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Born in the 60's means I have had a great life full adventures and mishaps and experiences and direction. I am 5th of 6 sibblings. Now I am married 24 yrs with 2 teenage boys 17 & 16 yrs and a son 8yrs
Boys are definately challenging but I am up to the task. We own a business here 20 yrs I am a jack of all trades master of none. If you want something done you got to do it yourself. I pride my self with the fact that when I left home I never asked my parents for any assistants of any kind esspecially money. I struggled and now I am my own success story.

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so there is this boy in the year above me in school an i really really like him he knows i like him an we sometimes speek on msn but usually if one of my friends has been added into the convo but i wont to talk to him on msn myself so i was wodering what are some good things to say to him that will make him like me an make a interesting convo. thanks

If you want to make an impression you have to speak the queens english Full sentances no nonsence words, be classy. Art of conversation (google it), be specific direct to the point in a nice way use your style of nice way. be interesting. Firstly aim for questions you can ask him that are of interest to him. get him yakking on and on about it. He'll love to chat about cars or motorbikes wsurfing what ever his passion is you have to feed it. if you know nothing about it learn something about it so you have an idea of what to say, let him teach you the rest of his passion. Good luck

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My 16 year old son began using drugs about a year ago. After several groundings, I told him to either follow the rules or he would have to go live with his father (what I assumed to be the ultimate punishment...and that he would be back and ready to follow my rules withing a few days.) He has now been living with his father for two months and will not speak to me because I "kicked him out." I miss him. His father and I do not speak so I don't know if he's getting the help he needs. What should I do?

Don't worry, your son will come back to you when he has learned to be a man. y Y are female you cannot do this process of passage. Your son is in the best situation to become a man, his dad is his mentor. providing his dad is a good bloke of cause) Your son will come back to you with a new profound love & understanding of your motherly parental choices of setting boundries. You took responsibility whilst he grew up, now it's dad's turn to make a man of him. Be greatful he has a dad and he's getting along with him. Your son will be better off for it so will you, be patient your son will do a full circle. You will be proud of him. Mark my word

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PLEASE READ! ITS LONG BUT I WILL RATE!

Im 18/f and my ex boyfriend is 19/m i put a restraining order on him last year because he was threatening me and it was just horrible. Then somebody told me something happened to him so i was stupid and made the biggest mistake of my life and decided to IM him on AIM. Things were okay for like 3 months and we were hiding the fact that we were talking. The past several months have been horrible. More threatening and saying if i dont do something he's going to the cops and telling them that I broke the restraining order and how im going to jail etc. I dont want to get into trouble. over the past few months i spent the night at his mothers house and everything was okay again and we still had the restraining order just kept it hush hush. I honestly dont want anything to do with him now and i tell him to stop talking to me but he wont and keeps harassing me and i cant really do anything about it because i dont want to get into trouble and stuff. I cry every single night because its horrible I wish i never IM'd him in the first place. I cant go to the police and whenever i tell him to leave me alone he says he's going to kill me or he's going to go to the cops and tell them that im talking to him and things like that. It doesnt help that he lives right down the road from me and he knows when im home and when im not. He even stood in the middle of the road if i dont talk to him. I need any advice thats possible to make this stop. THANKS!

For anyone who want to know the secret to a long & loving relationship to your partner is....
1) You must be completely commited to telling each other the truth ASAP.everything... No matter how bad the truth seems.... lies are 100 times worst. truth is the way to go.
2) Deception is the whole in which your kigdom will fall into. Never deceive anyone, including yourself.
3) Be prepared to be... Caring, loving, useful, respectful, guiding, nurturing, honest hard working (not nessecarily in that order) patiant, in control-not controlling & have comminalities. Men must have a hobby.... not a sinfull one like betting but a genuine hobby. let him go to his cave after work afterwards discuss your day or problems as to resolve not burden him looking for resolution to the problem. Be the partnership your kids can admire and aspire too be the good example. Looking for a mate...o.k. fair enough you have to kiss a lot of toads before you find your frog prince. Aint that the truth. Let face it marraige is the end of the mating game so it's is a life time committment after a wedding, till death do you part(monogamy stuff)they are vows You both make with God.
If you can't do most of this above well...... best guess, your probably with the wrong guy.

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okay so im 16/f and just within the past year or so, i have had about a handfull of adult relatives and family friends die. one of which was my grandma whom i was very close with. now that i have gotten over the initial greeving, i am now dealing with a bit of paranoia. everytime i go to do something, i guess i shouldnt be doing (smoking weed, drinking, having sex) i feel like my dead relatives are like watching over me or are in the room. i know it sounds crazy but i cant get it outta my head. and it honestly freaks me out, and worrys me. if anyone out there has dealt with this same sort of thing, can you just let me know about it and if you found a way to get over this. any help would be awsome. thanks in advance!

by the way, i dont smoke weed that often, for that to be the root of my paranoia. and usually my worrying about them watching is bad leading up to doing it, not so much after.

and also i dont want to hear about how you think drinking, having sex, or smoking weed is bad. i dont care.

You said:- and also i dont want to hear about how you think drinking, having sex, or smoking weed is bad. i dont care.


@16 you should care about more about yourself.

It's just the age your at 16 you will grow out of it. You have suffered terrible loss over & over The guilt is because you know better & your subsconcious is loud & clear as to your behaviour choices like if you were doing something positive you would feel a sence of pride & joy and not dissapointment and humiliation of being watched by your deceased family & friends whom have definately crossed over. You have suffered a terrible loss many times. Everyone in life has loss & is part of growing wiser. you will come out of this far wiser than your years. Don't loose your way remember everyone fondly they are in a better place not hanging around parties watching you get wasted. O.K. turn your adversities into a positive.

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Hookay...so I met somebody online several months ago, and I've developed very strong feelings for him (I know, I know, I've never met him in person, and it may sound strange) but anyways...on the site we hang out on, there's this girl who keeps flirting with him, and I'm feeling extremely jealous (not in a spiteful way) and the thing is, this girl already has a boyfriend (which the guy I like most likely knows, since her relationship status says so), so that part is really pissing me off...and I think he may actually be responding to the flirting by the comments he gives her...so yeah, am I just being paranoid? Is this normal? Kinda' caught in a whirlwind of confusion and jealousy...

So.... you flirt with him more he dosen't sound committed to you so make some progress to take it to the next level like she has. If it dosen't work out it dosen't work out, best to meet him before you fall in to deep though he might be a real looser in the real world but in cyber world a god alter ego stuff.

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Well in school there is this guy. he is soo funny and all of the girls throw themselves at him. some say he's ugly but i don't. how do i get him to notice that im better than all of them?
I will give a 5 to the best answer.
thanks in advance!!
abbie x

Are you in his circle of friends? If not....
Tell your hair dresser to give you a sexy make over and then go over to his hang out get someone to introduce you formally then tell him a joke & make him laugh with you. Get him talking about himself. Apparently guys like Vanilla fragrance smells like baking. Apart from that try something french you wont go wrong. always be sweet & charming in all honesty guys only like seeing bitches fight they don't want to be with them. so be your sweet self and smile make eye contact that will melt his heart.

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so basiclyy i am not obses but not skinny and it really makes me bad and uncomfortable. i have gained alot of wieght recently and it really dont like it. but i hate dieting...like i reaqlyl cant. any suggestino of other quick ways to lose some wieght?
please helpp!

Age is a factor here, AS Teens always go through a pig out stage due to high metabolism, hormone boost due to burst of growth & extra activities. Adults slow down a little O.K. a lot in the exersice department.
So I can suggest a few things however always healthy. in a nut shell go for a
Breakky- fibre diet cerial (not crap rubbish cerial) but say sanitarium weetbix lots of fibre
aphidophilus yogurt shakes with friut like banana vanilla essance ice cubes not milk.

If you have a juice extractor do the juice thing with vegies and friut combinations anything you can find that taste yum together. There are lots of juicing site on google. buy a bag of ice and suck on an ice cube if you feel peckish. soon the water will fill your tummy you cannot compress water I learnt that in science. always have dinner make it lean meat white has less fat but red is important too it builds muscle. I can sugest some power walking if you can carry small wieghts 2lb in each hand is benificial. Without exercersise your skin goes loose & flabby this looks worst than plump. Good luck

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where is a good place to be a stripper in GA, (names of clubs or anything else)

Don't you aspire to something better? So cheesy
If your not going to be one then... why ask this question?

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hi! 14female

ok, well my just recent bf broke up with me, because people were making fun of him for dating me? Ugh, so stupid,i can't believe he's that shallow. Well, this other boy that i dated last summer he was real sweet, caring and i had a great time dating him, than we broke up because he didn't think he was ready to date me yet. Well, when i was still dating my ex, he told me that he still loves me and that i was the best thing that ever happened to him, and not to forget how much he loves me. you see, I think he's the right guy. He is but, he will be moving far away and i won't be able to see him. My friend told me long distance relationships can work, you have to make them work, but i don't know how i will because i haven't been in one before. Can someone tell me if i should choose him, and if i do how can i stay with him? thanks

Well if sex isn't an issue go for it but if you need companionship you better do the right thing and break it off and seek someone closer to home.that's if you need kisses & cuddles over phone talk & promises.

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okay so my mom wont let me get in cars with guys.
it sucks really bad.
she says that she needs to meet them first and let her get to know them and she means that by the guys coming over to my house.
i hate bringing guys home because its really boring at my house and nothing to do.
i sneak out alot and that is because she wont let me get in cars with guys. i wont do anything bad with them but she dont trust me. i really hate it. i cant ever hang out with a guy unless they come over to my house or i sneak out. i dont know what to do. everybody gets to get in cars with guys, even my best friends, there is this one really good girl and she even gets to and my best friend get to too and her mom didnt even know him. it just sucks, im tired of it. help me please. i will give out a 5. (:

I take it your pushing 15 Neither did muy Mum & I love her for it you know why she cared about my life & wellbeing. I never snuck out there was no where to go anyway. I respected her rules. I have 3 sons now and I have that rule about no girls allowed in thier flat. same thing. My boys are just learning to drive and it is a real worry if they hoon it up & something goes wrong. I hope they are responsible and take care driving. I can only hope & pray the worst dosen't happen. You see my sisters husband took us on a hoon ride from hell doing donuts surrounded by gum trees. She was screaming to stop He just laughted & got faster it was so scary he's such a jerk. She diviorced him a few yrs later. It will all still be there when your time comes do the right thing make life with mum harmony she wants to meet the guy your out with nothing wrong with that. Imagine IF you snuck out o.k. & something went wrong say you were in an accident say someone was hurt or worst the police will probably interview your mum they will ask where did she go I dont know what was she wearing I don't know Who was she with I don't know she is looking very irresponsible too. Your Mum has a responsibility for you till your 18 fact of life. enjoy your fun at home till your old enough in Mum's eyes to date in a car with a sensible young man not a hoon. you'll do the same thing to your daughter trust me it's not because you want to spoil her fun it's because you love & care for her just like your mum does go give her a hug go on you love her too. your not missing out on anything special.

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17/f, I'm on my senior powderpuff football team...we tried to spraypaint our tshirts but they look like .... yeah. real bad. i have access to vinyl so i can do "seniors" on the front and my last name and the number "10" on the back, but the question is, will it stick on and stay on?
thanks.

use double sided adhiesive paper & iron on protect the vinal with towel DON'T have iron set too high try cooler Synthetic first go towards hotter cotton if nessecary. Probably buy sticky paper at an Art supplier. or try stiching it on with a sewing machine.

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are there any foods or drinks that will make me loose my voice AND FAST????? please dont say screaming or talking loud or coughing, i already tried those

WHY would you want to do this????
For Whom to see???

Can you pretend????? whisper

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im a senior in high school and im not sure what i really should do. I want to join a sport team and get a job to make money, but at the same time i wanna be free and hang out with my friends and family so if i get a job i wouldnt have a fun time with friends and i want to enjoy since im a senior so i rather work after i graduate, but i need money to buy a car and other things i need or wants and same with sports i might miss out something and i might get too tired to do my homework or study so im really confused what should i do? if i get a job/sport/school i wouldnt have time for anything i want to have fun before i step into a real world =[

Yep It's called growing up. You can't have cake and eat it too son. The fun dosen't stop when you leave school you grow up & mature, he who works hard earns heaps gains lots. if you really want something you have to make some sacrifices. That's a fact of life. Your young.... you can do it. My husband had 3 jobs when I was dating him. he found time to see me too for the first 2 yrs of our relationship. If you want it bad enough make it happen.

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where can i get a playboy miss may necklace?? (for a sort of low price?)

Try E-Bay

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What is a breakfast that can keep me full for about 6 hours? and that is also healthy for you. but mainly to keep my full with no worries of being hungry....? please and thank you.

breakfast digestion is all over by morning tea 6 hours is serious filling. this is not a realistic objective. may I suggest you loose more wieght having 6 small healthy snacks/meals a day I am sorry, but that's a fact. But try 5-6 weet bix and or sprinke with bran/wheat/oats & freshly squeezed fruit juice from a juice extractor carrot & apple juice, heavily seeded slice of toasted bread important to keep away from processes foods & drinks. always organic. good luck

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female/high school student

basicallly, theres this girl that i just cant stop thinkin about... she goes out with my 'friend', who actually started talkin to her AFTER i told that 'friend' that i liked her. lets call the girl i like 'A'.

A is just the best. shes so cute, sexy, funny, adorable...you get it. i cant help myself but to flirt with her. she was supposed to come over my house friday to hang out but her rides car broke down.

she wanted me FIRST before my 'friend' went after her. see, im not the person who will jump on top of you if i like you, i just like to get to know people. wellll i guess i waited too long. but the fact that she wanted me first and that i wanted her keeps us flirtin... its kind of bad but i reaallly cant/dont wanna stop.

she flirts with me a lot tho. always calls me bae/baby and we usually talk all the time. ive tried not to talk to her so ican get over her , but it just makes me wanna talk to her more. when i see her at school i get butterflies, she turns me on, we get along really well.

ughhhh , i dont know what to do with myself ! someone help me.

Just how do you envision your future with her???? 1) A short flirty school fling
2) long term deep & meaningful relationship? (meaning- monogamy marriage with children for a life time)
3) Bachelor with many girlfreinds.
Your cutting in on another guys girl, right now. flirting with her. Have fun YES BUT don't flirt NO
Yes you lost for now things change build a bridge and get over it. Teens go through true love every 3 mths or so don't they, till something better comes along. how do you know if she didn't always want guy No.2 maybe she was comfortable with you to get to know your friend better the one whom was really in her sights. Maybe she used you to get to him & she flirts back fully comfortable you won't take advantage of her. Find youself your own girl and go out together as a group of 2 couples. mmmm? build a bridge and get over it.

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how do i become a stripper

How much self respect do you have? I Personally would rather wash dishes.

Well I say this because I did start out washing dishes at 16 and by the age of 28 I started and still own my own business with my husband & I never took my cloths off for money once to get there. It's not impossible it just starts with a clever idea and a clear conscience.

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For weeks I have been iffy about even writing this.
I am young 18 and just got married in August. I am pregnant that is not why we got married but I think we rushed into it. We were planning the wedding already had my wedding dress before i found out I was Pregnant.
Sometimes I find myself regretting getting marred My reasons. I wanted to work days and go to school nights. It would be tough but id be able to better myself for me and my family he through a fit and didnt support me at all. told me either work or go to school but advises me to work because we need the money. Being pregnant I have my mood swings like most if we have an argument its all my fault he will yell at me and blame me then make me feel guilty by saying oh its always all my fault i forgot your so perfect. sometimes he makes im crap. If i feel nauses or sick at night or anything and he wants sex he pouts and acts like he is mad by not saying a workd until he gets it then goes to sleep. he goes hunting, fishing, baseball teams and tournaments etc. anything he wants and i dont argue about it i just let him.
I have asked a million times to look harder for a job. he works 2 days aweek at a sale barn doing something he likes i work full time on my swallon feet 40+ hours a week and come home exhausted and tired. its like he dont care he doesnt want to even try to look he put an app. in at burgerking one app.. in 5 weeks? we live at my dads. which i dont feel is save but dont have a choice. hes lazy
and to top it off he always wants to spend money. i used to get food stamps which just stopped but hed want a gallon of tea every 2 days. go out and buy food he wants all the time because hes to lazy to cook one thing or wait for it to get done. as soon as he gets paid he goes and spends most of the money on garbage food and gets mad when i tell him i dont want it id rather eat food i cook at home.
I love my husband to death trust me and want to work things out but i dont know what to do i talk to him about it and itslike it is in one ear and out the other.

Your Husband has a lot of growing up to do The baby is not good timing but never a mistake. Sometimes you just got to take conrol of the banking go see the manager sort something out. he is very irressponsible to by junk food with a wife & child inpending on 2 days a week salary when bub comes & if you need a cessarian you cannot lift over 15 20 kgs for 6 mths, hows he going to feed you if you cannot breast feed formula is essential baby never goes hungry grown adults can.. but not bubby. I would leave him if he dosen't pull his sox up if he loves you he'll change his habits. Good luck Hope the baby is safe & well.

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My parents just got separated after over thirty years of marriage. I knew well in advance that it would eventually happen, and today I found out that my dad moved out. I know that it is for the best- they could not possibly go on with a lifeless marriage.

My dad is doing fine, and has a plan set in mind as to where he will live, what he has to do to eventually finalize a divorce, etc., My mom, on the other hand, is not taking any of this well. She was shocked, and insisted she wanted to work on herself and make things better- we all know, by the way, that things are broken beyond repair, and have been for as long as we can remember. So my concern has to do exclusively with my mom.

To add, I go to grad school out of state, and my siblings live in a different city as well. We are not physically there, so she has been calling and pleading with us a few times in one day alone. I keep insisting that it will be for the better, and that they cannot continue living miserably. But my mom (who is extremely volatile emotionally) keeps calling, basically yelling over the phone, saying how she wanted to make things better, but he left her, that she can't see why we won't convince him to move back, and that he should just live in a different room (in the same house). I keep on telling her very logical things like, the marriage was miserable for years and years, that you cannot live in separate rooms (either live peacefully together, or live separately). So long story short, she will not really listen to any of us, and wants to somehow prove that she would have made things better, and that now the family is broken, etc.,

I am very stressed out, and busy with grad school, and this is all adds to my stress-emotionally. I don't know what to do--I mean, I know in my mind that I cannot possibly make my mom see things our way, but I can't stop thinking about what she is thinking and going through. I am also stressed out about the fact that this is really it- it's done. I mean, I knew it would happen, and now it's really hit me that it has happened.

So I guess what I'm meaning to ask is, how do you deal with your parents divorcing? And how can I constructively deal with my mom, when she is being so difficult?

This is a tough one... Your Mum is in denial we all want to be sucessfull at something divorce for some is the greatest of failures. She needs to come to terms with the new direction in her life Now she is alone she needs to validate her existance join a club meet new people travel anything but ponder and perish. Offer her things to direct her in a positive & productive direction failing that she's no better suggest she see her doctor about depression anxiety issues I am sure she is quite lost right now. she will recover with guidance. Don't discuss the failed marriage change the subject discuss her future plans. get her on task to go forward. you might want to point out that her misery is affecting your grades She needs to be more conciderate of your achievement efforts Good luck with your Mum & your studies

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my school doens't do media studies, only thetre studies, and i might not be able to do that. if i don't then does it matter if i do a EQP essay on media studies? i wanna be a producer when im older, but i don't have any experience ith drama or theatre. also i looked at example EQP's and all the fun intersting one's got low grades. i anna do one about 'the impact of youtube on different media platforms and the internet' or something like that, but the ones that got a's and a*'s were boring stuff like fashion and women, or hisrtory, and it's just so predictable, and i wann do something, people can relate to, but since its my boring teachers, ho will have to mark this, should i just do something boring and stuffy, to please them, Because i have basically no extra curriculara, so i NEED a good grade. and im not that smart, so i think i migt only get average grade for GCSE and AS level. whaddya think??

Are you able to spend a day with a producer get the low down on what it's all about. That's the body of work it plays out naturaly for your essay. can't loose made a huge effort

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