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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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Gender: male Age: 16
Me and my gf havent exactly been getting along we cant talk much it neva works, we hug sometimes, and we dont do anything else either because there was a problem and we said we'd work it out but obviously not and im a shy guy and i get pretty depressed often and today one of her friends(also friend of mine) told me my gf wants me to stop me getting into depressive moods and make more of an effort to make the first moves or she will dump me. And then her friend also told me that she also liked another 2 guys and she things my gf is just using me.
But when i was 1st goin out with her i have neva been as happy and im not sure i wanna give up on her and thus lose that happiness.
What do u think? am i just being stupid?
and if u think i should dump her please tell me.
How?
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If you are getting depressed to the point you are losing relationships because of it you need to see your doctor. You can get medication that will help with your depression. Once you are getting help for your problem you may be able to get the girlfriend to give you another chance. Depression is rough for those who suffer from it. It is also rough on those around them who would like to help but are unable to. It is frustrating to say the least. Talk to your parents and go visit your doctor about it. :)


So I'm heading out on a family vacation in a little while. There's someone where we're going who, well, my g/f a few years back cheated on me with this guy across the hall from where I was sleeping (and the week afterwards) at a mini HS reunion with a bunch of friends. In other words, he stabbed me in the back to get laid.

Now, I'm not exactly afraid of seeing him... though I'm not sure how it would turn out if we did come into contact. Anyway, he's the kind of person who (at least 3 years ago) would have the attitude that he did nothing wrong and it's my fault. I haven't exactly talked to him since then, but I just wanna hear some people's thoughts on how you would react to different situations (my co-workers tell me to go sleep with his gf if he has one, but I'm just not interested in something like that). Part of me want to utterly destroy him, part of me wants him to apologize so this isn't between us anymore.

The other thing is, even though it's been over 3 years, part of me misses her, even to the point where I tried contacting her (didn't work). It's not like I want to get back with her, I just want to, I dunno, try to be friends or something. Any thoughts on that?

(Note: rude responses accepted - they're funny. Lame "I don't know but I hope it goes well good luck" responses are a waste of time and bandwidth.) (link)
Since the girl is no longer an issue You can be civil with the guy if you like but I certainly wouldn't apologise. You aren't the one at fault. If anyone apologises it should be him. If you don't like him just ignore him as best you can. No sense in fighting someone over a girl who is no longer in the picture. I wouldn't trust him at all however!

If you ever get in contact with the girl and want to be friends I see nothing wrong with that.
She may not want to, but then again if its been 3 years she may not mind. You should definitely try.


Okay, so a year and half ago or so, my stupid friend and I prank called this guy. And I know him for teasing people about things that happened loooong amounts of time ago. I don't care if he does it, but I'm going to see him at this party this weekend and that would be the first time I'm seeing him in like a year. I know he's gonna make a big deal out of it or at least mention it. Any comebacks or anything I could say to embarrass him and make him shut up? Sorry, dumb question. (link)
Tell him if he didn't want to hear it he shouldn't have answered the phone. :)


i'm trying not to make this long but I was BEST FRIENDS with this girl Jen until she moved to this really rich neighborhood and got a big head. She started rubbing things in my face, ditching me, and still expected me to be there for her... which i was. I don't know why I was but EVERYONE was. Then one day we all stopped because she got out of control (trying to keep it short). Everyone stopped giving her attention except one person who became her new best friend. I miss the old jen and now that she has a new best friend they are twice as evil. Jen invited me to her b day party and she's been IMing me and acting like her old self so i'm really tempted to go but i don't want to regret anything. we're going to different high schools next year anyways so i don't know if i should end the friendship now or what PLEASE HELP

sorry it was long.. trust me i couldve written 3 whole pages about the situation! (link)
Since you were best friends at one time I think you need to have a talk with her about the way shes been acting (if you haven't already). You need to explain to her that you don't like the way she has been treating you and if she doesn't change then you will no longer be her friend. Then the ball is in her court. She will either change her ways (may take a while to COMPLETLEY change back) or she won't. If she doesn't then end the relationship until she does. :)


Ok so my dad teaches a 10th grade guys Sunday School class, and im friends with all of the guys in there. well i recently went on a youth trip with my church and several of them were there. I got to talk to them alot. im just friends with some of them,but i realzed that i kinda liked this one guy. he is really funny and really cute. im really good friends with his best friend so i asked him what he thought about me liking his friend,and he thought it was an awesome idea ,and said that they guy had thought of asking me out before. Well see my dad is really good friends with these guys and they absolutely love my dad,but they kno not to touch me because my dad would kill them. so i really want to get to kno this guy better but im scared that he wont want to because of my dad. even though i kno my dad wont do anything to him . haha but the guy doesnt kno that. im really stuck give me some help (link)
I bet it would be pretty intimidating to ask out the teachers daughter! You need to find a way (maybe through the friend) to let him know that your dad would be okay with you going out with him. Better yet, ask him to your house for dinner. With dads okay of course. Once he finds out your dad isn't going to take his head off for asking it might be easier for him the next time. :)


I like this guy named Ben. He knows i like him b/c of my little brother. Well i volunteer with him alot. so all year i am going to be seeing him. i want to ask him out but i don't know what to do. by the way... i'm not one of those girls who waits for the guys to ask them out. too old fashioned for me. (link)
You just simply say to him, want to go to a movie? Or whatever event you might want to ask him to. Good luck. :)


Alright well there is this boy name Craig and we've been best friends since the middle of 7th grade and now we're going into the 8th grade and i mean i've always kinda liked him and after we becamse good friends he would tell me that he likes me but other days he would say he didnt like anybody but he always flirts with me and stuff and during the last week of school we kissed a few times and he told me how much he liked me but he doesnt want a girlfriend for the summer and i was getting my hopes up for next year (thinking maybe he'd ask me out) but now because its summer we've only seen each other like 3 times and i saw him the other day and we didnt talk to each other and i think it was because we were both really nervous but i dont know if he likes me anymore.. i know that hes a flirt and hes intrested in other girls but it seems like when me and him are alone that we both really like each other a lot and nobody else, things have changed because its summer but i think when school starts again things will be back to the way they used to but im not sure and i dont want to ask him if he still likes me because i dont want to be embarressed if he says no but my friend asked him if he liked me and he said he didnt know!.. I'm confused. Please Help! (link)
If he said he didn't know he may be confused too. Maybe by the time school starts he will know more about what his feelings are. :)


okay my friend got fingured by her boyfriend. shes just about 2 weeks late for her period, and she keeps asking me if that could have affected her period track. she keeps thinking shes pregant, but i know that cant be the case. can someone finguring you cause you to skip a period? or any thing? please post and fast with advice!! (link)
Simple answer is No. Sure can't. :)


okay heres the downlow. Whenever my boyfriend is around girls he always flirts with them, even if i'm right there. then when i talk to him about he'll either say i never did that or oh i'm sorry i won't do it again, but he never changes! I don't know what i should do. Part of me wants to break up with him and another part of me doesn't! So what should i do!!??

I'm 13,Female (link)
My husband does this too. It is just his personality I guess. If he were up to no good he would be flirting behind your back and not with you standing there. It isn't anything to break up over because he probably honestly doesn't think hes flirting. Just give him a playful slap on the arm next time and forget it. :)


alright well there is this guy jeff who i used to date. after a bad break up we became really close friends, we told eachother everything and always laughed and had fun together. well he started talkin to my like everyday about a differant girl he liked, and honestly i didn't mind that much. i even gave him advice on rlationships, good advice. but if i said one word about a guy he always got mad and aggrivated. then one day he told me he liked me alot and would love to be my gf, so later on i asked him out. he said "i love you so much i can't stand a break up so friends with benefits???" well that was lame so i said no, just friends. then he got mad because he said i told him i liked him then asked to be just friends.... even though he did the exact same thing. well we forgave and forgot and he started talking about another girl and he asked who i would probably date because he heard that i liked some guy from my friend. i told him that i liked josh and he asked me out and i said yes.... jeff got mad and started calling me all these names and being so rude! i told him he was a selfish emotional loser... harsh but i was mad. then we forgave eachother and he said i love you i am sorry. now he is being really mean to me, always getting mad over nothing and if i get mad back he sucks up to me. so i told him that i was done with him, and we should just never talk again. after hearing him sob for a while i am beginning to think that i am the bitch? am i the mean one, or is he out of line?

p.s. im 14 f (link)
He's out of line. He has no right getting mad at you for dating. Especially if he is dating himself. If he can't handle just being friends then you might have to distance yourself from him until he can. :)


Well i broke up with my bf after we dated for 7 months i felt like i wanted to experience more things so i broke up with him.. and now im dating him again and i dunno if i rly love him in my heart i see us starting a family together but i kinda feel like i want some1 new but im not for sure.. wat should i do?? (link)
If you are having doubts then you probably need to move on. You have to get that wanting someone new stuff out of your system before you settle down with one partner. :)


I liked this guy in the 5th grade... I was the first girl to like him in our school. (He was new then) I got over it even though I still liked him. He didnt even know me. In the 6th grade we were hanging out alot because we had a friend that both us hung out with. After two months of hanging out and talking, he asked me out. I said yes. We were going out for 2 months. During that time I got my first kiss. And I was just so happy. Well after two months I broke up with him because I got a note from a girl who was like stay away from my boyfriend. (No one knew about our relationship) And I was threatened and everything I was so heartbroken. I broke up with him and we moved on. Even though I still liked him. Then in the 7th grade he asked me out again. I said yes but he made me promise that I wouldnt tell anyone because he was going to surprise everyone on Friday and tell them, in a special way. Well I told my best friend and the next day during lunch she told like his whole table. A guy that sat with him said he is going to break up with you and I believed him. I couldnt have my heart broken I have a reputation as a tough girl. So I broke up with him again. My heart was broken but I still loved him. About 2 months later, I was sleeping over a friends house and someone was staying at his. We were on the phone from 8pm until 2:15am. My friend fell asleep and so did his so from 1:30am until 2:15 we spent talking and saying I love you and and all this sweet stuff. But he never asked me out again. We stayed like that for a long time. We still are close but no more sweet stuff. I miss him and I read his profile online and reminded me so much of how I feel and how much time we spent togehter it was almost like he was writing it for me. I am still in love and I was before I read it but now that I read it I fell. I fell so fast that after I finished the last word I hit the ground. I love him so much. What do you think I should do? Should I tell him or leave it bee?
PLEASE TELL ME!!! NEED HELP! ANY THING! (link)
I think you should tell him and see how he feels. If you do get back together then I think you should never listen to what others are telling you he says. I imagine he is hesitant to say anything to you right now even if he did like you because he probably doesn't want to be hurt again either. You have broke it off twice already. If you're going to love someone you have to be able to trust what THEY tell you. :)


14/f .. would you consider it cheating if someone else kissed you but you weren't the one who kissed them? (link)
No, I don't think so. Keep it to yourself and forget it. :)


i wear glasses and i dont want to take them off when i make out
what do i do is it possible to make out with him if you wear glasses? (link)
Sure. You might have to clean them though because they'll get all smudgy. :)


iS THiS LEGAL ?? (link)
Probably about as legal as downloading music is.:)


hey my sister just got over cancer and she gets all of the sttention!! she was always like the "specila child" so i wasnt surprised when my mom and dad kind of forgot about me when she got sick. one night they just left to go to the hospital cuz she had a fever but they didnt tell me they were leaving so i woke up and knowbody was in my house (except for my neighboor). they didnt think i would care if they left and they didnt want to wake me up but bull crap. i dont really care i would have liked to know. and then one night we were out to eat with my grandparents and one of my grandpa's friends were there he went to introduce my family and he left me out!! i was sitting right there next to him and he said every one else's name but he didnt even say any yhing about me!! i know my sister had it bad but i mean would it hurt someone to say "hey how are you doing today"?? my friend recently died of cancer and we were really close. her brother would stya with us when she had to go to the hospital so when she was sick i didnt want him to feel like i did and i tryed to talk to him as much as i could about his sister. when she died people came up to him and said it is kk i no how you feel but they dont no how the siblings of cancer paticents feel!! i love my family but they just dont no any thing about me!! i dont think they care any more. what should i tell them? please can you help me?? (link)
I don't think its that they don't care. I think they just have so much else on their minds that they are just not thinking right. Let them know how you feel. Tell them you are feeling neglected and why. I am sure they don't realise what they are doing. :)


I love my boyfriend sooo much! my boyfriend went to juvi last week and i absolutely HATE him! i hate him for leaving me like this! i feel so alone and lonely and i need him more then anything and hes not here! i miss him soo much and i wont b able to see him for another 3 weeks! i hate him soo much for doing this to me i just wanna slap him! (link)
You know, if he felt the same way for you as you do for him maybe he wouldn't be in trouble. I think you should find a guy who isn't going to get in trouble to the point that he has to be locked up. Just something to think about. :)


okay. i need to talk to someone and none of my friends can really help. my parents are divorced and i dont see my dad very often. i live with my mother who is an alcoholic and gets pissed off easliy. today my brother and mom got into a huge fight. she is now gone, i mean she just left. i called her and she said that she just needed to be alone. she hasnt returned yet, and i dont know what to do. i am only 14 and my brother 11. she is most likely going to come home incredibly drunk and when she is drunk life just sucks... i dont know what to do anymore because i am just sick of it. this isnt the first time she has just left...... (link)
I think you should call dad and see what he can do for you. I think maybe you should try and go live with him until mom gets her act together. You shouldn't have to put up with all that and neither should your brother. Maybe if you guys go live with dad she will open her eyes to what she is doing to you. Doesn't mean you don't love her but she isn't being a very good role model right at the moment. :)


I apologize in advance because this is going to be pretty long. I'm a sixteen year old girl and I've been single my entire life up until now. I met this great guy at work, and we both liked each other. Our first date was absolutely perfect. It was more of a date to make things official seeing as we already knew a lot about each other. He gave me a red rose, we held hands in the mall, cuddled in the movies, and he kissed me goodnight in the rain. It was perfect. With this being my first relationship ever, I'm freaking out. I know you're not supposed to kiss on the first date, and I wasn't exactly ready for it either. I know that in a relationship, a guy is going to want something "more" than what I'm willing to give. My morals are that I don't want to go past kissing wiht a guy until I'm married. I'm not ready for anything sexual...I'm only 16! Everyone has told me that before you love someone else, you have to love yourself. That could be an issue with me, since I'm full of self-loathing and I have no self-esteem. I can't understand how a guy would pick me in the first place. My internal conflicts are seriously creating a huge dilemma for me and I don't know what to do anymore. This guy made me so happy at first. I could not stop talking about him and I was so happy for once in my life. But now that things are moving faster, I'm freaking out and instead of smiling all the time, I cry. I don't want to give up something like this...what I've longed for my entire life. At the same time, I can't just ignore my issues. I need help. Please tell me what to do. :'( Thank you so much. (link)
First off its okay to kiss on the first date. You shouldn't be getting so upset over things that haven't even happened yet. Either he agrees with your morals or he doesn't. Before you get in any deeper have a talk with him about how you feel. He may feel the same. You are making yourself miserable for no reason. Talk with him first and enjoy yourself until he gives you reason not to. :)


my life is just screwed up right now with guys i fall to easily for them and then i just get hurt at the end how will you know when you have found the one? how could you trust guys when so many has hurt you in the past most of them try to sweet talk you but how do you know if what they are really saying is coming from their heart?
i need as much as advice you guys could give me ♥ (link)
The only way to tell if they are speaking from the heart is to get to know them really well before you get in to deep. Hard to do. Be friends for awhile before you go out with them. :)




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