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Q: I like this boy, and well, we broke up about a year ago, and I just can't get him off my mind. He goes to a school miles away from me, and we use to be really close. Now we've drifted and I still love him. I've tried talking to him multiple times. He just doesn't seem to want to talk to me. I still hope everyday that he'll come around, but, I just don't know any more. It's like everyone knows I like him, but he just doesn't see it. I'd do anything for this boy. Even go to his school, I'm actually planning on it,(not just because he goes there). And then, I hope something happens, but like I said before I just don't know what to do.
Well, if you already tried talking to him and he still doesnt see it, i would just tell him how you feel, go into great detail, or take it slow, and just ask him out. if you plan on going to his school, that would be an advantage, you'll be closer and have more time to get together with him. be honest and good luck.

Q: Okay. I'm still in love with my ex. We dated for seven months and broke up eight moths ago. I thought if I gave it enough time I'd eventually get over it but I haven't. I still miss him and think about him every single day. Granted, we broke up for a reason but there were faults on both sides. We rushed into some physical stuff I thought I was ready for but I wasnt. I got clingy, super clingy, and he tried to talk to me about it but I denied it and told him he was the one that changed. But he hadn't... True, he was a huge jerk when we broke up but I wasn't exactly a peach ahoy the whole thing either. I just feel like I've grown up and advanced from the last time we were dating. (I was going through a rough time with my parents getting a divorce around that time as well). I feel like he's grown up a lot too (hwhen we were dating I was 14/freshman and now I'm 15/sophomore and he was 16/sophomore and he's now 16/junior.) we both have been involved with other people since our split and both relationships didn't work out. I just really miss him. And he admitted he still thought another us the other day but that's the only that's been said about the matter. We barely talk. But when we do I'm happy for days. I don't wan to text him... I dunno I just want it to happen naturally but I dont know what to do... Help!
the only thing i can say is to apologize for your part in the breakup, tell him about your parents' divorce, that that may have had something to do with your attitude at the time. if he still likes you, he will look past what happened in the past, and just focus on the present. forgive and forget. also, try to talk to him more often, get back to the friend zone to start off with. then move up. good luck.

Q: so my ex boyfriend and i are having a huge disagreement over something. we broke up a while back ago. like june. and over summer/fall we were talking about getting back together but i wasn't sure so i kept putting it off and denying him.

now we are having a huge dilemma. he keeps saying that i was hurting him intentionally and that i was using him and playing him (because i kept his hopes up of getting back together but it never happened). yeah i made a mistake. guess what? i admitted it and i said sorry to him. i told him i was truly sorry for playing him but i wasn't doing it on purpose. he won't believe me though. he is so stubborn and nothing will change his belief that i did it on purpose to make him hurt. but thats not true.

this dilemma has been going on for about a week now. us 2 fighting and him saying i was hurting him on purpose but im telling him i didnt know what i wanted and that i care about him and want to be friends and i asked for his forgiveness. I'm practicaly begging him to forgive me. want to know what? because he is my first love. and to be honest, i feel like he and i have unfinished business. (we broke up over nothing really. we went out for a year) i guess you could say i still love him and care about him but he is pretty determined that i was doing this whole thing for revenge since he broke up with me.

any advice on what to do? i've been debating if i should leave him be and let him do what he wants, but i can't stand the idea of him and i not talking. i miss him. i want to be friends with him. i want to prove to him i wasn't doing it on purpose and that i was confused about what i wanted. how do i change his mind? i was thinking about driving over to his house after school to talk to him face to face? i really don't want to lose him because like i said, i feel like we have unfinished business and i dont want to risk losing that. i really care about him and i will fight until i bleed to keep him and make him realize i care about him more than anything and that he should consider forgiving me for my mistakes.

thank you!
First you need to find out what you want, to be friends, or get back together. if you get back together, then you need to prove to him that you love him and that you r sorry for playing him. explain to him that you didnt know what you wanted yet, but now you do. but just sitting in between choices will just put you two further apart and i know you dont want that. if it's just being friends, then if he really likes you, he'll understand, and you'll be friends. he won't want to lose you in its entirety, he'll rather have you as a friend than not at all. gook luck, dont be afraid.

molly

Q: i've had a minor crush on a guy for a couple months, we didn't hang out outside of work, just talked a little at the office. I knew he was going through alot. he told me about how he didn't know what to do with girls. he felt that he just gave and gave and when he needed something they didn't care about how he felt or what he needed. (which is something i've experienced as well... its very discouraging and you begin to think that there are no good people n the world)

he also is in the military and hates his job with a passion... he feels that it is a waste of his talents. he says "i've owned two businesses and employed over 500 ppl, yet they don't trust me to do the simplest tasks because of my rank" ... i was retired from the military because of the extremely OVERWHELMING anxiety i experienced from these SAME feelings.

just knowing what he was going through made me like him even more because not to long ago i was going through the EXACT same thing.

also...after spending 3 years as a lesbian because of bad experiences with guys... we slept together very soon after starting hanging out. I forgot how different sleeping with a man is. I wanted friendship... something casual, that grows naturally with time and when both people are ready... but sex made me scared and feel like i had to be important in his life or i would become a sex object... so i told him we cant do that any more. he agreed, and said he'd still like to hang out.

I still really like him, he's a super sweet guy who's going through a lot. i dont know that i'm ready for something serious... and for sure he isn't either. I think friendship is a good option because I've been where he is... but how do i separate my feelings for him from the friendship? or should i?



Just because the sex made it feel wierd, it doesn't mean that you can't be together. Go with you feelings, if they say i like him then go for it, if they say this is too wierd, then just be friends. i'm sure he will understand.

Q: How do you tell a laid-back guy that you like him? I don't want to do it in as a 'serious talk', I'm thinking to like make a joke in a serious way - if that makes any sense at all... and see how he reacts.
Help? D:
I don't think it's a very good idea to sort of joke in order to go out with him. it may give him the wrong impression, that you are joking that you two should go out. look for some signs as to if he likes you or not. Does he get nervous around you? does he look at you and then immediately look away and then look back again. etc. i think that a serious talk or a friendly talk to tell him your feelings is the best way to go. if that doesn't work then he isn't for you because the one that is for you won't care how you tell him you like him. lol, i think i just contradicted my own advice. lol

Q: My boyfriend broke up with me about a month ago. He was going through a depression and cut off all connections with everyone. He says he needed time alone and that he was no longer happy with anything. First he stopped talking to his best friend. Then all other friends, then he broke up with me. I tried to still be there for him and told him to call me whenever he needed me. But after a couple of weeks of roller coaster emotions and not being sure if he was going to call or not, i decided to end the whole thing. He kept telling me that he will come back one day and that I just need to be strong and move on for now. So thats what I told him that I needed to move on and not to call me anymore unless things were going to be different. he told me he didn't know if he loved me anymore. because he doesn't know how he feels about anything anymore. He said that his depression was getting worse and needed to find jesus. So we said our finally goodbyes 3 weeks ago and haven't talk since

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we were really in love and didn't have a bad relationship. Even planned marriage
he was in a depression when we were both in freshman year. He stopped talking to all of friends then too and then later regretted it and tried to get back in contact with them a year later when we started dating.
we are both seventeen and are in our junior year of high school. We were together 9 months but have know each other for 4 years. We liked each other freshmen year but he became very depressed because he was backstabbed by his friends and his first love cheated on him. He cut off all connections with everyone at school then to. He moved schools our 10th grade year. We didnt talk all school year but I texted him out the blue during summer and we began to have a relationship. He tried to get back in contact with the friends he cut off because he regretted doing that to them.
I REALLY MISS HIM AND IN YOUR OPINION DO YOU THINK WE WILL EVER TALK AGAIN? Should I call him or should I wait for him to call me? ( i don't think he will though...thats what scares me..)
he was my best friend and i was his. We talked about everything
Please do not tell me i need to just move on. Because i am doing that. When i am ready to date again. I will do so. But I just really want him in my life again... .. do you think it would be weird if i wait a couple of weeks give him his space... then call him to check on him?
i will do anything to have him in my life again... even if its just as friends. Every night i fight myself to call him and my friends tell me he dosent care anymore. but i have a hard time taking advice from them. He hasnt called me but i do talk to his ex bestfriend (who he cut off contact with too) and he tells me to wait for him because he is going through alot right now. I just dont know what to do anymore.


& please excuse any misspelled words and my grammar I wrote this in a rush..Thank you in advanced

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Remember he did this before with his friends then regretted it a year later?
Depression is a terrible thing to have. My mom has is, but she is on medication so it isn't so bad. Is he on medication, if not, then maybe he should try that. But, yeah, he is going through a tough time and he would or will need you more than ever. Don't give up unless he tells you directly or you are put into danger. it's up to you and how much your emotions will let you do to help. don't push your limits. good luck and hang in there. p.s. professional counseling may help him too. try talking to his parents.

Q: I had this boyfriend, and he said it was true love. But we broke up, because I've disappointed him, by believing a rumor that wasn't true, and by cutting myself, and then breaking a promise about not doing it again. He was going to give me another chance but, I broke the promise.

He says he doesn't like anyone else, but he constantly flirts with these two girls at school. I really like him. I should probably say love. So, I really love him, and I want us to be together again. But he says he wouldn't get back together with me until after a year or so. He says his life is really busy but, again, he flirts with those two girls.

What should I do? Should I try and get him back, or should I just move on and give up?


Thanks for the help.
First of all, cutting yourself is never the answer to anything. It just makes you feel worse and it doesn't solve the problem. Second, the guy you like may not be flirting at all. Take this from me, i have friends that are girls and i talk to them in a way that seems to others as if i am flirting with them, but i'm really not. I am just having fun and being a good friend. The guy you like may be doing the exact same thing. As far as getting back together, never give up. There is always hope and until he tells you directly that he doesn't like you anymore, it's not over yet. If you really like him, you will wait the year or so. Bring up your relationship every now and then, but don't come on too strong, don't sound desperate. Hang in there, if you two really like each other, you'll get back together again. Remember, the whole or part of the reason he broke it off was the promise. Prove to him you can keep it again. Good luck.

Q: Junior in high school to be. 16f.

I met this guy in eighth grade and we became really good friends. We had a couple classes together. Unfortunately, when he told me he liked me the summer after eighth grade (I had liked him the first half of eighth grade whereas he liked me the second half), nothing came to be out of it since this other guy liked me at the same time, and I didn't want to hurt the other guy since he was my friend, as well. Although I don't regret making the decision that I did, I definitely have strong feelings for him again after two years; maybe it's better now than two summers ago since recently, we've discovered that we have a lot in common, and we connect better than we have ever before. We've hung out a few times this summer with our mutual friends. I leaned on his shoulder as we lay watching the fireworks on July 4th, and held onto his arm during a movie we watched together. The most memorable time with him was a couple days ago when we watched another movie, and I held onto his arm, just as I had before. In return, he put his hand on my knee. Slowly, though, he reached for my hand and interlocked fingers with me (I read online that that's a signal that he wants to be serious with you), and kept and smiling the whole time. He has complimented me before and helped me with troubles with another recent past crush (the getting over the last guy resparked my interest in this guy), saying that normal guys don't pass up girls as funny, smart, and attractive as I am. My worry is that he wouldn't ask me out again and waste time, especially since that awkwardness a few years back. I'm not ready to tell him I like him just yet, though. What do you think of the situation? Do you think anything will come to be out of it, or am I wasting my time just like on my last crush? I feel like I'm making it pretty obvious I'm interested without being pushy or forward, but is there something that I'm doing wrong or should be doing more / less of?
He's showing all the signs that he likes you. He might ask you out again and if he doesn't, ask him out. Take it slow, i think that aren't being pushy or forward. You're doing just fine. I hope everything works out. It should.

Q: Hi all =) I'm kinda stuck with this guy that I really like. Usually I ask my friends for advice for this sort of stuff but they seem just as confused as I do =/ I'm sorry if this is long!

Basically I know this guy who I really like, I met him through a close friend a couple of months ago and we were just friends at first but we got close and he told my friend he liked me, and his friends told me that he had told them he liked me. So I told him I liked him and he said it back =)

anyway more to the point, lately we have just been talking and kissing, but he when I was at his house with his friends and we had been drinking, he will just go in a mood with me. I used to ignore it b/c he only does it when he's drunk and it doesn't last long. But since the last time I went to his house and he was a bit moody with me when he was drunk, he hasn't spoken to me properly. I have text him and he didn't reply so I left him to it as I gathered he was still in a mood. (His friends say he isn't in a mood with me, and that they don't understand him sometimes). So he text me days later and asked if I wanted to go to his house for some drinks but I couldn't b/c I was working that night. So I text him a day later and asked how he was, and he hasn't replied to me. Does this mean he doesn't like me? I'm so bad at telling whether guys like me, like the worst! I wish guys were simple, i'm sure you girls agree.

I'm sorry this was so long ha! What do you guys think I should do? Some people are telling me to walk away but it's easy to say that when you aren't involved. Thanx =)
It sounds like he is just going through a phase. I don't think it means anything. But if it continues for a long time, then he may not like you anymore. You should still talk to him and be loving and gentle. He'll come around. Don't break it off too soon, give him some time. He may be having family issues or is feeling depressed. If he is, then he will be needing you the most.

Q: Hello.
There is this boy who I've been talking to for about a month or so.He seemed really interested in me and would text and talk to me ALOT.I mean like we'd be texting for like 12 hours.I went on a trip for about 2 weeks and he texted me every single day and i was excited to see him when I got back.When I got back,we talked and hungout and whatnot.He seemed like he liked me.Until recently when he started hanging out with me and my friends as well he told me that he only wanted to be friends and that it would be awkward if we were any more than friends around "everyone else". I think that he just got so comfortable in my group of friends that he started seeing me like a friend! He stopped talking to me as much and began treating me differently(like a friend).
I want to get back to what we were at! Can I get out of the friend zone?
Thank you!
Does he know that you like him as more than a friend, if not, tell him that. Be sweet, cute, and honest. If he doesn't like you back then the worst that can happen is you being friends again. There isn't much else you can really do other than talk to him about how you feel.

-Molly

Q: 16/f

my boyfriend is going to be gone the rest of the summer. i won't be able to see him or talk to him that much. the only thing we have discussed about communication is writing letters. so we plan on doing that. but the thing is, i'm crazy about him. i can't describe it. i'm just so in love with him. ahhhh i dont even know exactly what i'm asking for... i just need advice on how to deal with this. how do i prevent myself from going crazy everyday without talking to him?? i feel like i might jump off a cliff if i don't talk to him. i can already predict that i'm going to cry almost everyday because i will miss him so much.

i'm also asking this- do you think i'm taking this too seriously?? because when i talked to him the past few days, and was around him, it seemed like he wasn't that upset or sad. but here i am, freaking out about how to handle myself.

i'm also scared. i'm scared that when he is away, he will find another girl. i'm scared that he will break my heart. i've never had my heart broken, and i love him sooooo incredibly much, i just don't want to lose him. what do i do???

please and thank you.

- a very confused and in-love girl.
If you have ever seen "The Notebook", the main character Noah writes a letter to his girl every day for a year. Do that or something similar to stay in touch. Him hearing from you often will decrease the chances of him seeing another girl because it tells him you love him and that you care about him and that you miss him. Guys like it when they are missed. it'll make him want to see you as soon as possible. Also tell before he leaves that you love him and that you'll miss him. If he finds another girl, then he is not the right guy for you if he will let a little time apart ruin a good relationship.

Q: Alright, so I'm making a treasure hunt for my boyfriend who has a thing about pirates haha. But I need help thinking of clues and whatnot. Here are some ideas I have: first, I have a glass bottle that I'll put some sort of map in. I also was thinking I could work in a picture puzzle, a piece of brick that he gave me when we first started dating (haha, inside joke), candy kisses, something else pirate related, something video game, or pokemon related, a key, a bleach bottle (another inside joke), and finally a smore because it's leading him to my fire pit. So, does anyone have any ideas how I could make clues out of any of those items? Any input is greatly appreciated, Thanks!
use the map in the bottle as the first clue, hide it where you keep your glasses and ask him to go get you a drink and that there is a special glass that you want that is different from the rest. Use the map to tell him where the next clue is. the next clue is could be the brick. if he's smart he'll go to the next clue, its location will be at a place that is similar to the place where he gave you the brick. that is where the third clue will be located. the third clue are the "Wii cooking" video game (if you don't have it, use a piece of paper with the title on it), the candy kisses, and the pokemon "torchic" which is a FIRE type pokemon, and if you put it all together it will lead him to the fireplace because torchic is a FIRE pokemon, the candy kisses indicates chocolate, and the "wii cooking" indicates you will be making food.

before you do all this, keep telling him that you are craving a smore. this treasure hunt should be fun, he'll have to remember back when you started dating, listen to you, and be smart. :) have fun

Q: i have been with my boyfriend for 6 months, and i was wondering, if you were going to get a present from your girlfriend, would you want a photoalbum?

Guys, please answer truthfuly. And girls, id like past experiences or stuff. Thank you so much. Im so nervous he wont like it =[
if he likes you he'll like anything you give him. a photoalbum is something that he can put pictures in so he can glance back on the happy memories later on. go for it

Q: Guys, please explain to me why after hooking up interest is lost so quickly. Is there a way to bring that interest back? Why after hooking up with a woman too quickly, men usually lose interest completely? What goes through your minds the next day after that quickly? This has happened to me time and time again! I hook up with a guy that I really like and who seems to like me and then he stops talking to me, won't answer his phone, won't reply to my emails anymore, etc. What do guys think after they hook-up with a girl that makes them not want to see/talk to her again? It makes me feel like trash.
After a hookup, a guy loses interest because of two things. He has you and the "hunt is over" or that he has needs or desires that you aren't giving him. Ask him what he wants, but don't exceed you morals (don't do something you don't want to do).

Q: My 5 year long relationship has come to an end, and now I'm scared that I won't be able to find anybody else that would want me.

I suppose the bigger problem is that I have a hard time trusting in people, and yet I need somebody to love me. I just don't know what I'm going to do.

How do I meet good guys and show them I'm interested (assuming I find a decent guy in the beginning)? I'm so lost and scared that this is the end for me and guys. Any advice on how to get over this bump in the road?
Take your time in finding a new boyfriend, and don't worry you will meet that special someone one day, you just have to keep your eyes open for him and don't rush into a relationship, that could lead to a bad relationship. Good luck! :)

Q: so my boyfriend and i have been together for about 3 years and we have lived together for a long time now too. so today i came home from work and went on his computer and for some reason started browsing through his internet history. i realized that he had been looking at tons of porn sights and had especially clicked on manyyy pictures of hott girls around my age that they took of themselves. i dont mind if he watches porn or things like that.. i think that is normal all guys do that.. but there were so many pictures of girls my age- not pornos, just pictures of them naked... is this weird? or am i overreacting and this is normal? i dont want to bring it up and make a big deal of it if it is just guys looking at girls.. i dont know. what do you think?
Guys looking at porn is normal. If he looks at girls around your age, then i think that he finds you attractive and he can't hold his sexual urges, so he looks at porn to fulfill these urges. If it bothers you then talk to him, but remember he won't be too happy you were snooping around on his computer.

Q: well im 19 yrs old and im pregnat im probably like 2 months my boyfriend doesnt want anything to do with me or the baby i talked to his mom and she said she would support me. i kno i could just abort and get ir over with it but im against abortion idk what to do.
Don't abort the baby. Life is a precious gift and you shouldn't throw it away. Things may get hard, but you'll find a way to get through it. Try watching "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" on ABC FAMILY. The girl in that show is going through the same exact thing as you are going through now. She decided to keep the baby and she is getting along fine, and so will you.

Q: So when you go visit a gyno and get checked out, and he finds something out, for example, you having a disease or something ? Do they tell your parents ? Or do they keep it a secret ?

Thanks in Advance !
If you don't want them to tell anyone, they won't as long as you tell them that. Everything you talk about with them is completely between you and them, unless said otherwise.

Q: This might be long, sorry.

I have been seeing my boyfriend for about 3 years now. He's really a great guy, comes from a wonderful family, works really hard in college, etc. He's probably the best guy out there. He's really perfect. I don't have anything bad at all to say about him.

Well, I've been cheating on my boyfriend for about a year or year and a half now. All the cheating has been with the same guy so I'm not like a whore or something. My boyfriend has NO idea that I've been seeing this other guy on the side.

Anyway, the problem is that I'm pregnant. I don't want to lose my boyfriend though!

Now, maybe you are asking, "Well, how do you KNOW it isn't your boyfriend's baby? Why not wait until you give birth and then have the baby paternity tested?" Well, because my boyfriend and I had decided to stay virgins until our wedding night. Yeah, in three years we haven't had any sort of sexual relationship. Yes, he thinks I'm a virgin just like him.

I REALLY love my boyfriend though! I want to marry him! I mean, I just feel like I'm totally in the wrong, but I know I'm not. If I tell him about cheating on him and stuff he's going to think I'm a whore. How can I like feel better about this?
First of all, don't get an abortion. Life is a precious gift and if you became pregnant, that means you were meant to have a baby. I would tell your boyfriend what happened. Now i know you think that might make things worse, but telling him now will have a lot less consequences instead of keeping it a secret until you have the baby. Let him be angry now instead a lot angrier later. If he really loves you and you say you're sorry, he'll forgive you and you'll get past this. Having a baby is a gift, not a curse. Good luck with everything.

Q: hii guyss. well i just finished getting my period and today i had sex and iwas on top and when i got off my boyfriend said the condom fell off and it was in me. then i had sex for about like 2 minutes without a condom but he already finished before and he wasnt hardd.. so i wanna know is it bad the condom fell off ( i took it out like 10 seconds after) andd with the no condom is that bad? i know there is always a chance no matter what i do but i just wanted to know how worried i should be and if i should take the plan b pill or other wise known as the morning after pill..
thanks guys!
Yes, you should take the plan b pill. unless you want to get pregnant. it doesn't matter how long the condom has been in there, it doesn't take much for a chance of pregnancy. hope all goes well :)

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Anyone can ask me anything and i will answer your question honestly and without judging you. I love giving advice and i hope to be a counselor one day. :)

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