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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 told my boyfriend that I'd never kissed anyone and that I wanted him to be my first kiss. He said he wanted to kiss me, too. But that was about a month ago and nothing has happened. I told him I wouldn't make the move. I'm too shy. I don't know what I'm scared of since I know he wants to. I'm just scared I'll do something wrong, I guess. Any advice? (link)
Just simply tell him that your still waiting for that first kiss.


Okay, to put it plainly me and this guy have been really close for a long time and we ended up breaking up because of this really long story. But he was really close to me and all that jazz. We were friends before and he always knew I liked him but he was going out with his boyfriend at the time, and...yeah. Lets call his boyfriend Bob. Well Bob broke his heart a billion and one times and finally we started to date. I was the only one there for him he was the only one there for me. Well my ex begged for me back and I was stuck inbetween them, I had no clue what to do and I waited to long to decide on what I needed to do and by the time I did decide the guy dumped me. So we got in this huge fight, and didn't talk for a while and I was back with my ex. All this other stuff came out and blah blah blah about my ex and I started to try to talk to him(the guy who would not talk to me) But he wanted nothing at all to do with me. So I cried and all that shit over it but to make a long story short he was abused and shit, and he stayed in it to be here for me and now he can't get out because it is too late.

Well. Anyway...I moved on now and have a new boyfriend I care about a lot. It isn't love yet- I don't think my heart is actually ready to love another person at the moment. But the guy(lets just call him Ed) is really depressed and never talks to anyone and is always by himself and has gotten into bad stuff. I want to let go of Ed because I have someone new that is healing all of my scars. But I can't because...I made that promise to always be there for him because we were always there for each other.

So now I don't know what to do. I don't want to be with Ed again, I just want to help him and get him to talk to me but I seriously don't know how. I want to get over him completely and have no more feelings for him. But I don't know how. I'm sorry this is long and the question is not quite clear. But basicly. What do I do? All of this is my fault, and I can't let myself fully love my new boyfriend because he is always there, a little voice in the back of my head blaming me on what happened to him. (which it is my fault). I want to get over him. I want to get him out of my life because he knows how to get to me and everytime I help I always end up crying. Please.. Someone can you help me? I'm sorry this is really long. (link)
Gee, why are you all so depressed sounding?
Let me tell you one thing for certain, it is never, ever to late to get out of an abusive relationship.You just up and do it. If Ed can't get up nerve to leave....well, you can't blame yourself for that.

You are right, you won't get over him if you are constantly there for him.....cruel as that may sound. I really think Ed needs counsiling if you can talk him into it. Sound's like a little might not hurt you either.

It is a little confusing, hope i've helped somewhat. You can email me at address on my column if you'd like to with more info.I'm on most of the day and late night so, wouldn't take long to get back with you.


ok..i stole a bottle of perfume,earings,keychain,lipgloss,2 rings, (this was formyself) i also helped out my friend steal her stuff and she helped me steal mine. I never stole anything before..and im kinda feeling bad now. the stuff i took was probably worth $15 or $20 altogether. is there a way i can make myself feel better and get rid of he guilt..besides returning it. And is it true that people steal stuf until they get caught? because ii dont want to make a habitt out of this. have any of you stolen anything before? (link)
I think you know it wasn't right, hopefully the guilt will keep you from doing it again. That is why we feel guilt.

Most likely for a first offense you would be told bever to come back to the store again. It is hard to predict how the store owner would react, just don't do it again. And, if the friend doesn't feel the same just don't go shopping with her anymore.


I'm very shy and quiet, and I not a geek or anything but I'm not exactly popular either. There's this guy that I think might like me.. but he is really popular and outgoing, so I'm not sure if he really does like me or if it's just my imagination. Is it possible for a popular, outgoing guy to like a shy, not-so-popular girl? What are the chances? I don't know what to do because of my uncertainty.. should I flirt back or not?? Thanks in advance!! :-) (link)
Well sure do flirt back if you are so inclined.
Popular and outgoing doesn't mean you are attracted to the same kind of person. Every guy is diffrent so it is very possible that he likes you. Don't be intimidated by the popular tag...He's no diffrent than you!


I have dumbbells in my room, but the problem is.. i use them more for a towel rack than for fitness, a good thing that always motivates me is good sports quotes. Does anyone have any good sports quotes, or sayings that you know of/heard. It would be awesome if they were about leadership or teamwork, or better yet, football. But anything would be great. Thanks! (ps. I rate 5's if you have one)

oh and i forgot to mention, is there any football players anyone can think of that i can decorate my room with....its pretty plain, thanks!

oh, lol, one more thing, i do not need this like by a week or anything, if anyone has a quote they've heard of, or anything and its way past the date ive posted this, be my guest for writing it in, i need all the help i can get, thanks again! (link)
ok, I collect quotes myself....have since I was in high school. I got millions. I post a new one on my column everyday so feel free to go look at it whenever you like.

Football specific ones....I've found a few over the years, not a whole lot of great ones. But I will do some looking and post you some.Anyhow, I think most of them are motivational in some way depending on your mood!

Football players, Oh man a lot of those.....Marcus Allen, Barry sanders,Howie Long,Dante hall, theres hundred's old and new.
Good luck, on the decorationg!

Try this on google, or any other search engine and you will get plenty...quotations + football.
Came up with lot's of sites. :)


ok i have a few very close friends and some not so.. But what i was wondering is... if i ended up on disney channel what do you think they would do? be jelouce? would they still want to be my friends? or just use me?
What would you think if you're friend suddenly out of the blue got excepted on a popular show?
+ concerned and worried (link)
I'm sure you would have friends you never knew of crawling out of the woodwork! Your true friends though will be there for you no matter what you do. yea, they could get a little jealous but they would get over it.


I have my period about every 2 1/5 to 3 weeks.. then, when I do have it.. I have it for 2 days then I stop that night then I have it for one day then I stop that next day then have it for 2 more days.. is somthing wrong with me.. :-x
--I rate 5's!-- (link)
Nothing at all. You will find that your period will go out of it's way the be the biggest pain in the ass it can be.:)


ok im going to a new school monday how do i make freinds? like i dont want to sit alone @ lunch or sit by the rong person. iv decided that guys are more easy to make freinds with than girl i mean some girls are really nice but you have to addmit guys are easier to make freinds with what if they think im a slut then if i try to make freinds with the guys? help!!!! (link)
Don't worry about it to much.Someone will be eager to find out what they can about the new kid. Male or female you will have friends before you know it.I always found guy's easier to make friends with myself because I just have more common intrests with them.That and I was never much for a those girlie games! Never was considered a slut that I know of! So, make friends with whoever you like. Good luck at the new school :)


ok so i find cute guys and all there all nice ya no evry girl wants a nice sweet one but no they act sweet for about 1 day thn want to have sex. im so sick of horny guys just doing this its so annoying. k help (link)
You just have to tell them to knock it off.Most of them probably will.But you know,they are on hormone overload so they will try you.Doesn't mean they are all bad.....just as you say a bit annoying.


Augh. My best friend is still stuck getting over this total jerk that she fell in love with. I kind of feel like it's my fault because I introduced them. So I have to help her get over him. Should I run through her room burning all the things that remind her of him? Should I knock her senseless and take her to a male nudie bar? What should I do? He was so mean. I can't even begin to explain it. But I'll try. She found out later that he had another girlfriend on the side. He was rude and mean to me and AUGH! How can I help her get over him? (She's eighteen) (link)
Well it does take time.Burning everything sounds good. Make a big funeral thing out of it.Poke holes in him and stuff (well, pictures).No nudie bars unless you take me with you! Really, just try to get her to talk about anything else. Have a bonfire and say this is it.No more talking about him......he is gone forever! Good luck!:)


I'm a girl, and a senior in small, rural high school. Classes are small, and I’ve been here since I was little, so I know everyone.

Normally I go to my school's dances with my best friend, from another school, and we hang out with my friends and dance. Usually, if she’s not there, I have an awful time. This year, both our proms fall on the same day--a month and a half from now. This means we can't go together. I’ll be alone there. I mean, I’ll have friends at Prom, but most of them with graduated, left town, drifted away from me, or found boyfriends.

There are a few options. I could always ask an underclassman to go to the dance with me, but all the boys at my school always reject me (even underclassmen!), and those who wouldn’t are taken or have moved. I could also tag along with a group, but don’t enjoy myself that much when I do (although, it's better than when I go alone). I would try to “meet new people” but everyone I don’t know will be someone else’s date—there will be less than 100 people at prom.

My prospects outside of school are limited; there's only one guy who would go with me if he could and he's out of state. I don't have any female friends I could tag along with who aren't either annoying or annoyed by me.

Worse, the prom budget this year is almost nonexistent, probably won't be too great, and ticket prices will be high. Further, I haven't found a cheap dress yet, and I’m kinda poor.

Should I even go to prom at all? And if I do, how can I make sure that I’ll have fun? (link)
Just go however you have to. In a group or alone. It is your last one after all.

I think the best way for you to make sure you have fun is to put on a happy face! You sound so down! It will be great! The final time to see all
those people you dislike all dressed up in over priced clothes! Come on, cheer up.Let me know how it goes.:)


Can anyone tell me what a hemeroid is and what it looks like? Also, how do u get one? Thanks.. (link)
They are basically varicose veins of the rectum.

When they swell up they get thin. When you have a BM it irritates them making them hurt.

They can be caused by lo fiber diets, being overweight ( or pregnant),Or even standing or sitting for long periods of time.



ok, well, this so called "friend-of-mine" is being rly well not herslef lately and we use to be bffaeae's until i realized that i dont need a friend like her and she was talking about me behind my back with another bff of mine but it looks like my so called friend doesnt wanna lose our friendship but i dont think i need her as a friend if shes gunna do that what should i do??!! PLEASE HELP
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If you really would like to try it again, then do. I'd let it be know right up front though that she'll have to reearn (is that even a word?) your trust and that you refuse to put up with any nonsense.


13/F
My friend and I are good friends and have good times and stuff like that! But she always takes advantage of me. Like she will always ask me for everything and get her things and sometimes i will do it and sometimes i wont! And when im around her friends, she just doesnt talk to me she ignores me. I mean she will talk to me but not like she does when its just me and her. Her friends and I are friends too. What should i do...she does treat me like a friend its just the taking advantage part i dont like!
I will rate and give feed back :) HeLp mE
*!*!*!*Morgan*!*!*!* (link)
gee, You need to make her do her own getting. ALL the time not just now and then.

It's hard to have a one on one conversation when you're with a group of friends so, I don't think she is necessarily ignoring you.

Just talk to everyone and don't let it bother you. Don't let her take advantage though. Don't do anything you don't feel like doing. Joke about it if you want....like you have legs get it yourself, something on that order.


I've like guyz since like the 1st grade. I've never ever let them find out. I'm an admirer. I don't ask people out, I dont tell people i like em. How can I tell them without seeming "out of character" or embarass myslef.

Please don't be negative I rate high!! (link)
If you smile at them and are nice to them they will know.


ok so my guy friend i like him but idk he's been acting werid huging me and stuff touching my hair holding me and he always says i love u babe its freakin me out! wat should i do ? (link)
Sounds to me as if he is a very loving and attentive guy. If it's freaking you out then turn him loose, someone else will be happy to take him off your hands! Really if you don't feel the same don't string him along.


My friend really likes this girl and he is to scared to ask her and a keep bugging him what things should i say to him to maybe help him out (my friend is such a wimp) (link)
I'd just quit bugging him about it.Really when he's ready he'll get up the nerve. Or when he finds a girl he wants to ask bad enough.


Well here is the thing. my aunt has what they call Night Terrors. they are like nightmares. Well her husband, my uncle, Doesnt get home from work untill midnight. And my auntjust had a baby. And the doctor said to get more rest. Well she cant get more rest. Because she stays up untill my uncle gets home!!! Please help me on this one!!!!!!! please tell me what my aunt can do!!! Please!!! HELP ME!!!!!

~Karly~ (link)
Actually, night terrors have nothing to do with how tired you may be.They are like having a bad dream.9 x out of 10 they aren't even remembered by the person having them. So, don't really know exactly what you want but I wouldn't worry about your aunt. She will survive fine.:)


ok well my best friend is/was having a HUGE bday party for herself (shes got a huuuuge house, an amazing pool and her parents said that max was like 60) so yeah everyone looks forward to her partys.. and ya know how it is in high school.. you cant go to a party like this without having someone to "hook up" with.. thats just how it is.. so me and this guy planned to hook up and blah blah blah.. you know how that goes.. well the party kinda got canceled and so now me and this guy are just "talking" about doin stuff like goint to the movies or w.e and "hookinh up" there but the thing is we have been talking a lot now and i think i like him.. (wich i knew this was gonna happen :/ ).. and hes telling ppl he likes me (a little) so thats a high point.. BUT (and theres always a BUT) :/ theres another girl.. that hes like IN LOVE with.. but this girl has a bf and has for a looong time now, but this bf goes to a different school then her so her and this guy i like act like they are together at school, but outa school she just totally ignores him when shes around her bf (gay huh?) and i dont go to the same school as the guy i like or this girl, and ive never met her either but everyone tells me shes really not all that pretty.. so yeah im just wondering.. should i take him out.. just me and him and show him who i really am and try to steal him away from this "other girl" and make him change his mind to want me?.. or what? (link)
If you want to go out with him go.Just remember if the other girl breaks up with her bf the chance is always there that he will dump you and go to her.I personally would wait for him to ask me but...I'm just old fashioned :)



hi, it's very weird...I think I'm happy now. It's been a week that I think my life miraculously became better. My relationships with my friends and family improved..But my dreams are the same: sad, dark, disturbing. With common themes like: mean men, men who treat me like only a sex object or have lust for me, rejection and abandonment, not being good enough, and death or running away....I've been having bad dreams since I was a child (5 yrs old?) and lately, 18-20 yrs old the dreams became more clear, vivid and the frequency of bad dreams increased.

I've been reading self-help since I was 16, and now I'm already 20, and it helped a lot, but I think it is not enough to solve my "issues" which clearly manifests in my dreams?

So, what do you think should I do to resolve my issues? what makes it hard is they are all in my "unconscious" mind so its hard to uncover them in the first place..or, maybe I haven't read the "right" book yet, if that's the case, what book should I read? (link)
Maybe you should go see a therapist.You can't control what you dream, but if you read about the subject a lot maybe you aren't helping it.It would be like dwelling on it constantly, know what I mean? I'm not trying to be an ass or anything, just wondering out load.See a therapist, so you can figure out why you're having them. Must be something buried in there deep.




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