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Q: I got one of those discounts in the mail for american eagle, i think its because of those cards you can get there where you buy something and they give you these credits and when you have a certain amount they give you discounts.

Anyways, I still got one for 15% off for the hollidays and I was looking on the site, if I spent $88.50 how do I find how much I would pay instead? (i'm really terrible at math)

haha i only know how to do this because i just learned it.

you do

88.50 x .15 = 13.27

thats how much your saving so than you subtract that

88.50 - 13.27 = 75.23 < so your total is 75.23

Q: yesterday i was in the tanning bed (wearing goggles)

i felt a bug or sumthin fly on me so i took my google off to get the bug off. they were only off like 2 mins.

now, i have something on one eye that looks like pink eye and it hurts really bad. was it from the tanning bed or just pink eye?

I think that the lights might have effected your eyes because those UV lighty things ( sorry i dont know what there called) are really powerful. I was wicked stupid and for a while when i went tanning i didnt even wear goggles i just kept my eyes shut and that alone can make you blind. You should see a doctor as soon as you can..

good luck!

Q: ok this question might seem a bit weird. when i do my hair in the morning, i usually straighten it & wear it down. basically, by like 11 i have to put it up. it annoys me so much. i just can't write and have it down because my hair is thick and i have a lot of it. i put it up in one of those cute little messy buns but i dont know. for some reason i think its prettier to wear it down & if i wear it up i feel boyish. im basically just wondering what your opinion is. should girls just wear their hair down all the time?? or is it pretty to wear it up too??

thanks!!

i think if you wear it down a lot than it gets boring. You can do other hair styles like:

-half up half down
-a side ponytail
-a lowered ponytail
- a regular pony tail

there are other ways instead of a messy bun to keep your hair out of your way. I know how you feel hair is agrating. But i think its not boyish when you wear your hair done , it brings out ones face and there beauty.

Q: 16/f.
i have known this kid lets call him ethan for a very long time. like almost 10 years. and well me and him were really good friends for a while. Well we used to be at least. We were closest freshman year. and now we barely even talk. and it feels so awful because he was like my best guy friend. and he used to care and like now it just doesnt feel like he cares anymore. I mean our friendship was so great and now its like nothing. I just dont know if there is anything i can do to like make the friendship the way it used to be. any ideas on what to do? and i really still care about him, but i feel like he wouldnt even notice if i was gone. thanks in advance. =)

I had the same situation. But I didnt know him for that long and you guys were probably closer and i know the feeling sucks so it must really suck you for . But the thing I did was I talked to him and i told him everyone on my mind about our friendship and how much its changed and we talked it over. Right now were just starting to speak again so if things dont change right away dont give uup hope , you should just tell him how you feel how everything and obviously if he is a true friend , it will change and tell him u want to hang out and stuff too

good luck

Q: Ok im really good friends with a guy and im even starting to like him. We are always together and such but I just found out something really bad. One of my kinda best friends has liked him for a few months and I think she would be really mad at me if she starts to notice that I flirt with him. I mean she barely talks to him yet im like good friends with him> Once I told her people are saying I flirt with him all the time and she blocked me. What do I do? Should I back off?

O im 13/F but dating is very normal at this school.

Well i think if you like him than you should go for it because its not like she claimed this boy or that he even likes her back. I dont htink its fair to pass down a good opptunity just because your friend likes him when nothing will probably happen between them. But you should talk to her and tell her the truth.

Q: im a 13 year old female.
me and my best friend have been fighting alot lately and we have been getting on eachothers nerves alot, and when we are at church, we basically ignore eachother until i have to take her home and i really dont want to loose her, she is my bestie and i consider her my 2nd sister. and if we like werent friends anymore, then my real sister would be upset cuz my sister only likes my best friend, she hates all of my other friends and i just dont know what to do anymore, but this kinda happened to my sister and her best friend and they are still friend but the thing that they did was they too a break from eachother and didnt hang out for about a week and they didnt really talk or anything and now they are just fine but they know now to not hang out as much as they use to and im not sure if thats what me and my bestie should do.

I used to go through this with my friends. Actually i still do. Especaily with my besties. I figured out than i get annoyed and we tend to fight a lot when were together for to long. Maybe you should talk to her about taking a break. If you guys are true friends everything will be okay.

I took a break from my bestfriends because in the summer we were together a lot. I felt really refreshed afterwards and things went back to normal

i hope i helped

Q: My friend, Stephanie, called my friend, Ellie, a b*tch behind her back. Ellie asked me if Stephanie called her that and I said "I think so" (it happened weeks ago, so I didn't really remember). Now Ellie's parents did something and Stephanie is in trouble. Stephanie yelled at me and said that it was all my fault. Did I do the right thing by telling Ellie what Stephanie said?

You did the mature thing with answering honestly but not rudely in a way that would have hurt stephanie. stephanie is probably looking for someone to blame besides her self. After all it is her fault she did say that.

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Hey im Christina. Im 15 and I am not new to advicenators. Ive been on this site for a while now but when my computer crashed i lost my account so i created a new one. I love to help people out and i love getting questions -- so ask awayy =]