Jasmine N

I can't tell if I'm spotting or on my period. If it is my period, it's about a week and a half early. It seems too heavy for spotting but too light for my regular period. I didn't get cramps like I normally do, but I did get a little bit of a break out (not as much as usual). Any ideas?

Really hoping it's just spotting- I'm getting married May 25th. Don't really want to deal with that on the wedding night, especially since it will be mine and my husband-to-be's first time...

I was very close to a guy-friend through out most of high school. I admit having romantic feelings for him from time to time, and though he never admitted it, I think he felt the same way. Many people thought the same, and I was told by multiple people that we would end up together. I truly believed for a long time that was going to happen. However, he wasn't willing to make a commitment just yet and took for granted that I was going to wait for him and pretty much walked all over me. I got tired of being on the sidelines and found someone else. Him and I are very happy together and talk about getting married, but my "friend" pretty much dropped me like a hot potato within a month of me starting to date someone else, despite my efforts to get him to remain friends.

The other night I dreamed that my family was making me marry my ex-friend. We would start the wedding, then something would happen (like someone would trip), and we would have to start over. I was very confused the whole time and was trying to make sense of it all, when I finally asked my friend, "Is this what you really want?" He said, "Well, it's not the way I wanted to happen, but yeah." "But you're not (my boyfriend's name)..." That was pretty much the end of it. Any explanations?

Up until this last year, I have rarely had any memorable dreams. In the last week or so, I have been having dreams where I can't breathe. I usually stop breathing,then begin to panic for a few moments. I'll start breathing again, only to stop once again. All three times this dream has occurred have been when I fall asleep watching tv with my boyfriend. I usually sleep more soundly with him than I do any other time (I've also been going through bouts of insomnia this last year), so, to me, that makes these dreams even more strange. I just got a promotion at work, and I think maybe the stress from that could have something to do with that, though I am very happy with my new job. Any ideas?

I'm looking at Sprint phones online to replace my current phone. My parents don't want to get internet on our phones, so I wanted to know if internet was optional on an LG Optimus S? My brother said that you had to have it and I'm not sure if it's true.

Through out this school year, my best friend "Andrew" (changed name) became severly depressed, which stemmed into anorexia. I only saw the anorexia at first, as he was better able to hide the depression, but once I did see it, I was immediately concerned. I think I may have even been in denial. He went from a funny, goofy, musically talented kid who love being with everyone, to a cold, withdrawn person I hardly knew. I was pretty much the only one from our youth group that he wanted to hang out with. His parents were in the same boat I started out in; they started to see the anorexia (long after it started), but never saw the depression. Our youth minister tried to talk to them, but all they did was make vague threats about putting him in the hospital if he didn't gain some weight.

His depression finally go to the point that he was nearly suicidal. The only thing that held him back from it on one occasion was he was afraid he would go to Hell if he actually did it. Finally, after one really bad night of his depression, my friend "Shelly" (another changed name) and I decided to take matters into our own hands; we called our youth minister and told him Andrew was contemplating suicide. Our youth minister immediately called Andrew's parents, and the next day, they got him started on anti-depressants and he's started seeing a counselor.It's been about 5 weeks now and things are so much better. He's coming back to where he used to be, and we are together all the time.

All this leads up to my question: Why did he get mad at Shelly for "turning him in", but not me? He immediately knew it was her that called our youth minister, but he only suspected me. I went to his house that night and told him my reasons, that I loved him and couldn't watch this happen anymore. We've been fine since, closer than ever actually. I'm the one he comes to whenever his depression starts to get bad again and he needs some help, whether he needs to talk it out or just needs someone to lean on for awhile (I can also usually tell exactly what he needs). But he wouldn't talk to Shelly for a month and coldly ignored any attempts she made at contact. Things are getting better, especially as his depression has lifted, but I'm still wondering: Why do you think he had these different responses to us?

This guy started going to my church youth group about a year ago, and we've gotten to be pretty good friends. A few months ago, after a group trip, my youth minister told my mom that he had seen the two of us talking and he would be really happy if we started dating. This is a HUGE deal, because my youth minister is totally against dating in the youth group. I ignored the advice at the time, because I really didn't feel that way about the guy. But now a bunch of the kids from the youth group are really pushing for us to date, as well. I don't think I really feel that way about him, but he IS pretty much exactly what I'm looking for in a guy. He's really nice and funny, has a great sense of humor and is a christian; he wants to go to college to be a youth minster. Everyone seems to think we would be a great match. Should I give him chance, even though I'm not sure how I feel about him?

So, the last week I was watching this comedian and he got onto what different hugs meant coming from chicks. You know, arm around the neck, you really like him. Side hug, you just want to hurry up and get it over with, stuff like that. Afterward, my friend and I were talking, and we realized he was totally right.Then the other night, a guy gave me a side hug (for no reason), and it got me thinking... Do they mean the same thing with guys? Just curious. I figured if it was so thought out with girls, do guys think it out that much?

He's got my head spinning and I'm so confused! I've known him for about 3 years, but we only see each other a couple weeks during the summer at camp. We actually went to camp together longer than that, but we didn't really talk to each other until my first time at MAD camp 3 years ago. We've been friends and nothing more than that.

Then this year, he started acting kind of weird. We were in the same family group our first week of camp, and during family times, he would joke around with me a lot, which was nothing new. It was the 2nd week he started acting odd. He was jr. faculty (he's a year older than me) and I was doing my last year as a camper at MAD camp. The first night, He comes up to me and says he missed me SO much (joking, cuz it had only been 2 days), but then he hugs me, with 1 leg wrapped around me and tells me he loves me. Umm...yeah, a little confused. He says that to a lot of people, but never to me. Especially the weird hug. I'm just, Love you too, (insert name).

It's something about time apart makes the heart grow fonder, or something like that, but it has better wording. I was trying to think of it today because of my 15 month old cousin. I've spent the last 2 weeks at camp, and I was afraid when I got back he wouldn't want anything to do with me. But while he was watching Elmo, he kept smiling at me, and hugging me. Then while he was watching TeleTubbies, I decided to do the dance routines I learned last week as a work out. But I'd get about half way through and he would run up to me and start reaching up for me to hold him. Anyway, I was just wondering.

So, for my cousin's graduation party, I'm making a video out of pictures of him growing up, using PhotoStory 3. I know the second song I'm planning on using is "Those Nights," by Skillet. But I need a song to use in the begining. I'd like a slower song, for when he was a baby and toddler, stuff like that. Got any ideas? I'll take most genres, but I'd prefer something that isn't really old

So I'm going to Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri this weekend. What rides do I HAVE to ride? I'm willing to ride just about anything, the bigger the better. And what rides are really lame, so I know not to even bother with them?

So, A.'s at it again, only with a different friend of ours, C. Everybody is saying they are going out, but they're not. People are saying that because A. told one of his stupid friends he was going to ask C. out, but I don't know if she knows that why people are saying that. So, 2 questions. By telling me he was going to ask her out, did he want me to tell her? Number 2, should I tell her, regardless of what he wanted?

Leave a note on the toilet paper of the next public bathroom you use for the next person to read. What are you going to write?

Lately, my wrist has been aching, the side my palm is on. I chipped the other side about 9 years ago, when I was 6. It's never given me any problems since the initial break. But lately, it's just been aching for no reason. My mom was afraid it was carpal tunnel (my dad has it), but I just did a little research, and the symptoms don't really match up. It said something about it usually starting in the fingers, usually numbness or tingling. The only thing close that I have is sometimes my fingers will start hurting too, if my wrist has been aching for awhile. Does anybody have any other suggestions as to what's going on here?

So, we've got a kitten, Stewie. We're not sure on his exact age 'cuz we found him outside and had to tame him down, but we've had him since August. Anyway, we know that he's recently aaaa... gone through puberty. We want to get him fixed before he starts spraying, plus there are other male cats outside and he's already gotten in at least one fight. So anyway, about how much is it going to cost to have Stewie neutared? Just so we'll know how much we need to put aside for that. Thanks for the help.

I know people ask these types of questions all the time, but I went through a bunch and just could't find one that really helped. So I'm turning 15 next week and I really can't figure out what to do. It's too cold to do anything outdoors and my house is too small to throw a party inside. In previous years, I've done a spa day, stayed in a hotel, and went to a concert with 2 or 3 close friends. I WAS going to go to a concert again, but our youth group might be going, so we'd go with them and it wouldn't really be a party. (If we decide not to go to the concert as a youth group, that's probably what I'll do.) My friends say they liked the spa day thing, but I do that like every other month anyway, so it's not really special, I'll just have two friends there too. So, I guess I COULD do that as a last resort, but that's exactly what I want it to be... a last resort. So, any other ideas? Please help!

It's a worship song. The verses are the same as Amazing Grace, with a different rhythm and the chorus inbetween is different. I know the lyrics. The chorus is:

"Halleluia, Grace like rain, falls down on me.

Halleluia, all my stains are washed away, are washed away."

By the way, "stains" might be "sins", I'm not sure. What's the title and who sings it? We are singing it in our youth worship the Sunday after next from now and I need to work out the harmony. Thanks so much.

I just installed the Sims2 University, but it refuses to open past the first page (You know the one that shows the symbol from the last Sims game installed). It pops for a few seconds and the computer sounds like it's doing something, but then that little screen goes away and it just stays at the desktop and does nothing. I've tried opening from the Cd Drive and the start menu as well and nothing happens beyond what was happening before. I have unistalled, then reinstalled University a few times, then unistalled the University, Seasons, and the Sims2, then reinstalled, and it's still not working!!! HELP!!! I've contacted EA Technical Support but they may not be able to help me until later. Does someone here have any advice?

I've got two trips coming up this summer and I need to make some money. Since I'm only 15 and I live in a smaller town without a lot of businesses, babysitting is pretty much my only choice. But people always have flyers up offering to babysit so I'm not sure flyers would be all that effective. What are some other ways to get word around that I'm willing to babysit? I've got some experience with my younger cousins however, one is in kindergarden, a second in daycare, and the third stays with our grandparents whenever my aunt has to work so they're aren't really options. What to do?

I'm trying to reinstall the Sims2 on my computer but it keeps telling me

"A problem occured when trying to transfer the file TSData/Res/Sims3D/Sims09.package from the media. Do you want to retry to copy the file, or cancell the installation?"

The first time I tried, I retried a few times, then cancelled and started over. Now it's doing it again. I've retried a few times. The percentage installed keeps going up (slowly) even though it's having this problem transfering and it's at 48% so I really don't want to start over. But I doubt it's going to finish if it's having this problem. Can someone tell me what's going on and how to fix it?