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Comments

Advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

Post things you want advice for.

Re: Advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

I'm trying online dating, and so far the only guys who've made contact with me in return are guys I'm only... sort of interested in. Is it giving them a chance to respond while I keep looking, or is it leading them on?

In the same vein, is it wrong to be turned off by spelling errors?

Re: Advice thread

[sarillia]

I talked to a lot of different people all at once while I was on OKC. I don't think it's reasonable for someone to expect you to be exclusive from the first reply onward.

Re: Advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

No, it is not wrong to be turned off by spelling errors, I certainly am. Especially if they claim they have a degree, but spell like a grade-schooler.

Re: Advice thread

[othellia]

You're find with continuing to look. Like sarilla said, it's just messaging. Sometimes you'll find after two or three that "nah, I'm not interested," so it'd take you a very long time to find someone you click with if you're only going at it one message/person at a time.

And no, spelling errors are a valid turn off in my book. Especially in the age of computers where it does the checking for you and everything has a red squiggly line under it if it's wrong.

Re: Advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

After a couple of messages, you'll have a clearer idea of how interested, or not, you are. In my experience you learn more about someone from a couple of emails than from their profile.

Re: Advice thread

[rubbertea]

crafting the plot of a story. there's always something missing: the beginning, the end, or a mountain sized portion between the two.

Re: Advice thread

[cbrachyrhynchos]

Three-act/part structure works as a good crutch in a pinch.

1. There's a problem.
2. The problem gets worse.
3. Resolve the problem (not necessarily happily.)

Re: Advice thread

[cassandraoftroy]

Ugh, middles are awful. You have my sympathy.

Maybe try to break things down into, "I need a scene or chapter that establishes X (where X is a plot point/character relationship/character trait that will change during the course of the story/apparently-insignificant detail that will be vitally important later/etc.) and then try to come up with interesting ways to accomplish each thing?

Re: Advice thread

[nyxelestia]

I've run into this problem, mostly in that either I can't figure out the story, or I meander and have way too much story. I've found this structure to be the best way to boil down the story and get it complete but also under control:

Hook: prologue, set-up for the story, whatever

Act 1/Beginning: rising action, introducing the story (characters and goals)

Turning Point 1/Conflict: obstacles to the goals (aka conflict)

Act 2/Middle: protagonists trying to contend with those obstacles in pursuit of the goal

Turning Point 2/"Action": antagonist/obstacle makes a striking blow against the goal

Turning Point 3/Climax: protagonists are able to overcome this striking blow

Act 3/Ending: The goal is in someway achieved/on its way to being acheived, and fall-out/loose-ends from rest of the story

Re: Advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

So I know breast tenderness during a period is a thing that happens. I'd never experienced it before and I've been menstrual for 13-14 years, but I did this month. Is that normal? It went away after a while, but it was surprising and uncomfortable. :\

Re: Advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

I'm no expert, but I have been menstrual for a good 20 years. Some months I feel they're tender and other months not so much. I do notice they're more tender if I'm iron-deficient, though.

I guess that doesn't answer the question, though.

Re: Advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

My boobs hang too low. Any exercise?

Re: Advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

I really like this guy and I want to start talking to him over Facebook, see how it progresses from there. But I'm scared to make the first move. I don't want to seem weird, especially if he's not interested in me. I guess I need to move out of my comfort zone and take a chance, but I don't know how to get over my fear of rejection.

Re: Advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

How to succeed in business without really trying?

Re: Advice thread

[kallanda_lee]

Hmm, on he off chance, what are some good ways to make some extra money (preferably legally) that do not involve a job contact with set hours.

Re: Advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

I need to buy furniture, like beds/dressers/couches/shelves/etc.

I've never been to a major furniture distributor on my own, though. I have read some reviews online but I know that doesn't always mean you won't get taken for a ride. Any tips on buying furniture without getting majorly screwed? I'm not picky about designers, but I would like something that won't fall apart after two years.

Re: Advice thread

[kaijinscendre]

If someone can help me stop chewing on the inside of my lips I would be most grateful. I can sometimes go a couple days not doing it but then I wake up with the inside of my mouth chewed to hell.

Re: Advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

I don't want to go into too much detail about it in this thread, for various reasons, but are there general (I know every person is different, but still)...guidelines, hints, etc. on how to tell if a person may be romantically interested in you, like how to tell the difference between them being friendly and being interested. For me it has a lot to do with not making a fool of myself by misreading signals, that's why I ask.

Re: Advice thread

[othellia]

What's more annoying to read in fanficfanfic (specifically shippy fanfic): villainous character is redeemed through Noble Sacrifice (TM) which causes said character's death or same sacrifice happens but the character lives through deus ex machina?

One is sad but I can't help but feel the other is a copout.

Re: Advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

How would I go about selling old Yu-gi-oh cards and Pokemon cards, and is it even worth it to do.

Dry scalp

[(Anonymous)]

I have dry scalp (not dandruff!) and I've always had it. :( Any advice? The weird thing is, my face tends to be super oily, so I don't know why the top of my head is so dry and itchy. I don't really use hot irons or blow dry my hair. It was recommended to me not to wash my hair every day - and I don't, I go for every other day, but the first 24 hours after showering are fine. It's the next day, when the rest of my hair become greasy, that my scalp gets itchy (whhyyy?). I feel like all the websites suggest these things which aren't even applicable to me.

My hairdresser recently suggested being sure not to get any conditioner near my scalp, so my scalp can produce "natural oils" - but I've been trying this for a few weeks and I feel itchier than ever. :(

Advice?

Re: Advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

Is there a gentle way to break up with someone?

When I got into my current relationship, I did so fully expecting it to be temporary, something I (thought I) made clear to my boyfriend. Increasingly, though, he's been talking long-term plans, what our relationship will be like when I move in a few months (which is about when I expected to end the relationship), etc. Apparently, he actually loves me, but I don't really love him back (I know that sounds terrible, but I promise that at least I like him and the relationship is fun).

I think he's pretty much forgotten what I said half a year ago about it being temporary, and he's a great guy and not someone whose heart I want to break. But it looks like I have to. I am just not invested enough in this relationship to keep it up long-distance, especially since I know I'm a career person and will put my career and goals ahead of a relationship.

Any way to break it to someone gently? And any thoughts on whether I should tell him now that I really do expect it to end soon, or if I should let him focus on our time together now and put a firmer end to it later?

Re: Advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

HOW DO YOU STOP PROCRASTINATING, F!S?

AND HOW DO YOU CONCENTRATE FOR MORE THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES?

i have an exam on monday that i need to study for D:

Re: Advice thread

[(Anonymous)]

I clench my teeth, sometimes when I am asleep but mostly when I am awake (not consciously). My dentist has told me its causing problems. (Wear and apparently an bruising on my gums?) I could get a mouthguard for the night clenching, but any advice on stopping during the day when usually I don't even realize I am doing it when my jaw starts hurting?