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My boyfriend and I have had sex 4 times now. None of the 4 times we used condoms. Everyone at school tells me that I am gaining weight and they think I am pregnant. I don't know...My period is not for another few weeks. I have been constantly eating and I have been having frequent mood swings. The 4 times that we have had sex I don't know if he has cummed in me. If he did would I have been able to feel it?

Ok so, about a mouth ago me and my girlfriend had sex using a condom, I think it MIGHT have broke because there wasn't really any "cum" in it. so, 2 days later she went on birth control (it says that her birth control works also as the day after pill), anyways, later that month we had sex without a condom about 4 or 5 times. Last sunday she started taking those little pink pills that are supposed to make her start her period... and now it is Wednesday and no period... so when should I start freaking out and send her to get a test, what are the chances of her getting pregnant and is it any kind of normal for her period to be this late?? Oh yea and how does birth control excatly work?

Ok me and my ex boyfriend broke up awhile ago and I have been trying to get back with him and he says he did not want to. Then tonight I was talking to him online and out of the blue he asked what I was up to tomorrow and I was like nothing and he goes well I will be over tomorrow ok, I want to see you... I was like ok.... and then we get talking. I come to find out he wants to have sex... well neither one of us has had sex and I am scared... and not really sure what to do... and neither does he... and my best friend is off with her boyfriend so I can't ask her... We were talking and I asked him why we broke up and I come to find out that his mom told him he had to break up with me because she did not like me... well anyways... I am so out there... and I want this to be perfect... lol... perfect sex lol… yea right but ya know... and I love him so much and in a way I think this is right but I don't know what to do….. HELP!!!

I met this really cute guy at Jiffy Lube when I was getting my oil changed. He's 19, he's a sophomore in college at VA Tech (a really kick butt school), he lives near me, he's cute. I just met him but I really want to hang out with him. I've never met someone and said hey want to hang out. What would you guys suggest I do? I really want to get to know him better. I'm going to call up there on sat or sun and see if he's working and if he is I'm going to take my dad's car up there to get it done. Please help, I really have no friends and nothing to do anymore at night or on the weekends and I would love to meet new people.

I've liked this guy for about 2 years now. We went out at first but nothing happened and we drifted apart and after that, of course, I liked him so much. I met him this one day and about a month ago he told me that then he was going to ask me out but his ex, being suicidal, threatened that if he asked anyone else out shed kill her self. So that day he was going to ask me out. I had been waiting a year for that day. He walked out on it. Then after that we just chatted on msn. We bump into each other a lot because I'm good friends with some of his mates but I don't get many guys that like me, probably because I look about 12 (I'm 16). And if anyone would take any notice of me, I wouldn't notice because I'm so stuck on him. He's been going out with this girl for a year as well, but I don't care. I save myself up for him, knowing nothing is going to happen. It would be ok if he talked to me more or if somebody took an interest in me, but no-one has. No-one will. It's so depressing. I have nothing better to do than think about this guy who probably hates me and doesn't want to see me. I CANT GET OVER HIM and I've been trying for too long. I really don't know what to do. At one point I thought I was in love with him. It's getting too far. HELP

Last night I went to my friends house to spend the night and we ended up going to the drive-ins were I saw my ex boyfriend and we got in a big fight and he was screaming at me and kicking things so my friend asked her boyfriend and his friend *Paul* to take us home. We left and the guys wanted to stop to get beer so they did, then we all went back to my friends to chill. We all ended up getting drunk and high and I had to lay on the floor with *Paul* I was a little nervous to because I didn't know if he would try anything, and they state I was in, I didn't know if I would stop him. So we were laying there and he asked if he could put his arm around me when he went to bed. I said okay and we started to go to bed. Then when I was almost asleep he started to feel me up. I didn't want him too, but at the same time I did. Then we were making out and he kept trying to go down my pants but I wouldn't let him. Then he asked me if I would give him head and I said no. After awhile I knew that I shouldn't keep making out with him because he was making it obvious he wanted to do more than just that. So I told him that I wanted to go to bed. He started pulling my shorts down but I stopped him. After he got on top of me and I noticed he was exposed and I told him again that I wanted to go to bed. Next thing I know he was inside me because he just moved my shorts over. I said, *Paul* what are you doing?! And he just started kissing me. I told him that I wanted to go to bed, but he wouldn't stop.

He started being really rough and it hurt really badly and I was begging him to stop because it hurt, but he wouldn't. He keep telling me that it would stop hurting soon and that it would feel good. I wanted to yell to my friend but I couldn't for some reason. All I could do was lie there crying and just staring at *Paul*. After he pulled out thank god and I went downstairs and cried for the longest time and my friends step-dad heard me so I ran upstairs. I had to lie with *Paul* again and he kissed me and said that he wanted to be my friend and hang out and things like that.

I can't believe he did this to me. I trusted him. He protected me at the drive-ins when my ex boyfriend was being mean to me. Then he does this to me.

It still hurts really badly down there and I don't know how to make it stop hurting. I don't know his last name, but I know he is over 18 and I'm 16. I am not going to tell. I told my friend that we had sex and that I didn't want to but that's it. She told me to pretend it never happened. I feel so gross now and this morning when he left he covered me up with a blanket and I woke up but he wouldn't look or talk to me. I feel so nasty now.

I am actually seriously thinking about ending it all. No joke. I know everything would be SO MUCH BETTER after I'm gone...both for me in Heaven and my family without having to worry about all this shit I cause. My entire life has been nothing but one big waste of breath. I am a genetic DISASTER. I have so many health problems (physical & mental) that that alone should be enough to drive anyone to kill themselves. I often get mad at my parents for having me because they have caused all this pain I have. I wish I was never born. I want to be with God. I am a religious person and I know committing suicide is wrong, but I want it so bad! When I compare my future in Heaven and my future here on this sucky Earth I want to cry. I have NOTHING here! I am in constant pain both physically and mentally. My scoliosis causes constant horrible back aches and my depression, anxiety, eating disorder, and hair pulling are unbearable to live with. I have even started craving pain when I get mad at myself. I just start crying in the middle of nowhere, sometimes in public places. I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! The only thing left to do is decide how to go...

No one can understand how my life goes. I am always alone and by myself well most of the time. I want to kill myself but I don't want to hurt my boyfriend. He loves me so very much but he doesn't understand what I'm going through. I won't tell him because then he'll get mad at me like he did the last time I told him that I was going to kill myself. I really want to die I'm tired of the emotional pain that I suffer from. On the outside I'm always happy but that's just me acting again. On the inside I'm so unhappy and frustrated and lonely that I just want to give up and kill myself I wish that I could just drop over dead right now I think that I will be killing myself sometime soon if I don't get out of this hell hole by accident.

I use to starve myself and when I finally gave into eating, most of the time, I would make myself throw up after. I did this because my ex said that I wasn't good enough for him and that is why he didn't love me and beat me. He said that if I lost weight I would be perfect. He called me a "fat ass" all the time. I am not fat and I know this. But I wanted to be perfect for him. So I tried to get myself even smaller. I got to the point where I was so small it was gross. Now that I broke up with him, I want to eat healthy and look good, not like I am about to die any second. I am so used to throwing up my food, that sometimes now when I eat, I just automatically throw it up. How can I stop this?

I need to cut. I have to do it. It's not an option. But the question is WHERE? I can't do my arms because summer is beginning, and I am going to have to wear shorts, tank tops, and swimsuits and stuff... what should I do???? Help…

My boyfriend's been getting a lot of shit from these two seniors (he's a junior) because he "kisses our band director's ass". It's not that it's intentional for him, but the director really likes him and he's a hard worker so when he asks for something, it's done. So a bunch of people tell him he's kissing ass, jokingly. I've done it too, but I've never meant any harm and I apologize and stuff. But these seniors are getting seriously out of hand. They make obscene gestures, kissy face and licking and last night they even got like half the band doing it. He's really, really hurt by this. And it's been bothering him for a long time, apparently. I've heard rumors that they're going to do something really bad to him at the band banquet (involving baby powder and lipstick). If it happens I'll try to rip out their throats because I don't think he can handle it. I don't think he should HAVE to handle it. He shouldn't have to put up with any of this. Anyways, I'm on good terms with both of these senior guys and they hold a lot of power (plus they could beat me up) so just confronting them probably isn't a viable option. But I want them to know that they need to shut the hell up. Telling the band director will make it worse (think about it), but two band moms already found out. Maybe they'll do something on their own, I don't know. I'm thinking next time they do it and once one of the seniors has everyone's attention I'm going to tell him to go shower for once in his life before he has a chance to humiliate anyone. He deserves it. And he needs to start showering anyways, so two birds with one stone.

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