hollman

Really you need to ask your doctor or pharmacist about that one. I can't see that it would cause the pill to become ineffective - however, when playing with hormones there are probably other biological reasons for eeping the time of administration constant (e.g. minimise side effects, etc).

Hi, The cheese thing is to the extent that it has become a joke within the house. She (jokingly) stuck a sticker taken from The Sun saying "i'm too sexy" on a packet of cheese yesterday - or to be precise, on MY packet of cheese... so I'm bound to get a few funny looks when i make a cheese sandwhich tomorrow!!! Have you ever tried sitting in a friends kitchen with a girl and she asks them if she can have some cheese to eat??!! I'd say her muscle tone was reasonable - i.e. not poor, but nothing to get excited about. I've been paying a little more attention to what she eats and drinks - she seems to regularly drink alpha-soy drinks (although she drinks regular milk as well). She seems to eat a fair amount of whole grains too. The dairy is obviously covered by the cheese!!! Doesnt drink tea/coffee at all, but water or fruit juice instead. At least she generally seems to cook most of her food from scratch herself, which is obviously healthier than buying ready made stuff. One other question - would high metabolism account for slightly "hyperactive" behaviour (not sure if that is the right word). She is a really fun person to be with, and tends to stay up late, get up early without being tired, start water fights in the kitchen at 1am, start watching films at 2am, etc.

Bit more detail... She's only just taken up the rock climbing and salsa in the last couple of weeks. She doesnt have an eating disorder as someone suggested - as i said, she eats a lot. She eats a mix of healthy food (stir-frys, pasta, etc) and snack food (chocolate, crisps, etc) and also takes vitamin supplements to make up for the lack of certain vitamins in vegetarian diet. Oh - and of course the massive amounts of cheese!!! I guess the high metabolism thing could be true. She has an advantage like me of feeling the immediate effects of alcohol quickly, but then disposing of the stuff quickly too. During a pub crawl, we were both feeling very relaxed quickly, continued drinking and remained at a similar level all night, and were both sober by the time we got home. Following morning we were about the only people in the house not nursing hangovers, even though we had both drunk more than some of the others. Perhaps it is the same thing with food? I don't eat as much as her, and have a higher BMI (pretty much the optimum weight) but i still eat more than some people i know who are overweight. However - I eat a lot of meat, and less healthy food!

One of my friends (or - to be more precise - the girl who lives in the room below mine at Uni) is underweight, and yet she eats massive amounts of food - especially cheese which is really fattening isnt it? She is 168cm tall, and weighs 48kg - a bmi of just 17. Less than 18 is considered to be underweight. She is a vegetarian - which i guess has something to do with it - but she eats big meals and snacks loads in between. How can she be underweight? (NB: doesnt smoke, doesnt use drugs, drinks occaisionally (e.g. socially)). She doesnt exercise a massive amount (apart from rock climbing and salsa dancing) How does she do this, is there any risk of being slightly underweight like that, and if so what action should she be taking??

Its not as simple as that Beec. As I've said, she is a friend too. I don't think either of us are sure what we want out of any relationship at the moment. One moment we are flirting with each other, deliberately timing going down to the kitchen to cook meals to be there at the same time as each other, etc. The next she is going to eat her dinner in her room on her own. As yet we haven't done anything that I would consider to be "cheating" on her boyfriend. She's a really nice girl, with a great sense of humour, and I tend to find myself thinking "i wish i could spend more time with her" rather than "i wish i could sleep with her" most of the time. Last night we both had different events to go to, and it seemed as if she didnt really want to leave me. Today she waited for me to catch up with her on the stairs and we talked for a few minutes about how our days had been. Tonight she hardly spent any time with me at all - i can't help wondering whether she's "gone off me", whether she was never "on me" or whether she's worried about the problems that a relationship might cause and thereforeeee is trying to avoid any situation that might lead to us getting together. And of course, there's still the underlying problem - we live in the same student house. If something went wrong in weeks or months time and we fell out, it could cause serious problems not just for us but for our housemates.

One thing that i didnt mention in my post is that her boyfriend lives in her home town, about 150 miles away. She hasnt actually mentioned him, but from some of the photos of them together he is definitely her boyfriend. The other problem of course is my conscience... I'm not the sort of guy that likes to "steal" a girl from another man! Keep that advice coming! Perhaps if we are in that situation again I should try kissing her on the cheek to see if she minds... and then maybe develop it further?? I wasn't really able to do so last night, as there were a couple of other people in the room (including her best friend and another guy who lives in the house)

Hi, I have been at Uni for just over a week now, and am living in a uni hall with 20 other people. Of all these people, i have got to know one of the girls really well - she lives in the room directly below mine. It started out as just talking while cooking meals at the same time in the kitchen, walking together on the pub crawl, etc. Then one night we had a problem with a drunk guy trying to get into her room. Fortunately she wasn't in, but I realised that I actually cared about her quite a bit, so waited up to make sure she was ok. When she got in we sat in the kitchen talking while I told her what had happened. Then a couple of nights ago, we were at a party together, and were the only people from our house to be there at the end. Of course, we walked back together - and she moved up and put her arm around me while we walked. I of course did the same to her, not sure whether it was because she was cold, or for some *other* reason. Anyway - we got back to the house and said goodnight... and at this point i realised that I was beginning to fall in love with her. Then.. last night, a few of us watched a film on her laptop in her room. We were sitting next to each other on the bed, and during the film we gradually moved closer, until she was sitting with her head on my shoulder and my arm around her. Unfortunately I happened to notice during the film that she had a lot of pictures of her boyfriend all around the room. This is my problem. Should I back off and be content with just being friends, should i broach the subject of her boyfriend, or should I just carry on, ask her out and see what happens?? I'm very confused about whether she just wants to be friends or wants more. HELP??? I really don't want to go too far and ruin a good friendship (got to live with her for a whole year).... what should i DO?