HI!
My name is Tiffany (my friends call me Tipher) and I am a married thirty-smoething with child. (there's 2 bad sitcoms all in one lol). I've been around a little and am ready to answer even the hard quesitons...no poking fun or anything, just my absolute honest opinion and advice.
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I really want to change my religion, I am a Roman Catholic I just don't believe in their thoughs and such. I am not sure what I want to be. Does any oen have any past experience? Is it like a legal thing if you want to change religions; like you have to get papers? Any help or comments or info about other religions would be greatly appreiciated! (link)
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The best thing I can tell you is to visit different religions with friends and see what means the most to you. If you are a little unsure about who believes what, ask...people will usually answer questions if they believe you are asking for information, not to make fun. Other Christian sects may be a great place to start since you already have a foundation. Also, believe it or not, Judaism and Catholicism are very much alike (barring Jesus and all those saints). But whatever you choose, make sure that it really works for you or you will wind up back where you started before long.
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ok i want dimples on my cheeks soo bad ...like if i see ppl with dimples i think it is soo cute and i want them...my friend wasnt born with dimples but she got hurt and they did surgry now she has one dimple...i was wondering if u can just get a dimple...and how?? i kno it sounds weird but ya (link)
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Dimples are caused by a small adhesion under the skin that pulls that part of the skin differently than in the surrounding skin. It is soething you are born with and has nothing to do with weight or anything else. Your friend got one because of the surgery-it caused the same kind of adhesion under the skin that some are born with. Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do to get dimples but if it makes you feel better, those of us who have them sometimes wish they would go away.
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hey i was just wondering because i got the new color pulse by loreal thing, its like semi permanent hair dye, that washed off in 8-10 shampoos. and it says wash and towel dry ur hair. does it mean dry it entirely of just partially. because i haven't washed my hair for like 3 days and i don't know will the dye stay in. i got dark blonde hair, and i want it lighter. i got cool blonde, and i don't know if it'll work. thanks in advance! i rate 5's. =) (link)
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By towel dry, they mean, don't blow dry.
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This isnt really an " advice " question..But i really need help and everyone i asked they dont know..and I thought since there are so many people on here..someone might be able to help..So please dont delete this question!! I had about 10 brushes on psp 8..i imported them..and you know how you go to paint brush to use the brushes..there not there..but they were there a few weeks ago..and when i try to import the brushes again it says " sorry this name already exists "..soo yea..can anyone help me find where to brushes are..i jus cant find them..thanks (link)
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First, did you do any kind of restore on your puter since then? Have you moved them and not noticed? Check all your imort files. Also, run your find program (in the start menu).
Second, drop PSP, it's junk. Go to Adobe Photoshop and/or Illustrator. Better programs with more options. It's what most of the professionals use.
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When I sit down I have this dot thing on my leg like a dimple kind of. What is it and why is it there how do i get it off? (link)
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It may be a small spot of cellulite or just a place where your skin is attatched tighter to your underlying tissue than other places. The "cellulite cream" doen't work worth a damn so don't waste your money. Live with it and stay toned and in shape and it won't turn into what I have that I none to lovingly call cottage cheese butt. (but I let myself get FAT)
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i wanna do track in spring, but i can't run and i have no stamina or anything. i can't run for more than two minutes without havin g to stop how can i get in shape? (link)
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Start with what you can do and then push a little bit extra out. Do this for awhile and then that little bit extra will be what you can do easily. Like distance: If you can run 1/2 mile, run that will you can do it easily, then move up to 3/4 mile, then 1 mile, and so on.
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where can i learn to cook? i can't... any websites anyone knows of? (link)
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Go directly to your nearest book store and buy "Joy of Cooking". It is the most complete cooking reference out there. It covers everything...and I mean EVERYTHING. Follow the recipies exactly for awhile to get the hang of it and then begin to experiment. Cooking can be fun. And if the results are good, everyone flocke to your table.
Good luck!
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One day my dog just started shaking all of a sudden and we didn't know why. It only lasted a few minutes and then he seemed fine but still scared. It's happened three times so far. My aunt thinks it was seizures, and was probably caused by the heartworm medication. Does anyone know what causes seizures in dogs or how to prevent them? (link)
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Seizures have sny number of causes. What a seizure is is a misfire in the brain, kinda like a short circuit. It could be caused by a predisposition (some dogs are prone to this), a tumor, something he ate, a fall or blow to the head, or the meds.
Take him to the vet. ASAP. Seizures can be dangerous.
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Hello! I am a 24 year old male in seek of a female. I really need help with what to do and how to do it becasue everyone thinks that it is impossible for me to get one after several attempts of people trying to help me. I really want someone that I am compatable with and that will make me happy...ect. Does anyone have any ideas? Oh yea and does anyone know what to do with this situation... there are a lot of girls YOUNGER than me that have "crushes" on me and I dont know what to do and how to get them off of my back before I get in trouble for something that I didnt do! Please help
**Lovelost**
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It sounds like I wish I was 10 years younger and single...lol.
My mother's advice was always to look for a special person someplace you enjoy being-if you like outdoors, don't look for a girl in the mall. If you don't drink, dont cruise the bar scene. You get it. The advice to be yourself is good advice (kudos to who gave it). Be honest about what you want and who you are and the right girl will happen to you when you least expect it.
Regarding the younger girls, avoid the ones that are "too young" (ie: jailbait). Decide who is too young and stay way away. Age is less a matter now than it was in high school for you and will bacome even less in the future. Don't get caught up in numbers and miss the right girl. (I'm older then my husband).
Best of luck!!
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Hey there...
I need a lottle help as to what to do in this kind of situation... I just found out not too long ago that a secret was being kept from me about one of my friends tryin to kill herself and how she ended up in the hospital and everything... and all of that jazz... and how 2 of my other friends "saved her" by calling the ambulance and stuff... Once i got to think about it.. I wondered what the hell her problem was and how she got all of the attention and stuff(and she did this by overdosing on IBprofun by the way) And i was sitting there getting mad b.c. i didnt think that she should have done anything like that. And i was mad b.c. I've been feeling really depressed lately and nobody understands me.. so i was thinking about doing the same thing... only with soma's (since my moms a drug addict and i can get that stuff) and i cry at night thinking about this and how i wish that ppl would see and it didnt have to go to an extreme like this.. what should i do?
p.s. my friends mom just died yesterday and so now im really worried about her
Thanks
**Help Needed** (link)
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You are NOT depressed, you are NORMAL. Everybody goes through a "nobody understands me" phaze and since you said that you were mad because your "friend was getting all the attention" then this is not about being depressed, it's about being ignored. Suicide attempts in order to get attention are silly because you can actually DIE and there goes the rest of your life and what you could do with it. Yeah, you would fix them all real good wouldn't you? But you wouldn't be around to see it so what's the point.
Now, your friend could have done some real damage to herself with her ibuprofin OD-she probably thought that it wouldn't kill her but would get everybody's sympathy. It could have killed her-very slowly. by way of liver failure, kidney failure, or massive GI bleed.
And consider what actually happens to people who overdose (I spent 18 years on an ambulance, I know.) First, you take the pills and chances are, you puke them up before they get to you. OR you are half out of it and THEN puke and suck some ot it down your lungs and get aspiration pneumonia which will probably no kill you but will leave you miserable for awhile. Then, sombeody finds you and calls 911. Somebody like me show up and you get flopped on a stretcher and stuffed in am anbulance. We hook you up to a heart monitor, pulse ox, and you get a big IV. Then, if you fight, you just get sat on and all that stuff anyway. THEN, if you are not conscious enough, we stick a tube into your throat and breathe for you. At some point, somebody sticks a tube in your stomach and pours charcoal into it. And a tube into your bladder (3 guesses how it goes in). So does this still sound like a good idea?
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okay..well there is this boy in my class named "Collin" and collin and me are best friends..and we tell eachother everything..and well he tells me that he likes some else..but he cant tell me right now..and he and me always flirt..and all my friends think i like him and he likes me..the problem is i dont think i like him..i used too..but i just cant figure out my feelings at the moment..i mean..should i try to tell him that i might have feelings for him..or dont tell him at all..and does it seem from this thing..that he likes me?! i need help! thanks! xo (link)
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Guy friends are awesome! You can really talk to them without all the girly issues and get a real guy's opinion about alot of stuff like if they really do like all the makeup on a girl and how they see the "games" and stuff). For now, hold off on anything relationshipwise. If you are not sure how you feel, then stay friends. My best friend in college was a guy and I was NUTS for him but he held me at arm's length until my hormones cooled off. Now, I look back and see his wisdom. If we had given in to the "feelings," then there would have been fights and stuff and a big black blot on the really cool frienship we had. Now all I have are great memories. Boyfriends come and go but true friends are a gift. And who knows, it may turn into something down the road...the best relationships are founded on mutual respect, common ground, and FRIENDHIP.
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hello!! okay in my school there is this girl who thinks she is al that because her dad is "in the mafia" she has to have been like "my dads so busy cuz hes in the mob" or "im a mafia princess becuz my daddy is in the mafia". so the other day she sid "my mom was showing me this picture and she was pointing to all these guys and she was like 'hes in the mafia, and him, and him, and him too....' and then i asked who they were and my moms like "oh theyre your uncles" so i was thinking SHUTUP! in my head but instead i just said "right..the mafia" and she gave me this look like "omg" and like a really snotty look!! but i mean she ALWAYS talks about her dad being in the mafia! its so annoying she has to have said it like 20 times already im NOT kidding, i sit right behind her. I live in chicago illinios, preferably oak lawn, are there really mafia?? what should i say to her? what if she gets her dad and her dads mob to kill me or my famlily? thats why im scared to tell her 'honey, keep dreaming' or something but im getting really mad and i want her to shutup what shouldi say?! thanks for anyone who answers! (link)
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Yes, the mafia really exists...I married into it. Well, sort of. My husband is from New Jersey, and is Itallian (ok, that's just to Sopranos for even me!) But the thing is, the ones that go on and on are mostly wannabe mafia. Sounds like she caught the wannabe from her father. OR she watches too many mob movies. The point is, is her dad really was Family, she would have NO IDEA. He would be "in construction" or something like that. So blow her off, call her bluff. Sounds to me like she has some issues that she hopes to solve by calling attention to herself. Guess she's not so special if she needs a gimik to be "popular".
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My bestfriends boyfriend is comming on to me and me and him have a past because we were about to date but then my bestfriend hooked up with him instead.At first i was mad but eventualy i got over it.well they have been going out for 9 months and now he told me he has feelings for me and wants to be with me but he still goes out with my bestfriend and i like him to but i dont want to hurt my bestfriend.please help me and what should i do. (link)
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Think a minute...if the boy is doing this to your friend, how long will it take him to do it to you? If you go with this boy, you will probably lose your friend but have the boy. Then when he moves on, you won't have the boy OR the friend. So my advice is tell the boy to shove off and then rat him out to your friend...gently. It may be that sh'e just as tired of him and may want to move on, too. In some cases (rarely), friends' exes are not off limits-if your friend suggests it! (hey, it's been done. I set my ex up with my best friend and they eventually got married. The 3 of us stayed friends and it all worked out)
So decide who is more important to you in the long run and remember, guys only have enough blood in their bodies to think with one head at a time!
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at school, its sooo annoying! i am so good in every subject...EXCEPT american History. i study so hard but i just cant do it. i got a 65% on my last test and my highest is an 80...but i always get 50's and 60's on them. my friend doesnt even have to study and she gets 90s and 100s. what can help me study more and learn/remember the stuff? (link)
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Everybody has a subject or two that they just don't get (mine is math). History can be hard depending on how the information is presented. Alot of history is pretty dry and boring, just names and dates to memorize. BUT some techniques may help you:
Make associations-when remembering great artists, think of the Ninja Turtles, associate with movies, music, or whatever works...even silly rhymes. (In 1492 Coumbus sailed the ocean blue)
If writing helps you remember, recopy your notes or retake notes at home while reading your book.
If your teacher allows, tape the class. Then listen again later with the notes you took and see if they still make sense.
If your teacher does a review befire tests, take TONS of notes! Study them, then study some more. Have somebody quiz you that will not make fun but will help.
And ask your friend how she remembers all that stuff...maybe she is a history whizz, or maybe she takes good notes.
If your history teacher is the approachable type, go there. Explain that you are trying but the connection is not there. Ask for help.
Best of luck!
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okay, i would REALLY like to shed a few pounds and get a nice flat stomach for spring break. I always tell myself that im gonna eat less & drink more water, but i never do, and i get a guilty conscience because i cant ever follow through with my goals. What are some tips that could really inspire me to want to be skinny & loose weight..everytime i start working out it only goes on for about a week..and then i`ll skip a day and say 'well i`ll do it tomorrow, i`m busy tonight" and then never do it the next day, and it just keeps going on and on til i forget about it. im really desperate, anything will help (link)
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Try some kind of exercise that you enjoy. I personally hate exercise butif you disguise it as playing raquetball or swimming or biking, I'm all for it. So look for something that you like and can do easily-maybe skating or something. Also, find an "exercise buddy" to go with you. Somebody to talk to and keep your mind occupied really helps. You can keep each other going and push each other to try harder. Just remember, don't doo too much at first, work up into a good workout.
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I've heard that if you go on a diet that restricts food intake or doesn't have the right nutrition, that when you go back to normal eating, you will gain back all the weight PLUS more. The gaining back all the weight makes sense, but what is it that makes you gain more? Just curious. (link)
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When you diet, your body thinks that you are starving and stores food more. (This in on a cellular level and cells can't think). When you go back to your former bad habits, the body takes all the food you eat and stores like mad for the next "famine" so there you are heavier than before. Physiologically, the body doesn't know the difference between a diet and a famine.
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I'm trying to reduce my fat and sugar intake- can anyone suggest some low fat, low sugar foods that are good for you to eat on a regular basis? Also, my friend told me that pasta is fattening. I thought it was just complex carbohydrates- not fat or bad for you. Does anyone know how good pasta is for you?
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There are two kinds of "fat" and people get confused. There is the kind of fat that we refer to as being fat (fatty tissue under the skin like the fat on a steak) and fat in foods (known medically as lipids-a component of the food). The second one (the lipids) are what is bad for you, especially if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure. This is what is measured in a cholesterol test.
What makes peole "fat" is any number of things: metabolism, family/body type history, lack of exercise, and foods.
Dieting is not a simple as TV makes it sound. Everbody has a different chemistry and what may work for one person may not work for another. The most important thing to remember is that no matter what the diet, veggies are always good. Fruit is also a good choice but fruit contains sugar so read a little to see which ones you want based on that. You AND your friend are both right. Pasta is a complex carbohydrate and it is fattening (see the Adkins diet or any low carb diet). Eating fat (lipids) is not what makes you fat, it is the carbs as well as eating more total calories then you are putting out (a calorie is a unit of energy, not a food component).
So stick to the veggies (carrots in ranch dressing are good-you can even use low fat if that's a concern). Surf the web for good veggie dishes and meat is prime for protein and not much fattening stuff. Chicken and fish are more low fat then beef. Cheese is wonderful-full of calcium and in moderate servings, not to fatty.
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are they're any faster ways to gain weight...i eat all the time but i have a fast matabelism (sry i cn't spell lol) but is there anything i can do to help me gain weight? (link)
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First of all, how old are you? If you haven't reached your physical maturity, you may just have to stick it out for awhile.
second, are you trying to get "fat" or just shapely? People who burn energy (fast metabolism) don't retain any surplus to store as fat. If you are thin and are looking to improve your overall shape, join a gym or find someplace to work out with weights. DON'T WORK OUT ALONE but work to build muscle mass in strategic areas. For people without a butt, this will fill out your jeans (just as an example).
Third, you may need to increase you carbohydrate intake (eat more bread, potatos, pasta, pretty much anything that the Adkins Diet says in a no-no). Dont give in to simple sugars (chocolate, candy, soft drinks) but try to keep up a healthy diet. Fruit is a good source of carbe as well as vitamins.
Last, if nothing works, try your physician. There are tests that can tell if there is a medical reason that you are not gaining weight.
Best of luck!!!
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13-M----OK my problem is that im not gonna have
n e 1 for valentines day! this may not seem so big to everyone else but my new years resolution was to get a real g/f by then. Im not extremly unpopular, its just everyone thinks im wierd. so someone halp me find a resolution for this! (link)
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Valentine's Day has been officially BANNED in my house. It is a holiday supposedly "for love" but mostly hurts those that are alone. So just ignore the day. Rename it Narf Day or something. If you are proud of your "wierdness" (when you get older, you become interesting) wear a black rose pinned to your lapel. Make fun of the day and all the people that have been sucked into it. and remember, if you care for someone (or they care for you) you don't need a "special day" to give them something. Buying a girl flowers or giving her a card just because it Tuesday is better because it truly isn't prompted by anything but your feelings.
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Okay, so I have this boyfriend and just the other night I told him that I feel as if I love him, so he said he thought he loved me too. Last night at this concert had had me call his ex-girlfriend that is having his kid and had me bitch her out but not to say he was with me. Well, she told me that he had called her earlier that day and told her that he still loved her and missed her. He said he was at work from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. went home took a shower and came and picked me up. Is she lieing or is he? I'm confused. I just want to know if he is sounds like a cheater because I don't want to get heartbroken because I'm really into this boy, he's the nicest boy I've ever met. Can someone that knows about these kind of boys let me know what they think because I'm scared! (link)
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"These kinds of boys" are trouble! Let's take a good look:
1) His ex is pregnant?!?!?! I guess that meand that he's not responsible enough to use protection (and that means if you two are ntimate, and he's not using anything, YOU need to go directly to your nearest clinic and get tested!!!) If he is taking responsibility for his child, that means that she will NEVER be out of his life.
2) He actually asked you to tell off his ex? What kind of person asks that of someone that they "love"?
3) If you are confused about who is lying, that means that alarm bells are already going off in your head. Listen to them and make tracks. Something fishy is going on and deep down inside you know it. I have dumped guys like this and it hurt like H*** but I am beter off without them. You can't go through a relationship without trust and hope to come out unscathed.
Best of luck!
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