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Should I Wait for My Ex-Boyfriend to Come Back to Me?

A reader asks our relationship expert Rachel Simmons if she'll ever be able to get back with her ex-boyfriend.

I Don't Want to Date Him, But I Don't Want to Hurt His Feelings!

I just can't see him as a boyfriend, only a friend. I like him and do not want him to feel bad. I don't know what to do!

Should I Get Involved in My Friends' Fights?

What do I do when my best friends come to me for advice with dealing with my other close friends? I want to be on both sides, or maybe just not in it at all, but it gets complicated. I find myself being drawn in through guilt.

Cyberspy: Are You a Facebook Stalker?

Are you a Facebook stalker? You're not alone. Leigh Belz reports on the thrill of the chase

He's a Senior, I'm a Freshman, and He Has a Girlfriend: Do We Have A Chance?

The guy I really like is a senior at my high school, and there are three problems: I'm a freshman, he has a girlfriend, and I met him maybe like 4 weeks ago

Help! My Teens Seems To Gravitate Towards "Bad Boys"

Poets, philosophers and psychologists have long been puzzled as to why smart, savvy girls often end up swooning over the wrong guy. The list of smart girl/bad boy duos has roots deeper than modern day reference points like Gossip Girl and Twilight: Just think of Danny and Sandy in Grease, Johnny and Baby in Dirty Dancing, or even Elizabeth Bennett's initial fascination with Mr. Wickham in Pride and Prejudice.

Does Your Teen Have an Inappropriate Relationship With Their Teacher, Coach or Mentor?

Teens today have grown up using technology and are more accustomed to interacting with others in a fast, direct and personal way. But this can often prove inappropriate in situations with adults that aren't purely social.

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...

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...

Should I Hook Up With My Foreign Exchange Student?

Hi Rachel, At the beginning of September, we had a 16 year old (good looking) male German international student move into our house because he was going to be spending the year at my school...

Should I Go Further With My Boyfriend?

Dear Rachel, I've been dating this guy (who is at school year above mine) for just over a month. In the space of roughly 3 weeks, we've done quite a lot and now when I...

I Like a Guy Who is of a Different Race – and My Parents Don't Approve

Hi Rachel,I have had a few boyfriends and all of them were white and they were all jerks. They treated me really bad and they never worked out and I got my heart broken. There...

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...

Is Your Clingy Boyfriend Insecure or Abusive?

Dear Rachel,My boyfriend is very clingy. He hates it if I even talk to another guy. Before I started dating him, my best friend was a guy. Because of him I stopped hanging with my...

Week In Review: October 5th - 9th

10 Best Dressed: SeptemberThe Top Drugstore Products to Treat AcneBFF HomewreckerBeauty Crisis: What are the Best Brands for African American Hair?Back Off. He's Mine. Or Is He?...

Super Bad: Why Are Smart Girls Drawn to Bad Boys?

QUIZ: Are you attracted to bad boys? Take our quiz and find out >>It seemed that nothing was unattainable for Ali*--a Manhattan-based high school sophomore with a near- perfect GPA, a stellar SAT score,...

Modern Romance

miley's new man justin gaston: a teen vogue veteran!

Looks like Miss Miley Cyrus is way over Nick Jonas. She's been spotted around Tinsel town lately with the good-looking Justin Gaston (who, I might add, is 20 years old!). We thought his face...

scary statistics

In our August issue, Jane Shin Park reported on the teenage STD epidemic ("Foul Play," page 74), and the article has already provoked impassioned responses from readers, some of whom were grateful for our...

baby boom

Today's theme seems to be teenage pregnancy. First,  Perez Hilton reported that Jamie Lynn Spears had her baby, whom she named Maddie according to his site. Later, I came across an article in TIME...