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Q: ive been seeing my boyfriend now for about three months and the other night we had sex for the first time. the thing is he made me bleed. im not a virgin and it hasnt been that long since the last time i had sex. what do you think is wrong?
is it normal to randomy bleed? its not a lot but ive been bleeding for two days now, what should i do?

maybe you got your period or if not, something could be wrong so i would go to the doctor.

Q: My boyfriend wants a gift.

He wants it to be something that he can carry around.

And he has also recently said he wanted the something to have my name on it... like a bracelet... but something more masculine.

Any ideas?

if money isn't an issue, you can order an ipod online with his name engraved on the back.

or get one of those things in the mall (hats, keychains)

Q: 15/f
so I have been shaving my "south pole" area for a while but lately when I do it, it hurts during the actual proccess. Now I dont know if I am doing it right so if anyone has any tips that would really be appreciated!

i've been told that using shaving cream mixed with conditioner works really well.

Q: I stumbled across this site by accident. I seriously doubt many of you have the qualifications to give real people proper advice. After reading some of your responses to people's inquiries i was quite astonished as to how teenagers find they are able to give quality advice and information to real people in need with such little life experience. If you ask me you are not in a place to give your "personal opinion" when people truly believe you are giving them the right answer simply because you claim "people think i give really good advice". (eg. i am still at a loss as to how a 17 year old girl thinks she can give advice to someone regarding conceiving a child) I know you try to come across as a "godsend" to poeple who are in some sort of personal crisis and need a fast easy answer but the truth is, in the cases where it really counts, there rarely is one; at least not from you.

wow you knwo what people know there are teens answering questions when they ask them. and the truth is, nowadays teens do know a lot about the world. at least we try and we have a right to try so if you don't think we should be allowed to answer questions then you can take it to the webmaster.

p.s. you make it sound like you know everything about the world and teens are worthless. well we deal with pressure, and drugs, and alchohol, and real life problems everyday so i would back off if i were you.

IF YOU WANT "PROPER ADVICE" GO SEE A THERAPIST.
the teens on adivecenators are my friends and i know that they are probably hurt that you would say such a thing.

Q: 16/m
I'm so sick of being alive. Everything is so hard. I can't stand it. It's like I'm doing something wrong. I have few friends, but it doesn't matter because I don't like them. I don't like any one. People don't meet my standards and they never will. And when it comes to girls I have no idea what I'm doing. It's like there's some secret technique that every one but me seems to understand. My problems with girls contribute the most to my loneliness and depression. I'm unmotivated in school, because I care more about trying to find a place I belong, trying to find some one who understands me. I can hardly sleep because I'm always worrying about all this. I'm scared I'll never have friends. I'm scared I'll never have a good job. I'm scared I'll never have my first kiss or have sex, and if I do it will be with some one I don't want to do it with. Somewhere between now and the next few years I 100% sure I'll be dead. I can't take it anymore. I've been to therapy and they even locked me up like a criminal in a mental health ward, but to no avail. I hate life. I hate myself. I hate every one, especially if they're happy. I don't see things ever getting better. Please help me. And don't post anything about God, Jesus, or religion of any kind, it will be an automatic 1 on your rating.

You belong right where you are. So stop worrying. Get involved in your community. keeping yourself busy will take your mind off of things and help you make friends. you may think you're alone, but the truth is i was in the same situation as you. Life is hard. But that is how it gets better. nothing is free, especially happiness. You have to earn a good life, a girlfriend, money, or anything else. There's no technique to getting girls to like you. Don't be so negative, i know you can't help it but isn't there anything you can get excited about? and if you dont have many friends, i will be your friend. I might not meet your standards but i dont think anyone ever will. look for the good in everyone. i think you just need to talk to someone about all of these feelings you've been having. I really want to get to know you. and i'm not just saying that. the reason is because i think you're pretty brave to say all this on a website. i really wish we could try and be friends. so if you want someone who will listen to everything you need to say then email me: princess.milena@gmail.com

keep your head up, kid.
~CHECKERED-LOVE

Q: I haven't ya know... "pooped" in like two weeks. I know this may sound gross so sorry. I eat a lot but nothings happened ZIP NADA!

Am I sick?

maybe. unless you're eating super-healthy foods 100 percent of the time and your body forms no waste product.

but i doubt ^^thats the problem. you may be sick. tell an adult or if you are an adult, tell a doctor.

Q: what is the perfect way to confess your feelings to a girl?
although it may seem a petty issue,but i want it to be a memorable one.
what do you think of these options?

1)at the beach at night

2)out during dinner

erm,any other suggestions,and if the gal is shorter than you...do girls like it when you go down to her height to confess or do they like to look up to you?

please tell me any more suggestions like places,or how to confess,i mean...words are not really necessary right?

thanks for reading.

oh my goodness number one definitely.

girls like casual things, simple things that will be memorable.

like picture this:
walking along the shoreline with no shoes holding hands in the sunset.

also i dont know whether you should go down to her height, i mean that might be invasive but do whatever feels right to you at the time.

good luck =]]

Q: I am 18 recently got to know a gal(18 too) which i thought would slip out of my life,we became great friends from total strangers,although i have secretly had a crush on her. but lately on our first date.....the whole time i was with her i didin't feel anything,i mean,is this normal?aren't u suppose to be on cloud nine when you are on your first date...i didin't feel anything,it's as if i were taking out just a normal friend,and then i started questioning my feelings,but do you actually question your feelings when you really are in love?

so am i in love .....or not?

please help me,i know i may seem pathetic,sorry

thanks for reading.

hmm i think you are kind of expecting love at first sight. to find love, we must reach deep into our souls (and theirs) to find something that you both have in common.

go on another date and give it time. i would say go for 4 more dates and if you feel nothing then, you arent in love.

oh and you might have been nervous since it was the first date =]

Q: simple questions,
what are senoirs and junoirs(what ages are they and what grades) and who goes to prom; all of them?

what grades are in high school, middle school, and elementary school students?

Seniors: age- 17-18 grade 12

Juniors: age- 16-17 grade 11

^^ both go to prom.

Now these may differ from town to town, but my school is like this:

High school- grades 9,10, 11,12

Middle school- grades 6,7,8

Elementary school- grades kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

hope i helped =]

Q: 16/female.

There's this guy named Gordon. He's a complete & utter PSYCHO. Not even kidding. He's really gross, plus I think he's a little "slow." Not mentally retarded or anything, it's just he has to be slow to be acting the way he does.

For example, he always starts strangling random people, like when he plays mercy with people, he takes it to another level by like completely suffocating them, and then when I ask the other person if their okay, they tell me that it was fine. Even though it's like the worst thing ever watching it, bc if someone does something bad to Gordon he'll completely lose it.

In school on Friday he dropped a geico four times from our school balcony which is 30 feet. It wiggled everytime it dropped when it hit the ground & I felt so horrible because if I would've gotten close to Gordon he would've done something bad to me, not even kidding. He's gotten in my face before & he'll threaten to do something again.

I feel so guilty about the whole geico thing though, because I feel as if it's my fault because I could've stopped it. :[ It's just so horrible.

What should I do??!

first of all, if this kid is the way you say he is, he needs help. and by help i mean therapy or something. i think you should tell a guidance councelor and if that isnt possible, tell an adult. The geico thing is animal abuse so you really need to tell somebody
and while you're waiting for a reply,
stay away from him.

good luck =]

Q: From my question: what are the deadly sins, I commited 6/7. Does that mean I'm a very bad person and will go to hell? I'm only a teen and I try so hard not to commit those sins but it seems every day I'm envious and jealous and angry but I never yell I only keep them in my head but I have head aches all the time from keeping it all in. And does anyone know the words to Hail Mary? I beleive it's a prayer to ask god to forgive me..

well nobody's perfect and im sure everyone has sinned at least once. my advice would be to right the wrong. go to confession (reconciliaton/penance) and if you've done something mean to somebody, apologize.

the hail mary is:

Hail Mary, Full of grace, the lord is with thee Blessed art thou amongst woman, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus
Holy Mary mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.
Amen

best of luck =]]

Q: Can you get lead or ink poisoning by accedently stabbing yourself with a pen or pencil and it starts to bleed? If yes, how do you know that you have been poisioned? Is it lethal?

well you're in luck because lead isn't used in pencils anymore. they use a substance called Graphite so you cant get poisoned.

and as far as ink poisining goes, it really depends on how far the pen went in. and how much it bled, but i highly doubt you could get ink poisining.

good luckk=]]

Q: I've had the same old style for a good amount of time.
Do you know any stores with good style so i dont look dull and boring like usual?

hmm well it depends on your budget.

Hollister has great clothes

Khols has tons of inexpensive clothes and lots of mix and matching so you can create a cool look.

American Eagle has good clothes but its kinda expensive but not really.

Forever 21 has good clothes too.

oh and i LOVE Urban Behaviors.

Q: I am going to break up with my boyfriend soon. We havent gone on a date yet and we've been dating for over 2 weeks. I want to go out with him this weekend and get a date and kiss out of him before I break up with him (he's my first boyfriend.) He isnt really into the relationship either, but I want to make him into it for this date. How can I do this?

wow do you honestly think thats a good thing to do?
i mean, hun, he's a human not some puppet you can use and then hurt. Thats like really cruel. Don't you want that kiss to mean something? i mean it sounds to me like you're really desperate. and if you haven't gone on a date yet then how can you know if the relationship isnt working???? and if he isnt into it you cant force him. but if you must ask for a date then just ask him to go to the ever so classic dinner and a movie. or be different and do archery and a picnic or something. be creative.

best of luckkk =]]

Q: Alright, I'll be waiting in line for this concert for about five hours. I live in San Diego. It's still really cold here at this time. So I'll be waiting in line int he cold. However, once we start getting inside and jumping around on general admission and for those of you who go to rock concerts and knows how crazy and hot it gets...it's going to be the total opposite of the weather outside. Advice on what to wear??

well now that you've cleared that up there's really nothing you can do except for rough it. unless of course you bring like some cheap blanket to wrap around you that you can through out before you get into the concert.
but other than that theres pretty much nuthin you can do.

Q: Hey everyone! Well, I've never heard of limewire until the other day from a friend. So, I started to use it but my parents are concerened that it is illegal. is it leagal? cause some people at school say it is leagal and others say it is illegal. i need to know! wut happenes if you use it and it is illegal??thanks!!

here let me put this simply:

limewire the program= legal

downloading songs that you didn't pay for= illegal

Q: I love to write stories--not short silly ones but long serious ones. The problem is that I keep leading myself to a writer's block and make it so dull. I don't want to get into the exciting parts of the plot right away and I want to have a 30-40 page long part of the story in the beginning before I get to the exciting parts of the story where things start to unravel. The problem is that I can't accomplish that and I was wondering if someone could help me out here. Like instruct me on what I should do to prevent/get myself out of this situation

try to introduce the characters, setting, plot, problem, theme and stuff more in the begginning. Use as many adjectives as possible. also i wouldnt like force myself to write every spare second. do something else and as your doing something else, think up good ideas to add on to your story and write them on a small piece of paper. gather all the small pieces of paper and you will have fun putting them into the story.

=]] hope i helped.

Q: I have this one friend. He is decent enough offline, but online he is extremely annoying. He IMs me the second I sign on and if I do not answer any of his IMs withing thirty seconds, he spams my IM with "PLZZZZ TLKKKK!!" and such. Seriously, one time he was doing that to my away message for over an hour. He is also pretending to like A Clockwork Orange because I do, which is extremely irritating. He even talks like them now. He is also obsessed with the 60s and that is one of the only things he ever talks about. I can't tell him because it'll really hurt him, but...ugh, he greatly annoys me online. I've tried not answering what he writes or saying I'm busy at the moment, but you can only do that for so long. Blocking him is not an option because we have the same friends pretty much.

Any ideas on what to do?

hmmm this is a difficult situation.

my advice would be:
when he is IMing you like crazy just be like, "umm why are you IMing me so much? its getting really annoying" just tell him straight up. he'll get over it.

hope i helped=]]

Q: I don't exactly know how to shape my eyebrows. Should I tweeze or do the whole cut thing with the eyebrow razor thing? Either way how should I do it?

well if its your first time shaping your eyebrows then i would have them proffessionally waxed then, the person who is waxing can give some proffessional tips on how to keep them good at home.

=]]hope i helped!

Q: Ok so a lot of people tell me i am too thin. I've done those online calculators and they say i am, but you can't really trust those things because they don't take in to consideration a lot of important factors, you know. So, I thought if people could look at my pic site and give me their honest opinion? Thanks. http://www.picturetrail.com/photos/blondina75