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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 need help!!! i am 14 and i am having a baby and my mom is really strict...should i tell her about it? hide it from her? what do i do!!! help me! i rate high!!! (link)
You won't be able to hide it from her for long, so you may as well get it over with. It probably won't be as bad as you imagine it will be. Just tell her and be done with it. Write back if you need anything else. Good luck! :)


my friend steph is pg her baby's dad is 27 (chace) he thought me & steph wer 18 but we're only 16 when steph met chace he put a knife to her but didn't hurt her he wents to jail came back chace had no place to live so steph's family(mother,little bro,aunt & grandmother) he was very abusive to steph she slept with himgot pg
he found out steph was only 16 he stayed around for about 1 day and fled to flordia she hasn't herd from he since

ali (link)
Sounds to me as if she is well rid of him. :)


i've been best friends with this girl since 6th grade. and we've always had good time together. but ever since march she's started to hang out w. different people and we've been talking a lot lessand sometimes i feel like i hate her. i'm in florida rite now and i didnt tell her that i was comming down here. and she's on AiiM alot and i havent talked to her...should i talk to her on AiiM? or shood i let her talk to me first?

i'll rate 5`z (link)
If shes your best friend I think you should talk to her. Why not? Its real easy to get out of touch and loose someone for a long time...time has a way of flying by! So don't wait for her to contact her, jump in there and do it yourself! :)


There's this one guy & him & I are pretty good friends. I like him as more than a friend & he feels the same way about me... i think. He told me he was considering asking me out. It didn't sound like a for-sure thing though. Basically, he didn't jus come out & admit his feelings, he said he doesn't know. I want him to ask me out but I'm not sure what to do. Also, he doesn't know I like him. Should I just come straight out and admit it?

Thanx,
Nathalie (link)
I think it would be okay if you did. He said he isn't sure so it could go either way. If he goes out once maybe he would be better able to make up his mind. :)


Me and my friend Jay have been very close friends since the 8th grade. We are Juniors in highschool now, and in the beginning of last year he became very attractive. I developed a crush on him, and recently it's become really intense. We've expressed some intress in one another, he used to like me at one point this year, and vice versa, but neither of us told eachother. (i found out from my friend). I've been itching to tell him how i feel, because we hang out almost every day and i just feel it necessary. But last week he told me, unexpectedly that he likes my best friend, lindsay. They never hang out, and if they ever do, it's with me. She already has two guys that she's with and it would bad of me to say this, but she really is in some way a slut. I don't know what to do. I've built up all of these emotions for Jay, and now i really cannot tell him about it. When he told me about his crush on Linds, i acted a bit weirded out and he caught on a bit. Since then we havent hung out or talked. What should i do? (link)
I think you need to tell him. If Lindsey has a couple of guys already she probably won't be very interested in Jay anyway. Tell him, and if he doesn't feel the same at least you'll be able to move on from it. :)


My mother has been getting on my nerves since i was 7 years old. She judges me, yells at me, swears at me, makes fun of me, and flat out makes me sick. I even started to cut myself because of her, but i eventually stopped after 1 year because my friends helped me out. But i cannot take it anymore. My dad & I are bestfriends, i tell him everything, but i dont tell him about my mother. Just because i dont want them to split up or anything. What can i do to make my mom shutup? Plus, i have many brothers, she loves them, talks to them, hugs them, and compliments them. Its just plain sick. Im sick of her act shes pulling agaisnt her ONLY DAUGHTER. Sometimes i do NOTHING and she says, oh god i wish i had another son. I havent told anyone about this, but all my friends know how she is, and i have always hated her. I see all my close friends spending time with thier moms and having close relationships. I run to my friends house to get away sometimes or just sit outside. Even this past mother's day i bought her a card & flowers, she threw the flowers away. What should i do?

Sincerely, Tired Of This. 13/F (link)
I think you need to have a long talk with your dad. I sincerely doubt that it will cause them to break up. If it does then it was headed that way anyway. Your mom should be someone you can go to. Maybe dad can help you fix it. It will take some effort on your part too, and forgiveness. :)


I wrecked my dad's car this morning, and he's out of town until tomorrow morning. I haven't got the guts to call him and tell him about it, cause there's a huge dent in it and the garage door is messed up. I also pulled the bike racks off the walls. I know that I'll be in big trouble if I wait til he finds out, but I really don't know what to tell him on the phone. I feel so bad. HELP ME!

~stupid driver (link)
Believe me you will get off a lot lighter if you fess up beforehand. Don't make up a story either just come right out with the truth. I speak as a parent who has had this happen to her car. Tell him now so he has time to settle down before he gets home. Hopefully you don't get in to much trouble because you were honest about it. Accidents do happen :)


Well my family is a family with 5 kids. We are running sort of low on money. How couild I help them out. I mean my mom could nopt even buy shampoo the other day! (link)
You know my son has 5 kids and it can be tough these days! The biggest thing I always get after my grands about is...they waste things! Especially food. Now they are all 9 years old and under so they are pretty young, but maybe you can help your brothers and sisters with this. It would really be a help to mom.

Never get more food than you can eat. Food costs lots of money. Eat what you want but don't waste things. Don't wash your hair everyday. It isn't good for it anyway. Maybe wash it every couple of days instead.Just little things like that would be a tremendous help. Put your thinking cap on and go to work on those siblings! :)


Okay so a while back, me and this kid, Will, hooked up .. we weren't going out or anything we just 'liked' eachother for a while. He was always really shy around me and the relationship wasn't going anywhere, so i moved on from him. For a while i didnt like anyone, and now i like this other kid, Mike, who is a little cocky but very sweet. He is not shy and i can really talk to him. hE LIKES me also. But Will got really pissed at me for being with Mike. Will is absolutely heart broken... Will is definately a better kid, and i liked him before so i could probably like him again if i tried. Mike on the other hand is the kid i really like now.. what shouuuld i do!? please help me ....... (link)
Go out with the one you really like now. Will feels bad about it but since you aren't dating him at the moment then he has no say so in the matter. I know you feel bad about will but, if you feel bad for every person you date you will get nowhere. Feel bad for him but don't let that stop you from moving on with your life. :)


okay so theres this guy that goes to a different school. hes best friends with a lot of my close girl friends but ive only met him about 4 times. i talk to him online all the time and just recently he started liking me. he asked me to go ice skating with him and i accepted. now i'm scared of rushing things too fast and i always have. i'm scared to hold a guys hand and i dont know what to do if he tries to kiss me. please help! I am a 13 year old female! (link)
Just going out on a date isn't rushing things. Go and enjoy yourself.

Hand holding and even kissing are not that big a deal. Nothing to be afraid of. But if you don't feel like it then don't do either.

If he tries to kiss you and you don't want to, just tell him you would like to get to know him better first. :)


er... well. here goes.

theres a guy I like. He goes to my school. Is in my grade, two of my classes, ect. ect.

I talk to him on AIM, we kinda talk at school, and best of all, he doesn't think I'm fat. (long story. Let's just say I wasn't eating anything and my friends are odd)

But, he knows I like him, and doesn't like me back. He's told me multiple times. (again, my friends are odd) But lately, he's been acting like I'm okay. Usually he acts like he hates me. He even IMed me first on AIM (I know its odd, but hey, I guess I blend in with my friends) which is like, a first. Ever. We've been able to talk more, and we're getting along pretty well.

The bad side is, well, I've liked him for so long, now that he's finally maybe liking me, I don't feel exactly the same. I'm in this odd stage where, I do and don't like him. I mean, he's hurt me so much, but I feel like I love him. I can't control my feelings.

So what I want to know is:
Do you think he likes me?
What should I do if he asks me out?
and
Should I take action?(ME asking him out)

I have NO idea what to do.
(13/f) (link)
Since hes been asked multiple times with a no, you'll have to believe that until he tells you differently.

If he asks you out and you want to go then do so. If it doesn't work out after a date then you can just say this is to weird and remain friends.

If you want to go ahead. If he has been asked multiple times if he likes you with a negative response I think I might wait and see what happens first. Keep up the communication. :)


ok there is this guy on myspace thats wants me to hang out with him. i don't know if i should. i know my mother wouldn't agree with it, so what should i do?? is it good to meet someone from online?? (link)
Certainly not alone. He could very well be some old pervert in reality. I doubt your mother would agree either. If you absolutely have to meet him, either take mom with you or a whole group of friends. Meet in a public place during the daytime and don't be alone with the guy at all. I know it sound like you're ganging up on him ( and you kinda will be!) but you can't be to careful. :)


ok there is this guy that i like and he is my best friends brother.
well i went to his house one night and we ended up kissing and i couldnt help but to fall even more for him...
he acts like he likes me but im not for sure if he does,....
because after that night we went a while without talkin and now we are like the best of friends but i wanna be more/please help the best you can i am open for any advice (link)
You'll have to talk to him to find out what he is feeling. You might say that you really enjoyed the time you had with him and was wondering if he had enjoyed it too. Then ask him if he is interested in going to a movie or something. :)


I'm really worried about my girl friend her grandpa is in the hospital. Well she's sad and streesed out. I'm sad for her, but I don't know what to do for her. So my question is... What should I do for her? Or should I do anything at all? (link)
Just be there for her to talk to when she needs it. Let her know you care. That's about all you can do. :)


I recently broke up with my boyfriend who is 16(I'm 14), because he didn't want a relationship and I did. All he wants is friends with bennefits. I told him I wasn't going to do that with him, and he said that was ok. He asked if we could hang out today, just hang out. so I said yeah, and I told myself that I wasn't going to do anything with him and then he came over, and the next thing I know, im straddling him (fully clothed) and making out with him. It got carried away and I ended up giving him a hand job. He thinks it was just friends with bennefits and I'm a piece of ass. I don't want that, and I want to know if I should just cut off all relations with him and stop talking to him, I dont need him as a friend. or a boyfriend. what do I do!? (link)
I think you can still be friends. You may just have to avoid any situation where you and him are alone together for awhile. If there isn't going to be a crowd of friends then you'll just have to say no thank you until your emotions have calmed down a bit. :)


A friend of mine came to me for help.. and I honestly don't know how to respond.. so maybe someone on her can help?

Well Marc, my friend, is going out with this girl Elena.. they're relationship is great and everything, but he is still obsessesed with his x-girlfriend, Joee..well he's trying to break up with Elena, but she's suicidal and all..so the first time he mentioned it being just friends to her, she overreacted and threatened to kill herself..Marc NEEDS to break up with her, but doesn't want her to kill or hurt herself...
(Elena has attempted suicide once before, so she's not afraid to)

ANY help at all would be awesome.. thanksss.

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I think he should call her parents. Tell them he wants to break it off and what she is threatening to do. If he feels weird about doing that then maybe you could do it for him. He doesn't need to be made to feel he has no out here. Elena needs some psychiatric attention. :)


Hey Im 13/f...i never had a REAL bf... I tihnk im afraid of getting into Relationships cuz my dad used to beat my mom..:-/* but every things all good now and they are divorced adn everything.. I never even kissed a guy....what shalllll i doo!*? (link)
I think its natural for you to be a little leery considering your family history of abuse. You probably know even at your age the signs that a guy might be an abuser, so don't let that hold you back. I would be more apt to believe that you are still a little young for a relationship that is real serious. When you are ready you will know it. Don't just start because everybody else is doing it. :)


I have this ex-girlfriend, ok? And see what happened is she just broke up with the guy that she broke up with me for. And I'm kinda worried that she might try to go back out with me just because I'm their and I'm familiar. Plus we also were lightly flirting last time we were together, which was about a month ago so I think I'm safe. What should I do to let her know, without a doubt, that I won't get back with her now, but do it lightly so it's not really noticeable? (link)
She can't go out with you so long as you say no. I think you just tell her that your glad your still friends (if you are!) and how you wouldn't want to go through a break up like that with her again. You could ask some other girl out on a date. Or, if she just isn't the type to take a hint, you just tell her straight. Sorry, but I like you as a friend only and don't want dating to mess things up. :)


Hey guys!! Okay I have a really confusing conflict! I am going out with this guy and I like him a lot and he is a great kisser! but I just found out he cheated on me. and he is the kinda guy that doesnt seem like he cares so I dont know if he cares about me. ok I like his friend, we have talked a lot and I know he cares and I know he wouldnt cheat on me....I dont know if I want to break up with My boyfriend and go out with his friend or if I should stay with my boyfriend and see how things go?! PLEASE HELP!! I need all the help I can get!! (link)
If he has cheated and doesn't seem to care get rid of him and go for the other guy. Great kissing is well and good but, hey...there are more important things to worry about. You can find great kissers everywhere. If he acts like it was no big deal and he doesn't care, find someone who does. :)


My husband has smoked for years...35 to be exact. We have been married for 30 years. He is slim, but not very healthy, I think. He almost quit just recently and I was so proud of him and told everyone that I was. He was down to about one cigarette a day. I feel like garbage when he smokes because he does it in the house, car, whatever. It makes me feel like a smoker myself. I feel that if I wanted to smoke, I would have kept it up in college, so you see, I know what it is like to be a smoker, but not what it's like to be a non-smoker, even though I don't smoke. I am sorry this sounds bitter. I am mad. Tell me what to do. I am ready to move out. We have a great marriage, but I don't want to feel crappy anymore because of someone else's vice. He refuses to go outside to smoke.

Chanon (link)
Sounds as if he was smoking long before you married. Smoking is one of the hardest habits there is to break. Sounds as if he has tried once, perhaps he will again. The thing is if you are on his case all the time...well, stress is a reason to have a cigarette.

If you truly can't handle it then move on. I believe the second hand smoke BS to be just that for the most part but people have a right to do what they want. I think he could at least compromise with you. A neighbor of mine has a room in the garage with a TV and the whole nine yards because hes not allowed to smoke in the house. Granted he doesn't spend a lot of time with his wife....depends on the lifestyle you want. :)




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