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I'm 15, turning 16 soon. I weigh 115 and im 5'5". When ever my dad sees me he always makes a suggestion like, you shouldn't eat that, you're just getting fatter and fatter. And if i ask for money for new jeans, he says, we'll stop gaining weight so you can fit back into them. I wear a size 0, and i'm growing, what does he expect? How am i suppose to cope with this? It's been bothering me so much lately. My sister, whose 20, is like anorexic skinny. She's my height but doesn't even reach 100 pounds. And my dad always compares me to her. What am i suppose to do?! (link)
oh my freaking god.

115 and 5'5" that sounds pretty anorexic to me. (not in a bad way) you're very close to being underweight.

I wish i could be 115 pounds and i'm only 5'2".

Depending on how strict your dad is, you need to find a way to get him to leave you alone. If he's a relaxed kind of guy you can just say "I am NOT fat by any means, and I don't appreciate you always saying that I am. (your sisters name) is unhealthily anorexic and that causes health problems." Or that might be okay whatever level of strictness he is.

If he won't give you any money to buy jeans you could try asking your mom, or you could get a job to buy clothes for yourself. Chik fil a and bruster's hire 15-yr-olds.


I hope i helped.

and good luck!


Please only answer if you go to or went to boarding school:
Do you ever get homesick?
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I know a lot of people who go to boarding school because I am going to one next year and i can tell you that 99% of them said this about homesickness:

"Homesickness is something that everyone goes through at boarding school, even juniors and seniors who have been there for a really long time, but you have your friends there and when you just get involved in your life at school it helps it a lot."

so yeah everyone does sometimes. but it goes away, then comes back u know.




what boarding school is it that you're going to? (just to see if we're going to the same one)


So I've been using tampons for a week, and I just went to take mine out, and it was difficult to take out, so I looked down, and there was this elastic skin that was wrapped around one edge!I didn't rip it or cut it or anything.I just had to dig the tampon out from the other side.So I was just wondering if that was good or bad that that happened, and if I should continue using tampons?? (link)
The elastic skin was probably a piece of your hymen... But it might not have been, if ur hymen is already broken.

If it's really really hard to get it out then you might not be using the right angle (i.e: if you're pulling it straight forward.

Make sure it's like diagonally pointing to ur vagina.


ok so if you'r fingerin urself which angle do you go ? I never tryed it , so ya thnxs (link)
When I finger myself i just trace my inner labia and stuff and I touch my clit a lot and rub it down.

I also shove a few fingers in at random times.


It's not like sick or anything to finger urself. I've done it since I was 11, lol.

i hope this answered ur question.

I wasn't really sure what you meant by the angle, like angle relative to what?


16/f
My first and last boyfriend was almost a year ago. And i know you shouldn't need a boyfriend to be happy but i have a big group of friends only 2 of them are single and i just feel really left out. We always hang out and its all couple except me and the 2 other girls(who by the way don't like me,long story). I just want that someone. and i dont know what to do. I'm sorta shy when i first meet people, or i just right off the bat think they don't like me. What should i doo!? (link)
well, first off i'd like to tell you that you're not alone! I don't have a love life either.

My first and last bf was almost a year ago as well. Wow it's amazing how alike we are. lol.

I used to be really really sensitive about being single and i used to be upset ALL the time about it, i mean literally ALL the time. But then after a while, like months later I just decided that there's no use in worrying about who your next bf will be and when it'll happen. And you know what? In the long run- relationships don't matter in the least. Because someday you will be married and then it won't matter who you were dating at 16! Not saying I'm happy being single, but i don't feel as bad as i used to about it.

And about the right off the bat not liking thing, I feel the same way all the time. It's like guys will look at me and seem interested, then we start talking and i feel like their interest just disappears. :(

I always feel like "why is everybody automatically unattracted to me?"



you could try to talk to a guy who goes to ur school on myspace and get to know him on there, and then you two might end up dating.

I really hope i helped.



I have been married for 8 years and my husband and I are still pretty young (37 and 33); we have two kids and WE HARDLY EVER HAVE SEX. Lately it's been once every three weeks. I know we are still attracted to each other and I know we are both faithful, it's just that being parents totally sucks all the energy from us. Any advice? (link)
yeah try to arrange times where you and your husband have the house to yourselves while your kids are out.

That way you won't have to worry that they'll walk in on you. But if you want to do it while they're home you could give them something to do (like watching a movie) and say "we have some important work to do so please don't disturb us for the next hour or two." And still lock the door.

I think that if you tell them to stay in their rooms they'll start to get suspicious (i know i wuold have) and come and bother you.

Try reconnecting with your husband. If you don't already have a kama sutra book i'd get one. Try new positions.

Or you you could try to get up like 45 minutes earlier than you both have to, and do it then!


i hope i helped. :)


Does anyone know any good boarding schools? Preferably in new york and around there (link)
you should google "new york boarding schools".

but i can name a few good ones- st. margaret's, stuart hall, and there are a lot more.


it really depends on what you're looking for. (coed/single sex/religion,etc.)


Well im going to my first job interview this sunday and im really nervous im scared if i stuff up or something any advice? anyone know what questions they'll ask its at dominos pizza by the way
thanks much
15/f (link)
try to look your most attractive, and whatever you do- DO NOT SHOW CLEVAGE. It'll give them the impression that you are some slutty typical teenage girl. When I went to a job interview for my chick fil a job (i'm 14) i wore a dark blue lacoste polo and a knee-length grey skirt from delia's and brown flats from aeropostale.

Try to be as mature as you can and i'd reccomend wearing darker colors, at least a darkish shirt- because it is supposed to make people listen to you more and take you seriously.

just be happy and confident, and be as polite as possible.

depending on where you live (if you're in the south for example) it's a good idea to say "yes ma'am/sir" once in a while.


i hope i helped.

best of luck!


Lately, ive just been really wanting to connect with God, and get to know him like everyone talks about. I want to improve as a christian, and i want to have God change my life so i can change others. No one in my circle of life is really in to that. And i feel that i have so many questions about God that i read in the bible but no one to talk to them about! I am in a youth group, but seriously, no one takes anything seriously, and they get real annoying after awhile, because they are so disrespectful and no one is really looking for that relationship with God. Last night i was reading, and it was saying all this stuff in mathews about not going to heaven if you break a ten commandment, but i thought it was if you just believe in him? did i read it wrong? or what? Also, everytime i read the bible, i start to cry for some reason, and i get really scared. and i dont no why. and i know god wouldnt want that for me at all. Where are some parts in the bible that talk about how much God loves us, and how he frogives us and doesnt expect us to be perfect. Because thats what im struggling with. and how should i start reading the bible because im new to this and i dont understand how to start, like where to start... thank you so much for helping. oh by the way im 14/f (link)
that's really cool that you're like that- i used to be just like you. but then i converted to athesism but that's not my point, haha.


there's an organization called Christian Youth Theater... i don't know if there's one in your area, you don't even have to be into theater to take their classes, most people there are religious fanatacs/jesus freaks/etc. So i'm sure you can find plenty of people there who are looking for that relationship with god.

or just join some kind of online forum about it.


i hope i helped. good luck.

i used to cry sometimes when i read the bible- i think it just shows that you feel really strong about what you're reading.

and maybe you're afraid of the power of who you're reading about.

but you could have a really good future in your religion.


Lets say I ate 6 light meals everyday. Each meal has cottage cheese in it. Like I could have cottage cheese and a piece of fruit for one meal. Then for the next I could have cottage cheese and yogurt. Then cottage cheese and tuna sandwich. Cottage cheese and crackers. And stuff like that, that are healthy. Would it be healthy to eat like that? Should I eat more or less ? I just want to know what I could eat. Thanks (link)
make sure it's the fat free kind.

here's the best brand: Breakstone's.


it tastes really good and it only has 80 calories in half a cup.:)


hope i helped. i eat cottage cheese for all my snacks.


can someone give me information on where i can work at 14 like wherei can work

and can a 14/15 year old work at ACME MARKETS

haha
=] (link)
chick fil a hires 14-year-olds as cashiers.

I'm applying to get a job there now...

You just have to go in there and ask them for an application and fill it out and give it to them, then they'll interview you sometime.


I hope I helped.

And when you're 15 you can work at brusters.

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yeah, i thought that too- but tons of my friends work there and it's not like it's some sleazy low-quality fast food place like mcdonalds or anything... so yeah, people won't think bad things about you since it's not mcdonalds. lol.

at least it's a good christian business that hires high-quality people.


but other than that there aren't any other places that hire 14 yr olds


Okay, for my birthday I got a Ouija board, but I've been hearing bad things about it after I got it. One of my friends said that the Devil tries to trick people on it. My other friend says it's to talk to spirits. I think they're kinda weird thinking that because the directions say it's like an 8 ball, it tells fortunes. It says it has nothing to do with ghost or anything. I'm kinda mad too, cuz everybody I know is saying, "The Ouija board is cursed," or "People have died from playing that game!" It's funny because I've already freaking played it two days ago. And I'm still alive, not tricked, and haven't talk to spirits. Can sombody help me with this? I need opinions on this Oujia board game. It is just a game, right? Plz answer! (link)
I used to have one, it was the glow-in-the-dark kind which i heard doesn't work, so then i returned it... But I've read some truly scary stories online about things that these "spirits" have done to people who were using ouija boards. (which idk if they're true or not)

I only used the damn board one time, but the person i was doing it with later admitted that she was pushing the planchette. So it was a retarded waste of time. But I actually do believe that it has the capability to communicate with spirits, if you're doing it with people who aren't pushing the planchette. I don't see why it's not possible.

I've heard things liek "using a ouija board is like giving free cell phones out to a ghetto part of town. once they (the spirits) realize communication is available, they ard you." and that really freaked me out.

I'm sure you'll be fine. Even if you keep using it.

Google it and do some research, i'm sure you'll find a lot of strange things about it.


good luck, lol




what does it mean to have a high metabalism? people tell me i have one because even tho i eat so much i still stay perfectly skinny. why is that? (link)
your metabolism means how fast your body burns calories. You have a high one, because you can eat whatever you want to and your body just automatically burns it so it doesn't have a chance to be stored as fat. LUCKY YOU!

I have a very slow metabolism, and that is what causes me to be overweight. I eat right and exercise more than most people, but I can't help it that my metabolism is so slow.


so be thankful that you are the way everyone wants to be.


Hey! Well I don't think that this question is in the right category but it was the closest fit :].

So this summer my family and I are staying at Richmond, VA for a coupld of days or so. Virginia isn't completely unfamiliar to me since I live in MD. I was just waondering what is there to do in Richmond so that we could have a good time? I really want to go to the Short Pump Town Center because it looks really pretty and it had A LOT of stores. Is that a good mall? Just fun activities to do and places to eat and other funn stuff (i.e. beaches, theaters for plays and musicals, etc) will be greatly appreciated. Thanks (link)
Short Pump is a great mall, I go there all the time. In fact, I just got back from there. The movie theater there is also a really good movie theater. There is another mall called Stony Point, and it's similar to short pump but it also has some different stores that are found nowhere else in richmond. Across from short pump is Skate Nation Plus, and it's a fun skating rink/arcade to go to.

There's this place called Maymont, and it's GORGEOUS and it's free, and it's like this long nature walk thing w/ animals and stuff (sounds retarded but it's not).

The main professional theater company here is called Theater IV, and they have another section called Barksdale. There is a production of High School Musical w/ teens in it (i have several friends in it) during these dates: July 20 through August 5, 2007. So if you'll be here during that time you should see it! There is also something called Dogwood Dell, and they have free plays and musicals that everyone can attend. Here's the schedule:
http://www.ci.richmond.va.us/parks/Dogwood_dell.pdf
(if you go there be sure to bring liek lawn chairs, bug spray, and possibly food, b/c it's an open-air theater)

You should visit Carytown (it's in the actual city of richmond), it's this really cool place with all these interesting shops and restaurants. And there's a movie theater called the Byrd theater there and u can see movies there for like $1. The bakery there is called Jean-Jacques Bakery and it's AMAZING. you have to go there.

There's an ice cream place called "Ray's Italian Ice" and their food there isn't overpriced and it's reallyreallyreallyreally good.

If the weather is bad then you should go to this indoor mall called Regency Square.


I hope I helped, and feel free to ask me anything else about richmond- i know everything there is to know about it.



I have this big flab of just FAT near my armpit and my boob. It's not really fat, it's just my boob but there's a line that makes it look unattached.
how do i get rid of it? (link)
I have the same thing and I always have had it for my whole life. It sucks and it's embarassing, but no one notices things like that, and if you really don't like it you can just make sure that your shirts cover it up.

I hope I helped.

If you lost like 20-30 pounds (depending on what your weight is now) it would probably disappear.


alright i have tried everything that i can at my age. i've tried fingering, carrots, cucumbers. I mean im too young to buy a vibrator..i really want to get and orgasim. all i get is like a tickly feeling. please i need your advice. thanks in advance (link)
You need to use objects! not like vegetables or anything, those suck. What I use is the flat end of a sonicare electric toothbrush with plastic wrap over it and i secure it with a hair tie. I rub it on my clit and it's great. It gets me to orgasm every time! And I insert a venus vibrance razor (the handle-not the razor) into my vagina. I use these two at the same time and it's amazing.


If you don't have either of those things you can just buy the razor and a handheld vibrating massager (I have one made by homedics- it looks like a ball and it has like 3 little balls attached to the bottom of it). You can get both of these items at target.


And they're inexpensive and no one will suspect that you'll use it to pleasure yourself.


Keep experimenting until you learn how to "push your erotic buttons" and then you'll orgasm!


I had been masturbating when i was 12 and 13, then a few days after my 14th birthday I achieved my first orgasm.


Try to get really horny before you masturbate.


And once you're masturbating and you hit a spot that feels good- keep stimulating it! don't stop! that's what will make you orgasm.



i hope i helped. please feel free to ask any other questions.


okay, so i want to loose 20lbs before school starts. i'm not really as fat as i was in the beginning of the year (168). i'm now 142lbs.

my plan for loosing this weight is:
Breakfast- Oatmeal, Bannana, OJ, Multivitamin
OR MiniWeats, AppleSauce, OJ, Multivitamin
Lunch- Garden Salad w/ ranch dressing.
OR "Chicken" Nuggests (they're really sweet corn and mozzerella cheese).
Dinner- Pasta with Sauce
OR Brocolli with Rice and Cheddar Cheese.
Snacks- Strawberries, Watermelon, any Fruit, Peanutts.
(this is a vegetarian Diet)

Workout Plan 3-4x a week:
Aerobics for 40 minutes - Running, Walking, Biking, etc.
Pushups and Situps - at least 60 each.


so thats my plan for the summer. is there anything i need to add to my diet? Please help me. i really want to loose these pounds.


any tips would be appreciated as well.

thank you and sorry if i asked this question before :) (link)
I'm a vegeterian too and last summer I lost the fastest 20 pounds of my life by doing this: (but it made me go into starvation mode and it ruined my metabolism, so i wouldn't reccomend it unless you make CERTAIN that you don't start bingeing on junk food after you've lost the 20 pounds- i gained it back really fast but i could have prevented it if i had been careful!)

b- 4 morningstar farms veggie chicken nuggets and a banana or some other fruit

l- bowl of pasta(it probably had about 2 cups in it) with prego light alfredo sauce

d- at about 3 am (because i sleep so late) i'd stuff some watermelon into my mouth and just go to bed. (still starving, of course)

I didn't eat snacks.

It's REALLY hard, but it got 20 pounds off, so yeah.

After about 2-5 days of following this diet you will never be hungry. i'm not lying.

After you lose the 20 pounds start eating normally. Not overreating, but just eating a normal, healthy diet.


If you don't want to do that- just count EVERY SINGLE CALORIE you consume and make sure it's within the range of 1200-1500.



I hope I helped.


i'm 4'll'' [really short, i know!] i'm 13, and weigh 110, and am not happy about it! my hips are HUGE! and i have a LOT of stomach, i want to know how to STOP eating, i can't stop, when i'm homealone its the worst! idk, if i have a prblem, because all i do is think about what i can eat next! last year i got so depressed i wanted to become bilimic, but i can't stop eating, or throw it up, i enjoy it too much! PLEASE HELP FAST! i need to know, as i type i'm eating icecream and next i'm going to eat bread! i CAN'T STOP! i'm sorry to be a pain, i just can't stop! what do i do?????? thanks :D (link)
your weight is fine for your height!


I went to a park to have fun. So I brought my boyfriend and my little sister. This little girl asked my sister if I was her mother. She also asked me and my boyfriend if we were married. Then she completely judged us.. and said that we were going to hell. We are bad people and that she feels sorry for my little sister. She said we are going to burn in a lake full of fire. We just smiled at each other and ignored it.. because we know we aren't bad people. We haven't done anything considered evil. She made us sound so bad and she was trying to convert my little sister. Is this how churches are nowadays? Because in my neighborhood it's a constance "you're going to rot in hell" "you're evil, you like satan" and I don't know.. even the parents are the same.. judging us.

I'm not trying to make people with religion sound bad.. I was just raised a different way and I wouldn't tell someone their religion is completely stupid or try to convert them. Believe what you want.. i just don't want to be converted and say that I'm a satan follower.. :[

Well, she kept going on about how I was BAD and so was my OTHER sister [who was not with me]

So i tried taking my little sister home.. i don't want her to get bad ideas [like I'm an evil person.. you know? She can believe in God if she wants..] But she backed away from me with scared eyes.

It hurt me.. and it made me angry.

I don't know what to do ?

She keeps looking at me strangely. (link)
Well that was just a retarded thing for that little girl to do.

If a Christian saw you and thought you were the mother of ur little sister they'd either feel really sorry for you or think "God will send her to hell."

Because christians are against adultery/premarital sex/etc.


So yeah.


try to forget about what that kid said.


well obviously you didnt get my question. im a male. mt others name is frank. catchin my drift here banana and cucumber are just stand ins for ... well u know...well i think you do. well what do i do
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put it in and out of ur anus. but yeah i'd still put plastic wrap over the banana/cucumber and then put some astroglide or another lube on top of that.

have fun




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