I sometimes say it with my non-black friends when they say something outrageous, but for some reason, when I'm talking to my black friends, I feel compelled to say it even more! I never do, but I get the urge to.. Why? I used to back in the day and they never cared 'cause they knew it wasn't disrespect, but nowadays, it's seen as offensive no matter what if you're not black so I don't anymore, lol

Currently I'm having second doubts about my friendships with people. I'm away from town and my one friend had replied with "kinda" for when I mentioned about coming home. It's kinda hard for me to believe that maybe she isn't a good friend??

My friend has been physically abused its has gotten so bad that shes been to the hospital multiple times. Her dad uses her as a punching bag she's has very low self esteem and confidence in others what should i do

So my friend has lived with her boyfriend and his chaotic family for about a year. My friend always calls me about problems that happened between her and either the mom, the brother, or the brother's girlfriend. She thinks everyone is against her except her boyfriend. In the family's eyes, she is always wrong. And they seem to always exclude her from things. The mom is always disrespecting her and finding everything little thing to get mad at my friend about, and tries to turn situations around to make my friend look like the bad guy. Keep in mind, the mom never used to act that way in the beginning, so maybe her true colors are showing now. She used to be sweet my friend, but I guess it was all a facade. So it's took a real big toll on her. She's very depressed. We both know it. She's not eating, she's losing weight, her body isn't acting normal she says. She feels alone. Everything, the whole 9 yards. I keep telling her she needs to leave that house and go to her parents house. But she said she doesn't want to leave her boyfriend alone at his house. Cuz he is also miserable there. She said she's only living there and putting up with it cuz she loves him. I said move out together but she says they wont have enough money since they have other stuff to pay for. So what should she do? I don't want her there. She calls me crying all the time. Everyone in that house acts so childish.

Alrighty than the pieces are put together an now I'm waitin on someone to tell me I'm overthinking overreacting it's all gravy she'll be ok. Go off the title question thingy if I type the details y'all might confirm my worst nightmare of my friend

This guy and I hung out and we had sex. After I told him my parents like him and want me to date him. He said that he thinks us hooking up should just be one-time thing but that he enjoyed our time together. He said that he didn't want me to think that this was going somewhere. He said that he thinks I'm stunning that he loves my body and pictures. And that he will always accept them with open arms. I told him that I don't want a relationship and he replied telling me not to stop sending him pictures. Really? It doesn't make sense that he wants my pictures but doesn't want sex.

Me and my friend Chloe played tennis together last year, and she's CRAZY good. I on the other hand am not. I'm okay, but not that good. I don't want to be on the team this year 1, because it stresses me out and stress makes my stomach act up really bad. 2, sports really aren't my thing, and 3, I want to try other things like clubs and the musicals. I know Chloe though, and when she's disappointed, she gets mean. She'll try to say that there's no reason to be stressed, sports can be fun, and I can do clubs and musicals at the same time. But I really don't want to do it. How do I tell her without getting mad, or if she does get mad, how do I try to calm her down?

I need advice. I reunited with my child hood best friend. For the first 9 years of our lives we were like glue. Now we're 18 and we reunited for a year now. She's a little more confident then me but we still call each other best friends but Everytime we hangout I feel boring because I can't stop feeling awkward. Idk why. I just can't connect and truly be myself. Also I'm going over her house tonight so I don't want it to be awkward. Some advice on how to connect with her?

It seems so many want to only live in cyber space & not live in the real world. I feel like I've been thrown away from this where some people don't ever want to talk anymore.

So I'm autistic. Almost every question I ask on here is somehow related to that fact one way or another...I have had a few friends in my life, but really never one for more than about 3 years, and never more than one at once...At 20 I have a more reliable friend, and at this age, both of us adults (in theory) I don't really have to worry about anyone else's standard for this than our own...However, the past 2 or three months it hasn't been quite clear to me how much is too much when it comes to offering to hang out. I know no more than once a week on any normal week, but beyond that I am not sure..I feel maybe an average of once every two weeks may be best, but maybe once a week, provided both of us are willing, would be fine as well...It becomes more complicated, even, since I am the only one of the two of us who drives, so I am in the position of being the one who comes of as too forceful..I know he is too polite to set boundaries, and I don't want to overstay my welcome in his life...Please, someone with social knowledge, give me some advice...

I asked her about her sats results in year 6 and I explained what they were but she couldn't remember doing them even though everyone did them cos the whole country does. Then she said she doesn't remember ANYTHING before year 7(11-12 y/o) except people. Is this normal? I've never known someone to have such a bad memory. My 86 y/o grandma remembers more than that.

I'm 14 and I lost my best friend. I couldn't control what he asked me to, and he was purposefully embarassing me infront of my friends and his. How am I supposed to recover from losing a friend like this? I don't feel comfortable talking to some of my other friends now that he told them everything, and if i try to talk to him i just always feel worse.

I never had friends or even acquaintances , not even as a child. People never wanted to associate with me because I was the only foreign looking person in the town. After graduating college, I moved to a diverse city where I wouldn't stand out as being different. But now, after college I don't know how people make friends. I tried using apps, attending random social events, and even trying to befriend my some people who lived around me. Nothing worked. I don't know that many people, the only people I know are my family. I also never been in a relationship before, which would have been a great way to make friends. I am honestly about to give up. I don't think I will ever be happy. Is it even possible for me to have friends now? How can I make friends?

i two friends that i am best friends with. we hang out all the time. but something that happens a lot is one of them has a pool while myself and my other friend don't. so on hot days, they want to go over to her house to swim. but the problem is, her family makes me uncomfortable. it's not them (beside one person, which i'll get into) but it's me. i always get uncomfortable around people i don't know. hell, i get uncomfortable around my own family sometimes. but it's more specifically her older brother that makes me nervous. he's 18 and doesn't have boundaries. last time they swam at her house (which i bailed on because i got so anxious), my other friend (who doesn't have the pool) said how her brother was throwing everyone in the pool and being aggressive which was fun to her. but i'm not that type of person. i feel like if i mention how her family makes me nervous, they'll make fun of me. how do i tell her they make me nervous or how do i bail on plans a few days in advance without them getting mad at me?

Let's call him... Flynn. Flynn has been my friend for about two years now and we were kinda close. He always hugged me and called me cute and stuff like that. No big deal. One day, I was absent from school. The day I came back my best friend, let's call him Asher, came up to me and started explaining how Flynn explained how much I turned him on. Ranted how hot and mature I have become. Keep in mind, I'm 14 and so is he. Everyone kept saying that I'm not his gf, which is true, and that he should stop ranting because I'm not his gf. He apparently responded with "not yet". I walk home with everyday and I act like I didn't know. It was really awkward. What should I do???

I don't know what's up but I haven't talked to my best friend in over a week, he just suddenly stopped answering and we used to text constantly. I've tried calling multiple times but he won't answer.

I love my job more than anything I have worked here since I was 18, I am currently 23. I love the kids, teens and adults, I love my co-workers and everyone around me. Being a substitute is amazing. However Minimum Wage is going up from 7.48 to $15 where I live..... Substitutes will always be paid $58 a day or $29 for less than 4 hours. I make enough for myself, but not my entire family and I know prices are also going to start going up if minimum wage goes up. I feel so lost I a huge world. I have never known anything besides the schools I work at. I am a small girl in a small town. What do I do? I live with my boyfriend we are planning to get married and soon have my first baby boy. Please help do I stay where I know I have a job or move forward to something different?

So my friend and I were walking at the middle of the night a guy was walking behind us and he looks really creepy I thought that We're going to be rubbed I played it cool but I was freaking out from the inside and I know my friend as well but my friend turned to him and asked him if he has 10 dollars for the cab lool so who's the smart one between us

I'm 14. My friend is straight and i'm gay, I told him 2 weeks ago.and he did not take it how i wanted him to. He called me a ****** and said i was going to hell, The next day he acted like it was all a joke in front of his friends and then when they left went back to it. This is my best friend and he's usually nice and great, So I don't understand why he's doing this. He makes jokes about it all the time and I feel uncomfortable, I told him and he said not to be so sensitive. I'm so confused and feel slightly betrayed, Feels worse than the death of a friend knowing my friend hates me for something I can't control. Any advice on what to do?

I basically confessed something online. Something that was a deep secret. Someone on the thread had talked to me and somehow we started conversating. We ended up following each other on our accounts and now we have been talking to each other. I feel reluctant about being friends with this person though. The reason for this is because they know a deep secret of mine. She seems like a really nice person but I don't know. What should I do? Should I distance myself from this person or just stop talking? what should I do?

Recently my friend is having relationship problems, and me being a good friend had told her that I would be here to talk. But just a few minutes ago she informed me that she called her best guy friend rather than me. When I mentioned something about her problem she told me that she didn't want to talk about it anymore. It really hurts knowing that my friend doesn't want to tell me anything.

During working in office, a colleague approach me a say Hello, I answer Hello (that's all). Sometime if he/she ask me some question, like "what are you doing now" I will give a simple answer "updating software". (that's all). Will that make people fell that maybe I am unhappy? or I don't like him/her? Actually I was concentrate on thinking of how to solve problems (encountered in work).

First, let me be clear...We are just friends... nothing has happened and nothing will happen. I've known him for a while now and only recently met his wife. I did my best to make a good impression on her but she was so rude...I think her mind was made up before she even met me... now, ever since I met her, he's distant, our contact is minimal and our friendship just feels weird... I tried asking him if things were alright but he just shrug it off...any ideas?