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There's this guy I like and I've been told he likes me but im to chicken to ask him, what do i do about it? (link)
the last thing you want to do is ask him out yourself, as that reveals a desperate state.. what you should do is hang out with him, but give him "signs", such as laughing, extended eye contact, punching him if he makes fun of you.. etc.. if he reacts the same way, you know how he feels and it'd just be a matter of time till something real happens.. but if not, then you'll know that he doesn't feel the same for you and you should move on, since you can't do anything about it

but that's my advice anyway, good luck!


yeah...uh i dont like to go in my room. its not fun. i dont know what to do w/ it. i cant repaint the walls or get a new bedspread....my walls are white, light blue, and yellow. i have a VERY high ceiling too.....im 13/f. any ideas??? (link)
try moving your bed and furniture around to a new pattern. then when you go into your room, it'll be unique and different so you'll like it more. then once you get tired of it again, move the furniture into yet another pattern. it never fails


ok well i want my crush to notice me so..i was thinking of changing my look..i need so advice on what you think i should do...i have big blue eyes,dark dark brown hair a little past my shoulders,curly hair,5'4,not that skinner(more towards the fat side),freckles,im white kind of tan, and i have natural tanner shading on my eye lids..if you need more tell me..but please help (link)
i would try to straighten your hair... that should do the trick


uMmMMM.. ii like this guy n he said he likes me but.. i liked him at the beginiinq of the year n he broke my heart 3 times be4 sOo ii dont know what i shud do shud i just ask him out or move on since he hurt me be4 (link)
move on. they may say the third time is a charm, but you're past that... i think he's using you. there's no need to be heartbroken and in grief again.


ok 13/f i have a boyfriend but im falling for some one else who is very nice to me and hes soooooo sweEt * but i dont know what to do ? should i end our relationship and go for the other guy ? is that slutty or stupid ?
thankz ! (link)
if you're following your heart, it's not stupid. you obviously like this guy more, so why spend all your time with some other guy? it would only be slutty if you went out with both of them at the same time. just pick one guy to be with, whoever it may be.


i hate my life so much, all my mother cares about is my sister and i hate them both so much. she always gets her way and shes so perfect and were only a year apart. they both drive me crazy. and theres this boy in my school who i really like, im like in love with him and hes in all my classes except 1 so i always see him and he doesnt like me and he saids he has a semi girlfriend in hamden, and i just cant take this anymore. everyone i love doesnt love me. i feel like no one cares and im alone... i really dont care about my mom or sister all i want is him (link)
first get an optimistic view of the world and your life. your mom like most moms usually cherish one their kids the most even though they don't seem to notice it. but you can't let this one guy bring you down. he's only 1 person. if you're chasing this guy, that will only lead to him using you for whatever he wants because it seems as though as you would do so. also, he said he doesn't like you so you'd just have to stop trying and find some other guy in your school.


I want to throw my friend a 16th birthday party surprise or not who knows yet. but my question is what are some things we could do at the party to make it fun and where are some ideas of places we could have it thanks i rate (link)
first, get a lot of people to come (not too many, 6-15 will do). then get a good sized cake. have fun in the house, then go out somewhere.

movies
laser tag
bowling ally
arcade
mall
paintballing (if they're up to it)
miniture golf
gym (if they're sporty)
amusement park (if there's one nearby)
concert (if there's one in town)

and plenty of other places...


(sorry for the length, in advance, but i really want advice :)) hey! ok here's the thing. i like love this guy that i know and all ithink about is him. well until like a month ago i thought he liked me (he knows i like him, he asked me, so i told him) because he had all the signs like would sit next to me and like look at me, you know the whole "flirting" type of thing and all my friends thought he liked me and i thought so, too, i have to admit it and i'm very, uh, what's the word oh yeah modest. but then my friends told him i liked him and then he asked me so i told him and he, too, is modest so he wondered WHY i liked him (what's there to like?) so then from then on i was very shy and like a chicken to talk (i still am lol) and so we kind of drifted from talking even though i saw him everyday. ok well everyone thinks he's trying to get to know me more b/c he knows i like him. he said that youc ant like someone unless you know them well so i think hes trying to get to know me,to see what would happen. well, he started now tosit and talk like during a class and sat close. well my friend thinks that he likes me, and that he's trying to get to know me. well, she and i and everyone were wrong before and i just don'tto do. id on't know if i should believe it or what to do. please help! ANY advice of anything. even if its just simple!

(sorry about the length!)
xoxoxo (link)
you'll never know what to do until you get both sides of the story. ask him if he likes you or not. you have to find that out before continuing.


I just broke up with my boy friend and I feel miserable. I feel as if the world i going to end. I thought he was the one you knkow? But he did the same thing to me just like the others. No relationship has gone good for me. Every one was a jerk and used me, or just wanted to sleep with me. I don't think that I can get over this and feel as if the only way to stop the pain i to go in eternal sleep six feet under. Please someone help. And don't tell me to get over it b/c I've tried that to many and I'm afraid that's not going to work in this case. Please will someone HELP???!!!!! (link)
first just calm down. then look at why you broke up with this guy and think of how happy you are now that all of those bad things are now liberated from your life. then, look at the world. you may have thought he was the "one" but there are 7 billion people on the planet roughly half are guys, and roughly 20% are in your age range. that's a lot of guys that can be your "one". so don't give up and just keep looking because i'm sure you'll find him. also, to prevent guys from using you, try to get to know them a little bit better before you go out with them.


Alright, 4 months ago my boyfriend dumped me because he had some issues of his own to work out. In those 4 months I developed a crush on his younger brother, who is my age (15). My ex is 17. I asked his brother out and he said no cuz he can't date until he's 16, which is in a year. I know that the brother has feelings for me (his sister told me). Now, my ex-boyfriend has feelings for me, but I like his brother more than him right now. And one of my friends has a crush on him. What do I do? I have some feelings for my ex, but they aren't as strong as the ones for his brother. (link)
then follow your heart. but that may prove to be difficult since you have to wait for this guy. but if you have stronger feelings for the younger guy, follow your feelings


hey, does anyone have any good ideas for a band name? theres like 4-5 s in it and all i thought of is "strength in scars" but it sounds kind of like my firends band so i dont think were gunna use it.. thanks so much [i'll give you credit or whatever if we do use it lol just give me your first name of somthing] (link)
my idea: ColdFlame


I have a crush who likes me a little bit. I love talking in person sometimes but the phone is harder for me to talk with someone. Especially my crush! Im supposed to call him in about an hour but i have no idea what to talk about im scared that i might have an akward moment and not talk, then what will he think of me? Does anyone have any ideas about what i should say or do if theirs an akward yet scilent moment? Please help and thank you! (link)
start out with personality traits, dislikes, likes such as subject, where you wanna go to college (assuming you're not there yet), what you wanna be, then when if there gets to be a moment of silence, immediately mention your day, how it was like, or ask him how his day was.


everytime i get out of the shower my knees are all red and parts of my legs. why is this and is this bad? (link)
no, it's not bad at all unless your legs start turning black or so...

you're standing the whole time so a lot of blood collects in your feet and lower body. also, the heat of the shower water also causes your skin to turn slightly red. just relax and after 30 max, the redness should dissapear.


We have to turn a book report in every 2 months for english class. And in the other class alot of people read the book called the oddessy or whatever. I was wondering like what is it about? cuz i dont want to waist my time on that if its not good so do you recommend? (link)
i would recommend going to www.sparknotes.com you may have to register there, but it privides summaries of each chapter with an in depth analysis of the characters and events in the story. sparknotes also has notes on most of the major books you will be reading throughout high school. i for one use it and it's really helpful to understanding the story esp. with shakespearean language.


A lot of people think I'm different, because I'm Jewish. Well, I consider it! And everyone else says, "Are you a catholic or christian?" ANd I say, "No. I'm way more on the jewish side." And they say, "Ooh, that's too bad." WHY CANT THEY MIND MY RELIGION? WHY DO THEY DO THIS? HOW CAN I MAKE THEM STOP? WHAT CAN I SAY BACK TO THEM?
Will rate high! (link)
first, ask them why the want to know. then ask why it matters what religion you are and how that would affect your reputation towards them. only idiots believe chrisianity is the "superior" religion. i for one believe in religious diversity. you can make them wear your own boots by asking them what religion they are and giving that answer they give you to let them feel how you feel.

that's my advice anyway...

p.s. don't take religion too seriously as it may lead to violence and actions people will regret, so don't make too big of a deal about it.


about the same guy john, he has this thing that everytime he sees me he has to touch my butt, but the thing is i don't mind if he does but anone else does i get affensive! yes i like him a hole bunch and he does manke me happy. i dunno what to do he has told me he pays attention to me more than i realize and i dunno if he likes me for me or for my body and what he can get out of it? i dunno but hes a sweet guy like if i don't want him to do somehting he won't i dunnoi may be an out going person but im confused and shy around him at the same time and i don't understand why.it used to be woesr like i would be afraid to talk to him is no where near as bad not but im shy like to ask him stuff about if he likes me and stuff i dunno...plez help

*me* (link)
you'll have to build up the guts to ask him. or, if you have his phone number, screen name or email address, you can ask him through those. it's always better when you do that because you aren't facing him in person so your nervousness kinda drifts away. if he admits to liking you, then you can ask him to stop doing that to other girls.


me and my boyfriend fight on and off all the time we never het along ne more but i love him i have been with him for almost 2 years and i almost had a kid with him but he treats me really bad. He yells at me all the time and calls me really mean, hurtful names he hurts me so bad sometimes that i cry and sometimes cry myself to sleep he means the world to me but he always makes me feel like i am nothing and puts me down all the time. Ihave tried to kill myself before because he has made me feel so bad about myself. I am so confused and i dont know what to do please help me WHAT DO I DO? (link)
the answer is obvious, break up. do you really think you want to spend the rest of your life like this? with him out, life will be more enjoyable once again.


This is an odd situation. Just for a little background info, I have a boyfriend. I've been dating him for over a year. Valentine's day will be 15 months.
Okay, I just got the lead in the school musical, and I have a love interest (duh). My love interest is a guy half the girls in the choir have had a crush on (except me, lol). That isn't really the point, just a bit of background.
My problem is this: We rehearsed, and we ended up practicing a scene in which we kiss. I didn't feel bad about it yesterday, but today I feel like...awkward, and wrong, and like I was cheating on my boyfriend, but it wasn't me that consented to the kiss, it was my character. My boyfriend knows about the scene, but he doesn't know we actually kissed yet. I was gonna talk to him about it today but he didn't come to school.
The thing is, the director thinks stage kisses look fake, and refuses to use fake kisses. So it was real. But I feel soooo bad about it. I shouldn't, because I have no feelings for the guy, but I do.
Any advice for me? (link)
tell him about the scene so that way he knows beforehand from you and he doesn't see it for himself or find out some other way. he should be able to understand since you really have no choice but express to him how you don't really want to do that scene to show your motives and i'm sure he'll be ok with it.


my boyfriend asked me to makeout with him and i dont want to but i dont know the right way to tell him and he keeps asking me what should i say that woudlnt hurt him??? (link)
why don't you say no and that you're not "ready" yet. if he's truly into you, then he'd understand. it can also be a test of how much he likes you.


I have this problem, I really like having guy friends, and I can do stuff around them, like be my stupid self, and they can act the same. But if I start dating one of them, I get all shy. I hate this. What can I do to change it? (link)
if you get to know them well enough before you start dating, you shouldn't have a prob with shyness as along as you were open to him when you were friends




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