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They say that when you're 10 years old, you know instinctually what you want to be when you grow up. At 10, Mairlyn Smith wanted to be a teacher, an actor, a cooking show host, a cookbook author and really thin. To date, Mairlyn has been a teacher, an actor, a cooking show host and a cookbook author. She is still working on that thin thing.
The only professional home economist in Canada that is also an alumnus of the Second City Comedy Troupe, Mairlyn has been seen on CBC's Newsworld, CTV's Canada AM and every breakfast TV show in Canada, including City TV Toronto's Breakfast Television. A freelance writer with articles appearing in Chatelaine, Today's Parent, Canadian Living, Homemakers, alive, Health Essentials and the Toronto Star; her latest best-selling nutrition/cookbook Ultimate Foods for Ultimate Health and don't forget the chocolate! co-authored with dietician Liz Pearson, is in its fourth print run.
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problems with guys PLEASE ANSWER!!!?
Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago
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ok soo ive never had a bf and the last few guys i've liked have lead me on and used me and then just dropped me. i really hate it and i wanna find someone who wont do that to me. how do i know i can trust a guy and that they wont do this? please help!!am i wrong !! SHE BITCHES ALL THE TIME..?
Marriage & Divorce - 5 hours ago
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hi im 22 with 2 kids and i one on the way. my wife has depression and i work. me and my wife have been threw alot with each other to be so young. she bitches ALL THE TIME ABOUT LITTLE SHIT. about me taking out the trash, me cleaning the house, me helping with the kids ect. i think i do my part with the kids but the house is always dirty because the kids. i do clean but when i come home the house is a mess. she could at least keep it clean into i get home then i can do my part. when i tell her she says she watches the kids all day. but when i come home i be tired. so the first thing i do when i get home is not clean. she hates me because i cheated on her 3 years ago and we been together 5 years. she never got over it. does she have a good reason to BITCH ALL THE TIME.!!!My friends likes me...but I don't like him!? Help!?
Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago
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Hey! :) Ok, my friend has a crush on me and he's constantly flirting with me. He's previously really really liked a good friend of mine (for a long time, too), and I'm just not comfortable with that fact. Also, I'm not sure if I would be attracted to him even if he had never liked my friend. He's really nice and I don't want to lose him as a friend...How do I make him see that his behavior is a little out of line, and how do I tell him that I don't like him? I don't want to be mean or break his heart or anything... Thanks!! :D He's told both a mutual friend and me that he likes me. =/i am madly in love with 2 girls?
Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago
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ok well both of these girls are very gorgeous and beautiful, and i have also known them for about 2 years, i am friends with both of them, but the first girl i have went out with before, about a year ago and now she likes me again, as do i. The other girl i haven't ever went out with before but she said about a month ago, she would consider going out with me (if i ask her). They are very nice girls, but i know i can only go out with one of them i need help...... witch one should u i ask out???are you attracted to feminine men?
Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago
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i tend to like gay men, i like a guy that can dance. well, that dresses nice, smells good, is intelligent. not all about his muscles. is clean cut, i tend to like gay men. what are you attracted too?What to do for friend on anniversary of her father's death?
Friends - 6 hours ago
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My best friend's father was murdered three years ago, and the anniversary of his death is coming up in the middle of November and I was trying to come up with some ideas as to what I could do for her and her family. I'm very close with them, but it's hard to think of something, given the situation. Does anyone have any ideas about what I could do? Thank you! WHOA. Some people are taking a nice gesture as something mean. There's a nice way to explain how you feel, making someone feel as if they're doing something bad, when only trying to help, isn't it. I in no way shape or form meant as a way to "celebrate" I simply only wanted ideas as to what I could do for her that day to get her mind off of it.What should I do about this girl?
Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago
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She took pictures of the cross country team which is how I met her, and she came and ate dinner with some of the team including myself, and I sat by her. So I know her enough to say whats up in the halways etc but not really to ask her to hang out. Thing is I think shes cute and nice, and shes not too popular and shes kind of shy/quiet. Only thing is I cant get her off my mind even though nobody knows i feel this way and i only know her that well. So how can i get her off my mind or get to know her better? Do I ask her to the movies with a group or something? We have had a couple one-on-one conversations and the rest in a group for a short time. Also when is a couple considered "talking"? We are both 17 and seniors in high schoolHow do I stop myself from having sex?
Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago
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whenever my boyfriend and i see each other, we have sex multiple times. if i tell him that i don't want to, he respects that, but it always seems like i'm the one asking for it. i don't know how to not want it so badly. whenever we're together, we're almost always alone at my house or at a hotel, so it's really hard not to, and i always end up doing it anyway. afterwards, i don't have any regrets, but i just wish i didn't give in that easily. does anyone have any advice?What can I say to my parents to convince them that I am old enough to go on dates with my boyfriend?
Family - 6 hours ago
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My boyfriend and I have been going out for about 5 months and just kissed a couple of days ago... It was just a peck, but still I was excited. Lol, but to the serious problem… Today and many other times he has asked me to the movies (just me and him), and my parents don’t want me to go on dates with just me and a guy.. When he asked me today, I was so happy and almost said yes without thinking about what my parents would say... What can I say to my parents to convince them that I am old enough to go on dates? By the way, I am 13. =D Thanks!! (My parents know I have a boyfriend, they just don’t want me going on dates with just him and me)Ladies only? Would you find me attractive?
Singles & Dating - 7 hours ago
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im 16 i want to know how do you think i look? http://s455.photobucket.com/albums/qq274/ninefive4boy/?action=view¤t=l_c4802ce64fe94d3ea026521265de3c16.jpg
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