Member Since: July 29, 2010
Answers: 302
Last Update: March 19, 2011
Visitors: 16718
|
| |
|
I drink LOTS of water on a daily basis but I remain thirsty all the time.In the middle of the night,I wake up and drink almost a bottle of water only to wake up an hour later with dry mouth and very thirsty.I do eat salty things ,but this happens almost every night and every day that I am this thirsty. I don't smoke weed, I don't do any type or drugs or drink or anything. My mom told me that diabetes runs in our family and that this may be a sign of it,yet I haven't been seeing any other signs except maybe I've been a lot more tired recently. Should I see a doctor? Should I cut out salt? What else could be the cause of this? Thanks very much! (link)
|
Go to the doctor. Being tired and thirsty all the time are two common symptoms of diabetes. Go now - it can really do some damage to your body if you wait.
|
|
My husbands grand mother went to the hospital. That night they did major surgery and removed part of her small intestents and part of her large ones. They also said she had breast cancer. she was in the hospital for 1 month and in a nursing home 2 weeks for rehab. now they say cancer is up and down her spine and on a bone in her neck. (they went to remove the bone in her neck) they are telling us its serious but not life threating?? they can give her medicine to slow the cancer and she could live a very long time. with all the problems she is having right now is this true? she doesnt eat very much and she wont walk other than to the bathroom and back. (link)
|
What's the question?
|
|
sooo. im 20/f. i've worked as a server for almost 4 years now at a few different places, but next week i have an interview for a serving position at this really popular bar near the university i go to and im so NERVOUS! i applied there not expecting to even get an interview, because from what i've heard its pretty hard to get a job there, and you typically have to know someone to get an in. what should i do at the interview to help me out? i've done several interviews through out my part-time career, but not at a place like this. it's a bar/grill but they have concerts, trivia/bingo nights, greek events, and all kinds of stuff, so its a place that hundreds of people apply to. the day i applied there were prob 10-15 other girls in there applying at the same time as me, and im just hoping i get it. the only thing i have to help out my case is my experience. any advice?? (link)
|
They want a competent server, but they also want someone who can help make trivia nights and stuff fun and work smoothly.
Look pretty, be bright and cheerful and "up", be a team player... but mostly, be yourself.
|
So at my new job I became friends with this lady. She's about 40, and I'm 18. Anyways, she invited me to her birthday party along with several of my supervisors and bosses. She really wants me to go, but I think it would be inappropriate for me to go because all the people that are going are much older, not to mention, my bosses. Especially since they would all be drinking and I wouldn't be. I know she would be disappointed if I didn't go.
So what should I do? Do I go to make her happy or do I not go? (link)
|
Go.
Welcome to the adult world where age doesn't matter so much. You two are friends, it's her birthday, it would be rude not to go!
Drink non-alcoholic drinks, don't worry about what you have to say, try and get other people to talk about themselves and be the best listener the world.
|
|
Im 42 and i want to start to smoke. Where do i start (link)
|
Are you crazy?
|
|
I live in Miami Florida. I am 14 years old and I am not in high school ( i did not fail but I was held back because of my birthdate) I am finally the legal age for a job and I am ready for one. Do you know if there are any openings anywhere? (link)
|
Go back to school.
|
|
My mom was talking to me about sex (just had my period for the first time) and she said my egg would be "fertilized" if I had sex? This is stupid I'm sure cause she didn't seem weird when she said it. She knew what she was talking about. Where is my eggs? I mean like I know they're in my body some place (obviously?) but where are the eggs stored or whatever? And are they LIKE eggs you buy at the store in some way or totally different? (link)
|
No, really, your Mom told you the truth!
Check out: http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/female_reproductive_system.html
Eggs are produced in your ovaries which are outside of your vagina near the end of the fallopian tubes. About every 28 days or so, an egg is released, and travels down the fallopian tubes.
If that egg a sperm and it becomes fertilized, it settles into the uterus and grows into a baby. If it does not become fertilized, it passes through and the lining of the uterus, which had gotten thick in preparation for a baby, and that is your period.
They are much, much smaller than eggs you buy in a store, and they have no shell. You are born with all the eggs you will ever have.
|
|
I don't have very large boobs but I wanted to know if I need a bra yet. I live with my dad and so we never really had the breast size discussion that I guess girls have with their moms. How can I tell if I need to start buying and wearing bras? I haven't ever wore a bra either so what sort of one should I buy, if any? I'm really pretty lost here but don't want to grow up and end up having saggy boobs because I didn't wear a bra when I should have (link)
|
Go to a good department store and ask if they can measure you for your first bra. They should pick up one you cue and be very helpful. You might want to call ahead and go when you are sure a bra fitter is available. They can help you get a size that fits and explain the mysteries of the letters and the numbers.
Once you know the size, you can shop anywhere.
|
|
My son has played football for his school for 4 years now. He's never really been given an opportunity to play the position he wants. My wife and my son talked to the coach about it. He assured them that my son works hard in practice and the coach told him if stayed where he was he would be a starter. He also told my son that if he ever had a problem that he shouldn't be afraid to talk to him. He assured him that he was there to help in any way. It's been 4 games into the season and my son hasn't played a down. My son decided to tell the coach he had a problem and would like to talk to him. The coach told him he was really busy and would talk to him tomorrow. The next day he finally got to talk to the coach and instead of solving the problem he decided to pass the buck by telling him to talk to the other coach. Now I'm angry at the coach for lying to my son and my wife. I want to confront the coach about his lack of integrity, but my son also plays basketball and baseball, and I don't want this coach telling his other coaches that I'm a problem parent. Should I confront this coach and risk repercussions on my son or should I stay out of it and let my son think that this coach could care less about him? My son is an honor student and a good athlete. The coach said he works hard in practice. My son is nowhere near the best player on the team, but he is better than some of the ones who are playing all the time. (link)
|
Your son should follow through with the other coach as requested.
But you are right about the possibility of being labeled as a bothersome parent.
The responses from the coach sound like a bit of a run-around - he told you all the right things, but isn't doing anything he said he would do. Remember that coaches report to athletic directors and principals.
Check with your son how much he wants to pursue this issue. Is this his concern, or yours?
|
16/f
My parents will NOT listen to anything I say. They told me my curfew is at 8, right, and I told them that I needed it to be at 9 or 10 because of stuff I want to do and they totally IGNORED me! Then I told them I wanted to go to the beach this summer with my friend and her bf because they're old enough and her parents let her but my parents were like, "No, you'll get into trouble!" and this crap about how a 16 year old girl shouldn't be away from her parents like that. I told them it would make me HAPPY to go to the beach w/them and they were like we'll they would schedule a time to go to the beach as a family and that is NOT what I said! This is stupid because I'm almost grown up and they should let me do what I want to do and be an adult like that. I mean this is just stupid. Everything I tell them I want to do they pull some crap like if there's a party then they want to know the SPECIFIC names of adults that are going to be there and they want to know if drinking is involved and I tell them I can handle myself and that I'm a woman already and they just won't listen. How can I make my parents listen to me and do what I want them to do? (link)
|
What a horrible situation to find yourself in! You have the terrible misfortune to have parents who still care about you and who don't want to see you screw up your life.
The nerve of your parents, "pulling some crap" on you whenever you want to do something, and wanting to know the details of where you will be and who you will be with!
One might even think these people dared to love you!
|
|
I know STDs are obviously diseases and spread through sex. I was wondering if you have sex on your period if you're more prone to getting an STD of some sort? Because obviously there's blood involved and it's coming from you and they say a lot of diseases are bloodborne. I'm not going to have sex on my period though. I'm just curious about it because it makes a lot of sense to me that it would be more dangerous or whatever. (link)
|
One is not at greater or lessor risk of getting an STD during one's period.
|
|
I take birth control pills and have been for 2 months now. I was talking about it to my boyfriend and he was saying how we wouldn't have to use condoms if we were to have sex since I'm on the pill now. Is that true? Can you get pregnant while on birth control pills or not? (link)
|
Yes.
"The pill" has a failure rate of 5% when used correctly - taken at the exact same time, every day. Very few women actually manage the same time of day business.
|
|
I had a cold sore like 3 weeks ago and I gave my bf a blowjob twice during that time. Today he was talking about having a sore down there on his shaft that was bothering him. He let me look at it and it looks a lot like my coldsore looked? I asked him if he ever got this bump thing before and he said no, never. I'm the only person who he's ever had sex ANYTHING with and I'm like omg did I give him something? Cold sores aren't like contagious to genitals or whatever, right? i told him not to tell his mom til we got this figured out because she'd be mad at me for spreading a disease to him or something (link)
|
Cold sores come from a virus called Herpes Simplex Type 1.
There are also genital herpes caused by Herpes
Simplex type 2.
However, when there is oral sex and someone has active type 1, it can be transmitted to the genital region.
He should go to a doctor.
|
|
Iv been having a problem with my wife there is no sex at all for a year straight and its driving me further and further away from her .I do love her but she won't provide me my needs as a husband .iv talked to her about it over and over again and shw tells me the same thing .it hurt me ! To have sex and to me I don't belive what she tells me so iv been talking to this other woman who knows my situation and wants me to have sex with her but I haven't done nothing with her yet because I feel guilty just talking to her .I know its not right and I surely not a player but what do I do sex and romance is everything to me I can't go on like this but I'm so confused what am I doing! I must be crazzy to even think about seeing another woman but no sex makes me fell rejected (link)
|
If sex has become painful for your wife, she needs to go to a doctor. And she needs support from you, not you looking around for your own sexual satisfaction. Couple's counseling is also a good idea.
|
|
My mom is doing this diet where she doesn't eat the yellow parts of eggs in the morning. I THINK they're called yolk or yok or yoke. Something like that. So, she doesn't eat those because she said they're unhealthy. Why is it bad to eat that yellow part of the egg? How is that unhealthy? (link)
|
The yolk of the egg is where the cholesterol is. The white of the egg has all the protein. Some people really concerned about their cholesterol levels will stop eating the yolks and eat only the whites of the eggs.
It makes sense for someone to do who is trying to lower their trying to lower their Low Density Cholesterol and avoid coronary artery disease.
In general, eggs are considered a good food because there it is a lot of protein to the amount of cholesterol.
|
|
My bf and I been together for like 3 months. He's grate. Love him. And then we started off kinda diffrent than most couples cause we hooked up @ a party of my friends and like went at it and he told me he liked me after and that was that for us. We never use condoms tho and he always always cums in me. we probably do it like idk at least once every day but sometimes twice not always?? Anyways my period aint come yet this month and I'm like am I pregnant? What are the ODDS of getting pregnant like this? Cause I told if you have sex EVERY day then you cant get pregnant cause his sperms go too low and there aint enough to cause pregnancy. mom knows we been doing it so R E L A X were cool (link)
|
Three months of unprotected sex? Yeah, you could be pregant.
|
|
when my mom was pregnant and I was little she told me that the baby got inside of her because her and Dad kissed.. My parents told me that all of my life.. Well,, I just turned 13 and I never really thought much more of it.. I don''t have a boyfriend or anything and so I never even considered kissing someone or making babies.. Logically I am thinking kissing doesn''t cause pregnancy but I don''t really know how a woman gets pregnant anyway.. I don''t know um so does kissing cause pregnancy for sure or not or..?? I heard sex means pregnancy but is kissing sex then or what?? (link)
|
You are quite right, kissing does not cause pregnancy. Some parents are very embarrassed to talk to their children openly about these matters, which is most unfortunate.
Babies are conceived when a man's sperm meets up with up with a woman's egg. This happens during sexual intercourse during which a man inserts his penis into a woman's vagina. People refer to that as "Having sex" or "sleeping with" someone.
Does this help?
|
|
One of my relatives and the rest of my family have been in a fight for over five years. The relative moved out of town without telling anyone in my family except for me. She wanted me to know where she is if I need her, but for now wishes to have no contact with the rest. However the rest of my family have figured out that she's no longer at her old job. What do I do? I would just stay out of it except that the rest of my family is likely to grill me about her when they come to visit me in a few weeks. It is one of those dysfunctional family things and I can understand the relative's position but I am stuck in an impossible position with her wish that I pretend that I know nothing about where she is. (link)
|
And to further add to your confusion... yet another opinion!
You do and say nothing. It probably was not fair of the relative to have put you in this situation, but if your family is anything like most families I know, if they think you have any idea where she is, they will drag it out of you. And then you will only feel worse for breaking her confidence.
If you can't keep this information away from your family, at least let your relative know you can't do it so she has time to disappear again if she really wants to.
|
|
My BF and I are in love but we haven't had sex yet. The other night things got really heated with us. His parents are gone this week because his dad has surgery and he was there all alone so I came over of course. Things happened and I let him grind on my vagina until he came. I wouldn't be worried but We were bare like without pants by the time he finished. He only put the head of it in for like 5 seconds but that was all. I cleaned his cum off me like 10 mins after we were done. Am I pregnant? (link)
|
Sperm deposited outside the vagina can continue to swim into the vagina and impregnate you. There is sperm in pre-ejaculatory secretions. If fabric is thin enough, you can become pregnant while clothed, as in grinding. 5 seconds is long enough.
|
19/f. I am in the University and I still live at home. I stayed at home, and didn't go away, as most people, because my family BEGGED me to stay. At the time of graduation, I had an eating disorder. I was struggling with anorexia and bullemia and eventually with trying to get back to a healthy weight. The day after graduation, my family told me I was adopted. All of this was confirmed true, and I met my birth parents as well. So, it's been a lot. I really didn't have much of a choice as far as whether I could leave or not. They really begged me to stay. I have a scholarship at my school. Not only do I not pay a penny for my University education, I get money back! This is also a really nice University. I would consider myself very fortunate to be able to come here. But, I have a couple of issues that need to be addressed and I don't even know where to start.
First of all, my home life is a really big issue. I have "a room," I guess you could say. But, it's not MY room. Everyone goes in there and uses the computer. No one knocks when they want to come in. There is very little privacy and absolutely no respect for my private and personal space. My mom doesn't allow me to sleep in my room, basically. Now, when I say she doesn't allow me, she doesn't straight out tell me i can't. But, she will come to room crying and making a scene if I decide I want to sleep there. My mom hasn't let me sleep in my own bed since I was 9 months old. This has been a problem for that long. If I stay up late in my room doing whatever, she will come in and tell me it's time to go to sleep... in her room... in her bed.
My mother and I have been sharing the car. But, she doesn't let me drive it when I want to go out with friends or to school at night for an event. SHE has to drive me. It's really frustrating because I think I am perfectly capable of driving myself to school and back. She won't let me drive the car to school because she says she's afraid I won't find parking. BS. I know it's convenient and everything, but I feel almost incapacitated. I am frustrated because I've been working since I was 16, and I still don't have enough money to buy myself my own car. My mom has used my money sometimes, during emergencies and I've used minimal money for food, gas, necessities. When I do drive somewhere, it's a REALLY big deal. Like, my mom starts to cry and take out her rosary and slam the doors.
My dad has 2 other kids and they live somewhere else. They live in the same city, but in another house. He doesn't really meddle in my home life too much. He's just there for moral and financial support when I need it and basically to be "daddy." He seems like he's the good one I can always run to, but the reality is that's not a fair judgement because he doesn't really live with me. He just buys me whatever I want when I want it, brings me money, etc. That's our relationship. But, I feel bad asking him to buy me a car, you know? Even though he can afford it, and my mom and I can't.
My mom doesn't let me wash my own hair. She goes into the bathroom with me and washes it for me. She makes appointments at the beauty salon and makes them do my hair "her way." I'm allergic to acrylic/gel nails. They make me itchy, and I have them on right now. Why? Because she made me get them and I don't want problems with her. Sometimes, it's better to do things her way than to argue with her. My mom picks out the clothes I wear in the morning and there's really no arguing with her. She makes me wear big heels to school and claims she "has" to brush my hair because I don't know what I'm doing. She has to "check" my makeup is on right and that I have enough on. She pays for spray tans every week and if I don't go, she has a fit. She screams at me and it ends up in a huge fight.
I've really been trying to handle this to the best of my ability, but I kind of want to leave now. School seems more like my safe haven than home. Please don't get a wrong impression. My mom is a great lady and she just does all those things because she wishes someone would have done them for her. But, she has taken it out of proportion, and it's affecting me. I don't want to leave the school I'm in because this is my home. I'm also getting scholarships here. This school is a home to me and I can't leave. I'm already a sophomore here. I'm going to be 20 very soon and I can't fathom the idea that my mother doesn't let me wash my own hair pick out my own clothes. I want to go "home" and I don't know where that is, because I can't stay at school all night. I want my won place.
This is where the problem comes in: money and finances. I don't have the money to do it. I live in an expensive city and a part time job won't cut it. None of my friends want to get an apartment, since most of them live in the dorms. I don't want to live in the dorms and let me explain why. It's MUCH more expensive than living in an apartment. It's very expensive. With an apartment, I have selection. I would just need someone to move in with me and be willing to split the costs.I would have to save up for a down payment, but I think it's possible, at least. In the meantime, while I'm looking for a steady job and roomates, I need to find a way to deal with my mom. I really need help here. Please don't say talk to her because... you think in 19 years, I haven't tried talking to my mom about this? You think I would be asking the world wide internet for help if I haven't even gone through step 1? So please give me as much help as possible. I think I have done my part in explaining as much as I possibly could
Thank you for reading it all and I hope you can offer me some valuable advice. Thank you (link)
|
Wow! I am so sorry to hear the details of your situation.
It sounds like many things have not been right with relationships in your family for a long time. For example, you should have been told about being adopted a long time ago, like 18 years ago.
It sounds like your mother is doing everything she can to keep you as her baby, which only makes you want to break away more. And it is time to break away. What's quite unfair is that you may have be the first person in her life to say "no" to her.
I suggest that you concentrate on your efforts to find a new place to live. Ask your Dad for money if you need it. He knows what you are dealing with - that's why he moved out. To begin to make changes at home would be too difficult and painful for both you and your mom.
Get all your ducks in a row before you make a move because it may be difficult to make this move in stages.
|
|