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  • Is he flirting with me or just being friendly?

    Singles & Dating - 4 hours ago

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    I am friends with this guy that I've hung out with 4 or 5 times. I have a crush on him and it seems like he is always flirting with me. The first time I met him it was cold and he put his arms around me and warmed me up. It seems like every time I see him he hugs me, lays on me ( jokingly), calls me his lover, etc. He gave me his number (but didnt ask for mine) and I texted him so he would have my number. We had a short conversation, only 8 or 9 texts long. I didnt hear from him for about 3 days, and then he texted me last night saying "hey cutie". We had a good 30 minute conversation, and then he just stopped replying. So, does it seem like he is flirting or looking for something more?

  • My friend is putting guys before me (7th grade)?

    Friends - 5 hours ago

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    ok my friends has been obsessing over guys lately.. ever since she's been playing volleyball with them she's been falling down and injuring herself on purpose just to get attention and to have guys help her up so that they can hold her hand and also she cries whenever she doesn't get a lot of attention so that the guys will notice her and treat her like a princess or something also she once told this guy that i liked him because she likes him too and she told him i liked him just so that he could talk to her more i mean what kind of friend tells someone else my secrets???? she promised not to tell ANYONE. but she told him just to get his attention. all the guys who play volleyball always treat her like a princess now and she just ignores me. like after i was playing vball with her and the guys the bell rang and then i was gonna give her something but she just ignored me every single time i called her. i was like 10 feet away from her! and then all her guy friends just dragged her away and they were laughing at me and stuff. :( wat should i dooo?? she's being such a jerkk.

  • How come people tell me that i'm pretty and have personality yet I absolutely don't get hit on by any guys?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    I'm twenty. The only guys who really hit on me are homeless men with no teeth who come up to me and tell me that I am beautiful. (non-homeless guys have said this too though) Men just look, no one talks to me. What's going on??

  • what is the best way to tell my dad that someone "took" my iPod?

    Family - 6 hours ago

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    about a month ago i lost my ipod at school. i have been looking everywhere for it. i've been asking my teachers if they've seen it. i've asked the school office if anyone had turned it in and they said no. i've tried retracing my steps, but that hasn't helped. the only thing i can think of is that someone took my ipod. usually i would put my ipod i my purse, but for some reason i just decided to put it in my backpack. i know it is my responsibility to keep up with it, but i don't know what happened, honestly. and now i have come up with the conclusion that i have to tell my dad that i "lost it". i've already told my mom because i have a strong bond with her and i can tell her anything, but with my dad is a different story. i mean me and my dad are SUUUPER close. probably closer than any teenage girl and father. but just the way he is when he's mad makes me scared and want to...cry. what would be the best way to tell him?

  • I found out that my b/f that lives with me was watchin porn on the computer, and i got mad. Was that wrong?

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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    I was on my b/f's name on the computer helping him with a website while i opened up another tab, and it had pictures of most visited websites, 3 in which were porn. I questioned him and he said it wasn't him, but later he said it was him after he lied. He claimed that he only went on it three times, and he doesn't even "watch it like that", but that it reminded him of us. I was mad he lied, that he even needed to watch that to remember "us", and because im self-concious about my body, so him watching the girls have sex with big boobs makes me feel bad about myself. Am i wrong to be mad at him, and possibly break up with him because of this??

  • Does this shy boy like me? how can i make him make the first move?!?

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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    i really like my good friend Mike. We hangout with the same group of people every weekend so it rarley is just me and him. We do have a class together. but in the class there is no talk time so we dont talk. but we always walk to class after together :) he texts me sometimes. he calls me to see where i am on the weekends, when he could just call his bestfriend who is in the car with me. but he chooses to call me first :) if we are alone on the weekends it is only for a few minutes tops. but those few minutes are filled with conversation. he flirts with me. atleast i think it's flirting. he says little remarks like "your lying" or just little mean flirts :) he is a pretty shy guy. he has never had a girl friend. and ive never had a boyfriend. our friends say we should date. but i dont want to admit my feelings for him. because i am obviously shy about it tooo. AND TODAY i texted him and asked him for a ride to school. but ended up getting a differnet ride. but he texted me "why did you ask me? why not jade or something?" (jades my bff.) is that suppose to mean anything?! so how can i make this work! i REALLY like this boy. he is amazing :) and funny. and i am too shy to make a move! so help me out! give me some yahoo advice!

  • do girls think that guys that are shy are cute?

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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    because when i talk to girls they say awwww ur so shy thats so cute what does that mean like a hot cute or a baby cute? i need help

  • This boy in my class keeps....?

    Other - Family & Relationships - 6 hours ago

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    hitting me...like punching me in the arm and arm and shoulder...he did it 6 times today and it was only a 4 hour day at school.... and then he was like were leaving at 11:30 and i was no 11:25 and he was like NO and like pushed me into my desk with his boddy...im only in 17 grade and 13 and i go to a catholic school... i told him to stop and he said no...then a 8th grade boy who i have known since i was 3 (our parents are bff's and work toghher) told him to stop cuz my dad would shot him(my dads a cop) and stuff..and the boy that hit my just laughed what should i do?!!?

  • army boyfriend has gone away :( need help?

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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    My boyfriend is in the army and has gone on a bush trip for 3 weeks.. i haven't heard from him in a week... i know it sounds so pathetic... We used to do long distance for quite a while and then he moved back and we have been living together ever since, so i'm not used to the no contact...we have discussed getting married alot and kids etc..we have been together for 3 yrs and we currently live together... i'm scared he's forgotten about me though or will not feel the same when he gets back... Has anyone else been in this long distance situation? any military gf's or wives? please help me i don't want to be like this.. What should i do so i'm not so miserable... Thank Y'all in advance xx

  • is it weird that i talk to my teacher after school everyday?

    Other - Family & Relationships - 7 hours ago

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    after school i stay after like almost everyday and talk to my teacher. she is very cool and fun to talk to :) but is it weird that i do that? she doesnt seem to mind, i actually think she enjoys it!! she always asks if im coming to talk to her after school. my friends say its weird and i have no life, but i dont think so.. is this weird?? should i stop talking to her after school??
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Making the Holiday list

Posted Wed, Oct 14, 2009
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I've been getting holiday press releases in my inbox for the last two weeks. Seriously, last time I checked, I've received nearly half-a-dozen emails pitching the latest and hottest gift ideas for the holidays. When I mentioned that to my friends, the general wail was, "But it's only October! It's not even Halloween yet!" followed by, "Well, I've already seen Christmas stuff out at Walmart/Canadian Tire/insert name of store here."

This blog isn't about the early arrival of Holiday stuff in the stores or the commercialization of the Holidays. It's about gifts - specifically the buying and receiving of gifts. We've probably all been there. You have that one person who is pain in the butt to shop for - yes, I'm looking at you, Dad - or you get a gift that makes you wonder what the gift-giver was thinking when he/she bought it.

Don't comment telling me that gifts aren't the reason for the season. I know. This is for people who buy gifts.

So back to my point - this is why I recommend making a list and giving it to a person who asks, "What do you want for Christmas?" This solves both problems. They know what to get you and you know you'll get something you like.

There are rules to the list though:

1. Keep it relatively short. Don't put 20 items on the list unless you have a huge family
    and you all buy gifts for each other.
2. Don't just put expensive things on the list - that's just greedy. Have a price range.
3. Don't expect more than one gift.
4. Reciprocate. Ask them for their list.

Yes, it's not spontaneous, but it takes away the stress of gift shopping. And seriously, isn't less stress during the holiday season a good thing?

What are your tips for gift-giving? Do you shop early and often or are you a last minute grab-what-you-can shopper? Or have you finished shopping already?

 

-- Renee.

 

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  • 1. Posted by Rochelle on Thu, Oct 15, 2009

    I'm so glad that I don't actually celebrate Christmas, so that I don't have to worry about mandatory gift-giving, or starting my shopping 'on time'.

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  • 2. Posted by youngceiloderek on Sat, Oct 17, 2009

    im so excited when holidays are coming,,coa u get starting to plan what good gifts to be given for your love ones

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  • 3. Posted by Morris on Mon, Oct 19, 2009

    any time i head about holiday ,it impress me alot because i recive a lot of gift from my friends and the spoilt me with gift,and i also spoilt them too,i enjoy holiday period because me and my friends ,thinks together ,rising together and have funs too.

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  • 4. Posted by Morris on Mon, Oct 19, 2009

    any time i head about holiday ,it impress me alot because i recive a lot of gift from my friends and the spoilt me with gift,and i also spoilt them too,i enjoy holiday period because me and my friends ,thinks together ,rising together and have funs too.

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  • 5. Posted by J BRUCE on Tue, Oct 20, 2009

    We have always made lists. I think they are a great idea. Some people really would like to buy people things they like but have no idea what to get. Here's a funny story: When we were kids, Mom would take the lists and go shopping, buy some things, up to the price limit per person. One year dad did the shopping and I don't think Mom told him about the limit because he just bought everything on everyone's list! It was kind of funny.

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