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A club at my school's holding elections for offices two weeks from now, and I'm. I know that I am going to lose because the other person running is a year above me and has more experience, as well as is more outgoing, and I'm totally fine with that. However, I still end up feeling "defeated" whenever I lose something that is like a competition, such as this election. Do you all have any tips on how to take this competition thing less seriously as well as to be a better sport to the winner? Thank you.

I'm just looking for a few horror franchise recommendations along the lines of Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th. Any recommendations would be appreciated!

I'm a senior in high school and I was thinking about talking with this girl that hangs out by herself in the morning. I'm kind of awkward and a little clumsy but nothing terrible. How would I approach her without being seen as some creep? Also, any tips on how to keep the convo going would be nice as well.

Hi, we just got a modem set up in our house so we can connect to the internet. However, the one we got has only one Cat-5 port and we need at least two. We need one to ground a large computer and one for the router.

Before I buy another modem, is there anyway to get around this issue? (I was thinking some adapter that would go in the Cat 5 slot and branched off into two Cat 5 slots).

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Hi. Here's my issue: I've been in a relationship with a girl (Let's call her Mary) I've met online for about 10 months (Who lives about 10 states away from me). Everything went well; we go on video chat often and have a lot of things in common. There's one thing, however, that is straining our relationship.

It takes no doctor to notice that Mary is suffering through depression, but her family seems to be obliviost to it. It started when she would get sad when we talked together, and I always offered to talk about it with her. Occasionally we would, but most of the times she would not want to, which probably ended up making her feel worse. I suggested she write a journal about what's bothering her, but she refuses to do it after the first day of it.

After, I started nagging her about consulting her parents and discussing the option of therapy, and after she finally mustered the courage to do it (I know it's tough, I've been through a similar situation) her mother responded with "Oh, you don't need therapy. It's all going to get better."

After that, I suggested she tell her guidance counselor about the problem. She did so and the counselor called up home, suggesting that Mary should attend therapy over the summer (School.for her ends in 8 school days). Her mom, who was on the other end, said "Oh sure, I'll take her" but I dunno if she'll actually keep her word. From what I've heard, her mother seems indifferent towards her struggles.

Now, her sadness fits are just getting worse, and she continuously calls herself "ugly" and "a failure" and the likes and she doesn't believe my reassurance. Today, she got mad for no reason and only talked in two words at a time (i.e. "I'm fine" "Okay I guess" etc) which obviously shows that she's upset. I asked her several times what was wrong so we could discuss how to deal with it, but she refuses to.

It's really stressing me out as a result. One part of me wants to just break up with her and free myself from the relationship, but I know that doing so would devastate her. I really do love her, but I don't really know what to do now. Any advice would be appreciated.

TL;DR: My online girlfriend is depressed and nothing I do helps her. Her mom is reluctant to take her to therapy for some reason, and I don't know what to do from here.

Here's the predicament: I'm on a small tennis team for phys ed. We are by no means atheletes, and we lose pretty much every game. That by itself doesn't bother me, since I couldn't care less about Phys. Ed.

What does is how I react. I get really angry sometimes when the team we face mocks us for being so bad. Today, I was angry because we were losing, and I just placed the ball right next to the net so the other people would have to walk up and get it. They just started to laugh at me and my teammates were angry at me. It was a stupid thing to do, and I regretted it right after I did it, but I couldn't help it.

Now I'm mildly depressed and regretting being such a bad sport, but I don't know how to stop actiing impulsively when my emotions get in the way. Do you guys have any tips to pretty much put this issue as "water under the bridge" and not get so angry over this dumb sport? I'm not asking for a miracle cure, but anything would be appreciated.

I live with a big scumbag of a stepbrother (He's 17). He smokes, drinks, does marijuana, gets in trouble with the police, steals stuff, and bullies others. He also invites his douchebag friends over when my stepmom isn't home. My stepmom (his mother) knows this is going on but gave up on trying to make a decent human being out of him. Absolutely no idea I can think of (other than having him sent to boot camp) will change anything. Ideas on how to cope with this?