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Hey! My name is Kaitlyn, but you may call me Katie. I give advice on topics such as friends, boyfriend/girlfriend, family, and pet trouble. I give very good advice, and I am very nice. I'm one of the best! All of my friends say i give good advice!!! I have had a lot of experience in the areas i put above.

I give advice i think will be most beneficial. I am truthful, i don't make up lies to make someone feel better if they want the truth.

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is there any way to retrieve an IM that got Xed out by mistake ? (link)
unless you have chat logs and they are saved online, or some other way of saving them, you cannot read or retrieve them.
Sorry :)
Kaitlyn


i recently got two dwarf hamsters, and the female, i think it is a female, which i had for two days, is now hiding in a part of a maze i got for them, she hasn't been exersing much, and i feel she maybe sick. i have already seperated the male from the cage when i first thought that she might be sick or pregnant. she is very hard to coach out of that part of the maze, and when she isn't in there she is laying in her spot in the cage or briefly nawing on some food then back to her spot, this started about4 hours ago. if the symptoms sound like anything that you might reconize (link)
Most likely, it is nervousness (?) of course, hamsters are nocturnal, so you probably won't see much activity during the day unless you wake them up.
My sister had a similar problem with her new hamster that she got about a month (?) ago...she would run all over her cage when my mom tried to pick her up, and sqealed and almost got away a couple times. Just stroke her gently and hold her for increasing longer amounts of time, and if it doesn't work at first, just let her get used to her new surroundings before you try anything too major (tip: hamsters LOVE lettuce/carrots etc!)
My sister's hamster took a week or two for it to calm down...and she still sqeaks a little but doesn't squirm so much. Good luck!!


How long do you keep the earings you got your ears peirced with in?
I got my second hole like four weeks ago, and I wanted to know if I could change them.
I got my first hole like...four years ago so I can't remember how long to keep it in.
Do you think I can take it out?
Its already been four weeks, and I'd put another one in.
I had to take them out today for soccer for like two hours and they were fine.
Can i? (link)
For six weeks you aren't supposed to take them out at all, so the holes can heal.
After that....for like a couple months you must keep earrings in, but you can change them. After several months, maybe up to a year, you can leave them out for a while....for a while though you don't want to leave them out for long. I had my ears peirced two and a half years ago. i can leave earrings out for a long period of time...but if you leave them out for too long your holes will close up.


I found an absolutely disgusting website, www.truechristian.com. Among other things, it says that women are unclean and should be shut away during their period, that if a girl is raped it is her fault for not screaming loud enough but she can be saved if she marries her rapist. It also says the n word several times. I have nothing against christians but this website is horrifying, in fact I'm sure real christians would agree with me. How do I get this website shut down or deleted? I mean, even the kids page is awful: http://truechristian.com/kidzlot1.html I can't find the name of the host anywhere, so I don't know who to contact. (link)
I know for a fact Christians DO NOT believe that. I am a christian myself and recently was confirmed....whoever wrote it was sick. i agree wit hthe person that said to go to whois.com...otherwise im not sure how to shut down a site that isn't yours...i mean they aren't hurting anyone....


Well the computers at my school have like this disabling system where you can only go on certain sites, and i want to know how to take it off. i'm not gonna watch porn or anything, ew gross. like my computer at home isn't hooked up yet and i can't see my myspace. thanks!♥ (link)
Um....only certain teachers can remove the blocking....i don't know if they are even allowed too.....but that would kind of defeat the purpose if a student could take it off. You will just have to wait until your computer is hooked up.
My school has the same blocking system. Its just to help protect kids.
also, most school computer systems are networked....so that would probably make it even harder...i wouldn't know.


14/f. i'm going into 9th grade, which at my school is still in middle school. now i have two questions:

1)is it easier to buy 1 large 3" binder for all five of my academic classes, or two colored 1.5" binders (one for my three morning classes and one for my two afternoon classes). i just need a first hand experience here. will two binders get too confusing?

2) i want to decorate the front of my binder(s). i'm going to get the type of binders that have that clear pocket on the front of the binder that you can slide a piece of paper into. i want to cut out things from magazines but i don't know what to cut out things that i won't like half way through the year. i thought of cutting out store names and things but i need more!

any input will help me A LOT! (link)
I would NOT use 1 binder for all of your classes. maybe, for your three morning classes, get a 2" binder, and a 1.5" one for your two afternoon ones. Cramming stuff together can be very confusing, and be sure to get dividers or something to separate classes!!

For the decorating....put pictures from magazines of stuff you like (lip gloss, clothes you think are cute) pictures from your collection, such as family, freinds, pets, etc. Also, you can put stuff related to your classes, so like for Math (whatever knid you have) you could draw pictures of math related stuff....
Well, good luck!!! Im in 8th grade (junior high where i am) im going into high school next year.
if you need any more help, drop me a note in my inbox!!!

Kaitlyn


Okay, So I was with my boyfriend for just over 7 months. He was one of my very closest friends before we went out and now we split up (not ending on bad terms) we hardly speak anymore and i havent seen him since the break up. And since we broke up all these girls have been saying they like him and want to get with him. I think i'm over him. I wouldnt go back out with him, but i dont wanna see him with anyone else. ugh it's hard to explain. Do you reckon theres any chance we'll get back to being friends or do you think our long term relationship destroyed the friendship? Thanks (link)
Jealousy after a split up is quite common, i felt it after all three split ups i have had in my past. If you still go to the same school with this guy, say hi to him in the hallway, or if you are in classes together, ask him a question about your homework/in class work even if you don't need help.
You may hear this a lot, but split ups don't always ruin friendships. Try and reconnect, you never know, soon you may be hanging out and laughing together like you never split up! Just don't rush into anything since you haven't talked to him in a while. Good luck!


okay i'm 13 and i havn't had my period yet. i live with my dad so its really hard to bring up that subject, and i cant shave my legs because,again it hard to bring up the subject. i have air under my arms, and i'm guessing i should be shaving...but how do i bring up tht subject. what should i do? i cant go to anyone else either.
thanks in advance
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casually say sometime when you two are alone "dad, next time we go to the store remind me to get some saving creme and shavers" if he asks why, just make a joke and say "have you seen my legs/underarms lately? definitly need it!" (ya i know thats bad, but you have to ask him) your dad probably won't bring it up himself.


I need more fiber. Any suggestions for meals? I want something that has fiber in every meal [3] I have.

Is there any cereals that have a lot of whole grain and less sugar? I can't really go into the store and take my time to look..

I can't have beans** that last time I did, i threw up [i dont know why] i can't digest them?

So any recipes? Anything good with fruits? :]

Any help is wanted! (link)
For breakfast:
Frosted (or they even have non frosted, i think) mini wheats have lots of fiber. Look on the nutritional information on breakfast products for the amount of whole grain (general mills cereals are now made with whole grain, as a tip) and sugar, and fiber. Cheerios for example: Low to no sugar, depeding on the kind (plain has none, and they are my fave)
For other meals:
You can get the powdered fiber (I think one kind is called Fiber sure) that you put in with your cooking...or water, or whatever drink you have, and its tasteless.
Those are easy ways to get more fiber in, especially the second way! Even if you don't get cereal high in fiber....if you get the powder stuff you can probably add it into the milk on your cereal!!!
Also, a lot of fruits have a lot of fiber.i think apples do....have to do some research on that!!!


i like this boy at school but I just cant say hi to him. I just feel uncomfortable. What are other tips for flirting. (link)
Just try and relax around him. walk by, and look at him one day. Do that for a few days, then smile and look at him for a few days, then say hi after your comfortable with the rest.
Hope i helped, leave me another note if you need more help!!!
.::Katie::.


Hi,

I’m going to try to make this brief since I know you don’t have time to
be going through pages of my problems. You see, I am love with this guy
DJ, I have been since I was in 6th grade, when we started off as being
friends. That eventually grew into being best friends, and before I
knew it, he liked me. But I didn’t see it because at that point I didn’t
know what it was like to be liked by a boy. When he liked me, I was
going through stages of struggling with makeup, getting my first period,
desperately trying to learn how to shape my eyebrows (which always ended
up being pencil thin), and trying to figure out where I belonged in my
social circle (at the time I was more in the “gangster” kind of
clique).

He was my first love, and no matter how hard I’ve tried, I could never
get him out of my head, nor my heart. I’ve liked other boys, but he had
always been in my heart, and there was not a time in my life that I was
definite that if he asked me out I would say no. He was (and still is)
a very handsome boy that all the girls swoon over. When I was in 6th
grade we were very close, until something happened at the end of the year
which caused us to part. In 7th grade, things were very wishy-washy,
meaning that we weren’t very good friends, although we didn’t exactly
hate each other. We talked every now and then if something bad happened
between one of our friends but nothing other than that. I felt things for
him on and off, and he remained in my heart, but I knew that the way
things were going, that it would be pointless to try to get us together.
I told him during the year that I liked him sometimes, but of course,
since we weren’t very good friends, he didn’t care very much. And there
were also times that I told him that I didn’t like him anymore which
was always a lie since he was always in my heart. A few days ago he
instant messaged me saying that he felt stupid for walking out on me, and
that he regretted it because he realized that I was a good friend. So we
are now best friends again, and I’d have to say that I’m pretty happy.

I want to tell him how much he means to me, that I dream about him at
night, and that I am overally just completely in love with him. The only
thing is that as I am in love with him, he is in love with this other
girl Casey, the one that he was going out with in 6th grade, when he
liked me, but he cared for her more so wouldn’t leave her for me. He had
told me that at the beginning of the school year that he would ask her
out again, which is coming on September 6th. I feel that my time is
running out, but since we have only just became being best friends again, I
don’t want to rush things, because I don’t want to mess things up and I
want us to have a relationship.

I need some serious help on what to do from here.
He means everything to me and I only wish that I meant the same to him
in his eyes.
Please help. I’d appreciate it so much you have no idea.
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I had a similar problem: i went out with a guy named Tyler, we broke up, but we remained friends, and he is always a part of me, and a part of me always loves him still.

Email him, or write via snail mail. I think that is the easiest and least nerve-rackying way to tell him. Send him a Love or BFF e-card (www.bluemountain.com has a few cool free cards in those categories that you can send without joining) and tell him that you care about him deeply, and ask the big question: Will you go out with me, or say it however you want to. If he says no, don't act dissapointed around him. give him time, he may decide he does want a relationship.
HOpe i helped~


I want to know how to biuld up upper arm mucsle w/o my parents knowing. this is b/c they would go into shock b/c i am smart not athletic. thanks to those of you who respond. (link)
Two really good ways to improve arm strength are:
1.Pushups
2. Lifting weights.
If you have easy access to weights, do that one day, and pushups the next, then weights, and keep going in that pattern. IT may take a while, but you should see some improvement in upper arm strength!!!
Don't worry about your parents. They should support your decisions.
Hope i helped!


sometimes my freinds and i will be watchin a movie and i will say somethin and my one friend will just sit there and not say anythin. like i may say i like her dress on drew barrymore and she will just sit there.

why does she do that and not say anythin? i know she hears me cause other people respond to me. (link)
She either is really absorbed in the movie, so much that she doesn't hear you, or she has bad hearing. Maybe, if there are other people there, she didn't know you were talking to her. Next time say something like, "Jessica (use your friend's name) don't you think Drew Barrymore's dress is pretty?" or something like that, and she might be more likely to respond.

HOpe i helped!


I have so much on my plate right now. I'm a junior in high school. I'm constantly thinking/worrying about the SAT, college, my weight [even though I'm thinner than average], my GPA, the graduation test, my first job, my first car, my future career, my friends.. I worry about everything. It's like I have an illness because I can't stop worrying for one minute.

One of my classes really scares me because I'm not good at it. I'm scared to the point that I feel like I'm really cold and my teeth won't stop chattering and my body won't stop shaking, all because of a speech, or a test, etc.

I'm also anorexic. I'm 10-15 pounds lighter than I should be, but half of me is saying "Who cares what the average weight is? my stomach is humungous" and the other half is saying "Everyone thinks you're too skinny and you are". I lean toward the "I'm fat" side and regulate everything that goes into my mouth.

I think that my eating disorder and extreme worrying are causing me to have depression. I'm never happy unless I'm with my friends. Once I come home, I start the worrying process. I also have experienced serious panic attacks. I hate how I'm never happy =( I'm 16 and most people my age don't worry about anything except what to buy at the mall. I've gone to 3 therapists. One helped, one was okay, and another didn't, so I don't rely on therapy anymore.

What do I do? (link)
Well...about the anorexia:
Don't worry about regulating so much. Just eat wholesome, nutrious foods, like fruits, vegetables, grains, and protein. I am skinny for my size and age too.
for the depressions and panic attacks:
Go back to the therapist that helped, or keep looking around for others. Sometimes i feel im neverh appy unless im with friends. OTher times, i feel i wouldn't be as happy with friends. Make the most of your happy times with family and friends.
Don't worry so much....im sure you have heard this a milliion times...focus on now, and a little bit into the future, but now just focus on school. For the class you are so nervous in, try taking deep breaths, and study extra hard.
I hope i helped! if you need anymore advice, drop a note in my inbox!!


Well I know I'm putting them in wrong. I can't even get all of it in, I get like half of it in. It's my first time doing this and I don't get why it won't go in all the way!!Please help!!! (link)
they don't go in straight....they go in at a slight angle towards your back. if you still can't get it, ask your mom or a friend to help. i know it may be embarassing, but if you want to wear them, especially while swimming during your period, you have to learn to put them in right.


does organic foods mean they don't have anything sweet in it? like, there's this organic store here, and they sell cake and anything and everything organic. i'm eating this dessert thing and i just to thinking if it will maybe give you like calories like regular desserts and stuff. (link)
No-
organic simply means the ingredients were grown without chemicals and such that could potentially be harmful. They don't have less calories or anything....They are like regular cake just healthier in the fact that they don't have chemicals in them that helped the ingreidients such as flour, (wheat) to grow.
Hope i helped!


I have a problem with my cat eating wet food. She won't eat it, but she will lick the juice/sauce up from it. However she has no problem eating dry food. She'll eat 1/2 cup of it within a day. But I want to know why she will not eat her wet food. I have tried just every kind of wet food out there. But nothing worked. What could I do to solve this or fix this? Or should I just forget it and leave her with just dry food?

But just a note I really want her to eat wet food because it's nutritious and has important ingredients in there that aren't contained in dry food.

And because of this my cat is pretty skinny -- only three pounds.

If it helps, my cat is approximately 7 months old (older kitten).

Thanks in advance! (link)
Try mashing the wet food, and mixing dry food with it. cutting it up may help with a kitten.
Feeding it treats may also help with putting on weight.
Of course, the person who would have the best advice is a vet. if my first idea doesn't work, take your kitty to a vet, and get his/her advice =)
hope i helped!!!
Kaitlyn


okay, like when people are really skinny, their bones are really little and thin. but like if they gain weight .. do their bones grow? cuz it really looks like it . they cant have alot of fat & a paper thin bone. bones HAVE to grow and get fatter????? do bones grow and get fatter??? (link)
thin people just appear to have smaller bones because they have less fat to make them look bigger. bones get stronger and bigger as you grow, but just because your heavier doesn't mean your bones are bigger than a slimmer person


ok...well there's this guy right...he is soooo nice 2 me! We even wen't out 4 like a month.
But my best friend started talking 2 me saying stuff like"oh you and bryan don't even make a good couple...not that i like him or anything but he`z just 2 ugly 4 you and it's not that i like him" and stuff like that.So then like 2 weeks ago we broke up.He still likes me and want's to give it another try but i don't know if i want 2=/
It's like hes a great guy and i love him but it dosen't feel like love love more like friendship love or something...i don't wanna hurt him and i know my "best friend" likes him because she would always be jelous when i talked about him.Bryan keeps asking me y we broke up but i dont know what to tell him i mean i can't just say oh because my friend likes you....but then i think maybe they can love each other......altough it kindah makes me a lil well let me say ALOT jelous lol.What do i do??? (link)
don't let your friend come between you and this guy. If you still like him, and if she likes him, you should both forget abuot him, or it could possibly hurt your friendship. IF it makes you jealous, and you still like him, and when (if) your friends gives up on him, you guys can go out again.

Just nicely tell Bryan that you just want to be friends.Tell him you will always be there for him (and mean it!!) and he will probably be ok with that.

Hope i helped!
Katie***


what are some good books you've read lately? i need to catch up on stuff (link)
I don't know how old you are and what types of books you prefer...but..here are some good ones:
1. Harry potter series (HIGHLY recommened)
2. The Giver
3. The Westing Game
4. The Princess Diaries series

those are all of my favorite ones...of course there are many more!
Happy reading!

Kaitlyn




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