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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 I have never initiated a kiss but I have been kissed by guys, the reason is because I am scared that I will do something wrong, I am dating a super guy but I am scared to kiss him back so please help with some advice
HELP ME PLEASE!!!! (link)
I don't think there is a wrong way to kiss. Worry isn't going to help though. Relax and stop worrying about it and you will do fine.


My boyfriend and I have been together for nearly a year and we are very much in love. We do not attend the same highschool so not seeing him everyday does make it hard, but other than that, we have a very good relationship. He has a myspace and there is this girl that comments all the time saying how he's "An awesome kid" and she wishes they could hang out more. I checked out her myspace and in a few of her pictures, HIS pictures are in there with her. Not just him by himself, but him with her and another one of their friends. He's been spending wayy too much time with her and I don't know what to think. I've been cheated on by every boyfriend I had and I thought this one would be different. I don't know what to do. Can anyone help me out? (link)
I think you should ask him a few more questions about this myspace friend of his. Ask him about the pictures for starters. Then if you're satisfied he's telling you the truth...you'll have to trust him.


Well my friend just told me that this guy I like DJ likes his girlfriend 70% this other girl sara 10% and alyssa 20% and when my friend said when she asked about me he said he didnt like me. So I got a little mad and I told my friend. She started IMing him telling him she was gonna fuck him up for saying that stuff to me because on aim he said fuck you after I called him Daniel and blocked me. So now...Im not sure what I should do. Im not really upset but something just doesnt feel right. Any suggestions? (link)
He must really hate his name! Just stay away from him and don't IM him anymore. He's not worth your time. Tell your friend to back off because she really isn't helping anything. Find a new guy to like.This one made you feel bad is all.


OK i was at school to day and i saw 1 of my friends hitting this other 6th grader with his jacket. When i told him to stop he turned around and hit me as hard as he could with the jacket.... encluding the zippers and strings. He hit me so hard he left a huge bruse and its been red for a while. My question is this..... is that concidered harassment? the problem is i dont wanna tell because he is a friend of mine. thanx!!!!!
13/f (link)
I suppose it couold be considered harassment, especially if he does it a lot.It's really more of an assault. If you don't want to tell on him don't. I would let him know that you won't put up with it though.


Ok well there is this girl that i go to gymnastics with and she has been coming to gym with bruises and marks all over her legs. I've asked her many times to tell me what happend and she told me 'nothing!' and i keep asking her the same question and even the coaches ask her and one time the coach asked her if she fell and she said 'yes' but then she told me she lied to him! I think her parents might have abused her because shes very quiet and timid and if u tell her not 2 tell anyone, SHE WONT!(even my dad thinks so) I'm really scared for her so please help! How can i make her tell me the truth? (link)
Tell the coach she lied to him. Teaches have to turn in suspected cases of child abuse by law. If he thinks he has enough to do so, he will get her help. Help him out by telling him what you know.


i really liked this guy, and i told him and we hooked up twice, the first time just kissing and the next time he was really pressuring me and calling me a tease so i gave him head, it was really hard for me coz at the time i was still getting over my ex. i spoke to him on the net and i said 'im sorry i was so weird last night its just hard coz of J' and he said yeah i dont want a relationship and im like neither do i! Before we hooked up we were like best friends and he had liked me for ages and now we have just stopped talking to each other because of this and its weird coz i still like him and i only want a casual thing but he wont hardly talk to me!!! not even to be friends and i have no idea why..? im finding it hard to beleive i got used coz hes one of the nicest guys ive ever met does anyone have any suggestions? sorry its so long (link)
He may be nice. But he got what he wanted. He told you he didn't want a relationship. Next time he doesn't have a date he will call. I hope you will hang up.


What would you do if the guy you were madly in love with was like your perfect man that you've always dreamed of and then all of a sudden changed? I mean like James has always been the perfect guy for me since I met him! And now all of a sudden hes different what do I do?!?! If your answer helps me out Ill definatly rate you good! (link)
Has he started using drugs? Had a major upheaval in his life (parents divorcing for example)?

If not then he is just probably going through your normal life changes. Not all are for the better. Discuss your concerns with him and see if you can find the cause.


Well the thing is...my mate (who iv known for all of my life, n i kinda trust him) fancies my other friend from my school. He wants to set me up with his mate, who sounds a nice enough guy. he wants to meet up, shall i or shall i not? saz x (link)
Why not? He probably knows the kind of guy you'd like. If it doesn't work out, don't go out again.
:)


14/m.. 8th grade
at my school there aren't any girls my type. they are all stuck up and preppy. at the other school i have a lot of friends. i know i would fit in over there. there are so many hott girls that are so fun to be with. whenever i hang out with them i have a great time, but they are at a different school which makes it hard to have relationships. what should i do? (link)
Can you switch schools next year? That would be the first choice. If not, gget some email addresses and Im info and communicate with some of those other girls. Maybe you can still invite them out.


my b/f is such a jerk he only cares about himself. He calls me names and screams at me. He used to push me around. I can never be mad im always the wrong one. He allways says the meanest things. I go through so much at home and he dont care he still calls me names and says he hates me. (link)
Why date an abusive boyfriend? Get rid of him before matters get worse.


ok yeah its me again but my problem is that i like this kid and well hes my brothers friend and one night my brother said that he was feeling me and that he wanted to go to the movies with me but the thing is that i know my brother wouldnt allow it but he seemed so serious but i really like him so than i decided befor i answer i would ask i asked the kid if him and my brother were going out friday and he said yeah but i should of asked about me but now im making small talk and my brother hasnt brought it up and idont know if he likes me help what should i do (link)
If your brother didn't approve of you going out with his friend why did he mention that the friend wanted to take you to a movie? Go talk to the friend and leave brother out of it.


it is me again i have another problem um last night i cheated on my boyfriend and now i am scared to tell him i have known this dude for a while now and we were only just friends and then last night i cheated and my best friend hooked us up and she was wanting him to meet me but i think she is mad really i do but why should she be mad when she told us about each other and i just meet him last night but i have talked to him on the phone for a few months now what should i do and he wants to meet me again tonight and i feel really bad about me cheating and i dont want my best friend to be mad at me can someone plz help again? (link)
If you truley cared abouot your boyfriend you wouldn't have cheated on him. So, you need to break up with him.

The girlfriend probably didn't expect to to have sex on the first date. That's probably why she is mad at you. Some info is best kept to yourself. Boyfriend will probably find out so break up. Don't give him the sorrid details, he will feel bad enough.


Well lets see, theres this guy and i like him alot and we went out before but he broke up with me after like a week, now supposably he likes me again or somethin and i still really like him, but hes 3 years soon to be 4 years older than me and there are plenty of other better looking girls that he knows, and if we were to go back out, who knows what will happen, i guess im tryin to say that im scared of getting hurt, what should i do? what if he doesnt really like me, and i probably like him alot more than he likes me so if he broke up with me if we went out it would be like easy for him and soo hard for me.. (link)
He's probably to old for you. But, if you want to try it again go ahead. People get hurt all the time. If we did things based on not getting hurt we'd never get anything done!


this is this guy that is older than me and we have been messing around for a few months now...but its not serious and we never took it seriously since i know he is messing around with other girls and what not. but i caught feelings for him and he knows this. well, he keeps telling me all the sweet things i want to hear and then recently he told me that he was just in it for the sex...but then he tried to take that back and say that the only reason he said that was because i kept questioning his feelings towards me. i dont know what to do bc i feel for him and he says he feels for me too but im not sure what to think. he keeps tellin me he wants me to be his girl and all, but whenever he calls me to chill i go and hang out with him and within 10 minutes he always asks me for sex. i know what it looks like but we also talk on the phone alot for lyk an hour at a time just about stupid things and all that ...so were close on that level but i dont know what to think!!!!

ps. he treats me good when we're together and everything (link)
I think you know what you need to do. He is using you and he's told you all he wants is sex. You are endangering your life by having sex with someone knowing that they have multiple partners.
Find someone new.


My bf is at uni. Hes nearly finished his first yr. This uni is about 2hr drive away from me.
We used to call EACHOTHER everyday but didnt talk for long. We were both happy in our situation. He then started saying that I called him nearly every 2min, but I didnt. I backed off anyway. I think he said it because he had his own friends and he always hung out with them.
But now he doesnt hang out with them as much. I don't know why. I dont think he told me everything. Anyway now when I call him up we talk for like 2 hrs coz he has nothing else to do. But its wearing me out coz I have other stuff to do. I go to bed late coz we talk for ages and Im always tired at college. I understand he's bored and has nothing to do. I dont want him to be bored. I enjoy talking to him but its getting too much. Ive tried telling him to hang out with them again but he says he has nothing in common with them. I don't get so much work done anymore. Im behind with deadlines.
I hope he isnt using me. He isnt is he? We're in a long term relationship. Im scared if I say something I'll offend him or make him angry. (link)
Just pick a more appropriate time for him to call and tell him to call then. Expalin that you have to have time to do your work. He wouldn't takl to you for 2 hrs. if he didn't care for you. But you need to have a talk about when you'll get youor work done!


Okay there's this one guy and i like him and he likes me. But he was put on the spot and went back out with his girlfriend. Whenever im with him he's like.. i need to find a way to get rid of her! Does anybody know what he can say to her so that they can breakup without her knowing it was because of me?! (link)
Some things you just have to do on your own and this is one of them. If he really wants to be rid of her what does it matter?


so we're really close, used to date, hang out a lot, have classes together. we're not together, hes dating another girl right now, we hung out this past weekend and had a lot of fun, had a few moments where he was tickling me or something and we'd just stop and realize what was going on...so basically, he told a friend about two months ago he still had some feelings. and i still like him sortof.

bottom line is here-ive been having a tough time lately and hes been amazing so we're really close right now especially.
today he sent me an email with yeah... and then these lyrics All is quiet on new year’s day,
A world in white gets underway,
And I want to be with you,
Be with you night and day.
Nothing changes on new year’s day.
I will be with you again.
I will be with you again.

Under a blood-red sky
A crowd has gathered in black and white.
Arms entwined, the chosen few,
Newspapers say, it says it’s true.
And we can break through,
Though torn in two we can be one.
I will begin again, I will begin again.
Oh and maybe the time is right,
Oh maybe tonight.
I will be with you again.
I will be with you again.

from the band u2 which we both love.....how do i take that/read it/perceive it....what is all of your opinions on what he means..and i'm 100 percent positive he isnt just wanting me to download that song or something..he wouldnt email me when he could tell me in person or online...so thats not it... (link)
Ask him and find out.


Ok so this guy Robert asked me out and i told him i had to think about it. Well just yesterday i realized that i liked his friend Forrest alot so i told my friend Brittany. Well Brittany told her ex who's the brother of Forrest and Forrest told Robert. So this morning Robert asked me about it and i told him it wasn't true and he believed me. Well in 2nd period i told my friend Justin about all of it and that i really do like Forrest. Robert is in the same class as me and Justin so Justin told Robert so now i think he's upset. I dont know if i should talk to him or just give him some space. But i really do want to talk to him about the whole thing cause before all of this happened i was going to go out with him. So do i talk to him or just give him space and wait until he comes and talks to me? what should i do?
Thankyou for any advise you give.
I'm 15 and a female (link)
I think he deserves an explanation. He got brave enough to ask you out and then you more or less let him find out that you would rather go out with his friend. How would you feel if that had happened to you? Boy's do have feelings too ya know. They may act all tough but they have feelings. This Forrest guy hasn't even asked you out and maybe won't. Especially if he thinks you did wrong to his friend. You need to do some major apologising. Try going out with Robert if he still wants to...He may be a really nice guy.


My best friend has this boyfriend (Hes a real pervert and a jerk to her friends but she doesnt care) , wen shes goin out with all she does is talk about how he gets in to trouble (which she like) or how she wants to break up with him, when he breaks up with her she cries and threatens to commit suicide! Then they get back together and the pattern continues! IM SICK OF IT, !!!!!
Sry its long, but i rate 5s (link)
Next time they break up and she starts threatening suicide tell an adult and get her some help. Maybe then she won't be allowed to see him again.


After my boyfriend & I broke up, I started hanging out with my guy friend a whole lot. We got really close & end up having sex a few times. He was pretty much my rebound guy and it was a huge mistake. He thought that it really meant something & told me he loved me. Now, we are just friends. I told him I was sorry, but I didn't like him like that & liked being single. Everytime I flirt with a guy, he gets extremely mad/jealous and brings up what happened between us. I could never tell him it was a mistake because he's too sensitive & I just want to forget it ever happened. How do I tell him I want to be single & flirt without him getting all mad and saying I'm a slut? (20, F) (link)
If you're a slut so is he. We make mistakes and we hopefully learn from them. Tell him it was a mistake. You're sorry but you don't want it brought up again if he wants to remain friends. Happy flirting!




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