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Hey whats up? My name is Rosemarie most of my friends call me ro or roro but whatever is fine. I live in RI and im in 10th grade. I like helping people whenever i can and i dont judge anyone. I understand that people make mistakes we all do and sometimes you just have to forget about them. I dont hold grudges against people mostly i like to joke and im sarcastic at times. I get in bad moods but who doesnt. I'm dating the most awesome person alive :) in my eyes anyways his name is Alex he may have answered some of your questions as well. Any questions are fine i wont get offended and i'll try to answer you as best as i can im sorry if i cant..i hope everyone finds what there looking for and gets the answers they need. i have aim -summersangel626 im usually on so you can talk to me there if you need to. If its something really important i wont rush the matter either i'll take time and try to help you figure things out.

-well i guess thats about it.

-ro

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E-mail: romo1218@hotmail.com
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Heyy
Im 16/f and i was wondering what the best skincare products and routines would be best for my skinn:

I havee
-open pores on the skin either side of my nose
-combination skin
- - grease kinda forms on my forehead chin and either side of my nose
-get tha odd random spot lmao
- bumpy skin/forehead

but good skin on the edges of ma face loll

Jus want something that will improve texture and look of skin especially pores..
Not bothered by price butt available in the UK pleasee

brands and varietys and products

thankyou xxx =DD

i use proactive and it makes my skin very smooth i also have open pores and it helps a little but u could try proactive..im not sure if its available in the UK thought.

good luck
-ro

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I was wondering if there's anyone else who hates sports. I feel like I'm the only one. I haaaate going to any sports events but all of my friends love it. Gah! I mean I know it's to socialize, but I can do that elsewhere..

Well anyway, if you hate sports too, why? :)

ughh i know exactly how you feel. all of my friends are like go to the game with me you never go..and im always like i'll see idk i might have to do something..when really i have nothing to do but i just dont like going. i think watching sports are boring and..i dont know maybe its because im not good at playing sports either. so yeah nothing is wrong with you because you dont like sports..different people like different things. so dont worry about it too much.

-ro

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If I were to say something to my counselor or a nurse about my depression could they talk to my parents without my permission? I've been wanting to see someone about it but I refuse to if my parents have to get involved. If that is the case, who else could I see about it?

okay well i go talk to the school counselor too and when i first went she told me that she couldnt tell any one anything unless it was about being suicidal or sexual abuse..I'm pretty sure those were the only things she said. but anything else she had to keep private unless i gave her permission i also went to a psychologist as an out patient and she couldnt tell about ANYTHING unless i told her to. so I'm pretty sure no1 can tell, but just to make sure u can ask or see what the counselor says and take it from there.
well good luck and i hope your feeling better.

-ro

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17/f. I asked a question awhile back: so much wrong.....no one cares. Well, I went to the doctor(this past Saturday) and now he's sending me to a psychologist. But it hasn't happened yet. And things are still spinning out of control. I cut myself yesterday. I just freaked and I wasn't really thinking. I know I have to talk to someone. Like really talk. And like that question said I talked to my teacher a little but it was just about the panic attacks. I trust him and I think I could talk about more. The thing is though, if I do, I'm afraid he'll like tell a counselor and then my parents will find out I cut myself. I can't let them find that out. If I talk to a counselor, I'm afraid they'll tell my parents. So my main thing is, to what extent is everything kept confindental? I need to talk to someone; I'm going to snap. Last week I was having suicidal thoughts(not too severe, I just didn't care anymore). And it wasn't like I attempted it. I feel like I'm losing everything and no one cares.

i know exactly how you feel i've cut myself too the same thing happened i just want thinking...but now i have VERY visible scars and yeah...its not fun. it really does help talking about it if your thoughts of suicide arent extreme you can talk to the psychologist about it make sure they wont be telling everyone your business they usually cant but dont sign papers read them first in case that comes up. I go to a psychologist and shes really nice she knows i've cut myself and we talked about the things that were bothering me and it helped i also talk to my boyfriend/bestfriend about it and hes good about talking things through. mostly thats all you probably need is to figure somethings out and try to understand the people around you. cutting isnt a very good way of getting rid of problems because once you start your going to want to do it again every time something bad comes up it can end up getting really bad and turn out being the final solution to a temporary problem. cutting is never okay but it seems like you didnt go overboard and your looking for help wich shows that your strong willed and you can overcome whatever it is thats bothering you so please if you need to talk feel free to IM me on AIM -summersangel626 or you can e-mail me also at romo1218@hotmail.com

things will get better i promise it may take a while but it'll get better just hang in there and try not to cut yourself when you get that feeling just listen to some music or scream in your pillow or take a nap to try and relieve some stress.

ps: when you think no one cares just think of this question and the people who took the time to answer...they care :) and im here to talk if you want to.

-ro

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i seem to be stressing alot lately. so much that its making me physically sick. any good ideas for getting rid of stress? thanks =)

you can do a lot of things such as...

listening to music really loud and singing even if your really bad and dancing around like crazy. =]

if thats too much then you can

read a book

take a nap

write in a journal

hang out with some friends and just laugh and stuff

watch some tv

play a game

take a walk

go on the computer for a while

take silly pictures

(go outside) and throw tennis balls against the fence/some kind of wall.

play a sport

ride your bike (if you have one)

play with little kids (if theres any around that you know of)

scrapbooking

go to the store and try on tons of clothes just for fun even though u have no intentions of buying any.

go pamper yourself for the day (get your nails done, hair cut etc.)

...theres a lot of stuff sometimes even just talking about things that stress you out can help and if you wanna try that you can talk to me on aim -summersangel626 or write me an e-mail romo1218@hotmail.com

hope i helped
i hope you feel better

-ro

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how do you download pictures from camera to computer?

yeah all you need is a usb cable..make sure its one that fits into your camera (the hole that it would fit in should be on the side of your camera or on the bottom) and the other end (it has a symbol on it or it will say usb) thats what you put into the computer. Your camera should have come with a disk you will need to install that before plugging in the camera..if you dont have a disk the computer should recognize something being plugged in and something should come up saying(found new hardware) let that do what it needs to do. also the usb cable should have come with the camera...and if not you can probably get one at best buy they would tell you what to do anyways if your not understanding what im saying. So yeah if you have the cable and a disk or it installs the hardware automatically then you can download Adobe photoshop album starter edition 3.2 thats what i have and it works fine. once you have all of this down you just plug in the camera to the computer and the adobe thing you downloaded will transfer all of the pictures on its own or your camera might ask PC,Printer,Share and you would press PC and then on the adobe window in the bottom right theres a button that says (get pictures). click that and your all set. to find them you just go to start, pictures,click the adobe file,then click digital camera photos and there they are.


hope i helped i know its long and if its not clear or you still dont understand let me know and i'll try to explain better.

good luck

-ro

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hey
I am in a really sad situation and I need help as fast as possible,
When i was 15 years old i added this guy from a networking website and he sends a message back asking me to add him on msn, and thats exactly what I did, atfirst he meant nothing to me, just a guy online, absolutely nothing more but after talking to him online for a whole year I started having feelings for him, which i myself thought was really really wierd, atfirst i didnt take these feelings seriously, i thought it was some kinda fantasy love life I am in and i will surely wake up one day..things got worse my feelings for him grew he became my obsession we spoke for two years and even though we lived in the same country we have never ever met ..it was more than i could take...my school grades dropped down i couldnt focus on anything or think about anything except him in the end i decided to run away coz i couldnt take it anymore so i travelled SO SO FAR AWAY from him which sounds crazy but it was absolutely true, 2 weeks before i went away i met him it was a lovely night, i can never ever forget it ...everything was just perfect ..the weather ..the sky ..the moon..HIM....I couldn't believe i was going away ...we got really attached..but he never knew how i felt about him ...he never had a hint i BET he just thought we were friends but for me it wasn't just that....I knew when i saw him it will be our first and last time which sounds crazy ..he thought i was travelling to go to college but that wasn't true i could have gone to college in the same country we lived in, It was soo hard leaving my family and friends behind and the country i lived in my whole life!!!
I went away now after seven months of leaving HE IS STILL ON MY MIND ..I LIKE HIM EVEN MORE....I CRY ALMOST EVERYNIGHT...EVEN BIENG ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD AWAY FROM HIM DID NOT WORK ..things are even more worse ..i tried forgetting about him in every way..I CAN'T i just can't!!!

i need ur advice what are these feelings it cant be love nor lust coz I can be with any other guy if i wanted to... what shall i do..shall i tell him!?!??!?! HOW CAN I GET OVER HIM!!...what shall i do...please don't ask me to block him..i tried i couldnt!!!! he is 5 years elder than me ..and he doesnt take me seriously I GUESS ...will that make a difference..how do u think he would feel if he knew about it... PLEASE HELP ME i am on the RACK OF ROMANCE !!!!!!! i am almost gonna die of torture..i cant take it anymore =[...please reply and help!!!

PLEASE!!!!

heyy

hmm..so im wondering...maybe you should tell him how you feel. The worst that could happen is that hes not gonna feel the same way towards you which would totally suck but...at least it would be off your shoulders, and you wont go the rest of your life wondering what could have happened. Then if he does feel the same way and if hes someone you really really think is worth it, wich you seem like you think so..then give the relationship a try..if he thinks you went to college then your at least 18 so...hes what 23 masybe?...just a guess but anywyas thats not even that bad of an age difference in my opinion...so yeah just give it a shot and if everything goes well you could move back home and be with your family again and stuff.

anyways hope i helped some
let me know what happens
good luck

-ro

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I'm really sick of being a guy. I've always wanted to be a girl. Does anybody know how I can get a sex change?

hey there. well whats so wrong about being a guy? im not trying to get you to change your mind or anything but yeah, how old are you, do you think that maybe your just going through some kind of phase or a bad time. i think that you should seriously think about it before you do it if you do because its gonna cost a few bucks and i dont think you can change back all that quickly. anyways if a sex change is what you know you really want then you can look up some doctors or call a hospital and find out some numbers to get started

-anyways whatever you decide good luck-
-Rosemarie

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I have been on a diet (well kind of...sometimes i give in to cravings) for about 2 weeks..which is not long at all i know. My problem is...I dont like the taste of healthy foods, my favorite foods that i always want are among the most unhealthy foods! I was wondering if anyone has advice on some healthy foods that taste good and also ways to control cravings.

well...you dont have to stop eating the foods you like..you can basically eat everything you want just cut it in half so its not a lot this way you wont have so many cravings. so yeah eat the healthy foods too but you can also eat the foods you like. oh and you can add all diff. kinds if seasonings to the healthy foods to give extra flavor.
hope i helped
-Rosemarie

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i have tryed like every kind of acne treatment there is. I dont have major acne but it is noticable. Make up sometimes covers it up. i have also been to the dermatologist and everthing they suggested didnt work. so does any have any ideas for different treatments i could use that work

hey! i used to have that same prob. and then my mom got me proactiv i dont know if you've tried it but if you use it everyday your acne should start going away, and dont be upset if you dont see a change in like 2days it could take up to a week to start really working and once it starts working dont stop keep using it everyday or every other day
anyways hope i helped a lil
-Rosemarie

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15
Well me and my friends were having dinner the other night. Her mom called because she was going to pick us up. When her mom asked if there were guys there (there was) she said no. But her brother came in to get us and he saw them and then told her mom. Her mom didn't care there were guys there she just cared that my friend lied. So now my friend has lost her parents trust by lying and she really wants to get it back.
Are there any ways you guys would suggest getting her parents trust back? Or if anyones been in this same type of situation maybe? Thanks.

it depends on her parents....i lost trust with my parents and...never got it back...its been 7months..but i also have not been doing so well in earning it back..so idk if she says shes sorry to her parents and asks for another chance and peomises she wont lie anymore maybe they'll give it to her..maybe not..and if they are being stubborn about not trusting her then maybe she could ask if there is a way she can get the trust back between them...
hope i helped a little..
-Rosemarie-

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okay i love my sister sooo much & we are extremly close, but 1 thing bothers me about her. she is almost 15 years old & i am 17, but everybody thinks she is older then me when they meet us! i do not look young for my age, but she has much bigger boobs then me (which is fine she's like a c or d & i am a b) & she's a little bigger then me in general. neither of us is ugly & i don't care that i happen to be smaller, but it just bothers me that everyone always thinks i am the younger one. what can i do to meither make them think i am the older sister or at leats stop it from bothering me?!

honestly i wouldnt let it bother you because think about it...when your...lets say....80 and people still think your sis looks older you'll be happy! :p
-Rosemarie-

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I'm 16/f, and there is this guy, we'll call him Shane, who is 17. He was really sweet to me, and told one of my friends (also his friend) that he liked me, and I thought that I liked him too. He invited me to his house for dinner with his family one night, and afterwards we were in his basement, watching a movie, and we made out. This was my first makeout experience, too. He didn't call or attempt to contact me at all for three days. Then, when we finally talked, he said that he didn't think it was a good idea for him to date this summer (he had broken up with his girlfriend of 7 months about a month ago). He said he'd rather be friends with benefits. I really didn't want that kind of relationship though, so I said no, and he said we'd just be friends. A little less than a week later I found out from the same friend who had told me that Shane liked me that he'd had THREE OTHER GIRLS in his basement, making out with them. I feel so cheap and used, and all my friends are really upset with him too. Shane and I don't really talk anymore. I'm too mad to even IM him, and he doesn't seem to care enough to even IM me either. It has been a few weeks since I found this all out, but it still infuriates me. Should I tell Shane how I feel, that I feel used? (I can't tell him that I know about the other girls, because the friend wasn't supposed to even tell me about them.) I really don't want to play the clingy girl role...PLEASE HELP!

guys can be such AH's!! thats really messed up how he said he liked you and all that...and it sux how SO many guys are like that because there are a few who arent and all the ones who are make them ALL seem like jerks..anyways, i think you should tell him how you feel and let him know that what he did hurt you...and you dont have to say anything about the other girls (like the person b4 me said) just tell him how he made you feel even if hes still a jerk after that at least you'll probably feel better for letting it out.

-Rosemarie-

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What are the odds somebody gets pregnant if you use a condom and shes on birth control?

I wouldn’t worry about it at all really...if she wasn’t on pills and you didn’t use a condom then yes I would probably be concerned but like the person before me said its like 97% chance with a condom and 99% chance with the pills so I wouldn’t stress over it.

-Rosemarie

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Do you know if they have those new tanning beds? Protected from UV rays. I heard something about it but im not sure. UV protectant tanning beds.

ummm im not sure....i dont think there are....
(sorry i couldnt help)
-Rosemarie

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let me put this in short version. i met a boy we really clicked he told me how he felt about me and we were just really close.. he left for a week and i saw pictures of him making out with another girl..
and i asked him about it and he said he has been wanting to go see her for a year and a half now.
when he comes back to my state should i forget him?
(he makes out with 7th graders too i learned)
or should i just not date him..
we wearnt exactly dating yet
but he sure made it seem like we were going too...
i threw up three times because of this.
i really believed he wouldnt be like all the other boys but he was...
and i like it when its JUST me and ONE boy..
so my question is.
should i forget him and move on?
thanks so much even if you try..
i rate 5.

if i were you i'd forget about him even if hes says "im sorry i'll never do it again" he's probably going to anyway...in the end its your choice but i would just move on if you dont want to get hurt again.
(dont rate high if i didnt help)
-Rosemarie

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hi i just have a question can u get pregnant by putting your vagina to a hot tub jet for like 5 minutes???????????????????????????????????????????????????? I hope not cause my friend did it and she is very scared. please write back.

umm....are u kidding me?
but to make you and your friend un-scared.....no you cant....EVER get pregnant from a hot tub...you need a guy....i think you should talk to your mom about "how a baby is made"...

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i hate my mom. we fight constantly. and she bugs the crap out of me. she makes me take ADD pills so i dont eat as much. and i need them to help me pay attention in school. w/e not really. anyway i was like why shud i take them in the summer and she is like i think it helps ease out your temperment. which just makes me more mad. and then i was like wat if i dont take them. and she is like i think you will gain 5 pounds if you stop taking them in the summer and get headaches. also i like peanut butter. i hav peanut butter sandwiches for lunch like every day well not everyday but enough tht we need it. and then we ran out of peanut butter and i asked my mom if she cud buy some cause she wuz going shopping and she was like y dont we take a break from peanut butter we r going thru it too fast. she also grounds me for the dumbest reasons.
i get grounded like all the time. like if i get in a fight with my bro or her or didnt do something for her like mop the floor cuase i forgot or didnt hav time.

she is so annoying plz help. and also do any of u think my mom is acting normal? cause i think she is fucking BITCH!!!!!


help me i rate 5's.

MY MOM IS THE SAME WAY...and I don’t even live with her so you think when I did see her she would b nice but nope she’s a bitch and my dad well lets not go there...anyways enough about that. And back to your question. I think a lot of moms over react but also a lot of moms don’t. I don’t know maybe if you can easily talk to your mom then tell her you feel like she’s over reacting on some things and it bothers you and that you don’t think you should have to take the pills in the summer because you really have no reason because you can be outside and get your energy out or something...ask her if you keep your attitude okay without them for a while if she will consider letting you stay off them during the summer. (Unless you really should be on them then yeah you should take them).
-Hope I helped-
Rosemarie
PS: don’t have an attitude when you talk to her (if you do) then you will never get what you want. Be nice and stay calm if she says no then she’s probably not going to change her mind. So just say “okay mom”. Yeah I know it seems stupid and it took me a LONG time to figure out that when you’re nice to the people you live with and stay calm when you ask for things you have a better outcome.

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I wear a lot of black clothing. In fact, I'm almost always in black. I'm not attempting to be goth or anything; I simply like the colour in clothes and I feel it suits me. Occasionally I'll wear colours but for the most part I wear black. Ever since this though, I've copped a lot of critisism from people. So many people have asked me why I wear so much black. A couple of guys have said they'd like me better if I didn't wear so much black. One "friend" of mine even went so far to tell me I don't look good in it and to stop wearing it!

I just can't understand it. Why is it such a big deal? I'm a happy person, and am not goth at all. I just like black clothes. What should I do?

I totally understand what your saying i'm the same way I just like black... I’m not gothic...I’m not emo...I just like to wear it, and I own a lot of it...and I hate how people ask ‘why do you wear so much black?’ So sometimes when people ask me I just say..." I wear it just so you’d ask why" no one really expects that so they just stop asking…but I wouldn’t care what people think and wear what you want/whatever you feel comfortable in.
-hope i helped-
rosemarie

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im not really sure if i am depressed so ill just tell you how i feel and you can tell me if you think im depressed.

how i feel and have been acting:
empty
alone
scared
havent been eating a lot lately
have been getting headaches and stomachaches
havent been hanging out with my friends lately
i like to sit in my room with the lights out
i have trouble sleeping lately
i dont really like to talk anymore
get annoyed at little things
a little bit dizzy sometimes
sad
dont like to talk on the phone anymore
dont really like going places
anxious over stupid things sometimes

please help thanks

one more thing i use to have thoughts bout suicide but now its like i dont care about anything and dont feel anything.

i think you should talk to someone about it. i was the same way for about 7months and i never told anyone and no one took me to a doctor or anything even though they noticed a change in me...until a little while ago and then i went to a Psychotherapist (sounds bad i know) and it helped a lot so yea...talk to someone before it gets worse.

-rosemarie

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