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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 this friend, and i really like him more than a friend. But i dont know if he feels the same way about me. He talks to me sometimes, but out of school like at sport he usually talks to me. He is kind of rude, he calls me dumass (lol) and tells me to shutup. But he only said that once. He tries to make me laugh too, and he talks to me sometimes, but more to some other girls. Today, he kept pushing me and laughing, then i push him back and he laughs. And he poured water over my head and also tried to wet me. The question is - I wana know if he likes me more than a friend or not..
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Youo can either wait until he finally says something or you can just get it over woth and ask him. Sounds like he likes you to me. Weather it is more than a friendship kind of liking though you'll have to ask. :)


this guy has liked me for practically two years now, but hes so shy and he never did anything except tell me he liked me. well now we've got this big dance coming up and i think hes gonna ask me. the only thing is that he is kinda weird and listens to all those really sick songs by sublime..no offense to the fans out there..but he is still really cute and mysterious..and really nice..do you think i should give him a chance? i rate... (link)
Sure. Never judge someone by what they look like OR what music they listen to. Judge by what they say and do. If he seems a nice guy then give him a chance. He may surprise you! :)


well my ex boyfriend steve and me still talk and he still asks me out but i say no, because i dont know of i like him as much as i did, he gets mad randomly and whenever we hangout we just hookup?.. i was talkin to him online and i told him i was doin sumthin with my friend that day then he asked me what i was duin and wanted to hangout and i said i couldnt and he was like o ok wheateverr and i said i already told u dont be maddd and i put an away message on that said leave plans and he said i obviously dont mean shit to u so fuck off then his away message said yea fuck u.. i dont like how hes gettin into pain killers and smokin more.. but im not sure what to do , i never really wanna hangout with him anymore and i kind of like some other shy boy and i think he likes me but im never sure, he always blushes when he walks by me or grins with his head down.. what do i do, i have mixed feelingss (link)
He does have some problems. Pain killers are not a good thing to be addicted to. My advice is to steer clear of Steve. He will make your life miserable. If you like the blusher, start saying hi and talking to him. Forget steve. :)


15/f....
well i met this kid over the internet through a friend of mine... and we started to really like eachother, thing is he lives about 25 miles away and we didnt get to see eachother often so we talked on the phone and internet alot and we both said we liked eachother... but then i left for one week and i come back and he tells me that he doesnt think we can work out becuz we live to far away... even tho he has his license... and that he still really likes but but doesnt think we could ever work out... and then i found out that there was another girl... but still after they broke up he came running back to me and of course i excepted him back and we hung out some more and i started liking him more and more and then he stopped talking to me for a while and i just dont kno what to do... becuase its not like i even wanna be with him anymore ( its been about 4-5 months) or even like him or anything... but i just cant get him off my mind! like everything i do and everything i see remids me of him!! i dont understand!! and all my friends think im dumb becuase i still think about him but i really dont kno what to do!! please please PLEASE help me!!! i really need some advice!!

brOk3n heart3d (link)
Start looking at other guys. Sooner or later one will come along that will take your mind off him.It sounds like he just wants to be friends. :)


okay. i like this guy alot! And my friend asked him if he likes me. He he said "no.....just as a friend". but she says he said it funny (like he was lieing)
And, i dunno 2 move on. or keep flirting. *because when he flirts-i flirt/when i flirt-he flirts.
Do i give up or what? (link)
I think i would remain friends as he said. If he changes his mind he will let you know. He probably said it funny because of embarrasment. That being said, there is ALWAYs hope. I wouldn't concentrate on trying to nab him right now, but I wouldn't give up either. He now probably has it figured out that you like him and he may start seeing you diffrently. :)


there's this guy that i love more than anything in the world one problem...he's in soo much trouble and I can't help him with it...he says if anyone helps him it HAS to be me well i don't know how to help him but he seriously needs it. He's tried to kill himself and he thinks that no one will help him because he hasn't done anything for anybody ( I went out with him and he did a lot for me whether he knows it or not) but it's been a week or so since we broke up and he's now into all this he's been high all day since god knows when and it's not a good thing I need help and councelors who can help him in ways that i can't!! (link)
He definatley needs more help than you are able to give. I don't know ages so if he is in school then tell his parents so they can get him to a doctor for help. If he's older then encourage him to seek medical attention. If he doesn't though don't be made to feel guilty about things he does. You are not responsible for his behavior. :)


i have liked this guy for a while(abouthalf of the school year) and we went out once already.but only for a couple of weeks because someone told me that he was cheating on me with another girl who i didnt know. and so i broke up with him. and then about a week later i called him and apologized and asked him why he didnt tell me that he didnt really cheat on me. and he said he thought it wouldnt matter and i told him it would have. and then we became friends again. and he asked my friend what i would say if he asked me back out.and she told him i would say yes. and so i figures he would ask me nack out again. but he didnt and he started going out with my friend. which made me mad. so then i wanted to tell him i like him but i just couldnt get the courage. so i had my friend do it but when she told him he didnt react like i thought he would but my friend told me that it was probly because his g/f was there but i dont know. and then i was really sad one day for a weird reason and i was standing right in front of the lunch doors and a bunch of my friends came up to me to try to cheer me up. then he walked up to me and pulled me towards him and gave me a hug and asked me what was wrong and i told him nothing and he said he aint letting go until i tell him. and he kept pressuing me to tell him and when i didnt he got mad kinda. do you think that he still likes me and if so should i tell him myself that i like him and if so should i tell him by going to the movies and saying it or at school. cuz i dont want to say it in front of alot of people. (link)
I think you need to tell him yourself. I think you may be sending him mixed signals. Besides, he may also worry that you will say no. I'd wait to go out until he breaks up with the other girl. :)


what should I do if I have a bf but I kinda like another guy and I always have!But I want the other guy to like me cause if he does I wanna dump my bf what should I do to get his attention right now he currently has a gf!!!! And I have been hrt ackin what should I do to get his attention and to get him to notice me !!!??
Truley,
ME! (link)
First thing you need to do is break up with current boyfriend. It isn't fair to him for you to use him until another notices you. He probably won't notice you anyway if you are dating someone else.

You get a guys attention by talking to him. If you are interesting then he will ask you out. Since he has a girlfriend already though, chances of him paying much attention right now are slim. Plus it isn't really very nince to snag someone elses boyfriend.


I'v been going out with this guy for about a week now everything was awesome i couldnt of asked for better, he is everything a girl could ask for EXTREMLY HOT EXTREMLY NICE caring sweet, he was just great iv had a hard time with guys this year and i thought it was alomst amazing i had met someone this great.he is one year older than me and there are alot of rummors about him that arent true rummors like he did stuff with his sister and other girls -sexually- which i know isnt true even the majority of my freinds think it isnt , well anyhow back to what i was saying his family ended up being from the same small town mine was, well my mom heard about these rummors and called about them and 4 people said OMG YA IT WAS TRUE he did it to my daughter... i really dont believe that.. beacuse if it was true he would of tried to do stuff with me and he didnt in fact one of his freinds was hanging out with me and him and was asking him to kiss me and do stuff with me and my boyfreind told him NO we jus met and honestly if i did i wouldnt until atleast another few months and i wouldnt do anything then but like hold hands. well he kept his word he never tried to do anyhitng. and he isnt palning on it.. the rummors mi parents heard were soo un ture i cant even begin to explain they heard his family was pervertedly screwed up and they arent.. i met his family and they are extremly nice just like any toehr normal average family its jus he gets picked on alot most kids dont like him because of one of his freinds he had in tha past .. he started all this stuff about my boyfreind .. mi boyferind sat down and told me all this i swore to him i wouldnt tell a single soul and thats why i cant tell my parents anything that he told me .. but all i can say is he explained to me tha sisuation in tha past and tha rummors they are mean and crule and like he said un true they are so bad that he might have to move because of them .. i jus feel soo bad beacuse jus the other night he told me even jus knowing me for a week taht he thought i was amazing and that he was luckly to meet me.. i hate my parents belive all this stuff i wish they would understand how much i care about him and if i didnt i wouldnt be puttin my self thorught all this right now jus trying to convice them hes the good person that he is ... like mi mom told me the other night peoeple do things they regret and they wish they didnt do and sometimes you have to forget about those things and move on, soo even if it was true im willing to forgive. i went and met his family they were unbelivealbe nice to me they even invtied me to his motor cross race... his mom and dad and sister adn brother are unbeliveble nice. i bacame freinds with his sister and she talked to me about this too they both have told me that the rummors arent true and they wish theyed go away.. they told me their a average family like any other and they jus want peoepl to understand taht and well i can and i wish mi family would ... all i can say is i really care about him and im begging you if you have any advice to help me help my parents understand the sisuation please help .... he's jus unbelieveable too good to let go !!!!!
Ill rate a 5 if you jus anwser this question but i really need help!!!
Miss ConFused
Ps: mi parents wont let me talk to him hang out with him even see him soo plz i really need help he cares and aobut me and i care about him i kno its not true i jus need help letting mi parents know it isnt!! (link)
I know of someone who had your very situation. She chose to believe the guy too. She was wrong. HER mom was right. He was such a sweet guy too. How do you think they suck you in? If he truly has a legitimate excuse as to why other adults would tell your parents that the rumors were true (because their daughter was involved no less) then he needs to let you explain it to them. Instead it has to be kept a "secret". I really think you are going to have to listen to your parents on this one. I don't like rumors either, but as parents you sometimes have to err on the side of caution. They did go to the trouble to check out the rumors, that is more than a lot of parents would do. You just can't send your kid to the wolves knowingly. Sorry, to disagree with you but your parents are correct on this one.


I get really good grades in school and stuff.. but lately "my attitude has changed" acording to my mom ... i've made lots of new friends this year becuz of being invloved in stuff.. sooo my mom thinks theyre putting a bad influence on me.. but they are totally not! theyre great friends and good people as well... my mom wants to switch my schools, it's not official but she wants to change me to an all GIRLS school.. i do not want to go... how do i change her mind???

thx,
my skools great.. but my mom thinks otherwise (link)
So long as you're keeping your grades up I don't know why she would want you to change schools. I think every teenager goes through changes, attitude included, it's just part of growing up. I think once you get your grades you need to ask her why she thinks you need a change of school when they are still good. You might also point out that you can still see your friends outside of school so changing really doesn't mean too much. I also agree that it couldn't hurt to have her meet your new friends and get to know them. Good luck :)


ok now i want to tell him alone how do i do that? do i need to go out to the movies just to tell him or do it in school? (link)
Well, you can do it at school if you can find a place quiet where you won't be disturbed. Nothing is worse than having someone interrupt before you hear an answer! You just want to be able to talk without someone butting in. Good luck, got my fingers crossed that it goes the way you want it to :)


Hi Karen,
Hope you're well! Not much of an update really but anyway, here goes..... well, after not seeing the Australian for a while I went down to the shops to get some food with a friend last Wednesday and bumped into him. Typically I had NO makeup on and was wearing tracksuit bottoms and a really baggy jumper - great! He was talking to my friend as I was paying for my food and then I went over and said hi - he kissed me hello on both cheeks (as he did my friend) and asked how we were doing. It turns out he'd been away on a camping trip with his friend which makes me understand why I hadn't seen him out recently. My friend went off to get her food and we talked a while and I helped him choose some food. He asked how I was and I told him I'd just split up with my boyfriend. He said he was sorry and put his hand on my back. I said I was going out and he said he'd wasn't as he had to leave the next morning at about 6 for work. I told him I still hadn't had a Magic Roll (!!!!) and he told me I had to have one as they were so good. He never mentioned anything about the week before when I saw him. Do you think that means he didn't actually see me? Anyway I left soon after that. I'm glad I've told him about me and my boyfriend. Now he knows which is good. The work thing he was doing finishes today so I'm hoping he might be goingout tomorrow night so hopefully I'll see him. I really want him to make a move but I'm really mixed up about how he feels now ever since what happened at the beginning. I suppose this is the first time I've seen him or made any contact with him since I sent that text. Do you think there is any chance he might make a move if he is there tomorrow night? Or do you think he's got bored of it all and will just find another girl?
Thanks Karen x (link)
I think you should at least try! Could be he didn't see you last time. I hope he makes a move too! Hopefully he will be there tomorrow and you will get a chance to talk some more. You've told him about the split, so he knows you are available...lets hope he asks you out. He still sounds like a nice sensitive guy! If you see him tomorrow night go talk to him. If he's interested with luck he will sit with you all evening. I'll be waiting to hear what happens. I wish you oh so much good luck tomorrow! :) KAREN


I think that this guy that rides my bus is attracted to me and he is really sweet. I've never had a boyfriend before so I don't know what to expect. Plus, he happens to be my friends brother aswell. He always stare at me and turns away when i look, and when he thinks I'm not looking he stares again. Anyways recently i have admitted that I really do like him. I told my friend that I liked her brother. How do i get to know him better as a friend first without sounding like an idiot? And once I am friends with him how can I get him to take that step forward with me? I'm just trying to figure out what I need to do to see if he's into me or not? Please help. I'm just trying to gain the experience that I don't have, because I have never had a boyfriend before. Again, Please help me! .
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Just be yourself and talk to him about whatever you can think of. Is he wearing a shirt with a band on it? If you like the band start a conversation about that. Just things like that to get started. Try to sit near him on the bus. Next time you see him looking at you say hi and smile. I don't recommend flirting unless your good at it. Some girls are just naturals and some aren't. So, if it comes easy to you go ahead, otherwise just stick to smiles.

Once you get his attention you can mention a movie you would really like to see, or dance you would like to go to...If only you had a date! Then maybe he'll get the hint.

Basically you just have to be in places where he's going to see you. On the bus, in classes, at lunch...you get the picture. Good luck :)


There's this guy at school who I really like a lot. I met him about a month ago, and the only problem is that he's really quiet. I've started to talk to him, and we're kind of friends, but he's pretty much a loner. The only people he will talk to is me (for no reason I can figure out) and his older sister, who actually wants us to go out. The only problem is he's really shy, so I don't know if he likes me or not. And I'm not exactly that close to his sister... so I don't want to ask her. I'm wondering if I should tell him now, or wait a little longer, because I haven't known him very long... and when should I tell him if I have to wait? (link)
I think you should get to know him a little better first. If he then still doesn't ask you out, go for it. :)


Okay, well I really liked this guy Chris. But then this guy Scott started to like me. Anyways I went on a date with Chris last night and now that I think about it I didn't have that muchf un with him. I don't even really like him that much it's liek since I can have him I'm bored of him. Anyways this otehr guy Scott I kind of like him a bit but I odn't know if I shoudl even start with him cuase I'm afraid I'll get bored with him to. i get bored with all guys but I don't know why does anyone else? I like this otehr guy but he's so out of my league so I just gave up. I don't really know what I'm asking I guess should I just stick with Chris since I gave him teh impression that I liked him or should I go for Scott or really try for teh guy I really like? And does anyone else get bored with every guy they date afetr like a few weeks? Or is it just me? (link)
You don't have to stick with anybody you don't like. If you didn't ahve a good time on the first date you probably won't have fun in the future either.

You get bored because you just haven't found the right guy yet. As soon as you do, you won't be able to get enough of him. It will be okay to go out with Scott,if he doesn't intrest you then you stop. Thats the idea behind dating after all...find the right person! It make take a few tries but you will eventually find your man! Keep looking :)


How long does it take for a symtom of an STD to show up? I just gave my boyfriend a blow job last night for the first time and now i have a sore in my mouth. Could it be an STD and should i be worried? Thanks so much. (link)
Does he have herpes? Ask him and see. Always a good idea to look at things before putting them in your mouth! Includes people!

Could be a coincidence. Put some alum (pickling spice) on it and it should be gone tomorrow. It will be VERY sour so just use a little. Works very well though. For future reference...there are some STD's that have absolutley NO SYMPTOMS (for a long time). Always make sure he uses a condom. :)


As we all know mothers day is tomorrow. Does anyone have any good ideas on what to get mine?? I have no idea plese help! I will rate high for a good answer! THanks! (link)
Mothers always like something you make yourself. Put your thinking cap on...or try finding a site on crafts you might make. :)


ok, after everytime i masterbate, i feel really, really guilty...i wounder what my girlfriend would say if she had found out, i feel like it is a complete sin, and after everytime i do that, i feel that God punishes me, but he doesnt seem to punish other people i know do it... what should i think? is it ok, or should i try to stop?? HELP!! (link)
It is perfectly normal. Stop beating yourself up about it. No need to tell girlfriend, it is a private thing. :)


My mom is really mad at me because I yelled and talked back to her. She stormed out of my room this morning while knocking my things down. I just told her that I needed time to get ready to go and I needed her to get out. She then left the house with my brother. Now she is back and she still won't talk to me. I am very hungry and I don't know what to do. There's no food in my house. We were going to go to taco bell but now she's very mad. I am so hungry! Please help. (link)
Sounds like you better go and apologize for the yelling and back talk. She will get over it. :)


im 15 and someone told me that my boyfriend -hes 15- looks at porn..is that normal? and like he said that my bf jacks off to it, too...is this normal or bad or what? and should i be offended that i cant make him feel good enough or somethin? (link)
Its normal. Nothing to do with you at all. :)




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