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I've had my period since I was 11, on an anniversary of 9-11, ironically.

I've never really noticed my breasts growing any, though. I've worn a bra, but because I'm overweight I'm going to have some boobage.

I'm 14 now, in a B cup. My periods are regular, and at 5'8 I think I've finally stopped growing taller.


Will my boobs ever grow?


My mother's family all has huge boobs, even when my mom was skinny she had boobs. My father's side, his mother had a C, at least.

Please no answers telling me to accept myself. I'm just curious, I'm fine if my breasts don't grow :)

Boobs can continue to develop until your early twenties, so you do still have a chance that yours might start growing eventually.

I thought I've stopped growing taller when I was 14 too, but I started growing again last year. I'm now 20, and I'm still growing. (I'm not as tall as you though.)
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hi :)
my hair is kind of short, it just about touches my shoulders. i really want to grow it to about where my ribcage ends in the front, you know what i mean? well anyway, i know that could take a couple years for it to grow that far itself, but what i wana know is what can i do to keep my hair heathly and what shampoos/conditioners can i use to maybe help it grow a little faster. thanksss

The growth rate of your hair is largely determined by genetics. Make sure you stay healthy in general too, because hair growth does slow down if you're ill.

There is no specific shampoo or conditioner that will help your hair grow faster, but you do need to keep your scalp healthy. Pick your shampoo and conditioner according to the state of your hair.
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i do alot of paintings on big canvases. i want to try something new, so does anyone have ideas of what i could paint using only four colors (including mixes and lighter/darker hues). bright hot pink, light blue, light aqua green and light medium purple. it does not have to be naturally thoes colors i can make anything them. any and as many ideas as possible would be greatly appreciated. i usually just do flowers or birds or some scenery. 15/f inspiration, any ideas, thanks!!! -blacksxeroses

If you're used to painting scenery, try different types of scenery. Say, if you normally paint scenes that feature nature, do a cityscape. Different times of the day and seasons would be good for variation too.

Another obvious one would be people. Someone important in your life would be fun to paint. Base the painting off a photo if you can't get the person to pose for you. (That way, you don't have to show them if you don't think they'll like it. )

With people, you can paint them doing anything. Got a favourite activity? Paint someone doing that. A painting of someone painting, even. How about a recursive one of yourself painting yourself painting yourself?

Other than people, there are also animals. Got any pets (or want one)? Paint that. Local wildlife? Zoo animals? The possibilities are endless.

A still-life of everyday objects can be interesting too. Look around you. There must be something.

Now get off the computer and start painting. :)
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17/f
I've wanted to just go to the store and pick up a box of condoms, but I'm too embarrassed to do more than just glance at the packages as I walk through the aisle at the drugstore. Any suggestions how to make the buying process less scary?

Go on your own. Chances are that you won't run into anyone you know, and strangers in the store aren't going to pay attention to what you buy.

Buy something else along with it if you must. That should help draw your attention (and anyone else's, if just in your imagination) away from the condoms. Make it something else you actually need. Don't buy something else just for the sake of it.

Once you get used to buying condoms, you'll realise that it's no big deal. If you need them, buy them.
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how do i get a url code from a picture in photobucket?

Login to your Photobucket account, locate the relevant picture, and look for the "Share this image" box to the left of the picture. HTML code is the one you need for MySpace.
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I have three hotmail accounts, and they're all linked, but i'm attempting to delete one account and I would like to unlink it. How would I do that?

And also deleting one linked account won't delete the other two will it?

Go to http://account.live.com, sign in with your primary account, and you will be able to unlink them under "Linked IDs".
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my boyfriend just got an iphone, and he has the facebook app and talked about how it updates him everytime someone post something on his wall or whatever. and i thought that it would be cool to post a comment on his wall every now and then just to surprise him during the day, but i dont wanna just tell him i miss him everytime, you know? so what are some other things i could say?

thanks. (:

Post about things you see that remind you of him or those that you think might interest him. These kinds of posts will let him know that you're thinking of him without sounding like you're always missing him, and they will also be good for starting a conversation.
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i have a pretty good voice. not trying to brag but thats the fact.

however, i am absolutely TERRIFIED of singing in front of anyone...like i don't know why, i'll sing with my friends like jokingly and stuff but i don't sing seriously...but i kind of want to. and my ex boyfriend is really into singing and when we were dating i promised him that i'd sing to him but we broke up shortly after...but i kinda want to....soo how can i overcome this fear?

Start by practising singing in your own time, and then with your friends. (Pick the ones that are closest to you. You need to be comfortable with them.)

As you get used to singing more often, you'll be more comfortable with singing. Ask your friends for feedback. They'll tell you how good you sound, and then you can start singing more seriously.

See if there are any community choirs in your area. The ones that let just anyone join and sing. Those tend to help.
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14/f
I weight 100 - 102 pounds ? Somewhere around there. And I'm 5'4 - 5'5. Im pretty sure I'm a little underweight because all my other friends are at least 110 pounds. One of my friends say I just have high metabolism. I eat a regular diet, I eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Their all fair amounts where I actually am full. I don't think I eat too less, but I can't eat too much cause I get too bloated. But anyways, I don't have very big breasts either. Around, 24 AA - A ? Sorry if I don't always have exact measurements, :P. But the point is, how do I gain at least a bit more weight? Cause I think I weigh too less, though if you look at me, I look the same as my friends who weight 110+ ,just smaller breasts.
Any advice would help, Thanks. :)

You might have a smaller frame than your friends. The friend who said you have a fast metabolism is likely to be right too.

Unless you suddenly lost a lot of weight or if you have reason to suspect that you have a health problem that is causing you to be underweight, there is no need to worry.

If you have regular meals and you're not going hungry, do not force yourself to eat more. Do make sure you have a balanced diet though. Carbohydrates, protein, fat, minerals, vitamins... are you sure you're getting what you need? Write down what you eat in the next few days to make sure.

Building up muscles will help increase your weight, so if you don't do much exercise, it might help to do more. (If you do, make sure to eat a little bit more, or you'll lose weight.)
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does anyone know a good exercise to get a lot of arm strength??? anything would be good

The simplest thing would be to do push-ups. You don't need special equipment for it, so you can start now.

Weight lifting is another obvious one.

Racquet sports such as tennis tend to be good too, but for those you obviously need equipment and someone to play with you.
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Well, here is my dilemna in a nutshell....
I'm in my thirties, and I'm going to be getting married in a few months, and I really want to drop some pounds before I do the dress shopping.
My troubling factors are that I am not able to do actual work outs or high impact aerobics, "because" I have had surgery on both feet and still live with lots of pain that does not allow me to be on my feet for a long period of time.
What do you think are some good weight-loss exercises that can be done without alot of foot action?!?!?
I know, tough one, but any advice will be helpful, I'm sure!!

Swimming is relatively low impact.

Lifting weights doesn't involve your feet, and it's good for toning up muscles. (Don't worry, it's not easy to bulk up.)

Situps don't either, nor do pushups if you do the variant with your knees on the floor.

Check with a doctor if in doubt.
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if chemical plants are soo bad for people to breathe and cause lung cancer, POLLUTION, brain cancer and other diseases then why do they expose that stuff into the air if it kills so many people? I just dont understand.
Do they put stuff in the stuff that they release or are people just exaggerating about chemical plants?

Chemical plants do cause pollution. It's a side effect. The reason why people still run those plants is that useful chemicals are made in them.

In most chemical plants, there are measures taken to reduce the pollution output.
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is there a way to make a survey online that depending how you answer the question, it directs you to different questions. What i mean is like i want to do a survey that has different questions for males and females so like i'd ask if they were males or females and then if they were males it would direct them to the male survey and same for females. Oh and it has to be free too. Or very inexpensive. Please give me a website! thanks.

The function you described is called "skip logic" on survey-providing sites.

Kwik Surveys offers surveys with this function for free. http://www.kwiksurveys.com/

If you want other options, click the search button.

so there's this guy that i've been talking to. he's such a sweetheart and i know he likes me for me. we've been talking for a few month. okay so i want to have a little fun...don't tell me not to because i know i do, thats not my question...my question is, what/where/when can we hang out in which i'll be wearing the least amount of clothes possible haha...and preferably with a group of friends too.

(could be a bathing suit or w.e.)

thanks :)

Why does it matter what you're wearing?

If you want to wear a bathing suit, the obvious place would be the pool. Find a heated indoors pool somewhere if it's winter.

Other than that, you can have a themed costume party somewhere indoors (and heated). That way, you can wear whatever you want as long as you can incorporate it into a costume. (Kind of like the Halloween costumes in Mean Girls.) Since it's your party, you have the choice of any kind of entertainment you can provide. Dancing? Showing a movie? Board games? Do what you want.
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Ok so me and my friend were messaging on Facebook and this is the conversation we had: friend "Hey you know what I was thinking" me "Whats that?" friend "Well do you email alot?" me "Yes" friend "We should start an email chain". Well I don't really know what an email chain is so I just said I had to go. So my question is what is an email chain? Is it like chain mail stuff saying you'll die in 12 hours if you don't send it or is it just a long chain of emails that me and her send to eachother?

Yes, your friend is probably talking about the emails that say you'll die in 12 hours if you don't send it, although they are usually known as chain emails.

Your other friends probably won't appreciate it. Seriously, those are annoying.
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i was just wondering, can autistic people become psychologists? because you know, with autism you kind of aren't so good with reading people's faces and things, so is it possible to be autistic and become a psychologist?

thanks!

The autistic spectrum covers a large range of people. Whether an individual autistic person can become a psychologist depends a lot on exactly which symptoms they have, and how serious the symptoms are.

Also keep in mind that it takes a lot of training for anyone to become a psychologist. While autistic people are likely to be disadvantaged due to their natural difficulties with communication, it is not impossible to make up for it by learning.
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16/f

I consider myself a straight individual. I've always been attracted to guys, and I'm only interested in having a romantic relationship with a guy. But sometimes I question if I am weird or not, because I like to watch porn. Especially girls, either with another girl or with a guy. It really arouses me and makes me consider want to like, touch and goof around with another woman and their bodies. However, like I said I would never want a relationship that way. Its like a curiosity, I guess.

Is this normal? Is watching porn bad? I'm just really afraid my parents might find out or my friends.

There's nothing wrong with being curious. However, do keep in mind that most porn does NOT reflect reality, and as with any interest, it is a bad thing if you become obsessed with it.
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My cat Allie got out of the house for 5 days. Allie is an indoor cat and she is not fixed. Recently i've been noticing that she has been gaining a little bit of weight (or i might not look at her well enough every time i see her), my sister and I try to touch her stomach to see if its hard, and she starts hissing at us. finally we got ahold of her and touched her stomach, and it felt a little hard. this was about 3 weeks ago maybe more. but no more then 5 weeks ago. could my cat be pregnant?

if she is..
how long does it take for a cat to have kittens?
what happens if she delivers the kittens and no one is home?
anything else i would need to know?

Note that cats tend to settle down on specific comfortable spots, and they do not like to be moved for at least a week after the birth. So, be careful not to have say, your laundry basket lying around, otherwise if the cat sets up its bed in it, you really cannot disturb it or it might reject its kittens.
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Should you thank every individual person that wishes you a happy birthday on Facebook?

I think it's acceptable to just acknowledge all the well wishes in a status message. Realistically, people are unlikely to expect individual responses to "happy birthday" posts.

That said, if you do want to thank people individually, go for it. I would recommend being consistent with this though. That is, if you do this, make sure not to leave anyone out.
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What is the benefits of these two?? Right now, i have Windows 2003. Should I just stick to this one? plz help! thnx

I've seen Vista in action and wouldn't recommend it. Window 7 is meant to fix all the problems that Vista has. I haven't used it myself, but I've heard that it's better than Vista.

As for whether you should stick with what you have, ask yourself, why do you want an upgrade now? Is there something that your current OS won't do? (Say, are there specific applications that it won't run?) Go for it if you need it.

Also, are you really using Windows 2003? From what I can find online, it seems to be a server operating system.
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