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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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Hey, I have this guy friend, and I found out yesterday that he likes me. I thought about It, and I guess I've known for a while, I've just denied it, but the more I think about it, the more I like him too. I don't know what I should do considering I'll see him tomorrow because we're both in band @ school and so we're gonna be marching in a parade. I don't know how I should react when I see him. He knows I know he likes me, but I don't think he knows I like him back. I want to give him the message, but I don't know how because i don't want to come off desperate or like i'm making fun of him. The way our friendship works is we always bug each other, and we always make-fun of each other just playin around, so... can you please help me? I'm SO confused. (I'm 14, and a girl.)

Luv ya bunches and I'll rate high if you help.

Confused Songwriter (link)
I think you need to just tell him you like him too. Don't send mixed signals...just tell him straight. :)


The other night at my sleepover I called this guy that I really like. My one friend that was there really likes him too. I told him that he should come over and watch movies with us. We didn't think he'd take it seriously, but he did and he asked if he could come. We told him that my dad would kill me if he did and I know that he really wanted to come over. We told him there was enough room between me and my friend that liked him for him. We think he likes both of us, but we dunno. Does this sound like he likes me more? or what? plz help!! (link)
Sounds like he might have liked the two for one deal! If you want to find out for sure...ask him over when your friend is not there. :)


im 15/f & i have been dating this guy for about 5months now...whoopie 5 months i kno it doesnt sound long..but we talked for the longest before dating...we've had sex a couple of times & stuff...i love him so much..well at least i feel like i do & i know we arent going to break up & i know im guna be with him forever...but no one believes that i "love" him..how can i prove them wrong?!
sincerly,
Love Struck In La. (link)
really simple...time will tell. :)


i have been realy good friends with a guy a my school(max)for about a year or two he had a girl friend for most of the time we've been friends. a couple months ago him and his girlfriend was kinda drifting from eachother and he told me he lyked me. i made the mistake of telling him a like him too. it turned into a big mess and he ended up juss staying with his gf. So i oviously got mad and told him that i didnt have feelings for him anymore because he wasnt acting lyk the max i knew..But now him and his gf "on a break" and he recently asked her back out and she said no.. but he'll give me all these signals lyk when we're hanging out ..but this is wat i dont understand .. once in a while hell try to set me up with some of his friends that are on his baseball team and kids that i havent met and stuff.. so does that mean hes juss leading me on..? hes lyk my best friend but theres one side of our friendship that i havent been understanding.. if you understand where im coming from plzz help with your opinon on wat you thinks going on -- (link)
If you still like him let him know. Maybe he's trying to set you up to find out what you'll say. Maybe he is really trying to set you up...you won't know unless you say something. If that's what you want to know! Since you told him once you didn't like him anymore you'll have to tell him if you didn't mean it. :)


So, last summer I really liked this guy. We hung out a few times, but nothing happened.

Then during this year I kinda stopped liking him.

Recently, my friend told me she found out he liked me now. I'm pretty sure that I believe her since he does seem to like me (he asked me to hang out a few times..he talks to me online a lot, etc.) Today I hung out with him and my other friend and my friend said she could definitely tell that he likes me.

I'm really not sure if I like him or not, and I don't know what to do. He's kinda shy so I don't think he will ask me out or anything, but I kinda want him to, so does that mean I like him? I really don't know what to do... I don't want to send mixed messages.

btw i'm 17/f and he's 17/m (link)
If he is that shy then just tell him how you feel and go from there. It sounds as if he likes you. You might hang out a bit more with him and get to know each other better first, but, if he doesn't ask you out then go for it yourself.


So thers this guy I like and I only get to see him when I go camping. Well Last year he didn't come bck and said he was sorry he couldn't come see me and thsi weekend he danced with me (slow danced) and was all close and singing into my ear and he rode the 4 wheeler with me and was holding onto my legs. But he also danced with my mom like that. Does he like me or what? I rate high (link)
He probably does like you. :)


Hi. my name is maddie and im 14. For about a year now I have liked this guy named pj. I could swear at somepoints he liked me to but im not sure. Well you see now he is liking this other girl. who I really dont like. And im not sure what to do. Everyone says I should move on even my bestfriend does! they say I have so many other options.. but I keep giving guys up for a chance with him, but that never seems to happen.. Im not sure what I should do.. Can you help?

-thanks maddie (link)
I think if you've already told him how you felt in the past you just have to wait until he becomes unconfused. That may be just an excuse.
I think your friends are right. :)


I broke up with my bf about 3 weeks ago and within that time he started going out with a girl but she broke up with him. While he was with her he was being bitchy and plain out wrong with me but now that they have broken up he regrets everything he said and did and wants me back.When we broke up I cried and was hurt for a LONG while but now I am dealing with it.Well he wants me back and I don't know if I should give him a chance part of me says yes but the other says no. I don't know what I should do but sometimes I just feel like calling him just to hear his voice but then again I don't want to get hurt again. Pleace help me out! (link)
You need to ask him if he truly has feelings for you. Make sure he isn't using you for a girlfriend until someone better comes along. You've already been down that road and don't want to go through all that again. :)


okay. so i dated this girl for a while. and we seemed to have a really good connection with each other. we were into the same things, we were both sarcastic smartasses, and we both liked doing the same kinda stuff. and well when i met her she was in the process of breaking up with her boyfriend. and so i was more of the friend to turn to than anything else. then slowly we started to date like after they broke up. and for about a weekend we were very into each other, and things seemed to be wonderful. then as the weekend ended she said she didn't feel the same way about me as i did about her. and so i decided to sit back and wait until she was really ready for a relationship because after some talking we kinda realized she needed some time to get back into the swing of things. and it was during this time that she began to change. she became mean, she began just totally ignoring me for days on end. the phone calls ceased. there would be whole days when i'd hear nothing from her. then i'd talk to her a bit and that was it. and now finally i come home to find out she spent the last couple days drinking, partying, and hanging out with sleazy guys. and i instantly became very mad and jealous. and i just wanna know. is it wrong for me to be mad? for me to not want her around? for me to tell her she's changed and become someone i don't know anymore? i told her not to contact me any longer, and that she had become someone else, someone i didn't know or love. and now in hindsight i kinda wanna know: was it wrong? (link)
No. I think you did the right thing. If you can't trust someone then you don't want them around. If you have to wonder what they are truly feeling they aren't worth the trouble. You deserve better than that. I think you did the best thing. :)


Ok well I like this guy but the problem is, we havn't met in person yet. We've talked on the phone and computer but havn't met! And im like, So crazy about this kid its weird! And i don't want him to see me in person 'cause i think im really ugly and fat. People say no but i think they're lieing! But i need help on what I should do. Because what if we do meet and he thinks im ugly or what ever and doesn't talk to me anymore? He's seen a few of my pictures but i don't think they look like me! So i don't know what to do. Please help. ANYTHING! I rate high. Thank you so much.

x333 Kara (link)
He may not like you...you won't know until you meet. You may not like him either. People are a lot different in real life than they are on the internet or phone. Its just something you will have to find out when you meet. Don't meet alone, even though you have common friends. :)


Ok well our last day of school was last thursday and i told my b/f to come to school b/c that was the last day i would be able to see him b/c he was going to another school.well he didn't come so i didn't get to say goodbye or get a pic of him so i could remember him!i don't have his phone number or anything so i can't call him! what should i do so i can get over this?

i rate high! (link)
He was real caring wasn't he? I think that alone would get my goat. You will just have to let it play itself out I'm afraid. It will take a little time. Fill the hours with friends and maybe even look for another guy. :)


Ok latly my boyfriend has been coming over to the house im 13 and he is 14. But the point is... my brothers 8 and everytime where around him or he follows us and he sees us kiss he like starts to choke my boyfriend until he stops! its so annoying and when we try to get away from him he just follows us help!!!! (link)
Little brothers can be such pains in the butt. Maybe your mom can give him something to do to keep him busy. If not, then ignore the little pain as best you can. The more you let it bother you the worse he is going to be. He wants the attention. :)


well me and my boyfriend are so happy together well he lives with his grandparents and his grandma doesn*t like me at all even though I never did anything to her well my boyfriend recently got a job and he works from 4:45 until 1:00 in the morning and his grandparents won*t let him call me when he gets home well I call him during the day cause he is home but his grandma only lets us talk for about 20 minutes so we never get to talk or see each other which is bad for a relationship but I love my boyfriend so much he makes me happy and everything but I don*t want a boyfriend that I never get to spend time with or get to talk to and it is summer right now so should I break up with him? or should I stay with him? I don*t wanna be lonely but if I have to I will plz help me I rate high! thanxs so much
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If you want this particular guy then you have to play by grandmas rules. They sound pretty strict but maybe she has reasons we know nothing about. I think weather she likes you or not isn't really all that important at this time. Since there is no school now maybe you can see each other during the daytime. Just do what your heart tells you to do. :)


Okay so theres this guy i met on the inernet he goes to my school i see him at school and talk to him a lot. The problem is he has a gf. He always is like go to the mall with me and would u go out with me if i didnt have a gf and how far i would go. is he just trying to get some or what but i think i mite like him now. (link)
Tell him (if true) that you might go out with him if he didn't have a girlfriend. Don't go anywhere with him so long as he's dating someone else. How far you would go is none of his business. And it does sound like he may be trying to use you. Don't let him. Like him or not make him play by the rules. :)


i dont know if someone already answered my ? but i cant find it so ill type it again. theres this girl that is 15 and she called me a loser and a freak a lot last year. now shes all over me. she squeezes my cheeks and she calls me cute and gives me a lot of hugs. shes goin away for the summer and she was sad that i was leaving. i think she maybe was crying. i dont know what to do. i dont want her to think that im a freak by askin her if i like her but all i think about is her. what should i do????? (link)
If you like her let her know. I think I would wait until she is back from where she is going this summer. See if she still feels the same after that. :)


ok theres this guy that i might never see again but i think i love him and im pretty sure he likes/loves me too butim still not 100% sure that he does... but what should i do? the last time i will see him is thursday... should i tell him or wait and see what he does? (link)
Is he moving away or do you mean for the summer?
If he is moving far way...forget it. The more attached you are the harder it will be to say goodbye. :)


k theres this guy, of course, that i really have liked since the 7 th grade...he has a bad reputation of being a "ladies man" and has been with alot of different girls...he has also liked me for a very long time, but for sum reason, we have never touched each other in a sexual way. he has a girl friend, but i dont have a boyfriend. his girlfriend isnt really my friend, but i know her, and i might feel guilty if anything were to happen. he always tells me he likes me and he really has changed, and everyone has seen it.but is it alright to like hime or am i just another notch on his stick? (link)
So long as he has the girlfriend he is using you. Don't even go that route. If he cares about you he will break up with her and then talk to you about dating. It's okay to "like" him. I think anything more serious is iffy. :)


Okay.. none of my friends were help on this. See if any of you are!

I've been with this guy for almost 2 months. He's in LOVE with me and totally obsessed. I hate clingy guys and I'm sick of him. He calls like .. 5 times a day.. AT LEAST .. and is Always wanting to hang out. I barely have time for my girls with him around!

I need a way to break up with him so he won't be too upset, and he will still be friends with me. I still like him, and i've already told him he's too obsessive, but it didn't help any! I need a way to let him down gently!

!mucho amor! (link)
He'll be hurt no matter what so you just need to get it over with. I think you should tell him you just want to remain friends. Tell him you enjoyed the relationship better that way. If you tell him you want to break up because he's to clingy he will just give you the "I'll change" routine and I don't think you want to give it more time.

I think you will be able to remain friends, but keep in mind it probably won't happen until he gets over you and all that. It may not happen right away. :)


There's this guy named *Jason*. For months now he's been staring at me. Sometimes I see him blushing when I look at him or stand near him. Recently, my teacher was talking to him after class. The whole class basically was listening as they talked about relationships. All of a sudden he looked at me and said "Rachel dumped me." That was his ex gf but I didn't know they had broken up. I just get the vibe that he likes me. I sent him an email at the beginning of the weekend saying I liked his haircut. He sent an email back saying "Who is this"? I'm soo afraid to tell him because it might be awkward at school. There's only 3 1/2 days of school left though. Should I tell him I wrote it or what? (link)
Tell him you wrote it. He is probably interested so let him know it was you. Doesn't email give the senders address anyway? He probably knows and just wants further communication. :)


ok to set the pic i am 13/f and he is 16/m. ok so on to my problem: this kid, lets call him john. well anyways i really like john, but he doesnt like mein that way. he used to be my bros bff, but now we pretty close. wheni was younger i used to like him, and he liked me, but we were too young. well anyways the thing is, i asked him is he liked me nad he was like no,i like this other girl in my grade and i am gonna ask her out. i said oh ok. they just broke up today, and idk if i shopuld tell him how i feel. like i dont want our friendship to change but i really want tolet him know. please help i need to know what to do. also should i ask him how he sees me, i havent seen him in like a month but we always talk on im. so please help


signed,
confused about *him* (link)
Since you have discussed it with him in the past, I think you should just be friends and see if he asks you out. I'm sure he remembers that you've said you liked him before. If he likes you he will ask you out. There is a lot of age difference in those three years at this point. They won't matter so much as you get older. Let him ask you. :)




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