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Hey. Okey so i tried typing this into a online translator but the sentence gets all screwed up..and it's not like its a homework or anything..i want to let this guy i like know that i like him. And you said you know french soo.. Anyway i thought it would be cute to do it in french since that's how we met..he was tutoring me :) anyway this is hwta i'd like translated : Iäm writing to let you know that i can't stop thinking about you. You are constantly on my mind. You are a unforgettable person with an amazing personality. I'd never be able to describe what i like about you..because that would take me forever.
Can you translate that?
THANK YOU soo sooo sooo incredibly much.
PS.Is there anything else you would like to add to make the letter to him better??

J'ecris vous fais savoir que je ne peux pas cesser de penser a  vous. Vous etes constamment sur mon esprit. Vous etes une personne inoubliable avec une personnalite extraordinaire. Je ne pourrais jamais d'ecrire ce que j'aime au sujet de toi...parce que qui me prendrait beaucoup de temps.

I can not guarantee that the grammar is exact, but it's the best I could do.
Good luck!

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im 14/f, and i really need help. There is this boy that I can't get out of my mind. Whenever I think about him my heart beats faster, and I get butterflies in my stomach. When I'm around him I can't stop smiling and I get nervous. His voice sends shivers down my spine and when he gives me a hug my heart soars. When he so much as looks at me I melt inside. he's cute, funny, sensitive, kind, caring.. he's everything.
Two problems though...
1. he has a girlfriend and it tears me up when i think about them or see them together.
2. he's my best friend...

I've tried to get over him... i just can't. What do i do? Should I try and tell him how i feel? Could this be something that will end our friendship?

Thanks to anyone who can help

You're probably going to hate me for saying this, but at least hear me out.

When I was fourteen (only four years ago) I went through EXACTLY the same thing. I loved this guy, he was the best on earth. After a year, I realized that he didn't like me, and he began to change (his personality). So what I THOUGHT was absolutely love, was just a very huge crush.

My advice is to just stay friends with him, because if he's happy with who he's with, then good for them. If you tell him how you feel about him, it may ruin your friendship, so it's best to just remain friends.

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ok i like this guy and i asked him out but he was like i like u alot but i rather jus be friends. but then like a week l8er he asked 1 of my friends where i was cause he needed to talk to me and it was a good thing, but i had left school, so he coundnt talk to me. what was he gonna say, it killing me and i cant wait till tuesday.
*comfused*

Why don't you just ask him what he wanted to talk to you about? I assume he's still on this planet?

As to him just wanting to be friends, take advantage of that. Get to know him better during this time, cause you can't even be positive that he's the one for you...don't force a relationship!

But good luck anyway :-)

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well i'm completely sick of being single! I want a real relationship with a guy who cares about me!!!!! but i cant find one... its depressing! I'm pretty attractive and guys like me.. but they dont want a relationship! I found this guy I REALLLLLYYYY like but he just got out of a 1 1/2 year relationship so I talked to him and he doesnt want a gf right now... thats understandable.. but he does like me... except lately he's been retarded!! Like his Text messages to me arent inviting me to hang out with him or anyhing.. he's just being rude! I dont know what to do.

First off, if he's being rude to you, then he's not worth it. A guy should respect you before you even give him a thought--a relationship is nothing without it.

Secondly, there's no "trick" to finding/getting a guy who cares about you...sooner or later that "perfect guy" will just show up. So, even if you reject it, my advice for now is to enjoy your singleness! There's so much that you can do right now with your life without having to deal with a guy tagging along and wanting all your attention.

It's a lot of work keeping up a relationship--it's not all hugs and kisses. Make lots of guy friends, and sooner or later you'll find the one who fits your needs and you can start becoming closer friends with him.

Sorry if I wasn't helpful.

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I have a boyfriend hes 15 and I'm 13. We love each other a lot. We've been togther for over 9 months. He always tells me how lucky he is to have me , how he can't sleep always thinking of me, hes even cried right in front of me because well I said something and it mad him cry, we can talk about anything, and he says he wants to spend the rest of his life with me. To everyone else in the world we probally seem like the greatest couple and we are. I'm completley in love with him. Do u think hes in love with me? Just wondering. But anyways he has a promblem. I love him and it scares me. I just want some advice. I want to help himb but I could never go to an adult for help because that would break his turst and I could never do that. My boyfriend cuts himself well he has about 3 times. The first time because his Father wouldn't let him call me and he said he couldn't take it. The second time he couldn't get me out of his head. The thrid well i'm pretty sure it was the same as the second reason. This scares me a lot and I feel resonsible. I would never break up with him because of this but i feel like this is my fault. He tells me its not and he recently promised that he will stop for me because he knows it scares me. I want to help but I don't know how. I love oh my gosh i love him more then anything. I'm so confussed and I need serious advice. He also just two nights ago admitied to takeing phills. I started to cry. What should I do? How can I help him without breaking his trust? Please give me some anwsers I don't know who else to turn to . Thanks you more then you'll ever know.

If you really do love him, and he does continue to cut himself and take pills (which by the way is NOT your fault), then you need to go to an adult. It will break his trust, perhaps, but in the long run it'll be better for both of you.

You wouldn't be talking to an adult because you want to "tell on him" or get him in trouble; you'd be helping him because in this situation it's better to have an adult involved.

Hope this helped a bit.

P.S.
If he ever does begin to blame you for anything he does to himself, you need to reconsider your relationship with him. Still be there for him as a friend, but you both may not be ready for a relationship yet. You have your whole life ahead of you, not to mention many years of highschool left.
Take it slow.

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Alright, these past two nights I've been crying myself to sleep because of my boyfriend.

I RARELY get to see him because we go to different schools, maybe once or twice every TWO/THREE months. :/ But we talk on the phone like every 2-3 days, and on the computer a lot.

So, a few days ago..Thursday, I was expecting him to get on the computer, but he never did..and I didn't call, because, I dunno. i just hate calling when he doesn't tell me to right at the moment..even though he told me I can call anytime. So, I don't know..I just started crying because I was so upset and stressed out from not seeing him anf stuff. Tonight, he hasn't gotten on, and I started crying again. I think a lot of you won't understand really, because you don't know how much I miss him, you have to know the situation better.

But..what do I do? Because, he hurts me a lot. I mean, this has happened multiple times. But like..a couple days after this goes on he finally comes online and says 'hi', and I CAN'T be mean to him..or tell him that he just made me cry. I don't know why, I just can't do it. It's like emotional abuse, and i just don't think I can take it anymore.

First off, I DO know how you feel--I've had a boyfriend for a year now whom I only see once a month if even that often.

If he said you could, definitely call him when you get the chance. Sometimes guys just don't take the initiative when it comes to contacting people.

If, on the other hand, he's simply ignoring you (isn't really interested in talking online or the phone) or if he's abusing you in ANY way, perhaps you should rethink your feelings for him.

Maybe tell him how you've been feeling. Communication is one of the most important parts of a strong relationship--if you can't talk to him about things, it'll be harder in the future.

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Ok me and my boyfriend have bene dating 3 weeks and we hug intimately and stuff and I lvoe him..adn I get urges to kiss him..I really want to..but the teachers cant see...cause my parents will know..and only my mom knows about the guy and my dad is not clued in at all...and i really love him and i want to kiss him..but im also afraid..i mean im a very pessimistic, paranoid, frightened, depressed type person...i know he wants to kiss me..so what should we do

I'll understand if you get upset at what I'm about to say, but...

Consider this a bit:
1) it's up to you whether you want to kiss him or not...but realize that the more guys you kiss, the less special/enjoyable it becomes
2) after only three weeks, you know that you love him? are you sure it's not just a passing thing like most relationships are? (I'm not trying to contradict you, by the way)

I didn't really answer your question, but I hope you at least understand what I'm getting at.
Good luck!

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ok there is this guy. We both liked eachother, we used to talk to each other all the time and he used to tell me all the time that he loves me and he wants to spend the rest of his life with me. he said that he wants to be alone with on valentines day. And so i went to my dads house to be alone with him and we were talking in my room and listening to music and sudenly my dad bursts in my room and starts swearing at him to get the fu*k out of his room. i got really upset so i left. And the guy was still talking to my dad and when he came outside by me he came over to me kissed me and said that i need to go talk to my dad because he is going crazy in there. I said no because he wont listen to me(+ he was drunk so that wouldnt help)and he said that my dad thinks that we had sex and we didnt. The guy was really mad. He looked at me in front of all my friends and said: I dont even look at you that way let alone have sex with you. Im sorry but i started to cry. why would he day he want to be with me and then say he dont what up with him? And whats up with my dad??? please help me i could use it thank you. i rate high.

It may have hurt for this guy to say that in front of your friends, but that's AWESOME!

That proves that he respects you, and that he wouldn't take advantage of you. When he said he wants to spend the rest of his life with you, did you consider marriage? Perhaps he really does love you, and that's why he didn't have sex with you...he wants to wait until you're truly his and he can't lose you!

This guy is definitly worth fighting for...don't throw it away.

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I really like this guy Mike. But now one of my best friends Amy,is going out with him. For the last 2 months I've been saying i havent though because my friends would make fun of me, because i havent known him for that long. Yet Amy has known him for two years. Its true that when he asked her out she said yes because she didnt know i liked him, but im still jeaouls and mad. Should i say anything to her? Should i tell her i dont like it? do you think she would break up with him? what would you do?

Personally, I'd probably just very gently tell her how I felt about him, at least so she understood what I was going through.

The right thing to do is probably just to leave it though. If Mike is happy with Amy, and Amy is happy with Mike, then good for them! Life, unfortunately, isn't a fairytale all the time...and Mike's not the only wonderful guy out there. Besides, nobody says you can't still be friends with them both! :-)

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Why do guys care so much if a girl has big boobs and butts? they don't even care about if your pretty or about your personality?

1) not all guys only care about big boobs and butts
2) initially, most guys are usually attracted by a girl's looks, but in the long run it's personality that wins out

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Hey Guys... I'm 17 Years old... and I've had unprotected sex with my boyfriend who ive been with for 5 months... I had my period the first of this month and it lasted about 5 days... and thats pretty normal... But my boobs are starting to hurt.. and I feel like I'm getting fatter... I'm scared.. is there any way i can be pregnant???

:(

Most likely you're not pregnant, but it wouldn't hurt to get a test.

Sorry to say this, but truth be told: if you didn't want to get pregnant, you shouldn've have slept with the guy (i don't care how much you love each other...you ever heard of marriage?)

While you're at it, you might as well get tested for STDs (sexually transmitted diseases)...that's more likely than pregnancy.

Hope everything turns out well, and if you are pregnant, don't worry...you'll probably make a wonderful mom!

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I like this guy and he likes me, but we both are too shy to ask each other out. I have decided to make the move-how can I ask him out? When should I? What do I say!

This isn't the answer you want, probably, but it's the best I can think of:
It's usually better to let a guy ask you out...even if he's too shy right now, if he really likes you, he'll get around to it! Guys HATE pressure--but you never know, this one may be the exception.

P.S. If you ARE going to ask him out, notes, messages on AIM or the phone, or asking through a friend are the WORST possible ways to do it. He should hear it from you--in person--even if you don't feel confident right now. You'll be fine!

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Well- My boyfriend and I have been dating a few weeks now, and i was needing some help. he was talking about this the other week- he wants to make out.. i'm 14 f. What should I do? He would be my first one? what if I mess up? does anyone know and techiques to help the guy get into it? what do i do to make him know i'm into it.. i'm scared.. ugh please help.

You're not going to want to hear this, but I want to say it because it's true...so ignore me if you hate it!

You're 14 and you're going to kiss your boyfriend. That's so exciting! Just please consider this before "making out" with him:
1) You have only ONE "first kiss" to give to someone...are you positive this is the person you want to share it with?
2) You've got a LOT of time to find the "perfect guy" (which is what most girls really want)...wouldn't it be totally awesome to give HIM your first kiss?
3) If you're going to kiss him, please keep in mind that most guys really like to get physical...so if it's only a kiss you want, let him know beforehand. Otherwise you may be in trouble.

It's okay if you rate me badly (or don't rate me at all, either way). Sorry if I got you angry for answering your question.

P.S. One more thing: you've only been dating a few weeks...kissing is so much better and enjoyable when you do it with someone you REALLY know and love, not just the first guy who asks (remember that you may have more than one boyfriend in this life, and kissing won't be as special if you give that part of you to every one of them).

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Hiya,
I've had three boyfriends, all of whom were MAJOR crushes of mine. I was mad about them for ages (months and sometimes years) and took all my courage, told them how I felt and asked them out (one at a time obviously!). They all liked me back which was great but...once we started dating, with every single one of them, I just lost all feelings towards them and felt trapped. What do you think is going on? Am I in love with the idea of unrequited love? Or am I just not ready for a relationship...or what?
Ta!

It definitely sounds like you may just not be ready for a love relationship...and it's awesome that you've figured that out on your own! Most people won't admit it.

It could help to just be friends with guys at the moment, and not press for a relationship whenever you have major crushes on them. You still have lots of time to find "the one," so take advantage of being single!

P.S. Most people don't marry until the age of 25-27 (if marriage is what you have in mind).

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I like this guy SO much i'm HELLA sprung off of him. I haven't really told anyone because he's not really the type of guy that you can be boyfriend and girlfriend with. He's a playah, a BIG one!! I know so many girls he's done stuff with, including me. He moves from girl to girl then back to the other girl then to another girl, all the time. I know he's just using girls and he's probably just using me too, just i like him so much. I always have this little feeling that maybe he likes me. (probably not though) A lot of people have told me he does, but well he does these things with everyone. I want to know if he likes me or not but I don't really want him to know that I like him cause if he finds out and doesn't like me back then what if he won't do stuff with me anymore, well, when i still wanna do stuff.ahah i'm so confused!! I just want advice on how to find out if he likes me or if i should just forget about him. Although if i forget about him can we still do "things"?? sry this was so long and/or confusing.

No offense meant in anything I say here, just hear me out (and then forget whatever I said if you want to).

"Playah"s are dangerous. Like you said, he goes from girl to girl, doing things with all of them, and has NO respect for any of them (if he had respect, he wouldn't be playing around like this).

It may feel good to have him "do things" with you, but in the long run it will NOT be worth it. You're probably thinking that it's okay to try things out and "explore," but if you ever hope to have a good, long, scarless relationship with a man someday (hopefully in a marriage relationship), then it would be better to forget this guy.

On the other hand, if you don't care about your future husband and you don't care that you're hurting yourself through this experience, then do whatever...it's your life.

One more thought:
Wouldn't you rather a guy who respected you, cared for you, loved you....instead of someone who just wanted your body?
I don't know about you, but I'm a human...not a toy.

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I'm in 8th grade and haven't really thought about this guy much..i've just noticted him. He keeps on telling me that this other guy is flirting with me, but the other guy hardly talks to me. maby eits a joke. I'm starting to like this guy though. I sit next to him in computers, but I don't know what to talk about anymore. We used to talk and laugh all the time. I really want him to ask me out. How do I lead him on?

It's never a good idea to "lead a guy on." Flirting with him may make him like you to a certain extent, but is that really you? Is it what you're really like?

Advice that you can ignore if you wish:
Be yourself...and don't push it.


P.S. You're in 8th grade and have LOTS of high school left--get to know him better first! Make sure that you really like him until you make any moves, because you could hurt yourself and him without knowing it.

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My name is Chelsea, I'm a 16 year old girl. I know that I'm only a teenager, and I have my whole life in front of me...but right now I feel really lonely. My last relationship ended in October, just one week after my sweet sixteenth. It took a long time for me to get over him, but I'm starting to move on. I've been "playing the field", and I'm currently interested in a guy. We've had a thing for each other in the past, but I never wanted to make anything really official out of it. Recently, my feelings for him have changed. He felt the same about me, and we've been talking and hanging out alot more. This past weekend, we hung out and he kissed me. Everytime we see each other in school (which is often) he hugs me, and we walk/talk together. I'm really confused though, because I don't feel like he wants to make a commitment. I'm afraid to talk to him about this, because I don't want to scare him away. I feel like I've done that in the past with guys, when I bring up relationship and commitment issues. So how can I talk to him about making something more out of our relationship, without scaring him or being too "over the top"? Please help out, and give me your input. Thanks.

Hey Chelsea, sorry for the delayed reply...lots of work to catch up on.

It's been my experience that it's better to let the guy express his emotions first (through SPEECH i mean!), instead of actually telling them that you really like them or want more out of a relationship.

Just a thought here:
If you DO talk to him about your feelings, and he does back off, then he's probably just not ready for that kind of commitment (like you said, you're 16).

To answer your question:
If you decide to talk to him, I would suggest being very open (even if you don't feel like it), and be TRUTHFUL. If you want this relationship to grow to a point of possible marriage in the future, then you need to be honest. I can't give you a script, but just be sensitive to the fact that you're still both young and have a long way to go before anything serious can happen.

One more thing...
If you DON'T decide to talk to him about this, just keep being a friend! Sometimes, especially during teen years (i know this...i am one!), it's best to just have really good friend relationships, with potential to get deeper someday.
You may also want to refrain from kissing or anything above a friendly hug...those are the kinds of things that leaves scars if somehow it doesn't work out.

I really hope I helped...I love to talk, so feel free IM me on aol at DreamerFaer if you have any further questions!

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ok, there's this guy. i've liked this guy for a really long time, since like the 2nd or 3rd week since school started. we liked eachother for a while, but he liked this other girl to. finally, we decided to try the whole "going out" thing. that only lasted for 2 days. he broke it off and i was really sad. we didn't talk for a long time after that. but i had never REALLY stopped liking him, i would say that i didn't but i really did. just recently, we started talking alot more. we've been flirting alot and he acts like he likes me, but i don't know if he does. before we started talking, he would always be really mean and hurtful to me. but i still liked him. now, since he's nicer to me, i've sort of started recognizing my feelings. my friends think i'm crazy because he was so mean to me. i've tried to get over him but nothing works. and i don't know what to do because he acts lik he likes me but he flirts with other girls ALL THE TIME, mostly in front of me. I can't stop liking him and i don't know why. how do i tell if he likes me and should i take him back if he does like me??

Just some random thoughts...
If this guy was mean to you, and now he's suddenly being nice, he may just be flaunting his "guyness", which also includes flirting with all the other girls. He's showing off because he can.

Have you ever considered that he might be just being friendly with everyone? I don't know what your definition of flirting is...but some guys just make friends that way (weird as it sounds).

To answer your questions:
1) the only REAL way to know if he likes you is to outright as him (which may make him back off). You can also tell by how he treats you and others--you said he's flirting with other girls? If he really likes you, he definitely shouldn't be.
2) if he does like you and wants to pick up the relationship again, you could try...just remember that if he starts treating you badly again or if he's still flirting with girls, he's probably not worth it.

Hope this helped a bit.

P.S. If it doesn't work out, don't worry...you will get over him someday. It may take time, but he's not the only guy in the world (though he may seem like it at the moment). Have patience!

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I just recently got asked out, and I said yes to make them happy. But, after the first day I'm already feeling crappy. I find myself comparing him to my first relationship, because it was so wonderful. My question is does this feeling ever go away? Can a relationship that starts off with no spark ever get better?

My humble opinion:
First of all, it's usually not a good idea to go out with someone to "make them happy" as you put it. Normally when someone asks you out, it's not just to chill, it's to start a relationship.

An answer to your question:
1) Does that feeling ever go away? Probably, if you have a better relationship than the first one--although if the first one was so wonderful, why are you no longer in it?
2) Relationships don't always need "sparks" to be good ones. So yeah, it's possible for this to get better...but if you're feeling crappy, you might not want to suffer through the waiting process.

Advice which you are under no obligation to follow:
Perhaps you should tell this guy the truth: that you went out with him because you wanted to make him happy. See what he says/thinks, and if you're still feeling crappy, tell him you're sorry and move on.

Good luck!

P.S. Just please remember that guys are humans too, and they do have feelings...dating relationships shouldn't be thrown around lightly.

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ok, so i like have this guy friend... and i like really like him alot, more than a friend. Last night i went over to his house with my best friend and he invited her crush over too... it was weird because like for a half an hour they kept asking us who we liked... if it was someone else i probubly would have told them... but now they are going to keep bugging us and i usually crack under that kinda pressure.. but i cant crack this time because im afraid it would be weird... and he wont like me as a friend anymore... because he doesnt feel the same. what should i do.. i mean im not like pretty.. im not ugly... im not popular.. im not a geek... but i dont think that he will feel the same and i dont know if i should tell him...
should i...
[a] not tell him and say i dont like anyone
[b] tell him and possibly kill our friendship
[c] stop talking to him
[d] try to see if he likes me first

which one.. or do u have a diff suggestion..
plz i need help
sry if this is like wayyy too long but i really am confused and it would be great if u helped

thankz a billionz

I agree with xoxhayley on this--
It might be good to not tell him right now, because guys hate pressure about who they like. If you say, "i like/love you," he may feel obligated to return those feelings...and either lie about it (saying he likes you too), or just completely drop the friendship.

It's more likely that he'll back away if he's not ready though.

Keep him as a friend for now--you're only young once!

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