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whats the difference between a private college and public college? besides cost.

public colleges are state owned and run. Private colleges can be owned by a specific person (though it's rare) or an organization (like a Catholic or Lutheran school). Private colleges are usually harder to get into, they have higher standards, and in some cases (like the BYUs) they have strict codes of conduct, dress codes, or special graduation requirements. Like BYU requires gospel classes.

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I am deeply in love with a girl. She happens to be my class mate nd we are pretty close friends. I told her how i felt cos i couldnt keep it inside any longer and I thought it was best to tell her. Well she doesnt love me the way i love her for now (Thats wat she said). She says that I am a great guy and all. She just wants to be my friend for now (thats what she said exactly).So I asked her if anything could happen between us in the future (A pretty stupid move i think) and she said probably not. That hurt a lot and it still does.One of my our friend also asked her (when i was not around) if she thinks anything could happen between us in the future. She told him that she doesnt know. she likes me as a friend for now and would like to know me more. And she keeps saying i am a great guy and stuff. The problem is that I cant stop loving her. What am i supposed to do? Does anyone think I stand a chance.
we've known each other for the past 5-6 months only..

I applaud your courage. Not many people would have had the guts to tell someone that they like them so much. Now, if you've only known this girl a few months, you probably don't love her like you think you do. She sounds really nice, especially since she didn't lie and try to use you, but you probably should spend less time around her. I was in love with this guy for four years who didn't love me back and it wasn't until I stepped back and stopped hanging out with him that I noticed how mean he was to everyone, including me. I'm sure your girl's sweet, but you should give her some space and think things through. Don't torture yourself.

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Im 16 and my dad died when i was 8 and my mom recently got married to a guy who used to be in the army. I have two sister and now i have 3 step brothers. He is like way strict and his kids are like perfect angels but me and my sisters have never really been raised that strict and for lack of better words are pretty wild. my mom never really punished us for things and now this guy is trying to control us and take over our lives. What should i do?

Tell your step-dad that you've never had such a strict atmosphere before and you'll try to make him happy, but he's going to have to cut you some slack for a while until you get used to it.

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what is doggy style?

if you don't know, I probably shouldn't tell you.

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which is the best way to have sex? i am only asking because me and my bf are planing on doing it and we are so confused. and i was wondering if you could give directions as well. none of the sites i checked out don't really get to the point. and most wont let a 15 year old in. or you could give me some sites. i would really appreciate it. and my bf does too.

Most people aren't going to answer your question. sorry. if you want to have sex, more power to you, and here's what I know. i've done lots of research (no practical app yet) and i've pretty much found that for the first time, the girl should be on top because the guy's gonna have a good time either way and the girl needs to control things so it doesn't hurt more than it needs to. also people say doggy-style is good, but that's too weird for some people.

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14/f

ok so there is this guy in my class and I thought that I liked him alot, but i didnt know if he liked me.(We have been friends and have known each other since kindergarden) He eventually told me that he liked me ALOT and I was really exited. We went out on a date(my first date ever) to the movies and about half way into it he put his arm around me I was ok with it and kinda leaned my head into him too. But afterwards, I realized that I thought it was pretty akward I told him that we should just b friends. i think he is pretty mad at me tho because he hasnt talked to me ever since then(about 4 weeks ago.) And I miss talking to him. Now that I think back on it, I guess it wouldnt b that bad for me and him to be bf & gf Idk should I tell him that i want to get back together? Or how could I break the akward silence that we now have? THX!

you need to talk to him. set up a place where you both promise to only tell the truth and you won't get mad. explain to him what's going on. When I had my first kiss, during it I didn't really feel one way or the other about it, and it seemed wierd when I thought to myself 'hey, I've been kissed', but after a few days of thinking about it, it really sank in. I think it only felt wierd to you because you had never been on a date before, so it wasn't you and him on a date that felt weird, it was you on a date that felt weird. get it?

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My best friend, Jackie, is going out with this guy, Joe. Joe is one of my really good guy friends. Anyways, I like Joe as a friend and nothing more. But when they will do stuff together i find myself getting kind of jealous and for some reason I want them to break up. Joe and I flirt sometimes but it's nothing major. anyways im the one that got them together and helps Joe with all the relationship problems, but it makes me kind of depressed when he talks about how much he loves her and that he wants to stay together with her for years.

And then the other night he was like, "Haha i love you ___(my name)" he meant it in a friendly way but it like gave me a weird feeling in my stomach. But I'm like positive I don't like him! So what's up with this? How can i get over it?

You love him! Nobody tries that hard to convince themselves they don't love someone unless they really do. I think you feel a little bit of regret for getting them together because you didn't know you liked him and now you think you like him more than your friend does but you don't want to admit it to yourself. I had the same problem. You want them to break up but even if they do, you feel like you can't do anything about your feelings for him because that will hurt your friend but you also want them to stay together because it gives you an excuse not to make a move. Honey, what I did was tried very hard not to be around him when I wasn't with her. I talked to him sometimes, but if I could help it, we didn't talk about anything important and I didn't think about him when I wasn't with them. it hurts, and it's a short term fix, but until you find someone for yourself, you are going to be in so much pain over thism you can't even believe it.

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Okay, since my parents money is going towards my lukeima treatment..a friend gave me a prom dress. The problem witht he dress is that it doesn't fit quite right. Very close though. When I zip it up, I can't get it to go all the way because I'm just a bit overweight for the dress. Mom said that five or ten pounds should do the trick. Prom is the 28th of this month. Can I lose that much between now and then. I have about an inch to zip up in the back. If I lose some of the weight in my stomach, will that help it zip up? I want to kind of crash diet, but I can't really do that because I have to consider the fact the I have lukeima now I and I can't quite do that..

instead of losing weight, you should consider slimming undergarments like control-top nylons or corsets (yes, they do still make them). Also, if you have a second person hold the zipper together while you're zipping it up, it usually goes up easier. It doesn't sound like the dress is too small for you, so that should work.

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im really confused is a 4.0 like perfect gpa and then 5.0 if you are taking honors or is 5.0 perfect and 6.0 is if you are taking honors?
or does it depend on the school?

a 4.0 is the highest GPA you can get. only grades count, not what classes you're taking. if you have a 5.0, there was a typo on your transcript, because that's impossible.

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do most girls finger themselves?

not most, but some do. I don't think it's as common as guys playing with themselves, but I'm really only basing that on the fact that I don't.

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I hang out with guys a lot, personally I think they're a lot cooler than a lot of girls I know. I have kind of a dual life: my life in band with the guys (the girls in band can be kind of strange) and my life with my old friends, who are girls and we've known each other since we were like 7. When I'm with the guys, I feel like a tomboy, cause we don't flirt or anything, we just joke around and have fun. When I'm with the girls, I feel, well, girly. It's weird. It's a little bit awkward because the two groups are like, complete opposites, and they don't really know each other. Is this "dual life" okay for me? You know how most people find their niche. Well, I have two niches which are totally different!! Is this going to affect me... am I going to drift from my girls? because it seems like I have been ever since I met the guys.

Eventually you are going to drift more towards the group you feel more comfortable in. I'm not saying you don't fit in with your girls, and you may not even notice a difference between the groups, but subconsciously you will try to spend more time with the people you are more similar to. It's sad but it's true.

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i go to an all girls boarding school and there is such a double standard! it is strictly prohibited for any of us to bring our boyfriends to the dorm buildings when they visit, like we'll get in serious trouble, even if we don't do anything like have sex or anything up there. there are some lesbians at my school, and i'm not against them or anything, but it gets really annoying because they are always sleeping with each other and in each other's room!
how is them having sex at school different then us? faculty and teachers know about it but they pretend they don't!
do you guys think this is gross? and what should i do???!
it's not fair!

I don't think it's gross but you have to look at it from a different side. Sure, it seems like girls having sex with each other is the same as girls having sex with boys, but on the other hand, a girl can't get another girl pregnant, so that might have something to do with it. Also, if the school told a girl she couldn't have sex with other girls, they could get sued by her or her family because they would be discriminating against her for being a lesbian.

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Kay, so I got an iPod nano for xmas [a silver 4 GB one] and the first time i added my entire window's media player, everything worked fine and it was a breeze to put the songs on my iPod, but now that everynow and then I just put on one or two new ones that I've downloaded or gotten from different cds, I can't figure out how to put them on my nano.
help, please?
---killerface

Is your iPod full?

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I've noticed that sometimes when I can't fall asleep and I get very few hours of rest,I don't have any problems the next day.Then,other times I'll get enough/a lot of sleep and I'll end up feeling drowsy and sluggish all day.Could someone explain this?

I think it has to do with REM states. Your sleep goes in cycles, so if you wake up near the end of the cycle, you feel rested, but if it's in the middle you're still tired. I have that problem too, and I just am really particular about when I go to bed and wake up so i always get the same amount of sleep.

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I'l try and make it as short as possible.
I have a best friend and we always fall for the same guys at exactly the same time. It gets anoyin because we cant make a move on a guy because we dont want to hurt each others feelings.
About a month ago my friend fell for a guy and secretly i did too but she found out and i told her that i would move on again and find someone else. So i moved on and found a guy and we began to get on really well. We both flirted alot and we began to get really close. Then my best friend tells me she has fallen for exactly the same guy and she tells him how she feels. We continue flirting but then she takes him to the cinema. they are about to go out and she doesnt understand how much she is hurting me inside because she always talks about how close they are and i makes me cringe inside and i do not know how to tell her to stop talking about him and i really secretly do not want her to go out with him! this is selfish but its just how i feel and i really do not know what to do!! Please help xxx

I don't think you're being selfish at all. It sounds like you told your friend you liked this guy and she moved in anyway. Normally, I would tell you not to get mad because you can't help it if he falls for her and not you and they can't help it either, but in this case I think you should do the same thing. Tell him how you feel and ask him out. Go out with him a few times and then ask if he likes you or your friend better and DON'T GET HURT IF HE SAYS HER! Guys are terrible flirts and you'll find another one soon, I'm sure.

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is it ok if i dont know why i like the guy i like? i mean ok i know i like him but i dont have a clue why hes not hott and yea i guess hes kinda cute hes just average boring guy not really boring but you know what i mean just kinda there and i like him and i dont have a clue why i do! any ideas why i may like him and is it bad that i dont have a clue why i do? thankx

i think it's great you like a guy for reasons other than his looks. is he smart? does he make you laugh? does he go out of his way to say hi to you? is he nice to you? do you have interests in common? any one of these things could be a reason you like him

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hey there's this guy i really like, and he keeps asking me who i like. i really want to tell him that it's him, but i just don't know how to. please help me! i really don't know what to say!
i rate high!

JUST SAY IT!!!!! you want to, and if he wants to know he's obviously interested. he probably likes you and that's why he keeps asking who you like, so he'll know what to do and how to act to get you to like him.

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I don't know if I'm going through a phase or not, but I have just suddenly been feeling EXTREMELY self/consious.

I feel SO ugly, SO fat, SO unpopular, and everything else teenagers feel, except all at the same time. (And yeah, I've heard the "Don't worry about whats other think" routine.) I just hate myself. I hate the way I act, look, and am period. I dont think I'll EVER got a boyfriend that's actaully not a geek. I never felt this way before, but all these emotions are coming at me!!! What do I do?!?!?!

for the geek problem, just remember: someday, that geek will be one of the richest men in the world and all the jocks will work for them. if that doesn't help, sorry. what always helps when i feel like that is music, movies, not like sad stuff but stuff that makes me happy. get a few friends, get all decked out in your cutest outfit, and go to the movies or the mall. it doesn't matter, just get out there. once you start having fun, you'll forget all about how bad you fell about yourself. also try volumteer work. it's corny, i know, but helping others really is a good way to help yourself.

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what is the difference between being a couple and just dating?

talking about it. if you've gone out a few times but nothing too serious, you're dating. if you've kissed, given/recieved a hickie from this person, but most importantly if you've decided you want to date exclusively, you're a couple.

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Ok, long story short, I fell in love with one of my best friend over the summer. Yes, I'm 13. Yes, I know you're about to tell me that this is mere infatuation rather than love. I'm just gonna spare you a 1 rating: It's not infatuation. I know love, and I know infatuation. And this is definitely love. I can feel it as right as 2+2 is 4. Anydangways, she knows very well how much I love her, but she still only likes me as a friend. Now that the school year's started again, our attitudes have sort of changed. We used to joke around all the time, but nowadays, we see each other in the halls, and either we just say "hi" or we stay silent or involved in our conversations. Personally, whenever I'm talking to my friends in the halls, and then I see her coming, I'm suddenly turn silent and I say something like "Yeah, I know, I'm weird." or "Yeah. That's it." Or something to end conversation and not embarass myself. Also, I've been hoping to see her: whenever I'm near where she lives and talking to someone about something, I think, "I'd better make this conversation a bit smarter in case she comes near. Just to be safe" or something like that. And I'm always trying to impress her. I don't know why, we're best friends, and she knows how much I love her. What's going on? Why do I just suddenly lose all my intelligence, self-respect, and logical reasoning, not to mention my will to do what I please, whenever I think about her? It's like in that manga D.N.Angel, whenever Daisuke thinks about Risa, he becomes Dark and loses control of his body. Sorry, I babble a lot. I'd better stop now. Please help me!

you've answered your own question: you lose all your intelligence self-respect, etc., because you're in love. i'm not going to tell you that it isn't love because a lot of people think love is a stronger emotion than it really is. While some love is very strong, just because it is only moderate or you're only 13 doesn't mean that it isn't love. Also, it probably is because you know this girl really well.

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