Hey Tyra, This is Sara I'm seventeen and I just got out of a relationship about 5 or 6 monthes ago. It was really hard. We was together for almost 2 years. I broke up with him and it hurt me to do it. Because We got engaged about a month before I cut the string. But I guess it was for the best. But I'm still hurting. And I dont know what to do?
help?
love ya
SARA

Hi Tyra,
I watch your show almost everyday, not to lie but to hopefully learn something from what everyone has to say about there own lives, hoping that i will learn something to help myself. It doesn't really help though and i don't understand why. I've been in a realationship with my boyfriend for 7 months now which really isnt alot, but i moved away from my hometown to get away from the problems there and he offered to move out where I'm living and we could move in and start going out, and i was all for it , i hadn't dated or had a boyfriend in like 2 years(because of an ex that had cheated on me) so i thought i would give it a try... well within the first week he'd already gotten mad at me for the smallest things. After 2 months of being together he was really drunk at a party and i was sober and he got jelouse of our friend driving to the store with me, when we got home he threw me in our room and told me i wasnt allowed to leave and held the door close... i started crying and screaming he came in and picked me up and threw me against the wall .. i ran for the door and he grabbed me again ... this went on till 6 in the morning when i was finally able to run to the closest store and call a cab, where i went to my firends .... after this night i havent been able to completely trust him. He hasnt hit me since then , but hes always getting mad at me for things..like everything. The smallest things make him pissed off and he makes me feel like ive done something wrong . Don't get me wrong though he does tons for me all the time, but thats one of the problems, he thinks that because he pays for things and does this and that for me that everything is fine.Everyone tells me to leave if im not happy , but there are times im happy,when i love him, when i don't wanna leave him. Oh and to help he hates my best friend more then anything, because she stuck up for me one night , I'm not allowed to hang out with my friends anymore cause hes jelouse of them so i spend everyday and every minute with him.TYRA PLEASE HELP ME! I use to be happy and outgoing and all over the place... i miss my friends my family my life... but i still love him so much:(.. please help me get my life back

My name is Kelly and I am currently in a physical and emotionally abusive relationship. This is not the first relationship I have been in like this. The very first one was when I was 16 and with a man who was 26. I was forced into prostitution, beaten with a shotgun, burned with an iron and told I would be killed as I layed in a sheet in the nude. I almost lost my life. I would love the opportunity to share my story, raise awareness and seek help to get out of my current situation. I feel like I am at a crossroads between actually wanting to live or die everyday because death seems so much easier than living in this situation or the situation of being stalked.

Hi Tyra..Okay i have been with my guy for 11 months now and we are expecting our first baby in September 2008.. but it seems like we are growing apart maybe its just me i dont feel as connected to him as I used to. He seems so differnt now and everything that he does gets on my nerves. Sometimes I just feel like leaving. He cant keep a job and we live with his aunt and uncle..I'm just so fed up with everything and i dont know how to tell him that i just feel like leaving.. I dont know what to do..can you help me PLEASE??

Hi,Tyra
I m dating this guy who is sooo loving.The only problem i have with him is his way of love making.He is those old fashion man who does not even make that efford to kiss me when we are making love.He just go straight to taking off my panties and start.I talk to him about this,i even suggested that we should try oral sex which he just laughted at the idea of doing it.He told me that his mouth is used for eating food only and not by doing oral sex.He told me he wont do it and that he is a traditional man with morals.This brought me to the point of thinking about my ex or others guy.I dont want to cheat on him.What must i do to convince him to do the things i want?I love this man so much and i dont want to leave him.

Hey Tyra u rock nways just wanted to ask u i have been with this guy for 4 months now we got married two weeks ago and i suppose we love eachother and when we met we moved in together rite away so it was kind of quick but the thing is we fight alot i mean all the time and when we fight he always threatens to walk out of the relationship which sometimes scares me coz i love him but at tha same time am sick of hearing that coz i feel disrepected each time we fight he throws away his ring which really upsets me and he knows that but he still does it please tyra i need your advice i love u so much

Hi tyra
Im 14 years old.
Just been seein this lad called chris =)
relationship was goin great. Then it got complicated we finished.
A month later, he asked me back out. I said yes =)
BUT
2 days later he said he was drunk so it didnt mean anything.
After all that time trying to get over him, im back to square one :( !

Its probably silly because im 14 but i felt like i loved him =(

Any thoughts on what i should do next?? =)

thanks
XXX

Hi Tyra. I am not sure if you can help me or not. I am in a tough situation. I have been with my boyfriend for about a year, and I live with him, I absolutley love his family and wanted so bad to be a part of it, I am 21 and my boyfriend is 22 and I feel that he is not into the relationship like I want him to be, he is not romantic, he is still kinda imature, and he is going away to another school in the fall. Anyways I have lived with him now for about 8 months, and we fight sooo much. I feel that I love myboyfriend, but I met another guy, who I have known for only about a little over a month, anways this other guy is a little older than me he is 27, he has 2 kids and he was married but his wife had passed away a few years ago. This other guy is the romantic type that I like, and he says all the right things and does the right things. The only thing is he lives 5 hours away to go to school, he is moving here in a year. I see him every other week. He says he would be able to do it long distance but I am not so sure I can. I am afraid to leave my boyfriend because I am so comfortable with him and I love his family, and I hate being home at my familys house. I am scared if i get with this other guy things wont work out and I will want my boyfriend back and he wont take me back. I pretty much want my cake and eat it to. I thought about taking a break from my boyfriend for a while to figure out what I want. But how do you know when it is right? I dont know how to figure it out. I have always had someone tell me what I should and shouldnt do, that it makes this so hard for me. I hate the break up anxiety, and I hate the anxiety of being with someone new. Its almost like I dont want to get out of my comfort zone. And I dont not want to see his family again, I love his mom she is like a mom to me. I am just soooooo confused please help!

Hi Tyra

I am writing to you today not about me but about my best friend. Jennifer and I have been best friends for eight years, we both consider each other more sisters than friends. We have been through thick and thin with each other and we've always helped get each other through any situation. But now i'm worried about her and i'm afraid i cant help get her out of this one. Jennifer is 23 years old beautiful funny has an amazing heart but has gotten into a really bad situation. Her boyfriend is about to be 30 and has five kids by three different women. Jennifer is pregnant with his sixth. He is extremely verbally abusive to her and has been physically abusive as well. They have lived together for the past year and a half i can only remember one time did he actually help pay bills, and by help i think he gave her about 300 which isnt even half of rent. He does nothing to help her at all she is eight months pregnant waiting tables at a country club sometimes working eleven hour shifts without breaks but she has to because if she doesnt work she doesnt have money for bills, much less for the baby. She is mentally exhausted physically worn out and emotionally not there sometimes. He has changed her to feel as though she isnt good enough and that she is going to be a horrible mother. I need help tyra she is my best friend and i feel as though if i sit by and dont help her or find someone who can i will watch her go down the tubes and the baby go with her. She is an amazing person but shes past the point of believing that. Please help me save her before we lose her and the baby altogether.

I truly wish I could die already. I hate life and myself.

HI TYRA,

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO WRITE AN EMAIL TO YOU. I DO KNOW YOU TRY TO ANSWER EMAILS YOURSELF, SO I HOPE YOU GET THIS ONE..I WATCH TYRA WHENEVER I CAN AND I ALSO LOVE WATCHING AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL.

I WROTE BECAUSE IM PRESENTLY IN A RELATIONSHIP THAT I KNOW I WANT TO GET OUT OF BUT I CANT!FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS..I AM 33 AND I AM A SINGLE MOM WITH 19 MONTH OLD SON WHO I LOVE SO MUCH. i WORK AS A NURSE, BUT HAVE TO LEAVE MY SON IN THE CARE OF MY MOM WHO IS OUT OF THE COUNTRY BECAUSE I CANT TAKE CARE OF HIM YET WHILE HES STILL SMALL. I MET THIS GUY WHO IS 47.HE IS DIVORCED WITH 4 KIDS..ONE 19-YEAR OLD AND THREE SMALLER ONES 7, 9 AND 10.TO MAKE MY STORY SHORT--IVE BEEN SEING THIS GUY FOR ABOUT 6MOS NOW, BUT IT HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE FOR ME LATELY TO LET HIM KNOW THAT I AM NOT HAPPY AND WE CANT HAVE A FUTURE TOGETHER. HE WANTS TO MARRY ME -- I JUST REALIZE I PREFER SOMEONE CLOSE TO MY AGE OR A BIT OLDER..NOT 15 YEARS OLDER AS HE WAS COMPARED TO ME. OF COURSE I KNEW THIS WHEN I MET HIM. I FELT LIKE I DRAGGED THE 'RELATIONSHIP' WITH HIM ONLY BECAUSE I NEEDED HIM--BUT NOT REALLY WANT HIM.I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO...

I WISH I WAS CLOSE TO NEW YORK. OR THAT YOU CAN DO A SHOW ABOUT 'YOUNGER WOMEN DATING OLDER MEN--PROS AND CONS'..I DO FEEL LIKE IM IN TROUBLE NOW THOUGH COS I LET HIM DO A LOT OF THINGS FOR ME.I DO FEEL HE DOES THIS THINGS FOR ME TO LET ME STAY IN THE RELATIONSHIP -- BUT NOW I FEEL GUILTY, BUT I KNOW I NEED TO GET OUT! helllpp tYRA!

PRETTY N PETITE

I completely understand what u mean by getting out. But I am in a situtation i can't get out of my boyfriend cheated with a much older woman than myself and when i found out i was just devastated. i cried harder than i have ever cried in my life,but we have a child how do you walk away from a sitution where you must put someone eles needs before your own.

u shouldnt stay with some 1 thats gonnna make u feel bad or say anything bad to you ad hes abusive dont wait till the next hit when he hits u once u should know get the hell out cuz if u dont ulll get him used to you being scared!

hi tyty my name is gaelle is pronounced gail or guy elle just 2 let u no any ways i really loooove i think ur sooooooooooo coooool. my youtube usernam is named after u.anyways i love both of ur shows but im only 12 so i dont no much about relationship all the boys i no r all weirdos. i really like ur mom 2 becaus without her u wouldent b her nd i wood hate it if u were gone. i think ur moms sooooooo cool . i wood die if i met either 1 of u.i just stoped bi 2 give a shoutout even though ur a busy lady nd u have better things 2 do than read mail from a 12 year old so imma leave u 2 what ever u have 2 do. i realy hope u read this. bi tyty i hope u have a great day

we have a model group and we enjoy it but they are look for us to rice far but tyra if you can help ua that will be nice please please please please by look for contact and giving us steps ok love love love you

hey Tyra! you are my insipartion.i love your confidence. all the way from zimbabwe

heytyra i love u