I’m going to let things be for a little bit and then let her know very calmly that the way she talked to me really hurt my feelings. And that it can’t be a normal thing that happens all the time. I feel like they both want to have this close, involved family when they have kids in a few years. And I...

I posted on here a few weeks ago about my close friend dating my older brother. We finally talked last night and I just feel so sad. She really yelled at me and put a lot of the blame on me. Her feelings are valid. Her perception of the situation was that I hated her and didn't want anything to do w...

Thanks for your responses, they have helped a lot. I'm just going to keep being patient and let her know that I'm here for her always. I'm trying to not be frustrated that I still haven't heard from her because I don't know what kind of thoughts she is having and she is apparently really going throu...

Hi Sam, I'm happy to respect her boundaries. We definitely communicate differently. She has had kind of a hard upbringing and has a lot of issues with her dad and her step dad. I'm not sure where the issues with communicating stem from honestly, but over the past few years, her issues have gotten wo...

One of my close friends from high school has been dating my older brother for over a year. I was volunteering abroad for the majority of their relationship and have just moved back home. They live in the city we all grew up in, and I live in a different city with my parents. I have only seen my brot...

We decided not to use a condom because the condoms from this country are not like American condoms and I was were causing both of us to have a lot of pain. I understand the giant risk this causes. I think I can buy emergency contraception here over the counter.

Hi Scarleteen! I have a question about Plan B. I took it yesterday morning after having a condom break the night before. I took it within 12 hours. However (and I know this was really not good), I had unprotected sex again a few hours later. We used the withdrawal method that time. My question is, d...

Hi! I noticed some brown spotting earlier today when I went to the bathroom. I wiped and there was brown and a hint of red on the toilet paper. I am on the pill and take it every day, but I think I took double over the weekend by mistake because I am a day early on my pack. I also have had some vagi...

Hi! This post is about a family issue so I hope I'm posting in the right place. My younger brother is 22 and has pretty severe anxiety and depression. He recently graduated from college (yay!) but still has some major growing up to do. I always try to be sympathetic and understanding when it comes t...

I don't plan on contacting him ever again and I am really hoping he sticks to his word about not charging me with harassment. Thanks for the kind words and reassurance! I am looking into legal help with identity theft. Something like this has never happened to me before and I always feel comfortable...

He said that he had been receiving text messages from my phone number but I haven't been texting him at all. I'm very confused and worried and didn't even know that another person could duplicate my number and send messages from it. Apparently the person who hacked me (or just me, in his opinion), w...

Hi! Recently my online dating profile was hacked. This lead to me sending a message to one guy in particular that I had texted a few times, just letting him know that my personal info, including my phone number had probably been compromised. I explained the situation to him and he didn't believe me,...

The research I did definitely made me reconsider using condoms all the time. My gyno also encouraged me to do that all the time unless I am consistently having sex with the same person. My guy is fine with using them but if we become exclusive (which we basically are anyway) then we might not use th...

Hey Scarleteam, I recently went on antibiotics for an infected bug bite right before I got my period for this month (last Tuesday). My dude and I had sex a few days afterwards, without a condom. He didn't finish inside me and I started a new pack of birth control pills on Sunday. I now have condoms ...

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Hey all, I know this question probably is a silly one but I'd still like to ask. I take my birth control on time every night and I was recently taking a hair, skin, and nails supplement called Phytophanere. I've done my fair share of research and can't find any evidence of supplements interfering wi...

I'm second guessing myself because we've been together for a long time and I know him really well. I know his family really well. I think what's holding me back from just ending things right now is how he and his family and everyone we've gotten to know together over the past 2 years might perceive ...

I've posted previously about my relationship so I apologize if double posting is annoying. We've been dating for 2 years. He recently left to hike the Appalachian Trail, leaving me for 4 months. I was supportive and even visited him while he was hiking. However, I feel very strongly about having pas...

Hello all, I am posting here because I feel helpless. I have a younger sibling who suffers from extreme depression and anxiety. He has attempted suicide twice. He's not very open with any of the family members in my opinion, but everyone else thinks he is very open with me. I would love it if he wou...

Hi Scarleteen! I have been dating an amazing guy for over 2 years. We really love each other and want to move in together soon. Currently he is hiking the Appalachian Trail so we have had a lot of time apart to think about things. We have very different views on the world. He is pragmatic and logica...