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I'm a mom of 3 kids in a long term relationship. I like to think I'm fairly smart(IQ 131), but I definitely don't know everything. I work a regular job, finished high school, but dropped out of my first year of college. I'm not religious, but I think of myself as pretty spiritual. I'm always watching and reading new things that interest me, because I love to learn new things. I guess you can really ask me anything, I love to give advice. I'm sure the people that will benefit best from my advice are other people like me, but don't take my word on it ;)

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okay there is this new show on mtv called "tool academy" and one of the guys was found cheating on his girfriend. the excuse he told the innocent girl was that she was just the crazy ex girkfriend who he hated. that excuse sounds believable, but the thing is, my boyfriend told me that exact thing when i found some girl commenting him on myspace calling him baby.i told him about both the show and the girl and he kept making excuses. is he cheating on me?

He could be, or might not be. If he is, and hasn't told you yet, he isn't going to tell you. The girl on myspace, if he cheated with her, she doesn't know about you. She wouldn't have called him baby on a public place like myspace if she knew about you. A way to find out is to send her a message asking if she is dating him, but don't tell her anything about yourself. You could add, that if she isn't dating him, you are interested in him. That should trigger some sort of response from her. It may be a little sneaky, but at least you will get your answer.

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i want to lose my lower stomache fat
it like sticks out
i have a treadmille at home
can someone tell me what to do how to lose the fat and make it flat
and also,
how long i should stay on my treadmille
what exactly to eat?
please answer all these questions,
and i heard doin ab crunches and all that workouts when you dont have a flat tummy will only make it bigger?
then what am i supposed to do to get it flat? htanks. im a skinny girl btw
14.

aerobic exercise burns fat. You can stay on your treadmill as long as you want really. Exercises that target your core and lower abdomen will get you results. Always run for a while before you work on your stomach. It will get your heart rate up and your muscles warmed up giving you better results. This may help a little, good luck!

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/core-strength/SM00047

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i've been having trouble going #2. i never go regularly. the only reason i go sometimes is because i've been told to eat fiber and i have been. i'm still not regular. i really want to start going to the bathroom like a normal person. i don't know what to do.

take a regular fiber supplement(they have it in pills now), and try the yogurt Activa. It has cultures that help balance out your digestive system.

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What are the symptoms for Thrush?

I had thrush when I was breastfeeding my second child. Your baby will have white patches in the mouth. You will get pain and burning when nursing, and possibly sore, cracking and bleeding nipples. It is quite unpleasant, if you think you might have it, call your doctor right away.

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Can you buy waxing strips, like just from the
supermarket? Or would I have to go to a Chemist?

BTW I live NSW, Australia. (just so you know)

Waxing strips for hair removal? If that is the case, you should be able to get them at the supermarket.

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I dont want to be a vet tech or vet assistant i just want to be a veterinarian, learn everything there is to be an animal doctor. so far i can only find colleges for vet techs and vet assitants. Im looking for a college in denver colorado or pheonix arizona.
Also how long until i finish school to be a veterinarian and what high school classes can help me get into vet college.

Thanks! - C

You have to go to at least a 4 yr college to be a veterinarian. It is a lot of schooling, almost as much as a medicine doctor. 4 main yrs, plus extra schooling, internship, etc. Biology classes in high school will help you get a head start. In Colorado, CSU is the only college that offers a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine(DVM) degree.

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I feel overweight and unhappy I want to be successful I'm feel like I'm getting no where I don't know where to start. I feel so lost what should I do

If you want to be more successful, you have to feel good about yourself. A good place to start is finding a women's support group. They are offered many places, especially churches. Then work on losing weight. If you don't feel you are motivated enough to do it on your own, then join a weight watchers, jenny craig, or someplace that offers weightloss help. And lastly, exercise! Exercise releases "feel-good" hormones in your brain that make you feel happy. If you can stick with that, it will change your life forever, you will feel healthy, happy, and sexy! Those are the keys to success! You never quite mentioned what you meant by successful. You targeted your weight and mood, so that's how I came to my answer. Let me know if I didn't touch all the bases. Good luck!

Myrrha

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I have a UTI at the moment, and I've been taking medicine to help the pain. I'm supposed to be getting my period soon.. Will the UTI make my period arrive later or will it even effect it?

16/f

Thank you :)

It won't effect it at all. Your urinary tract and your uterus are 2 seperate systems. The only problem is you will probably be more miserable. Us women all know how miserable your period is, and to have a UTI on top of that, ouch! Drink lots of water and cranberry juice and get lots of rest. Good luck!

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I can never tell if i'm hot or cold.
It'll be freezing outside and i think im hot.
Or i think im cold, but ill get all redfaced from being hot.
Weird.
Whats this called?

Sounds like hot flashes to me. I can't really say anymore without more info about how old your are and stuff.

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Im always touching something, messing with something, going through my phone, messing with my hair, biting my lips/cheek, etc. People always think Im nervous or something but Im really hardly ever nervous. Is this like some kind of disorder or somethign?

I doubt it. With the touching being so many different things, it sounds to me maybe you just have a lot of energy and don't like sitting still? It could be a disorder if you were doing it a certain amount of times. In example, touching your phone 3 times, redoing your hair 3 times, biting your lip 3 times. Or if you feel you have to keep messing with your hair until it feels right, or have to keep going thru your phone until it feels like you are sure you didn't miss anything. Those could all be signs of obsessive compulsive disorder. Hope that might help a little for you. Good luck!

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I know this sounds disgusting but will I be okay if my dog licked my vagina? Seriously- will I get any diseases or illnesses? Isn't it true that dogs mouths are cleaner than humans? I would like some advice from a knowledgeable person. I was just experimenting and I'm worried that I might get sick or get an infection,

Dog's mouths are not cleaner. Would you consider your mouth clean if you ate poop off the ground and licked your own genitals to clean them? You wouldn't get sick unless your dog had some sort of illness and you had any open sores on your genitals.

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so this guy i sort of like wants me to give him a handjob and he wants to finger me..this is a really weird and probobly stupid question but lets say he fingered me, would it be possible that if his hands werent washed good enough and had touched himself down there recently, would it be possible that i could get pregnant from that? i mean im not going to tell him to wash his hands..and what if its still under his finger nails..ugh im just paranoid but idontknow what to do..and i dont even know how to give a handjob?! he knows i dont..but i actually have no clue..what do i do?

First of all... why wouldn't you tell him to wash his hands!?!? Hygiene and being clean is #1 priority when it comes to any form of sex. It isn't possible for you to get pregnant that way, because sperm lives a very short time outside of your body. There would be a lot of scandal about "virgin" pregancies if it were possible haha! There's absolutely nothing to worry about, and about the not knowing how to give a handjob, there's lots of resources on the internet. Good luck and stop stressing so much :)

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i'm not sure if this is in the right category...
but lately i've been having a lot of dreams that i'm pregnant or that i have babies, almost every other night. any ideas on what this could mean? thanks.

I disagree with flirty. I have read a lot on dreams and have taken some psychology. Dreaming of pregnancy usually means something new is happening in your life. It could be something big, or something little. Keep a pen and paper at your bedside, and as soon as you wake up write down all the details you can remember. Then look at what is going on in your life and see if there is some sort of semblance. If you can't interpret your dream, don't worry, it is just a way for your brain to vent the business and stress of life. If you want to learn more about your dreams, Sylvia Browne has a great dream book called, Book of Dreams. Check it out sometime. Good luck!

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I play football and im on the track team and my high school both of which im highly competitive in, my frosh year i was 1st in the state in my event in track, and in football I've been recruited by dartmouth, harvard, hobart, and tufts. Im only a sophmore but ive encountered a very tough decision, on whether or not to do track or football, because this year, my sophmore year, right after the first game in football i needed surgery on my shoulder which took me out for the season. Im finally back to doing everything now, and Im questioning whether or not to stick with track or to continue football. I know im being highly recruited as a sophmore for football, but im not sure if its something I want to do in college even though everyone tells me i should. Im set on doing track, cuz my coach is awesome and its pretty fun, but Im not sure if I should continue football. I really prefer track over football, but wouldnt mind playing football, i just dont know if i wanna play in college. Just looking for your opinions thanks.

Both sports can land you scholarships. Football may be very risky in the long run because of you shoulder. You could very easily injure it worse later on, and it may never be the same. Also, pursuing football, you have a slim chance of making it to the NFL (tho very small.) Track is much safer, and sounds like its more fulfilling for you. The path you could take professionally could be quite rewarding also (marathons, triathelons, and possibly the olympics one day.) Sounds to me you are quite talented, and either way you have a successful future ahead.

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I likemy bff's brother and have for a while now. I just told her a week ago, it was nice to let it out. She obviously said, omgggg, and all that. She doesn't really care, we're still bffs, we never really talk about it and if we do we just laugh. I know he at least likes me as a friend, he says hi in the hallways and jokes with me. We relate about a lot of stuff and my bff always says, you get along better with him than me! Well, one time on the bus home, before she knew i liked him, we were talking. She was telling me about how they bonded last night (they hate each other most of the time though) and they told eachother who they liked. She said a long time ago they promised to never tell anyone who they said they liked, and they never broke the promise. So we joked and I said, I know you said your cell phone, and we laughed because she loves her cell. I do know who she really likes though. And so I said, and I know your brother said his xbox 360, cause he plays it so much. She laughed a little, but just said no, actually... and she never finished! That was before she knew I liked him. Well, she's obviously bound by her promise and wouldn't tell me if he did like me or not if I asked. But I really think if he did like me, she might say something. But maybe not, you know, sibling bonds. He definately acts like he likes me most of the time, at least as a friend. So what do you think?

Most gut feelings are right. It sounds to me that he probably likes you. When it comes to best friends tho, its treacherous ground to walk. He may be the greatest guy in the world, but what happens if you break up? It will cause tension on your relationship with you bff. Blood is thicker then water, one reason she never disclosed to you what her brother said. Unless you are prepared to possibly ruin one of your greatest friendships, I would keep things on a platonic level. If you can't have the cake, it's at least better if you can smell it, right?

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Iam a 19 year old female and my mom and I fight all the time and iam sick of it and I know that not all the stuff we fight about is all her fault it's partly my fault to but today she just pissed me off so bad it's not even funny she just really hurt my feelings and this is not the first time she's made comments to me about this subject either. Iam going tell tell you what happened. we was talkin about the new to be president of the united states and i said I wish people wouldn't have elected a muslim for a president and my mom had to go a bring about how i was molested by my daddy into it this is was the comment just becouse his daddy was a muslim dosn't mean aboma was remember your daddy was a child molester that dosn't make you one does it? It just pissed me off and hurt my feelings really bad. I can't help it he molested me and she made it seem like it was my fault for what he did?
what should I do? I want to talk to he about it but i don't know how to go about it the right way without hurting hur feelings and making matters worse than it already is.

Have you had any counseling for this? I would advise getting some so you can move past this. Your mother bringing this up was way out of line. It sounds like she may have some issues getting past it also. She may be still mad at herself for letting it happen, and is projecting it onto you. And with the religion thing. This country is a melting pot of all races and religions, it is just as appropriate for a muslim to be president as a catholic. Religion is just a man-made business, it is not God-made, there is never full truth in any religion. It is all in the eye of the beholder, and some people just need it for self- comfort (or in many cases, a habit they grew up with.)

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There's this guy that I really like that I dated last year. I broke up with him but I regret it. He asked me out this year but I wasn't ready for another relationship but now he has a girlfriend. She's pretty and all but I love him and can't forget him he told me he still loved me but couldn't break up with her but idk why. If he loves me soo much y can't he just do it he claims to love me more than her but at school he doesn't talk to me and gives her a lot of attention. What should I do??

It sounds to me that he really doesn't love you as much as he is leading you to believe. He wouldn't act like you are not there, he would at least be a friend if he still had feelings for you. It just makes him feel good that he can keep you hanging around. I know it's hard to hear, but it is time to move on to better guys.

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I just wanted to know whether you think I have mis carried or not.

Me and my partner have been trying to concieve for a while, then 2 days before my period was actually due, I came on with only light bleeding, and it was very light in colour, and quite painful, and only last 3 days?

I have read a few different articles on the internet and it seems that what I suffered was a miscarriage.

Whats your opinion? Heres some facts:

1. My period is always on time, never late or early,
2 . Always lasts at least 6 days
3 . Normally very heavy
4 . Normally pain free.

Please help me figure out whether a miscarriage was the case, it does say on a few websites, that many women mistake it to just be a period, but with the symptoms so similar, I beg to differ that its a period. Thank you in advance.

I agree with most of the answers here already. It could just be your period a few days early, or it could be a miscarriage. Even tho you took some pregnancy tests, how long did you wait to take it? I've had multiple negative pregnancy tests when I really was pregnant, I just didn't wait long enough to take it.

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My boyfriend and i go to different schools.... we see eachother like maybe once every two weeks.. i love that guy =] but girls are like on him all the time and i trust him.. and my friends tell me that he makes every girl away.. but they keep coming back.. how do i make them go away???

You can't make them go away. They are of their own free minds, and they will do whatever they wish. You just have to trust that your boyfriend will let them know he is taken and will make them back off. If you haven't told him already, let him know that it really does bother you. For a positive, take pride in that you have a boyfriend that all the other girls want but can't have. It's a real morale booster. If he likes you that much, he won't stray away from you until your relationship has ended.

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I'm trying to come up with a title for a painting of a cow. I was just wondering if anyone knows if there is a difference between cows that are raised for their milk versus cows raised for beef??

Like if you just look at a cow, can you tell which it is? Are the black and white ones for milk and the redish brown ones for beef? or what?
(my picture is a redish brown one)
Thanks!

Dairy cows come in all colors. Basically, a dairy cow is female, has had at least one calf, and is a milk producer for a farm. Beef cattle are raised to certain point then butchered. They usually live for maybe a year tops before they are butchered, and they never are bred if they are going to be butchered. So, if your painting is of a milk producing cow, it is a dairy cow. If it isn't, then you could really go with whatever you like.

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