My best friend and I are very close, we have been tight for 4 years. We got into a big fight today, we almost were not friends anymore, although we talked it out and made up - met each other half way. Should I feel like a horrible person? That we almost weren't friends anymore. Should I feel like a terrible friend, since we had a fight? We made up like I said, although I feel very bad that our friendship was almost lost. I feel like I'm a bad person.

I'm always the butt end of the jokes, and I'm wondering what I've done to put myself in this position? and how to get out without like, confronting them about it and making it weird. A car was coming past me and 3 of my school friends, let's call those friends a b and c. A joked to push me in. B was like "I was thinking about it but then I was like if she dies then I'll be the one in the group who does the least amount of work" Then A responded "yeah who would be the loser of the group?" Maybe it's because I share a little too much too often and they're too comfortable with me , but I dont make jokes against them like that? How do u respond to someone being called the loser of the group? Also how have I made myself a target for these jokes? They don't make those jokes to eachother. We're not even that close. It's the loser comment that bothered me Also how the **** do u even respond to that? There wasn't even like, a reason to say that

My friend creates dramas out of everything. Nothing is ever simple, even when there are simple solutions to problems. When I make suggestions and reassure him that life isn't as serious or dramatic as he makes it out to be and suggest we go out somewhere to cheer him up, he says he doesn't want to use me. That doesn't even make sense. For now, I'm giving him space that he asked for and he assured me that it's not about me. It's about all the pressure he's under; but I now feel emotionally drained when I'm usually a sunny person and even felt overwhelmed yesterday by all the drama. We're in our thirties. I'm trying to be a friend and be positive, but this friend complains and seems to lack the strength to do anything about his problems.

When I first started my school this girl (Kira) instantly became my friend, at first I though she may be lesbian as she was always wanting to hug me and be near me which made me a little uncomfortable but I made it clear I was straight but accepting of LGBT. As time went on I made new friends, she just seemed to stop talking to me I'd go over, try talk to her and I'd smile and say hi on a morning I'd try bring her into activity's with my new friends but she just didn't want to so I left her be. She had always had a very emo style black and heavy. I've always had a different look. I went shopping and got a few new clothes I came in a over sized white hoodie that's off the shoulder on one side, checked high wasted pants. One of the other girls (Daisy) asked where I'd gotten my pants I told her and told her I'd got the top the there too. 3 days later Kira showed up wearing my exact outfit she kept staring at me, I smiled at her but found it odd. I've taken to wearing a scrunchies around my wrist and a clip on my pants the Color of my shirt. Kira has also started doing this. I got a new pair of shoes which as they were Adidas were expensive, she now has these shoes. I don't want to be mean to her because she's always been nice I just feel like I can't wear what I want because I don't want to come wearing the same thing or for people to think we're coordinating outfits. I just find it odd. Any ideas why she's doing this ? How can I make her stop without being mean?

People say that I am too serious and quiet. I spend lunches at school alone. I only see my friends on Fridays at church. Does anyone have advice for me?

So about a year ago I moved from high school to college. I always had friends at high school, I got on with everyone. It hadn't always been easy cos I've alwsys been rather shy but I'd made good friend. I chose a college where I knew no one which was daunting but I was eager to make friends. I didn't. I really struggled having people to sit with people I ended up with I really resented because they were horrible and were constantly nasty to me and others. So I moved away from them but now I feel like I have no one even through I try my best to bond with people they all seem to have close formed bonds. I don't seem to be able to have a normal conversation with them I lose words and I'm not able to say what I want to say. I feel a lot of the times I'm not inputting it what I am is pointless and their thinking that's a useless thing to say. About 3 months ago I went through a really bad mental patch I really hated myself and my life and the people in it, but it got better. I've been trying to get closer with people in my life already but I fee as through I'm not saying much and when I am it's useless, I worry that they don't like me a lot. I don't get what's up with me why can't I communicate why can't I form proper bonds why do I constantly feel like I'm making everything worse. Is their anything I can do to make it better, to be able to feel like I'm not making a useless point or like people care .

A couple of days after he moved in, my new neighbor came over and introduced himself. He said that since we'll be neighbors, we should know each other and he wanted to save me the trouble of coming over to his place. Was this appropriate for him to do?

Ok, ok ok. I was caught cheating, now I know its wrong and there is no excuse, so I am trying to minimize the damage and at least write a genuine apology to my teacher, because I really am GENUINELY sorry. This is the second time it has happened and it will never happen again. I really do feel bad, because of the fact when she caught me all she told me was that she was there for me and that I could always come to tutoring. I mean, of course she told the principal, but that's kind of a given when you are caught cheating. If some one could tell me how to apologize that would be awesome. :) thx

So I studied my *** off for an organic chemistry test, all my friends who are smarter than me got 100 and my professor does this thing were he awards perfect scores by gifting the students a hat that states you got a perfect score. I know it's dumb but I've been trying to get this hat the entire semester and I never really came that close. This was the last test of the semester so it was my last chance to get one. It feels like no matter how much I study I will never be smart like these other people. My sister also got a perfect score and a hat and seeing everyone wear their hats just makes me feel angry and jealous. I study the same way and amount of time as them but they always do better because they're smarter and it's just annoying. My sister already made it obvious that she thinks I'm not smart and I think my friends probably think the same although they haven't said anything. How do I stop feeling bad about myself when I fail to achieve a goal that others have succeeded in fulfilling.

this is not for me but for my best friend. Her mom and dad had been divorced for a couple of years now. Her mom tells her she wants a guy to be her husband, but my best friend doenst trust him and I'm with her. Her father used to be an alcoholic and a new man coming into their family is adding stress to her. The man seems chill, nice, and friendly but we never know how long that gonna last. She have talked to her mom about it and her mom says shes want this for her and her siblings life to be better since single mom life is stressful and stuff. I don't trust ppl easily and im scared for her too... As a best friend I feel bad that idk what to tell her to do since I don't like the idea of her mom remarrying. Once the guy get what he wants, he might change. I don't want her to experience the trauma again... But at the same time her mom is doing this for the family... Please give me some good advice..

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I moved to a new town just a smidge over a year ago. It s super neighbor-y and friendly, but I m really lonely and don t have any friends here. I live 20 feet from the town high school which would seem the ideal place to make friends, but I just turned 21 last week and don t really want to make friends with people under 19, as we just don t really have anything in common in my opinion. I hang out at the local park sometimes for fresh air, but it s all kids and their parents, and neither are in my age group. It seems so hard to make friends nearby when you just moved and you re not a kid but not quite a full fledged adult either. :P I said FRIENDS, lol not relationships or anything like that I have no interest in people younger than I am in that respective

My friends and I want to go watch a movie and shop, but one of my friends, lets call her Purple , wants to invite this other girl who none of us except her like. The girl she wants to invite is extremely fake and unreliable and she talks **** about everybody behind their backs, even about her friends . So anyways, Purple is the only girl shes nice to and we all understand why she would want to invite her but we just dont know how to respond since we dislike her and would be much more happier if she didnt come. PLEASE HELP. It would mean a lot xx

I constantly have to censor myself in case I don't agree with them on something and they constantly whine and dig up bad things in the world. Whenever we're around strangers they instantly start talking about really downer topics.

I send her birthday and Christmas cards and gifts which are never reciprocated. I asked her once and all the answer I received was a Mona Lisa-like smile.

One of my guy friends who has a girlfriend is recently trying to expand his network of friends/ like minded community for his future business plan. While his intention might be pure and innocent, he somehow only talks to and invites girls to this community. No guys although this community can be totally open to guys as well. The other day, some of us accidentally found out he actually has a girlfriend. But until then no one knew he actually had one because he didn't say it and never even brought this girlfriend to his community. When we accidentally found out he was somehow a little hesitant to say that he was actually in a relationship and even seemed uncomfortable and awkward talking about his girlfriend. I guess all the ladies who just joined his community recently believe he's single. To invite new girls to his community for seemingly innocent purpose, he collects lots of girls' contacts. While I believe he's not cheating/flirting with the girls, I really feel sorry for his girlfriend as a woman because his girlfriend probably doesn't know this. Should I point it out to him? Do you think his intention is pure and harmless?

have a friend, I have known her for about a year. She decided to message me ever since I took up dancing as a hobby and we now go to classes together. I once took a few photos of myself dancing in a studio, and she messaged me instantly after asking how I got photos like that and she told me she wanted me to take photos of her doing exactly the same thing. Then, the next week when I took photos of her doing the dancing, she was getting frustrated and said 'how did you manage to lift your legs so high in your photos?' Then after she accused me of not taking them right because they weren't like my photos and she got upset. She also always talks to me about men hitting on her all the time and men that fancy her. When we go out on a night out she boasts about the bar men and every single other man flirting with her when in reality they are just doing their job. She will also insult me and my life choices at the same time. Whenever I post any photos of me dancing, she never supports them or likes them, but she always views my posts. Sometimes she will message me after seeing my posts and she will then say 'you're photos have made me want to go out and buy dance clothes' or she will say 'your photos make me want to go to class.' Why does she never support my posts, but always wants to copy what I am doing?

Just cuddle together and take naps together?? Two female best friends. No romance just..cuddling together and ending up falling asleep together. Some say yes. While others say no. Is it ok?

My guy friend fingered me two days ago and it left me with a bruise on my part it kinda hurts but does that mean it was to hard it didnt feel like it hurt

Ok. I'm gonna list everything every girl I've came across called me: - dumb, stupid, asshole, weird, ***, asswipe, bastard, *****, dick, dirty, filthy, ******, gay, hater, idiot, jackass, joke, loser, kid, child, childish, ******, bum, broke, no one, nobody, pussy, punk, crazy, psycho, retard, devil, Satan, useless, little dick, worthless So if I'm all of these things should I just stay away from girls in general?

My friend was canceling on me every week for about 2 months and it was not for good reasons, mostly to hang out with her boyfriend. We aren't long time friends but I did tell her once that it's inconsiderate to cancel so often and explained that it's inconveniencing me and making me feel like her back up. She canceled plans again a few days later so I stopped talking to her. It's been a few weeks and she just sent me about 15 messages in a row, she's apologised, told me about her relative dying of cancer, her battling depression, her best friend having sex with her dad 8 years ago... my phone is still vibrating with her messages as I type this, every few seconds

When you have a best friend that you're close with is it ok to talk to them everyday?

This isn't really a question just mainly me venting I guess so comment what you would like. Basically I feel like I have no personality whats so ever. I just feel so numb and like this robot or something. I think most of it is to blame on my mom because she shelters me a lot, she's very religious and hardly lets me do anything so I don't really have much experience in anything , i'm always at home in my room because my mom doesnt let me go out or hang with friends and speaking of friends I only have like one close friend that I talk to at school but the rest are mostly just online friends :/ but like i said before my mom is very religious so she doesn't let me listen to certain music,or movies unlike other people who get to explore all kinds of genres and art. I can't date or even have guy friends without her assuming something negative. Im 16 and i barely got to do anything with my life, my mom doesn't even have a job so i never got to travel out of state or visit anywhere fun. I've been looking for jobs but every time there is a job interview I literally cant think of anything to say that would spark their interest in hiring me. Everyday I feel like i throw on this fake persona, I don't know what I like or what interests me cause I have no experience in anything. I can barely try new things because my mom assumes its bad. I hardly have any friends because i can't relate to them at all. ://///

So, I'm a student in a religious middle school in Indonesia, and I'm about to (hopefully) graduate soon. Problem is, I've heard from some of my friends that a dear friend of mine (will call her AJ) has been cutting herself, due to an abusive family. I've told one of the two counseling teachers we had, but she said, and I quote: 'If she kills herself, she'll go to hell, why bother? You can make small things into big things, just don't stress about it.' As an ordinary joe, what am I able to do to help?

I'm going through a really rough time right now where I my self esteem is so low, I always sad, and constantly feel so hopeless and useless. I do practically nothing with my life where everyday I'm either just laying in bed or being miserable at school. And my only friend lives in a whole other state and we text all the time. But I feel like I'm such a horrible friend. As I said, she's my only friend therefore the only person I have to talk to. So whenever I'm really sad and need someone to talk to I dump all of my emotions on her. And then she never replies which I understand bc I mean, she's not a therapist.. she's just a regular teen like me. And her life just seems so great. Of course she deals with her own struggles bc who in life doesn't.. but she's very involved and productive, beautiful, has a lot of friends. And she has everything going for her. Which is great and I am so proud of her. All I ever do is cheer her on. But then my stupid jealousy gets to me so much. And that's when I start to feel like my life is even more pointless. I never show her my jealousy, as I absolutely hate it. All I want is to be a supportive friend. But every time I see her out there living her life, I feel so lonely and so pointless. And I think what am I even doing here. And it's just annoying bc I feel like although I am so supportive towards her, she's never really supportive towards me. I never feel a lot of appreciation from her. Sorry if this is really long but thank you for the help

Okay so She does dishes by squirting each item with dish soap then washes them instead of using less to squirt dish soap in the sink and washing all dishes with that. It's annoying as we go though so much dishwashing soap and I'm the one who buys it ( she dies but other stuff )

So recently my best friend of 8 years and I had an argument and we haven't been speaking for a while. We've been through a lot together over the years and things had changed a bit then we got into a really big fight. We hadn't talked in 5 months and recently he reached out to me... He's basically acting like nothing happened and that we're fine again but the problem is... I'm not. I don't know how to feel at this point cause I'm torn between not wanting to be friends anymore to trying to patch things up better. He's asked me to meet up several times but I just find myself making excuses cause I'm so unsure... I've been slightly better without him (It sounds a little harsh) but it's true but then again I'm curious to see how things would be now but I don't want to be hurt again at the same time... Any advice or experience would be highly appreciated

This was the question I asked earlier today on Yahoo Answers and I don't get what was so rhetorical about it? "Yesterday at work my co-worker asked me a random question about something, I just ignored him because I'm not very fond of him and he always asks me a bunch of random questions. Today my co-worker went up to me and apologized for making me feel uncomfortable with the questions he asks, I told him not to worry about it and walked away. I don't get why my co-worker would apologize to me when he hasn't done anything wrong."