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  • How to approach and talk to this girl in my spanish class?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    She's a freshman, I'm a sophomore. I need advice on this, I'm shy and so is she, she barely talks in class and so do I. She sits across the room, sometimes I notice her staring at me and when I stare back she looks away. And even when I look somewhere near her, I can still see her eyes lookin at me. I'm really shy when it comes to approaching girls, It's been 3 years since I had a girl. Sad, I know. I'm not bad looking at all, but it's my shyness that turns girls off. I need some advice on this. Thanks.
  • Is my girlfriend being rude?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    YESTERDAY, I asked my girlfriend if she had plans for this afternoon. She said "I don't think I do." So I asked her "I was gonna see if you wanted to come over and watch a movie with me." And she replied "I don't know, I'll see." Well...today went by...and she never texted or called me to let me know. WTF? Is she being rude, or should I not think anything about it? She is 18 and I am 22 btw.
  • I want this guy. It is not a question. :/..?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

  • How do I choose between a job and relationship?

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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    Here's the skinny: I have lived my whole life in one place, and then moved somewhere for grad school. My fiance and I have had a long-distance relationship for 5 years (8 hours apart, weekend visits about once a month). She has lived all over growing up and now has a stable job near her family. She has absolutely refused to move away from her family when it comes time for me to find a job. I'm about to get a PhD and want to make sure I take advantage of it. There are job opportunities around the country, but I have not really pursued them so that I can find something near home (we both are from the same area), even though it would be almost a step down from the work I have been doing. I recently found out that there is an opening basically with my name on that would greatly increase my skill set for the future, but it's here at my grad school. I am having to decide if it's worth staying here and working for another couple years with the hope I will be more marketable to get better jobs back home, or to move home without a job lined up so we can re-establish our relationship. Personally, I feel like I would benefit from keeping the job here, but my fiance has been with me for 5 years with the hope that I would be home, and I would feel terrible to lose her after all the loyalty she's shown me. I love her very much, but the career/relationship debate has been nagging us for several years now. Any advice? Thanks!
  • What does my ex want?

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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    Does my ex want me back? We broke up, during a few months before school ended, and it was pretty bad, we ignored each other. Towards the end we were pretty good, but after I asked her to drink with us, and we got into an argument, and argued, and I didn't call her until I sent her a text 3 months later to ask her how everything was. Which she ignored. So we never talked, until she recently got facebook, and she messaged me a few hours right after I added her, and she was trying to keep the conversation going. She was being friendly in the message, asking about me, and when I asked her what's up, she said she just wanted to say hi. And then we talked about stuff, and she brought up stuff from the past, that she remembered I was trying to be the chef, and if my hair was still the same color before. One of my friend who's a friend to her who didn't graduate cause she's 2 years younger, saw her, and they talked. And she said she really missed me, and was sorry about what she said to me, and so she asked my friend for my cell, and if I had text now. What does she really want? It's been a week and a half since I heard the story about her wanting my cell from my friend.
  • I'm anorexic and my ex best friend is super mad at me. what should I do?

    Friends - 6 hours ago

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  • GUYS: What does this mean?

    Friends - 6 hours ago

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    I have this guy I met at a sort of personhood activity(it's all about dealing with people, with the opposite sex, especially).During the activity, I asked for his friend's name, I just wanted to open a small talk that's why I asked. I don't like his friend. So he told me the name. He was my partner for the rest of the activities, and after the day, he asked for my number, so I thought he wanted to have connections, because he wants to be friends. Then for a day, we started texting each other and all. He asked me if he could give my number to his friend (the friend I asked the name), I said yes, I mean, that'd be really rude if I said no. Then he said okay, he'll give the number to the friend. And then he stopped texting me. When he went to our school with all his classmates, he didn't even tell me. I knew they were there because of my friend. So I asked him if they went to our school, he said yes. I just don't know why he didn't tell me. I mean...whatever. So, then just lately, I saw he added up my friends in Facebook, but he didn't add me. I have this thing that maybe he still can't find my profile. I texted him, I asked him if he had an account, but he didn't reply. No reply at all. Did I do something stupid? WHAT?
  • Girls how tall do you want a guy to be?

    Singles & Dating - 7 hours ago

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    We all know girls (at least in america) would almost always rather have a taller guy as a mate, and pretty much require they be at least their height, but my question is, is just around an inch and a half enough of a height difference? I mean for outgoing, hot girls that DO have options. I hate being just shy of 5'10" but always ALWAYS go for chicks that are like 5'8", meaning im an average height guy who likes girls quite a bit taller than average (although not runway model tall)... dunno those legs just kill me :) although 5'7" or 5'6" isnt a killer if it was the right girl, but im not sure girls are as forgiving in a guys height, for chicks in that height range, do you/can you find guys between 5'9" and 5'10" attractive? Would you rather date a guy that is 6 ft? 6'2" ?
  • Family Issues. Help? 10 Points for best answer...Sorry i'm skipping around a lot in my description.?

    Family - 7 hours ago

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    Ok so i am a 16 year old female and in the 11th grade. My parents have been married for 16 years also. So when i was in the sixth grade my dad called my sister and i upstairs. When we got there we saw my mom crying and i dad then told us that he had an affair with another woman about 5 years before an that we had another sister. I did not cry, my sister did. I thought that he was telling me, my mom, and my sister, but he was only telling us. He had told my mom when it happened. I immediately started to resent my mother. I just could and still can't understand how she can stay with him. It seems like since that day me and my mother have never been the same. I pretty my can't stand her. I just feel like she only wanted to stay with him to make us happy but i would much rather have them divorced and happy than together and arguing. My mother and i get in an argument seriously everyday and i has drained me mentally, and emotionally. When my dad hears her and i arguing he comes and starts yelling at me because he feels like i don't respect her. Everytime my dad goes to see my other sister; my mom gets worried and scared that he will have another affair with my sisters mom, and it makes me sick. He is always explaining to my mom that it is not my sisters fault so she has the right to see her father and also he does not have to pay child support. He always say "if i had to pay child support, we would not have this house and we would not be living the life we do because it would make us struggle even more." out of resentment i always take his side. But now i think i hate the man he has become because he is mean, has anger issues, and always thinks he right, and doesn't allow anyone to voice there opinions, but he swears up and down that he doesn't do that.. theres alot more to it but i don't feel like writing it....the only thing i want is for my mom to understand my feeling and for me to be able to talk to her about anything.
  • what do i do!? what do i do!?

    Singles & Dating - 7 hours ago

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    there is this guy i have been best friends with since the seventh grade, cody. we have secretly liked eachother these entire three years and we are now becoming a little flirty. we also have been hanging out at church functions and different things like that together. our friends joke around about how we belong together, and now he is finally asking me to the movies and stuff. everytime he asks im buisy but im thinking of hanging out with him over the thanksgiving break. ANY ADVICE? at all! about future relationship and/or first one on one date with him. anything you desire to type to me. it will help our a bunch. also, do i become completely flirty? will this ruin our friendship if it doesnt work out? AHHHH!
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Go glam for Halloween '09

Posted Tue, Oct 20, 2009
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Halloween(Dvira Ovadia)It's almost that time of year again when we rush and scramble to find our favourite Halloween costumes and fall holiday decorations for our homes.

This year's trends are perhaps less spooky and gory than previous years, and instead more fun and playful as we all strive to be glitzy and glam for Halloween. Celebrity costumes and decorating celebrity-style is at the peak of what's hot this year.

Remember that Halloween is not all about spooky eyes and dracula teeth. Going retro, disco and rockstar chic is just as acceptable and may even be more fun and uplifting for a change!

Decorate your home to suit the theme, put up a disco ball and bedazzle your pumpkins! In the passed few weeks I have come across many swanky and chic Halloween decorations. Pottery Barn was one of my favourites; I found silver pumpkins and fully bedazzled skulls. Putting a rock-star edge on this holiday can't be all that bad! The great thing about some of these decorations is that they can be used throughout the fall season and are not exclusive to the one holiday.

Here are some quick glam Halloween decorating tips: 

Halloween(Dvira Ovadia)1. Serve snacks and foods on inexpensive silver chargers and plastic silver platters.

2. Find silver and black napkins to continue the silver, grey and black theme.

3. Tie silver ribbons around your glasses or goblets.

4. Decorate your front porch with a disco ball, jewelled pumpkins and bedazzled skulls.

5. Glam up your ?typical' Halloween decorations by spray painting bones, spiders and other embellishments in silver.

Take that extra step to be bold and different this Halloween, you will certainly stand out from the neighborhood crowd and make quite a celebrity-style statement for Halloween 2009!

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