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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 i have a problem i wrote this embarssing email to my friend and i told him stuff lik i lik him and really ambarissin stuff lik that and i wanted to kiss him i fell lik he doesnt lik and he read and he didnt care but he sent it to his step brother and his step brother sent it to everybody in my class and i said some stuff bout a couple of them and i didnt want them to no how much i acctually liked him and i dotn no wat to do i really wanna cry im so upset plzz help (link)
Whats done is done i'm afraid.Lesson learned.The best way to prevent people from knowing what you want to keep to yourself is NEVER put it in writing.It can come back to haunt you later.All you can do is try your best to forget about it.


i've had a "friend with benefits" for almost a year now. we didnt really have feelings for eachother but now i have feelings for him and im the one who got attached. i don't know if i should just continue being fwb or i should stop because of my feelings? Whats the best thing to do? (link)
I can just give you the advice I gave my kids.If you don't love the person enough to marry them do not have sex with them.You could get pregnant, you could get a life altering std blah, blah, blah. does your life me so little to you to risk all that? ok my "mom" feelings are now taken care of.

I think you should talk to this guy and see what his feeling for you are.Maybe they have changed for you too.If not then you need to quit messing around.The right guy for you may just pass you by because your messing with someone else.


does anyone know how you can see your favorite disney channel original movie by either requesting they play it, or could you maybe rent it at a local blockbuster? (link)
Sometimes if a movie is popular enough it will be put out on video/dvd.You can check with the video store.And if they don't have it, you can try to send a request and see if they will play it. They might not but doesn't hurt to try.

Try looking up disney on the internet too.Maybe they have a place to ask for it on there. :}


what is the best position to sleep in while on your period? thanks
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Whatever is comfortable for you.Ther really isn't a right or wrong position.


I know this is wrong but i got myself into some serious mess.My bestfriend has a bf and they been together for 9 months and the other day me and him saw each other at this one place and we ended up in his car doing things.I feel really bad i don't know if i should tell her or not.I dont want to but i dont want her finding out from anybody else because i love her so much she is like my sister.IM confused plz help!
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You certainly did wrong by messing with your friends boyfriend.You are not the only one in the wrong here though.This guy doesn't seem to care much for her feelings either.

The solution to this one is tricky.I'm all for honesty but truthfully the only reason for telling her is to ease your guilty conscious and to make YOU feel better.Her it will only hurt.I see no reason to deliberatly hurt your friend.

You may have no choice but to tell her though if anybody saw what you did.You will probably lose a friend unless you have a good excuse for your behavior,I'd make a point of letting her know that you are not the only one to blame here.


ok well im not quite sure how to ask this but....anyways my boyfriend came over today and fingered me but i didnt orgasm or even come close and im not sure why like i felt like i had to go to the bathroom realli bad so i like tried to hold it but i wasnt sure ...and does what im thinking while hes fingering me effect having an orgasm? (link)
yes,sure can


hi.. my girlfriend died a 3 months ago from a car crash. i think about her every minute. she was my absloulte everything. I feel that im still going out with her but i feel a need a girl friend. I need some one to take her place. I need that some one who will give me what im looking for. Please help wat should i do (link)
You will probably always have feelings for her.3 months isn't that long ago really, but if you feel like you need a friend that is perfectly normal. Just take it slow.Sorry for your loss.


i feel the need for a girl friend, just to hear the comfort words i love you or sumthing. is that rong or right im like undicided. is it sick or ok??????? (link)
it's hormones!
normal.
ok.
go for it.


i have this really great friend that always hangs out with me and share secrets with me and everything.but one day she said she saw something with a boy and they wouldn't anyone about it.and for awhile she would always ask me to change seats so she can talk to him it's like they like each other!what am i supposed to do? (link)
They probably do like each other.It is bound to happen sometime.She is still your friend don't worry about that, but when a guy comes along that they like....they turn to mush.You will too, just wait and see.Tell her how you feel though.


i have a crush on a boy and i can't get him to notice me!i tried everything but the only thing he likes about me is my mp3 player!i started bringing it but that only made him attracted to the player!wat am i supposed to do??? (link)
If all his interested in is your mp3 why not start a conversation about music? Common intrest right? Try it.


Okay so this year my class and i are all going to washington for an end of the year trip, And my bff asked me to room with her, but i dont really wnat to but i say yes anyways. Now here's where it gets hard for me, my other friends (4 of them) asked me to room with them and i'd rather room with them and have tons of fun...BUT i dont wanna leave my friend alone.. and i would ak her to room with us but they all hate her and there can only b 5 to a room...what should i do? i dont want to be a bad friend but i DO want to have fun :(...i rate 5's! (link)
You room with the lone friend. You tell the others that she is your friend too.There are already 4 of them in a room, none of them will be alone.

Is there some reason why you can't have some fun with them before you are confined to your seperate rooms? Probably not.

If they are good enough friends I think they will understand.


I have this friend who always talks about me but is like in all my classes. I don't really like her but my other friends get all mad at me if i get mad at her. Should i just tell her i dont wanna be her friened or should i be her friend? (link)
If you don't like her then she isn't your friend. You don't have to all be friends with the same people.

Just tell them ALL that you don't like for people to talk about you behind your back and anyone who does isn.t really someone that you need for a friend.Don't single her out.

Don't tell her you don't want to be her friend.Just don't be.


Well lately everyone is telling me to "DROP" every little thing that happens. Like if i'm upset about something, they expect me to just forget about it, or drop it. idk but its hard for me to forget things easily.. but i do forgive.. now my boyfriend is starting the drop it thing about something that happened 30 minutes ago... and when we talked it would be the 1st time we talked about what happened... ugh. help
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What happened 30 minutes ago?

Be careful you aren't repeating complaints over and over again, okay? They may get tired of hearing about it.You don't have to forget about anything just don't keep bringing it up.


my boyfriend is pakistani and muslim. i am white and agnostic. i really care about him and he's head over heels for me but his parents wont let him do ANYTHING (were seniors in high school living w/our parents)with me (b/c of my race- wow im a victim of racism for the first time and it sucks!). he lies so much to see me but even then its not a lot. i see him at school and then occasionally after school while his parents are at work. we NEVER EVER go on real dates and it drives me nuts!!! i feel as if i deserve someone who can take me out and see me without lying or sneaking around. the situation just SUCKS. should i break up with him or just settle for seeing him barely ever? (if i broke up with him i'd still be friends with him)i really dont know what to do- i feel bad breaking it off but i'm unhappy in our current situation- its not fair to me.
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Basically you're just friends now.I'm afraid that you're fighting a losing battle with this one.
Diffrent cultures have diffrent standards and I'm sure that his parents probably expect him to live by theirs.He may decide at some point that he doesn't want to live life as tradition calls for in his native country but until then you don't want him getting into trouble with his family. Just be friends for now. Make sure he understands your reasons.


Ok, about a month ago I noticed a small lump around my crotch.. I have just noticed it getting bigger.. Its about 5mm long, and 2mm high.. what do you think it is? could it possibly be cancer? if so.. what sort?

17/m (link)
If it's getting bigger you really need to have a doctor look at it.It could be a lot of things that aren't cancerous but still see your doc.


At lunch time i sit with all my friends and stuff and later on in lunch some guys come join us well theres this ine guy named Brian and sometimes he'll message my shoulders just outr of the clear blu,and flirts with me and other stuff but shuld i flirt back?? I really like him but he has a GF
I jst need some ideas please ill rate (link)
Of course you flirt back.Flirting never hurt anybody that I know of.He could be trying to make the gf jealous but you don't know that for sure.So flirt your heart out.Maybe he's interested.


I have this aquaintence that I see on campus from time to time. We went to the same high school. 21/f. We had this class together and some girls were talking about her and being really catty because she has lots of money and she is sorta fake but not offensive. She has never been anything but nice to me. I didn't appreciate that those chicks that didn't even know her were judging her. I still see her every week and I think about that often. Should I say anything or is it just water under the bridge? (link)
I wouldn't say anything to HER about it.I think she probably just doesn't know how to act any differently.Next time the others bring it up you should tell THEM that, hey I went to high school with her and she has always been nice to me.Sometimes people will cut down someone because they are jealous of them...That is probably the case here.Just put your opinion out there if it comes up again and leave it at that.


I think I have a problem. You see I am terribly clumsy so I bump into stuff,fall, and trip alot. As a result I get really bumped and scratched up. My problem comes in with the healing. While my wounds are healing I enjoy the sensation of the pain. I enjoy it so much that when they scab over I tear them off so I can feel the pain all over again. I don't bump into stuff on purpose. But I do enjoy the reprecussions alot. 21/f. Is something wrong with me? Could this lead to a cutting fettish? (link)
Your not bumping into things etc on purpose THAT YOU KNOW OF.Could be doing it subcontiously.You need to talk to a professonal about this before it gets worse.Any ER can get you in touch with someone to help you out.


There is this girl that I used to be really good friends with but she ended our friendship because she found new friends. I was fine with it because she sort of just stopped hanging out with me because I wasn't "punk enough" to hang out with. I didn't really care that she ended the friendship but now everyday she acts like we are still friends. Today she blew up in me & my friends face because we heard from someone that she was talking about us again (she's done this before and said she would quit because she's scared of me and my new friends) and she started screaming and got this really scared look on her face. Plus yesterday in our Science class me and my friends were talking and talking about my friends religion (Jahoba Witness) and my ex-friend walks over and says "so is that a TV show or something?" and we all told her it was a religion and she said "So you're a Jahoba and a Witness? Well I'm prejudice" We all looked at her in shock and she later told us that she has no idea what prejudice means anyway. The whole problem is that she keeps talking about people and thinks that makes her cool. My friends want to jump her but I don't know what to do. We aren't friends at all not even FWB. She just won't leave me and my other friends alone. How can me and my friends tell her to go away? (link)
Tell her to talk to you again when she has something nice to say about somebody.What a wicked little girl! It sounds to me like she could be jealous that you have new friends.She is trying to get your attention.You just have to tell her straight up that she needs an attitude adjustment and you aren't a mechanic so get lost.You don't need friends like her. tell her to grow up.


my boyfriend always fingers me and eats me out but the problem is i never have an orgasm. i was wondering why that is or if theres anything i can do to have one?
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If he's your age he probably just isn't doing it right.Even if he's a little older he probably isn't doing it right.I can't believe i'm telling you this! If you think it would feel better elsewhere you have to tell him where.He doesn't just automatically know these things.You'll just have to experiment until you get it right.When you do you'll know it!I hope that didn't sound mean my saying he isn't doing it right...that wasn't my intention there is just no other way to say it! NOt his fault.You teach him!okay? Feel free to ask more if the need....arises.




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