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Im a lesbian and my girlfriend and i reallyy really really want to have sex because we love each other and i dont know where to buy condoms for girls. we just want to be safe. otherwise we are gunna have sex without one. helP!

any std clinics near you? Thats the only place I've seen any female condoms.

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god ok my mom is s0o0o overprotective and doesnt trust me worth crap cuz im 13 and we already start havin bfs and my mom just thinks were all out to have sex and were all sluts n stuff and she wont let me go to the mall w/out a parent and she wont let me up past a certain time ((its the fricken summer! hullo! lol)) and then she wont let me go tanning cuz she says its taking a risk of gettin skin cancer since my brother had cancer and now shes waaaaaay to overprotective cuz of that and im sick of it! and shes always finding notes.. and she goes thru my backpack all the time and so now all im doing is hiding stuff from her and seriously its like im in jail and she says the next time she finds a bad note or finds out im doing stuff w/ guyz n stuff shes gonna like be around me 24/7 and i have to have a room next to her and im rilly scared thats wuts gonna happen.. wut should i do?

You sound like one of my friends from high school.

She never really got away from the overprotectiveness. She ended up moving in with her first love before she even got out of high school. After that she barely every saw her mother.

During out first year of college she got a call from her younger brother saying that her mom had to be sent to boston to a hospital. She was really sick (I never found out with what because she doesn't talk about it much) On valentines day her mother passed away.

This is a true story, I wouldn't make something like this up. Yes, your mother sounds a bit overprotective (but I agree with the tanning thing) but don't just get mad at her and hide everything from her. Talk to her and let her know that your responsible. She's probably afraid of losing you. And, like my friend found out, you could lose her a lot sooner than you think, so don't spend this time argueing.

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i think i am fat.. (i weigh 130 and i'm 5'6"). i have tried to diet by eating healty and i still do but it isn't working. also, i excercise all the time by playing baseball, running, working out, and playing with my neighbors. i keep trying but i just can't lose weight! does anyone have any suggestions?

I would suggest to stop trying so hard to lose weight. Your at a normal weight and any skinnier and it would be unhealthy.

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Ok...I have alot of body hair. It is dark too and it drives me crazy. My face is ok, I'm pretty good at keeping my eyebrows under control and making sure that I don't have any above my lip. But my underarms, stomach, chest, legs, back, bikini area.... theres dark hair everywhere and I'm really self conscious. It really bothers me and I have to shave every day. And then I get razor rash everywhere. And I don't know what to do. I feel really gross and ugly. Am I overreacting?

You don't shave your stomach, chest and back do you? Shaving every day is only making your hair come in thicker and thicker.

Underarms, legs and bikini area are normal. I have black hair too, and it's really annoying, I know. I have to shave every day too.

Something to help with razor rash would be to put conditioner on your hair every day. Even when it's only stubble. It really softens the hairs and makes it so much easier to shave.

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okay im 16/f n im a virigin
ive have known ma man for 3 1/2 years and he really wants to do it and so do i.but im so scared b/c its my 1st time and im so scared of gettin pregnant. he told me that we will use a condom and everything but still im not 100% sure.can anyone tell me how can i be 100% sure that i will not get pregnant.

If your going to have sex, you absolutely cannot be 100% sure that you wont get pregnant. I would suggest getting on birth control and using also using a condom if it worries you too much.

And no, the condoms break when they are not put on correctly. If there are any air bubbles in the condom then it will be very likely to break open. When/if you go to get birth control ask the doctor or nurse to show you how to correctly put on a condom. Don't just depend on your guy to know. Make sure he does it right!

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can you help me find some books to read?i've read all the harry potters like 100 times, all the lemony snicket books,inkheart by cornelia funk,the traveling pants series,like all the books by louisa may alcott,chasing redbird,and mostly all the royal diary books, a lot of others too. could you please give me some advice on series and books to read?

Read the Dark Tower series by Steven King. It's nothing like any of the horror he writes. It's a fantasy series. He first started to write it when Lord of the Rings first came out back in the seventies or so. He wanted to write a great fantasy trilogy, much like it. In the fifth book, which just came out last year, theres some stuff that ties it with Harry Potter. The seventh, and last book comes out in September, so start reading the other six now.
It's seriously the greatest story ever and hasn't gotten the publicity it has deserved.
Read it!! please?

Also read Lord of the Rings, starting with The Hobbit, if you haven't already.

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This is for my friend, lol. I can't give him advice.

See, he recently started hanging out with this girl who isn't a virgin. She lost her virginity at 14!!! -_- And, like, not only did it once with this guy, but about 8 times. So, basically my friend wants to know whether she had feelings for this guy...I mean, to uh, do it more than once with him...

And everyone in school teases my friend for hanging out with this girl, because I don't know, actually lol.

So my friend is wondering basically if this girl is right to be hanging out with. And yesterday he declined going to the movies with her, and kinda made up an excuse, because he didn't know how he felt about her. (he just couldn't go)

Thanks tons. xoxo mariah

As for the feelings thing, he needs to talk to this girl about that. She's the only one who can tell him whether or not she had feelings for someone or not. Even if she did, it shouldn't matter as long as those feelings are gone.

If your friend likes this girl, then he should be sticking up for her and not listening to what everyone else says. Maybe everyone else just needs to get a life.

What is the reason for thinking that it's right to make up excuses to not hang out with this girl just because she's not a virgin? People make mistakes, everyone does. People shouldn't judge by the bad things other people do, they should judge them by the person that they really are, if your friend even is kind enough to get to know this girl, and not just the rumors that he hears.

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hello, i am a 23 year old female. i have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for six and a half years. we have had our share of problems, but nothing really bad. i think that our biggest problem is communication. whenever we are involved in a heated discussion, i start crying and he gets mad. i'm a very emotional person and i can't help it. i tell him this all the time. however, sometimes he yells at me and says mean things to me. i have told him that he can't talk to me any kind of way. he never says disrespectful things, but i still feel disrespected by the way he says things. i think that this is something that we can work out if we could communicate better with each other. if i start to cry he gets angry and doesn't want to talk anymore. we recently had an argument, i got really upset and told him that i didn't want to be with him anymore. i didn't mean it and i would like to talk to him about it, but i'm afraid that if i call him, he might make me feel like he doesn't care or doesn't want to talk about it. he has been a major part of my life. he has been there for me through so much. i love him and i know that he love me. what should i do? a part of me feels like if i give it too much time he might not want to be with me. another part of me feels that he needs time to see what he is missing. i'm so confused about what to do.

"i think that this is something that we can work out if we could communicate better with each other."


That definately seems true. But you have to realize that it's been over six years and you two still can't communicate. You say that sometimes when you get really emotional, he yells at you and says mean things? Maybe he needs time to grow up. Maybe time away is the best thing. If you don't get back together, then maybe thats the best thing that could happen, but maybe, just maybe he'll come crawling back to you after a few more days.

But don't let it get right back to the same old arguments. Maybe, if you two really love each other, you could go to couple therapy.

Try this. If you find yourself getting emotional, then take a break and go do something else for a while before it turns into an argument. Talk to him and tell him that if he finds himself getting upset and mad, then he should take a break, do something else. No one ever gets anything settled if both people are really stressed to the point where the first thing in there head goes out there mouth.

I've been there.

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Im 13 and im like 5'3 and i weigh 110.I dont know if thats normal are not but it makes me feel bad when im with guys and i sit down there is like a huge thing of fat om my stomach..and my thighs omg they are huge!!Does anyone know what i can do?

DUDE... I'm 5'3" and I weigh 130. I can honsetly tell you that I am not fat, and I'm definately not trying to be conceted.

What your seeing as huge is normal.

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I want to earn money and I'm really smart so I figured I would tutor people since my mom wouldnt let me babysit. Can anyone help me with tips on what I need to get started?

Isn't tutoring mostly done on a volunteer basis. As in, "I'm smart and want to help people" Instead of "I need money and want dumb people to pay me"

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I talked to my x today...its only been a week since we broke up. He said "sometimes I have the urge to call you and tell you I want you back, but I don't"...it hurts. I miss him so much, and I can't get my mind off of him. I know we're not meant to be together b/c we are two totally different people and want 2 different things...but I really love him, and I want to stay friends it just hurts so much when I talk to him...what do i do?

If you really want to be friends and have a friendly relationship with him forever, then you might need to take some time away from hanging out for a long time.

Kind of the same thing happened to me a while ago

me and my ex broke up, we both really loved each other, we tried to be friends when neither one of us were completely over the relationship, we couldn't be friends because of fucked up emotions...
But there is a happy ending, about 1-2 years after we broke up, we can finally hang out without ripping each others heads off about the past.


I would say, you really care about this guy, if you know that your not meant to be together, then take a break. Let both of you get over the relationship, but let him know you'll always be there for him for friendship.

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um...well im 5'7" and i weigh 140 at most.am i over wieght?

I'm like 5'3", and weigh 130... well.. ok it's 135. I have a slight beer belly, but my other girlfriends get mad at me and tell me to stop putting myself down or something.

In reality I don't think I'm fat, I just think I have a cute little belly... anyway, where was I...Oh, yeah,

NO your not overweight.

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ive been really tired lately and the only reason i can come up w/ is because i dont go to sleep until about 3 or 4 every night. but the thing is i dont go to sleep until then because im never the least bit tired until then. and then i'll wake up at like noon and be exhausted until about 6 that evening and ill start waking up and then i cant go to sleep until like 4 and the whole cycle starts over. but i really need to be able to fall asleep earlier and wake up earlier. does anyone kno how i can do this?

If you absolutely force yourself to wake up earlier, then you will eventually get back into a normal cycle. Trust me, I've been going through this my whole life. At some points, depending on when I have to wake up for classes, or work, I will start to sleep later each day, in turn, I will stay up later each night. Right now, I'm at about the same schedule your at, staying up till 3, 4, sometimes 5 a.m. (it really sucks going to sleep each night when the sun comes up doesn't it?)

Trust me, after like two or three days of forcing yourself to wake up at 8 or 9, you'll definately be getting to sleep earlier.

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Are the showers in Middle school sanitary??

any public showers are going to have some germs in them. Make sure you wear sandals to protect your feet.

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Hi!I am a complete dog Freak and i have a chance 2 earn one.one problem i have 2 keep my room clean 4 a whole year.and i am the messiest person ever.HELP!

If your unable to keep your room clean for even a year, then how can you expect to be able to take care of a dog?

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this teacher at my school picks on me and im sick of it. he always asks me questions and laughs wen i get them wrong wot can i do

Go to the guidance councelor, or your parents, or another teacher that you can really trust.

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all my friends say im not fat but when we fight they say im fat an ulgy meanwile when we are friends dey say i look good an mad thin.. im 14 an 130 pounds an i think im really fatt! i tryed everything to lose weight but its not working! i was even thinking about throwing up my food :-/ all my other friends are really thing an are like only 65-95 pounds! it really sux! i really dont know what to do any more! iive even tryed to wear diffrent clothes!

-help!

Maybe you should get a new group of friends. Even though they only call you fat when your fighting, they're still not being very good friends. Plus, 65, even 95 can be very dangerously and disgustingly thin.


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my friend thinks that she is better than me at evrything and i got so pissed off one night and she pushed me and i pushed her back and then we startd makinout and we did *it* (lol) i dno how to tell my gf... should i?. I NEED HELP

If you care about your girlfriend then you need to tell her before she finds out from someone else. Trust me, she will find out, and she will be so much more pissed if she hears gossip about it, as opposed to you being honest with her.

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Alright, there's this guy who goes to my friends Church. His name is Collin. Anyway, I've thought Collin was cute for a while and I noticed him looking at me a few times during church and stuff. Well I told my guy friend, Aaron (who's friends with him) about it. Well a few weeks ago at a concert my friend Aaron went up to Collin and asked him what he thought about me (I didn't know what he was doing at the time... All I saw was Aaron talking to him and Collin smiling a lot.) Well Aaron told me that Collin smiled and nodded and said "Nice" (like he thought I looked good or something.) Aaron told me I'd have to start talking to him because he's shy or w/e. Well when I got home he was online and my friend Crystal (whom he barely knows by the way) IMed him...and asked him what he thought about me, again. And he told HER that he wasn't my type. So my friend kind've just left it at that. Well lately I've been noticing him looking at me more and stuff. Like one sunday he turned around and I didn't notice this but my friend Andrew told me Collin was checking me out. So what I want to know is do you think he likes me and... if he does why did he completely turn the tables like he did.. Why did he tell Crystal one thing and Aaron another??

If you wrote that right, that he said that HE isn't YOUR type... maybe he only told her that because he thinks that you don't like him. Since he barely knows Crystal, and if he thinks you don't like him, and he's shy, then he probably wouldn't flat out say that he likes you. I think it's up to you to find out. Talk to him, and ask him yourself. Let him know that you like him, and then maybe he'll warm up to you more.

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ok first off, im kind of pale and white and i have ALOT of freckles....is their anyway to like make them go away? or tan fast? bc when i tan i dont really tan i burn n peal and its nasty and all my friends are like wow you need to get a tan..or dang you are so white!! what do i say when they say this and how can i tan to make my freckles like blend in??

I'm very pale and have always had freckles everywhere. Although I usually talk about how I hate them when people talk about them, I actually really like them. They make me unique. Tanning is actually only going to make them worse, so if you do decide to cover them up, I would suggest the fake tanning stuff.

I say, embrace your freckleness. If your friends don't like it, then why does it matter? It's not like they're going to stop hanging out with you just because you've got freckles.

Freckles are cute and only serve to make more people notice you.

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