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Q: okay, i swear i'm not putting down your advice. it's really helpful. but i'm just trying to realllly mske the right choice. haha. i tried pulling the whole "he's just a close friend" but my brother told him everything. like how we tell eachother that nothing compares. and we're gunna spend the rest of our lives with eachother. yada yada. and btw, drew comes down twice - three times a year if it matters. haha. ah, this is such a hard posistion to be in. haha.
well then, it's up to you to make the decision. decide what's more important to you - your boyfriend, or drew. you can try to keep talking to drew in secret, but that probably won't be easy. if you really love drew, then choose him.

Q: Thank you, I appreciate it. But, there's one problem. When my boyfriend meant choose, he meant stop talking to Drew all together. And I can't do that.
okay then, play the trust card. tell him to TRUST you. that you're only talking to drew as a friend, and you can't just stop talking to such a close friend. if he really liked you, he wouldn't make you choose. let him know that drew isn't a threat to him, he's only a close friend.

Q: Okay, I'm a fourteen year old girl. There's this guy who used to live pretty close to me and I've met him a few times. A couple years ago he moved to virginia. We started talking online a year and a half ago and we've fallen in love. He's 17. We decided that he can have his girlfriends and I can have my boyfriends. Well, my boyfriend is my brother's best friend. My brother told him about Drew [guy in virginia] and he's making me chose. I've been with my brother's best friend for four months now and I'm pretty sure we're gunna last. We're really good together. But, I've loved Drew for about a year. But, my boyfriend's here and drew's not. I'm honestly clueless. I have no idea what to do. Help please? I'd reallllllyyyy appreciate it.
stay with your boyfriend. you got a good thing going, don't ruin it for some guy who you might not even ever see again. keep in contact with drew though, just as friends. seeing as how you love him, something might happen in the future.

Q: Last year I became ill with this weird sickness, which is pretty rare, it was called coksaki or something, and it left deep scars, everywhere, but my face is what gets me the most.

I miss how it used to look,
everytime I see hole pictures of myself,
I want to just break down and cry,
because I thought I was pretty than,
I know looks aren't everything,
but it really hurts my self esteem.
And I had heart surgery when I was little so I havea huge scar on my right shoulder blade, I just have so many scars, and I feel like I'm just a big scar, and that I'm ugly and undesirable. I'm pathetic I guess, anyone ever felt similar to how I'm feeling? How do you deal?

I also know theres nothing I can do about it,
like the deep scars on my face, but I dont know how to accept it.
there's really no way you can get over it quickly. accepting and getting over it will take time. over time, your scars might heal as well. some do, some don't you just have to wait and see. you can talk to a dermatologist about it if you feel the need.

Q: I probably sound really crazy and like I'm BSing this whole thing, but please believe me when I tell you that I'm telling you the truth and not asking a boggus questions =/

Sometimes when I'm standing up or sitting down or getting up or something like that and doing absolutly nothing, I get dizzy like whoa up to the point where I can't see or hear anything and lose my balance. Everything gets black and then there comes a flash of images that I've never seen before OR I literally see MYSELF at that exact moment. Then I don't know how long passes by or what happened but I find myself elsewhere..not far away from where I was standing but I don't know how I got to that spot if that makes sense.

Like today, I was standing and I got really dizzy. Then I saw something. And I moved several feet, fell, banged my head a table [which still hurts]. And then a mfew seconds later, I was back to myself.

Does this happen to anyone else? What's wrong with me???
you might be dehydrated, or you might be anemic. see a doctor.

Q: I have really thick black hair and I kind of want to change it up. What do y'all suggest? I'm willing to cut and dye/highlight.

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n235/beautifullybroken_07/DSC02431.jpg
i think you should get it layered and thinned out. maybe dye it a dark brown or get some highlights. or maybe both.

Q: So tomorrow is the last time I'll see this guy I like cause its summer vacation right, and we just go in for a quick second.

I've been crushing on this guy for a long time now but we've never really had a long conversation or talked to eachother, outside from the classroom work I guess. But I always catch him looking at me -especially at the last school dance, then there was that one time he sat behind me during a presentation and he kept nudging me in the back.

Whatever, I figure "hey why not? If its a yes, then BOOYAH, if its a no then you have 2 months to get over him" sorta thing.

What should I say?
I was thinking just

"Hey, do you want to hang out this summer? maybe catch a movie or something?"

Something simple?
I don't want to scare him by coming on to strong.

Idea's?
Please don't say "You should be friends first" or "Flirt more" cause I know that but its kinda late for that now, and I'm asking him out to try and make a friendship not neccessarily become his girlfriend right away.

THANKS
just be like "hey. you seem like a nice person and i'd like to get to know you better. wanna hang out this summer?" something along the lines of that. or, be mysterious - get a pen &write your name&number on his arm, smile&say "call me", and walk away. good luck.

Q: I'm 14/F and chinese. I don't have the straight black hair. After showers, I love my hair. It's curly and very pretty. When it dries up...its like a sponge...it's all dried up and huge! Normally I just put it in a ponytail...that's all I can do! I have bangs which are to my chin...Not a lot of bangs but med. amounts of hair...if you understand. When I straighten my hair...it's still kind of big but not as big so I tend to put it in a half pony tail.
My question is...what can I do to my hair?
you should get your hair thinned out and layered. that way, it won't be so big and poofy. then you can do whatever you want with it.

Q:
Is it 100% true that your period stops in water? Or is it just a myth? I'm afraid to take any chances... =/
it's definately a myth. if you want to go swimming or something, wear a TAMPON. but it is definately a myth.

Q: when i just took a shower i noticed a red bump on the inside of my labia? i have never made any sexual contact or anything so it couldnt be like warts or anything. what is it
if you shave, it might just be an ingrown hair or something like that.

Q: 14/F

So I'm going on vacation for two weeks and I'm trying to pack light...I was wondering, do I really need to bring shaving cream for my legs/under my arms?
Any opinions are helpful.
you dont HAVE to have shaving cream. soap/lotion works just as well.

Q: 14/f
going into 9th grade

hey well i'm 14 now and i still don't have my period. i know it's normal, but my sister got hers about my age and my mom got it when she was like 12. so you know how people say you're supposed to get discharge about like a year before your period? well it's been way over a year, maybe even 2 and nothing's happening still. and also you're supposed to get it a little bit after your boobs start to grow? yeah well that's been about 2 years now. it's so annoying. it's not like i'm looking foward to it or anything, but practically like every girl my age has it already. even my bff who is like 85 pounds and tiny. i would have expected her to get it after me. but no. is there anything wrong with me? i don't want to talk about it with my mom or anything, because well, you don't know my mom. and also a doctor because i'm not open about this kinda stuff. any advice?
don`t worry about it, there`s nothing wrong with you. my mom didn`t get hers until she was 18, and she was shocked when i got mine when i was 12. usually, teens these days get their period early because of all the hormones they`re taking in. (i.e. eating chicken that had been fed with hormones so that they`ll grow) it`s a good thing you haven`t gotten it yet, don`t try to rush it. you`re lucky you don`t have it yet. don`t worry about anything. it`ll come.

Q: i need alot of songs about moving on and losing loved ones,etc.cuz im making a cd for everyone in my graduatiing class and we are all devestated to leave.the other night was our grad dance and we cried a ton,anyway they played songs like goo goo dolls "ill stay with u" and "she will be loved" by maroon 5.any songs like that is amazing.thanks
graduation by vitamin c is a pretty good graduation song.

Q: Does anyone know the miles per gallon for a 2007 Mercedes Benz CLK63 AMGA Cabriolet? Please!
i`ve heard 13 mpg city / 20 mpg highway
& 19 mpg city / 28 mpg highway.

Q: I want a tattoo so bad. I know I can get one done, and it'll look good. My parents will NOT let me get a tattoo at all, they are sooo strict. I would get it around my hip area somewhere where i could hide it. Would it be possible to hide it for 2 years. Or should I just wait?
just wait. this way, you won`t get in much trouble, &you can decide on EXACTLY what you want.

Q: 13/f

okay well my dream job is to be a racecar driver. is there any sports or things to do tht involves racecar driving or something? i want to practice and get in races and stuff, any suggestions? thnx.
at this age, you can dirtbike, quad, or dune buggy. you really have to wait until you get your lisence before you can pursue race car driving.

Q: hello. im 14 and female. so i really like this boy, and i seriously think i love him, but he's broke my heart more than once. he used to like me last summer and i didnt like him so he moved on to this other girl.everytime i saw him i started getting feelings for him so we started hanging out and we started to like eachtoher and he broke up with his gf. but then he started liking her again and went back out with her. i cried over him for a long time. i waited 4 months and they broke up. he almost broke up with her multiple times for me. so i thought i would have a chance with him but a couple days later he went out with another girl. do i move on or wait for someone i love and think is worth it?
just move on. if he keeps moving on, there`s no point in waiting. find someone else. with everything he`s done, he`s NOT worth it. you`re only 14. after you move on, you`ll probably realize it was just infatuation anyways.

Q: i dont really have feelings for my boyfriend of three years anymore. I still like him and want to be friends, but I just don't LOVE him anymore. We hardly see eachother at all because we went to different schools this year. But the point is, I asked him today on the phone if he still liked me, and he said yeah. I also asked if he still liked me as much as before, and he said yeah. he also said he wanted to "give me something" on thursday so i should go see him. uhhhh help please because i really don't want to hurt his feelings and omg what if he wants to "give me" a kiss? (im 14/f by the way....and even though we've been going out for a while, we still havnt kissed yet). it would be kind of romantic in a way, but i just dont want it to be with him anymore. i used to, but he missed that time. i like someone else. Please help i really dont know what to do. Please don't just tell me "break up with him" because it's sooooo hard because i've known him for a while and I care about him sooooo much. Thanks.
go see him. who knows, your feelings might come back. if they don`t, tell him the truth. the sooner the better, so he`s not too attatched. the sooner you do it, most likely the less it`ll hurt. just tell him you don`t feel the same anymore and either he`ll accept it, or he`ll try harder, which might help.

Q: we're remodeling our house. today, the contractors pulled up the carpet (which had hard wood floor underneath) in most of the house so we could decide to either get new carpet, or keep the exsisting hardwood. the hardwood in my room looks greats, and has nothing major done to it, so i want to keep it. however, i'm on the third floor and the sometimes it gets pretty cold up here in the winter, and vice versa in the summer. i love the hardwood though- can anyone give me pro's & con's to keep it versus getting hardwood?
keep the hardwood. you can get a nice big rug for when it`s cold. that way, you have the option of carpet or hardwood without spending so much money on getting it changed.

Q: Can anyone tell me what the "popular crowd" in highschool is usually like?
there really is no "popular crowd". you can say it all you want, but everyone`s view of the "popular crowd" is different, because there is no ONE dominating group in highschool.

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