Putting your childhood dog to sleep will never feel like the right choice. You'll always question yourself.

 You don't have to be in a relationship with a man that makes you feel inadequate. Later in life he will get it, but is it worth the wait?

 Good on you for realizing that having a relationship doesn't create happiness. Pleasing yourself first in your college years, no matter how hard it seemed at the time, was wise beyond all reckoning. Try more to help others see this, too.

 Don't believe him when he says being raped makes you not a virgin. Don't let your first consensual experience be in the basement of his parent's house. Don't give yourself away yet.

 Tell him you love him....I know it's hard, but what's the worst that can happen? You might find out he loves you back.

 Listen when people say, "don't be afraid to do things you want to do." The only one who pushed us back was ourselves. Be confident. Who cares that people think, "you're weird" or "you're not popular." We are unique. We are us. We have our own lives to live. We make it the way we want to make it.

 Think about yourself before others. Stay strong and stand up for yourself. You only need yourself in this world. Be independent.

 Don't let your mom's problems eat away at you. You are not her and will never be her. She will work them out for herself.