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  • YIKES!!! Should I continue to date him or not?

    Singles & Dating - 4 hours ago

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    He shouts and gets angry for the slightest thing. He is very intolerant. He wants me to send him loving messages all the time, I do but not too many as we have only been dating 6 weeks. I want to take it slowly as I have been hurt before. I bought him presents (perfume, an easter egg, shirts). Sometimes he cancels dates but wants me to be available all the time when it suits him. Once did not show up at all and never called me. He went off for the weekend with his friends witout telling me and had his phone switched off. I was waiting at home for his call. He never apologised but ended up shouting at me that I worried his brother as I phoned his brother asking where he was and his brother didn't know. Yet, he wants me to be available for him when it suits him and gets angry when I am not. He gets angry easily for little things and has a temper. So I am not really sure he is a great guy .... He has no education and works in a factory and ever second week works on the night shift. I am studying for my Masters. His last girlfriends were vulgar and uneducated, one worked as a stripper. He used to work as a stripper. He is jealous and controlling and told him that I don't need to see my friends much any more. The first night we slept together he took me to a hotel. I dont know why he didnt take me back to his place. Ive been there since. I told him that I had been hurt in the past and that I wanted to take it slowly. He shouted and got angry and said "Everyone has been hurt in the past. Just get over it" He is not understanding but expects me to be understanding and caring towards him. Another time he got really angry because I asked to change bars and go to the bar next door as there were no seats at the bar we were at. Once when we slept together I went to the bathroom to get condoms. Three days later he brought it up in an angry voice that I destroyed the romantic moment by going to the bathroom to get condoms. Another time we arranged a blind date between my friend and his best friend and he got all angry and said "why would he phone her again as she won't sleep wth him, she is just looking for friendship" and was even shouting. SHOULD I CONTINUE TO DATE HIM? WOULD MANY WOMEN TOLERATE THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOUR? He also told me that I talk too much about my friends and their lives and that I should only talk about me and him and our future together. Also, some of his friends occassionally go with prostitutes even though they are married.
  • I want MY EYES to stand OUT!! but HOW?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    Me and my Mum want our eyes to stand out but HOW?? my mum has blue eyes.. i have brown eyes.. can u sugget anythink a list of colors of eaither... ?? thanks x what eyeshadow colors ??????????
  • Why do I feel like this... 10 points for best answer?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    I already asked this question in mental health section, but i didn't get the respond I need so i posted here in this section 'cause I so in need for a good answer... Few days ago my sweet boyfriend (he's the first man in my life) that I love and trust blindly hurt me when we were talking about his book that going to be published soon and he admitted that used his writing talent from the start to make me love him only because I’ve never been touched by any man before and never been in love so he wanted to be the first and he said it exactly like this: " I wanted to make love to you because I knew if I would be the first man inside you that there would never be another man to ever get your love" I haven't showed him and sign of pain or anger or anything, I pretended everything is good and I’m ok with what he said but I spent two days crying and feeling so much pain and lonely thinking about the big fake fairy tale I was living. And then things wont worst yesterday when some guy I used to like very much called me after long time never heard from him, I thought everything going to be great with his call and he can make me feel better after my big disappointed with my bf. But the shock was that he didn’t even recognize me and said he only called because he found my number in his cell phone so he called to know whose number is this. I felt it right in my stomach like a stab that deep pain but I swallowed my tears and said like it doesn't matter who am I then hanged up the phone. I felt like crying but couldn’t drop a tear maybe one hour later I dropped some tears then nothing just went to the kitchen and have a late dinner which I don’t usually then went to bed… And when I woke up this morning I started to have this weird feelings or better say I have no feelings at all... I felt like nothing happened at all in the past few days I am not happy or even sad nothing at all. My mother yelled at me and insulted me because of something I told and didn't feel bad for it and didn't even got bothered with her words. And I watched this poor sick child with cancer on the TV and it was normal to me I didn’t felt pain for him. I tried to do my exercise but I couldn’t and thought like: what for? I tried to listen to some music but couldn’t feel the rhythm, I tried to pray but I couldn’t reach to the spiritual level in the prays and also tried to write about my failure relationship and some poetries but felt like there’s nothing to write about. I truly don’t know what’s wrong with me! Even when I am writing these words I don't feel like real worry I don’t' know how to describe it exactly but I only wonder why am I like this and how did I reach this level. So please would any body tell me what’s really going with me? Anything would help really. Most appreciated
  • What kind of face book friend do u like? i need friends to improve my English knowledge add me?

    Friends - 6 hours ago

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    What kind of face book friend do u like? i need friends to improve my English knowledge add me? i`m wimukthi ...20 year old boy from sri lanka.i like to have more fb friends all around the world .. i l`like english people,franch,german,australian,canadion… kivis(new zealand),south african,philippin,italion,..............… please add if u know english well ,i need friends to improve my english knowledge..... if u think i`m a good friend 4 u please add me a request..please search me----wimukthi vivechaka herath or http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000091101546#/wimukthi.v.herath?ref=profile
  • Fiance/Future Mother In Law help. Advice needed. 10 points!!?

    Singles & Dating - 8 hours ago

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    1. My FH proposed to me on December 30, 2008 after dating for a year, and knowing each other for 2. We don't live together, however, we either stay at my house or his house every night. He's my best friend and my biggest supporter, but there is a few things that REALLY bother me. 2. His mother had him very young, at 18. She married his dad at 18 as well, and they have been happily married for 22 years now. His mom had taken me in and made me feel like part of the family. We went shopping, have gone to get our nails done, text messaged me daily etc, I figured all was well, and she treated me so sweetly, even telling people how much she loved me.It made me feel wonderful!! 3. Flash forward to December 30th, after the proposal that she knew was going to happen (he told her 2 months prior that he was going to do it). We set a date for May 22, 2010, start looking at venues and my family invites everyone to our engagement party. 4.I invite his mom to go to a local bridal show with me and she gives me an excuse as to why she can't go. That's fine, I understand, things happen, no biggie. One night when I was in night class in February, my FH text me and told me that we needed to talk.So we talk. What about? His mother tells him that he's not getting married with a year of school left. (He's 22, I'm 20. For the May 22nd wedding, he would be 23).and insists that we don't want to be broke and such. After pouting for a little bit about having to push the wedding back, I agreed that it would be better to wait until one of us gets out of school. 5. In October this year, I go to his family reunion, and am bombarded by questions, like "when did you get engaged? When is the date set for?" His mother chimes in and says, "OH, it will be a VERY LONG engagement because I'm not going to let my son throw away his college years and get married so young like I did, and your kids did," WOW, talk about a slap in the face from someone that acted like my best friend. I saw on facebook that my FH had accepted his mom's boss' friend request (they pay for his school). and she commented, "Engaged? Your mom never told me this!! When did this happen?" Also, his mom has been talking to his ex on facebook. I know this is an informal was of communication, but supposedly his mom "hated this girl with a passion because of the way she treated his son by cheating on him and being disrespectful to the entire family." So why would she be talking to this girl? I try not to let it bother me, but that also feels like a slap in the face. I feel like she is ashamed that her son is engaged to me. 6. Months pass without setting a new date. His graduation will be May 2011, and mine will be December 2011, so I suggest a late May date, exactly a year past what it originally was. He says "we will discuss it towards the end of the year." Guess what? It's the end of the year. I'm tired of waiting. I would love to know when I can expect to walk down the aisle. He says he can't wait to marry me, but I know his mother's opinion is harboring him.He's 23 today for crying out loud. He's a grown man, and we make decent money, and will both have college degrees within the next year/year in a half around the time a potential date could be set. It just hurts to spend so much time with someone you love so much, and put so much in, but he won't give an exact date on what's good for him. It also makes me feel so low on the actions his mother has shown towards me in the past several months, as I have shown her nothing but kindness and respect. I KNOW she controls him, they talk 15 times a day on the phone, and she can't seem to cut the cord. I tell him that this whole ordeal about the things she has done to humiliate me, and he says, don't worry, she likes you and accepts you. But guess what, I don't feel that reciprocated. I feel like I will always be last pick to his mother. Even though he assures me that he loves me and can't wait to spend the rest of his life with me, I feel like the cord will never be cut, and that I will end up marrying his mom as well. I know she doesn't want him to make the same mistakes that she did, but I'm not 18, neither is he, we almost have our degrees, have decent financial stability, and I'm NOT getting married because I'm pregnant. We're totally opposites, so why does she think that marrying me would make him "throw away his life?" She told me I was the best for him before our engagement...wtf...
  • Fiancee is turning into a major pain?!?

    Other - Family & Relationships - 8 hours ago

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    Okay so I'm in my third year of med school while my fiancee has started her residency already. When we got together I made it clear to her that I wont be able to give her a lot of attention while I'm attending med school since this is extremely important to me and my family. She keeps complaining about me never taking her out and studying all the time, when she was the same way while attending med school! She really should be focusing on her residency a lot more than she is too. Not to mention I have to work part time and study a lot, since my field tends to be a little competitive. I think she may also be a little jealous I scored way above her on the USMLE step 1's, since she hasn't been the same ever since she saw my score. What should I do?
  • Should I give this guy a chance or is he just playing me?

    Singles & Dating - 9 hours ago

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    I met this guy through a friend. He lives in a different state and we email back and forth on facebook. It was his turn to email me but he never emailed me back. Before then, we email each other frequently like every three days. Two weeks go by without an email. He ended up 'liking' what I said on my facebook status a few weeks after I never heard from him. So I assumed he still wants to communicate with me so I emailed him again. Its been one week and then I hear from him again. It wouldn't matter but he updates his facebook through his phone and doesn't email me back when I clearly want a response from him. I enjoy getting emails from him. He recently emailed me back and said he was busy with work. He ended up asking me if I'm dating anyone. I told him that I was not dating anyone. Its been one week and he updates his facebook but doesn't email me back on facebook. I mention to him that there were pics of me and some American Idol contestants on tour on my facebook. I got a pic with one singer that I have a crush on and he's cute too. Do you think he got jealous? Why would he ask me if I'm dating anyone and stop communicating with me at the same time? Do you think he is dating anyone and wanted me to ask him if he is dating anyone?
  • A Question For ALL The Women Out There ?

    Singles & Dating - 9 hours ago

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    If I asked her for a date today..and she said yes..but she has a friend with benefit..should I worry if her and I get closer? Or will her feelings for him fade and her like me more if we get along great?
  • HELP! is my girlfriend gonna be really pissed?

    Singles & Dating - 9 hours ago

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    so my girlfriend got grounded today she said she wasnt sure when she would be able to talk to me but she said it would be before monday i just really miss her!~ i've never called her house before, nor have i ever met her parents but i looked her number up and i flipped a coin i said to myself if it lands heads 5 times in a row i would call her house it ended up landing heads 5 times in a row so i called. she had already went to bed and her mom answered. she asked my name and i told her and she said from where? and i just said a differnt town than i am from. i know her mom is strict and is prolly going to question her.. is she going to be really pissed at me? when her mom mentions this to her tomorrow i know she will know it was me who called but i am kinda scared now that she is gonna be mad. i just cant get my mind off her i miss her so much
  • help,is my relationship platonic,friendship or an emotional affair?

    Other - Family & Relationships - 9 hours ago

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    Help,is my relationship platonic,friendship or an emotional affair? when i was 17,i met my brother's friend.we immly clicked & struck a very close friendship.after 3 yrs,he proposed to me,but somehow i couldnt think of him that way,even though i knew i would be lovedif i married him.by then,he had become the only person in my life to know my deep,dark secrets.then i met my husband & he swept me off my feet.after 4 yrs of marriage,my friend & i started talking 2 each other.it was as if we never parted.i love my husband,but he doesnt know all of my secrets & stuff.my friend's not married yet & it's 9 yrs of our marriage & i still depend on him solidly.infact,somehow my relationship with my friend fulfils my emotional disappointments with my husband & i love him more freely,since i dont expect them from him anymore.my friend & i've never discussed sexual stuff & i've made it very clear to my friend that i luv my husband very much. my problem is my husband absolutely hates this friend.he knows he had proposed to me before & thinks he's still in love with me - that's why he hasnt married.sometimes,i regret that i even told him about his proposl,bcos now i'm being forced to talk 2 him behind his back.i'm a person who has always stayed in touch with all my friends through every phase of life.he's my best friend.he's my soulmate & i believe in our friendship,but i'm terrified of how my husband would recat if he comes to know that i'm talking to my friend so frequently....pls ,somebody help me....i love them both.my friend as only a friend & my husband,more than how much a mother would love her child.but i'm scared that he would judge me if he knew about certain things that'enned in my life.

Baby Central: Setting Up a Change Area

By Ann Douglas

You can count on changing your baby’s diaper about 5000 times before she finally graduates from Potty Training U., so you may was well make those diaper changes as convenient as possible. Here’s what you need to know to set up a baby change area that will work well for both you and your baby.

Location, location, location.
It’s the mantra of every real estate agent, and it should be your baby change area mantra, too. In fact, you might even think about setting up more than one baby change area for the sake of sheer convenience. (Hey, if we can have a donut store on every corner, why not a change table on every floor?) Depending on the size and layout of your house, you might decide to set up your main change table in your baby’s bedroom or your family bathroom and a second change area in your familyroom or your downstairs bathroom. And, of course, when you’re sizing up a particular location, you’ll want to give some serious consideration to the flooring and wallcovering in the immediate vicinity. (Think easy-clean and stain-resistant!)

Turning the tables.
If you’ve priced change tables lately, you may be hitting the panic button at the thought of having to come up with the cash for not one but two change tables in order to set up your two change areas. Fortunately, you don’t have to break the bank by doubling up in the change table department. In fact, you don’t even have to buy a change table at all, if you don’t want to. (Some parents consider them to be one of the least essential baby equipment purchases.) If you’d rather save your money for something else, you might want to consider one of the following change table alternatives:

  • A portable playpen that’s designed to do double-duty as a change table. These playpens feature inserts that convert them into change tables—a great way to get a “free” change table, if you already own one of these playpens.
  • A change pad with raised sides and a safety strap. These change pads can be used on a bathroom counter, inside your baby’s crib, on your bed, or on the floor. While the raised sides and the safety strap on these change pads are designed to keep baby from taking a tumble, if you’re using them on any elevated surface, you’ll want to hedge your bets by keeping one hand on your baby at all times.
  • A well-stocked change bag with an oversized change pad. While change bags and change pads are generally used when you’re out and about with baby, there’s no rule that says you can’t use one at home. If you live in a small place, this might be the ideal solution for you because you can store the change bag and change pad under your bathroom sink or in somewhere else out of the way in-between diaper changes.

Stock picks.
The last thing you need to think about is stocking your baby change area with the essentials. After all, carrying around a barenaked baby while you go in search of a missing diaper is asking for trouble! That means having the following items within grabbing distance at all times: a half-dozen diapers, an ample supply of diaper wipes or wet washcloths, diaper cream, at least two spare outfits (in case your baby manages to pee or spit up on the newly clean outfit the moment it appears on the scene), a diaper pail with a foot pedal (for the ultimate in hands-free disposal), a mini-laundry hamper with a lid, and a toy or mobile to keep your baby entertained. Voila! You’re well on your way to becoming the ultimate quick-change artist—someone’s Mom or Dad.

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