Ask *Kate*!

Advice Column | Ask a Question | View Feedback |

About *Kate*



Hi,
My name is Kate! I'm 19 years old and I'm a freshman at Penn State Univeristy! I play tennis and love to listen to music. I love to write and I'm planning on majoring in Advertising/Public Relations.

Feel free to ask me anything. Or if you want you can email me or instant message me!








Ask Me For Advice
View Feedback
Make Favorite Columnist

E-mail: kys5102@psu.edu
Gender: Female
Location: Brodheadsville, PA
Occupation: Student
Age: 19
AIM: wishes count
Member Since: December 23, 2004
Answers: 500
Last Update: September 17, 2014
Visitors: 47225

Main Categories:
Love Life
General Sex Questions
Music
View All

Favorite Columnists
ASAPcamille
orphans
Mackenzie
basketcase_x08
nayR
sorry_about_that_x3
susana

Advicenators.com



in the movie, coach carter the players must wear ties on game day during the school day. im a female varisty basketball player and i'd like to know what i should wear on game days. like something cute from hollister/abercrombie. or idk. please help!

Usually the upperclassmen at my school decide what the teams wear on game days. Sometimes they dress up, or just all wear sweats. Other times they wear their jerseys with jeans.

[view]


my dad abuses me. mentally and emotionally, sometimes even beats me. i have asked this question before. i have gone to all the hotlines on the internet, but i am scared to tell anyone.
if it helps, my dad was beat and touched by his parents. it has been going on for....4 years maybe. well hes done it all my life, but not this bad. he makes fun of me all the time, so does my stepmom. i live with my dad, but im going to try to go to court to live with my mom. please help me.

Tell the police. They can protect you, there is no reason to be scared, they will make sure you are safe. You can file abuse charges and then go to court so your mother can get full custody of you. But nothing will change if you don't tell someone. Please Contact the police and tell them you are being abused, or tell anyone, a coach, a neighbor, another relative, tell your mother.

Kate

[view]


hi, in bulletproof monk, theres that guy called funktastic- the british guy that hangs out in the underground. well i was just wandering where you could get pants/trousers like he's wearing there. the red ones? thanks a lot

Try the Salvation Army or Goodwill.

=]

[view]


Almost everyday I am sick. I have MAJOR stomach pains everyday. It's not because of my period, I would tell the difference. But it's causing me to not pay attention in school, ruins my day, and I can't talk to people. My parents refuse to think it could be anything serious. I've been getting this for years. When I went to the doctors 2 years ago, she said it was nothing major. I'm usually NEVER nasious when I get it. It's ruining my life and I feel like nothing can help. :(

Tell your parents again. Maybe you didn't tell them all of the symptoms you are having, or maybe you don't think they are connected. Things like feeling dizzy or lightheaded, headaches, diarrhea, is it better or worse after you eat, or does it wake you up during the night. All these things are important to tell the doctor.

I was very sick with terrible stomach pain when I was in fourth grade. I had a fever, I couldn't eat, and anything I could eat would go right through me or I would throw up. Then everything just went away, and the doctor told my parents that they didn't know what was wrong, but that it could happen again some day and maybe by then, they would know what was wrong.

I was fine until 8th grade and it all happened again, this time I went to see a gastroenterologist [which basically means stomach doctor] and he did some tests and told me I had Ulcerative Colitus. Now I've been on medicine and have only have only one serious relapse of being sick in three years.

Please ask you parents to take you to the doctor again, and don't hide symptoms from your doctor because you are embarrassed.

[view]


ok so the other night at a party i was sitting behind the house and it was dark out and i was with 2 of my best guy friends. well they kept going up my shorts and down my shirt but no matter how much i told them to stop the one kept touching me down there and down the back of my shorts... they kept following me and even did it secretly when ppl were around!! and then i was laying on the grown and the one guy put his thing right in my face and begged me to suck it and kept pushing it at my mouth but i locked my lips.. so im basically asking was i molested? i hate this feeling i have now

What happened to you was Sexual Assualt.

Sexual assault is any unwanted sexual contact. This includes forced vaginal intercourse, but the term may also be used to refer to forced anal sex or oral sex, including any amount of penetration with a body part (like a penis or a hand) or an object (like a bottle or a stick). It can also mean forced touching or groping of sexual body parts, like a girl's breasts or vulva, or a guy's penis or scrotum.

You must tell someone RIGHT AWAY. What they did to you is WRONG and they should not be allowed to get away with it, friends or not. Please tell your parents what happend, and contact the police.

This might help:
http://www.teenwire.com/infocus/1998/if-19981201p060.php
http://www.teenwire.com/infocus/2004/if-20040702p302-rape.php

[view]


I want to be sad.
List the best break up songs, please. as many as you can. I don't care about the genre.

Thanks.

Avril Lavinge - When You're Gone
Acceptance- So Contagious
The Academy Is...- Everything We Had
The Academy Is...- Attention
The All American Rejects - It Ends Tonight
The All American Rejects - One More Sad Song
The All American Rejects - My Paper Heart
Armor For Sleep - Car Underwater
Boys Like Girls - Up Against the Wall
Fall Out Boy - My Heart Is the Worst Kind of Weapon
Fall Out Boy - I've Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth
Fall Out Boy - Tell That Mick He Just Made My List of Things to Do Today
Hawthorne Heights - Niki FM
My Chemical Romance - I'm Not Okay
Tim Magraw - Over and Over
Lost Prophets - Rooftops
Mae- Suspension
Sum 41 - Pieces
Taking Back Sunday - Liar(It Takes One to Know One)
Senses Fail - One Eight Seven
Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice

And When you are ready to move on:

Fall Out Boy - Hum Hallelujah
The All American Rejects - Move Along
The All American Rejects - Straightjacket Feeling
Carrie Underwood - Cheater (Before he cheats)

[view]


ok this is me bout the pregnant thing well ok i don't know if i am or not ok well my period ended june 14 and i had sex around the end of the month in the first of the 20's and well then i got my period july 1 and well it came early don't you think and well it was more a brown and pink color then i bright red color then well after 2 weeks i was throwin up and well i thought it could be nerves but now i have pain in my right Abdominal area could this mean that i am pregnant i don't know for sure and i don't want to go and get one if im not pregnant i live in a small town where everyone knows everyone so if i would go to a store and get one people would ask questions so should i just ask my older friend
thanks

Some symptoms of pregnancy include a missed or extremely light period, breast tenderness, feeling really tired, feeling nauseous. These can start as early as two weeks after conception, and not everyone has these symptoms.

But remember, many signs of pregnancy are a lot like the things you’d feel before getting your period. You could just be throwing up because you are nervous, ot maybe you have a stomach virus, which would also explain your abdominal pain.

It could be that your period just came early, teenagers usually have unregular periods. I would wait until your next period is supposed to come, based off of the July 1st date and then see what happens. If it doesn't come again, then you and an older friend should go get the test. If you both go in together then the person at the counter won't know who it is for.

[view]


Ok so i like this guy and we dated a while back and he broke up with me after four days but said he still liked me. And now he always tells me he loves me and kisses me when ever we hang. I dont know if i should keep being friends with him or stop talking to him?? help me please!!


Brittany

Well do you like him as more than a friend? If you do than maybe you could give it another shot.

If you don't than you should tell him that you only want to be friends and that when he kisses you and says he loves you it makes you uncomfortable. But you would still like to remain friends.

[view]


I'm 16. I've never drank, done drugs, or done anything with a guy. I'm pretty okay with that because I do really well in school, have never gotten in trouble before, and still have alot of fun with my friends. I actually have a good time just reading a book or watching TV or whatever. Is that weird? I mean, I kind of hang out with a really straight-edged kind of group of people, and I don't really mind that. Am I the only one in high school who actually IS a good girl like that? Because sometimes I feel like everybody's out getting drunk at crazy parties while I'm at home reading a book. Haha. Hopefully good things come to those who wait and DON'T make stupid decisions in high school? I just don't want to look back at high school when I'm older and wish I did crazier stuff... What do you think?

Do you have fun with the people you do hang out with? Because that is what you will remember anyway. You don't need to do drugs and go to wild parties in order to have great memories. I'm pretty much the same way. I don't need that stuff to have a blast. Too many kids at my school have died from drugs and alcohol and driving their car at 80 MPH, I don't want to look back and think about how I was such an idiot and lost my friends because we were being crazy.

[view]


ok i might be pregnant and well i don't know what to do i am 15 and i don't know how to get a pregnancy test i could ask an adult i know that wouldn't tell my mom anything but i don't want to be pregnant so i don't know what i should do should i just pray its not true or should i just i don't know i am so confused i need to take a pregnancy test but i don't know how to get one

Alright, relax.

You can ask another adult that you trust to get you a test. You could have an older friend take you to a drugstore to get one. Or you could just tell your mom. I know it's scary but just take it. You could even have a friend wait with you for the results.

If it is Negative, then you should talk to your mom about safer sex or visit a planned parenthood to learn how this can be prevented.

If it is positive, you will need to tell your mom, so she can take you to a doctor to disscuss your options.

Feel free to drop a message in my inbox if you need more help.

Kate

[view]


okay.
well i my first love and i have a realationship where we hang out,can talk about anything,touchy flirt,and say cute things to each other even after it didnt work out.but now he has this new girl that is all wrong for him,it kills me to see him with her and when we had this dance at school he brought her because his best friend brought her best friend.keep in mind this girl doesnt go to our school.but he came up to me and hugged me and told me i looked amazing that night right infront of her,she got alittle pissed off and kept giving me dirty looks all night.now i think he doesnt think i like him anymore i honestly dont know what to do from here can somebody help me please :]

It's normal to feel this way when someone you have to see someone you care about be with someone who is completely wrong for them. But you need to accept that he is going to date other people, and you will date other people too. It will be hard at first, but over time it will become more natural.

You will always have more of a connection with your first love than you will with anyone else. You will always care about him, and he will always care about you too. He probably doesn't think that you hate him, just that you've moved on. And that's okay. Everything is confusing now, but over time things will get better.

[view]


when i give my boyfriend a handjob, my elbow cramps up really really badly. does anyone have any suggestions on how i can prevent that?

Maybe try changing the position you both are in. If it cramps up when you are sitting up then try laying down next to him or vice versa. =]

[view]


When I like a boy, I go boy crazy. But I don't think i have any chances because a guy never asked me out and I'm 14/F. I think I'm fat and ugly, but all my friends say im not. Once a guy said ur hot on a picture on myspace and then i told a girl and she said "A Boy thinks your hot". That made me feel really bad. I want to lose weight but my parents said just have fun and do sports, than go on some dumb diet. So my question is, should i go on a diet? and do you think i have a chance with boys? And i've been talkin to a lot of boys a lot lately.

Your parents are right, you should just focus on having fun, and playing sports will help keep you in shape. You are only 14, so I wouldn't worry too much that you haven't been asked out yet. I felt the same way. No one would ask me out, and the only guys that liked me were the strange smelly ones. =]

You just need to have more confidence. Love yourself! If you think about the girls in your school who have lots of friends, some of them aren't really that attractive, its that they are confident and have an amazing personality.

Of course you have a chance, you just need to wait it out! Just focus on living your life and don't worry about having a boyfriend, and then when you least expect it you'll meet someone and you will just click! Believe me, I know, because it happend to me, I've been with my boyfriend for over a year now!

[view]


For facebook can you make a picture that someone else tagged you in your default picture? if so, how? thanks.

Just right-click the picture and save it to your computer. Then upload it onto your facebook.

[view]


What ivy league university or private university has the best undergraduate Journalism program?

It depends on what you want out of the program. Here is the link to the list of Schools that The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications have decided meets their standards.

These schools may not be what you are looking for, but it is a good starting point. Also don't over look the state schools that are on this list!

http://www2.ku.edu/~acejmc/STUDENT/PROGLIST.SHTML#PA

[view]


how do you know if your getting an orgasm? like what exactly happens? i know people say, you just know. but im not sure if it was or not, like i think so, but im not sure.

This might help, it explains it much better than I could =]

http://www.teenwire.com/infocus/2001/if-20010816p115.php

[view]


Can two people who have never had sexual contact with anyone else become infected with STDs after having sex for the first time?

If both people have never had sexual contact with anyone than the chances of them having a STD is very rare. Some STDs can be passed from mother to child when they are born, and very very very rarely can people get them off of public restrooms.

[view]


okay i'm very responsible and love kids so i started putting flyers in peoles mailbox's that have kids i did it 6 times and only 1 person responded and they havent called once so how can i get more costomers?

You could try putting up flyers places where parents shop, like grocery stores, or really anywhere in town that has a bulletin board. You can ask your parents if they know anyone at work who has younger kids, or ask your friends parents if they know anyone who needs a babysitter.

[view]


15/f

ok, so i have this one friend, actually shes like my best friend, and i love her and all, but lately shes getting on my last nerve. shes acting like a huge slut. shes sending pictures of her boobs, and her vagina, TO GUYS SHE DOESNT EVEN KNOW. like i mean, i know them. and some im really good friends with. and she constantly wants to call them and uhh and they keep asking me about her, and saying how shes such a slut. and a whore, and like all this bad stuff. and its making me look bad. i mean, i dont even know how she got all of there numbers. i mean, she probably took most of them from my address book. but whatever, how do i fix this? i dont want them to hate me.

She apparently is enjoying the attention from these guys, even if it is negative attention. I'm not sure why the guys would hate you for what your friend is doing. But you could tell them that whay she is doing is not a reflection on you as a person, and she is only doing it for the attention, and to stop making a big deal about it.

As for your friend, tell her that you do not want to be associated with someone who is acting the way she is, and that it makes other people think that you act that way too. Tell her that you can't be her friend if she is going to act this way.

[view]


My Drivers Ed teacher is rude! today in fact he took out a kids report and read it out load and laughed because he though it was dumb and orally said that the student was dumb and his report was a joke!

Then as i had my driving time with him we learned parell parking. after like my 100th try i got it right. so then he said "go to that spot and show me ur stuff" (stuff as in what you can do) then i kinda stuck my chest out trying to see if i had hit the car in front of me and then i hear, "whoa i didn't mean that stuff! did you hear me wrong stupid?"

Then later that day some kids had to leave early so the kids asked. He said "i don't know...." then the kid said "we have to go!" and he relpied "don't mouth off to me kid! I am older than you and i deserve more respect!" then the kid sank in his chair and said "my coach is gonna kill me if we don't go." then the teacher replied....."good then you won't be in my class anymore you retard! get out!!!"

i tried telling the school about this but they reject the fact that a "teacher" could do such a thing!
HOW DO I GET THEM TO LISTEN TO ME? AND IS WHAT HE DOING WRONG? OR AM I OVER REACTING?

This teacher might just be joking around and doesn't realize he is offending some students. I would try talking to him first one day after class saying "Excuse me Mr. So and so, but I was really bothered when you said ....."

You might be overreacting, but I wasn't sitting in the classroom with you, so I you really feel like this teacher is being inappropiate, go to the office and file an incident report or make an appointment with the principal. If none of that works have one of your parents call the school to speak with the principal. That is one thing Principals hate, having an angry parent to deal with.

[view]




<<< Previous Advice Column
Next Advice Column >>>

eXTReMe Tracker