Does my nose create the smell of food? As a child I had a super fast metabolism and as a result was always hungry. Sometimes I would smell food when I knew it wasnt there. For example…I smelled chili but I was in a car away from any restaurant. Today it happened again….I was smelling some kind of food it smelled like chicken noodles soup and so I got up to get something to eat. Is it normal to have a scent of food that really Kent there if you are deprived of food?
Stupid autocorrect I meant isn’t not Kent

Okay, I’ll try to summarize this briefly, but this has been the past few months of my life. Started a new job in Jan 2010, noticed this attractive guy that worked there…attraction turned out to be mutual. He emailed me at work, we started talking, then texting, then went out a couple of times (he called it hanging out, it was just the two of us at a restaurant:eating, talking, strolling around afterward, kissing - so to me it was dating). We got a little physical - not all the way (I’m a virgin), but little by little he started pulling away, didn’t want to hang out, said he was too busy with work and school and his new job (we no longer work together)…then finally just stopped calling and texting and never gave me any closure. It REALLY hurt me. To complicate things, his cousin (male), who is also his roommate, still works there and we’ve had lunch once and went mountain biking. I can’t tell what his cousin thinks of me…I like him as a friend, but I still have feelings for his cousin, the one who hurt me. THEN I found out today that the last time I saw the first guy (the one I really liked), he actually had put one of his friends (who also works at the same place, although I don’t know him personally) up to calling while he was with me, pretending he had a flat tire and needed help…conveniently AFTER we (or should I say - I) finished making out. And that was when he left, saying his friend needed help and he had to go. So now I feel so stupid…so used…so hurt…and I feel like everyone at work knows how bad I got played. I REALLY liked the guy and really though I was falling in love. He seemed so great at first. Well, Friday I’m supposed to go mountain biking with the cousin again, but I’m not sure if I should or just forget everyone all together. I really wish I could ask the cousin about everything (since the guy I like won’t return my calls…???), but I’m not sure if he knows all the details and I don’t want to risk everyone at working finding out all my feelings and thoughts about it….then I’ll look more vulnerable. What should I do? I am very confused. Honestly, I wish I never met this guy to begin with. He broke my heart like I never thought possible.

Being with my family makes me depressed. It seems as if they only care about my sister (my only sibling). When I am in my room (because I don’t want to be with them) or taking a nap, they leave me. They all go eat at a restaurant or go to the movies or bowling or something without me!! I know I don’t like being with them but I want to watch a movie or eat at a restaurant too. It also seems as if they only care about my sister. She always lies and blames me for everything. She always goes in my room and steals my stuff like my diary so I have to always lock my room before my room. One time I told her to stop and then she pushed me down the stairs but before I fell I tried to grab on to her so I wouldn’t fall and I accidentally scratched her and then fell down the stairs. My sister lied and told my parents I scratched her on purpose. They didn’t believe me when I told then she pushed me down the stairs. My family always make fun of me. They call me fat and ugly and stupid. It makes me really upset. I want to move in with my aunt or any other family member but they all live in different parts of the world

i am somewhat new at this restaurant. i am a dishwasher. there was a big demand for a certain type of plate, because they were running out, and i was bringing the plates back out after i washed them. then my boss, a guy who is very graceful, was commenting on how much of a hard worker i was tonight, and how i was doing a good job. then a plate slipped and it dropped right in front of him and shattered.. i was SO EMBARRASED!!!!!!! what should i do to get over it? and also, i was so much in shock, that i walked away and that the boss had to start cleaning it up. then i realised that i should of done it. but he said “thats okay, i can help out”.

i am SO EMBARRASSED!!!!!! help!

i feel so bad for my dad. all he tries to do is love us (me and two sisters) with all his heart and all we can do is bash him for what he does that bugs us. he can get very annoying at times, but tonight i realize how stupid and selfish we sound for doing that.

we had nothing to eat for dinner tonight, and i was gonna have some frozen thing, but my dad overheard and decided he would take us all out to eat at a mexican restaurant. so we get ready and go and (skipping ahead to ordering food) when we get our food, my sister’s (savannah) nachos are burnt and dont taste very good. she quickly got irritated at everybody since her meal was ruined. i dont exactly know why, but my dad suggested to eat it with a fork. savannah gives him a mean look and sharply says “No”.

and also, savannah had plugged in some random christmas lights earlier, and turned them off when we were about to go, even after our mom told her to leave them on (not in a demanding way though). she turned them off anyways, and my dad playfully says “oh come on savannah, whyd you turn them off?!”. i understand our dads humor, but apparently my sister doesnt, and so she took it the wrong way, and started to yell at him to get over it and that theyre just lights.

when we got home, savannah had apparently tried to apologize to our dad, but he said it doesnt matter (which is what he does to make us feel bad). it didnt affect her in that way, so she started to ask what his problem was, and after a while, he said “i’m not perfect, savannah i know, so please stop reminding me!”.

when she told me about the discussion, i thought about how he is always getting nagged on about how hes so annoying and wont let us grow up, when on the other hand, he has loved us with all his heart all our lives, and continues to do so, and all we can do is point out all his flaws and what not.

it got me so upset after a while, i started crying about how we act towards him and how he must feel, and i am still crying over it. when we were young, we all used to hug him whenever he got home from work every single day. it makes me so incredibly sad to think about how he must feel now. i dont deserve a dad as great as him. none of my siblings do either. he is such a great person at heart, so full of love, only trying to show us how he feels about us as his kids, and all we do is make him feel bad about himself and what not. he tries to do so much for us, even though we have almost no money anymore cuz of the economy and such. i’m 17 years old, and even though he is still pretty strict as a parent and can annoy me with that, its just good to know he cares about us still. it kills me to think that he might die at any time with this, and i honestly dont think i’ll ever get over it when he does pass away..

I’ve known this guy for awhile, we met through my mom, he used to work for her. She thinks he’s really great. He talked to me a lot before, and then I got a boyfriend and he stopped. But I recently broke up with my boyfriend and he started talking to me again. We went running once, and then a few days later he asked me to dinner and a play. Everything was really great, he paid for everything, including dinner at a nice restaurant and drinks for us. I was coughing during the play and he left to get me a bottle of water : ) Anyways, when we were walking back to his car after the show, he took my hand, and after about a minute I pulled it away. When we got back to my house, he said he’d walk me to the door and I just said “That’s ok.” Am I a jerk? Do you think he’s mad?

So I have been working at a certain restaurant for about seven weeks now. My boss is in her 20’s yet still hasn’t- mentally- passed her adolescent years. I noticed, from the start, that my co-workers made fun of me for my lack of knowledge in the working world, but I figured that was because (being a teenager) this was my first job. Tonight, however, it went too far. I accidentally spilled a large bucket of water- while trying to mop the bathrooms- and needed help cleaning it up. I didn’t know where the tools were that I needed so I asked my manager for assistance. She helped me without complaining and I thanked her for her kindness. As I finished cleaning up the mess I overheard her and a fellow cashier commenting on my accident. They referred to me as “slow” and “retarded.” Also, the cashier claimed that I am a dog because I’m stupid, but kind, so I’m hard not to love. After they had a laugh my manager asked the cashier if she knew about my mom’s history. She told the cashier about my mom’s drug addiction (which I had privately informed her about) and then blamed her addiction on my stupidity…so basically I’m a crack baby (not really, she’s just a jerk.) So I want to get back at her. Not in a rude or insulting way, but I want to prove myself/ make her realize how rude she was. Any ideas?

whenever customers made some orders and then they took the seats in the front.and then after i ‘ve done making the food ,i don’t know how to give out the food to them,because i don’t know what am i suppose to say in order to draw their attention,i was just like this: ok,sir( madam). but that sounds stupid and informal. i want someone to answer me what is the correct thing to get customers attention

OK, so. i’m 15 and the guy is 18.(i know, age gap!!) we’ve been dating for about 2 weeks and he starts telling me he wants to marry me and have loads of kids. then he’s asking me too go out for meals at posh restaurants etc. i don’t want to. i’m 15, i’m still a kid.. the next thing he’s going to ask for is sex, and i’m not ready for that.
despite all this, he’s SO immature. he’s just not the kind of guy i would usually date, i mean, he swears a lot, even to my mom, and he’s repulsive. he finds ‘farting’ hilarious and he’s such a sexist pig.
i knew i was stupid to date him, so i told him i wasn’t ready for things to progress and i didn’t want to be with him anymore. it’s been 2 months and he is still constantly texting me and ringing me..
what do i do?

So, I have been learning my second language for years, but I think I’m not good at it yet. But some people say I’m good enough to make myself understood and communicate with people who speak it.

I think I’m so bad at learning language, because it looks like I’m stuck with the beginner level forever, and my second language hasn’t improved much. I feel horrible about my linguistic skills…

I always make some mistakes when I write and speak in my second language, and sometimes I can’t understand when I read newspaper or articles on the internet.

I have been to a country where the language was spoken, and I was able to do the simplest things such as ordering at the restaurants, asking people for directions, etc.

In my country, people don’t speak the language I’m learning as a second language, so I don’t use it very often on my everyday life, but I have some friends to write e-mails, so the occasion I use this language is rare.

What do you think of my second language skills? I don’t want any flattery… Please be honest and you can even criticize my poor command. Thank you.
Oh please, please don’t flatter.
That’s so kind and nice of you, but I want honesty…
Are you guys joking??? Or, am I too stupid??