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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'm a fifteen year old female. I used to go out with this kid, Jake. He and I always had fun, but I thought he cheated on me, so I broke up with him. He told me he didn't, but I didn't believe him. I finally asked the girl I though he cheated with, and she was really surprised that I would think that. So I was wrong, and I was really mean to him. I got an email from him saying sorry for making me think that, and that he still really liked me. I feel like such a jerk, and I still really like him too! What should I do? (link)
Well apologize! Sounds like youo still have a chance. If you want him go make up and get back together!


Alright, so I just started going out with this guy and he goes to college about 45 minutes away. He's come to visit a couple times this past month and tonight when we were talking, the whole distance thing was brought up. Like how to do it. How to not be sad or upset about not getting to see each other for a week or so. I love being with him & look forward to seeing him but I just would like to know some ways to make this a little easier. I've never been in a long-distance relationship so this is all new to me. (link)
I've driven almost that far to work everyday.Husband still does. Of course he probably has homework and all but, he should be able to come once a week if he really tries. Of course if he's on a limited income gas becomes a problem now doesn't it.....If you two really want it, 45 min away isn't a big deal. Give it a try and see how it works out.


okay, my first love, diego, and i were in love for about a year and a half. we always were together, but we never went farther than kissing.
we have both moved on now, and we havent really thought of eachother as more than best friends for about 6 months..
im now with a new guy named sam. sam and i are really close, but everytime i tell him i love him, diegos face comes to my mind, but i dont know why. diego and i were talking last night, and we were flirting a lot.
now, looking back, i feel REALLY bad, and i dont know if i should tell sam or not. i know its not like i went off and did stuff with diego, but im still not sure if its concidered cheating or not...is it?!

what do you think i should do!?


14/f (link)
It isn't cheating. Don't tell Sam it would just cause unnecessary problems.



ok well i have this friend aaron and we're really close he's always there for me and he's always watching out for me. Well my boyfriend and me just broke up 3 days ago and we got backtogether the day after we broke up because he told me he would change blah blah blah...and like aaron was gonna call me at 2:30 in the morning just to wae me up and make me mad and i didnt think he would so i put up an away message on AIM and said "trying to stay up till 2:30 to see if fag will call me" well my boyfriend saw it and called me at 3 wanting to know who it was and i told him and he sounded cool well then he called me at 4 and goes you like aaron and i was like no and he goes wel since u can stay up and talk to him and not me im gonna go and hung up

but i feel really bad about what happend...
can anybody give me any advice..
sry for the length

ill rate all 5 to anything thats not mean!

THANKS! (link)
Tell him that. Tell him aaron is your friend and you didn't stay up and talk to him you fell asleep! Make it clear that you are not going to choose. He needs to learn to trust you.



ok hi lets be straight up here:

my friend treats her bf like poo and he treats her like a queen. behind her back, hes real flirty wit me. for some reason. and its been like a month ago since this started, but i love him. and i can barely hide it. i dance with him when shes not there, i dream about him, i daydream about him....its like i seriously need him. i dont know what to do either. hes a better friend to me than his gf is, if that helps...
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He may like you. If so and he breaks up with your friend you may have to make a decision about who you want as a friend....him or her. You'll have to make that decision for yourself though. I'd stay friends with him and see what happens.


OK, well there is this guy who i really really like and he has a gf. I really like him and i want him and his recent gf to break up really bad. Should i tell him i like him or just wait to see what happens? (link)
Just be friendly and talk to him. Make friends but don't tell him how you feel right now. Wait and see how he feels about you first.


16/f
I'm extremely shy, and I've never had a boyfriend, or a kiss. I want a boyfriend.. should I continue to be shy, do guys think it's cute? Or should I push myself to be more outgoing.. but idk how? I try to be myself, but I get so insecure, I always think people are judging me. I've had a few boys ask me out and everything.. but they were all losers, not to be mean or anything. So it's not like i've never had a chance of having a boyfriend. How do I get a decent guy to notice me? (link)
Hang out where the decent guys are. Talk to them. say hi. just make friends like you would if they were a girl. They aren't all that diffrent to talk to. Don't really know if guys like shy better than not.


okay. me and one of my Ex's broke up 7 months ago! And now,, one of my friends asked him if he still likes me, and he said "well....it was b'cuz of baseball...." (that he broke up w/ me)And never really answered her question.
Since then, hes been staring at me in the halls. And flirting w/ me. Just not talking to me.
Do he still have feeling for me or what?
it really confused!!!HELP (link)
Probably does. Maybe with the baseball he just didn't have time to devote to your relationship. Go talk to him and see.


How do you make a guy aquaintance like you again if he's liked you before? Preferably fast, to the point where he's ready to be snatched up and locked in quickly.
He used to like me and I don't know why he stopped. What would catch his interest and lure him in? I think I've gotten a little louder. Do guys like quiet girls? Or girls who are the life of the party? His last gf was really, really quiet and he adored her. He has a gf now so whatever she's like, I have to surpass.
Cause I swear I cannot wait much longer. (link)
Well, you ask him him why he stopped liking you all the sudden.
I don't think guys like girls who are too loud...just a guess. Probably inbetween loud and quiet somewhere.
If he has a gf you may have to do some waiting. But talk to him anyway. You never know.


ok this is really comfusing but here i go...i used to like this guy a lot. and i asked him out thinking the worst is that he could say is no. he said idk for the longest time so i finally told him to say yes or no and he said no. then like 3 weeks later i was on my friends aim screenname so of course he thought it was her. and i asked him if he liked me and he said he did like 2 weeks ago. and i asked him all these other questions because he answered honestly. and i think he knows it was me, and now he acts wierd around me, and sometimes flirts.
should i forget about him? or should i flirt back? what should i do?! help me!
*i rate 5's* (link)
flirt back. What have you got to lose? :)


Help guys,

ok, i like my neighbor alot..but he has a girl friend. I have started talkin to him and hes taken me on his 4wheeler before and i really thought he liked me cause monday over spring break(when it rained)and he took me down to the landing in our town and we just sat and talked lookin at the water and then he taught me how to drive his 4wheeler and it was really really nice. haha and i really thought he was into me cause he kept looking at me evrytime i looked at him. but the thing is, ive told his sis i like him and like he has never made and effort to contact me, im doin all the givin, i havnt talked to him in about two weeks and when ive seen him, i act like hes not there. but i dont know what to do now, i really want to talk to him but....its so complicated. can anyone help?*
14 female:.

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He may think you don't like him if you've been ignoring him at school. Boy's do have feeling too! He does have a girlfriend at the moment but that doesn't mean you two can't be friends. You probably need to talk to him at least so he doesn't think you're mad at him or something. Who knows what may happen!


Ok, so there is this guy that I met online a few years ago. But we didn't really talk until around last Thanksgiving. He lives in North Carolina and I live in Minnesota. We've talked every single day on the computer and on the phone since Thanksgiving. I want to be with him so bad. But im only 15 and I have school right now. And there's like no possible way I can see him. It's getting to the point, where it's like hurting me. I'm aching to see him. I love him so much and have never had these kind of feelings for somebody before. I lay in bed every single night for hours thinking about him and crying. Somebody help. I really need it. (link)
About all you can be at this point is friends. He is just to far away. At 15 you just can't stop living and wait for him. Keep in touch and stay friends. Who knows what will happen when you get older. Sorry.


ok im 14, this guy anthony is 15, leah my best friend is 15, and her ex tony is 15.

ok well me and leah started to talk again 5 months ago and she told me about her bf tony. how they had been going out for almost a year. and that 8 months into it they had sex. she thought i would be surprised but i wasnt i was just like o thats kool were you safe and stuff. and she was happy i didnt freak she asked me if i had a bf and i said no. she was like o well tony has a best friend anthony and you to could hook up. and i was really happy because i really wanted to get over my ex {who first made out with a girl and i caught him and he said he cheated because i wasnt talking to him enough. then i had another who i returned all his calls and then he told his friends i stalked him. so i havent had good bfs.} so i said yes. leah told me he saw my 7th grade pix thought i was hot and we set up a blind date. leahs parents dont like tony. so we couldnt have them find out. so when leahs parents left we went to her house. they came and he looked really surprised because i looked alot better than from my 7th grade pix. so we went to the movie and leah and tony started fight so we sat in front and he wasnt making his move. so leah put his arm around me and it was around my lower back so i held his had that was around me leaned on him with his head on mine. it was so perfect nuthing happened. i gave him a hug goodbye that was it.

then about a month later we really wanted to see eachother so we made plans that me and leah would be at the mall and tony and his mom would pick us up and take us to the movie. well anthony was on his way from hocky. well it happened to be that her mom dound notes that refered to them having sex came to the mall to find us saw us get in tonys car comes in the movie sees them together takes us out before i could see anthony.

recently it was a month after and me and leahs phone calls get listened into by her mom. then i found out anthony was saying all this shit about me that i was prude and ugly. leah found out and yelled at him saying never to come near me. well i actdentaly IMed tony thinking it was someone else. hey said hey whos this i said brittany whos this and he said tony. he was like whats up. and i said nuthin u? and he said im srry bout what happned with anthony. tony then he said his friends put shit in his head. and i said well what?! and he said that because your a year younger and in middle skool that it was gay. and that really wanted to see you but that he was to busy with hockey and we didnt talk for a while so he lost intrest. and that hes to dependent on his friends and what they think to think for himself. well one of his friends said that the reason nuthing happened is because im prude. and i was thinking to myself well im not the one to make the first move. and i was really upset for a while

ok heres my question.
if you were me what would you do i ahvent seen anthony since that movie that we went to and saw together. what should i say if i see him?
im really upset and i dont know what to do because his friends are saying shit and im going to have a bad rep. beofr i get to high skool. please help i dont know what to say or how to stand up to him? and what to say.

love brittany (link)
I don't think being a prude will give you a bad rep. Not being one certainly will!

If you see him ignore him.He isn't worth your time. He just likes to talk big, and I'd bet not many people take him seriously.


is it wrong to love a baseball player thats a year younger than me?
*honest oppinion needed*
i rate high (link)
No. Younger is good. :)


My ex-boyfriend & I were on and off for over a year. He was the only boy I ever loved and we became very comfortable with each other and had no secrets at all. We broke up 2 weeks ago and it was the most horrible break-up we ever had and this time it really felt completely over. We are now on 'talking terms' but I haven't talked to him in about a week. He has a new girlfriend already and I just feel so used & heart broken. He supposedly was in love with me but then he stopped calling and went out with another girl. I'm not the desperate type at all and I never call him. I really want to hear his voice again and see how he's doing. If I show him that I do care and still love him, he'll become egotistical. Should I wait for him to make the move & call me? It was his fault we broke up, also. (link)
I'd wait for him to make a move. In the meantime don't sit by the phone. Go out and have fun with your other friends...maybe even a guy. I know you probably don't feel like it because you still love the ex, but he isn't sitting at home.


So this one boy tells me that he loves me. And I don't love him. But he really seems to mean it. How do I respond to that statement if I don't love him back and I don't wanna lie? (link)
How about "your such a good friend".
Or you just tell him that is nice of you but I don't feel the same.


ok, this is weird, i know, but i am going out with this guy who i really like and we just started going out like 3 days ago and i only see him in the halls because he's a grade younger than me. should I hug him first or let HIM hug me... or wave to him.. ugh, i just don't want to embarress myself.. please help!
~morgan (link)
I'd give it a little more time. Let him hug you first. will be more special for you that way!


theres this kid that keeps following me like everywhere and its freaking me out...what should i do? (link)
Tell the kid to stop or you are going to have him/her arrested. If they persist. Do it.

If you don't know them well enough to say something, then don't mess around call the cops immediatley.


omg so i thought i was pregnant and i put the form in my wallet and i left it out in my living room and my mom found it..shes coming home in 15 mins now and said she wants to talk to me abuot something and i looked though my wallet and the pink form was gone....omg what do i tlel her???? im soo scared (link)
Don't assume thats what she wants to talk about. If it is be honest and talk. Thats what she's there for. Good luck :)


m/15
When you are having intercourse, does it matter if the girl is on the bottom or the top? What positions are are best for the guy and the girl? Me and my girlfriend have decided (after going out a year) to have sex and I don't want to mess up or hurt her. I've heard sex hurts the girl. Will she bleed? Also, does sex hurt the guy? I sound stupid, but the doesn't mean I'm not ready. I love her and that's as ready as I can be. I just want to know how to give her my best. -MB- (link)
1) Don't matter who is where. Whatever feels comfortable.
2)Be gentle, stop if she says to. Take it slow.
3)It might hurt the first time. No way around it.
Be kind.
4)Yes she may bleed.No way around that either.
5)Don't forget condom.

If you think enough about her to ask questions to try and make experience good for her, you are far from stupid. She's a lucky girl. First time probably won't be great, just do your best. It will improve.




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