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Dear Diane,

Lately down in my "area" I have been excessively itchy. Also, it looks as if it's more red than usual, but it doesn't look very swollen or anything that I can notice. It doesn't hurt when I pee and I don't smell any different. Is there something wrong with me or is it something I can cure without having to ask my parents or anything? Could it just be some sort of a rash?

Maria Fink

Dear Fink,

First, I'm glad you don't smell any different. I would suggest not scratching if it's itchy. I would suggest you make an appointment with a doctor soon. As far as telling your parents, that's up to you. If you're, you know, in your 30s, I don't see any reason to. If you're 12, maybe. But get to a doctor kiddo!

Love,
Diane

Dear Diane,

Recently I got a package in the mail containing a jar of mayonnaise and a stop-watch. Also I've been finding human fingers in my stool. Is this anything to worry about?

Love, Mom

Dear Mom,

First, I've called my mom and found that you are not in fact her. I would think that you are schizophrenic and/or psychotic. You must have large blackout periods. Do you drink heavily? Don't drink. It sounds to me as if you mailed yourself this strange package, and the part of you that mailed it didn't tell the part of you that wrote this letter that you did. I would also say that it sounds like you are eating human fingers. You may be killing the people the fingers belong to to do this. I would call a psychiatrist immediately. While rational, you may want to turn yourself into a clinic or sanitarium of some sort. I'd do this right now.

Good luck,
Diane

Dear Diane,

I am afraid that I like being beaten. Not just smacked on the ass. Beaten to a pulp. My boyfriend has no problem with this but friends and family do. They say that it is not healthy. But what am I to do? It is the only thing that turns me on.

Sincerely,
Lisa Chung

Dear Lisa,

Sex is different for everyone. But at some time you cross, if not a moral or ethical line, but a legal one. The thing to be careful about here is a prison sentence. Not so much for you, but your lover. If he beats you so badly that you die, what happens then?

You need to weigh your 'love' against your sexual desires or needs -- and maybe your life.

Dear Diane,

My daughter is 18 she wants a baby I told her to wait she still is trying to have one please what can I say to get her to not want a baby.

Sign help please Mn  

Dear "Help Please MN"

This comes just from a reading of who I think you are, and there's nothing you can do. Your dumb kid will have another dumb kid, just as when you were young and had a dumb kid.

If you can force her to get an abortion once she gets pregnant that's something. But more likely you'll need to push her down a flight of stairs to cause a "miscarraige." Good luck.

Diane's motto of the day: No More Stupid Kids.

Dear Diane,

I see that you are advising young women to murder their unborn children. What a wonderful addition to our world you are.

Signed,
Director

Dear Director,

Thank you for supporting my efforts to help keep young women from ruining their lives by having children they are not ready to have. As we all know, children are not children until they become children, and we can't hurt children by killing them before they're born. They aren't hurt, and the only people hurt by the act of abortion are people uninvolved in the relationships involved, and who believe that a make believe "god" are hurt by such actions. It's like how God is hurt by an appendix being removed or wisdom teeth.

Dear Diane,

Why are you such a stupid cunt?????

Signed,
Angels00001@aol.com

Dear Angel,

Well, why are you?

Dear Diane,

I have this ex who is super lame. He acts like a complete loser all the time and cannot come to grips with our break-up. He is already so insecure with himself and now after I dumped him he proceeds to verbally bash me and others. He acts so immature and really is the laughing stock of my friends. I do not know how to deal with the fact that my ex is a loser. Diane, how do I deal with the fact that I used to date a complete and utter fool of a human? I question myself and my choices. How do I ignore such a black cloud looming over me?

Yours Truly,
Glenda

Dear Glenda,

First of all Glenda, I think you should have used a made-up name, especially since you're my sister. Everyone, including myself, has been telling you that Mark is an idiot. When you break up with someone, you need to not talk to him on the phone or see him. Just give yourself some "alone" time. None of your friends like Mark, there is no need to ever see him.

Love,
Sis

Dear Diane,

It was raining, and I was in a bar in LA. This saucy dame came in and we just hit it off, we started a torrid love affair. Now she's hinting that she wants me to kill her husband, so that we can get the insurance money.

I'm like, "baby, we don't need the money that bad" and she's like, "don't you love me, Johnny?" (Johnny is not my real name). And I'm like, "Marcia, of course I love you! But why do we have to kill your husband. Just because he's overweight, middle-aged, boring, a sap, and has a million dollar policy?" and she's like, "Yeah!" (Marcia is her real name).

Signed,
Fred MacMurray

Dear Fred,

While in prison, first thing you should do is scratch the handle of your toothbrush to a sharp, fine point. For your own defense, you can then use the toothbrush as a shiv, or make-shift knife.

Or if you save a piece of saran wrap off of your sandwich (they wrap them in solitary) and wrap it around the bristles, then take a lighter and heat it until soft. Then grind the edges against concrete until it makes a sharp edge.

Diane is a board-certified sexologist, radio talk show host and California licensed relationship counselor. Her advice column on sex and relationships, "Ask Diane," appears in newsweeklies worldwide. She is the author of two collections of Q & A's from her columns: Let's Talk Sex and Ask Diane, as well as Sex Information, May I Help You?, a peek behind the scenes of an anonymous sex help phone line.

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