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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 have been married for 5 years and have been with my husband for 6 years. He is a Army soldier. We have lived in Germany for the past 4 and half years. My husband just recently told me that our hole marrige was based on lies, and that he has never been in love with me!!!! He told me the truth about everything!!!! He has cheated on me so many times that he can't remember!!!!! My question is what can I get in the divorce? Do we have to split everything, and can I make him pay for pain and suffering? (link)
Your attorney will be able to give you better advise than we can. And he/she will. I'm sure you will get at least half of everything. The pain and suffering I'm not sure about. Get an attorney ASAP.


16/f
i am going to camp this week, and my ex boyfriend will be there.
we broke up in april and we haven't really talked since.
he came up to me at chruch once and apologized for what he did, but i don't think he really meant it because he still acts like a jerk towards me.
my question is, how can i have an awesome time at camp without thinking about my stupid ex?
thanks in advance (link)
I am sure there will be so much to do, and so many people to hang out with that you shouldn't have to give him a second thought. Just ignore him. :)


Ok what do i do when my Friend says her brother likes me, but i dont know if he really does??

Ps-The boy already asked me out but i think he doesnt mean it. And how should i act when im over there, i mean she is my bff.

im a 14/f (link)
If he asked you out why would he not mean it? That is usually a big sign that he does like you. If you like him then tell him after some thinking you have decided you'd like to try going out. :)


Okay, I know I'm an advice columnist, but I really need help. My best friend Rachael, dated my other best friend Evan. And that was fine. Evan broke up with her numerous times. Then they always got back together. Rachael got sick of it and broke it off for good. Then while Rachael was at camp me and Evan started going out. I only did it because I knew Rachael didn't like him still. Rachael is the um.. JEALOUS type. VERY jealous type. But still, she didn't care we were going out. She was TOTALLY okay with it. Then last night she told Evan she still liked him, and was thinking about him. With Rachael, it's REALLY obvious when she lies, so when she said she didn't like Evan, I KNEW she was telling the truth. I think she's lying about still liking Evan. But I don't know. I think she did it cuz Evan liked her still.. until he started going out with me, and Rachael thinks he still likes her. And Evan is moving 45 minutes away from here. My question is.. should I stay with him? Or not? I REALLY like him.. And his brother would drive him here every week to see us. But his mom might not let him. What should I doooo? Sorry this is so long. (link)
So long as you get to see each other now and then I don't see why you can't continue as bf/gf
if that's what you want to do. So long as he will be able to go to school dances with you and things like that.

As for Rachael....well I'd be asking her what she thinks shes doing if I were you. She, as a best friend, has no business trying to move in on your boyfriend...whether she likes him for real or not. She gave him up and he is now yours. Tell her to keep future comments like that to herself. :)


Ok, me and my boyfriend Cory have been going out for 9 months. Well, there is this girl named Stephanie who has been hitting and flirting with my boyfriend ever since we started going out. I have always hated this girl, so it makes the situation worse. She'd do it in my face, wherever.. she doesnt care. Once, i saw her, her friend, and Cory at this baseball field playing baseball with some younger kids and i got pretty mad about it. I forgave him and we went on with our relationship. He always compares me with her, like ill do something, and hell say, "Stephanie wouldnt do that!" then i get pissy, and he goes im sorry baby, im sorry blah blah blah... well, yesterday he was here, and i havent seen him for about a week, so i was talkin 2 him and he jus wanted to watch tv. Then left 20 minutes after he got here because I was being annoying. Well, now, i just learned that him, Stephanie, another girl, and another boy are at this other boys house. It really pisses me off because he is controlling, and I wasnt allowed to go to my friends house (a boys house), because he doesnt like the boy. So i said fine, i wont go. I really think hes cheating because he lets her flirt in my face and hes been acting really strange around me. So, do you think hes cheating? SHould i give him another chance? Should i call him? idk what to do because i dont want to overreact and i dont want to throw away a 9 month relationship! I would want to sit and talk with him but im scared he will hurt me physically and i dont want to lose him, im 14 and hes 15... what should i do?? (link)
Sounds to me like its time to find someone else.
If you are afraid to sit and talk to him for fear of what he may do...you're better off without him. I can't say weather or not he is cheating, but it doesn't sound as if he is treating you very well. You should be his priority not anyone else. Find someone who will treat you like you're special to them. :)


My boyfriends gone away to camp for 2 weeks. He just left n its been really hard on me. Ive been really sad without him here. I must have cried atleast 3 times today. What should I do. My friends are all workin so its kinda hard to go out with them (link)
Do your best to keep busy. Clean your room, just do something to keep on the move. Time will fly! :)


ok so there is this guy that i REALLY like..and i talk to him online a lot and tells me im really pretty and stuff..and i think he's really hott but i dont know what to say back to him? because instead of telling me im hott he says that im pretty and beautiful and stuff which i really like because its not insensitive like saying im hott is..so whats a sweet way to tell him he's "hott" or fine or whatever?? (link)
Handsome? Goodlooking, stud muffin? :)


me and my boyfriend been together for pretty long now...and about four months into our relationship we started having sex...we have sex pretty much..and i was wondering is it wrong for me to like to have sex a lot...like im not a slut or anything i can go outwith it..i just like to do it..the only person i slept with was my boyfriend that i have now..i just dont want you people to think im a slut or anything.. (link)
Girls are allowed to like sex just as much as boys. Some don't. Consider yourself one of the lucky ones. :)


how do i leave a childish love? im going into eigth grade and i still cant go a day without thinking of a boy from my elementry school who i havent seen in over two years. he was in my class every year and we were always little sweethearts but it was sort of that stupid ittle puppy love junk. i know hes moved on - probably forgot about me, and i wish i could do the same. what should i do? (link)
Find someone new to give your attention to. That should do the trick. :)


Well okay, I've seen my boyfriend twice in my whole life. I met him like 2-3 weeks ago. And then we met up again at some fireworks like a week ago. He asked me out there. I didn't wanna say no though because like I was like hmm what the heck, Ill give him a chance. So the day after he asked me out. He went away for two weeks*he comes back this coming Sunday* and he calls like 3 times a day. He kinda gets annoying though and everyboy that knows him thinks he's annoying too. Also he is a jerk at times. Like he'll make fun of me and my music and stuff. But i noticed he has a really sweet side underneath it all. No one else knows about this sweet side of his. So when I tell them, they think im crazy. Another thing is that he cant even say "I love you!" When he says it, it just doesn't sound like he means it. Well.. i guess I love him, but it's just hard ya know? I have no clue what to do. So please help.

P.s. To add on to this all, he's friends with my x-bf and my x-bf wants us all to hang out but whenever me and my x are together we're all like close and kinda act like we're goin out. because I love him still *he broke up with me because I kinda cut because of him* and he apologized for it and said it was a mistake. But it's kinda late now.. i dont knwow.... we're all gonna hang out when my bf comes back. But im afraid its gonna be weird. Please help me.

Sorry this is sooo effin' longg. (link)
You can't really expect someone to say "I love you" and mean it if you've only saw them "twice" in your whole life. If they did they would be really weird. They might like you really well, but love is asking a bit to much of the guy.

If you have feelings for both guys it might be weird at first to hang out with both. Maybe you will be able to pick on or the other when you see them together. :)


Ok, I think we have all been here, but I've been really thinking about my past lately. Mostly my love life. My problem is this: my first girlfriend really had a vicelock on my life. We went out for a little over a year. We nearly got back together last summer, but someone I thought was a friend severly knocked that for a tailspin. Me and "C" ended on very bad terms. A nuclear bomb coulda done less damage. But I look back, and I realize, I cant escape the fact that I am NOT over her. I can't tell if I just feel guilty, cause it IS my fault, Im big enough to admit that, or if I do still care about her. I want to write her a letter to apoligize, but I wonder if it will fall on deaf ears. What should I do? (link)
I think it is a great idea. You can say what you feel without being sidetracked by interruption. If it doesn't get the response you are hoping for at least you tried. Maybe then you'll be able to move past it...if necessary. Best of luck with it. :)


well alotta guys tell me they like me and think im cute but none of them ever ask me out on a date or somthing its really annoying and i dont know why any of them can just ask me...what am i doing wrong?!?! (link)
Are you talking to them and letting them know you are interested? They may think you don't like THEM. Talk to them and give them a smile now and then to let them know you find them adorable. :)


i got a boyfriend and i think my best friend likes him cuz she gets mad when i talk about him. Should i talk to her about it or just let it go. Cuz my boyfriend hates her and she thinks that him and every boy likes her. Should i talk to her or what should i do?¿ (link)
She might be a little jealous or something. I don't think it would hurt to ask her why it is she gets mad when you talk about him. Maybe she feels you don't talk about anything else and it makes her mad. Make sure you talk to her about other things too. :)


Im am an 18 year old female and my girlfriend is 19 and going off to college an hr away. She will also be participating in basketball too. She thinks it will be the same but I know it wont be. For the first couple weeks it will but when basketball starts it will take up more than enough time and she will be to bizzy to even call and I understand I just wish she would see my side. Plus her first year of college she had a problem with committment so I dont really know how to act now. when she was 15 min away she almost couldnt be faithful but now that an hr away what will happen? Can it work or will my heart be broken? (link)
You never know until you try. Any relationship has to have both people working on it 24/7. If your friend is willing to work on the relationship I don't see why it can't work. Yes, basketball and school will take up a lot of time, but not all. Go to her games. You both will have to get interested in what the other is doing and work, work, work on it!

As far as being faithful goes...if you have forgiven her for a past indiscretion and she has done nothing since then to make you feel she is no longer committed then leave it in the past. People do make mistakes. It takes time to get over but can be forgotten if you stop dwelling on it. Good luck. :)


their is this gurl that i met on the internet and i think i rlly love her im 13 and she 25 but she thinks im 21 she says she really loves me but we are supose to meet in a few days n i duno what 2 do if she rlly loves me it shouldnt matter that im like 13 right? plz help me. (link)
You would be better off letting her know this before you meet. I'm afraid when you do she isn't going to like you much any more. You have been lying to her and as mature as she is....bad news. Tell her and keep her as a friend. There is to much age difference and she isn't going to date you...unless shes a pervert, which I kind of doubt. Sorry. :)


There is this guy, we are really really good friends. He really likes me and he tells all my friends and asks my friends to ask me if I like him. Well I don't like him more as a friend. and once he started really liking me he became weird and acting different. I really dont like that, and I don't want him to ask me out.. but if he does what do I do?? I don't want to ruin our friendship. and any other advice dealing with this? please and thank you! (link)
talk to him...personally, not through friends, and tell him you like him but only as a friend. Tell him you think of him more as a brother to you. :)


my friend is lee and i have ben crushing on him on and off all year and he asked me out earlier this summer but i rudley said NO! and my mom was like who is that and she was like aww taylor but i mean she hates me going out with guys she hasnt meet ....she has only meet him once and that was in 6th grade ... so i didnt wanna say yea and my friend was at my house when it happend and im like really popular along with all my firends ! and hes not that popular! so i didnt want my friends to be like EW! and well we started talking again and like he says he will kall me then he doesnt! it bothers me! but he broke up for his gurlfriend for me!!! and i was like you didnt have to do that cuz i didnt want me 2 lead him more cuz i dont like him as much as he likes me but he was my first kiss in 6th grade ! and i am begaining to like him more and more !!!but im afraid if we go out again he will just dump me because wut his friends say ...he says i am one of the hottest gurls ever!!! but i dunno ! help me!

please answer these questions !
A: do you think i shold go out with him
B: is it wrong for me to get up set when he doesnt kall snice were not goin out!
C Do you think i sould be scard to go go in this relation ship because of bein dumped !!


*THX* *I* *RATE* *HIGH*

*Tacy* (link)
For one thing you date who you like regardless of whether or not they are "popular". Because once you get into the real world and its to late for you to date anyone outside your group...well popularity don't count anymore and you've lost out knowing some good people. Being "popular is a school kid thing. So, I think if you like the guy then yes, give him a shot.

You probably get upset because you really do like him. You are just afraid all the inflated egos around you might think he doesn't measure up. Be a leader not a follower....Date who you like! If he felt you really cared he would probably call when he said he would. If not tell him it bugs you and if he isn't going to call don't say he is. I am sure you are sending the poor guy mixed signals.

If you think about being dumped every time someone asks you out, you'd never go out. Don't worry about tomorrow...it may never get here. Live for today and be happy.

Tacy, I hope this didn't come off sounding really mean...probably did, but you have to think for yourself girl and to hell with everybody else and what they think. :)


ok i ended up dumping him because he treated me so badly but something inside of me wants him back and i know its not right! how do i keep my mind off of him and move on? thanx for ur help* (link)
Find somebody new. That should do the trick. :)


I just wanted to let you know I got the results of my Ct-Scan on my sinuses and everything looks good, I have to continue my Allegra D and prescription nose spray and see the dr on my follow up visit. what a relief!! I'm at work and and just had lunch and I called the dr's office and they told me my results and also left a messege on my phone at home.

Now I have problem with men!!!!!!!! I'm divorced and I was engaged to get married and due to my panic attacks he ended the relationship 1 year ago, we were together for over 3 1/2 years!! His family was horrible towards me also!!! When we met on the internet, which I never did before!! he feel madly inlove with me, and the relationship was going to fast. He bought a house with his cousin and he winded up screwing him over , they used him to buy the house for his lenght of time with his job, well anyway guess where he is living now???? back at that house!!!!

I tryed to call him and truthfully I did everything from my heart to make up for my mistakes, but I never heard from him again!!

I still miss him, everyone is telling me if I had someone else in my life I would be feeling like this!! Im lonely and sad, I don't want to be alone for the rest of my life either.

Can you give me some advise, and thank you for helping me and giving me the advise about my test.
Can I give you my email address???
(link)
By all means. My email is on my column. It is written out long to keep spammers from grabbing it off the site but I think you can figure it out.

I have to agree with your friends that a new guy would take your mind off the old one. Have you tried the internet again? Just be careful about that as you probably already know.

The best places to meet guys would be somewhere they hang out. Or, somewhere that you like to go so that you share some common intrests. Maybe you could take one class at the university or something and meet a guy that way.

I'd be more than happy to help any way I can...drop me a note here or email, whichever you prefer! If you want to email me give me your address so I can add it to my friends list.

Glad to hear that your tests came back A-Okay!


Heyy! I am a 14 year old girl
I have a MAJOR problem... I have a boyfriend of almost 5 months and we are really happy! He was my first kiss...let alone that but we haev madeout and french kissed! which sounds like alot but when you see how happy we are you could see why we have done that! The only problem is our parents dont know and we dont plan to tell them any time soon...both of us arent supposed to have a gf/bf until we are 16 or 17.... we are seriously meant for each other and he says he loves me and i love him...i haev never felt this way!
WHAT SHOULD I DO! I dont know if we shoudl tell our parents or just wait to tell them...what would you do???? any advice would be helpful!
thx (link)
I think you would be better off if you found a way to tell them. If they should find out now they would be so upset they may forbid you to see each other at all! I think you could probably get them to let you go out with a group.
They may not let you go out alone until you get a little older, but that's better than not seeing each other at all.:)




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