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Q: i dont know what to do..i like this guy but i dont hvae the guts to ask him out or anything..hes also..5 yrs older than me..so what if my parnts find out??i wont be able to go ANYWHERE..but i really like this kid..Mark.hes cute funny an nice.but i dont know what to do.HELP ME OUT HERE!! plz an ty
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Clueless Tami.
if u like him them go for it =]] nothing should stand in the way of true love!! hehe. but show ur parents that you are mature enough to date this guy. =]]] hope i helped.

Q: This is kind of weird. After I eat something and I get full, I stop eating and I go do something else. No, I don’t keep eating after I’m full. But, until my food is digested if I think about food or if I look at food I feel like I am going to throw up. Is this normal?
lol i know totally what u mean. it is completely normal. i am the exact the same way. don't worry =]]]

Q: whats the QUICKEST way to loose weight beore augest 18!!? please help me i no i'm getting fat and idk what to do!! i'm thinking about aneroxicaa b/c it seems like the quickest way but idk you tell me
aw anorexia isn't even effective for a really long time..you can be anorexic for a long time before you start loosing wait..trust me. by the time you have lost weight, it is usually too late to save your health. the quickest way to loose weight would be to go on a diet, not a crash diet, a normal one. for example maybe the jenny craig diet. if u just follow the plan that they give and do a nice workout, you should loose some weight. =]]] hope i helped!

Q: 16/f
For the passed few months I haven't been eating much. The only thing I eat during the day is breakfast, usually poptarts. The rest of the day I'm not hungry AT ALL and no matter how hard I try to eat.. I just can't. I used to eat A LOT but now I hardly eat at all. What happened??? I'm kind of scared.
haha i know exactly what you mean. i'm 15 and am the same way. i guess summer does that to some people. don't force yourself to eat what you can't..eat when you're hungry. everything will be fine =]]]

Q: i get these random pains all over my body. my mom says it may be arthritis, but i dont know!
and i had an injuryyy this year with surgery and im scared it wont get better.
it could just be growing pains like what the first person said. i'm 15 and have arthiritis (sp)..it's genetic. if your joints are hurting all over then it could be, but i can't be sure. usually it doesn't spring up in younger people unless it's genetic. if you had an injury this year with surgery then maybe your body is recovering from it. i don't know how long ago your sugery was so i'm not sure. try not to stress out the area where you hurt yourself. relax =]. hope i helped =]]]

Q: OK I was talking to a dude and that is one step before dating and he said that he wanted us to work out and i was like aww he really likes me and he was like you are so sweet and i dont know why your last boyfriend cheated on you so i was like ok we are going to start dating and we are going to work out well not to long after that we didnt talk for a week so he called and he was acting really weird and i said is there another gurl and he said no and i was like ok well i called him the next day and he was at that girls house and today i saw them in the store together it made me sick I need help trying to get over him because i need to have fun not worred about him plz somebody help
that boy sounds like a player. just keep saying to yourself that you are a strong, beautiful girl and you don't need a boy to make you happy. he will notice that you aren't paying attention to him anymore and it will drive him nuts! boys want what they can't have. pretend you don't notice him. try not answering his phone calls for awhile. give him the impression that you will NOT accept this attitude from a boy. it just isn't acceptable and you deserve better than him. =]]] hope i helped!

Q: My mom just got drunk at her friends house. She came back asking me the same questions over and over. Im normally a smart a**. Im an attitude problem too. And I was doing my normal thing to her, like telling her to stop talking and stuff. I don'tlive with my mom, parents are divorsed. So Im used to only seeing her normal and fine and stuff. And she just blew up. I cant even tell you what she started saying
it's ok, everything will be fine. i agree with the first girl who answered this question, just go and relax and sleep. your mom is just acting like this because she is drunk, she doesn't know what she is saying. don't take it personally. i wouldn't have attitude with her while she's drunk, it just might start bigger problems than verbal abuse. but just relax and let it pass. =]]] hope i helped.

Q: 14/f
My boyfriend and I have been together along time. We kiss sometimes and everybody has a problem with that! For example today we we're in my room and we were kissing. His little sister (that nobody likes) went and told on us. I have never really done anything wrong before so why are they bugging? They always say I wish you guys would just be friends. We were best friends before we got together. His parents acts like hes to good for me. And in all reality we're getting married (in 5 years) and he never wants to see them again. But they don't think we should be together. what should I do when it's his parents he wants nothing to do with not me?

Mac
i can't really be sure, but it seems to me that the parents don't really have a problem with you necessarily..it might be that they have a problem with anybody dating their son. parents are always going to be protective about their children, especially in dating. it might be a good idea to refrain from kissing in a place where family memebers are just to get on the good side of the parents. and show respect to them, call them ma'm and sir..they really like that. all of this shows maturity, and they would be more comfertable with their son dating you if u do show it. they might think that 14 is such a young age to start dating, so show then that you can be mature about it and that they can trust you. i'm 15 so i know exactly what you're going through. just relax and don't let them get to you too much, but make an effort to impress =]]] hope i helped.

Q: Last year I took Algebra 1, and I sucked at it, but it wasn't me, it was the teacher. At the end of the year she ended up passing everyone in my class by one or two points, probably to make herself look good, because we were all failing miserable. Point is, I'm still moving onto Geometry next year..but I know absolutely nothing about Algebra 1, I didn't get anything out of that class. My mom will be getting me a tutor outside of school & I have notes on Algebra 1 now. But my question is, is Geometry harder than Algebra 1? Or is it similar? Does it deal with Algebra 1 alot/at all? Thank you.
geometry doesn't require an extensive knowledge about algebra 1. so i don't think that you should stress too much about it. hopefully you get a more qualified teacher next year. but after you take geometry you will probably have to take algebra 2..so i think the tutor would be a good idea because it will give u a strong basis that you will need in algebra 2. =]]] hope i helped.

Q: i have this friend who only sees me as a friend. ive been trying to get with him, but he always trys to back away. even if i gone out with someone i think ive always had feelings for him. what should i do?
well if he only sees you as a friend then well i suppose you could try concentrating your attention on school, or maybe another guy. if you really do like him and think he is very worth it, you could try to get him to like you. you can do this by being aloof when around him: aka pretending you don't really care that he's there..basicall pretending you don't like him like that anymore. that usually gets their attention. people like what they can't have, and people usually don't stress about the things that they can have. =]]] hope i helped.

Q: I'm 16/f and I have an older sister (just turned 18)and an older brother (21). Well my sister and I used to be really close (we're only a year and half apart) but ever since a few months ago, she's started hanging out with these guys that are way older (like my brother's age)and I hate it because we used to do everything together but now her and my brother are always together.


She was a cheerleader in high school so she barely ever drank and she's never done drugs but ever since cheer for her senior year was over she's started partying a bunch more and I now she's gotten high a few times. I know weed isn't all that bad for you really but it just isn't her!


My family and I went on vacation to the Virgin Islands a few weeks ago and like 4 of the nights we were there my brother and sister went out clubbing and stuff with this guy that came with us. I love my brother and everything but he's such a bad influence on my sister.


She's moving to Austin after the summer is over (we're in Houston) to go to college and I know it's just going to get worse. She's really pretty so guys are constantly all over her and I'm just afraid she's going to get herself into trouble. I know she's had sex with 2 guys--one long term boyfriend and another guy she dated in April after she broke up with her boyfriend. In April she was still 17 and the guy was 21.


I don't know if I should say something to her or not because sometimes I just feel like I should mind my own business and not act like her parent but I just don't know.
Just tell her that you're her sister and that you love her and that you aren't trying to bud in on her life, but you are just worried about her. If you come off sincere and not in a parental way I'm sure that she would listen. I think it's wonderful that you care for you sister that much. I'm 15/f and my sister is 21. It's a bigger age difference but I was in a situation almost identical to this one..so I know how you feel. =]. hope i helped!

Q: Okay, so I dont know what this question really should go under, but this was the closest i guess. So its kind of a wierd question..but i know that you can spread acne on your own face infected areas that you touch n all that. But does anyone know if you can spread acne through another person =X IE:if you kissing another person with acne by their mouth and that part of your face touches..can you break out from that other person? any help is appreciated. Thanks
yep i think you can. i don't have any scientific proof for that but i can tell you from experience. my x bf had alot of acne and we made out alot and after awhile i started to get somewhat alot of acne. but then when we broke up it went away pretty quickly. but again i'm not sure. just from experience =]

Q: Im a 16 year old boy who doesn't want sex....at all i have a girlfriend and i guess she expects me to be perverted maybe because her other boy friends were. Im a virgin shes not.She be offering me oral sex but i don't want it.then she calls me gay and all these other homo names.

I was raised on not being able to see people kiss at all if i said sex i was slapped,and i never seen a womans vagina ((Porn)) until i was 15 and I gagged when i seen it.Is this normal? am I gay?
No, you are not gay, and this is completely normal. You were just raised as a gentleman, that's all. Most girls would absolutely love to have a boyfriend like you, I know I would. She probably just has different morals. She shouldn't be bothering you with those names.. it's rude and disrespectful. If you really like this girl then you should talk to her and explain all of this. Hope I helped =]. 15/f

Q: I'm worried that my daughter, who's just turned 16, is talking to strangers online. Against my better judgement, I accessed her computer while she was at school. I didn't find much other than a short instant message from a male with whom she was just speaking to like she would a close friend but some of the things he said were fishy and he had asked her a lot of strange, personal questions in the conversation (like who she lived with, what her friends' names were, what the name of her school was, etc).

What are signs that I can look for that my daughter is in trouble? If I continue to access her computer and find more instant messages, what can I look for to determine for sure that this person means my daughter harm?

Thank you.
Hi! I'm 14/f and I figured I could answer this question because if your daughter is anywhere near my age I could be of some assitance. First of all, I think it is a wonderful thing to be concerned about your daughter's safety; it only shows what a great parent you are, especially since you are taking the time to do some research. However, looking at your daughter's messages on her computer isn't, in my opinion, the best way to approach this. From your daughter's perspective it would seem that you are invading her privacy, even though that isn't your intention. It is possible that the strangers that she has been talking to are just chats with them. Everything should be cool if she isn't giving out any critical information such as: her phone number, address, full name, ect. You should also understand, while internet pretadors are extremely dangerous, the teenagers and sometimes adults who are victoms usually have a lack of knowledge of the dangers. If your daughter does not know the dangers, it might be helpful to just simply tell her a story of something that you heard on the news about a pretador, in casual conversation possibly while in the car. I hope everything works out! And if you need any more assitance then feel free to message me =].

Q: MY boyfriend and I have been going out for over a year, but for the last couple months we've been going out in secret while he rebuilds the friendships he lost. Innocent right? Not really.

Now, all he does is joke around about liking these other girls and then will be like "jk, i love you". He hurts me all the time. His myspace doesnt have one mention of me, his 'girlfriend' and 'best friend' but at least 5 things for this other girl. He wrote this poem to my other friend and now he's entering into a contest. He's always in a bad mood around me but act likes the perfect guy around everyone else. I understand he's trying to get his friends back, but I really want to be treated like I mean something to him. Online, he hardly talks to me! Sometimes 10 minutes will elapse before he'll say "ok" or "cool". I don't know what to do! The only time he acts like a real boyfriend is when we're hanging out just the two of us. He always sends me parts of conversations with other girls that I don't want to see and I tell him not to send it but he does anyways.
Am i just overreacting, or reading too much into it? I'm pretty sure he loves me, but all his 'jokes' about liking other girls is starting to make me question our relationship. I feel forgotten and talking to him about it makes everything worse. He just says I complain too much or im 'abusive'. I love him so much and I'm so confused! All the stuff he used to do to me he does for other people while i just stand on the sidelines being jealous.
Help!!

Reading this over i sound ridiculous but I'm really hurt and this whole this is both emotionally and physically draining.
Honestly, I was having the same problem with my boyfriend. I just sat down with him and we had a long talk. I told him how I was feeling and what I didn't like about what he was doing. Basically, I just told him that unless things don't change, we were basically over. He listened and our relationship became stronger. So yea..my advice is to talk to him..and make sure he understands. Hope I helped =]
mucho luv!

Q: I think I may have social anxiety(sp). Whenever my friends do something without me I start to think they don't like me and and start to get very depressed. I've been depressed a lot lately for different reasons also but I was thinking I may have social anxiety. I'm starting to feel separated from my friends and that I only have one tru friend. I'm also getting depressed more easily. The slightest thing makes me force back tears. Does anyone have an idea as to what this might be? Thank you.
You don't have social anxiety, trust me. Everybody goes through that situation with their friends at some point in their life. It has happened to me so I know how you feel. You will eventually find that special group of friends that will be your bffs for life. It just takes time. Hope I helped =).

Q: I got my retake back & it turned out with my eyes closed. (oh god!!!)
So I emailed the yearbook sponsor and she said that she already sent in the pages so she couldn't take the picture out. So my yearbook picture has my eyes closed!!!! (oh god)
I have the option, she said, of:
*Bringing in a picture of me to just put somewhere in the yearbook
*Bringing in a picture of me and my friends to publish somewhere in the yearbook
*Getting interviewed by a staffer & putting in an interview that says something like "What was your favorite part of 7th grade" and saying something like " sleeping on Picture day!"

I'm transferring schools because of boundary rezoning and i really don't want to be remembered with a bad picture.. i just want the load to be made as light as possible on me. What should I do?

Thanks!

I rate 5's.
i think that the interview one is adorable..you and everybody else would be able to look back at that later in life and laugh.

Q: Hi 15F. Just because im a girl means that im supposed to have a BF. and i dont by choice and becuase im ugly. but that still doesnt stop
family or friends from asking if i have a
BF.
usually when they ask i say no and leave it at that but they still ask other questions like why not? or do you think your gay?
its sooo annoying!
is there a way to say something that will make them stop asking these things i want to be polite yet firm.. i rate 5s. thanks.

~~No Boyfriend. No Problems.~~
yea it is not neccessary to have a boyfriend at 15. if you want them to really stop you should just sit them down and say, "i am alright with not having a boyfriend, please stop asking me about it and we will all be happy. i will get a boyfriend when i am ready." but don't yell or maek it seem like a lecture. just casual, serious talk. hope i helped =]

Q: Okay, if this is long, Im sorry, but I give fives to everyone:]
My ex boyfriend used to always follow me, every single place I went at school. It got old, but I still liked him. Im very shy and so I didnt talk to him alot. Hes kinda geeky too though. Hes a boyscout. Now we broke up because I wanted too, and his friend said I broke his heart and everything, and its just so weird without him all the time. I miss him, but at the same time, he was kinda smothering. What should I do?
I agree with the last two columnists. My guess is that you don't like him that way, you just need him in your life, as a friend. haha geeks make excellent friends. i get that way 2..when ex boyfriends follow me around..i like the attention, i just don't like them like them. what i do is just be their friends and we end up being like best friends. good luck =]

Q: 15/f. ok i have a problem. i am always thinking someone is behind me or someone is going to kill me or something! i seriously have no idea why, but i just want to stop thinking about it and get these thoughts out of my head. please dont tell me to go to therapy thats not an option right now. thank you what are some things i can do?
i used to have the same problem. well, i am chatholic and i told my gramma my problem. she said whenever you feel like that, say "in the name of God go away." when i did that it made me feel so much better. if you aren't Chatholic then I guess don't do that haha. Another way you can handle this is to mabye sleep in your parent's bed room a couple of nights..or mabye turning the light on in your room for awhile. If you have a tv in there..you could try to turn it on while you sleep. As for during the day..you could try walking with a friend..that way you will always be safe. =] hope i helped!

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yo. i'm jade and i'm a sophomore in high school and i'm 15. i can really relate to alot of people and i absolutely love to go advice! i'm a very easy going person so don't be afraid to talk to me =)..but i'm not a doormat, i will tell you when something is bothering me. i am a very understand person and will always give people chances. so don't be afraid to just drop by and say hi or ask a question cause i will try my best to help! =)))

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