i don't think i have any friends. i have loads i call friends but are they really? do real friends gossip behind your back? what about when you do favours for them all the time and they don't give you any? how about when i'm telling their drunk self to stop hitting on an ex they tell me "you'll never understand" because i have never been in a relationship at the ripe old age of 21? or when i empathise with them when they vent to me, and yet, when i need someone to vent to they go "😢" and continue on like "anyways, about me". what about when they call me a virgin? criticise me for not shaving certain parts of myself, or the fact i want to save myself until marriage, when i don't judge them for their choices? how about when they call me a buzz kill and booking for not wanting to download tiktok, or smoke weed? or even when they tell me to just download tinder when they know i want to meet someone in person? or when they tell me to go out with the next person who asks me out because i "need" a boyfriend? or when they tell me i'll never succeed in a career in the film or tv industry because it's 'unrealistic'.  it seems every friend i have ever made try to 'fix' me or get me to 'fit in' or critisise me for being myself. i try to approach people and make friends but they don't want to be friends with me, and if they do, they treat me like this. i've never found someone who treats me like a real friend, except one person but she's never online and she's busy. 

i've found a lot of my friends breaking the lockdown and social distancing rules to meet up with friends/boyfriends. Since the start we've all been agreeing that distancing and lockdown rules shouldn't be broken. Some of these friends that agreed, have now begun to break the rules (in the UK). i've been posting how selfish it is to break the rules and how their 'wants' are less important that other people's lives. I have friends who agree but don't back me up on this. Now one of those friends have a friend who unfollowed me. The thing is this friend of a friend still follows people my other friends she knows just about as much as i know her. And i feel silly and paranoid to assume my friend has been talking about my ranting and how annoying i'm being to her other friends. During this, i do have friends who agree. But some of my friends don't respond to me for days... i used to think i had a lot of friends. Not so sure anymore.  and i know i'm coming across as rude, but i've been used by people (friends included) they ask for money, food, i help them and let them vent to me and i empathise. but when i have something to vent about... they tend to put  a ':(' and then 'anyway about me..'.they say "you'll never understand" when i tell them they're making a mistake talking to an ex... but only cause i've never been in a relationship before. who do i talk to?? i think i am alone. i can't make friends. maybe..no one really likes me. sorry for ranting. i have no one/nowhere else. 

So I have been friends with this person since grade school, matter of fact she would be the oldest friend I have. 2 years ago I married the man of life and she was supposed to be my maid of honor. I asked her 2 years before the wedding before anything else had even been planned yet other then the date and she said yes. 2 years go by and we are 3 months away from my wedding day and she messages me over Facebook telling me "I'm sorry I completely forgot that I have something planned the weekend of your wedding and I can't be there." No explanation or anything. Of coarse I unfriended her and I refused to talk to her now for another 2 years. She has also made no effort to get a hold of me or mend things with me.  For some reason in my car the other day I've just get it in my head that maybe I should just reach out or something. But I don't know if I'm really emotionally ready to unload all that baggage between us. I just wanted some people on the outside who haven't been threw it with me to give me there opinion on what I should do. Should I try and reach out and maybe reconcile with her or should I just keep on going with life and forget about it? Help!?

Her mom called, talked and invited me over, I'm like apart of the fam, but I know their still not my fam. Anyways I call my friend while I'm there with her sis chillin. Like always her stepdad comes home and just chills in his room with door open. My friend mom kids visit with their own kids ALOT.  But yesterday it was just me, my 2 yr old girl, my friend 12yr sis, mom and stepdad. All is going normal. Her mom goes to store to get water. Me and the sis talking and stepdad name comes up about getting her food. My friend on FaceTime, so I go to say hey to him as always whether a lot of ppl there or not. He's talking to my friend on FaceTime laughing and all & reaches out/up to hold the phone(I'm already holding for them to talk) and brushes my vagina. I'm thinking it's an accident. He does it again and im thinking woah there ! I move my body back, he does it again and I immediately walk away and he's "oh I'm sorry".  I went outside the house with my kid and the little sis to talk to her brother in the car outside. Told my friend I'd call her in my car. Got my kid stuff with the 13yr old sis, told him bye and left. So I FaceTime my friend as I'm driving home and tells her frantically. Anyways the line goes bad and we can't hear each other and I haven't been able to get in contact with her since 6pm Thursday via call or text. I'm not blocked, we're still on social media. She's the type to isolate herself. But does anyone have any advice ?  

I have this friend who has a lot of interesting work experience that we talk about and half the time he takes a tone of voice like I'm a retarded baby. I wear sunglasses when I'm out due to eye issues so he doesn't see the look on my face and he keeps doing it. What is the best way to discuss this without seeming like im trying to cause drama?

I've been noticing this guy staring at me a lot and smiling/saying hi whenever he sees me on campus. (I guess we're really good acquaintances instead friends bc we don't hangout or talk outside of class). Long story short, we went out to lunch a week before our university made us move back home, and we had plans to meet up the following week, but couldn't. (That was in March). In May, I told him, "I have feelings for you and it's totally ok if you don't feel the same way. I still consider you my friend regardless!" And his response was, "I haven't really been thinking about that stuff since being at college, but I'd LOVE to see you and hangout more!! I was kinda upset that we couldn't meet up after break, b/c I really wanted to hangout and do a bunch of stuff with you! " I'm going to visit him and he's taking me to a really nice part of town, and we're going to the beach/boardwalk and out to eat. But I'm confused and don't know what to expect, because I don't know where he stands.

i know during this quarantine things are stressfull, my post is a safe place just say how you are doing  and scroll past if you want its up to you!:)

There is this girl in my chemistry class who dislikes me very much. I'll call her "Heather".  Heather has been horribly mean to me ever since I transferred to my new high school. She treats me this way for no reason at all! I think I might be scared of her a little bit. I was a new student that had no intentions of bothering anybody. Heather is one of the top students of the school and she's very competitive. She's also voted the most attractive girl of the grade, she is popular, and she's from a wealthy family. This girl has everything in her life! I soon realized that she's been competing against me. I don't even get good grades like she does, but she tries to prove that she's better than me. I'm a C student and she's an A++ student but suddenly I'm her target? This bothers me because I feel like I'm forced to live up to her standards. She also tries her very best to exclude me from group discussions whenever I try to participate. She talks to everyone but me. I try to have nice conversations with her but she cuts me off like she's bothered. She sometimes gives me those looks with hate in her eyes. I can't name everything she does but I know she makes me feel like I don't belong. I don't even have half of what she has. She's very blessed! I don't know what I did to her but it's bad.I came to the school because I wanted an environment that will accept me for who I am. I have never felt like I belonged anywhere.

How would you feel if you just had one friend that talks to you first? and the other friends you have don't ever talk to you first  

• As an introvert, I was very shy and hate being around people. • But I turned out love and want to meeting new people, hanging out with friends and experiencing new things. So I thought, maybe I'm not an introvert (anymore). • But still, I'm extremely bad at talking to people.   • I still like to spend some quality time for myself. • I'm very calm and control my emotions pretty well. • When I meet a new friend, we often get on pretty well, but then I'd run out of topic and feel super awkward because I barely start the conversations.  • When I see someone I knew in public places, I find it hard to choose if i should say hi to them. And then I'd beat myself up for not friendly say hi too them.  • When I do something or say something embarassing, I mumble to myself words like "weird" and ''weirdo" multiple times.  • I don't have a lot of friends.  • I'm an optimist. • I can do public speak pretty well. • At a party, you would see me awkwardly sitting alone, take a sip of water one by one, watching people dancing, don't know if I should pull my phone out of my pocket or not, and if I pull it out and use it, should I put in on the table or below the table? Nah maybe I shouldn't pull it out. Somebody talk to me please.

I'm 21 years old and about 5 months ago I decided to stop talking to everyone of my friends and stop using a social media app that has chat groups and such. The reason being is because I have had a bad vibe of people and stuff a friend said. Since then I have consistently kept on my mind that I should highly refrain from getting close or talking to anyone other than career progression wise. I haven't talked to my best friend in over 4 months or anybody really other than work.  I sometimes want to go back onto social media and talk to my online friends but then I force into my mind that "there is zero people on this world that are truly friends and care about one another so all I need is my self F*** everyone else". Is this a bad path to be following? One one hand I think it could be good as I'm making myself extremely independent on the other hand could be bad I don't know.

There is this friend of mine. I have not seen her for years. The last time I met I thought she was a friend. I treat her as a friend. But of late I have been thinking of her. I do not know why. Should I write to her and say I have been thinking about her ?

Her mom called, talked and invited me over, I'm like apart of the fam, but I know their still not my fam. Anyways I call my friend while I'm there with her sis chillin. Like always her stepdad comes home and just chills in his room with door open. My friend mom children and their kids visit ALOT. But today it was just me, her 12yr sis, mom and stepdad. Her mom goes to store to get water. Me and the girl  talking and his names comes up about getting her food. My friend on FaceTime, so  I go to say hey to him as always wether a lot of ppl there or not. He's talking to my friend on FaceTime laughing and all & reaches but to hold the phone(I'm already holding for them to talk) and brushes my vagina. I'm thinking it's an accident. He does it again and im like woah there. I move my body away, he does it again and I immediately walk away and he's oh I'm sorry. I went outside the house with my kid and her sis to talk to her brother in the car outside. Told my friend I'd call her in the car. Got my kid stuff with the 13yr old told him bye and left. So I FaceTime my friend as I'm driving home and tells her frantically. Anyways the line goes bad and we can't hear each other and I haven't been able to get in contact with her since 6pm via call or text. I'm not blocked, we're still on social media. She's the type to isolate herself. But anyone have any advice, just any? 

Someone that has no money, no family, no friends, no loved ones. Why do I have to pay $ to get help or feel happiness again?..  No wonder they chose to leave.. instead of keep fighting a fight.,. That will never be resolved or won. 

I have a friend who recently told me about a plan for them to die and i cant tell anybody because i dont want to make life for them any worse than it already is. they trust me with this information and i cant betray them but im really afraid they might actually do it and im in this really horrible situation. i have another friend who knows about this too. please respond immediately because i dont know if i have much time to fix things this sounds really selfish but what would happen to me if they actually did it. would i go to hell? would i go to prison because i knew about it and could have changed it?  someone please answer or help me

I am 14 and that is apparently too far, even for me to go with a friend. What age would you let your kid walk this far with a friend? I am mature, I know how to cross the streets and honestly kidnapping does happen but that doesn't mean that it WILL happen! I am going into high school not 1st grade, why won't he let me walk only 2 miles in a safe neighborhood? Parents, what do you think?   I know that I am lucky, but how can I convince them to let me walk this far?  

I have a close friend of 10 years who i confided in about very personal family matter. I never open up to anyone about my family but because she confided in me about her family secrets and problems, I decided to open up. I was on the phone with her recently talking about personal Family issues And after about 20 minutes of venting I found out she had me on Bluetooth in her car as her friend who I don't know quietly listened. When I found out I told her I would call her back. I thought this was incredibly rude and betraying as she could've easily asked me to call her back since she was with someone. I would never talk about her personal issues with other friends.  Weeks later she did the same thing. I asked her for advice pertaining to legal matters with my leasing office that mistreated me. She told me she told her friend what happened and what her friend suggested. I was so confused as to why she continues to tell others about my life, without my consent. Those are the only two things I've confided in her about and I'm glad because nothing else will be revealed to her. I will be cutting her off but I'm unsure if I should tell her why or just leave. 

Is it wrong of me to feel resentment towards my parents because they didn't do anything special for my graduation? They didn't even go, but that's my fault because I told them the day OF. So I understand why they didn't go, but still..I was expecting something, not be materialistic. But a little bit of more enthusiasm from them would've been nice. The only thing I got was a "congratulations!". I also got 2 gift cards from my coworkers, that was really nice of them. I almost cried though, they seemed more excited than my parents so that kinda hurt. I remember I didn't go on social media that entire week because it hurt seeing my friends having a party or a nice dinner. I feel terrible for feeling this way but I can't help it.