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Q: Omg ii got a questiiOn and ii cnt fiind on the net lol
well im doiing a project on ice methaphatimine and ii need to know at least 6 reasons why teens do drugs

thxx muxh =]

1- peer pressure
2- they feel like they fit it
3- To make their parents angry
4- To tell people that they did drugs (to be cool)
5- Because it gives them something to do
6- Just for fun.

Q: So i'm a teenage girl. My only imperfection is being about 30 pounds overweight. (but i'm an hourglass so it's kind of okay) I've only had one boy call me, and the other 2 were basically guys who I had already asked out, so they called me to sort of verify the date.

The one who asked for my number had a mental disorder- Asburger's Syndrome anyway.

MY POINT IS- Most of my friends have boyfriends, but everyone is automatically unattracted to me. My friend has this perfect boyfriend and she's all perfect. Why can't I be her?

Don't say "oh sweetie it will be fine. everyone feels this way as a teenager." i've heard that to many times.

I'm mortally depressed and i try to hide it but i think most people can see through it. I'm also jealous of anything that someone else has that i don't have. But it's not obvious. I'm very pretty and i have this gorgeous hair that really stands out and everyone envy's. I'm breasty enough too.

So why am I single? i just don't get it.

I only feel okay with myself when I have a significant other. When I do not, I'm pretty much always on the brink of suicide.

wow. this just isn't right. you need therapy or a guidance counselor or sumthing because you're going to become like a prostitute or somebody who is desperate to be with someone. you should be happy with who you are as an individual, not the shadow of some guy. the right guy will come, but you have to be patient. interact with guys more, talk, laugh with them. stuff like that.

Q: how did you get your sidebar with all ur info to get like that it is awesome i luv it :D

well i went to photobucket.com and searched under images for sparkly backrounds and that came up. then i just took the URL and pasted it in under my column settings where it asks for the sidebar URL.

Q: my boyfriend and i have been having sex for over six months now, but it doesn't seem as pleasant when he uses a condom. Does anyone have any solutions as to other things we could use for protection instead?

there isn't really anything else out there. I mean, if you want an STD then don't use one at all. But i think you should just keep using them. At least until something else comes out.

Q: okay well my guinea piggie has been itching himself
a LOTTTT in the last 18 hours. i ran his fur the other
way & he was squeeling and began scratching himself
again. i couldn't find any bugs or anything, but just
a little guinea pig dandruff. so i was just wondering,
should i give him a bath? i can't take him to the vet
right now but my other guinea pig seems fine. (i do
have two). they play together. so do you have any
suggestions? he lives indoors, in his cage most of
the time. & i let him out everyday for an hour to
play in a clean, supervised area. thanks in advance.

hmm well i would monitor his behavior for one more day and if he looks like he is in pain or if he keeps scratching he might have parasites or something. do not give him a bath! If anything, dampen a paper towel and gently pat his back but dont give him a bath its not good for them.

best of luck

Q: i want to get a tatoo really bad but the thing is my mom CAN NOT see it. Where can i get it so she wont see it? and what should i get i really want oneeee

you could get it on your lower back, unless you're ever going to see her in a low rise bikini. and if you don't know what you're looking for i would spend some more time until you find something you LOVE since you're stuck with it forever.

Q: is it bad if im 14 that is 5ft 10???? tell hte truth

kay if your a guy then its great!
if your a girl then its still great because you can be a model for sure.
and im kinda tall too and it can be awkward but you'll be thankful when you get older.

Q: So I've picked names out and I've liked them forever, and I've wanted to name my kids these names.
But my family doesn't like them.

so here we go-
(boys)
Tobias
Pilot
Asha or Sasha
Lucas
&
Gavin

all of those are really nice except for asha and sasha

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Q: I have come to the point where I cant write, concentrate, derive pleasure from anything, have difficulty remembering things, have blurred vision, eyes seriously hurt, sometimes have severe headaches, most of the time dont know what I am talking especially with my elder brother. I have nt got father and mother I live my elder brother and his wife since 6 years. I am 26/M an MBA had a successful career but now since six months things have been deteriorating. I cant bear it any more. Plz tell me the easiest way to commit suicide which hurts less and is quick and doesnt make much of a mess.

honestly why would you put your brother through that much pain. i mean about your headaches and stuff, see a doctor. just get a job, meet someone to maybe date or something. i dont know but you are young so suicide is soooo not the answer. maybe see a therapist. i have seen people in way worse condition than you. have hope maybe try some new hobbies to get you happy or something.

JUST DONT KILL YOURSELFFF!

Q: I just tried the Monster Energy drink yesterday and I loved it, so I asked my mom to get me it again today. She told me it's not a good idea to drink it. I thought it was harmless and I know it's not a good idea to drink it all at once in like 10 minutes.. but I want to know, what is bad about it? Are there any reasons not to drink it? What are your experiences with it? THANKS!

it is loaded with caffeine which might be bad for you. it is definitely not an everyday drink. i once had a friend who drank two of those in one day and his heart was racing so fast that he passed out and his heart stopped and it was really scary so just be careful.

Q: another question.

i'll try to eliminate as much detail as i can, so it won't be so long, but here goes. when i was 11, i used to play neopets (haha) and this other girl and i started talking on there, and then we talked on msn, and AIM and that was five years ago. i went and am currently going through some depression, and i lost a lot of my friends, just normal teenager things, blahblah. she is the ONLY person that has ever fully been there for me, and the only person that i can tell absolutely everything to. we talk every day, and we know eachother's most personal secrets. we're seriously best, best friends and i've never had a friendship like this in my entire life. i'm 100% POSITIVE that she's a 14 year old girl, living where she says she lives, with the people she says she lives with, and has the friends that she says she has. i'm certainly not a pedophile, and i know she isn't either, and we really, really want to meet so we can hang out in real life and not feel so weird saying we've never met our best friend. the problem is that we have no idea how to go about doing it. we were originally going to go to a summercamp together and then just tell our parents that we had met at the summercamp so that they'd let us hang out in real life, but that's pretty unrealistic. if i told my parents about her, i think they'd just be nervous and worried that i gave her a lot of my information, but i know they wouldn't make us stop talking, it's her parents we're worried about. we're worried that if she tells her parents about me, in an effort to arrange a meeting for us, that they'll freak out and forbid her from talking to me. we thought about having me tell my parents, because they'd be more understanding, and then have my parents call and talk to her's on the phone, so they'd know i'm really only a 16 year old girl, but she doesn't know if her parents would believe that they're my parents, and not some pedophiles. how should we go about telling our parents, or meeting, or whatever? we only live a state away, but neither of us can like, drive and meet, but we don't want to sacrifice our friendship by telling our parents about each other.

i definitely liked the summer camp idea. I mean its pretty much the only way you can get away from both of your parents and have a fun time together. then you could come back and say you met someone nice and want to hang out with her again.
best of luck
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Q: i need to find the easiest way to lern a back handspring..I don't know what i am doing wrong but every time i try to do the move i ent just doing a fancy fowards roll...i never land on my feet! also, help with a sumersault would be nice..any advice on this matter is welcome!

well my coach taught me the stick and pop. what you do is when you land the back handspring immediately stiffen your feet and pop your shoulders back while fllinging your arms up into the air. of course this must be done gracefully but its a great technique. like pretend you are going into another back handspring when you land, (but dont actually lol)

and for the somersault i would suggest that you prete nd you are on a balance beam and go as straight as possible. tuck your chin in at all times.

hope i helped!

Q: For non-school uniform day (16th march), I'm wearing footless tights with a black layered skirt. I was wondering does anyone know what kind of top i should wear? I wear sort of emo/grunger clothes any got any ideas??

Thanks xx

maybe wear a basic like white top but then play up the outfit with lots of jewelry so it looks good but it doesnt look like you tried very hard.

Q: i had my ears peirced and they closed up and the holes are gone i might get them repeirced.
does it hurt more than the first time?
do they peirce it in the same place?
will it bleed?
would it be off centered?
it didnt hurt that much the first time for me.
and to who ever had to get theirs repierced in the same place on a rate from 1-10 how much does it hurt?

it probably wont bleed, if the piercer is good then it wont be offcentered and the hurt level is probably a 2. it really doesnt hurt very much.

Q: do you know any cool ones?

runescape.com its like a game and its fun

Q: After my best friend's death her troubled teen daughter came to stay with my family. Of course there were conditions. Job, school (g.e.d.), no drugs, booze. After just 5 weeks she broke all the rules. Got fired from a job that I helped her get etc....THEN she started an affair with my teen age son. Claiming she's "in love", he works and goes to school. He was being rail roaded. She just dug her claws in deeper. It was getting crazy. I had her leave yesterday. She went to a shelter, I feel grief and relief at the same time. Maybe she should have never came. Maybe (somehow) I should've dealt with it. For at least a week I didn't sleep and eat (lost 6 lbs.). My husband is supportive of my decision but my )OLDER son (29), says I was unfair to her. What do you think, please I need advice !!!

ok so i have a friend who was a troubled teen and she went to someones house and got kicked out to a shelter. and i hate to break it to you, but you made a bad decision. If shes just a teen then she needs to be nurtured and im not saying you should mother her or anything but if you give it more time and really lay down the law, she could use her knowledge to do great things and become more positive. i just think you should have held on a little longer.

Q: I have to do a written assignment. thing that I can make up. I can do it on whatever i want. It's for a scrapbook that were doing and theres other writing assignments that we have to do, such as "A list of questions you may think to yourself at time. These questions may be general or relate to you and/our your family" Also, there's "A list of predictions you can make about your future" For this one that i make up, there is no limit on how long it can be or what it can be about. But I have no idea what to do. Does anyone have any ideas ?

maybe pick something you like or maybe an autobiography about yourself. just look around and you will be able to think of anything to do.

maybe you could do something about your beleifs or something.

Q: 13/f-- Well heres the deal, my friend and I are really close and one day this guy asked her out. I told her not to say yes because I went out with him once and all he does is break up with you for other girls that he likes more. Of course I didn't want her to get hurt like I did so she trusted me and broke up with him before he broke up with her. But here the delema, my other friend is going out with him now! It's like after he gets dumped he just wants more and more. My other friend said she didn't really like him that much before she went out with him but now she says he awesome and junk like that. This friend isn't that close to me but I still don't want to see her get hurt because I know its not very fun. How can I pursuade her that he's bad news?

My advice would be to stay out of it. they need to learn the hard way. I give you credit for wanting to help them, but they need to do this for themselves.

Q: ok, so, my boyfriend aaron is like REALLY taller then me! and my friends say he has a head on me. & does this matter? & like i said, i REALLY REALLY REALLY like him!! please help (=

hmm well according to my brilliant mind (lol)
it really doesnt matter as long as it doesnt bother you. i mean if people got married because of their height, then no one would be truly happy. so just do what your heart tells you and then every thing will fall into place.

Q: I am 13 I wanna get my nose peirced and I'm gonna pay and all that but my mom don't care if I do or not and my dad said not till 16 and I REALLY want it done !!!!!!!!! What should I say to my dad to get him to say yes !!??!!

ew why would you even want to get it done?
wait a little bit.
i dont know more than 1 person who is thirteen and has their nose pierced. i say wait because then you can decide if thats what you really want.
i agree with your dad hes just watchin out for ya.