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:.Hey x3
My name is Emily and blah blah blah.

:.I have a lot of personal, family, and friend issues of my own so a lot of times, I can probably relate to you a lot of times if you have personal, family, and/or friend issues.

:.I can offer a lot of information, help, and advice on family and friend relationships, love lives, depression, stretching/flexibility, weight loss, violin, being organized, dog training, forensics (public speaking), keeping up with school/extracurricular activities, eating disorders, writing (stories and poems), and probably a lot of other random stuff like what to drink when you eat something spicy and why.

:.Although I can help a lot of you guys on the above subjects, I don't tend to take my own advice so it can become quite an awkward/ironic/contradicting situation for me or make myself sound like a complete and utter hypocrite.

:.Hannah Whitall Smith once said, "The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right." I agree 100% of it. Advice is advice and it is given when asked for. I give it and I leave it at that. It's up to the questioner/advice seeker to take it.

:.That point leads onto my philosophies in advice giving:
1. Advice is given when asked and no time else, unless your friend is about to irritate a black bear, then you should definitely advice your friend to back away and run for his or her life.
2. Advice is not critical, not judgmental, and definitely not biased. Advice is advice and should remain neutral.
3. Advice is to help, not to get 5s on every answer. As a result, my advice ends up being quite blunt and frank with a hint of rambling mixed in.

If you have general questions on the topics I can be a lot of help in (as listed above), most likely, they will be in my FORUM

If it is not, you can inbox me to request me to put it up.

:.If you want to ask me a question directly...
a)if it is not urgent and can wait a week or so, inbox me.
b)if it is an urgent question such as "I'm being eaten by a shark! What do I do???" first of all, I'm quite amazed that you can type while being eaten and second of all, e-mail me at cancel.life@gmail.com. I will answer you by midnight of that day (or if it's 11:55PM, probably by 3PM the following day).

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the guy i like tottally thinks i stalk him but i don't but i'm too scared to tell him cuz i've pranked some of his friends and they told him what should i do (remeber he still don't know i like him either)I'm 13 years old and am a female

Um, if he thinks you're stalking him, he knows you like him...

Anyways, just don't talk to him for a while. Just say a casual hi or whatever and just about that. Talk to your friends if you guys happen to be going the same way and keep your distance from this guy for a while. If he still thinks you're stalking him, tell him "I like you but not enough to stalk you."

i am a freshman and I'm bi.I have a crush on this junior who is a lesbian but i don't know what to do. do u think i have a chance with a girl that's 2 years older than me, and what should i do to make her notice me?

Why not? I know a girl that's dating a junoir and she's afreshmen and they have been going out since last year!

Haha, well do people know your bi? I hope so because if you go out with this girl, it might start a little...riot? Haha.

Anywhos, just hand out with her and talk to her a lot. If you keep on talking like that with her, she'll get the clue that you like her since most people don't like to hang out with the person that is the same gender as them that is gay or les.

Just ask her if she wants to hang out with you and your friends and her friends and go to the bowling alley or movies or the mall or whatever. If you're gonna go to the movies with her, touch her arm lightly and playfully and what not. Later if you feel comfortable and you think she likes you, ask her to the movies--without friends but just you 2.

ok well there this girl i really really like... but she got a b/f but thats really not the problem because shes not to close and about to break up eith him ...well i tlak to her all the time but she acts like she dont really like me and if she does i really dont see it ...hoever some of her friends and her b/f all told me she does so i really dont no who to believe cause i really like her but i ask her to snowball and she like wait till it gets closer cause i think she wants to go with another guy so what do i do cause i really just want her to be happy!! 17/m

Um first, she's got a bf and whether she likes him or not, that's the first red flag that should yell off limits at him.

Give her some time after she breaks up with her bf because no girl wants to be seen with another guy right after she breaks it off with another one.

When she does break up, say in a joking way "You need to reserve the spot for me to be your date to snowball" or whatever.

Give her at least a week and ask her out and if she declines...well sorry about that. But don't ever trust what others say about someone else's feelings. It's not reliable.

If you really wanna make her happy, be a good friend. Don't smother her with all your crush love things.

well... im not sure if im ready to have a boyfriend.... and i think i am.. but the last time i thought i was and i went out with someone i ended up not happy at all and im not sure if it was the person or it was just because i wasnt ready... i am 15 years old and im a girl... how can i tell? someone please help?

Basically if you are having doubts about having a boyfriend, you're not ready. But don't let your past bf experience hold you back form experimenting again =]

Hi,

We recently adopted a 3 year old male Saint Bernard. He was not eating at the shelter, and within a few days of getting him home, he developed pneumonia, which our vet is treating with antibiotics.

When we tried to give him dog food (pedigree dry, canned, and a mix of both), he backs away from the dish as if he's afraid of it. The only thing we've been able to get him to eat is food that I've cooked. Today he had a mixture of deboned chicken, homemade mashed potatoes, & lima beans. He has lost a lot of weight from his illness & not eating.

How can I get him to eat dog food?

Thanks for any advice you can give me.

Well, first things first:
Get a food dish that isn't shiney and metallic. GEt a plastic one high enough for your dog. If he has a collar and tags on it, remove it so it won't hit against the dish making a clinking sound.

Experiment with different food. Believe it or not, dogs have preferances..like my picky little doggy. XD My dog eats Blue product food. It's a really good company and they don't contain any artificial stuff and no fat or whatever (like all the other dog foods--they have really cheap "food" in there and it's bad for doggies)

For now, mix dog food with some boiled chicken breast (Get one of those precut and frozen chicken from Tyso and boil it in water, shred it into pieces and mix half dog food and half chicken.) Make sure he eats everything. If he doesnt, put the dog food one by one into his my even if you have to force it.

When he eats his food, reward him with a treat that he'd like. Also, cut back on the food that you give him that isn't made for dogs--like chicken, potatoes, etc. Just give him doggy treats and food. When he starts to eat his food on his own, slowly decrease the amount of chicken and give him a treat each time he finishes eating his food.

Good luck. If you need more help, just send me a question =]

I am not exagerating i need help please help i rate high i have seen everthing on T.V 1000000000000000 times and i have surfed the entire internet i realy need help please help.Please can someone think of any non-internet related things to do please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Talk to friends, go to the mall, go play with your pets, play a board game with your family, draw, write, listen to music and sing and dance like an idiot XD

So theres this girl who used to REALLY like my boyfriend. Once she told me she hated herself for letting him go and she will always have a place in her heart for him. Well My boyfriend and I have been together for 8 months and I know he has no feelings for her but it bugs me when she tries to talk all cute to him. The weird thing tho is that I want to be her friend. I talk to her alot and we plan on hanging out. I hate her when she talks to my boyfriend and I'm jelous of her for some odd reason but then I want to be her friend. Is that weird?

It's not all that weird. Well, I guess this isn't the same case but I have a girl that I know that used to go out with my biggest crush. Of course she didn't know about it but I was really jealous of her but still wanted to be really good friends with her.

I don't know but maybe you want to be her friend because that might bring some trust of her not betraying the friendship to get your boyfriend. That's my theory but it's not wierd.

Well there is this new kid in my school and is soooooo hot or if you want to call it cute. Well his name is Victor. and like i really like him and i dont know if he likes me back!!!????
I know his name and last name but he doesnt even know i like him or my Name!!!!!!
from,
Confused

Well, it sounds like you like this guy only for the fact that he's hot.cute--but I can be wrong

Considering the fact that he doesn't know your name...well, that might weight down the bar toward --he doesn't like you, my dearest.

Since he's new, be friends with him. Give him tips or hints about the school and the teachers and the not so pretty foods. XD Introduce yoursel fto him casually and just be yourself =]

13/f
ok well i like this guy who really really likes one of my other good friends. i told him how i fealt (only a couple of hours ago) and he was basicly like ok, and the five seconds later hes like i got to go. i mean he's a nice guy, he won't make fun of me or anything, but he didn't even have the decency to openly reject me. and i know he likes my friend a whole lot, is there anything i can do to A. make things less wierd now B. get him to notice me as more than a friend?

Okay, well him having to go could've been just weird timing. It doesn't necessarily mean that he's running away from the situation so don't assume.

Anywhos, when you get to school (or as soon as you can contact him) ask him if he would please keep this a secret and not go around saying it to everyone. And that you hope that he will act like nothing happened and etc. You do the same.

B. You can't change what a guy feels. In fact no one can change what someone else feels. He already knows you like him, that might kinda creep him out a little since 1-you guys are friends and he probably didn't see you as more than a friend and 2-this might make it weird for him to go out with ur really good friend (if he does decide to ask her out) since u and his crush are good friends. Just be yourself and don't try to act like someone else or someone he would like because you want him to like you for you and not someone else.

I dont know what to do anymore. My face is bothering me SO much. I can't have proactive anymore. I've tried every product. I have had the same acne for months.. I dunno.. for a year or longer. It's just not going away. What can I do?

It's killing my confidence. It's like I'm the only one with acne at school. I can tell who's wearing coverup since I had to wear makeup for years for my acne. I can't keep my head up because people just stare. And i dont know.

It looks like i have a lot of acne.. but it seems like it's all scars and cysts.

I dont know what products to try because most just make my skin WORSE.

If I go to a derm.. could they really help me?
I've already tried the medicated creams.
My face just looks rough and red.. just gross.

I always wanted smooth skin but I guess I won't get it.

Don't tell me to wash my face because I already do. I don't over wash my face or anything. Just once or twice a day. I'm not rough with my skin either.

Somebody suggested Birth Control but I heard that can make acne lots worse. Is that true?

Well, I'm with you on this matter. And I'm still with you on this matter but it's gotten a WHOLE lot BETTER.

Okay, first things first--use Cetaphil for your cleanser. It's a gentle cleanser that helps smooth your skin. On the first couple of days, use a cotton pad or a soft face cloth and gently rub your face to get all the dead skin off. When you're skin becomes a little bit softer, stop until it gets all patchy with dead skin, rub it gently with a face cloth or something again. Wash your face twice a day and don't wash it with too hot water, warm, or cold water. Use luke water that's a little bit more on the cold side.

Green tea is uberly awesome. I'm not kidding. Okay, so after you wash your face at night, mix some green tea (organic if you can) and cool it down to room temp or close to room temp. Splash green tea over your face until all of it is gone--you don't need that much. Pat your face dry. Do this only at night!!! Drink green tea -- one cup a day will do. Eat apples EVERYDAY. It's awesome and delicious too.

Please don't wear make up..It's just gonna make your acne way worse than you want it to be. Get your hair out of your face (and if you're like me and don't like to put your hair up in a ponytail at school, just do it at night). Make sure no hair is touching your face. Change your pillow cover every night and try to sleep not on your face.

As to what you can apply to your face-- lotion and sunblock. Use DML/Neutrogena/Cetaphil lotions and MAKE SURE they are oil free and won't clog pores. Always apply sunblock if you're gonna go outside b/c the sun and the heat can cause acne and for that, use Aveeno -- and once again, make sure it won't clog pores.

Don't go to stores and buy acne products or something like that. Most of the time, it will jsut suck all the moisture out of your face and leave it dry and the acne..well it's not gonna gt better. If you do go to the derma--know this: people who have been going to the derma have used every product they said these people should use. Now they're 40something and they can't stop using it because as soon as they stop, the acne will come rushin back. See, these products only helps temporarily and on the long run, it will just damage your skin. I use to go to the derma but all the creams they perscribed SUCKED. and it didn't help at all.

Try and go to sleep as early as possible everyday and don't eat junk foods such as fast food, soda, candy, choco, butter, oily stuff and such. Eat a lot of veggies and fruits =]

So good luck and don't forget what I just typed above. Continue for a month consistently and you should see some results really soon.

The only thing you should wear

ok so there is this girl who is a total snob. A year ago I got really mad at her for making fun of me and my boyfriend. I told her to stop. That day when I get home from walking the dogs, I get a phone call and it's her (EVIL) mom. She says there is pinch marks and red marks all over her arm. From ME. I dod none of this. All I did was tell her to stop. I got in sero=ius trouble. The next day her couson, (my best friend who I can totally trust) calls and tells me that this girl was piching herself, biting herself and giving herself indian burn on the bus. I was mad and told my parents. My dad syas ignore it. Now I really WANT to get her in trouble. Should I? If so, how do i get her back?
Please help!!
-YOLIV

Well, if you try to get her in trouble, you're just sinking down as low as she is.

So, this girl is just probably very jealous of your boyfriend and you so just ingore her immature remarks. If she can't handle reality, she should just shut up and move on instead of channeling her problems out to someone else.

What you CAN do is go to the counslor at your school and report to them that this girl is harming herself intentionally and that should grasp the counslor's attention. If this girl denies it, ask her cousin if she'll prove it (pretend like you really want to help this girl and that you love this girl with all your heart)That should create some problems for her.

Remeber, you're doing this to HELP her..not complicate her life *wink wink*

Anywhos, although I just said what you could do above there, I'd just stay out of her way and let her resolve her own issues. This girl is not worth a second on your time.

good luck =]

my teacher is hot. but hes too old for me. I want him so bad. Should i grab his butt or something?
19/f

Um, wow. Very straight out.

Anywhos, he's your teacher and you need to respect the whole student and teacher boundary.

You know that he's too old for you so hands off of him. For all you know, he could already have a gf.

Also, by flirting with him in an aggressive way (or anyway), people may misinterpret it as a way of you trying to get easy A's in that class. So please just stay away.

15/M Fairly recently (about a week or two), I think that this one girl have been trying to get my attention. A few days ago, we walked past each other in the hall and one of her friends pushed her into me and then they giggled. It wasn't hard, it was just a little shuv, just like playing around kind of pushing and shuving. I know that it was on purpose because there wasn't really anyone else by us. This girl also sits by me in one class. She recently started listening to everything that I say. Like, if I'm talking to my friends she'll ask me about stuff that I'm talking about and just getting me to talk to her. It isn't annoying, and it's not like she just interupts us, so I'm fine with her. She'll also ask me stuff like how my day is going or if I'm doing anything that day. And of course, I talk back to her and ask her stuff, too. She's pretty hot. But I don;t just like her because of her body. She plays sports (I do too), she's smart, cute, funny, and nice, too. Girls say that I'm cute, and I've even gotten asked out by girls that I wasn't interested in. But is she waiting for me to ask her out or something? Thanks

Well, when they say girls are complicated, we're not more complicated than you guys.

Girls are all different and they flirt in different ways with all the guys. For all anyone knows, she could be just being herself or just bored in class.

But it seems like she likes you so just ask her out. Most of the time, girls will not ask guys out. I know, pretty sad. But anywhos.

Just ask her out casually and if she declines, no big deal. Or if you don't want to seem too forward, try and going in small groups to movies or go bowling or something including her and her friends. Then just ask her out to the movies (yes, trite but it works)

Haha, good luck and have fun

Hey, I'm 13, on my mom's accont, I don't think this matter though?

-Anyways. I was thinking about going on an all protein diet. All I eat is meat.

Breakfast- Bacon [ the kind I buy is like 50 calories for 3 peices ]

Lunch - A few slices of Ham.

Dinner:

Monday- small hen.

Tuesday- baked chicken

Wednesday- steak

Thurday- baked fish.

Friday- ribs.

I'm 5'1...150 ilbs.

If I exercise for 30 minuetes everyday, Will I have a flat tummy by January?

Thanks!

So basically you're asking if you go on an all meat diet, will it help you lose weight with the combination of exercise?

I'm not sure but what you're suggesting isn't very healthy and from what I know, not very helpful--at all. Trying to lose a vast amount of weight in a little period of time is very unhealthy and you should only lose up to 2-4lbs every week. Also, your body normally takes up to 30min to burn the carbs in your body that is keeping you fueled up. Then slowly, it wills tart to use up its stored fat.

What I suggest doing is:
Eat a healthy normal meal everyday. Don't skip a meal because that will just slow down your metabolism. Eat 3 meals a day and 2 small snacks in between. Stay away from saturated fat (bacon, butter, etc), junk food, sodas (diet or not), peanut butter, mayo, etc. Try to drink water instead of any other drinks (including the flavored water). Eat only an average amount of proportion and don't gobble it down and don't reach for seconds. EAT VEGGIES It's vital for you to actually go and digest -lol- For snacks, eat veggies or fruits and please stay away from buttercream ranch and such. Try low fat ranch or something like that. The snacks will help you drive away your cravings at meals to overeat.

As for tehe exercising, I suggest you do at least 45min-60min every other day or if you want, everyday including the weekends. Warm up by stretching for at least 10min, slowly start jogging and increase your speed gradually (over few days) and run continuously for at least 30min. Then do push ups, curl ups (at least 30 everyday...increase the amount over several days), and then stretch again so you don't get pain in the morning. Try to stay active and don't just sit on the couch and watch TV or linger in front of the cpu all day long.

Have fun and don't try to lose 293408lbs in less than 2 months =D

I AM LIKE FREAKING OUT RIGHT NOW! Last week I was 120 exactly, and all of the sudden I weighed myself and I am 129! I am on my period so I dont know if that affects anything, but I am about to go on an exteme diet. Does anyone know why this happened all of the sudden? 14/f, Im not pregnant or anything like that..

It's normal to gain weight dramatically when a girl is on her period because the body stores excess water and body fluid than normal so don't worry and don't go on an extreme diet.
Just eat healthy foods and exercise regulary and you really don't need to lose any weight. I assure you that you're wieght will go down to 120 again

My friend, Stephanie, called my friend, Ellie, a b*tch behind her back. Ellie asked me if Stephanie called her that and I said "I think so" (it happened weeks ago, so I didn't really remember). Now Ellie's parents did something and Stephanie is in trouble. Stephanie yelled at me and said that it was all my fault. Did I do the right thing by telling Ellie what Stephanie said?

You didn't do anything wrong.
It's immature of Stephanie to blame you for her words.

She called Ellie a b*tch and Ellie asked and you told her the truth. What did you do wrong in there? You didn't call Ellie names. STEPHANIE did.

If she's going to get mad over what she said that got her in trouble, she should really rethink about this whole thing

Every year since the seventh grade I have had one very large problem - School. Now, hey, everyone has a problem with school, but to delve deeper into the subject of school I realize my problem is not directly going there, it's just doing the work.

Throughout my life I have been lazy, I've tried to overcome it and at some points I do, however when I try and do school work I put it off until the last moment.

Studying for a test means 10 minutes of staring at the review and then I say "Okay, I'm done" and move on. Sometimes I do think I'm good to go, but I'm not.

The problem is I don't do my homework sometimes, if I do it, I make sure it is done in a quick and timely manner -meaning it sucks-

This year, my Junior year, is the first time I have ever failed on a report card, even worse, I failed twice.

I realize I have this problem, each year I cut it very close in some of my classes. I'm usually under great stress (though it usually isn't apparent, even to me. Only at certain times does it even really 'get' to me) and when under great stress I can usually pull my grades up. However, without that jumpstart, I don't do the work required.

I realize this, but for some reason I can't become disciplined enough to overcome this terrible problem.

The end of the marking period is once again coming to an end this week, and I'm once again, like usual, I'm cutting it close.

I worry that I will fail, however, I'm not asking "how do I pass my classes with 1 week left?"

I'm asking a broader question which is How do I overcome this problem of putting things off so much?

I fear I've hit rock bottom over the past two years due to the fact that I'm so used to missing turning in an asignment ( Which I usually try to turn them in) that when I dont' have it done I generally just say 'oh well, it's whatever' and blow it off. I've learned to cope with this lazy me, which is also making it much harder to overcome my problem.

Another thing is I have been tested for a.d.d. and I infact do have it. However, I refuse to take my medicine for it. I try to overcome this disability myself (which is also sometimes a problem because I miss out on certain assignments and homework due dates)

Could this pure lazyness I'm experiencing be an effect from my add? I don't think so, but it doesn't help in certain areas.

Are there any techniques I could set up and apply to my daily schedule to improve my work habits?

I don't know about the ADD part but this is the year you tak your SATs, right? I would gradually get into the habit of taking those pills...

Anywhos...moving on.

So, first you need to get organized. Get a piece of paper that you can tape to the wall in your room and write down Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday in 5 seperate columns. Then underneath each day, write down what's due, what projects/tests/quizzes there are gonna be and maybe clubs and sports activity things?

For tests and quizzes, instead of staring at the paper, make flashcards or summerize what you've read in a chart of pharagraph. Physically write down what you've just read so you know what you're writing down. If you think you don't know what you just wrote down, re-read it and write it down again.

Just don't skip or scan and try to study in a secluded area with no distractions.
I suggest you go and get help in every class and see what extra credit you can do and such.

Good luck =]

Ok, im 13 and never have actually had a boyfriend before. A few days ago this guy asked me out (be his gf). See the problem is hes a year younger than me and a bit.....rebelious. He has an older brother (2 years older than me) so I think thats kinda why he is a bit. I know for a fact he drinks and I think hes got high before, (Not sure), but hes a nice kid. Hes pretty shy and stuff and is really nice to me. He hates my younger brother though, they are the same age, and im not sure if I want to. Everyone at my school lives in the country and he actually is like the only guy hat lives in my town and goes to my school. I told him id think about it and I heard he really likes me. I dont want to be mean but im not sure since I haven't had one before. (Im popular but 3 girls more than me so they are always asked out). Some of my friends say I should give him a chance. Should I?

Well, you're only 13, don't be so crazed into wanting a boyfriend. Don't just go out with someone because you heard they like you. Go out with someone because YOU like him too.

This kid sounds like trouble to me. I think that you're brother is more important and going out with someone that dislikes your little brother is kind of mean and ignorant. Andthis kid sounds like a lot of trouble and you probably don't want to get involved with him too much.

And do you really want to remember your frist boyfriend as the kid that was a year younger that drank and got high (if that is true) that hated your little bro and was rebelious?

Nah...doesn't sound like a pretty story...but the key thing is: follow your heart. Do you truely want to go out with him or do you just want to go out with him b/c you are naive to get a bf?

ok so if i worked extra extra EXTRAAA hard do you think i could lose up to about 20 pounds or more by new years i am muy desperado i would eat right and exersise and everything just if you guys have any tips or think im crazy pleasee help THANK YUUU

Well, you have 2 months till New Years and you're trying to lose 20lbs...that's a little extreme =X

Don't go on crash diets or throw up and not eat or anything. Just don't it's a no no.

Erm, control your meal proportions (don't eat too much or too little and eat just the right amount) Don't go for doubles. Don't chug it all down at once

Stay away from sodas, junk food, candy, cakes, cookies, butter, peanut butter, etc.

Walk or jog around your neighborhood continuously at a constant speed for at least 40min. everyday or every 2 days.

This was a rough outline of what you should do. If you want more detailed plan, send me a msg to my inbox =]

How can you tell if your boyfriend is cheating on you? Are these signs for sure to prove he's cheating? Thanks in advance.

Well, first things first, don't assume at all that you're bf is cheating on you because if he isn't, it will get .. a little messy.

If he's good at cheating, there really won't be cheating going on. But if he's blehish, then

If he hasn't spoken to you often (IM, Email, phone, etc)
If he doesn't like PDA that much anymore (hugging, holding hands, etc)
If he keeps on saying that he has too much hw, he wants to hang out with the guys, and whatever else he says when you want to do something with him.
If you don't know where he is half the time he says he can't go to the movies with you or something.

I would suggest that you don't confront him or go aorund saying I think my bf is cheating on me --- anything along the lines of that will be a no no unless you have facts.

Stalk your bf to see if he's telling the truth when he says he can't hang out or something like that.
Haha just don't get caught =]

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