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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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ok so im dating this guy well call him ryan but i used to be best friends with this other guy well call him tyler and me n tyler used to stay up on the fone til like 4 in the mornin every nite 4 a year and he was like in love with m e but i was always to busy trying to make him jealous wen i really did like him so anyways last january Tyler pretty much gave up on me and we decided to be friends but it mademe sick i relized what a big mistake ive made and yea then not that long ago tyler told me he loved me but he likes this other girl wat the hell does that mean and i no me n him belong together wat could i do to get him bak and o yea im dating that 1 guy and weve been goin out for like 3 months and he really likes me but all i can think about is "tyler" but i really wana no how i could get him bak (link)
Break up with Ryan. Not fair to date someone just to say you have a boyfriend. It's obvious you don't have many feelings for him.

As far as Tyler goes, stop playing games if you want a serious relationship. Those make him jealous games may very well have cost you a relationship with him. You need to talk to him. Fess up about the trying to make him jealous thing and hope for the best. He may have more feelings for you than the other girl, but, he may not want to play games with you anymore. You need to do some talking...get on the phone! :)


Hi, I have been talking to this guy online.....I really like him..he asked me out and I said yes. DOnt worry I have no intentions on meeting him anytime soon.But i dont know if I should tell my friends about him because they think talking to people online that you dont know is wrong..and i know they will probably get mad at me and think I am crazy. He has sent me a picture...but should I trust him that its actually him? And whats your opinion on online dating?
What should I do??
Thanks

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I suppose there is nothing wrong with it if you are smart and safe about it. I personally wouldn't trust anything until you saw it for yourself. Never meet anyone you meet online alone the first time. Never after until you are comfortable being around them. I think if you intend to pursue the relationship that you should get friends used to the idea. If you don't hear form Dangernerd then drop one in his inbox. He met his wife online and could probably be of some help to you. It is possible to meet good people, there are also dangers in it. Just use caution. :)


i'm 15 and my last serious bf was when i was in the 7th grade. i'm not shy, i talk a lot, i get along with everyone,i have a good sense of humor, i don't want to sound stuck up but i'm not ugly. my two best friends have bfs one of them has many pimples on her face, my other friend has been know as the ugly duckie. their bfs are really cute. is there something wrong with me, that i can't get a bf? i feel so alone and behind my smile there is a girl depressed that has a problem with self harm, and has no one to talk to, and feels unloved! (link)
The depressed part of you is not hidden that well. They can probably sense it and are staying away. Cheer up! Listen more talk less. I think you will be surprised by the results. :)


this guy that i like was just going out with one of my friends and she just broke it off with him to go out with a guy who is 2 yrs younger than her but he still has got feelings for her but he dosen't know how much i truly like him what should i do?
Signed,
Deeply In Love (link)
Maybe you should tell him how you feel. :)


OK, Me and my best friend both like the same guy. And we're not 100% sure but we think he likes both of us. We were thinking about letting him decide, but I think whoever he picks the other girl will be hurt. My other friend suggested that one of us should just forget about it and let the other one have him, but nither one of us really want to back down. And even though it would be the mature thing to do I still really want him and don't want my best friend to have him even though I Love Her (like a sis that is)! Does anyone have any ideas of what else we could do? And if you're going to say just let him decide- then please give me a few ideas of ways I can just talk to him about it without sounding like 'Omg your soo hott and everything'

Thanks
I rate! (link)
You don't say anything out of the ordinary. Just regular talk about music, school etc.

Whoever he asks out goes. He may like you both but he doesn't necessarily want to date either of you. If you want to boldly go and ask him out, then you will have an answer. :)


15 female

ok so i met this kid on the internet (same grade as me... 10th) and we hung out a couple times and i kinda started to like him but then i noticed he was liking this other girl(9th grade) and i didnt really care that much cuz we were good friends... but he goes to a different school and she goes to mine and she has a bad reputation that he knows nothing about... i mean shes cheated on boys many times before and i think he really likes her and i dont want him to get hurt but i dont kno how to tell him with out him gettin mad at me and possibly runing out friendship.... please help!

i rate for good replys!!

thanx so much!!


brOk3n h3art3d xO (link)
Hmm, If you say anything he may think you're jealous or something. Just tell him you do have information that he may want to know and leave the decision to hear it or not up to him. :)


I'm 16 and me and my boyfriend have been dating for almost a month now. We broke up for like 3 days but got back together. Everything has been going good...at least that's what I thought. Then this afternoon at school I went to the cafeteria and we were messing around. Well everytime I moved closer to him he moved away from me so I moved away and was like F*** you B****. As a joke but then he got all mad it seemed. He acted almost like a 4 year old child. When the bell rang he just walked away like normal and I tried to ask him what was wrong but he kept saying nothing. When I asked him to at least to say good-bye but he just walked away. At lunch he usually sits by me but he just walked past me and sat down on the other side of my friend Bobby. I went over to him and asked him what was wrong. He told me he had to move back to Chesterfield with his mom this summer. I left cause I didn't want him to see me cry. I don't know what to think. I can't believe his father would do that to him. I want to believe he is making this up but I don't know why he would except to break up with me. Can someone please help me. I'm begging you..please help me. What do I do? (link)
It is probably part of a custody agreement. It will be good for him to spend time with his mother. You can write him etc. I'm sure you will miss him but its something he probably needs to be doing. :)


I've always wondered this...
Why do teens think that they "need" a boyfriend or girlfriend? What's so great about it?
I follow that at least in high school and college it's kind of a time to experiment with relationships and all, but I just don't really follow why teens think they "need" someone, especially since a lot of it seems to end kind of painfully for people.
Anyway, long story short, I'm confused about why people think it's something they need, why they seem to look so hard for it at a young age, and what's so great about having a boy/girlfriend.
Thanks. (link)
I think Dating is basically a hunt for a mate. I think teens tend to rush into it to soon. They pair up with one person to soon. They should actually be dating a lot of different people and getting to know different people so they can find the perfect one for them. That's not how they do it though anymore. Steady bf/gf used to be a serious thing...today there are bf/gf who do nothing but say hi in hallways. They want the admiration of their peers for having a bf/gf but in reality they are nothing to each other.

All that being said I think that in todays world most think they "need" someone to prove their popularity. Gotta have the trophies. Those who are slower to start are made to feel like they have something wrong with them when they are actually the normal ones.

So, if you don't feel a great need for someone at the moment...don't worry about it. :)


Ok well I have this really really hott boyfriend, and my friend really really likes him I mean alot! And just to be nice I invite her to go bowling, movies, dinner with us! And recently she's been like sitting by him, and on her web site she said that they kissed and held hands (but she wont say his name) I have discovered that the only reason she's really hanging out with me is to get closer to him and go out. Now i've asked my boyfriend about the haolding hands and kissing but he said nothing ever went on their just friends! And he wouldnt lie to me! So now she's lieing (sp) and trying to take him away from me. If you have any good advice can you please help! Thank you so much!
~Ashley~ (link)
Best advice I can give...Don't take her along anymore. Ever. You need to let her know that what she is doing is wrong. You don't try to move in on your best friends guy. You don't make up stories about him either. Does this friend of yours think you have no feelings? Some friend! :)


hmmm where do i start? well im 13 and me and my friend "Jane" went to this little bbq cook out thing for another friend "LEE" and her frind "sam" well they invited another boy named "JIM". well that night b=me and him really hit it off. we flirted and talked and i really like him and i think Jane does too andi kbnow LEe does and i think he likes me cus he flirted alot and said i was hott and stuuf. Jane wouldnt mind if i went out with him but i know Lee would probally tell him some lies about me.well he entered his cell # into mine for the heck of it and hes lijke i may call you somtime. and he didnt call so and i think lee mighta said some stuff about me so he wudnt call cus she is obsessed over him. My questions are do you think he does like me or do you think i should call him cus i really like him . What do i do? (link)
If he entered his number into your phone then hes probably expecting a call. Maybe hes sitting home thinking the same things about you! What can it hurt? Call him. :)


Theres this guy...we'll call him bobby...and hes new to my school(a couple of months) and he's admitted to me that he liked me but the other day i found out that i wasn't the only girl that he said that to (actually about 7 other girls). I really like him though. Should i still date him or just try to forget about it all? (link)
You can like people in different ways. If he asks you out on a date, I think he probably likes you better than the rest. Date him and don't worry about who else he may like. If you catch him hanging all over some other girl THEN you doubt him. :)


There's this girl in my p.e. class, and I think she might like me. She hugs me every day, and she seemed really excited today when she told me that she broke up with her boyfriend. We always joke around, and she's kissed my neck before, just playing around though. The question is, do you think she likes me, should I ask her out, and a random question I'm throwing in: I just got braces, how would making out with someone work? (link)
I wouldn't kiss a guys neck if I didn't like him!
I think its safe to say she likes you.

Braces shouldn't pose any problems. :)


OK. I have this little problem because I like this guy who is younger than me by like 10 months. People say it's not cool to date younger guys but I don't care. So here's my problem: I like him a lot, but I wanna be more than internet friends. I know him and he knows me, we go to the same school, but we don't talk in school, only online. And one time, my friends told him that I liked him and he said "Don't say that or else I'll throw up in my mouth" but that was a long time ago and he said sorry for it and I forgave him but now I'm feeling mized emotions again. I like him a lot, but at the same time I wanna hate him. What should I do? Still talk to him? Not talk to him at all? Or not be friends? I'll rate anything please!! I really need help... (link)
If you like him a lot then continue to talk. Let him know you like him if you want to.

Remember that boys will sometimes say some really silly stuff if their friends make them feel embarrassed about something. That could explain that remark he made awhile back.


Theres this guy that i like name joe. And his friend always ask me if i have called joe yet. And i always tell him..joe doesnt like me so why call. Why does his friend keep doing this to me? Do you think joe has said something or what? (link)
Could be. Next time why don't you give him YOUR number and tell him if Joe wants to call ME, here's my number. :)


I love the intimacy of sharing a bed with my partner, but there's no denying that we get on each others nerves. I'm a reasonably light sleeper, and he snores. I also toss and turn quite a lot and take a while to get to sleep, whereas he seems to be a sleep (and snoring, keeping me awake!) within minutes.

Are we both doomed to a life of broken sleep, or is there a solution? Any suggestion on how to get him to stop snoring or to help me get to sleep more quickly would be appreciated. (link)
If he snores an awful lot maybe he would benefit from a sleep study. He could have sleep apnea. If that's the case then his snoring would be cured for you.

Since I read and the light keeps my husband awake sometimes. So, since I am a night owl anyway he just goes to bed before I do. Once he's asleep the light doesn't bother him. Maybe you could go to sleep before he does. :)


the guy i like said he wanted to get closer to me, but the only way he could do so, is if i told him what i was thinking instead of telling him nothingall the time.. what does this mean?! (link)
When you two are together does he do all the talking? I think he's trying to tell you that maybe you should open up and talk to him a little more. :)


14 yr. old-Female
Theres this boy that goes to my school. His bestfriend had told me that he likes me. I liked him too.
My friends(not with my permission) went up to him and asked"Do you like Kelly(me)" and he said"no, i dont like her" or "its not that i dont like her, i dont really know her"
I got confused so I went up to him myself(a little pissed off) and said"I need to talk to you, do you like me?" he just smiled and changed the subject and said"whats your name? so I told him and he just kept smiling at me.
Hes said hi to me a couple times and is ALWAYS staring at me, hes whistled at me once or twice.

So what im asking is what is he most likley feeling towards me? and how should I aproach him without it being awkward because we are both very shy. (link)
I think by asking your name he was telling you...I don't even know your name. As he said prior to your asking him...he doesn't really know you.

I think you're going to have to talk to this guy and get to know him a little if you want to get anywhere with him. He may smile and he may like you a little, but he isn't going to jump into anything before he knows you better. Everyone should be more like him. :)


Hi,
Ok, so this guy has asked me out for the longest time. about 5 minutes ago he ask me out again and i turned him down, again, and he was like 'well if we cant go out can we be friends with benifits? like blow jobs, fingering, etcetera... ' and ive noticed myself feeling more attraction to him lately just not enough to be in a relationship with him. but there is that need for sexual attention from an attractive guy, you know? so i dont know what to do?? help please!! (link)
No other guys will ask you out if they think you are having a relationship with this bozo.

If he doesn't care enough about you to date you, why on earth are you going to let him use you to get his rocks off? Tell him to use his hand and leave you alone. :)


Okay, well.. this was my first time having sex. but it was like a spur of the moment thing and i didnt even realize it was going to happen. but i was like no i cant get pregnant but he said that if he didnt keep it in long enough to ejaculate that there was no chance that i could get pregnant, is this true? (link)
nope. There is some sperm released before ejaculation. Don't even fall for that one. Chances are not extremely good...it isn't impossible though.

Almost all sex between teens is spur of the moment, didn't think it was going to happen sex. That is why you should always be prepared...or say no. Teenage boys also have very little control over weather they stop in time...never fall for that line again. Play safe. :)


i havnt started my period yet and i'm a very short 13 year old so how do i know that i didnt stop growing? (link)
You didn't. Not everyone matures at the same rate. It could be another year away yet. It will get here soon enough...then you'll be wishing it would just go away! :)




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