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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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my friend just told me she was talking to my boyfriend ont he hpone and he told her he didnt really like me anymore =[ and i kno shes not lieing cause like i dont kno you can just tell and cause the way hes been atcing . and knowing him he won't tell me this for like a week and i dont kno what to do (link)
Well if he doesn't like you anymore its time to be on the lookout for a new guy. Break up with him and find someone who likes you. :)


I've been in a relationship with my boyfriend for 9 months. His ex-wife was always calling and telling him that she missed him and wanted him back. She doesn't respect our relationship at all. Now she wants to pretend to be nice and he doesn't understand why I question her sencereity. I have a lot of anger towards her and I don't like feeling the way I do when I hear her voice or her name mentioned. I was never aloud to say anything to her or he would of been upset with me. How can In deal with the feeling I have for her. I don't like that she gets to me. Please help I'm at the end of my rope and I'm trying really hard to make this relationship work. (link)
An ex is always a big threat. That's why you have a problem with her. Not to mention she obviously wants him back.

The thing is if you trust HIM then she shouldn't be a problem. If you feel he still has feelings for her you probably need to back off. Because the chances of him going back to her if he still has feelings for her are great. If he has no feelings remaining for her then just ignore her as best you can. Also if they have children...she will always be in his life (and yours) so you may as well at least be civil. Makes you look good. :)


i met this guy at a summer camp last summer & we went out for like 6 months [it was long distance, so we only got to see eachother like 3 times but we always called eachother & stuff] and now we're going back to camp again to see eachother [we broke up a while ago] and i have a new boyfriend, but what i'm scared of is how much i've changed. i've gained some weight [i had an eating disorder] & my style compleatly changed... some people even call me goth, but i'm not. & i'm really nervous because i don't think he's going to want to be around me because of how much i've changed. could anyone help me please? i don't know what to do when i first see him [i want to hug him but i dont know if he'd be cool with it :-\], or how i should act around him... ? thanks a bunch

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You just act like you always have around him. If your appearance is the only thing he is seeing then you don't want him anyway. Since he knows you he probably won't care much what you're wearing. Outside appearances may have changed, but, I'll bet your haven't changed that much on the inside. Hug if if you want to. :)


How do I get a girl to discuss her underwear with me?

She won’t give me a guided your of her undies drawer or tell me what she’s wearing and I’m genuinely interested.

I can already handle bras with ease but but I want to get my hands further down. (link)
You don't. If she isn't ready for a tour you don't get one. You'll just have to find one who will if you are unable to wait for her. :)


my firends, family, just people that i am around always ask me if i cut myself since i have cuts down my arm. i need to give them a good reason for why i have these cuts. theyre actaully old scars from a while ago but they relly refuse to believe that. can u plez give me...escuses(i dno wut else to call them) of why i might have these marks?
plez no smart ass answers,
ill rate 5s for anything that isnt (link)
I think you should just be honest about them. Tell them the truth. If they choose not to believe you then that's their problem. :)


I Have the sims 2 and whenever i go to the sims website or the sims 2 website there are stories. i ♥ the stories but i really want to know how to make my own. do they just take pictures and write stuff? and how do the people get all of the cool furniture & people and stuff? thanks! (link)
I stick with the Sims on PS2 but I do know that
About.com has a newsletter strictly devoted to the Sims. Everything you might want to know or at least someone to help. Go to About.com and check out the newsletter section. :)


is it true that if you sleep without ur bra on that you breast will grow bigger faster??? (link)
No it isn't true. Its a lot more comfortable though. :)


ok so i cut, so obviously im depressed. i cant decide if i should go to a psychologist and have them give me anti-depressants, or if i should just go to our family doctor and get some from him. what do you think? i dont want my parents in the same room as me if i went to the doctor, so how would i do that? id feel bad if i said i dont want my parents to come in, but is that what im supposed to do? is the doctor going to ask me questions? and would i have to show him my cuts? their really teeny and a little red, so they really arent that noticable, but would he still give me anti-depressants? im not wanting anti-depressants just for my cutting, i am depressed so i have other problems other than cutting. thank youuuu (link)
Your family doctor should be able to help. If they can't then they will refer you to someone who can. I think going is a good idea.

You don't have to take your parents in with you.
Yes the doctor will ask you questions. Answer honestly and he/she will help you.

Yes you will probably have to show your cuts. They won't judge you harshly or anything and won't tell the world. Tell him/her anything and everything so you can get all the help you need. :)


I've confided a lot in total strangers lately. On this i mean. I'm happy with that it makes me feel ssecure that it cant come back on me. Any how friends of the realm. I have found myself incredibly angry these last few years. Im 16 years old and i am probably sufering from something beyond me. I jus want to know. How can i control this anger or what ways are there too redirect it. I'm only concerned because i'm starting to hit things like punch walls and anything close to hand; alll the time!! And can anyone possibly give any clues as to what this could be. All help greatly appreciated.
Anthony (link)
When you feel the anger building...get up and walk away. Go walk, run do something else.

It could be hormones, some forms of depression can cause mood swings. I would suggest getting with your doctor and letting them know what you're going through. They can help if it gets to bad. :)


its lasted like..about.. well, a long time. sooo, wut meds should i take? heh kinda stupid question and i cud ask like my parents or w/e but they're not really here for me to ask them right now. and uh.. well, heh cud it be cuz of the computer? cuz i seem to get it while i'm infront of a certain computer, or.. ehh, well anyway it hurts alot. so.. anything i could do about it other than taking meds? (link)
Computer could certainly be the culprit. It makes your neck ache and as a result you get a headache. Try moving it around now and them while you're using it. Take a couple of aspirin or Tylenol and lie down for an hour or so...hopefully it will go away.


I have a rat. And i was wondering from anyone who knows anything about them. What can be done or given to a rat to keep it amused. I open the cage everyday and let him run up my bookcase(where his cage is situated) but I don't know if this is efficient enough? Anything would be appreciated.
Thanks a lot,
Anthony (link)
My daughter had gerbils...well, that's what she called them. Glorified rats is what I called them. Anyway, I got used to them. They make excellent paper shredders and so they are good for ridding the world of anything that could be used for identity theft. And, they love doing it.

Your rat would probably also enjoy a wheel in its cage and one of those balls that roll around on the floor. You do have to go to the rescue now and than when they get hung up on something but they really enjoy those.


Ok well the guy I kinda like I just found out has a girlfriend aww i know im sad... I cant get him out of mind, i have a myspace and hes one of my friends on it cause we go to school together and stuff i mean i didnt just meat him or anything and I use to like always look at his sight and leave him friendly comments and stuff but now the picture thats his main is of him and his girfriend kissing... I respect him and respect the fact that he has a girlfriend and all that cause were good friends and Im happy for him i just want to try to think of him as a really good friend and not get sad when i see thier picture... any advide please help...
signed I respect the man (link)
It will take some time before you can think of him as just a friend again. In the meantime you may just have to put some space between you until it doesn't bother you anymore. :)


ok, i have this continuing problem with my neighbor down my street, ok, background time... Me and this kid, lets just call him Mike, have been friends off again-on again for the better part of 10 years, but it never got this bad ever until the start of this summer. Ok, first of all (not meaning to brag here), i bench 245 and am considerably stronger than Mike, but he insists that he is better than me at everything, and thinks he owns every one, on top of he thinks he is like a human dictionary, trying to use big words that dont fit. Well, whenever i disagree with him, Mike AND my younger brother always decide that im being "cocky and arrogent" but thats the case with Mike, and lately it has gotten so bad that i have litteraly caught my fist in air from hitting his face. please tell me what to do, and plz dont tell me to talk it out with him, there is no talking with this kid.
thank you and i rate very high for real responses.
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I think I would just ignore the goon all together. You know he is an idiot, little brother is just siding with him to get you to go at him....don't give them the satisfaction. Ignore him.

For future reference....
My son is also a very strong and muscular guy. You may encounter in the future (if not already), people who are going to go at you just because you are.
You will also find that some of your friends will get VERY brave about mouthing off and picking fights with people when you are around...expecting you to back their foolishness up. Be prepared to handle it, okay? :)


Okay, well you see, I was really good friends with this one guy. WE go to different schools and only see each other occasionally. For a while we were boyfriend/girlfriend, but not offically. We would hold hands and then, one night he just held me, in that way. Then, I didn't see him for a while, and I have recently just seen him. I asked him if he still liked me, (because I knew he did) and he said no. I don't know if I should do anything else, because I still like him, or if I just should let it be, because he initiated our "realtionship" and then he just ended it like that. (link)
If he says he doesn't like you anymore it is probably wise to just let it go. :)


Ok, i had a boyfriend and we were totally in love, but we barely saw eachother (once or twice a month) because we both went to different schools and were in all honors and ap classes (aka TONS of hw). In the end he ended up breaking up with me because "I love you, but i really cant b attached to someone right now." We still ended up being best friends, but about a week ago he told me that he had never told his mom about us breaking up, and i asked him y. He told me that it was because he still loved me (after 2 months), and that he could never take down the picture of us that i gave him for valentines. We're going to the same school next year, and he wants to get back together then....should i go for it because i love him...or just not put the used gum back in my mouth? (link)
Why would you not give it a go if you still have feelings for him? Sounds like he is worth another chew...go for it. :)


ive been talking to this guy for 5 yrs. but weve never been together and he lives in flordia right now. Well he just asked me to marry him,i really love him....but i don't want to get married, ive never wanted to get married. I don't know what to say.

HELP
-twiSTed (link)
Say just that. You never want to get married. You run the risk of loosing him, but, some people date to that end. If he is looking for a wife he is going to move on. :)


You know how everyone will tell you " do it when the time is right " well how do you know when the time is right? (link)
The time is right when the urge to continue overrides the common sense to stop. :)


So me & this guy were going out.. it had been going great and all but his ex girlfriends were real bitches!! but anyways.. so we ended up braking up because he got suspended and got grounded for the whole summer. He's usually aloud to go to his best friends house (dont ask me why) even if hes grounded but he couldnt even go there.. so we decided to brake up. but see the thing is that about a week into summer (we broke up about a week before school ended) he was able to go to his friends house again. and about three days after that he wasnt grounded anymore.. i saw him at the carnival all over his ex girlfriend (the bitchy one) but he calls me once and a while(we were friends before we went out) but it just seems like i was someone to try and get over his ex and not someone who he really cared about. is he a jerk.. or what? (link)
I don't know what he might have been feeling. He could tell you that. I think for now though you are probably better off just being friends (if you want to be), because he seems to still be hung up on the ex. Wait until he is over her for good before trying to pursue any relationship with him. :)


This is the only way i can make this short .. me and my boyfriend have been dating for over 2 months now and our relationship was going well. Like not even a week ago i started to hang out with these guys that he doesn't like or trust .. i told him that i was hanging with them and he got really pissed and we started arguing. In our relationship i am completely honest with him because i don't want to hide something from him and have him find out later from someone else and him get madder than he would've if i had told him in the first place. Well i am starting to have these feelings for a guy i've been hanging out with and i told my boyfriend. He totally flipped out because now he thinks that i like this guy more than i like him - which is NOT true at all. I love my boyfriend with all my heart and i always will no matter what happens between us. I'm just wondering if i should tell my boyfriend that we need to take a break from our relationship so i can figure out if the feelings for the other guy are deep or if i should just forget about the other guy or what?! PLEASE HELP! =( (link)
If you are confused taking a break might be the best way. The thing is you run the risk of him just looking for someone else.

In the future you may want to keep this in mind.
It is very good to be honest in any relationship you have. You shouldn't though tell them something that could hurt them simply to make yourself feel better. Not telling him you thought you had feelings for someone else would not have hurt your relationship (so long as you didn't act on it). Telling him made you feel better but made him feel bad and gave him doubts.
I am not picking on you...just trying to helpful for the future. :)


Hey !! Im 15 and have had a crush on this one guy for over 4 years now (on and off) Ive had boyfriends during this time period but for some reason I keep going back to liking him. We've never been extremely close but we are friends. He's extremely cute, and has a good personality. We see each other out of school sometimes, but for some reason he will never talk to me online, wby is that? He was at my friends Swt 16 and we danced and I actually thought he'd ask me out but soon I found out he wouldn't date me because im quote "beautiful and too perfect" and he wouldnt want to just use me for sex because im more then that and im one of his friends. Im flattered but in the pit of my stomach I cant stop thinking about him, should I go on liking him or just move on and maybe one day he'll realize what he has lost? Please help me, thanks so much ! xO
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Sounds as if hes looking for girls for one thing at the moment. The fact that he doesn't want to use you is good though.

Maybe you should just ask him out. If he thinks you are perfect he may be a little intimidated to ask you out. I think you should talk to him and ask him out. :)




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