JessiS

I recently moved from Iowa to Orlando, FL, and I was wondering if anyone had any advice for meeting people. I live in kind of an isolated place, and don't know a soul in Florida. I'm finding it really hard to meet friends. I'm really sick of spending every night alone. It doesn't help that my coworkers are all (literally all) 10 years older than I am, and all married and male. I don't like going to the bars alone. I kinda feel stuck and lonely. Any advice would be welcome! Thanks!

That is amazing advice. Thank you!

OK...I'm 23 years old, Not America's next top model by any means, but still not ugly, friendly, and I have a bunch of friends, but yet, something is missing. I'm getting ready to graduate college, but have only had one relationship since high school, and that only lasted 2 months. I've always told myself, and continure to tell myself that I'm self sufficient and don't need anyone. But lately, I want someone. I watch my guy/girl friends fawn over their significant others, and I'm sad because no one cares about me like that. I know I'm young, I know that I'm living in a really small sample group of people in my Iowa college town, and I know that I have friends that care, but is it normal to feel alone like this? I thought this was independance, but it feels miserable. I'm sick of being lonely, but the only people that are interested in me are people I'm not interested in, and the people I'm interested in seem to go for the young girls in short skirts....anyway, I'm 23, single, and watching all of my happily coupled friends get married, and wondering what's wrong with me? Where is my prince charming? I secretly hoped I'd find him by now by keeping my standards and by being honest to myself and to others.

I was fooling around with one of the guys from the hockey team. But he lost interest or something and refuses to call me, but that's ok because I never wanted anything serious. The problem is, one of his teammates tried to hook up with me last night. He was really persuasive and at the end of the night I ended up kinda fooling around with him. My concience got the better of me and I tried to stop....but he wouldn't let me, so I faked passing out. So yeah....I look like an idiot to this guy and a team passaround to the rest of the guys because I know the first guy and the second guy are going to talk and it makes me kind of nervous because I'm not that way at all and I don't want that reputation. Anyway.....what should I do to remedy this? is there a remedy? I see the entire team on a weekly basis.

I'm kinda getting annoyed, and I wanna make sure I'm not overreacting. I've always been told I'm super easygoing and I'm really fun to talk to, so I have few problems attracting guys or friends. However, now whenever I bring a guy over to meet some of my friends, they cling to him. Ultimately, after I've provided my friends with an evening of fun and making out with my guy, whether it be a guy friend, or a date, I get from both parties a "wow, you really are the coolest...thanks for hooking me up with ." The most shining and recent example is my ex boyfriend, and best guy friend, hooking up with my best girl friend of 7 years. I really hate how this issue is getting under my skin...Should it really be getting to me like this?

my boyfriend and I broke up about a month ago. We had unprotected sex, and now I'm pregnant. I don't know if I should tell him. I don't know what I should do. I'm so lost right now. I'm still trying to heal from this hard break up, and now I have to deal with the stress of my irresponsibility. I don't know what to do. I'm frantic.

That's awful!! I have apologized a million times over. I've tried to explain everything, but it's really hard when all you do is explain over voicemail. This is especially hard for me right now because my dad is in the hospital because his knee surgery got messed up, I'm dealing with a friend's suicide, and It's especially hard because I have borderline personality disorder. God this sucks.

My boyfriend and I broke up, and have been fighting on the phone ever since. He lives 4 hours away, and he hangs up the phone and It gnaws at my stomach. Finally, I decided to go and get my things back. I was visiting a friend about 2 hours away, and we went up to get my stuff. But I lost my nerve when I started talking to his parents (He wasn't there...I kinda just drove there and called first, but showed up on his doorstep.) So I went up to his room to leave him a CD and a note. I left everything I had given him there, but took a stuffed monkey which I knew was very special to him. I was trying to be cutesy. I left my cherished baby blanket there because I wanted to realize that I wasn't stealing it for good. I left a cute little ransom note, and left. I got a text message a few hours later about how pissed off he was. I didn't mean to piss him off. I was honestly trying to just make him think of me or smile or something. This is the most insane thing I've ever done. I don't know what to do. He's not talking to me anymore because of this. But in the end, I want my blanket back and I don't care about his money. I just don't know what to do...because I don't trust him to mail my blanket back, but I don't want to drive 4 hours away to make the swat. HEEEEELP