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E-mail: beckilcarke@hotmail.co.uk
Gender: Female
Location: England
Member Since: March 29, 2012
Answers: 21
Last Update: April 22, 2014
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Okay so I have been with my boyfriend for almost three months and, in my mind, things have seemed to be going okay. I'm 16 he's 15 and this is the first relationship for both of us, we're also both quite shy people so the relationship is moving quite slowly. We see each other most days at school and we've met up a few times at weekends and we don't text an awful lot. People say that we can't really class ourselves as being in a relationship and that we're being pathetic. I can kind of see what they're saying seeing as we don't make any physical contact with each other - we've awkwardly hugged once but that's as far as we've got.
I wouldn't mind moving things on a bit faster and being in contact with him more but I'm not really sure how to go about it. I have social anxiety so I am constantly scared of saying something wrong or annoying him by texting him too much.
Also, my best friend told me the other day that she and this other boy basically forced my boyfriend into asking me out. I had no idea about this now I'm worried that maybe he didn't have any intention of asking me out and he only did it to stop people bothering him.
On the other hand, he has bought me really nice presents for Christmas, Valentines Day and my birthday and always responds very quickly and positively whenever I suggest we meet up. He spends time with me at school rather than his friends and always seems to be happy spending time with me.
Basically I'm confused - I want a relationship that people don't class as pathetic but I don't know if that's what he wants. (link)
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Maybe the reason it\'s going slowly and such is because he feels the same way, maybe he just needed encouragement to ask you out due to his shyness, as it seems he does enjoy spending time with you. If he doesn\'t text you much maybe it\'s because he thinks it might annoy you? The feeling is probably mutual. Maybe over a period of time you could try to get closer to him. You could ask one of his friends to talk to him about it? Not mentioning you Ofcourse. You could get them to casually ask how he thinks your relationship is going. Please let me know how you get on x good luck x - Becki
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hi I'm 19 and my boyfriend said he wanted to try anal sex... The thing is that I never tried it before and I think it will hurt like reallllllly bad. I want to make him happy but at the same time I think that it could be painful :/ I don't know what to do because I love him so much and don't want to disappoint him. We have been dating for a year now. If you know what I could say to him, or any advice in general I would love it! By the way I love your column!
Thank you :) (link)
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Hey there, here's my advice:
If you both love each other very much, while you want to please him, he'd want to please you. So he most likely won't want to do this if you really don't want to. So you should sit and talk to him about it. Sex is fun. Buts it's a lot more fun when both partners are happy with the situation, so you should definitely converse. Also, if you decide you do want to try it and you're still worried, tell him and he could ease you into it and it'll be more of a comfortable experience.
Hope this helped! ~ Becki
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Please could someone right me a list of tips on how to play hard to get because i seem to fail at theses simple games, i want him to want me and noboady eles on the day im around him with a group of friends, thanks :)xxxx (link)
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If he ever asks you out say no sorry im not looking for a boyfriend right now,
When he's near try not to look at him and then get all your friends to laugh with you for no reason what so ever this will make him look and think 'wow she knows how to have fun!'
If he ever compliments you say thanks and leave it at that when he speaks to you pay attention but try not to show that your really bothered!
That'll get him thinking! Hope this helped!
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Hi, I'm a 15 year old girl and my parents just don't understand me.My mom and dad had a divorce and I just hate it. They don't realize what this has done to me and how much its effecting me. My dad is ALWAYS lecturing me about how I'm going to screw up my life when I'm 18 and that he's not gonna help me when I'm older. Every chance he gets he tells me to get better grades and I'm the laziest person ever and I don't do anything. He doesn't Ever appreciate what I do for him and he doesn't realize that I want to do things regular teenagers do. I watch my 4 year old little brother all the fricken time and I never get to do anything a regular teenager does. I never go out or nothing just sit at home watching my brothers. My mom just doesn't give a sh*t she never wants to listen to me and married a complete moron (my stepdad) and they had a baby. He is currently 11 months and I watch him to. My dad thinks I'm a complete failure and he is always putting me down. I cry every night and try to put a smile on my face the next day. I'm fed up with it I need someone to help me to give me a reason to smile. (link)
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Lots of people go through these times when there family break up and im going to try and give you advice for all your questions individually
When i want to express how i feel i think that when i speak i cant really think what to say that will make them think about you, So i sit down and write a letter to them personally that i leave on there pillow before i they go to bed so i wont be with them when they read it and they can sleep on it and talk to me about it in the morning
You have to think that maybe your parents are acting like this is because the break up was hard on them too and there trying to get over it by having fun
Try and talk to them by yourself face to face about the things that are bothering you and for this i'd wait for the time when there most calm and arent busy so they can pay more attention to you
tell them about everything you do for them and that you are grieving from the break up to and want to be a normal teenager like all your other friends
If you are made to babysit your brothers try to make it something you can enjoy by playing little games with them and trying to make them laugh, because hearing laughter can often cheer other people up even a smile
Everytime your dad lectures you try to act like you understand and that your trying your best even
if inside your cursing him, Tell him that he's making you feel like crap and talking to you like someone who's not studying for there GCSE's Tell them you want to be treated the way you treat them and if not you treat them the same they treat you and give them a taste of there own medicine and tell them that how they feel when you do it to them is how it makes you feel.
If he still bothers you with his lecturs try to proove him wrong for a week and if still nothing happens then hes definatly the person who has work to do not you
I think here your being pressured with school work
and having to balance it with family life and your
own teenage life style
Try to talk to your friends about it at school a problem shared is a problem halved, Maybe if they understand when you come to school they can try there hardest to cheer you up. I hope this helps! Please ask me any more questions thanks x
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im 26 years old and i have tryed taken my life a few time and never been good at it.
i am now back in the state where im sick for fighting for some thing that will never work they way i would like i have been dating a young lady for 8 years and she came out the other week and told me she dont love me any more and i dont know what to do i love her with all my heart and i dont want to live with out her im not sleeping or eating all i can think of is ending my life ive tryed speaking to my friends and family and they just tell me to stop beening stupid and thats all (link)
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Right I bet lots of people say this but im just trying to put this in a way you might listen to me and try to understand what advice im giving, I know this girl might mean alot to you but this is just because how long you spent with her you might have to get used to living without her, which is different but its nothing to get upset about obviously yes it is very sad but whats done is done and im saying this to everyone who has your kind of problem, there is someone for everyone its just the matter of finding them they could be your best friend, someone you meet at work, maybe even someone you sit next to on the bus! Im just saying that when your lucking there is always someone perfect for you that will make you feel like you can touch the stars and accomplish anything this wasent true love as she does not feel the same but
heres the good news! That means your true love is still out there waiting for you! Breakups are so sad they make you see everything ten times worse from what they are either that or you may have slight depression, its something common but quite hard to get rid of and i know because my mum has been on tablets for it for since i can remember and for your families sake explain to them everything help them to understand they should listen to you because obviously this has hurt you so much you need support from your loved once to help mend your broken heart I hope this helps, I wish you can take into consideration what i've said and i mean every single word...
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How do I make my stoumach look flat,without having 2 pull it in? (link)
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( By the way this dosent work for everybody including me) From clothes shops have tights that have an extra few inches that go over your tummy thats even tighter designed to hold in your tummy. I hope this helped!
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Boyfriend and I have been together for two years. Lately things are not what they used to be. He doesn't make the effort to do anything for me anymore. He will sometimes drive to my house which is thirteenth minutes away but that's once in a while. We text each other and he will ignore me somewhere in the conversation. I'm so sick of it, but it's only hard because I love him.I think most of us girls like being taken out once in a while, and he doesn't do that anymore. I thInk I should probably break up with him because a part of me feels like he wants to let go of him because he once talked about being trapped. I have weird feelings that he has found someone else. It could just be paranoia but idk. He goes out of his way to make plans with his friends and I come last. It hurts a lot. I honestly don't mind him hanging out with his friends but I think I deserve some time too. I don't know what to do at this point. I was going to wait it out and see how much longer he ignores me and then if he keeps at it talk to him and set him free. (link)
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Maybe it is best but here are some things you should no first,
You should try talking this over with him to see maybe if he's not doing anything because he feels the same about you or he thinks the spark is gone
maybe which is probably the option he feels is that your relationship is sted fast this means that no matter what happens he knows you love him and he loves you and that hes gone past the impressing stage, which by the way i think is a good thing in some ways. Maybe you should take him out for a treat instead and try and show him how much fun you can have together if you both put the effort in.
Maybe there's something on his mind that he needs to get out into the open
maybe you should break up but the reason your probably taking this really hard is because you've been with him for two years and you've had good times together, and the thing is you have to tell yourself or even him that he's changed and you were in love with the old him but now he's changed
you dont really feel the same way.
Tell him how you feel about how much time he spends with his friends tell him its making you feel left out. Or organise some nights with your friends and you can have some fun too. Maybe this is paranoya but i think every girlfriend at some period in there relationship starts to worry about the same thing. I hope this helps you should give your mind a few days to decide what to do and tell yourself its for the best! Goodluck!
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Is picking a friend over a boyfriend wrong? (link)
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Well in times like this i feel like girls understand us better, as there the same gender. some girls feel like they have to act different around a boy just so he'll like them but a real boyfriend and friend is someone you can entirely feel comfortable and feel yourself around and dont have to think twice wether they'll think your wierd if you tell them your secret or think twice before anything else because real people like that you can tell anything to and not laugh at each other, laugh with each other and there is a friend and a boyfriend for everyone out there that makes them feel this way its just about finding them so this might be the guy maybe not but whoever there personalities are only you can decide what to do. I hope this helped i wrote it out of the top of my heart i hope you do find the right boy or friend maybe you can keep them both because people with these qualities are not worth getting rid of.
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I've always wanted to get a rose tattooed somewhere, just in black ink but not a black rose just the minimum shading. I drew it myself and its perfect just not sure where.
Roses have always been the symbolic meaning of loved ones to me. I lost most of my relatives and loved ones to cancer and only being 18 it’s been hard. I have also had skin cancer myself but am cured. They have always left me roses and rose objects so I just need it. For now i just want a rose but does anyone know of any good quotes along the lines of staying strong or hope that would go well with it/for me? Also what are your thoughts on placement of it? No arms, legs, lower back…only feet or torso. Where wouldn’t get warped for kids or for being very athletic/tiny? (link)
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Here are some things that have something to do with love as that what your heart symbolises which i think are elegant and beutiful i hope you like one!
True love never dies
There is only one happiness in life—to love and be loved.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.
When you are in love you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Love one another and you will be happy; it is as simple and as difficult as that.
If you decide to pick one of mine i will be so honured! I have many more so if you would like some more feel free to ask me!
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I'm hoping for some exercise advice. I'm about to start a second part-time job. It it only temporary, but it will leave me with virtually no free time during the week to work out. I could get up super early and work out but I have trouble sleeping and am really bad at waking up early. So my question is, how do you think I can find time to exercise enough during this extremely busy period of time? (link)
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Well if your boss is well understanding maybe you could ask them if you could have maybe a longer break or discuss if you could have a day off over the week? If not then maybe as a last resort you should quit one of your jobs or find a different position but one that gives you extra time. I hope this helped!
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Hi, my name's Sarah. After my freshman year in high school, my family and I had to move to a new school. I'm in band, and near the end of August, there's always band camp, where you spend all day for a week at the school to learn a half-time show. WELL, when I arrived, a boy caught my eye... (Let's call him Jack). I play trumpet, and he was in my section. He only interested me at first because he was so quiet and mysterious, and reaaally good looking. Incredibly thick, curly hair and mature eyes... ANYWAY, I was going to be a sophomore, and I could have SWORN he was at least a year older than me. Come to find out a few days later that he's actually a freshman, and he's 11 months younger than me. After a while, school started and I made friends with this big group of people, most were in band. Well, a girl who is now one of my best friends, let's call her Mary, and I were talking at lunch one day, and we both had crushes that we wanted to share. Freakishly enough, we found out we both had a crush on Jack. We didn’t mind that we both liked him because it was just a crush. WELL, we both got a little obsessive for a while, and were not able to shake off our feelings! We were both perplexed as to why we would maybe notice the crush fading, but then see him in the halway the next day and have our hearts stop. Even when Mary had a boyfriend for a bit, (didn’t last long, maybe a week?), she still couldn’t help looking at him. Well, fast forward to today, my senior year. I am STILL hung up on this guy! It’s a crush but stiiillllll, it will not go away! And I’m positive he knows my feelings, (one of my friends has a loud mouth, and he overheard her talking about my liking him.), and after 3 yrs he hasn’t asked me out, so I know nothing’s ever gonna happen. But… Mary now has been dating this guy John for 6 months, and she’s totally gotten over Jack. Jack’s now kind of a taboo subject since those were embarrassing times, so we haven’t talked about him in long while. So she assumes we are both over him, and I act like I am. But I’m nooooot! And Jack’s recently acquired a girlfriend, in his grade, and she’s really nice. SO, Mary’s over him, and he has a girlfriend. I want to just move on, and forget him! And now that he’s quit band, I don’t see him as much anymore, so I thought maybe that would be a chance to forget him. I do have study hall with him though. I’ll think I’m starting to get better, and then I’ll see him in the hall and it starts all over again… I haaaaaate it so much! I feel so pathetic. Is there anything I can do?? I really just wanna forget him. I really do. (link)
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Well i good way to do this is by focusing yourself on other things put him to the back of your mind sometimes friends are better than boys so like me and my friends do we have what we call 'movie saturday' where ever week on a saturday we go to each others houses and take turns to host the movie saturday thing then we go to there houses and they rent a movie we havent seen before and all watch it together then afterwards we do lots of other things as girls understand about us more than boys you can be yourself around them and have fun. Also maybe you should tell your friend that you have this crush maybe she will help you get over it you can ask her for tips (as she was able to get over him) I hope this helped! and whoever the lucky guy is i hope you find him some day!
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in the past few months i have recently noticed that i am not sleeping most days of the weeks, i only realised this when i was talking to a mate bout what i have done productive and she asked when i did it i wasnt going to lie to her. 2 days out of 7 i will sleep and when i do i have a night mare always different. i have had nothing to worry bout that im sure off other than my exam in may which i am preparing for as its a practical exam. exam stress/worry doesnt cause me to loose sleep. is it normal for someone of 19 nearly 20 to be experiencing this and how do i go about it my doctor wont do anything? (link)
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well, you could have a bit of a problem which is perfectly normal that you can make better by looking into it, try things like relaxing yourself before you go to bed like reading, talking to someone, or even just thinking. doing something with a screen or
keeping your mind active can make it harder to get to sleep also you can buy music like waves that help to get to sleep or even just a little sparkly light although it sounds kiddyish it really does work!
well thats my opinion anyway but i hope you found some of this helpful!
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I really want to dye my hair blonde but without any proxides and chemicals damaging my hair so is there a way getting blonde hair natrual? (link)
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I wanted to do this but then i refused after i heard about the chemicals, but there is a way of doing this without damaging your hair to much you can buy hair dye that washes out after about a month this looks more natural and wont damage your hair if you dont go over the top, You wont get as good a colour as you do with proper dye but it looks more natural and dosent show your roots as much after long usage i hope this helps!
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I'm female and 16.
I'm sort of seeing this guy at the moment. It's been going on for a month or so (though we've been pretty close since around last Summer, more over facebook and text than in person, but since about a month and a half ago we've been seeing eachother a lot in person.) we've had sex and that, we were thinking of doing the whole 'friends with benefits', but - considering we've both admitted we like eachother - there's no point.
But yeah, the problem is, there's barely any point us going out as -
1. He's in 6th year and will be leaving school soon.
2. He's going to Magaluf with the lads and both of us would rather he was single for it - it's a holiday in Maga, I'd wanna be single for it aswell.
I'd really like to go out with him, I just don't really know if we should bother?
We've decided to make the most of the time, but tbh, I'm not really that happy with it.
Any help would be highly appreciated, thank you! (link)
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Well i know things like these are hard and long distance relationships dont usually work out, but thats only if they say no to this question you have to ask yourself. 'Is this true love?' this may take alot of thinking. If the answer to that question is yes, then if you put the effort in for each other it will all work out, if the answer is no, then maybe its not meant to be it might also be worth asking him his opinion so you know if he feels the same. I hope this helps!
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Ok sooo like um do you think its my fault even a littel bit for not getting up and going home?because that's what others are saying.I'm really scared how do I tell my parents?what do I do with the child?where do I get pregnancy tests?should I tell me parents before or after I see if I'm pregnant or not? Thx (link)
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well the thing is im twelve too so i sorta know the kind of things your feeling as my friend did too. She thought she couldnt tell her parents about it as they'd get angry but in the end she did and she was surprised how supportive they were of her because at the end of the day there your parents they might seem angry at first but thats probably because there
guilty that he made you do this, if they were real friends they would not do that! You could have gone home but some times the pressure from other people knocks you of course if other people arent giving you information and are telling you off they shouldnt because its happened theres nothing we can do now and panicing wont solve anything. You can try buying things like pregnancy test at places like boots and other places that sell medicine, And the best thing to do is let your parents know so you could start with something like 'mum can i please speak to you about something private?' and take her to a room and slowly tell her something been bothering you the right time to tell her something like this is when she is most relaxed so she can take the news in slowly. I hope this problem gets resolved i really feel for you and hope everything comes out okay if you need any more advice or anything i would be happy to talk to you! Hope this helped!
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My school picture day is tomorrow and I've started to panic because I just found out today. I'm in the 8th grade and every one of my school pictures has been ugly except the ones from 1st grade down. I am in no way saying that I myself am ugly because I know that I'm a very beautiful girl. I just really want one nice picture before I leave my school. Usually my eye twitches involuntarilly or my hair tries to go afro on me. You can probably tell why I didn't like those pictures. Am I making too big a deal of the situation? I'm very sorry this was so long. (link)
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(i got this from a book by the way)
Make sure you take your hair brush to school and brush your hair nicely before hand in the photo slightly move to the right for an almost sideways shot make sure you smile but dont show to much teeth also make up is nice but only if your allowed it and not to much also try not to blink when the camera flashes to try and avoid this you can look to the left or right of the camera instead and you can ask a friend how you look before the photo is taken
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How do I make a website, but I can only make one on my iPod Touch(Or iPhone, if you will)? (link)
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Well a good place to start is at www.moonfruit.co.uk it has lots of information that can get you one started up and im pretty sure you can do it for phones too. I hope this helped!
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It's been a long time since the last time I really slept well,I'm a university student so you can imagine how stressful my days can be,I just feel like I'm going insane,please,if you know a method or something,anything that can help someone to get some sleep,I'd be really happy to read it,thanks! (link)
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well, you could have a bit of a problem which is perfectly normal that you can make better by looking into it, try things like relaxing yourself before you go to bed like reading, talking to someone, or even just thinking. doing something with a screen or
keeping your mind active can make it harder to get to sleep also you can buy music like waves that help to get to sleep or even just a little sparkly light although it sounds kiddyish it really does work!
well thats my opinion anyway but i hope you found some of this helpful!
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*Sorry if this is long, but please read. I need help as soon as I can get it.*
I'm a female. My age is between 11-16.
I hate my body. I think i'm so fat and I wish I can look like my role model, Bella Thorne.
I hate my weight. I really wish I was skinny, but I honestly think i'm like an elephant. I don't really have a double chin, but if I lean my head back then you can see it.I'm around 90 pounds.
I hate myself. I was really skinny and picky when I was younger, but I ended up going overweight one summer. Then I was overweight that whole school year. The next summer(last summer), I started to get concerned about my weight and stopped eating.
Ok, so here's the deal: I WANT TO STARVE MYSELF. I feel guilty when I eat. How do I starve myself? I don't eat at school, so I guess that's a start.
Please don't tell me all this stuff saying "Eat" and you know. Thanks! (link)
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Right first things first i am the same age as you and i feel the same about myself also but even i have wanted to try this i know deep down its not the right answer i watched a programme about it before deciding and apparently what you need is healthy eating choices combined with excersise i know it'll take long but starving yourself will take even longer and its prooven that you could even harm yourself doing it not to scare you but one girl at my school did this for a week and by the end she was on pills because of how weak and ill it had made her
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12/F Ok well I've asked a question about this before about me not wanting to have sex with my boyfriend and well I kinda took the advise until a few weeks ago:(it was his birthday and we were at his house in his bedroom and then we were playing truth or dare I got dared to have sex with him...infront of everyone!so well I said no at first but then everyone got mad so I said yes and well we did! And now I have missed my period and I'm gettin symptoms of pregnancy and I don't know what to do! Help please! I hate myself for doing it!I feel like such a slut! (link)
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Right firstly dont panic,
you are showing symptoms of pregnency but panicing will not help you out, if your boyfriend and your friends made you do this there not worth having as friends and your boyfriend should no that making people have sex with you that didnt want it is against the law, he could go to jail for that! But the most important thing to do is tell an adult, they might tell you off but thats only out of guilt that this has happened you can go to a chemists and buy these things that you can use to tell you for sure if your pregnent, and you are not a slut! Its your friends and boyfriends fault for making you do such a thing when your not ready for it!
Hope this helped! i hope you'll be okay x
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