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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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  • GIRLS!! help a guy out here...?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    Hi..we are in a relationship.. i want to tell her that i want to see her smiling and happy, i cant stand seeing her sad, i cant see her sad..it kills me to see her sad, and its my biggest weakness. And that i want to be the only person who understands her and i want to erase everything that makes her sad.. i dont have the strength to tell her that :(. is it ok to feel like that about a girl?.
  • He believes rumors over me? I really didn't do anything! help please!?

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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    jerry - my best friend in the whole world.me and him like each other as more then friends. bob-my friend i just met this year.he tells me everything.but i don't tell him anything about me.I don't trust him.But his been threw a lot and he just needs someone to talk to.his a player and is all the time joking around with me saying me and him need to get together and everything. They hate each other.Jerry is jealous of bob.Jerry tells me all the time that he thinks i like bob and etc.But i really don't.I like jerry so much. There was some rumors that went around that i was trying to touch bob's dick during class and a lot more. Jerry heard them and he was mad about it. We started talking again after a couple days of not talking. But yesterday he bought it up again saying that i did do it. He don't believe i didn't do it. He said he thinks i like bob and everything. I was going to stop being friends with bob a couple weeks ago because he was just coming in between me and Jerry, but bob said it was jerry's fault at the time and went to fight him. I jumped in the middle of them and said no, and talked to him. I had to be his friend or he was going to get Jerry suspend. ( he plays sports, he can't get suspended) What do i do? Is jerry just hurt from it all? I really didn't do those things.I don't feel anything for anybody but jerry!
  • how young is too young to get married?

    Marriage & Divorce - 6 hours ago

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    i want to get married between 20-25. ( thats not too far away from now) anyway i hear alot of people saying thats too young n crap. to me, 30+ is too old. but to me as long as the person has a stable job n decent salary money it doesnt matter what age you are
  • First Sex.... How Long shall a girl wait??? how many dates?

    Other - Family & Relationships - 6 hours ago

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    After how many dates shall the First Sex Happen? ...i like this guy and.. I'm going out with him tomorrow. I'm not too conservative but defenately cannot be too easy. can you help me with this? I mean i know guys start to push a bit, right? I'm old enough.... 17. Turning 18 soon, but just foreget about it and answer as how it happens usually.
  • Why are middle class people so jealous of upper class people?

    Marriage & Divorce - 7 hours ago

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    I could drag this question out into a full-blown essay, as I have years of experience under my belt in watching middle class people suffer in their middle class nightmares. But I'll only point to one example. Why do middle class people obsess over taking vacations? I mean, when middle class people take a vacation, they take millions of pictures and discuss the fact that they're actually on a vacation. And when they get back from the vacation, they don't shut up about the vacation. When I was growing up, we'd pack up and spend the summer months in the Bahamas (nothing too fancy but my parents have a bungalow down there). We didn't scream, "Oh, we're on a vacation! Let's take a million pictures to remind ourselves of it!" Nor did we treat the locals with disrespect as do many middle class people since it's there only opportunity to be the boss of someone else--similar to how they treat waiters in restaurants. Rich people actually treat waiters kindly. Middle class people abuse the power divide. Anyway, do middle class people just obsess over how they feel like 'royalty' for that one week? Is that what it is? Are they so frustrated with their class status that they worship the idea of not being enslaved for that one week every year? You guys have to know what I'm talking about. So why are they so obsessed with vacations?
  • how are guys suppose 2 act?

    Singles & Dating - 7 hours ago

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    after a fight can a guy who is deeply in love with his gf still be stubborn and not talk 2 her for a whole week?
  • how does it feel to have sex for the first time? does it hurt?(men)?

    Family - 8 hours ago

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    Im just worried cause i tryed to pull the skin of the penis down and it hurts... :( is it gonna hurt?
  • What is the right age to fall in love?

    Singles & Dating - 8 hours ago

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    My friend first went out with somone at the age of four and also kissed-yuk! And then my other mates starting going out with people at 10 or 11,isn't that too younge. I dunno but its a bit weird,don't you agree? (This is a crap quistion by the way peeps) I feel kinda bad as I have no pratice just do not feel ready for any relationships as at the moment I feel so cold and alone and I have never ever felt tghis cold,I don't smile,laugh any more,all I do is pretend I just wander if I need somone Is 11 a bad age to fall in love?
  • HOw would you feel if your husband became a professional poker player?

    Marriage & Divorce - 8 hours ago

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    Would you have issues? What issues?
  • What should i do about my lying friend?

    Friends - 8 hours ago

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    So for a little while she has been off with me, i asked her if anything was wrong and she said there wasn't and that she has just been tired lately because of her new job. I also asked a friend who we are both friends with and she told me i was just being sensitive and she is quiet anyway. We were meant to be meeting this morning and i texted her to make sure it was still on, and she said no sorry im working. So i take it she wouldnt of even told me she wasnt going to turn up. Then i see she is on msn and she signed out quite quickly. I haven't done anything, i'm not bitchy and i am nice to her, so what is her problem? She doesn't admit to anything so i dont think talking to her about it would help. Should i just not bother with her? But i don't understand why she is acting like this towards me? I feel like she doesn't like me anymore.

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