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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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im 13 and ive never had my period but ive ad the white stuff that comes before it for like 2 years. is this normal? and how long after the white stuff does your period come? thanks a lot. (link)
You will start when your body get's around to it. It will be soon.You are normal and everything. It just isn't predictable. Then, when you do start you may skip it some months altogether. It starts slow in some girls that way. :)


my dad was going out with this girl for like.... 3 years...they've been going on and off for a pretty long time and they just broke up! now, he is ALWAYS moping around and ALL of this stuff! i will ask him what is wrong and he will always say..."nothing just depressed." i mean im really concerned...what can i tell him without him freaking out on me? (link)
Just leave him alone when he need's to be. It takes a while to get over losing someone. He will in time.Why don't you ask him to a movie? Or do something fun with him. Maybe cheer him up a little. But don't keep asking him what's wrong.You no anyway, right? Just be there for him.


my cats name is jack...and he drools...alot...is that normal? (link)
No i'm afraid it isn't. You need to take him to a vet.


okay my mom is going to dallas for the night till tomorrow at lunch, and my sister is watching us. ahe cant drive though, i need some good ideas of things to occupy me, that dont involve tv, books, or hanging out with my siblings (link)
What else is there???
You can IM friends
send email
go to bored.com and see what they have to do.
There a puzzles and all kinds of thing's on the internet :)


My mom and I never get along or even talk. She's just not someone I can go up to and tell things to. Well im 17 and this summer im pretty sure im going to lose my virginity when im on vacation to visit my friends. Im ready, i love him and hes the right guy, i know more than most people know, im aware of the consequences and precautions i need to take. I just dont trust condoms alone, so id like to get on the pill before becoming sexually active. I would like to tell my mom so we can set up an appointment with the gyno, but im scared that i could ever have the courage to ask her or even talk to her about sex. She's told me tons of times "If you ever have sex, use protection. And tell me." My parents trust me already, but a part of me feels like..if i told them im going to start having sex..that they may take my freedom away from me and wont let me go on vacation. I was thinking about just going to Planned Parenthood behind their backs and getting it, but because of several reasons, theres no way i can actually get away with it and do it. (Long story, but its seriously impossible at this moment.) I was also thinking about just asking to go to the gyno because of period problems. (Ive actually had problems for the past year or two that my mom knows about) But she still refuses to give me medical attention no matter what the situation is. My parents know im cautious and responsible, unlike my sister. (She lost her virginity at 13 and they could care less.) So my question is - if you were in my position and never really talked to your mom..would you talk to her about becoming sexually active and getting on the pill? I guess the only thing holding me back is not knowing how she will react. Or should i just be careful and use a condom only...and when i come back from vacation..tell her im sexually active and need to be on the pill? (link)
hmmm, If your relationship is really good with mom I'd probably say something.They can put you on the pill to regulate your periods if you think that may work somehow?

What abouot your local health department? Could you go there? They would put you on the pill.

See if she won't let you go to see about your problems. That may be the best bet if you can't go to the health dept. Just tell her why as a last resort.

Condom's alone is better than nothing but they have been known to break.

If all else fail's go to your local pharmacy and by a product called ENCARE, I think that's the name.(been awhile) It is a spermicidal vaginal suppository type birth control that I used for years.I didn't like the pill. It worked for me and is much better than condom alone. Will work without condom as well but you can't be to safe these day's so use both. The only draw back with it is that you have to insert it before you have sex.....Have to do the condom too so it's not that big a deal. They sorta foam up and it give's you a warm feeling so don't be alarmed by that. It explain's how to use it on the box.

If you need further info or anything feel free to email me, address is on my column.:)


Theres a girl at my school (not my friend but i talk to her) and her boyfriend recently broke up with her. She's heart broken and feels that she isn't good enough. Now she wont eat..shes refusing to eat and its scaring everyone. She is dropping pounds by the second and is always depressed. I really want to help her, but I don't know her family personally enough to tell them. Should I let her suffer? i would feel wrong not telling anyone. (link)
Tell a trusted teacher. She need's to get help.:)


ok me and my ex just broke up a little while a go and im fine with it becuase i later found out that he was cheating on me but i still feel like i love him so what should i do................. (link)
Just get out there and go do thing's with friends and other boy's. It will take a while for you to get over it. No way around that. Keep active and have fun as best you can.:)


my friend, casey has been my best friend since 4th grade. i love her like a sister. but lately she seems almost obbsessed with me. like she almost killed herself cause i was mad at her. she cut herself; her reason was that she felt depressed cause i was mad at her. now shes mad because i decided to stay home and clean tonight instead of go out to a pizza party at our church. i want to get this cleaning done cause im having my sisters communion party here next weekend. is it just me or does it seem like she almost has a crush on me? (link)
I don't know if It's a crush but the girl is wacky! Does she not have any other friends?
My main concern is that you do not get to the point where you feel responsible for her actions.
She can really talk you into doing stuff 'so she doesn't hurt herself'. She alone is responsible for that and you can't let her run your life for you, okay?

She really need's some sort of professonal help if you ask me. Does you mom by chance know hers? If so maybe you can talk to your mom about it and then have her talk to your friends mom. If she does cutting again.......for sure tell her mom about it so she can get help.:)


Can anyone tell me how to play flag football or just football..pleassseee! (link)
I love football.
Tell ya what go find RBFOOTBALLTD in the search columnists....He plays football and would be the best one to advise you. Don't know him personally but I've read his advise and he's one of my fav's. Drop a question in his inbox :)


I just got my period (i've had it for 2 years) and i noticed that in my pad the blood was dark black instead of red/maroon like it usually is. What does this mean??? its dark dark black. Am i dehydrated or sumthing? (link)
No it's normal.


Is coffee fattening? Like just black coffee, nothing added? (link)
No. the fattening part is the milk and sugar.:)


I am 13 years of age and I had my period two times last year. Only two times because it started at the end of the year. I've only had it two times because I haven't had it this year yet. Is that normal? Is that supposed to happen? Is it healthy when you period does that? (link)
It's perfectly normal.


i know you are going to read this and think its me, its not and actually i don't care what you think..anyways, my friend thinks shes pregnant. shes 2 weeks late on her period. she got some kind of infection where she had to take medicine that might delay her period a little bit. she took a pregnancy test and she said that if 2 lines show up, then shes pregnant..she showed me the test and i saw 2 lines, one was slightly darker than the other..but i saw 2 lines. she claims shes not pregnant, but is going to take another test. i dont know what to do for her...? (link)
What kind of medicine? If she was told it might mess up her period then that's the problem. don't worry about it. Has she had sex since her last period?


ok im really hungry and im home alone. there really isnt alot of food in the house but we have tostito corn chips and i wanna make some kind of dip with them. if you have any easy dip recipes for tostitos with stuff that can be easily found in the house please give me one!! i have alot of mexican shredded cheese but thats really not enough to make a good dip. i have some more stuff on hand..just any dip recipe for tortillas would work. thanks! (link)
Here's my favorite. If you don't have the makings for it now, try it another day cause it's good.

Take a box of cream cheese.
Chop some onion into it, and maybe a little bell pepper( not necessary for the bell)
Dump in some salsa
beat it with a mixer
Put some of that cheese on top and dip.
You can also shred lettuce on top and dice up tomatoes but it's good without them.

See ya, going to the store....there goes the diet.:)


Ok, i used to talk to this guy david and we seemed to hit it off pretty well. but then he accused me of "having something" with his friend John. But it was total bull. So we stopped talking. then, a couple of weeks ago he called me after i texted his cell. we talked for about an hour and then he had to go. We have been talking since. He told me he still liked me because he knew/knows i still have feelings for him. we made plans to meet at a dance club and hang out. seems good right? wrong. his girlfriend showed up so i got ditched. he barely talked to me all night. i was devastated that he would do that to me. but we got over it. now we are talking again and he is calling me and continuing to make plans to hang out. But he still has a girlfriend. and i dont know what to do because i really do like this kid. please help. i rate high.

~Confused (15/f) (link)
I wouldn't go anywhere with him if he can't promise not to ditch you. If he wan't to date both of you okay. But, if he's going to ditch you whenever she twitches her tail forget him.


What should I do if I get bullied a lot by kids at school? I go to a catholic school, too and its still happening. Junior High can definitly be tough. I get picked on by 7th graders and kids my age. What should I do? My parents and I have tried and tried but nothing has worked! I've gotten nasty emails and instant messengers, and rude and harassing phone calls. can you help me?
Deceivingxheart (link)
Have you considered going to a diffrent school?
If you and your parents have tried everything then that may be the best thing to do.


Let me start out by saying that my sister is a nightmare. A big fat nightmare who makes your life turn into serious Hell. She is a thirteen year old snob who gets in everyones business, demands things from my parents who take it even though they don't like it. She has been damaging my life the most by trying to beat the crap out of me in front of her friends when I was severly sick, she didn't beat me up, but she kept trying to, and it made me upset, and I cried because it my body was aching. She has tried to smart mouth me in front of her friends, when my mom tells her not to do something, when shes not around, she will do it anyways, and when I try to stop her, she get up in my face, and says, "What are you gonna do about it?" Now, when things like this happens, I call my mom, and she'll just say, "stop it" even though thats probably about the hundreth time shes done it. She also lies, very bad. My parents know, but not as much, she tries spying on my phone conversations with my boyfriend, she is also known to read my other sisters diary to her friends on the phone, and laugh about it with them. She also told all of her friends something SO personal, I am not going to say, but it was so personal about my older sister. My parents do nothing about this. No matter how many times I try to ask them nicely, or I just slam it in their faces, they go talk to her, and she plays the innocent one. I told my mom tonight that she has made my life a living Hell, and all she said was, "well, she said the same thing about you" That made me so angry, because she looked at me like she believed her over me or she didn't know who to believe, HELLO! I am the innocent one here, everyone always says mean things about her, so they know shes the one whose rude! She is also known to hurt me in front of people, she'll grab underwear with blood in it, and will announce to everyone that its mine! When its really hers! I have dealt with this for a long time, and today, I just couldn't take it, I screamed in my room so loud, and tore all of the posters off of my wall, and scratched my face. I have gone crazy! When I heard somebody pick up the phone while me and my boyfriend were talking, I ran to my mom and yelled, "GET HER OFF THE PHONE NOW I HATE HER SO MUCH SOMEBODY JUST KILL HER!" And then, I went rambling on to my boyfriend how much I just want to kill her, and now I keep day dreaming about ways that I can kill her. I also kept saying, "shes a slut, a whore, a b*tch, a little sh*t, and an a*shole." I know shes a slut, but I will not get into detail about that. But I am asking somebody to please not tell me I need anger management, I know that this behavior is not abnormal, what person would not go crazy after dealing with a lying sister and parents who won't do anything about it? My behavior is scaring me, I've never hated somebody this much, I usually just like everybody, but everytime I think about wanting to kill her and it makes me feel good I get scared! I can't really talk to my parents, I've screamed it in their ears, and I've told them nicely, they don't listen to me.


Also, do not even think about having me talk to my sister, she is greedy, and selfish, all she cares about is herself, seriously, if its not her way, theres no way, shes a spoiled brat. So I guess what I'm asking is does anybody think I might be taking this too far? I know that I'm not, but does anyone think different? I know that this shouldn't get to me, but I have to live with her! I need ways to take my anger and sadness out, because all of my posters are ripped off of my wall. Also, my dad is getting me a therapist, so I can at least have somebody to talk to, but the whole time I'm probably going to ramble on about how much I hate her and wish she was dead, I have truly never felt this deeply of hate. My silly boyfriend wants me to fight her, but I'm not going to. But I hate her enough to. So, could anyone say something about this, like advice because I am in a huge puddle of misery. I just wish somebody would just think, "Maybe Sarah [me] has feelings too" when she makes fun of me, I wish she'd think, "Maybe since Sarah has depression, I shouldn't call her names because she feel pain too" And it makes me cry at night wondering how I'll ever get out of this Hell hole, somebody please give me comfort or anything that could help me. I've told my parents about my misery, so don't think that I havn't told anyone about this. I will rate. (link)
If your dad is getting you a therapist go and talk. It will do you good. She/he will help you deal with your anger and your sister if you let him/her.:)


Okay well about 3 months ago i met my boyfriend. And its really werid how we met because he liked my friend and i tried to hook them up but she didn't like him. So, he came over to my house and we were just hangin out and then after that we talked on the internet and he said that im beautiful and he had alot of fun and that he REALLY really likes me... so we went out that nite. I told my friend that were going out and she was happy for me and everything. Well this is my question now that you have the background... I don't like having my boyfriend around my friend cause i feel uncomfortable knowing that he used to like her!! i love him alot and he does to and were in love but i still feel that way is that right or should i stop worrying cause hes with me and not her.... HELP!! (link)
You'll alway's have a twinge of jealousy but since you are the one who has him....forget about it. You have to trust or your relationship won't make it.


I have a friend who was going out with this one girl. he's 18 and really loved her. they even talked about getting married! Then one night at a party he did a lot of things with another girl at a party, and after that she had sex with someone els. He was so mad that he cheated on his girlfriend with a "slut" and when his girlfriend found out she was puking and screaming. Now my friend wants to kill himself and im scared. Besides going to an adult, how can i help him? (link)
If you DON'T go to an adult and he does kill himself will you be able to the live with knowing you could have helped? Tell an adult, he'll get over it.


ok my friend called me up and told me theres this party like right up the road from me!! it starts at like 8..but im not going to ask my mom if i can go..cuz how would i word it? if you have a good idea on how to word it ..thats an automatic 5 for you guys. I was thinkin..if not to just sneak out later on. (my dad works the night shift and my mom is usually asleep by 10:30)
What would you guys do? I've never really been to a wild party..usually i jus go to small parties or sweet 16's ..that stuff. My parents would want to know if someone is home..and who knows if they would actually want to talk to the parents being that the party is right up the road from me. (link)
You may not get this edit but if you do....:) glad you aren't going. It really wouldn't be worth it. I'm proud of you! :)

If you think you won't get caught, think again. Soon as the party get's going good the neighbors will call the cops. When you call mom from the police station she will know. Then on top of that, you no longer have her trust anymore and it will be YEARS before you are allowed to do anything.




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