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Q: When I walk in my bathroom, theres always poop on the toilet. I think my dad does it because my pets don't use the toilet. LOL. I know it's gross but how can I find out who is doing this. (It's not my sister or my mom either.) HELP!!!!!!!!!!
Get your mom to ask your dad about it. Especially when its just on the toilet, I hope you mean in the toilet, but on has to be fixed. So, you need to say, "mom, everytime I go to use the bathroom, its not a pretty site, and I think it could be dad." Just explain it to her, she has to know.


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Q: for my health project i have to find out what turns a guy on about a girl and what guys like a girl to do them! so guys please help me here! thanks bunches
To put this in the most appropriate way possible, in the teens years, what a guy likes about a girl are:

*Breasts
*Body image
*Glutiousmaximus (butt.)
*beauty in the face (in other words, pretty.)

What guys like for girls to do with them is basically a sexual act. The making out, sex, and hardly romance or a relationship. I'm sorry I hardly gave you anything, but remember to not say all guys are like this, most are.



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Q: 1st of i'm 16 and i'm in 10th grade and a girl...and i have some pretty awesome best girl friends...well i make-out with a few of them...i don't mind it i actually have fun doing...but i wouldn't call my self bi...i read this thing online and it says that we experment to find out what we like...well i love makeing-out with both sexes! but i've never done more with a girl...i have and talked about eating girls out with my other best friend and we have talked about doing to each other...but i could never see my self with a girl...because i just love boys...but what i am getting at is it wrong to want to do this stuff with girls...it's mainly with my best friend...it's just a experment..is it wrong to experment with her? she has ate a girl out before..i mean i'm not scared to do it and i don't feel un-comfortable caouse she is my best frined...my point...does any of this seem wrong?

((i don't want the stupid rood people to answer this...or jerks who think it's "nasty"))

love: the girl who doesn't know!!
Ok, well, reading this whole thing, and going back to, "but i wouldn't call my self bi..." confuses me. I don't think its nasty, I mean, I'm straight, but I'm not 'offended.' But, either you are bi, or a lesbian, because just experimenting with eating a girl out and wanting to, is an act of those. Experimenting with making out, is ok, because you know that someday you will make out with a guy, and wanna know what its like. But, with a guy, being straight, you will never "eat someone out." But, this is mainly up to you. But, you sound insecure about your sexuality, if you think that you are straight, I think that you are wrong, or else you wouldn't want to do this, sure, you can think about it, I'm sure its crossed every girls mind, but actually doing it 'just to experiment' is different. So, basically, what I am saying is to think this over, do you really want to? Does it seem wrong to you? So, I say its up to you.


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Q: Ok my neighbor is bi and she invited me over one time with her and another bi girl who i didnt kno was bi but then we got really really drunk and i made out with both of them and i woke up and i thought it was REALLY gross i mean ok and then i found out they werent drunk but i was and so they kept telling me i was bi and im like NO IM NOT and they keep telling me i am soo i dont believe them but am i?
No, you are not. You were drunk and they took advantage of you is what happened, you do crazy things when you are drunk. Hanging out with those girls is not a good idea anymore, especially because they weren't drunk! You are definetly not bi, the only chances you have of being bi, is if you know yourself you like girls too, but you were drunk, even straight girls have made out when drunk and their sexuality didn't change because you aren't yourself when drunk. So, I'd say to stay away, or else you won't wake up dressed next time.


-TheTeenGirl

Q: Hey you guys.
I Just wanted to know what is the diffence between Oral sex and "real sex" jw.
:-)
Oral is when you use your mouth on 'private areas' while 'real sex' is anything other than that. (penis in vagina.)


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Q: how can i be more confident? i'm really ugly, shy and boring - i have nothing to live for really, i wont ever get married or have a life. seeing as i look bad, i want to get more confident. the thing is, i read something and it said write a list of what you like about yourself. i cant do that, i hate everything about myself lol =/ and plus i'd feel really bigheaded if i write good things about myself, that's why i hate myself so much, so i don't look like i'm self-obesssed or something. please help, thanks xo
*"i'm really ugly, shy and boring"

*"i have nothing to live for really, i wont ever get married or have a life. seeing as i look bad"

*" i hate everything about myself"

*" i hate myself so much"

These are your 4 major statements that stand out in your question. That is the root of your low self-esteem problem. Not only would you tolerate people telling you that you're ugly, but you say it to yourself on a daily basis. The path you're taking with yourself, will be a long way back home, I can already tell, but, I will try and help you. Every single day, I want you to do the following:

*Every morning when looking in the mirror, say "[YOUR NAME], you are beautiful, you are pretty no matter what, your personality is beautiful, which makes you beautiful."

*Take a piece of paper, look in the mirror, and take a look at everything on you, and write down every good thing about it. Example: My eyes are very pretty because of its rare color. My hair is really nice because its easy to take care of, and its color is very special to me.

*On the back of the paper, pretend you are a friend of your own, and write everything you love about her [yourself]. Write about how beautiful you are if you had a best friend just like you, write about how nice they are. Write very nice things about yourself.

*What will really help is if you go to a friend, mom, or dad, and ask them whats they love the most about you, and ask what quality is best, and ask them what is the best looking on you.

*Try adding some make up and tell yourself whats best about it on YOU. Don't compliment it on a friend, don't compliment the make up color, say, "hey, this looks very good on you because...."

There is absolutely nothing wrong with writing good things about yourself. Being self confident is something special to have, its so much better than hating yourself all the time, and if people ever say that you are not a beautiful girl, then don't speak to them, because they are wrong, and they are rude. You have to make sure that you know that you're beautiful, do not try to accomplish making everyone love your looks, the important thing is that you know yourself truly that you are a beautiful young women. I hope I helped.


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Q: I got a big problem with college. I hate it every day I go drains years out of my spirit. I would rather be working and living it up on the weekends. Instead I find myself here. It's not that I am bad at college I am actually quite good. I've made the dean's list twice. My problem is I don't like it and it doesn't feel like its my thing. I am here to make my parents proud my mother had to drop out of college to have my brother and she never went back. I am like allowing her to live vicariously through me and it is killing my spirit. I would be the third person in my family on either side to graduate college but I am terribly unhappy even thought I know how much this will help my future. Any suggestions?
If you aren't enjoying college, and its killing you, then talk to your mom about it. But, maybe you should finish since you are doing so well, but you should really consider talking to your mom about it first. And, your dad, and tell them you really wanna make them proud, but your not feeling good at all doing it, and you wouldn't do it just to get out of working hard, but, maybe you should get your parents comfort, and if you know it will help your future, maybe you need to stay, because, no child actually wants to be in school, but they are made to go, and it pays off for your future plans. But, explain to your parents how unhappy you are.


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Q: my parents are divorced and it seems that all my friends have a very happy family. i cant help but feel theres something wrong with me...why cant i have a perfect family and perfect life like everyone else? what have i done wrong!??!
I'm sorry you feel this way, but if you feel theres something wrong, they can probably help you, you might be just feeling some sadness because you miss your parents being together all the time, happily married, but now you pobably feel like they hate each oither, but they don't. And then, you have your friends if you feel like getting away from all of the stress you feel at home. But, you should try not worrying about what could be wrong, just try looking at positive things about the divorce, here, like this:

*No more fighting in the house

*None of your parents won't feel sad anymore because of fights

*You basically get two houses. (lol.)

Your friends don't have a perfect life, trust me. Theres no such thing as perfect anything. I'm sure you have heard them complain abot their weight, height, looks, how they wish they looked like a celebrity, how they wish their parents didn't make so many rules, theres no perfect in anyone elses family. You can talk to me anytime if you need a friend.

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Q: You see Corey is like the most popularest and sexiest guy at my school. Yesterday on the bus we were playing truth or dare. At first I didnt let him kiss me because that was the dare to kiss me. But in the end he tricked me and he did it. I was also feelin on him and all that other stuff. But anyway I was also talking to him on the phone and he was calling me baby and saying he wants to go with me and all that crazy non-sence. Today every body is going around saying he want to go with my best friend and I already know this because he told me. I havent talked to him all day because I don't know what to say because I like him. Oh and my friend the one Corey wants to go with she has a boyfriend already. I am trying to help her out but I also want to help my self out. What should I do?
Corey sounds like he moves too fast. He liked you, says he wants you, couple of days later, he wants your best friend, so really,I think you should save your time and forget about this guy, sorry I didn't answer your question, but I am telling you that this guy is most likely not worth your time.

-TheTeenGirl

Q: ok well me and my boyfriend who loved eachother broke up and ive kinda moved on.im still single and he has another girlfriend.yeah it hurts considering shes a bff and she went behind my back.well i like this one guy named bradley and another named jeremy.bradley kinda is a player but hes not sweet to anyone else like he is to me.jeremy has a girlfriend but hes planning to break up with her i think and today at school i relized i liked him.he came up behind me in the hall to hug me.the problem is that i dont think i like bradley,i like jeremy more.i dont know what to do and also my boyfriend was huggin all up on me today because my friend wasnt here.what should i do?

X3 signed X3
Heart Challenged
I honestly think that Jeremy is your guy. Here are my reasons:

*No guys worth it if if they are "a little bit" of a player.
*The boyfriend hugs up on other girls while his curent girlfriend is not around, which is never ok.
*Jeremy shows signs of liking you, hes nice, the only ting I see in him that bothers me is that he hugged you while having a curent girlfriend, he should just wait until afterwords.

But yes, I say go with Jeremy.


-TheTeenGirl

Q: I have these 3 best friends and I recently found out that they cut themselves. (they use to) 2 of them were really depressed, and the other one just follows around with the "crowd" she never leaves one of the other 2 sight. Anyway, when I found out, I was sort of "desturbed" you could say. The one who always follows evryone put it in her AIM profile.. as "slice and dice" I thought that was sick! People consider us as the "good girls" in our grade. I just don't know what to do.. the 2 who were depressed told their parents and got help, but the other one hasnt told anyone but some popular people at our school cuz she thought it was cool. They didn't want to tell me b/c one of my older friends committed sucicide and I said I was ready to hear what they ahd to say, but I wasnt. What do I do? Please help me figure this out! Thanks...
Well, the one whose following the crowd, get her out of that crowd by getting her parents involved, there is no good reason to let this go on. Don't warn her, you can try, but shes probably going to go to her mom first and be in serious denial, and she probably won't listen to you. If you care about her at ALL, then you will get her mother involved, and she will be upsetv with you, but at least she will not be leaving anymore sick away messages or "being cool."

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Q: Help! I have a friend who thinks i like another friend better when i dont! I like them both the same, they're my bestest friends! She doesnt believe when i say i like them the same.
What can i do to make her believe?
signed-Frustrated Friend
Think about who you've spend most of your time with, and be honest to yourself, and if it turns out its your other friend, then you guys should start all hanging out and having fun all together, and tell her you admit that theres been more time spending but it doesn't mean you're lying when you say you like them both equally.

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Q: ok I am 15/f and there is something down there (ya know) thats a dot and its been bleeding, and I dont know what it is...it looks nasty, and I was wondering If anyone would happen to know what it is...its not all the way down there but its like where theres hair down there if anyone could help me out with this I will thank you and rate high, I hope this isnt anything bad, because I recently had sex with my boyfriend for the first time so if anyone could help me I will rate high to all! Thanks
p.s. why wont it stop bleeding??
If you shave there, thats probably it, but if you didn't shave there recently, then you need to get to a doctor, theres a possible chance of STDS.


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Q: 18f
situation: my best guy friend has invited me up to his farm to go horseriding... i will have to sleep over there.

Problem: last time i went to his place we got totally blind and ended up making out. he got my top off before i came to my senses and stopped.(it went no further) i told him that i thought it was wrong and i didn't want to ruin our friendship. he said that it was okay and we worked through it and saved our friendship. i know he still likes me - he told me so - but i dont like him. i told him that i would only go if he behaves himself. he said "i wont do anything, dont worry." but i'm not sure.

question: do you think he is being honest? he has tried to kiss me since 'the incident' but i backed off and he apologized. i said i'd go... should i try back out? or just go to his place?
Well, I guess this situation depends upon your decision. Meaning the question would be, "Do I want to go?" If you want to go and feel sure that he won't, then go ahead, but if you really think that something will happen because he still likes you, I think you need to stay, my opinion, you should stay, because he still likes you, but this is probably more of a thing you need to decide.

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Q: I am so lonely. I can't get a boyfriend. I have been so broken lately. I don't know what to do to make a guy want to be with me. I have guy friends and i mean i am a unique person but i can't get a guy. i am not skinny but i am not too heavy. i am 15 and i probably weigh about 190 lbs. what do i do to make myself more attractive for guys to look at? are there any certain measures i should take such as loosing weight or changing my personality? please help...luv forever--->kelsey lou
Oh, thats really sad, please don't ask how to lose weight for a guy, I don't mean to show you that stupid but real quote on your answer, but you're beautiful in your very own ways. A guy needs to accept you for this, and someday they will, just not now because you're probably in middle or high school. Guys in their teen years are not the best guys to hook up with at the time, you are not alone in this. Life may suck right now because you aren't in love and happily in love, but there are still lots of other things until then, hang with your friends, and talk to any friends that are girls that you have, because they are probably more mature than your guy friends. But don't give up hope now, and you are a unique person I bet! But, nobody probably notices because you may not be the talkative type, and thats ok, but you don't need to lose weight for a guy. The only reason you should ever lose weight is:

*If you are dangerously overweight, which you aren't.
*And if you are doing it for yourself and not to impress someone.

Please, I don't know you, but I am begging you to try to survive and live life like a child, like you are, and you should be, if you need anyone to talk to, you can instant message me at Evanescence0o01. Don't hesitate, I will talk to you.

-TheTeenGirl

Q: ok i am jenna i am 12 my friend are being mean to me and makinking fun of me what should i do
Hi Jenna, thank you for asking me, think about this for me, if your friends are making fun of you and hurting your feelings, they aren't really being friends. So maybe you should consider telling them that it is hurting you when they say these things, and if they don't listen like friends should, then you shouldn't hang out with people who treat you like this, and you can do this by giving them the silent treatment until they either say they are sorry and never do it again, or until they stop trying to talk to you, but don't fight with them, because its letting them get the best of you.

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Q: Theres this guy online that wont leave me alone. He's so perverted and i have no idea who he is. hes not from my town but he always tells me that he sees me and he tells me what im wearing. hes always saying stuff like how much he wants to fuck me and he just says really nasty things. hes really violent too, like if i dont answer him RIGHT away he'll flip out and call me names, so im scared to block him or anything since he knows what i look like and he "sees me all the time" what should i dooo?
I hope you didn't give out where you live, but the best solution is probably to change your screen name and password to get away from him completly. But, if he only knows what you look like, then he can't get you, the only way he could know is if you gave out your address.

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Q: My mom broke up with my dad 9 years ago, and has been living with my stepdad since. I was on her computer, and found that she has been flirting with a guy from Texas (thousands of miles away), and they are planning on meeting in Seattle this weekend.

She hasn't told anyone about it, like me, my stepdad, ect. She said she was going to Seattle for a "craft get-together".

Should I be really upset, storm out, and demand to live with my dad? Or be happy for her that she is happy...and having an affair. I guess I'm still in shock.

I'm a 16 year old girl, and I'm not sure how to react. It was probably wrong to look on her computer, but I just had a hunch.
Well, if its making you uncomfortable, then you should tell him, or confront your mom, but I think you should confront your mom about the situation no matter how you feel. I mean, shes practicly lying to both of you, and your mom isn't respecting her own daughter. So, you need to say, "Mom, one day I was on your computer, I saw whats been going on with this guy and the Seattle situation." And if she gets upset, say, "Hey, I knew it was wrong to look, and I am sorry, but I'm not feeling happy about you lying to me." But, try being calm and the conversation won't be as dramatic. I hope you get through this.


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Q: hi i'm a 18/f and i'd like to address this question to guys and guys only.

what type of makeup do you like on a girl? how little and how much? what are makeup turn-ons and turn-offs?

the reason why i'd like to conduct this simple survey is because i'm starting to see younger girls wear A TON of makeup on when it's unnecessary. i'd like to know what kind of makeup looks you guys are attracted to so it'll give all us girls a hint on how to do our makeup! thanks!
I really don't think it matters, I am a girl, I know, but why should girls have to wear make-up guys want them to wear? No girl should have tro dress the way a guy wants her too, guys should like the way we look, and if they don't, then tough luck for them.

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Q: i think my best friend is either bulemic or anorexic. she weighs about 119 pounds, wears a size 0 jeans and she constantly goes on about how shes fat. SHE IS NOT AT ALL. she graphs her weight on a chart (i saw it) and it's REALLY starting to scare me. what should i do? talk to somebody about it, talk to her...? please help!!
This is definetly an act of bulemia. Yes, go to somebody to get her the help she needs. You need to tell her that either she needs to tell someone, or you will. Warn her about it, and try assuring her that it will be ok, your best friend will probably be angry, and she will be in denial. But you have to do whats right for her, you don't want her to be in anymore danger than she is now. So I am hoping that you will go straight to someone as soon as possible.

-TheTeenGirl

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TheTeenGirl
My name is Erin and I am now 18 years old. You may realize through out looking at my column, some of you love me and some of you flat out hate me. There's really no gray area with me I guess you can say.

I haven't given advice here in so long and it's only because I got caught up in life. But I'm more mature than I ever thought I could be.
So anyway I'm here again. It's been a long time, but I still love giving advice and still plan on it in the future.

Everyone should feel free to Private Message me for advice, I can be harsh, but I'm always trying to help someone by giving them the truth they need.

About My Ratings:
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