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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 was trying to set me up with this kid.. And when I was talking to him he had a friend over his house.. I guess you can say me and his friend kinday clicked.. I have to say I do like him a little bit but I denied that I do and that ive heard he is interested in me also. The thing is a while ago him and his gf of for what i hear 2 years broke up. I guess they are trying to fix things and I respect that. The reason I said I dont like him is because Im afraid of her gettin hurt.. But I heard he was interested in me.. I dont want to hurt the girl because Im not like that.. any advice on what I can do? (link)
If they aren't "together" let your feelings be known. If he likes you then whats the point of getting back with her? In the long run if this is true she will be hurt anyway. :)


I've had terrible luck in love lately. I haven't found any guy who meets my standards (which aren't extreme, just funny, sweet, smart, etc.) I've been thinking a lot about my former crushes and boyfriends, and I thought of this guy, "Josh". Josh and I were friends & hung out a lot last summer. We sort-of dated for probably a month, but then after school started, we drifted apart because we were at 2 different schools (he's a year younger than me). Thing is, I really miss him and I think I'm in love with him. He's been on my mind so much lately, and it's driving me crazy because I never see him anymore! What am I supposed to do? (link)
Give him a call. Go do something fun and see where it goes. :)


ok i really like this guy and we talk online and stuff and we used 2 talk all the time in school and stuff but since schools over i never see him! my friend told him that i like him and he started flirting more and stuff but i dont know if he thought my friend was joking or something. i know i should tell him myself, but whats a good way of telling him without him like freaking out haha. please help cause i need to tell him soon cause i really want him to hear it from me! thanx! (link)
If you continue to talk and flirt with him he will get the message. If he doesn't just tell him straight out that what your friend told him is true. :)


my boyfriend asked me to have sex with him and i dont want to but i dont know how to let him down easily.. what do u suggest i tell him ? (link)
Simply tell him you aren't ready for a relationship that is that serious yet. Not only is it emotionally risky, the consequences of possible pregnancy are a big risk to take for a young person. :)


When you dye your hair with kool aid, how long does the color stay in for??

and also...how do you do it? (link)
Geesh, I remember my daughter using jello. Her hands turned green so wear some kind of gloves. It will turn your face and neck and ears whatever color too. I think she just put enough water in it to make it go on and then just sort of washed her hair with it.


hi people

i want to get nair this four minute lotion thingy. its when you rub it on you and wash it off four minutes and your hair comes off? does this work (link)
Yes it does work. It does stink too, smells like your getting a perm. It does work well though and I never noticed the smell sticking around. Just wash afterwards and it will be fine. :)


Last night I was watching the Blue Collar Comedey Tour on tv and one of the guys, after every joke he'd tell would say. "Here's Your Sign".
What does that mean??!

Thanxs in advace! I rate high! (link)
What a great show. I love those guys.
"Heres your sign" is kind of another way of saying "stupid question". I don't know how else to explain it. You know this person is a dummy lets hang a sign around his neck. He actually has a song called Heres your Sign that was popular a year or so ago. Maybe you could find it somewhere, it would explain it better than I!
Get 'er done...:)


Oh, do you know the muffin man,

The muffin man, the muffin man,

Oh, do you know the muffin man,

That lives on Drury Lane? (link)
I don't know the muffin man. I don't even know where Drury Lane is. Wish I knew. I could go for a good muffin about now. Smothered in real butter. MMM :)


i met this girl about a year ago and we became BEST friends. like we could talk about everything and never get sick of eachother. shes a junior so it was cool to have someone older to look up to. I said something i wasent supposed to and we were in a fight for 5 months then we finally became friends again. In april and may we were wicked close and everything was good. She even brought me on vacation with her to NC. And now when things are getting better.. shes moving there =/ And the sad thing is when i was there i bought her house with her. Idk what i can say to her to after all the times i screwed up =/ and i dont want her to forget about me when she leaves. In 3 weeks... what do i say?

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You write, call, email, IM...stay in touch. You can still be friends, you just won't see each others faces everyday (unless you get webcam).Hopefully you can even visit each other now and then. Don't worry, you'll still be friends. :)


When my dad was a freshmen in college he got an offer to work at an airline company. He needed to take the job so he could help pay for his 10 brothers and sisters education. Well, as most of you know, since 9-11 the airline buisnesses have dropped alot. Since my Dad took that job, he had to quit college. Whats going to happen if he gets fired since he doesn't have a college degree? (link)
Hes probably been working at his job for awhile. That counts for something. Most companies get rid of newer employees first.

If worst comes to worse then he will find another kind of job. College education isn't the only thing in this world. Work experience and attendance also go a long way in getting a job. Don't worry about it so much. Things usually work out for the best. :)


why are ALL BOYS heartbreakers? (link)
I don't think they all are. Some teenage boys tend to be real jerks but there are some good ones out there. :)


why do guys just look at your body and not your personality! i mean i know looks matter but still! why? im curious! (link)
Looks only matter at the beginning of a relationship. Many a good looking person has gotten ugly when you get to know them. It is just an initial attraction thing. They don't talk to you until after they have seen you and found they like the way you look. Girls do guys the same way. If a girl talks to a guy who hasn't necessarily noticed her before. He could get attracted just by her personality. :)


i have liked this girl for about half a year. she has gone out with some other guys who r more popular then me but we r still good friends. im not the best looking guy at our school but i still don't know. what should i do (link)
Ask her out. She could say yes! If she doesn't at least you know where you stand. Don't let the fact shes dated more "popular" guys intimidate you. Popular doesnt make them nice guys to date.
You are already friends so you're halfway there anyway. Just go ask her out. Good luck :)


What do you think of a girl in her young teens(say 15,16) starting a relationship with someone thats about 11 years older then her. Say, this guy really does like the girl and the girl totally loves this guy. What are your thoughts on this? They've kissed and really do feel for eachother, but the guy lives a couple hours away, and how would this girl tell her parents if they were to ever start a relationship? (link)
The first thing is if the girl isn't 18 the guy is probably going to be in trouble. He can go to jail for dating someone under the age of 18.

I personally feel that if a 27 year old man can't find someone his own age to mess with there must be something wrong with him. Not only does he pray on young girls but girls his own age must not like him for some reason.

I think your parents may feel the same way. They might call the cops and have him thrown in jail. Or at least have a restraining order put on him. Sorry, you asked. :)


For some reason, things that my husband says or does make me so irritated and angry I end up saying mean things to him. He is very negative and says things that aggravate me, but I know that I overract and need to control my temper. For example, we were watching a kid's talent show that I really enjoy, and every time I try to watch it with him, he makes snide remarks about the kids and their parents. He seems to disaprove of children competing in a talent contest and parents encouraging their talents. I ended up getting angry the last time this happened (just recently). I turned off the show and told him he was being idiotic and there nothing wrong with children having a talent and pursuing it. He kept on calling it "child abuse" because a little boy was out of breath after playing the drums on the show, and making a big deal out of the fact that he was "only 5 years old." So what? I told him a lot of famous musicians and athletes started at young ages, and it's not child abuse if they enjoy what they are doing. I think he is very narrow-minded about this subject and other things as well and it leads to some heated arguments, mostly on my part because I think I explain my point of view much more clearly than he does and he tends to just repeat the same things over and over. It wasn't till much later in the argument that he said he disaproved of the music that the boy was drumming to because it was heavy metal and had strange lyrics. I said that you can't even make out the lyrics in the songs and even if you could, I doubt that a five-year old would understand them. Besides, he listens to this music too. This led to an argument that there shouldn't be music that you can't play in front of your kids. I believe all music should have clean lyrics. He said why don't we go further and have only g-rated t.v. and movies? I said that it is easier to control t.v. and movies. You can block out channels you don't want kids to watch, but you can't do anything about people in other cars blaring their obnoxous music with vulgar lyrics when your kids are in the car with you. I know I have strong opinions, and some of you probably don't agree with me, but I can't help how I feel. I guess I need to learn how to express my opinions without hurting my husband. I love him, I just don't always agree with him. Does anyone have any advice? I know I've been judgemental and already feel bad about it, so try not to make me feel worse. Thanks. (link)
You just have to learn that he has an opinion too, doesn't everyone? If everyone agreed it would be a very boring world! Try not to judge him harshly because of his opinion. There is nothing wrong with a healthy and friendly debate about things that go on in the world, but it sure isn't worth getting real upset about either. SOME parents will always take advantage of their children's talents, some will go on to be rich and famous without harm. All movies, books, and music should be made available to whoever wants to have it. Parents have the right to decide what is appropriate for their children and what they want to allow. Your husband has a right to his opinion and you to yours. Just try discussing it calmly next time. Don't automatically think yours is the right opinion, its only yours. Some of his opinions may change because of your opinions and some of yours may change because of his. IF you have a civil discussion.:) All you guys are doing is getting each other riled up. You're probably BOTH half right on every subject.

Maybe he just likes yanking your chain? :)


I will be frank. I usually find myself with psychos or jerks. So I have a hard time not being skeptical about a guy who approaches me or when I have allowed my friends to hook me up. I haven't been in a relationship for about three years and have only casually dated if at all since then. I find though, I have ended up dating guys who are at least 30 and I am 22. I like the fact that the maturity level is above that of a 5 year old. I don't care about the money or anything like that but I become more relaxed around guys who are older and they often share my interests more then with guys my age. I have a good relationship with my father, he even approves and my friends think that I am crazy. Is it normal for me to find a relationship with an older man easier or am I just crazy? What are somethings that I need to watch for when I am dating an older man? (link)
I see nothing wrong with dating older men if you share common interests.

Most psychos and jerks show themselves pretty quickly. regardless of their age. Watch for guys who try to control you. Avoid them if they are overly jealous of your other friends, if they demand your attention all the time and don't allow you to see family and friends. You probably know what to avoid. Anyone similar to the previous psychos and jerks! Good luck on finding a normal guy :)


Here is my story:
I once dated a really great guy in college; I was a freshman in college @ 18 and he was a junior and 20. We attended the same college and lived in one dormitory but on different floors. Our relationship lasted for a year and a half and in that time he had asked me to marry him and I said yes. I can say that I am very mature for my age and had more of an adult outlook on life at 18 than most of the other teenagers. After my first year of attending that school I left to attend a less expensive college and our relationship went on for another six months. After these six months we broke up. He was a born-again Christian and his explanation to me of our break up was that that is what God had wanted him to do. That he wasn’t ready for a relationship yet and that he wants to wait and see if our relationship was God’s will. I loved him very much and being a patient person that I am I allowed him some time to think about things and etc. By the way, I need to mention that my ex and I never slept together. We broke up…. After about a month or two, I came to see him in his dorm room and found out that he has been sort of seeing someone else during the time that he was supposed to sort things out. I didn’t make a scene, I truly genuinely loved him and I decided to try and win him back by spending more time with him, tried to throw some romanticism back into our relationship. None of it worked. I couldn’t do anything to fix it. Then, I found out that the girl he started dating after me was in a theater production with him. They both were acting in a play together and that’s when they “fell in love”. They started dating. I was still in love with him and could not believe that he that easily left me. I would have given/done anything for him.
But, I moved on with my life. I started going out with my girlfriends a lot more but I wasn’t looking for anyone special to date, but I found him. My, now, fiancée. We’ve been together for 3.5 years and are happy with plans to marry next spring. All throughout these 3.5 years I have been keeping in touch with my ex, but without any kind of monkey business. He was together with his gf and I was with my bf. My ex had many problems in his relationship and many times told me about it. He always told me how good of a gf I was to him, etc. I knew that I loved him when we were together and was very good to him and all throughout these 3 or so years I thought about him and our relationship, and how I regretted ever breaking up. But there wasn’t anything that I could do, or he could do so I bottled up my feelings for him and threw the bottle away.
NOW, a mutual friend of ours had recently had a wedding and both me and my ex were invited to it. My fiancée couldn’t go because he was working. So, I picked my ex up at the airport, we go to the wedding and to make a long story short we ended up kissing. It wasn’t a make out session but a considerable kiss, not a peck on the lips, there was some tongue action. We both leaned in for it, no one was forcing anything on. We had a little to drink but not completely sober. I can’t explain why the kiss happened, maybe it was just the memories, I still have to figure this out, but I wrote out an email about our kiss to his now, kind of ex gf. He says that they are having problems but there is still some kind of feelings left between them. He says that he would love to be with her but he cannot because of some difficult reasons he can’t tell me about. What do you guys think, was it completely cruel that I wrote her telling her about our kiss?
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I don't think I would have done it myself. He may be mad when he finds out. Your boyfriend may be mad if she retaliates by telling him. I don't think it is something that you can really apologize for or anything since it was truth.

I think it was probably cruel. Nothing can be done about it now though. You may want to steer clear of the whole mess for now. Hopefully they will patch it up and work things out. I have to wonder if you were mean to her because you still have feelings for your ex.? Might want to examine that before you marry someone else. :)


ok i have been modeling since i was 5 for big agency in calgary i have been asked to go to new york for 5 months to recive a bigger contract with the company that runs america's next top model, tyra banks etc. and they want me but to start i will have to leave the love of my life for 5 months what sould i do sould i accept it or what please help cheak out my pic in my advice column it is Reality. thanx (link)
It depends on weather or not you think you want to model for a living. If you do then you can't afford NOT to go for it. Never know if the opportunity will come along again.

If the love of your life feels the same way about you then you have nothing to worry about. If he dumps you because of this then it wasn't meant to be in the first place. Fortunately, boyfriends do come along again if it comes to that. Good luck Reality. :)


ok, so i like this guy a lot, but he liked this girl who is really nice, fun, and outgoing. but she has a boyfriend, and when i say boy friend i mean head over heels in love and would never cheet on him boyfriend. So, i know he has no chance with her, and he knows it too. and he said he needs to lie someone to get over this girl, so now he is saying to some people he likes me a bit. i really lie him, but i dont want o get hurt, what should i do? (link)
We take the risk of getting hurt any time we fall for anybody. So, I say why not. If you like him take a chance. :)


I'm 15/f he's 17/m.
This is kind of long, but I can't stop thinking about him. He leads me on all the time, and I fall for it all the time. He loves it when I play with him too. So at this point, we both like eachother a lot.. we tell everyone that we like eachother. But we won't hook up. I dont know his reason, but I know mine. When we first met, he cheated on his girlfriend.. with me. But when that happened, he told me he was single, so he lied to me. That made me think, a lot. If we were ever to hook up, would there be another chick he lures in and lies to for a little fun behind MY back?

What my question is since you know the story: What should I do about him? Should I try to persue something more, or should I keep on the level we're on right now: friends with some benifets? Advice? :) (link)
Friends with benefits isn't a good idea. If you're going to go that far you may as well just date the guy. Talk to him about your fears and if he doesn't blow it off as silly you can try to trust him and hope all goes well. It could be the same with any guy really so, why not. Start over and let him know up front you won't put up with any nonsense. :)




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