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He Led Me On!
Dear Rachel, I have a camp friend whom I consider one of my closest friends. During the summer, I used to like him a lot. I spent most of my time with him at the...
By Rachel Simmons
Guy Needs Girl Help!
Dear Rachel, My name is Kevin and I'm 17 years old. I thought you might have some good insight on an experience I had involving a girl's image of her body. She was a girl...
By Rachel Simmons
He Won't Forgive Me
Dear Rachel, My boyfriend and I just recently broke up cause he thought that I was flirting with some other guy at a party that was actually at my boyfriend's house. He was there. And...
By Rachel Simmons
I Got Dumped!
Dear Rachel, I have a problem. My boyfriend broke up with me because he thinks I'm really clingy, and what kinda sucks is that he didn't even tell me about it. He talked to his...
By Rachel Simmons
I'm the New Girl at School...and I'm Freaking Out
Hey Rachel, So I am moving.....out of town....out of state, so to a new school. I don't know what to do because I have NEVER been the new girl, ever. It's all going to be...
By Rachel Simmons
Our Friend is Obsessed with Makeup -- and It's Driving Us Insane!
Dear Rachel, I've been friends with this girl since the beginning of time. She's also in my class, my bus & completely surrounds me during my day at school. But that is not the...
By Rachel Simmons
How Do I Know if I'm Depressed?
Hi Rachel, I need some help. I cry a lot. I cry at least once a week, especially when I'm stressed. I know that crying is normal but is it too much? I'm scared I...
By Rachel Simmons
Should I Get Back Together With My Ex?
Hi Rachel,So, I dated this really amazing guy for about 10 months, and we had said at the beginning that if we broke up, we would still be best friends like before the relationship. I...
By Rachel Simmons
How Do I Know if I Really Like Him?
Hey Rachel,There's this guy at my school and I have a HUGE crush on him. I barely know the guy, it's just his looks and the things I hear about him. I found out he...
By Rachel Simmons
Stuck in a Mean Girl Clique: Help!!!
Dear Rachel,I admit I'm in a clique but truthfully we are not hurtful to other girls but to girls inside our group. These two girls and myself are usually invited everywhere and we exclude...
By Rachel Simmons
My Boyfriend Wants to Hook Up With Other Girls
Hi Rachel. My name is Sydney. I would just like to say that this past weekend I got into my first fight with my boyfriend of almost three weeks over a text. Then we...
By Rachel Simmons
Trapped in a Bestie Hell
Dear Rachel, My best friend and I have been pretty close for about 3 years (that's how long we've been "bffs"). I feel as though she's always off with another one of our other bffs,...
By Rachel Simmons
Do Guys Change Their Minds?
Dear Rachel, So there's this guy at my school that I liked during my freshman year. My friends told him and he didn't like me in the same way so it got REALLY awkward. I...
By Rachel Simmons
She's My Best Friend...Am I Hers?
Hi Rachel, There's this girl that I've been friends with for several years and I've always considered her as my best friend. Lately, though, she hasn't really been acting like a friend. She has been...
By Rachel Simmons
Is it Too Late to Apologize?
Hi Rachel, I started college last year and met my friend who quickly became a best friend. The problem is that later on in the year a third friend popped up to make a threesome...
By Rachel Simmons
Video: How to Tell Your BFF to Stop Texting So Much
Watch the first episode of Rachel's new video series, BFF 2.0, and find out how to tell your friends to tone down the texting while you're hanging out....
By Rachel Simmons
I Hooked Up with a Guy Who has a Girlfriend....And, Um, Who Still Has a Girlfriend
Dear Rachel, Over the summer, I hooked up with this guy a couple of times who kind of had a girlfriend but it was one of those silly relationships where they never ever see...
By Rachel Simmons