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Melissa and her daughter Kate, serve as the only mother/daughter online relationship advice column for adults and teens in the USA.  Melissa’s background gives the column its voice of maturity and reason,  and Katie’s advice has its own distinctly different tone—often more clever with a youthful perspective.  Melissa and Katie have both been interviewed for media on their column discussing the joys and challenges of a mom-daughter working relationship.

 

 

 


Life in general
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hi;) I'll try n make this short.
1-I met this guy a couple of months after skoo had just started he is awsome!! His funny n really sweet I think.. Yet his not cute n can get any gurl he wants bc his so charming.
2-a couple of weeks after me n him started talkin me n this girl patty* n class wer lookin at some. Pics from the skoo rally n we saw him n we wer both like oo look theirs frank* n I asked her like oo r u guys goin out or wat? Nshe was like no but were talking n I was sad but just faced that he may b not the guy 4 me.
3-about a month later he really wanted to now who I liked n I ended up tellin him n he was like I really like u to n I know this sounds wierd bc u know I also like patty* n I was like well that's y I didn't want to tell u n he was just like well just give me time n just promise u won't distance ur self n I was like ok but in the bak of my mind I was like I'm not gonna wait 4 no 1! Bc I know I'd feel like a rebound if I just waited around to c wat happened with him n patty*
4-so I wanna tell him but I don't know how? N I know if I just keep waiting I'm setting my self up for a bigger hart brak. N in a way I don't want to ask him bc his gonna think I'm all on his joc.
5-theirs much more to this. Idk if patty likes him..? Wat do I do just let him go? His brought me tears n joy.. N lots of drama like patty thinks his just using me 2 make her jelus? How do I know that's not tru?in I think it is by the way sowwy I know diz wasn't short.
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Ok, every time before I get my period guys pay much more attention to me! It's flattering, but how come they don't pay attention when I'm not on it? I'm wondering if it's something my body sends that attracts males to me. HELP!!
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I want new clothes but I have no money. What should I do?
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Me and my BFF have been like sisters from the first day of fourth grade until now but lately she has been anorying me and I have asked her why but she says she is not. She has not been calling me or e-mailing and she doesn't feel happy for me when something good happens to me. she just says good for you or you think that's cool well it's not. When I tell her certain things she acts like she doesn't care. I have tried talking to her about it. what should I do?
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I am always comparing myself to others, like my friends for example. I try to stop comparing but I can't get over the fact that my hair isn't how i like it or my skin isn't flawless. I wear makeup and use face products but it never works. How do I make myself believe that I'm not really ugly when I feel like I am?
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Well,it might be a little complicated but here's my problem. I believe that guys suck and that's the best thing about it... but lately when my friend and I were chillin' in the mall many guys were trying to talk with her..I was extremely mad and when we talked about it later she was like, I'm beautiful and hot and guys were stopping me at the mall and blah, blah, blah........ To be honest....I felt bad about it and a little jealous... she pissed me off and it was a big problem. The next time... I dressed better and I was better looking than ever... and now guys were stopping me too!!!! It felt good but when I went back home...I felt bad about it cuz I was just proving to her that I am as good..and she's not worth it anyway.
You know why i did this?? cuz what made me proud was refusing any guy no matter how fine he was but then I felt like....I was wrong. I've been thinkin' that I'm the one who said no, when actually guys weren't even askin' me. It feels good to refuse a guy...gives me more confidence .. makes me feel that I can do it so much better than this hot guy!!
Do u think that I could keep on doin' this if it makes me feel good????????
If not what shall I do?????
Hope u understand it.... I'm sure u know the question I wanna ask more than I do...just say something!!!

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I have been in a confusing situation lately and I'm not sure what to do. I want a boyfriend, but no one has asked me out or asked me to a dance, or to dance. I'm not exactly sure why. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, or if my brain is just all messed up. I have a lot of friends and I have a 3.6 average in school. My parents and my friends say I am really pretty, and I could pass for a Rosalie(a vampire in the twilight saga)by my looks. Are they just saying that to make me feel good about myself, or do they really mean it? Help.

P.S. I guess I have two questions now. :)
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I like many others want to get a boyfriend. I want to find the perfect guy, get swept off my feet, fall in love! but... we all know thats pretty much a fairy tale. I like how I look, I just think my personality repels people. I'm too outgoing and I just don't know how to change that. I know I shouldn't change myself but people tell me I'm annoying and after a while...it gets to you. I'm 14 almost 15 and I'm a sophomore so I'm working through school problems and situations but I just wish the teasing would end and I wish I could find that guy!
Relationships
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This is really complicated. There is this guy, and he went to my school but I never really saw him. Then, this year, I started to talk to him online, and it turned out we had a ton in common! I started to like him, and then he told me he liked me. He didn't know I liked him too, but he kept asking me out and I didn't know what to say, so I turned him down. I have NO idea if I still like him, or if he even still likes me! All i know is that I need to figure it out soon!!
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Alright. this is kinda complicated but ok.

I like this kid. Named....lets called him john.

and so here's my story shortened

1. he went out with this girl uhh...jill.
2. she dumped him
3. jill found out i liked him...and wanted me to go out w/ him
4. me and jill werent good friends then
5. i asked him out and he said he wasnt over jill
6. because of 4, i wasnt really sure if she knew he wasn't over her and she set me up or if she really didnt know
7. for a while my other friends liked him and asked him out and he said no
8.we talked less and less
9. he flirted with my friends
10.i found out he likes jill and he asked her out and she said


i'm not sure what to do now. we don't have any classes with each other that we can sit by each other.
help!!
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my parents are getting a divorce and my dads laptops histro say youporn.com and i dnt wnt to make thierdivorce worse but idont know whon to tell or whut to do
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I had these two best friends, lets just call them Jill and Jane. Jane is really homophobic, and found out that Jill is bisexual. I really have no idea what I was thinking at the time, but I agreed with her and made fun of Jill. Jane decided we shouldn't talk to Jill anymore, and just like that, she stop speaking to her completely. I tried for about two days, but then I realized how stupid it was, and besides that, it's really hard for me to give up a friend. So I've been secretly talking to Jill on the bus to and from school for about a year. Jane told my mom about the situation, and I had to go along with it so i didn't come off as a liar. So now my mom thinks I don't like Jill, which sucks because I can't hang out with her anymore. I know I need to get rid of my shallow, superficial friend, Jane, and keep Jill, but I'm not sure how to do it. What should I do?
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Okay I'm having a major issue with this guy at my school. I'll shorten it as much as I can:
1. i liked an 8th grader named Sam
2. my friend Cassidy asked him out for me without me even knowing
3. he said no
4. my friends kept harassing him in the halls and just would NOT leave him alone. god i don't even wanna get into it
5. he hated me and thought that I was the one putting them up to all of it, but i wasnt
6. i told Cassidy to text him this message since she has his number and i don't:
"hey its Brittany. im sorry that i bugged you, and also that my friends r weird and i NEVER wanted them to do what they did. and i promise from here on out, i will leave you alone."
7. but that didn't really work, and it just carried on the same.
8. he started sending out serious mixed signals, and i talked to Cassidy and she said "well he doesnt really believe in middle school relationships, but if he finds a girl he REALLY likes he'll go for it. i think he might like you, but not enough to go out wht you"

Im really confused, and I want a straight out answer, but I don't want to talk to him.
There are two other guys that I like that I could go after, but I'm in love with Sam.
Should I forget about him and move on, or keep trying to make him mine?
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ok this question might not have a true answer because its probably different for everyone but what exactly is love.like me and my boyfriend sometimes say i love you to each other and a lot of my friends do it to but i mean we are 12 and 13 years old can we really be in love? can you say you are in love with someone and someone else say your not because you are so young?so what exactly means you are in love or how can you tell if you are in love with someone? if your not really in love with someone then why do you say it?
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my 2 year old son alex and i live with my parents. i left home for a little bit to work in melbourne whilst my parents took over full care of my son whilst i was away. i was only young at the time and i wasn't ready to take on the full care and responsibility of him. i'm now back living at home with my son and them but things arnt working out. every time i try to parent alex they yell at me or they say im doing it all wrong. its really frustrating as id love to have a good relationship with my parents instead of it always being tense. ive recently taken to just keeping quiet and saying nothing to them and just agreeing but its making me so unhappy to the point of being put on anti depressants. i don't have a relationship with my mum at all and we constantly fight because she cant grasp the concept of how i can get some many screw ups in one life time. my question is how can i fix this problem between my parents and i, how can i get a good relationship with my mum and am i the one doing something wrong???
regards Jes S2
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My Best friend Mike...well I have a tiny crush on him but he just thinks of us as friends. Well I want to be more than friends but he just wants to be friends. What should I do?
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Ok I really like this guy in my classes. he funny, nice, and smart. But he's not cute, which i think cuteness doesn't really matter to me. But the problem is my friend says hes weird and ugly. I think i know he likes me back and i have read the signals (such as he smiles and looks at me and always talks to me!) i just don't wanna lose my friend of this guy. so the question is, do my friends come first? Or should i be with the guy i love? i'm so confused. i also don't know how to say will you go out with me? to him. please tell me ways to say it without freaking him out.
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Me and my boyfriend had been going out for 8 months and I really liked him but of course a rumor had to get started at school, and of course he had to believe it so he broke up with me. But then 2 weeks later he asked me if he could have a second chance cause he messed up and I said yes. Everything was like before but then he sent me this text that said I love you and ever sense then things have been different between us. We hardly ever talk and I think the text might be why. What or how could I fix this problem and get back my normal boyfriend back? PLEASE HELP!!!
Health
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Hey...
I doubt that something that someone who has never seen me in real life will change what i think about myself...but here it goes...its worth a try...
I need help with my self esteem. i tell myself how fat and ugly i am and on top of it i pretty much hate everything about myself, image wise. I've always been overweight and at one point i lost a lot of weight, but then a lot of stuff happened in my life and it pretty much hit me all at once, so me, being a stress eater, gained it all back and then some. My last boyfriend pretty much treated me horrible and now I'm single. i feel like i will never get a boyfriend. the kid i liked recently called me "a fat bitch" so now my self esteem or however u spell it has gone down even farther and this other kid called me hideous so now i pretty much just hate who i am...i guess im asking how can i boost up my self esteem because i don't know how to at all...any suggestions?
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Alright, well, I'm extremely self conscious. ESPECIALLY when it comes to the stomach area. I wouldn't say that I'm THAT fat, or over weight, but I have a little in the stomach area. I always put myself down because of it. I've tried 983475893475 million diets! But nothing works. I hate excercise/working out. & it takes a lot out of me just to do it. I'm not athletic. I've tried starving but it makes me feel even worse. I'm very emotional, & so I cry A LOT about this stuff. I feel like I have absolutely no self confidence or anything like that. Oh yeah, and I'm a vegetarian, if that says anything. All I want is to just be perfect enough to accept myself. I think most of the pressure is coming from ME, and how I look at myself, not other people.

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This is really complicated. There is this guy, and he went to my school but I never really saw him. Then, this year, I started to talk to him online, and it turned out we had a ton in common! I started to like him, and then he told me he liked me. He didn't know I liked him too, but he kept asking me out and I didn't know what to say, so I turned him down. I have NO idea if I still like him, or if he even still likes me! All i know is that I need to figure it out soon!!  

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Katie:
Hey, its not that complicated. You guys like each other.

Just...un-turn him down.

Now, if you're not sure that you like him, then you don't need to do anything except stay friends with this kid until you can figure it out. Usually it’s the case that if you don't KNOW you like someone, then you don't really like them. Therefore, again I say: stay friends and don't worry about dating him just yet.

Kisses!
Katie


Melissa:
Well, he DID like you, and you turned him down. (um, why?) ok, but since you already rejected him and bruised his ego, AND you aren’t sure you like him now…my advice is that you need to do a bit of soul searching. Obviously, I can’t advise from cyber space world, if YOU don’t know how YOU feel. That’s only a question for you to answer yourself. Is he nice, do you still have lots of things in common, does your heart go pitter patter every time you see him or get a message? If so, it’s a bonafide crush. If not, well then, maybe best to leave him a lone and not toy with his feelings. However, if you do discover that you still like him then you may want to send a cute note to him online that says something like: Dear___, I was confused and an idiot. I still would LOVE to go out with you if the offer is open.

Melissa