It's normal to feel upset and a little heartbroken when your crush rejects you, but anger will not help anything. Getting angry can be particularly damaging if your crush is a close friend, as getting mad may ruin the friendship. Wish your crush good luck and try to smile. If you were/are close friends, let your crush know you'd like to remain friends, and that you hope this won't change things between you. It's the best way to save face and maintain the friendship after getting rejected. One of the best ways to get over heartbreak and rejection is to surround yourself with friends. Whether you go to a movie, get food, go out for a drink (if you're old enough), or just hang out at home, it's important to be with friends during difficult situations. Let your friends know you're going through a rough patch, and ask them if they're free to spend some time together. Some friends will make the effort to reach out to you, but other friends may need to be invited. If your friends don't immediately reach out to you, try approaching them and let them know that you could really use some company. If you're feeling the sting of a crush's rejection, it can be helpful to seek out activities that make you happy. Whether you enjoy listening to music, reading a book, watching a movie, or simply going for a walk or bike ride, doing things you enjoy can help you feel good and stay positive in spite of how you're feeling. Some people may assume that journaling won't help, but studies have shown that journaling can help people put their thoughts into perspective and remain positive after experiencing heartbreak.  Invest in a new, high-quality journal. This will ensure that the journal will stand up to any abuse from daily use, and will make you more likely to want to use your journal every day.  Set aside time everyday to write in your journal. Try setting a timer to force yourself to write for longer periods of time.  Allow yourself to experiment. Your journal isn't intended to be read by anyone else, so let yourself be open and honest. Give yourself permission to think things through on the page, as you're figuring it out. In other words, it doesn't have to be a perfectly thought-out and well-articulated document. It can just be a jumble of thoughts, feelings, or observations. . Maybe you were rejected in front of a group of people and you're feeling embarrassed, or perhaps you just had really high hopes that things would work out with someone. Whatever you're going through, don't be afraid to talk about how you're feeling if you're really devastated over a rejection. If you don't think your friends or family would understand, try talking to a counselor or therapist. Many schools and universities offer free counselors, or you can search online to find a therapist in your area.
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One-sentence summary -- Resist getting angry. Spend time with friends. Do things you enjoy. Start journaling. Know when to ask for help


This includes things like flashlights, electrical lanterns, batteries, candles, lighters, and matches. When choosing candles, try to get a pillar candle. They will be less likely to get knocked over, and will last much longer than stick candles.  Batteries expire. Check your stash every year and throw out any that have leaked or expired. Candles made from liquid paraffin are smokeless and odorless. They are great for indoors.  Get some of those solar-powered garden lights. Charge them during the day, then use them at night. You can hold them, or prop them up in jars. Glow sticks don't offer much light (at least not enough to read by) but they can be fun to play with. This way, when the power goes out, you can still use your electronic readers, music players, and movie players. You might even want to get one of those portable chargers for your electronics. This way, when your electronic runs out of battery power, you can plug it into the portable charger, and enjoy it for a little bit longer. Try to keep everything in one box. This way, you will have everything on hand during the next black out. If you have small children, consider making this a "special blackout box." Young children seem to find anything that comes out of a "special" box more exciting to play with. Listed below are some crafty items you might want to consider having:  Sketch books, coloring books, activity books, or notebooks Pens, pencils, coloring pencils, crayons, or markers Scrapbooks and scrap-booking supplies Glitter and glue Glow-in-the-dark paints Colorful yarn, knitting needles/crochet hooks This will make the toy feel like new each time the kid plays with it. Some examples of special toys include:  A special light-up toy that the kid can draw on or play with A packet of glow-sticks is a safe bet for just about any child Glow-in-the-dark paint and glitter will make even nighttime crafting fun Arts and crafts kits
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One-sentence summary -- Have some source of light ready. Keep your electronics charged at all times. Have some arts and crafts items on hand. Have some special toys that the kid only gets to use during blackouts.


Scammers often use the phrase "Remember the distance or color does not matter, but love matters a lot in life". That phrase is used in a lot of love scam emails. Although they could simply enjoy IM chatting more, what they say in IM may not be reportable to the website, allowing their profile to stay up so they can draw in other people. While plenty of people have bad grammar or spelling, see if it's inconsistent with the way people speak from where they claim to be. Also, if it is audio chat, see if his/her accent is what he/she claimed it to be (if the scammer happened to mention that before, of course).
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One-sentence summary -- Read their introductory letter. Be cautious if they immediately want to get you off the dating website and onto a IM chat. Check their spelling and grammar.


Loop the rubber band over one door knob, make a figure eight over the latch, then loop the free end of the rubber band over the other door knob. Choose a thick, sturdy rubber band that is stretched taut when positioned this way. Place a standard rectangular laundry basket into the tub as you fill it with water. Put your toddler or small child into the basket, along with their toys. When bathtime is done, just drain the tub and lift out the basket with all the toys inside!  This is not a substitute for an infant bath basin. Use it only for kids who are big enough to bathe in a standard tub. Supervise children at all times while bathing. Buy a container of colorful bracelet beads and let your child help you thread them onto the bracelet string. Pick out numbered beads and string them on so that they correspond to your phone number.  You might also want to spell out the child’s first name. A bracelet is no substitute for proper supervision of a child. Lay a foam pool noodle along each long edge of the bed, right on top of the mattress. Tuck the fitted sheet over the mattress so that the noodles are held securely in place. The small humps created by the noodles will make it less likely that your child will roll off the edge of the bed. Use this as a short-term measure for an occasional problem. Invest in proper bed rails if your child rolls out of bed frequently. Instead of having to guess whether a pair of shoes will fit, bring their feet (or at least a tracing of them) with you. Trace around both their feet, either barefoot or with socks on. If the shoes you’re looking at are larger (but not too much larger) than the traced outlines, the shoes will fit—at least for a few months! Poke the bottom of the wooden stick of your kid’s favorite frozen treat—like a Popsicle or ice cream bar—through the bottom of the paper wrapper. Slide the wrapper up to the base of the treat and let it catch all the inevitable drips! Paper wrappers with foil on the outside work best, but any paper wrapper will do.
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One-sentence summary --
Use a rubber band to keep kids from locking a door. Make a smaller “laundry basket play tub” within your bathtub. Create a child safety bead-bracelet with your phone number on it. Use pool noodles to help keep a kid from rolling out of bed. Trace a kid’s feet on paper when you’re shoe shopping without them. Use paper cupcake or muffin wrappers to catch drips from frozen treats.