Im 16 years old, and i would like to know how can i finally stop being shy and be myself around people? Im really nervous when im around people and its very aggravating cuz i want to make lots of friends but my shyness is preventing me. I wanna do extracurricular activities, get invited to parties, and just being a well known person that many people like. How can i do that? I only got 2 years of high school and i wanna make the best out of it :)

guys bring me down to bring me my friend up. They tell my friend shes beautiful and deserves to be treated like a queen. They tell me how ugly my face is and its a disgrace to look at.

so Im like 14 and idk if im attractive or not. like boys at school dont really seem to notice me and they mostly like my friends. like i think im average looking or a little bit pretty its just like is this all in my head?? do i have to be a th0t to get a guys attention?

So theres this girl and we've been friends for like 3 years. Lets call this girl sally. i really thought Sally and I have been getting closer bc/ we have almost all classes together, sit together during lunch, and we like walk to class. But one day during art class, at my table i was sitting with this girl. in front of me was sally and her really close friend. Sally goes, "who are your bestfriends?" and the friend starts like listing it. But than Sally who was sitting right in front of me started listing so many people except me! And the weird thing is she was literally right in front of me. She was like listing people i thought she wasn't even that close friends with. So like what do you guys think??? I was just confused and kind of angry because you thinks your best friends with someone and they don't feel the same...

I'm pretty short,about 5'2" and i live life really happy and comfortable while i see my friends who are like 6'5" who are always crying and sad with no money so why does the internet say so much stupid **** honestly?

So in my backyard it is just woods and there are many trees back there. Sometimes I go back there and I just take my clothes off. I don't know why it is just fun to do and it just makes me feel rebellious. I just don't know what to do back there. It's just a forest. So I was wondering what people think I should do. No one will see me because the trees are huge and there are many of them. Also I am young. Also can I put bug spray on my privets.

i just want people to be friends, whats wrong with that? why can't we all be friends? is there anything you need help with? can i help you? please? :-( by "right" i mean correct.

I've known this girl Jill since we were about 11-12 years old. I'm 27, she's almost 27. Her two boys are my Godsons and I've always called them my "nephews". For the longest time, I didn't see them all for quite a few years because she kept moving around and getting in relationships with guys who weren't good for her. 3 years ago, she moved close by to me so we have hung out a lot in the last 3 years. In hindsight, she hasn't been a very good friend. I enjoy hanging out with her, her boyfriend, our mutual best friend and their kids, but she treats me like crap. A couple months ago, a misunderstanding happened between me and a mutual friend named Travis. Travis was under some impression I liked him back in the same way I liked him and he got upset when he found out I had a date one weekend. I implied he should be happy for me and Jill blew up on me, saying I was a "basic b*tch", "extremely selfish", "cold-hearted", "insensitive" and that I didn't feel like her friend anymore. A few weeks later, I gave in and apologized to her (although I had nothing to apologize to HER for) and she said she accepted my apology, but she never freaking apologized to me. We just never brought up the ordeal again (and yes, I did apologize to Travis for hurting his feelings and such). Lately, Jill, her boyfriend, and our mutual best friend have been ganging up on me and judging me. I can't even talk to these people anymore, but they're fun to hang out with. Should I even hang out with them anymore? I still like talking to my best friend most of the time, but she currently lives with Jill and her boyfriend so they're kind of a united front right now. Jessica, what else would 27 year olds do? We hang out at their house, watch Netflix, play games, etc. Anon., it isn't just the misunderstanding, which frankly had nothing to do with her. The only part she played in it was Travis went to HER and bitched to her about me rather than talking to me and he made her upset with me. Like I said, lately, she's been having them all gang up on me and judge me and tear me down about my past and present...when she's no saint herself.

My former high school buddy was killed in Iraq last week and he's arriving at Dover airforce base on friday morning. He joined the Marine Corps last may right after graduating high school. My whole graduating class is going there. Truth be told when thru high school we were pretty close,then when senior year time came he got irritated by some things I've done or how I acted since during my senior year I had an affair with a married man and I kinda was friends with his daughter since we live in a very small town and went to the same school. So my "friend" was kinda mad at me because of this and I replied to him that just because he was so determined to be a Marine it didn't mean that he was perfect and I was this silly person. Long story short we barely spoke the whole senior year because of this: He was irritated by me and I was by him. We ignored each other whenever we bumped into each other. Then last week the whole town got the news. I got the news from mutual friends. Apparently he was Killed in Action. His remains will arrive in Dover and then there will be a funeral with full honors in our town. Most of my friends are going to Dover (3 hrs by car) and then most of the town will partecipate to his funeral. Now the thing is: Should I go there? I mean we didn't speak for almost 2 years and all of our friends knew that we couldn't stand each other anymore. And truth be told while I'm sorry that he passed way too young I'm not devastated by his death. Should I go there?

He talks to strangers more than he talks to me... Plus, whenever we're in a group, he pretty much ignores me the entire time and runs off with other friends... And before you give me that, "Well he has other friends too," nonsense, I need to say that he literally doesn't talk to me AT ALL. I'm serious!!! We wave and smile at each other, he runs off for the next hour or so, and he only just says bye and then runs off again.... All of my other friends do the same thing... They just leave me behind. No matter who it is, they just leave me behind... What should I do?

I've been "best-friend" with this girl for over a year now but I quickly realized that I never felt truly happy around her nowadays. Actually, it's always been that way, but at the beginning of our friendship, I was constant and pure denial, but now I realize that I literally should have never even talked to that person. The reason as to why I don't feel truly happy is because of her personality: selfish, manipulative, arrogant, loud mouth... Why did I stay with such a person? Because I'm Norwegian, fluent in English, and she happens to be too (which, if I'm being honest was such an amazing thing) but because of this only "thing" in common, I forced myself to stay with her. She treated me like her ******* dog and I'm extremely exhausted; she has the most toxic behavior/personality ever. How do you break-up with a person that considers you their "bEsT FrIeNd FoR EVEr" and literally cannot have a normal, intelligent conversation because they're immature? I shouldn't even say "break-up" at this point caus' I'm basically trying to get rid of an extremely toxic person so I can at least be happy.

Well, I am really into cosplay (I know it is made fun of a lot, and considered cringy but I love it so I do it anyways), and I look A LOT like someone else in the community. I am not gonna send a picture of myself because I just feel a little uncomfortable doing that on Yahoo Answers, but I am not the only one who noticed. I was looking at their profile on Instagram and my friend saw and was sorta shocked when I said it wasn't me (she knew I liked cosplay, saw their face and cosplay, and assumed it was me). Some of my other friends have noticed we look alike too. I don't wanna be known as a look alike to a popular cosplayer, but at the same time I don't wanna give up on something I love. I just need help on what to do I guess.

I've known my online friend since we were both little because we met on Roblox. I've known her for about 5 years. We're the same age, I've confirmed it because she's video called with me many times and I know her mother. My father refuses to believe she's the same age as me because she has a slightly deeper voice even though I've told him many times. She's my best friend and I'm scared I won't be able to talk to her anymore. My dad tends to shelter me from the real world because the real world is "dangerous" but I'm old enough to make my own decisions.

My friend and i are really close seriously she's more like a sister to me. I've been talking to some guy and we've really been thinking about having sex but we have no where to have sex since both our parents are always home. I asked my friend if i could have sex in her room since her parents are really hardly home and if they are home they never go in her room. she was hestitant at first and immediately said no! i've talked her into letting me and she agreed to it. if this was switched around and this was you and your close friend would you let your friend have it in your bed? why or why not?

Who cares? Maybe I do idk, but why? Its been going on for thousands of years! everybody did it, why am I excluded from the club of intimacy and friendship? you make it seem so casual... you're so... brave? idk. you're like an alien race, and you all fit together nicely, but Idon't. there's nothign wrong with me but the evil wizard put a curse on me... why can't I learn any magic?? :-(

I don't know why they're being so mean they just keep saying I'm crying when I'm not really crying they even changed my nickname to 😢 and it's made me really upset I think I might cry help what do I do

first off let me just say about people today, most have kids so they can have something to talk about. it has become a trend and most people don't deserve to have children. facts. My one friend, I stopped talking to him once he got into a serious relationship with a woman who who is mid 30's and no GED with 3 kids and now they have a kid together. Going over there is painful as I can see her attitude and what he has to deal with and then complains to me about it but hey, its his fault. He got with her and whatnot. Hearing them talk at gatherings is painful as well as all the conversations become about the kids or the spouses. Theres more to life than having kids for the sake of having kids and as for my friend, I can learn from him not to screw up like he did. He is 31, has a trade in automotive and could get hot girls if he wanted but ended up with a fat out of shape white trash with a few personality skills. I seemed to have had the last laugh.

I struggle with making friends. I grew up so isolated and never acquired those vital social skills as a child. I find it hard to make friends because of my social anxiety and fear of rejection. I'm a rising junior and most people have found their friends already. How can I turn things around and enjoy my last two years of college?

I gave my phone number to a man from a dating site who seemed very nice. I initially told him I would be available to talk a few days later so he tried to call me at that time but something came up and I was unable to talk to him..I apologized and explained that due to needing to work more hours then unsual I would probably not be able to talk to him until next week but I may try and call him if I can..however, I noticed that he attempted to call me just about every single day since I have given him my phone number..he left a voice message one time but the other times were just attempts that I seen me made. This kind of annoyed me because I thought I made it clear to him that I was working all weekend and that I would try and call him if I could..it strikes me as obsessive so I sent him an email on the dating site asking why he has called me every single day since he got my phone number? I also told him he was scaring me off and that I want him to stop. He messaged me back but I never opened it. I would like to know if i did the right thing? I feel a bit bad now because he did seem nice but his phone calls everyday without knowing me seemed strange...did I overreact? thanks in advance and will choose a best answer

I'll try to include everything and not make this too long. So basically me and this guy I met online playing video games became pretty much best friends (At least I considered him my best friend). We have known each other for about five years and always talk about meeting up one day. We talk about everything and have a lot in common. A couple of months ago we met another guy from playing games with and since then things really haven't been the same. The new guy we met is pretty cool and all three of us are really cool and we talk about a lot things and again we all have things in common. Recently I felt like those two are like talking to each other more and always leave me out of things. A while ago I noticed that I would get online and they would be online but they never invite me to the party with them. I always have to ask for a inv. I never paid it any attention and didn't want to over react. But now its getting worse. Today me and the new guy were talking and then he just leaves my party. At first I thought you know maybe he just had to leave. I then find out that my "best friend" invited him to a party and they didn't invite me. This made me feel depressed and left out. I just dont understand why they just dont invite me so we all can talk together like we always do. Idk if something is wrong with me and im just insecure or just a b**ch but that how I felt. Any advice on this? I know if I confront them about it that will just make me look stupid.

So this girl I'm friends with has not been feeling well recently due to an anxiety attack and has stopped communicating for the time being because of it (needing some space and all that). I obliged and gave her space, but she has messaged me once saying hi. I responded and there was a small back and forth of just greetings, then she didn't respond for the whole day. I then find out from a mutual friend who is on a server with her that she has been active on it and talking in it. As stupidly self-centered as this may sound, could she have lied to me about feeling down and just didn't want to talk anymore? If so it sucks since I've been worried sick about her. Any ideas?

I have a friend, and she's really beautiful, but honestly I feel like that's it. I mean obviously she has some other good aspects to her and I can tell that she cares about my feelings, but she won't stop one-upping me. I say anything, and she responds with a rEaLlY? and then replies with how she has it way worse than you, or way better than you. I say that I'm pretty good at biking, and that I've never come close to falling off my bike before, and she says "ReAlLy?? I bike with no hands, while walking my dog, while drinking a soda, and listening to an audiobook." I say that I didn't get much sleep last night, and she says, "ReAaLly? I take sleeping pills and I was still wide awake at 5 AM this morning!! My dark circles are SO dark! See?" I know that this roots in jealousy. She feels insecure about literally everything else other than her beauty, so she says bad stuff about how she looks because she expects people to reassure her about how gorgeous she is. I understand that this wasn't really a question, but I'd appreciate advice or just any little bit of wisdom you all have to offer. Thank you.

My girlfriend is friends with a really weird coworker. she's very eccentric and he's kind of nerdy. I don't want her to come over to our place but it's OK if they work out together. My friend wants to invite over for dinner but I think that would be awkward. She's into legends of Zelda and where is very weird outfits to work that don't make sense.

So this girl ( let's call her Emma) was basically my best friend. My therapist told me if I'm upset I should vent to friends, cause it would make me feel better. I would vent to Emma sometimes, emma also would vent to me. Since Emma was kinda upset with me about me helping her ex-friend talk to her again ( they use to be besties, and her ex-friend misses her and I was helping them talk again. But then Emma kinda got mad at her and that didn't work out) so I messaged Emma's boyfriend asking if she was ok and if she was feeling any better about things. He said yes, and was being pretty nice, as he normally is. Then he has to go. About a half hour later, Emma messaged me saying her bf thinks I'm annoying. Then she started ranting about how I am an 'attention whore' for venting to her about my issues. And that she doesn't need me in her life anymore. Now she keeps posting stuff about me being an attention whore on Instagram. She isn't saying my name, but everyone who has seen her post knows it's about me. Is this cyber bullying?

once in while i get a request about 10 photos idk if they're real person or my old friend trying being nosey is there a app for to tell on instagram who it's

once in while i seem to get pictures with 10 photos on instagram how do I know if they are real or not? i just had one message me today saying hi pretty angel with a guy have one picture of him with a military suite other two about his back muscle and his muscle and then close up mirror selfie that are two are the same but his first picture is from February i dont know if it s my old friend girllfriend trying find out things or old friend is there app you can tell?

I had 2 cookies that I was going to eat but then this one guy asked me for a cookie and I didn't really say anything and then a few minutes later he quietly asked me again and I pretended I didn't hear him and took a bite out of my last cookie. THEN HE ASKED FOR HALF THE COOKIE! I gave him the half when I didn't want to. I really need a better excuse or just say no but how?? And was he rude for doing this?

There I was... at work, minding my own business and this guy comes in and orders food. So after he orders food he comes up to me and says "Can I ask you a question?" And i'm like sure, and then he says "can me and you hang out sometime" and i'm like, "ummm idk you"and he's like "We should take some time to know each other" and I told him that i'm busy with work and school! HELP THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED AND THIS GUY IS SO OLD AND UGLY! What do I say the next time he does this?! This isn't the first time he approached me!!