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My girlfriend has been looking months for a book she read back in 2009-2010 that she loved. I want to find it and give it to her as a birthday present. Here are the details I know.

A girl lives at an inn that her family owns in the middle of nowhere. A male vampire comes to the inn one winter, and she falls in love with him. He sucks her blood several times, and kills her in the spring before the snow has melted.

From what I have gathered, it seems similar to "Let The Right One In" by John Ajvide Lindqvist, and even more so to "Look for Me by " Mary Downing Hahn.

My, it's been awhile since I've used Yahoo! Answers, things have changed!

Hi, I'm looking for a girl who wants to text whenever either of us are bored or we need to talk to someone outside of our usual social circles. Kind of like a penpal, except it's more immediate I suppose. I'd prefer an age range from 16-25 just so we have similiar interests and topics we can talk about. Let me lay a few ground rules so you can decide if you're still interested:

1. I'm not looking for a relationship right now. I'm also not looking for a hook-up. Don't expect either from becoming my texting buddy. However, if things hit off well and we remain good friends for a long time, I wouldn't rule out the possibility. Don't put hope into though.

2. We don't give each other our addresses or try to meet up. (The exception being that we become very good friends and decide to hang out together in the fairly distance future - earliest being many, many months from now)

3. We don't give our full names, just our first name, or whatever alias you wish. I'd prefer a first name or nickname, it keeps things simple. I don't want to exchange Facebooks or anything else.

4. We can talk about anything at all (except for specific location and such). It can be innocent. It can be sexual. It can be full-out goofy. The point is to have someone to talk to about anything when we usually can't talk about these things with other people we know.

A very quick snippet about myself:

1. I am a freshmen in college (Engineering major)

2. I enjoy playing music (bass guitar is now my main instrument)

3. I'm typically a pretty introverted guy; hence why I enjoy having a text buddy :)

If you are interested, you have a few options: You can leave your phone number in your answer. You could send your phone number to my email. Or your could just shoot me an email with your email, and we could be e-buddies and decide after that :) Your call. Either way, I appreciate if you at least post an answer here so I can see if anyone is interested. As for my email address, reach me here:

absfinatic@gmail.com

"abs" being a reference to one of my favorite websites, not actual abs lol. And I'm aware "finatic" is spelled incorrectly, that was totally my fault. XD Thanks for your time!

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It's been a few years since I've been on here. Please bare through the wordiness of my questions, I like to make sure I convey my thoughts as accurately as possible.

The shower is my favorite place to think; it's amazing how so much thought can begin in a poorly-lit tub with the mind-numbing sound of water constantly running. It's here I've began almost every morning for years thinking of the day ahead of me, what problems I have, my future, etc. My life's pretty great now, I no longer think of things I greatly desire to be happy, because I'm pretty much a constantly happy person now :) The shower thoughts must continue though; lately I've mentally focused on my relationship. Let's call my girlfriend 'J' for the remainder of this question. 'J' is very down-to-earth and simple, her beliefs are almost identical to mine, she's pretty, funny, smart, unbelievably talented, is pretty much everything I love about my mother, and I've hit gold if I've found someone who can do all the things my mother can and then some!

We've been together for over a year now, and I'm thoroughly convinced I will marry this woman after college, she's truly amazing. Her parents love me, my parents love her, and they all think the same: we're made for each other. So what's my problem? Lol, it's not even a problem to me now, but it's certainly something I will need to work out with her eventually. Certainly you don't hear enough about sexually-confused couples on this website, so allow me to add another story to your very small collection ;) 'J' and I are very comfortable with each other physically, we each greatly respect each other's boundaries. To my understanding, we've been to 2nd base and have stuck here for a few months, and I'm happy with this. However, I could tell that further progression was going to be an issue, and I've been reluctant to tread in this direction because it would involve a lot of effort and time, but she's worth every second and amount of energy I dedicate.

-Note- I've been on every base at some point with other girls, sexuality isn't completely foreign and new to me. A girlfriend who's as easy to figure out as me and everything I've ever wanted is what's alien and bizarre to me.

I'd like to go to 3rd with 'J' within the next couple of months if possible. 4th can wait till near or after marriage. The issue (that I just talked with her today about) is that she is quite scared to progress and have any physical activity from the waist down. Why? Several reasons: 1- She's convinced that she could not stop herself from continuing to 4th base if we went to 3rd base. 2- She's terrified she would get pregnant because of #1. 3- She doesn't want anyone to find out about going to 3rd and definitely not 4th.

This is how I addressed the issues with her: 1- Although I would greatly enjoy intercourse, I have a ton of will power when it is something that serious to her. I know from experience that I can resist sexual temptation, even if it's only literally a thrust away; I do not doubt my abilities in this area. 2- If I am true with my response to #1, this is not an issue. 3- I'm not one to blab, and we're very secretive and discreet with our physical relationship now, no one knows about it now and certainly wouldn't know about it unless 'J' talked about it herself with other people, which would then make it clear that she's not concerned.

Her response 1- She's skeptical I could but reluctantly admitted I was probably correct. She will not believe she could though, which still inhibits our progress. 2- Still a problem because of #1. We didn't have a chance to discuss #3 again.

MY QUESTION/PROBLEM, to summarize all of my rambling here, is this: How can I put my girlfriend to easy so she will not let her fear of intercourse inhibit the physical/emotional progression of our relationship? I ask the same question again, but how to easy her about other people finding out about our sexual activity?

I respect her fears of this, but at the same time, it's important to me AND her that our relationship continue to naturally progress; it's ok, safe, and encouraged to explore her sexuality. I know she will greatly enjoy it I can help bring her mental barriers down.

Thanks for the time and effort you put into this question. I know quality answers come from those who put the time and effort to read such long texts, and I greatly appreciate it!

My girlfriend is a very sweet and innocent person, she's cute, kind, and I like her because she is a wonderful friend. Between us, we seem like good friends, but we're so (family-oriented, politically correct, strictly friends). But she is also very busy all the time and we can only hang out together maybe once or twice every two weeks. It's taken me 2 months to give her a kiss because she feels very uncomfortable doing anything physically suggestive at all, which makes me one unhappy camper. :( Physical intimacy is a huge part of a relationship to me, not just sex, but hugs, holding hands, kisses are very important to me. I can tell from the way this is going that things are going to be slow , uneventful, and not enjoyable for me in this department.

My best friend, who is a girl, I was interested in for a long while. She is also very cute, very funny, and a sweet and wonderful person to me. I can definitely be myself around her. And she is also big into physical intimacy, just as I am. She is not interested in a relationship; she is, however, interested in being best friends with benefits, (those being the hugs/kisses/sex/etc) With those things I'd be very pleased. Also, I'd be able to see her more often, and I believe she is more of a match for me.

The conflict is that my best friend would want to see how things would be between us friendship-wise if we started to do this. I don't want to do this while dating my girlfriend, because I feel like a hypocrite and jackbutt in every sense if I were to cheat on her. Here are the options I have:

A: I stick with my girlfriend, and remain a unhappy camper. (I'm unhappy, so is my best friend because she hates when I'm unhappy)

B: I can end our relationship and have a "test run" with my best friend. Which will either:

1- Turn out great and we'll be happy as best friends with benefits (Best for me)

or

2- She decides that it makes things weird and she wishes to just remain best friends (Everyone's unhappy)

OR STILL

But I feel bad about these options...:

C: I could secretly do this "test run" with my best friend, and

1- My best friend likes it, I break up with my girlfriend because I'm not good enough for her, and my best friend and I become BFwB

or

2- My best friend isn't satisfied, and I do whatever I feel is best from there on out.

I see no light at the end of the tunnel with my girlfriend, and I know someone might come along later in my life. I know I'd be very happy with my best friend if it worked itself out.

The "right" thing to do is A, but I am unhappy. The potentially good for me, but hard and jerk-like of me to do is B. And C is the sly, shameful, but secretive thing to do, and I'm confident that this would not leave the bedroom if we tried it.

I personally hope for B; I'd do C if I didn't have a conscience, and A will leave me miserable and I'd probably leave her anyway later down the road.

My question is, A, B, or C?

My friend has lost the AC power cable to his guitar processor, and we have searched for a replacement at Radio Shack and several music stores, but we found nothing. It's a strange wire, because one end goes into a wall, and the other is the same as an male S-Video plug. An employee at Radio Shack explained how that was impossible, but I showed the processor, and then they said it was the strangest thing they've seen in awhile. My friend doesn't want to buy a new set, so is there any way we could make one out of bits and piece we buy at Radio shack or something?

I've searched everywhere on the web for a [bass/piano] [tab/cover] of the above stated song. Can anyone find any of these for free or to be bought?

I need to access my router settings, but it refuses to log in with my Username and password, OR the default username and password.

I type in 192.168.1.1 into my address bar and it sends me to the correct page to view what connections I have on my router currently, but when I try to access any of the other links on the page, such as Security or Status, it asks me for my Username and Password. I enter them in, and hit OK or I hit Enter, and the window flashes once, and erases what I enter. It will repeat this no matter how many times I try this. On Internet Explorer, after 3 or so clicks it will redirect me to a page saying

" 401 Unauthorized

Authorization required for the URL '/cgi-bin/webcm?getpage=../html/quick_setup.html'. "

I have tried to access this on Firefox, and Internet Explorer (with and without add-ons), but I have had no more luck.

Please help me log in correctly.

I'm not really sure how speed works through computers, but I think I have some basic knowledge. However, I'm asking for your advice on this issue. For every connection in our house, all wireless connections are 54mbps, and all wired connections are 100 mbps. I understand that mbps are megabits, not megabytes. But I'm confused as to why they don't have any better connections, when I'm pretty certain we pay for a good connection. We currently have 4 Ethernet connections, and 3 wireless connections in our house, but they all peak there, so it makes me think we are paying for more than what we are actually using.

I just bought a wireless adapter yesterday, saying it can reach up to 300 mbps, so I thought that would increase the peak height of my wireless connection on whatever computer I choose, at least to 100 mbps in case that is a universal peak for all of our computers. But it still reads 54 mbps.

So I'm going to make some random guess and say that it's our router that's limiting our connection to each computer, and not the receivers on the computers themselves, or the connection we are paying for. If I wanted to increase my peak connection on my computers, would I need a new router or something? We are currently using a Verizon Actiontec DSL Modem/Router thing.

Like I said, I don't really know much about internet connections, and if you don't understand what I'm saying or asking, I apologize, I just want to increase the connection speeds of my computers to utilize all the speed we are paying for, so wired connections should be more than 100 mbps, and wireless connections should be more than 54 mbps. Thanks in advance.

Oh, and I'd appreciate if you could explain to me how internet connection things like this work, too. Thanks.

Could someone please go over my conversation I've typed up? Please note, I am in an overall basic Spanish class, so not all structure are exactly perfect, but the general idea should be there, so major changes regarding new verbs or complete different structuring of sentences that involve a higher level of knowledge of the language isn't exactly the best help since I need to understand this before I can move on to more complex skills in the language. So spelling, punctuation, grammar, structure revisions, etc. are good to point out, but nothing major please. Thank you.

Also, I included the English draft I thought up as I went along, but since I'm more limited in Spanish knowledge, if their is a difference between the two, I would like to stick to the Spanish version of my conversation more than the English.

Words/phrases in brackets mean they are implied because I have not been taught to incorporate these things into my conversation. Please refrain from correcting these if they do not match between conversations.

English Version:

Carlos: Jesús, what a surprise! Why are you at the airport?

Jesús: Carlos! I am at the airport because I am taking a trip.

Carlos: Yes, I see. Where are you going?

Jesús: I'm taking a flight to Chicago, Illinois in the United States.

Carlos: You've passed the security check, no?

Jesús: Yes, and an agent checked my passport and my ticket.

Carlos: Very good! My flight [just] landed. I am here to visit a friend.

Jesús: Where did your flight take off from?

Carlos: My flight took off from the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Managua, [Venezuela].

Jesús: Ah, yes. [Now] you have to reclaim your luggage at the luggage claim. See you later, Carlos!

Carlos: Thank you. See you later, Jesús.

Spanish Version:

Carlos: ¡Jesús, qué sorpresa! ¿Por qué estás en el aeropuerto?

Jesús: ¡Carlos! Estoy en el aeropuerto porque estoy haciendo un viaje.

Carlos: Ah, sí. ¿Adónde vas?

Jesús: Tomando un vuelo a Chicago, Illinois de los Estados Unidos.

Carlos: Pasante por el control de seguridad, ¿no?

Jesús: Sí, y una agente revisó mi pasaporte y mi boleto.

Carlos: ¡Muy bien! Mi vuelo aterrizó. Estoy aquí para visitar a un amigo.

Jesús: ¿De dónde despegó tu vuelo?

Carlos: Mi vuelo despegó del

Jesús: Ah, sí. Tienes que reclamar tu equipaje al reclamo de equipaje. ¡Hasta luego Carlos!

Carlos: Gracias. ¡Hasta luego, Jesús!

Thanks a bunch in advance.

Hello, I am currently a Sophomore enrolled in high school in southern Illinois. I love to learn new things and to push myself to learn more about what I enjoy, such as mathematics, sciences, history, music, etc. I enjoy reading books, and I give the extra effort to check and correct my grammar to the best of my knowledge in most things I do, such as this question. I'd like to think that I am one of the most intelligent students amongst my peers in my class. But I don't want to just brag about this, that's not what I'm here for. I came to ask for advice and guidance from you, fellow Yahoo! Answers users.

I'm interested in the idea of being home schooled. I have friends who were home schooled; they agree that it was much better than the public school we are all attending now. They never really explain the technical things like what exactly they had to study, when it had to be done, if they did it themselves, or if their parents had to teach them. I have tried to read some articles about it on the internet, and it appears to show that home schooled students tend to score higher on SAT and ACT tests than those who attend public school. I can believe that, since these friends of mine are the top students in my class, and are having even been allowed to take Pre-Calculus, which normally only available to Juniors.

However, I've also read that the parents have to be greatly involved in ones education if they are being home schooled, but I'm not entirely sure of everything they must do. Even if I were to decide if I would like to be home schooled or not, I'm not sure the opportunity would be available to me. My father works from 8 am to as late as 6 pm to 7 pm. My mother stays home for the most part, but she is often busy running errands, or doing chores around the house during the day to do much more. I doubt she would be willing to give her time to have be home schooled if there is already public school to attend, regardless of test scores or other positive reasons to change.

On a side note, my brother has many issues such as ADD and dyslexia he has to deal with. I have not read anything on this issue, but would home schooling be beneficial, or otherwise, more effective than public school because of this? He gets in trouble a lot at school, and my mom already spends countless hours a day with him assisting him with his homework.

So, in conclusion, or if this was too long to read and you skipped to this paragraph, here are my actual questions that I would like answers to: What is home schooling like? What do you have to do if you are home schooled? What kind of schedule is it necessary to work by? How exactly is a parent involved in home schooling? How demanding is it from the student(s) and the parent? Would it be beneficial to choose home schooling for an adolescent child with ADD to be home schooled compared to public school?

All these answers will be greatly appreciated, and please feel free to explain more about it. Thank you.

Here's the story behind me. I was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. My parents, being so kind and caring, have put me through several surgeries to correct it, and it's gone a long way. I'm very happy with what it is now compared to what it could have been. But it still causes me problems. I still have trouble with speech (Not terrible, just a little bit of trouble), and of course, I still will never look like a normal person 100%; it's just not possible.

I'm told to be the nicest person at our school, and by all my relatives and friends. I'm very thoughtful, caring, understanding, etc. and I have to admit some of the influence comes from how people treated me in preschool. I used to be teased and made fun of a lot for how I looked. But I swore to myself I would never do the same to others. And I guess I'm sort of happy (in a weird way) I was treated somewhat poorly by kids when I was younger, otherwise, I might not be as nice as I am now.

So, why is this in Singles and Dating? Because all I truly want is a girl. And I don't think I'm the stereotypical, "tap it and leave" guy people imagine teenage boys to be. I'm really interested in meeting a sweet, wonderful, loving girl to be with, spend time together. But I want to be more than friends in the sense that I like cuddling, kissing, etc. But I would never push the bar and ask for sex. We're all too young for that at my age. And girls I know tell me all the time, they'd love to be with a sweet, caring, romantic guy, and that looks are not so important when they decide if they want to be with someone.

So then it should have been fairly easy for me to show a girl how wonderful I would be to them, and make them a princess, right? Prove that I was going to treat them right, and love them? Oh, if I only had such luck.... :(

My only girlfriend I've had left me after exactly 2 months in December. She apparently just wanted to be friends. And after a long time of thinking over why she would suddenly have this change of heart, I realized that she had never actually told me she liked me. And everyone else who told me she did admitted to me that they had never actually said that, she had only told them I was a very sweet wonderful guy. Well, I moved on. I tried to think nothing of it.

I was introduced to a very cute, nice girl my friend new. We had not met yet, and we were texting. She told me friend how "extremely nice" I was. My friend was positive she liked me by other things she said. When the question of who she liked popped up in a conversation between us, she was very vague, and mysterious about it, when she would have normally been open about just about any other subject. More confirmation it could be me. Then she asks me to meet her at a basketball game. We met; the moment she saw me, her smile went away a little bit. And she never said a word to me. She talked to my friend the entire time. Then she never texted me again since then. Feeling like I had to say something, I sent a long message explaining I was confused why she behaved that way, and I told her I liked her. She replied, telling me she did not feel the same.

Later, my friend found out she didn't like me anymore because of the way I looked. And this hasn't been the only time I found this out. I've tried to pursue a serious relationship with 4 other girls besides this one and my ex-girlfriend. 3 out of the 4 I found out, changed their minds because of how I looked.

Now, my confidence has finally hit rock bottom. I've been horribly depressed for about a year and three months now; it was only interrupted being with my ex-girlfriend. Before that, I was miserable, and now I've returned to the same state, but now I don't think I'll be leaving it. I'm sickened by how these girls have pulled a 180 about wanting to be with a nice guy, looks not being important. And they weren't girls that you would expect to do that. They have been very good girls who are true to their word; except this. I'm convinced I will never be with a girl. No girl deserves the love I could show them if this is how I am treated. So I think I am going to forget about ever being in a relationship, even though it is the only thing that makes me happy no matter what kind of day I might be having. Everything else just isn't quite as good, and doesn't keep me happy, but I see no other choice.

Girls, I'm posting a picture of myself. Please tell me (BE HONEST) if I'm really just too ugly or something, or what the heck is wrong with me, that makes 6 girls not like me anymore, when all of them were convinced that I was the nicest, sweetest person they knew.

Also, for the rest of my body, I'm on the skinny side, average build, etc. It's really just my face that would have any problems : /

TL;DR

Really nice guy loses possible girlfriends because he's is ugly or somethin

Directed to girls.

I'm 16, I feel that I am very mature for my age. I'm a kind, thoughtful, reserved person. I also feel that I have developed strong desires that I shouldn't have till I was a bit older. I've had this great want, practically need, to be in a relationship with a sweet, kind girl. Why, I'm 16, I should be enjoying life with my friends. I do enjoy hanging out with my friends, but I feel so lonely. I don't really feel love from people, I don't feel 'love' from my friends, not really from my family either, but I've felt love when I've been with my past girlfriends before. I felt so happy whenever they'd cuddle with me, hold my hand, etc. I'm not a big fan of being the typical teenage male, going for the 'goods' and then leaving. I want to commit to a real relationship that will last.

But I'm rambling, my issue is this new girl I've been introduced to. She lives maybe 30 minutes away. I was introduced to her through a friend, and she started to text me. I think she's beautiful. And I'm not just saying that. I honestly feel she has a genuine beauty I have not seen from more than 3 girls in my life.

We were just texting, she considers me her best friend apparently. My friend who introduced me to her told me she said I was "extremely nice" and "wonderful person to talk with :)" telling me she probably liked me. I didn't believe that a girl like that could like me. I still don't. A week went by, me and her continued to text. Eventually, the subject of if she like anyone got brought up, (unintentionally, I didn't lead her to it) and our conversation went something like this:

Her - "Oh, yeah, there is this one guy..."

Me - "So what about this 'guy' makes you like him?"

Her - "I think he's sweet, and kind :)"

Me - "How long have you know him"

Her - "Just a little while..."

Me - "Anything else you like about him?"

Her - "Personally, I think he's kind of cute, too"

Me - "How so?"

Her - "Idk, he just is :)"

(I'm assuming she is referring to me)

So then we continued to have other conversations.

3 days later, there is a basketball game, my school vs. her school. She texts me telling me to go, so I go. I went to see her with my friend, since I didn't know what she looked like in person, I had only seen some Facebook pictures. She looked amazing. Now, at this moment, I was standing behind her. I'm am extremely shy, I've never talked to a girl unless spoken to. But something drove me, and I gave her a tiny poke with my shoe on her back, and she turned around and saw me and our friend. All she did was (VERY) lightly smile, she gave us high fives, and said maybe 7 words to our friend, then went back to watching the game. Not a word to me....

Later, she comes over to the home student section, ALL the way across from where she was sitting, and text me asking me to sit with her. Again, I've never done a single thing to pursue a girl like this, but suddenly, I found myself getting up from where I was, found her, and sat beside her. She barely acknowledged me. I sat next to her for 15 minutes minimum, trying to start a conversation. She never said a word to me. She was absorbed into the game. So, feeling completely humiliated, I got up and went back to my seat. It's been 5 days, and she hasn't even texted me, even if I sent her a text, she hasn't replied, and she's been on facebook and everything, she has her phone.

I've lost hours of sleep thinking about her. Why did she suddenly stop talking to me? I believe that she thinks I'm ugly or something, since she was so talkative and cheerful until she saw me that night. So that's great, a kick to the nuts for my self-esteem. But I can't sleep, I can't tell if she even likes me as a friend anymore, or if she still likes me, or anything.

So I've come here to ask: Should I go on Facebook, and send her a message telling her my feelings and thoughts about all this, and ask her to tell me her thoughts and feelings too? I don't know why I'm so compelled to do all of this, but I've done so much I have never done before in pursuit of her, she must be special. So, should I do that, or not. If I did, how would you react to that?

Hi, I have just decided I'd like the ability to record guitars/bass guitars/vocals/keyboards onto my computer, but I don't want to use cruddy headset microphones. My dad has real microphones, so I imagine I can use these for vocals and instruments if I cannot plug them directly into the computer. Now, I have some pictures linked of equipment I have readily available. I have no way to directly plug them into the computer, but I am willing to go purchase an adapter or two if necessary. Please tell what I need to purchase, how I need to hook these up, can/should I record directly into the computer, or hook up an amp, and record into the computer using a microphone? Any tips also on getting the best quality sound I can get, including if I should move furniture in this room for better sound, add padding, etc. My preferred music recording/ editing program is Audacity at the moment, but I understand if I need something else, preferably free. My soon-to-arrive Casio CTK-4000 has a USB plug-and-play feature, so I have read, so I think I'll be covered there.

Overall, any information on this is appreciated greatly, and tips/advice is encouraged. I'm a beginner at recording anything with a mic, so assume I know nothing about plugs, hardware, anything.

Thank you very much.

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Hello, please help check my spanish conversation for grammar/spelling/etc. errors for my Spanish (Dos) class. Note that we intentionally are limited to structure and vocabulary, so the more we can stick to the structure already present, the better.

Carlos: Hola, Jesús Te llamé por teléfono ayer y no contestaste.

Jesús: ¿Ah, sí? ¿A qué hora me llamaste?

Carlos: A eso de las dos.

Jesús: Ay, no volví a casa hasta las siete y media.

Carlos: ¿Adónde fuiste?

Jesús: Pues, fui a ver el desfile.

Carlos: ¿Fuiste soló o con tus amigos?

Jesús: Fui con mi familia. Después del desfile, nosotros fuimos a una fiesta.

Carlos: ¿Qué comieron y bebieron? (Uds.)

Jesús: Nosotros no comimos o bebimos. Están no comida o refrescos

Carlos: Ayaiaiaia, ¡Qué lástima!

Carlos: Hello, Jesús I called you yesterday, but you did not answer.

Jesús: What time did you call?

Carlos: At about 2:00

Jesús: I see. I did not return home until 7:30.

Carlos: Where did you go?

Jesús: Well, I went to watch a parade.

Carlos: Did you go by yourself, or with your friends?

Jesús: I went with my family. After the parade, we went to a party.

Carlos: What did you eat eat and drink (Uds.)

Jesús: We did not eat or drink. There was no food or beverages.

Carlos: Oh my, what a pity.

I added both versions for you to understand what I'm aiming at, but I'm wanting to improve upon my Spanish version.

Thank you!

I am 16 and my previous girlfriend is 14. We had been dating for exactly 2 months and 1 day. I thought she was happy, she kept saying she was. So I was completely shocked and surprised to hear her at the end of school, when she said if she could ask me something, and delivered this message to me.

"[Name], you know, I've really enjoyed the past few months, and at first, I really thought I wanted be more than just friends with you. I had a great time with you on the band trips (We were both in band, we'd cuddle together on the bus), but I was think over Thanksgiving break, and I came to realize something. I decided that I really just want to be friends with you, if that's ok..."

And, half deaf to what I was hearing, only taking in half of what was said, I couldn't bear it. I fought back tears to hide my pain and mustered,

"Well, if that's really what you want, then I understand then. I'm really going to miss you"

I gave her a hug, we both said goodbye, and she walked off. Her voice never trembled, there were no tears in her eyes, no feeling of sadness or loss or any expression on her face to suggest disappointment. So I sat and held the tears back till I went home.

There were no signs this would happen, I gave her no reason to be mad, she truly seemed happy, and I think I did everything I could to keep her happy when we were together. And she was the sweetest, nicest, best girlfriend I could have imagined. So I'm so confused, so surprised that this happened and I'm terribly sad. All thoughts all day are about her, not believing she would want this. On Facebook, she does not seem sad at all, and even commented, "I think I made the right choice" in her changed relationship status while chatting with her brother. I can tell she is content with her life, and is not even comparably affected by this. What the heck happened?

The worst pain is how she does not share the same pain I have for losing her. And I can't stand to even look at her or be near her now. I'm not mad at her, but it seems so cruel to me to show no remorse or even be a tiny bit upset about this. Why did she do this, and how does she not have an emotional connection, when I treated her like a princess? If any girl can do this, why should I bother trying to be in a serious relationship? I just wanted to spend time with her and make her happy....

Please help me, can you tell me maybe why she did this? What should I do now? How can I focus? Will she ever want me back, or has the feeling left her completely? How could I ever bear another relationship again?

Thank you.

I would like you to read this conversation for Spanish II due tomorrow. I tried my best, but my teacher is poor at teaching us sentence structure, and I end up getting things confused. Point out any mistakes, or corrections I can make. I know where all the accents and punctuation go, so don't worry about those missing.

English Version:

Jose: Hello Sofia. Where did you go on vacation?

Sofia: Me? I went to the mountains to ski.

Jose: Ah. What did you bring?

Sofia: I brought my gloves, skis, ski poles, and my jacket/coat.

Jose: Did it snow a lot?

Sofia: Yes, it snowed a lot? The temperature was ten degrees below zero!

Jose: Good. I went to the beach on my vacation.

Sofia: What did you bring?

Jose: I brought my bathing suit, towel, y sunblock. But I arrived without my sunglass!

Sofia: Without your sunglasses?

Jose: Yes, my sunglasses!

Sofia: Oh my...

Jose: Well, the weather was good. The sun was shining in the sky.

Sofia: Did you go swimming?

Jose: Yes, I went swimming, and I practiced surfing.

Sofia: Ah, good, good.

Spanish Version:

Jose: Hola Sofia. Ado'nde fuiste para vacaciones?

Sofia: Yo? Fui a las montan~as para equiar.

Jose: Ah. Que' llevaste?

Sofia: Lleve' mis guantes, equi'es, bastones, y mi anorak.

Jose: Nievo' mucho??

Sofia: Si', nievo' mucho La temperatura baja a diez grados baja cero!

Jose: Bien! Yo fui a la playa para vacaciones.

Sofia: Que' llevaste?

Jose: Yo lleve' mi traje de ban~o, toalla playera, y mi crema protectora. Pero, llegue' a la playa sin mis anteojos de sol!

Sofia: Sin tus anteojos de sol?

Jose: Si, los!

Sofia: Ayaiaia!...

Jose: Pues, hace buen tiempo. El sol brilla en el cielo.

Sofia: Nado' en el mar?

Jose: Si', nado en el mar, y yo practice' el surfing.

Sofia: Ah, muy bien.

For those who concern themselves with people's ages, I am 16, and my girlfriend is 14, but honestly, take into account that biological age isn't a sole factor in deciding what we are ready for and what we aren't ready for...

My girlfriend is the nicest girl I have ever met in my life. She's is very caring and interested in whatever I do; always asking questions, or wishing me good luck with things I do. I always do the same for her as well; I show interest in what she does, I'll go watch her perform in her plays which she is really talented in :) I try to be thoughtful about how she feels all the time, for instance, is she comfortable physically when I put my arm around her or cuddle with her. Is she comfortable emotionally and mentally with those as well? She always tells the truth, and she will tell me if she is uncomfortable, but most of the time she tells me what I do is perfectly fine with her. I always ask if there is anything I can do for her to make her feel happy and special, just for her. She always tells me that what I do now already makes her happy. We just recently moved on to kissing each other on the cheek at night when I drop her off at home on Fridays. Being her first boyfriend, she hasn't had much experience with guys, but she thinks I'm the best possible person she could have wished for to date, and her parents think that as well. I guess I'm in love with her, since I can find no flaws with her, she beautiful, smart, caring, cute, etc. She's perfect for me <3

However, (there's always the catch >.<) the only thing that ever so slightly bothers me is that she is reluctant to show physical affection toward me like hugs or to cuddle with me, put her arm around me, give me the first kiss goodnight, etc. I always have to initiate it first, and she responds with the same thing back. It isn't a big deal, but I guess I'm paranoid, and sometimes it makes me wonder if she really thinks I'm as great as she says I am. I try to be the best boyfriend I can, always think of her, being as thoughtful and loving to her as I can be. But I would appreciate it greatly if she would sometimes make that first move to wrap her arms around me unexpectedly, or give me a kiss first, or try to cuddle with me first, instead of it always being me doing it first. I'm considering talking to her about it, but it seems like a thing you can't change about a person, which I completely understand, and I will put up with it, since it isn't to big of a deal.

I'd appreciate any suggestions on what I could do or say to her to have her begin to do those things first though; it would make me feel so much more loved, by my already perfect loving girlfriend :)

Hi, let me give you some details about me that might help you come up with an answer. I'm a Sophemore in high school, nearly 16, male, very nice and kind, but I can be very quiet and non sociable.

For the past 2 1/2 years, I've been in this state of depression, never really knowing why it was I felt so horrible, tired, and unmotivated all the time everyday. But it ate away at my life, and my family started to see my grades slip, even though I'm told I'm very smart, and I personally thought the work was easy, but I just didn't want to try at anything. I went to see a psychiatrist, or psychologist, not sure which one. I had regular appointments for 6 months once a week to find out what was wrong. However, during this time, I started a long distance relationship with someone (My first 'real' one as well) then everyone noticed, including myself, I began to turn around and bring all of my grades back up, I felt happier overall, more excited, and I didn't feel so sad. I stopped my appointments with my psych...

I would go to see my girlfriend once or twice every 3 months for a year. Each time we visited, we were extremely close to each other (Mentally, emotionally, and physically, not so much sexually) The days I saw her, I have no doubt, were the happiest days of my life, I'd spend them at the park, playing games, cuddling with her watching a movie. I loved every moment, of it, and I was always heartbroken when it was time to leave.

A few months ago, I discovered she had eyes for another guy, and she had begun to treat me poorly and insult me over the phone, (We'd talk every single day we possibly could, I really loved her) and then I was absolutely hurt to the very core of my soul. I had given my 150% to her, all my love and care, and she took a 180 and left me to wonder. I broke up with her, and apparently she thought I was too in love with her to do that, and she couldn't believe it, she was shocked for 2 months, and just now stopped trying to get me back.

Now, my depression has slowly been coming back, stronger than the last time, but I'm forcing myself to continue my efforts toward my grades. It gets harder each day, and I'm not sure how long I can keep telling myself to give it my best. But that relationship I believe has shown me why I'm depressed. I feel that my greatest desire is to have a close intimate relationship with a girl again, so I can relieve my stress, and feel the love and support from her. Because I just noticed how lonely I truly feel, and I believe that will rid me of my depression if I can have that.

But my problem is that, I'm not the one for going out and chatting to girls, I've always been shy, quiet, reserved, even with my old girlfriend. I have met a very sweet girl recently, and I've managed to become her friend. She knows I like her, and she knows I want to be with her as a couple, but I have to do the deed of asking her out first. I can't seem to get closer though, because I'm never the one for conversation, and I enjoy listening to her more than talking, which I think is creating the distance. But even if I ask her out, which is very hard for me to do, even if we are good friends, it doesn't seem we'd ever reach the level of intimacy I think I'd need to rid myself of this shadow over me. I want to cuddle, hold her hand, be there for her, make her feel special, everything to be as close as humanly possible. But will it happen, and how do I get there?

Have you ever felt so lonely that nothing could cheer you up for more than 5 minutes? Being with friends doesn't even help much, or doing things to keep your mind off of it is pointless. I feel this deep deep deep emotion of sadness and loneliness that just eats at my very existence. What would fill this hole in my life? Just a sweet girl to love, who I could hold and care for, and show her she means the world to me. Can I get this? No, I cannot.

"Oh come on, Chris, everyone feels lonely sometimes, you'll grow out of this phase, and find some girl" That's my mom just over 2 years ago. And sure, I found a girl, or rather, she found me, 300 miles away. She met me through a friend, and we had a long distance relationship for 9 months. We met in person 5 times. But, she didn't make me happy; only when I was actually with her did I completely forget my loneliness. And she broke my heart, slowly laying insults and yelling at me for things like "YOU DIDN'T TEXT ME, YOU IDIOT!" even if I was busy. She lied, and treated me horribly, and I finally left her. All my friends said it was the best thing I've ever done for myself, they threw a party for me when they found out, because they knew she treated me like crap. (Yes, they actually threw me a party, believe it or not, that actually took my mind off of this feeling for about a week. And there was cake :) Good chocolate cake).

But now I realize that no one wants to be with me. I don't have looks, (I'm not fat, I'm a stick, but my face is just weird), I'm pretty smart, but there are plenty smarter people, I'm not motivated to do anything (Because I see no point, no happiness, no motivation). The only aspect I KNOW I have that know one else can match is my kindness. Anyone that knows me will tell you I'm the sweetest guy they know, I'll do anything for anyone without asking for anything in return (Because I know they'll repay me with their kindness as well, I don't see why people don't just be nice like that : / )

But alas, I'm also the shyest, most quiet guy at our school, people that aren't my friends think I'm on drugs, that I'm a loner, etc. because I never talk in class, never present anything in front of them, only talk with my friends, and all that. But yet I feel like I have the purest of desires, and I want to love a sweet girl so bad, but I can't see why I can't get one :(

So I ask you, Yahoo Answers Community, how am I to move on, since I cannot overcome my shyness, and I can't improve my looks, and I can't out smart my pupils, and can't become anymore popular than that weird quiet kid? What do I do that will rid me of this loneliness, and forget about wanting a girl anymore? What will make me happy and blissful now? Without a sweet girl....