Sarah S

I have been dating this great guy for about 4 months now and I think I love him. But lately I've been feeling like things aren't the same between us. He lives an hour and a half away from me and has a six year old son so I only get to see him every other weekend. We talk most days but the conversation seems to have lagged a lot lately. I noticed on Twitter he was making plans to have drinks with another woman. I am a teacher and I start work next week so I'd prefer he just break it off now than wait until I'm back at work. This upcoming weekend is supposed to be an "us" weekend and he seems reluctant to commit to spending time together. He works two jobs and spends as much time as possible with his son so he may just want some downtime but I've just got this nagging feeling that something is up. I do suffer from anxiety though and tend to read too much into things. Thoughts? Advice?

So there's a guy I like who I think likes me back. We've been flirting for the past month or so and are definitely friends. On New Year's eve, things got a little crazy and we both got pretty drunk and wound up making out several times. I texted him the next afternoon and he responded and we were chatting but he all of a sudden stopped texting back. I don't want to appear needy but I also don't usually get drunk and make out with guys, so this is a weird situation for me. Advice?

I am an unemployed 29 year old female who is fairly addicted to world of warcraft. I lost my job last December and I live in the third poorest city in the country so jobs are not exactly plentiful. I lost my boyfriend in April and a friend suggested I play wow as a way to distract myself from all the things that were going wrong in my life. At first wow was great and gave me something to do each day to feel like I was accomplishing something. But now I feel like it has taken over my life. On a typical day I will play wow for 10 to 18 hours with short breaks for food. I have 3 level 80s and was raiding for four to six hours a night. I went to a craft fair recently for the weekend and being out with real people made me realize how much of my life has passed me by. So I simply haven't logged back in since returning 5 days ago. But now I am starting to be bored and lonely. Is there a way I can fill these hours without sitting here wanting to log on just to talk to other people? I guess the thing that hit the hardest was that no one from my guild called or e-mailed me when I simply didn't come back. It made me realize that these people might care but not very much. And I also realize that starting to see my addiction to wow much more clearly is a step in the right direction. But what now? I am trying to start my own business creating handcrafted jewelry and I try to keep that as a focus but after 6 to 8 hours of stringing beads and a few hours of cleaning or reading and I get pretty bored. I do not desire to get a pet at this time either.

Okay, way back when, I couldn't stand getting all those games' posts on my news feed so I clicked in the upper left hand corner to hide these posts. Now, a friend of mine got me into a game I had previously hid and now short of checking every other person's profile for information, I cannot interact with others. How do I unhide things in my news feed? This is driving me nuts! Thanks in advance!

Okay, I have two questions. The first is, how do I promote someone to be the manager of my at home business? And the second is how do I seel the robots my sims make? It doesn't seem to want to let me sell anything but the toy robots. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I just got a brand new computer for my birthday and it's lovely except that the DVD-ROM drive doesn't seem to be working quite right. It will read discs and install games but will not run the games once installed. When I double click on the icon to start games, the DVD-ROM doesn't even attempt to read the disc. For example, I double clicked a shortcut for a game I knew needed the disc to run but I also didn't put in. It never told me that the disc wasn't present or anything. What do I do? Please help!

I have a Blackberry 8300 and the battery keeps draining on it. I had a different battery that kept doing this so I bought a new one a few weeks ago. The new battery worked great at first. It was fully charged when I left for work this morning and now is on it's last bar and I haven't made any calls. Any ideas?

I have a 2004 Chevy Cavalier. About three weeks ago I was driving down the road when all of a sudden my car started misfiring. Not sure what the problem was, I got it to a mechanic the very next day. He told me it was the coil tower and it needed to be replaced. I found this odd because I just replaced that part back in February but I went ahead and did it. It continued to misfire and I kept taking it back. The mechanic told me the problem would clear up on its own. Last Friday, I was driving down the road and the car started making a strange sound and began stalling out while I was driving down the road. I had a different mechanic look at it first thing on Tuesday morning. One of my sparkplugs had exploded and blown a cylinder. So he put an insert into the cylinder and that seems to be holding just fine. However, it was still misfiring. He went ahead and replaced the coil tower without talking to me. When he told me, I told him that I already knew that wasn't the problem; it has been changed twice now over the last six months. He told me that either the car has an engine problem or an electrical one. Currently when driven, the car will misfire to varying degress, shudder a little bit while driving, and cause the check engine light to come on. These problems are intermittent and sometimes stop for a few days. Currently it is not dying while driving. He also told me he has no idea what could possibly be causing the problem. He wants 800 dollars to take my engine apart and look around so that then he can tell me what's wrong. I feel hesitant because I don't feel like he's telling me the whole story. I also asked him how much it would cost to rip this engine out and replace it. That was about 3000 dollars. Does this sound like an engine problem or electrical? My ex's good friend is an electrical wiz with cars (it's all his shop does, my ex and I are good friends) so I have someone who could find the problem if it is electrical (since I know a lot of regular mechanics really aren't so good with that). But I don't want to waste more money and time if the problem probably really is the engine. In normal circumstances, given how much this car is worth, I probably would junk it (which is probably what some of you are thinking right now) but I still owe another 7800 dollars on her. Also, I do have a friend who owns a used car dealership who would sell me a car at cost with a warranty (probably around 3500 dollars there). What direction do I go? I have to have a car to keep my job as I am a group home manager and need to be able to get here relatively quickly should an emergency come up. Otherwise I'd probably start riding the bus. Please, any good input would be greatly appreciated.

Hello. I have a 2004 Chevy Cavalier that has been acting up lately. It has been misfiring on and off. I took it in to the mechanic who said it was the coil pack. I found this odd as I had that replaced back in February. Anyway, I paid him to fix it, picked up the car, and started driving down the road. I got all of about two miles when the car was misfiring like crazy. I brought it right back to him. He hooked it up to the computer and said that it was water on the engine. He said if I just rev the engine in neutral at about 30 miles an hour when it's doing this, it'll clear up the misfiring. He said it could also be the sparkplugs. Now, I'm certainly no mechanic but this all sounds a little strange to me. At this point the check engine light is on and I'm getting misfires pretty regularly. The misfires are generally small ones and the car is managing down the road just fine. It's unlikely to be a transmission problem as I drive a standard. The oil was changed in the last 2 weeks as well with no concerns there. Any ideas?

I feel like I made a huge mistake last night. My boyfriend, whom I'll refer to as John, told me he wishes I'd be more honest about how I feel about him. So I kissed him, looked him straight in the eye, and told him I loved him. He said he knew. He told me that he grows more and more fond of me everyday but that he's confused about how he feels about me. We've been dating for a little over four months. I've dated a lot of jerks so I'm feeling a little insecure right now about standing on a ledge by myself. John is a great guy; the kind of guy I could see myself happily married to somewhere down the line (not that I'm ready for that with him at this point). I've always been told the guy should say "I love you" first because otherwise they get spooked and run. What was his purpose in pushing me to say it if he doesn't feel the same way? Any advice on how to best proceed to avoid damaging my relationship would be helpful. Thank you.

I just purchased "Tales of Symphonia; Dawn of the New World" for the Wii because I was told it was a great RPG for my boyfriend and I to play together. What wound up happening is that I spent an hour and a half watching him play. The box says it's for up to four players but the instruction manual says nothing about how to get another player to join. I have two remotes and nunchucks. At first it seemed reasonable to have only the one player because there was only 1 character to control but now there are two animals (a wolf and an imp) in the party. Is there a way to activate player 2? Do I need to wait for Marta? Please help, thanks.

I have a wonderful boyfriend who makes me very happy. He dotes on me constantly. He takes me out to dinner, to the movies, will help me with clothes shopping, plays volleyball (he doesn't like volleyball), and will spend hours with my friends just because he likes being around me. He writes me love letters and constantly tells me I'm beautiful. The only problem we have is that whenever we attempt to have sex he loses his erection. He is a very anxious person by nature and is very worried about his job these days. My best friend is telling me to dump him because apparently he's not that into me. His only basis is the lack of sex. Is his inability to perform really a lack of interest or could it legitimately be something else? Currently my boyfriend has an appointment with a psychiatrist to seek help with this and swears up and down he loves me and is attracted to me. Do I stay or do I go? Sex isn't that important to me but I feel I deserve better than someone who isn't attracted to me.

There is a co-worker I really like. I can't stop thinking about him, no matter how hard I try to distract myself. He knows I like him but has never said he's not interested. None of my co-workers can figure him out. He smiles and jokes around with me a lot. He tells me I'm very amusing. I really want a chance to get more one-on-one time with him but have no clue how to do it. He's quiet and shy and I believe being forward with him would scare him away, even if he really likes me. Our mutual friends say we'd be perfect together; some of them have known him for years and years. I know he wants a girlfriend too; he has told me outright that he is looking for miss right. I'm not usually one who gets focused on something for very long so this is starting to drive me batty. Any ideas?

There's a hot guy I work with and I melt whenever he comes around. I'm pretty shy around guys so when my friends found out, they pursued him for me. Now there's some complications- he has never said whether or not he's interested. I'm a supervisor, not his and there's no rule against dating him, and my job is all work and no play- leaving me little time to seek him out. He's a very shy, soft spoken guy but comes running to my aid whenever I need it, even if I already have plenty of other guys helping me out. I'm not a particularly pretty girl (although I'm not ugly either, just average) but my friends consider us about even in the looks department. He's been single for years, holding out for the right girl. However, no one knows what he's thinking. I feel awkward around him now. Did he just like this sudden attention or is there a chance he likes me? All he ever does is smile when people talk about me. He had a party over the summer and I got so drunk out of nervousness and left early. He still tells me three months later he was upset I left so early. He told my friends not to give me his number. Is he waiting for me to make a move? So confused but I need to figure this out before seeing him around the building in the morning. I have never been this forward with a guy in my life and I just want to hide. Please help... As a side note, he also told a friend he doesn't even believe I like him but I think I have set him straight on that now.

I currently work 3rd shift in a group home and I work 9+ hours per shift. I commute an hour both ways to get to work so I don't usually have a lot of spare time in a given day. What are some things I can do to keep tabs on my weight? I'm finding myself eating more and more unhealthy and exercising less and less. Any suggestions?

So here it is. I'm pretty sure I know the answer already but I guess maybe my heart needs to hear it from someone else. There's this guy, I'll call him Sam (not his real name). Sam is a divorcee (just over a year ago) and has two children. He also works full time as a contractor for the local power company. He often has to drive an hour or more just to get to his job site. He works long days and is very sleep dependent. He needs his 9 hours or more a night. He has his kids Thursday night until Monday morning. I work Friday at 11 pm until Tuesday at 6 am. I live an hour away.

He has lent me his brand new car because mine is currently not working. He has me drive his kids places, take them to school, etc. He has plenty of family who could help with this. Seeing him is tough. I often cut into his sleep. He almost lost his job this week. He says he has no time for a girlfriend but maybe someday. Do I run away or do I wait it out? I don't want to get played again...

My car is currently down and out. It's having some sort of electrical problem. So far the alternator, the serpentine belt, and a wire that somehow acts as a fuse have all been replaced. What I have been told is that the alternator is giving off too much power. I've been through three garages and no one seems to be able to find the problem. My car is a '94 Buick Century. It's in great shape overall but I've already thrown 400 dollars at it trying to fix it. I don't want to throw more money at it and hope it works. Any ideas?

I have been trying to install Heroes of Might and Magic V on my boyfriend's computer. He meets the system requirements. However, now the computer will get up to the password screen for logging on and will just keep restarting. It will boot in safe mode and I have uninstalled the game but it still seems to be doing it. Why is it doing it and how do I fix it?

I have been dieting and upping my exercise lately. I currently weigh about 230 pounds and am 5'3". I was up at 260 pounds within the last year. I did weight watchers and had some success but I would always forget the slider thing to calculate points and trying to do the core program where there were foods I couldn't have was impossible for me. So I did a little research and found that to maintain my weight I should eat 2300 calories. I've been eating between 1500 calories and 1800 calories and feel fine with it. I don't feel deprived in any way or hungry. I've also started working out 3 to 5 times a week and feel fine with that too. I'm not sore most of the time and the days I do feel sore I take a day off and soak in a tub of epsom salt. Sometimes I even take two days off. I've been doing this for about three weeks and have been losing 3 to 5 pounds a week. Is this healthy? I'm thrilled with the results but am worried it's too drastic and could cause health problems.

I'm 27 years old and I live in the middle of nowhere. I have two bachelors degrees, one in philosophy and one in vocal performance with three minors in sociology, psychology, and English, and successfully work two jobs. I had been seeing this guy who is in the middle of a divorce but he turned out to be a jerk. Problem is he's the first guy I had even met in about 8 or 9 months. The guy I dated before him leached money like crazy off of me, didn't bother to work, wouldn't help with housework, and broke my truck down with his "automotive know-how" so many times I had to junk it. Before him, it had been years. I'm okay with being single, I find it somewhat easier but I'm getting to a point in life where all of my friends are settling down, getting married, etc. I'd like to do the same but have no clue where to even meet someone where there is nowhere to go besides bars, which I am against. Any ideas so I can maybe feel like I have choices and stop settling for losers?