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ABOUT THIS EXPERT

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.

Lifestyle questions and answers

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  • How do you know if your ready to "do it"??? And how should we "do it" if we do?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    Okay so we have been dating a year, we have known each other since we were two, we are both virgins, we both love each other. I have the most amazing boyfriend ever he's always there for me and he is not pushing me to have sex with me in anyway, he just says "we will do it whenever it feels right to you" and i think I want to do "it" with him i'm just nervous I think, so i keep telling him i'm not ready yet and he says "okay baby, it's no big deal". I think the real thing i'm scared about is getting pregnant, but he says he will use protection and he has thought about that to and he wants to stop when ummm "stuff" starts to come out. Also i've heard that doing this with someone causes you feelings about them to change sometimes for the better sometimes for the worts... I don't know what I want to do? Do you think I'm ready? What are the chances of us getting prego? and how should we do it the first time??? Help???
  • What are good songs for a wedding reception?

    Weddings - 5 hours ago

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    i LOVE Michael Jackson. And I would like to have more of his songs than anything... And I like fun kinds of songs more than slow ones, if that makes any sense... && like I said, I prefer Michael Jackson music, but it could be other songs, too... And also, which MJ songs do you think would be good to use? ....................Soo any suggestions? Thank youu.* :D <3
  • Is anyone here married to a Man whose mother cant seem to cut the cord?

    Marriage & Divorce - 5 hours ago

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    Is your mother in law way to nosy, attached, or just plain irritating?
  • i need help?????????????????

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    i want to ask this girl out but i dont know what to say and im to shy to ask. so can someone help me. dont give me the worst she could say is no crap because thats whats stopping me from asking her.
  • Dose she like me??????????

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    so the amrocan girl i like blond hair brown eyes allways talkes to me at the lokers and lafhs. today she told me that i pray to much and that the man that im named after was a extrem patrot to germany(he went down with the bismark. i pray to jesus that she likes me (she dosant know). but at hoomrome and at S.S.R. i look at her and she looks at me but for some rison i cant look into her eyes and i have to look away.at the end of the day she told me bye. dose she like me?how can i make her like me?any tips?how do i hint i like her with out telling her?
  • So there's this guy... And he lied.. Please help me. :(?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    Okay so i've know this guy since I was 2! we have been best friends ever since back two years ago I don't remember how we got started talking about it but he told me he lost his Virginity when he was 13 (he's 15 now told me this when he was 14) well last January we became more than just friends. And he continued to tell me he lost his virginity, this hurt me everyday because he had told me that he lost it to some girl he didn't even know that well just because he wanted to lose it and she was willing. Then after dating for seven months he comes out and tells me that he's never done that, I really do believe him because of reasons that don't need to be discussed. But I'm really just con fussed as to why he would lie to me about something like this??? Can you help me out please? I love him and I know he loves me, we have been together almost a year. I just really wanna know why he lied to me about something stupid like that? And yes I asked him but all he said was "I don't know baby i'm sorry, I love you." Please help???
  • I dont know how to do this still?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    i am 13 and i dont know how to flirt.I dont even know what flirt is So can anyone tell me what is it and how to do it?
  • Who has to work today and what would you rather be doing?

    Marriage & Divorce - 6 hours ago

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    I am sitting here at work and hoping to pass the time but not seeing alot of new questions. Which leads me to belive more people are sitting at home today still sleeping than at work. I would rather be sleeping or watching a movie.. Where are you and if your at work what else could you be doing? (I know this is the wrong category but I like it around here and I'm already bored) lol I guess more of you are at work then I thought. Hopefully we all get to leave alittle early today! Happy Turkey day to everyone!!
  • How do I pull him away from video games to have sex?

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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    Ever since he got this x-box 360, it's like our sex life is non-existent. I've tried sexy clothes, makeup. I feel like an idiot in our living room dressed up for him to say, "One more match," and fall asleep by myself.
  • okay. me and my boyfriend have been together for almost 2 years. porn is alawys something we have argued about?

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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    and im done! i dont want to argue anymore. iv told him this amillion times.! but i cant tell if he ihas stopped. last time i found it on his computer about a month and a half ago he was just as upset as i was and disapointed in his self. he knows i hate it. just last night i found more on his computer/ he told me he swears its not his. that it must have been his brother who is 15, he told me he hates seeing me upset. that he only thinks of me and only me. that hes done with that shit as he called it and doesnt want to do it anymore. please dont tell me this is just something boys do. that its normal? thats not the answer im looking for. if he honestly is telling me the truth like hes saying..im to insecure about the subject to beleive him almost. hetold me if he looked at it he wud tell me because he said he wud rather me help him with it then him keep doing it behind my back. he also told me that he has had 4 urges to do it since i found out the last time. he told me that those times he had the urges he just went to bed or jacked off to me. i feel bad cuz i feel i cant trust him. and i also feel bad cuz when i feel like it was him and i get mad and upset he gets mad cuz i dont beleive him. i realy honestly dont know what to do to make my self feel confident about it. hes not one to lie. cheat. or any of that. i mean everyone says it cud be worse ya know? but i dnt want the porn in our relationship. last time what realy got him was...i told him i was gna leave if it didnt stop. a relationship of 2 years is pretty important to just let go like that. i honestly dont think he being hte person he is wud just drop that. can u guys help me? and before u say it i wont whatch it with him! and he has tons of pictures of me and stuff like that. i just want me and him without the porn. not me him and the porn ya know??

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