'm a girl and I'm straight. I'm just saying as a friend)I mean, I've talked to my best friend who is best friends with Jordan and I asked her if she liked me, but all she said was, "Oh, yeah! She just doesn't know you well." She's told me that about three times. I've even talked to Jordan on thecomputer and she was saying things like, "God, we never get to talk!" and stuff. The thing is.....when I try and talk to her she doesn't really try and keep the conversation going. At school she doesn't try to talk to me either. It's just like she's waiting for me to try and start talking. I'm sort of shy (not that much,though) and she's not shy -- AT ALL. So I don't get what she's doing. Why does she act like she wants to be friends, but then doesn't even try? Is there some way that I could become better friends with her?

EVen the most outgoing people get shy and have a feeling of awkwardness when they're around new people. Maybe she wants to be friends with you too and maybe she doesn't wanna say something stupid to drive you away.

But don't make such a fuss out of it. Conversations that you guys get into might become dull and boring to her and she probably doesn't want to continue it...I mean, admit it, you wouldn't want to carry on a conversation you have no interest in whatsoever. So just try and find out what she's into and talk about those stuff.

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I'm a 21 year old female, and I sincerely dislike my boyfriend's friends. They all act like douche bags, they treat their girlfriends like dirt (some even cheat on them), and I fail to understand why my boyfriend would want to hang around with guys like this. I would never tell him how I feel on this matter, but it makes me worry that his friends will be a bad influence on him, and it often makes me upset. What can I do about this situation?

It's simple. We all tend to see beyond the flaws of our friends and focus on the good side of them that most people who are not friends with their friends may not see.

I mean as girl we at least have a friend that talks dirt about other people, lies a lot, knocks up guys, drinks/smokes, etc etc. Yet we are still friends with them because they have at least one characteristic that is addictive and attractive (friend way) that we continue with the friendship.

If your boyfriend is strongly connected to you, he wouldn't let his friend's stupidity such as cheating or treating girls badly get in the way of your relationship.

You should talk to him but don't go something along the line of: I don't like your friends, they're bad influence. Just slightly clue them in. Just say something like: you know that friend that cheats, blah blah...promise you won't do that to me blah blah.

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Read below before answering the questions.
1. Is it wrong of me to be upset at my sister?
2. Should I have my sweet sixteen alone or with her? If it's alone I can only invite 50 people. If it's with her I can invite 50 and she can invite 50. I'm planning on having a few crashers too. My parents don't want the party to be big because I had a huge bat mitzvah.
3. A close friend of mine also had an idea...we send out separate invitations and my party starts 2 hours earlier and they end at the same time.

15f. I have an older sister who's currently a senior in high school (only 18 months older than me). When she's around my friends, she commands all the attention away from me and says stuff to embarrass me or just make everyone ignore me. She doesn't try to hurt me on purpose, but she likes the attention. I think it's really unfair. I had a talk with her about it last night because she wants to combine parties for my sweet sixteen and her graduation. She had a sweet sixteen already. For once, I want the spotlight on me. When she's there, I can't get that. If I'm about to hook up with a guy or something, she'll ruin it by taking me away. If she likes my friends she makes them her friends and if she doesn't like them she tries to get me not to be friends with them. I told her all this last night when I was trying to convince her not to be mad at me for wanting my own party and she's like "It's not my fault, but I'll try." She didn't try. Today she told me about how one of my camp friends who PROMISED that he'd always be closer to me because we're close in age IMed her last night and talked to her about something. It was trivial, but it pissed me off. I did this theater thing over the summer and I spent all day with the same people. I've known this particular guy for years. My sister didn't get into this theater program, and she told me how the guy said he considered her a part of the cast. She wondered why I didn't laugh. I didn't laugh because that wasn't funny and it wasn't what I wanted to hear! She met all my camp friends when I had a cast sleepover at my house and as usual, basically stole the attention from me and made the whole cast love her, even becoming closer with the guy I liked than I was. And she doesn't understand why this upsets me because she doesn't have that many friends of her own. But does that give her the right to steal mine?

Please try to answer the above questions. Sorry for ranting. Thanks.

Okay, a birthday, from my point of view, should definately have all family members in it. However, the attention should be on the birthday girl and what she wants.

You should let your sister be there but tell her that she shouldn't bring any friends of hers...and just stay in the background with your parents until the birthday song time.

About the attention stealing thing, I feel your pain...every single freaking day. I'm in 9th grade and my sister's a sophomore at UVA. It's basically living hell because 24/7 I'm compared to her with my parents saying "Your sister did this and that, why don't you do this and that?" and my friends gawk at her everytime for her achievements and accomplishment and her talented life. And I'm just sitting there...being silent. There's not much you can do about that situation because your sister just seems to be naturally that way. So when you have your friends over, BEG her to just stay away...maybe lock herself in her room XD Haha, happy birthday!!

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I know this is grose, but when you have sex for the first time.. what if you do it wrong?
or what if the guy puts it in the wrong hole..

???

Um, there's no real way of doing it "wrong" and it's very unlikely for them to put it in the wrong hole so don't fret.

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