i was doing great with this blog thing las week, then thanksgiving happened, and that was it. did i do anything friday (or the rest of the weekend) to prevent free advice no. 14 from being timely? if you consider avoiding computers, then yes i did. 3 days late and totally crappy, it’s free advice!!! this week i take on ask amy, because she’s from chicago and the bears won this weekend (like you all care). sorry it’s so crappy.
Dear [Kendra]: I met a guy about two months ago. One night, I went to my friend’s house because he was having a few people over. This guy was there and he was nice and we got along well.
We both had a lot of drink that night and we ended up sleeping with each other, something I fully regret, but unfortunately you can’t go back in time.
About a week later I found out that he’s married but getting a divorce. You can only imagine what I was thinking.
I am not that type of girl at all.
I ran into him about two weeks later and we talked, and he apologized for what happened, and I explained to him that I am not the type of girl who sleeps around and that if he was only looking for a “booty call” that I wasn’t interested. He swore to me that he knows I’m not that type of girl. He said he really enjoyed hanging out with me and wants to hang out again.
We have talked on the phone a few times, haven’t hung out yet, but I am going to hang out with him tonight.
I just don’t know what to do. Do I trust him? I’m just so tired of being used and being treated so badly. For once, I want to meet a nice guy.
Am I wasting my time on him?
– Completely Confused in N.Y.
dear confused,
you got drunk and had sex with a man you didn’t know was married, and now that he says he’s getting a divorce you want him to not think of you as “that kind of girl”? well… he’s an ass for sleeping with you while still legally married and you’re a slut for putting out after a few beers. sucks, doesn’t it?
if you want to meet a “nice guy”, don’t put out after a few drinks! keep your legs together, and don’t date married men. i know this might be hard advice, but lots of people do it everyday- they’re not naturally skanky like you though.
i hope this helps.
Dear [Kendra]: I am a responsible 14-year-old teenager. In my spare time, I watch music videos. My mother recently confronted me about the videos that I watch. She found out from a friend that some of them are inappropriate.
[Kendra], I don’t watch rap videos, and if something is inappropriate, I turn it off.
I like artists such as Jesse McCartney, Jason Mraz and Brie Larson — none of whom is in any way questionable.
My mother said that any video I watch from now on she wants to watch beforehand, to make sure that it is OK.
I take great pleasure in watching music videos and would feel limited if every video I watched had to be looked at beforehand, even though all music videos are edited out of any inappropriate material before put on the computer site.
None of my friends has this problem, and they watch music videos all of the time.
– Alisha in Montana
dear alisha,
i find the music you listen to be very questionable- how the hell do you listen to such crap? people actually like jesse mccartney and jason mraz? you have bad taste, really bad taste. stop bitching about your mom finding the videos to be “questionable” (mom, they’re not- they’re just dull as dirt.), and get some taste that goes beyond seventeen magazine. you’re lame.
i hope this helps.
ps- don’t try to sound all high and mighty by writing in like this. i bet when you have kids, they’ll like “questionable” stuff (rap? wtf!) and you’ll be worse than the pmrc.
Dear [Kendra]: My daughter is planning her 11th birthday party. She invited a few friends, including our two neighbor children. Just a few days before the party, the neighbor called and asked if we could include her three nieces and two nephews. I don’t know how to respond.
– Etiquette Challenged
dear etiquette,
tell them no. it’s hella easy to do. just say, “no, it rhymes with hoe, which describes you.” she’ll get the message.
i hope this helps.