I need a need a nickname for my bestfriend. He's into dragons so I want to maybe associate the nickname with dragons. Thank you :)

Okay so ever since I was little my mum was in and out of hospital a lot and she suffered with tear strokes and multiple schelrosis relapses she would take all her anger out on me (verbal&physical) my dad would watch and comfort me after as he could never to anything she still hits me it's been getting pretty bad also growing up I was bullied for a few months because I was fat so I became anorexic and would throw up to lose weight I became underweight and hated myself I cut and tried to commit suicide and it's carried on like that for quite a while but IVE stopped cutting as I had a counsellor which kind of helped until I realised it was a load of **** which would just make me feel worse about myself and recently I've just been horrible to people I cuss people just to upset them and other things i can't stop myself I hit people I hate how I am I can't stop IVE tried so much like even after me being bullied I can't stop it? Like why I look down on people it's horrible and I hate myself for it but no matter how hard I try to keep it in it comes out im really depressed and I seriously don't understand what's happening😩 i push away people and stay in my room 99% of the time and skip school just so I don't have to socialise with people as I will end up hurting someone im not sure if any of that made any sense but yeah :/

recently i basically lost all freedom due to having a sleepover and hanging out with my best friend all day. my parents give me barely any freedom and it upsets me and pisses me off. i asked my mom if i could sleep over at my friends house the other night and she said no i have my own house to sleep in and goes about how i dont know whats in this world these days. i seriously dont understand what she means because my friends house is safe. i went anyway cause i asked my dad to drop me off cause it is currently almost the end of my spring break and all spring break i went to my part time job or just stayed at home. i just want to hang out with my friends. so ya i slept over at my friends house and the next day i hanged out with her and then we went to the movies and met up with a couple of our boy friends. later after the movie my friends mom pickedus up it was about 9pm and we went back to her house and the boys went there own way and my friend and i ordered pizza and my mom started texting me that 'im too much' 'i have my own house'. that has nothing to do with hanging out with my friends and ugh now i just dont know what im saying at this point of what im trying to get at but i know that she is being over protected and im 16 and i should be able to have some freedom and be able to hang out with friends and have a break from being with my family all the time and wrk/schol and i should be able to make my own decisions and have a curfew rather than being yelled at all the time

We are both guys in high school. I'm not sure if he's gay or not but he definitely has some sort of interest in me as he's put aside some time to hang out with me. We've known each other for almost four years now, but we were only acquaintances back then. Now we are getting to the point where we are friends. I lost all of my friends due to their bullying, abuse... long story, and he doesn't really hang out with anyone either. We have lots of things in common but we are socially awkward. What could we do as a first hang out? Oh, by the way him coming over to my house is off-limits (it's dirty and my parents aren't great people).

Hey everyone, i am a male 20. A female friend of mine, 21, who I have known since 2009 in my sophomore year in high school filed a restraining order and I need to go on a court hearing. I never thought this would happen, she hasn't been the same since last year after her and her first boyfriend of 6 years broke up and she was in 2 relationships in one year. She and I were not getting along in these past weeks and a lot happened. What could happen? I don't have any thing against her, she is like a sister to me and I know her job has been a part of this too. This happened mostly because of her third and current boyfriend who was an old friend of mine, having been together since January this year. I had issues with him because of him having no problem ending our friendship and treated me bad when I was asking them about it. What to do? What to expect?

I'm not looking to whine or throw a pity party by asking this. I know I have a lot of people that care about me. The thing that kind of ticks me is I do interact with a lot of people face to face on a daily basis, so it's not like everyone I talk with is done behind a screen. A good majority of them in the last year to year and a half have just stopped caring about my posts though. I know you can't measure self-worth over social media attention, but what is the point in having one if no one ever cares to interact with me on one anyway. Almost everyone in my friends list can talk about their life or random stuff and get likes out the butt, but when I do it it's no big interest to anybody else. To be honest it's annoying, it kinda makes me feel like people are just putting on a show to my face and then stabbing me in the back behind a screen, they either ignore me completely or act like they my say isn't important or worth a crap. Like I said, I have plenty of great people in my life that I know deserve my loyalty, but do you think I'm in the right to question the friendship of some of the people that act like this behind a screen?

First off, I'm 20 and female. I'm starting nursing school on April 1st at a private college and I'm wondering how I should act and dress. I'm very into looking put together and healthy so I'm usually seen as the "posh girl" type. I don't want to come off unapproachable because I really want to make some new friends. I don't have many right now because I work as a Nanny so there aren't any other employees to make friends with and I'm also engaged so I spend a lot of time with my fiance. Anyways, I only own designer purses and accessories because I like to save up and invest in high quality items instead of cheap items that have to be replaced more often and I dress very elegantly in mostly dresses and skirts, Is that going to make people think that I'm stuck up? I also have a Macbook Air, iPad Mini 3 and iPhone 6 Plus all of which I figure will probably wind up at school with me at some point. I don't want people to see those things and think "Wow she's a spoiled brat probably living off Daddy's money!" because in reality I'm completely independent and haven't lived with my parents since I was 17. Everything I have I saved up for while working. How can I get around people thinking this way about me if they see what I have? How should I act? Would it be odd if I approached people or should I just stay to myself and let them approach me if they want? What can I do to make people feel more comfortable with talking to me and wanting to be friends?

I've had low self esteem and no confidence since 5th grade. And I was a people pleaser. I was always trying to find who I really was and what I am good at. And it was around 1.5 yrs ago that I started to find a change in myself. But the thing is now, as I'm starting to find my true self, I have found that I am much different from the friends that I've had. I feel like I just don't fit in now. We are still in contact and meet up once in a while, but I just feel like we have no deep connection. Have you ever felt this way? What did you do about it? Ir do you have any opinion about my situation?

i am comfortable with any image, i usually dont have a preference whenever a choice is presented to me, i have no morals, no friends, i listen to music all the time, i hardly talk, i dont care about any person, and words are starting to lose their meanings

I am about to end a 10 year friendship over something silly. My friend has become addicted to memes. When I lost my job, she sent me a meme about how positive thinking can prevent bad events. When I didn't feel like going to a party because I was tired, I got a meme about the benefits of social interaction. When I complained about my car repair bill, I got a meme about proper budgeting. When I gained weight due to an illness, I got a meme about it being all in my head. I tried to talk to her about it several times and all she did was quote memes and the for days sends me more memes about positivity. It makes me feel like she thinks everything bad that happens to me is my fault and not just a normal part of life sometimes. And that everything should be fixed with a meme and if it isn't then there's something wrong with me. It has been this way for a year and I can't even stand to be around her anymore. After much though, I decided I must defriend her. What would you do?

I'm a 17 year old guy and I'm going to Uni in a few months, I have a reasonable group of friends who I see everyday at school but not really at all out of school, I have been since valentines day last year and ever since my ex left me, I've just felt so lonely all the time, she was my best friend but we haven't takked for months. It's not like I'm a social outcast, like I said I have a good group of friends, it's just I always just find myself alone and it mentally upsets me. I have a lot of work to do for A levels so finding any new hobbies may be a challenge and hasn't really helped in the past...I just don't know how to escape this horrible cycle, it's such an awful feeling and I don't see a solution. I've also tried talking to new people but nothing has changed :(

My house is probably like normal sized I don't know. It's not big, which is what a lot of my friends think. They think my house is really big and that I'm super rich, even though I've never said I was rich and/or have a big house. Basically my house has this huge hole in the front of it, which my mom's friend patched up, but now it's a completely different color than the actual house itself. It's way darker than the house. There's two smaller holes by the big hole. Once you enter inside the house, there's white paint over what used to be a big hole which never got colored back to the color of the wall. The paint is chipping on the edge of the wall and you can even see the metal. Upstairs, the bathroom has mold (kind of hard to see if you've never been there), the wall is cracked, paint chipping, and the wall above the bathroom are these black/brown spots. The hallway carpet is hard and yellow because my dogs pee and when it doesn't get cleaned correctly, it gets hard. My room is basically a loft so no railing or door. The family room smells like pee and the carpet probably has pee on it (hard to tell because the carpet is dark grey). The living room, kitchen, and basement are probably the most normal places to be. Except the basement has a little bit of the ceiling chipped off. My backyard dock is really broken up. The sand has a ton of weeds. I guess my biggest problem is that my dogs pee in the house so it probably smells like pee and I think it's embarrassing. Also the backboard to the basketball hoop is broken like it's shattered and the net is torn and just hangs

Where can I find a pen pal to practice English? I keep finding sites for learning English but what about just practicing it? Have you ever tried that? If you are interested in a pen pal, feel free to write to me! I'm 18 and from Russia. I'm trying to get into university in the UK next year so I really need practice.

Hello. I am 14 years old, and today is my first full day of spring break. My school is on a balanced schedule, so I have 2 weeks of Spring break, unlike how most schools only have 1 week. I want to make these 2 weeks fun, but I don't know what to do. I don't really have any friends at all, I only have 1 friend who I would say I'm really close to. I have a boyfriend as well, but he is leaving town for spring break. And the other friend I was talking about never really has the time to do much with me. Is there anything fun that I can do over spring break alone? I don't want to shut myself in, playing video games, drawing, reading, browsing the web, animating and watching anime like I usually do. At the time all that shut-in stuff is really fun, but once school starts back up, I usually regret wasting my time by sitting inside doing that stuff that I have enough time to do after school and on the weekends. I live in a neighborhood far away from where parks and stores are, so I can't walk anywhere. Do you guys have any suggestions for some fun things I can do over the break alone?

I was at a party when I introduced My best friend I've known since 3rd grade, to one of my new friends I had recently made at school. Me and my new friend had been hangingout a lot and we're pretty close since we go to the same school. My new friend kept on talking about her after the party. later she said we all should hang out, So we did. When we were all together She kept on saying she liked my best friend better then me jokingly. At school she would always bring her up, and acted like she knew her so well even though they have only met twice. My best friend is like a sister to me and Were extremely close, and Now she's her best friend on snapchat and she's hanging out with her without me. I know it's really childish but this makes me mad and jealous and I hate That my new friend now is friends with my best friend. What should I do?

I ve known my friend for 5 years, and I don t think she used to be a bad listener, but in the past two years she always turns the conversation back to her. I know she is more invested in her own thoughts, but I really focus the conversation on her and ask her questions when she is talking about her own situations, but then after she finishes and I begin to tell her whats on my mind she always turns it back to her (even if she is repeating something she already said). I wouldn t mind if it only happened every now and then, but it s been two years. I love my friend but sometimes it would be nice if she could also listen.

I lied to some people at church big time and since then I feel terrible about it. I have already apoligised to some people and admitting I was wrong and asked for forgiveness I got 4 more people to say sorry too tomorrow at church will I feel emotionally better once I did the right thing? I cant feel any relief right now even though I already started making things right serosluly I feel terrible for lying big time I knew what I was doing was wrong a lot of people don't trust me all the way after that I was wrong and I knew I was doing wrong im very sorry everyone I have already told several people that I lied to them and confessed the wrongs I did and asked for forgiveness tomorrow I will continue making it right

Like the title says, I am a terrible person and nobody likes me. I have tons of "friends," but I know none of them really care for me. I have no heart whatsoever and I wouldn't care if 1 million children dropped dead right in front of my eyes. I only care about myself and now everyone hates me. Everyone ignores me and nobody talks to me unless I talk to them first. How can I change this? Also, I am not bothered by the fact that I am a terrible person. I know I am because if someone says the slightest mean thing to me I will tell them to go kill themselves

Like the title says, I am a terrible person and nobody likes me. I have tons of "friends," but I know none of them really care for me. I have no heart whatsoever and I wouldn t care if 1 million children dropped dead right in front of my eyes. I only care about myself and now everyone hates me. Everyone ignores me and nobody talks to me unless I talk to them first. How can I change this?

I feel like the love of my life/best friend hates me. She is really mean to me, but she says she is just joking and that I should joke right back at her and play along. So i did, and she starts to not look at me and basically pout and do things to annoy me all whilst smiling. So I think it is a joke, but then she goes and waits outside in the snow for 30 minutes for her mom when I thought she already left. She did it just to be away from me I guess. She has been ignoring me, but when she does text she says I am being too dramatic and i am inflicting this pain upon myself even though she said she hates me so much and that she doesn't want to be my friend anymore to someone else who told me. I am so confused. Now she is not answering again. The texts she does send are so obscure. I just don't know what to do. I am so frustrated and depressed, but afraid to tell her because she will be mad at me even more. What should I do? :( She is my best friend and I just want this to be over so we can go back to being happy again. She makes me so happy. That's why I feel so trapped because I literally love her to death, but she just hates me basically :(.

I only have 1 girlfriend and I feel like we're drifting apart, since she lives 4 hours away. All my friends are guys and most of my interests are "boyish" so I never seem to meet girls. Even when I'm at a party with girls, they don't seem to like me. I compliment them and try to be nice, but no relationships seem to go past just hanging out that night. I'm straight btw, I just want girlfriends. I love my friends and I can talk to them about most things, but sometimes I just want some girl time. So 1. How do I meet more girls and 2. How do I make them like me?!

I got this really weird friend whom i hangout with the most cause ive known him the longest but im worried the more time i spend with him he may bring me down with his weirdness/ awkwardness is this a real thing? Can that actually happen?

I hate my school? Hey so I'm 14 in 8th grade, but I'm going to this school that helps you get into private high schools for 9th grade but the thing is they want you to repeat a grade. They call it 8 and a half grade(which is basically repeating 8th grade but not 4 being dumb..) My brother had to go there but didn't wanna repeat but now he goes to a really good school and I would rather go there and get into a good Highschool for 9th grade than stay at my school Cuz the kids make me feel so depressed and make me dislike who I am and I really just wanna get away from them. So I was thinking do you think I should just repeat a grade? (My friends have been telling me I should so that I can get into a good school but im scared to be one year older than everyone & my new friends in 9th grade.. I wanna stay young😙) what do you think?

I have a friend who copies almost everything I do. From what I wear, what I eat, how I act, my habits, what I like, to who I am friends with. She will say that she hates a singer or something but once I say that I like that singer, she suddenly does too, for example. I understand about how it should flatter me and I did feel flattered at first when she began doing things like me. I figured she was just going through something. That was 2 years ago amd nothing has changed, just got worse. I am not the only one who has noticed these little things. My closest friend once pointed it out, and some others did point it out as well. I was so relieved that I wasn't the only one who saw what my friend was doing. I just feel so unoriginal whenever I do things and she does them right after. It is getting to be very annoying and I do not want to seem rude, if I talk about it to her. I am just really done with her. How can I talk to her about this problem without being rude, or am I just being paranoid about the whole situation? (re-asking this question because not too many people were answering it on the other one)

If I was given a bribe (getting paid to do something for friend), should I take it? If yes or no, explain why.

It's not like I've never had friends because I had lots of friends growing up. At the end of high school Or started to feel disconnected and couldn't seem to connect with anyone I knew. Eventually I went to college and stopped talking to everyone I had known. Not on purpose but I'm introverted and realized many people didn't understand that. I had a boyfriend and it went downhill and my depression and social anxiety grew. I have no problem talking to people but when it comes to inviting them into my person space and thoughts, I freak out. I get along with guys more than girls and once I even got close to this one guy as a friend. We talked for hours. Then one day he stopped talking to me and I didn't know why and that was the end of that "friendship". I realized that people can leave at any times even if you pour out your soul to them and trust them. This scares me because once I'm committed, how do I know they won't leave? And then I just end up looking dumb... how can I start trusting people again and meet new people?

I have a couple friends but I would like to have more. I go to a very, VERY small school. About 20 kids, maybe not even that. I can't stand most of the people there but the people I don't like are younger so it makes sense I guess. I have about five friends at school but they're quite a bit different than me so they're not really close I guess. My really close friends are far away and I haven't been able to see my best friend lately. I'm not old enough to drive and neither is my best friend. Her parents never let her come over though lately and I'm a little afraid of what might happen to us actually. But for now I just wanted some suggestions for making new friends.

I am a teenager and I have Autism. I hate every single one of my friends. I still hang out with them but I don't like the. they aren't interested in the things I am interested in. They are rude to me. They think I am rude to them. I want new friends, is there any chat room where I can talk to people that are interested in the things I am. I am interested in twisty puzzles(rubiks cubes etc) and advanced mathematics.

Okay, a year ago, My friends used to go on skype and stuff, but i was invited once, but i said no because i had to go to my cousin's birthday, and then they never invited me to ANYTHING anymore. 1 year later, (now), i hear them all talking about something they're gonna do each wednesday. When i come closer and ask what it is, they say its "something with the family". I hear them talk about this again later, actually, like all the time. Then i figured out i could see if they were home by sending them all messages. No responds. The next day i ask my friend why he didnt respond, he quikly responds he didnt have battery on his phone, and my other friend says he "lost the phone". And i ask my other friend what they were doing, he says every wednesday they go out, and i was invited, but i didnt respond. i say i wasnt invited, and he says they will invite me next time. Next week, i dont get invited. And my ******* best friend gets angry and says im ALWAYS complaining, like a little *****. That really hurt. He said i "was ******* invited, everyone was, i just had to show up". WHY NOT TELL ME WHERE TO SHOW UP AND WHEN?? WHAT THE **** IS THIS? is all i can think about. If they want me to meet up, tell me where and when at least. Now my best friend is pissed at me, saying its MY fault, because i was invited, i just had to meet up. Ah, this makes me sad. Why do they all lie to me??

So.......I'm planning on becoming a teacher sometime in the near future and I want to create a new class called "Human Dynamics," where the primary goal is to basically educate students about how humans interact with one another, how/why relationships are developed, what factors lead to certain emotions, etc. This is the basic "outline" of the year: August: Lean about the "basics," such as what is a feeling, what is a human bond, the power of words, what effect the Internet has on today's relationships, etc. September: "Background unit" where we discuss the different backgrounds one can come from (eg religion, economic class, ethnicity, gender, etc.) and how that plays a role in the relationships one develops October: School unit, where we talk about relationships with teachers, what we do when we don't get along with a teacher, the effect "popularity status" has on the social hierarchy, how rumors spread and what to do if a rumor is about you, etc. November: Family dynamics, where we talk about the relationships we have with different family members, what we do when there's conflict in the family, talk about how you want to strengthen your relationship with your family, etc, December: Friendship unit: we talk about our relationships with our friends, how it feels when we are "betrayed" by a close/trusted friend, what to do if there's a misunderstanding, etc. January: "Enemies unit" where we discuss about relationships with those we perceive to be "enemies," how to deal with them, February: "Female dynamics": we look at how females interact with one another and their male counterparts, how a girl being labeled as "queen bee" makes us feel, how makeup impacts girls, how girls dress indecently nowadays, how men feel about girls, etc. March: "Male dynamics": we look closely at how boys interact with one another, how boys feel when there's another guy stronger than them, how girls feel about boys, etc. April: Relationships/love/sex: We talk about relationships, What to do if you have trouble getting over somebody, what to do if there's violence in the relationship, etc. May: Violence unit: we talk about how humans have a "violent" side, what we can do to control our anger, how drugs, alcohol and gangs impact people, what to do if someone gets raped, etc. June: Wrap it up/final I was also thinking about having a "special box" where students can write down any issue/problem they have in their lives (whether it's about a boyfriend, school, etc.) and then we can have that student be anonymous and then we can talk about the situation the student is facing as a class and how he/she can overcome it. I was also thinking about teaching students how to read body language maybe once a week..... So, what do you think about this class?

All the time people always make fun of me for everything i do. Anythibg i do people always find a way of making fun of me. But i always have to laugh along and whenever i talk to anyone about it they say i cant take a joke. I have been properly bullied about four times at school and its horrible but all the tine now i get constant teasing from everyone. Please dont say its bc theyre jealous of me because it wont be true:(. I might actually be really ugly or it might be because l have been bullied into thinking it but i dont know.

After she did it to me. Now she's ready to call the president, fox6 news, bet and wzlk.

I use to be quiet and not show a personality in a class without my friends but after I had one when around my friends now I've moved and don't have a personally. now a days im sad and im not the same, how do I get one back?

One of my neighbors is almost 4 years younger than me. We used to be pretty good friends. Lately, she's been acting like she's in high school, yet she's nowhere near her high school years. Lately, we have been growing apart. She's rude to me and she gets annoyed with me very easily. Her older sister is one year younger than me and I'm pretty good friends with her. I like to hang out with her sister. She is much closer to my age, and she's much easier to get along with. Whenever we try to hang out, he younger one gets annoyed when we want to be alone. She tells her mom and then we have to include her. It's especially hard when the older one wants to play basketball with me. We go out and start to play, but the younger sister takes our ball when it misses the net and doesn't giv e it back to us. How to I tell the younger sister that I don't want to hang out with her anymore if I'm still her sister's friend?

Hi both me and my friend and quiet and I am a little worried to ask him to come over my house ,not sure why. is it a good idea to write a invitation and give it to him or do something else ?

So I went to an event a few weeks, where I met a guy through our mutual friend. The guy seemed really nice and knew the whole there since 6 months. He bought me a beer at the event and even dropped me off home. He also made a joke about how he was good with mothers. A week after the meeting, our mutual friend texted me saying that the guy had invited me to his birthday house party. I wasn't able to go, but heard from another friend (who was complaining) that the guy had only invited one other guy and no one else from the group (I didn't tell her that I had been invited) So does it sound like this guy might be into me since he invited me out of a group of girls/friends and ignored the rest?

In my class, there is this woman who complains about her ex 24/7. It got really annoying. She said " I wish I can shoot my ex". I told her she seems like she still cant get over him, and she should move on. She got so offended and told me I didnt know what I was talking about and that its none of my business. Why would she tell me about her personal life then? Another time was when I was in class and I was in my group, and we were discussing about religion. I said I am atheist and I told them why I am. They told me I was wrong and stupid. I told them I just didnt understand religion, and I gave them my reasons and they got so mad. They called my stupid and I didnt even get offended. Why are they so sensitive when I give them honest answers yet they call my crude names? Am I just rude and insensitive?

So it was on a Friday and it was my last block class. My best friend (natty) told me to meet her near the gym and I did so she told me that she self harmed her self for the first time and I went to the bathroom and broke down crying and hit a mirror and natty came in and comforted me which was fine but I never checked into class So I went to check in to class and I get stopped by a teacher named Mr.green and he calls me the hallway wanderer so he stops me and asked me a bunch of questions like Q: why aren't u in class A: becuase I don't want to be Q: do u like school A:No I don't now leave me the f@$k alone So we part our ways and I go to class check in and just walk out. Then I got back down to the gym and sit with my friend Natalia for an hour until security comes and takes me to academic support while the ***** of a guard was confronting me about punching a wall I go back to punching a wall about 3 more times and guess who shows up ....Mr.Green now I'm nervous to go back to school

I don't feel the need to act bold all the time so I appear modest in my downtime. This often belies what I am inside, so people (including friends) are always surprised when I do something bold, shocking, and unusual. I'm unafraid to be strange or stand out. But I'm so sick of people ***-uming I'm not based on my appearance… what would you do? How do you feel?

I was at college and got 7 missed calls from her, she called me again and I answered "Heyyy wanna come over tonight??" "Yeah sure!" I said "Wanna get dominos pizza take away??" she said "Ahhhh oh god Bertha (made up name lol) I really can't, I've spent soooo much money recently and I don't want to break my healthy week cos of my skin!" I replied "Ohhh come on its only £10 ;)!" she said "Ahhhh I want to so bad haha, but i can't!!" I said She tempts a bit more "Oh go on then!" I finally say "Ah ok cool. Ahhhh but Bob (fake name again lol) , I only have £6 in my bank account! i transferred money (£100) between my accounts and it takes 4 days to go through!!!!!!!!! 4 days Bob!!!!!!!" she says "Oh no thats annoying thats ok tho i can pay now and you can pay me back when it goes through? :)" I reply "Ah ok thanks Bob, see you in a bit!" HOWEVER now I am starting to think.... she must have known she only had £6 as she said it soon after asking if I wanted to get pizza, unless she checked her bank statement while on the phone to me But the fact she called me 7 times indicates to me hmmmm, thats why she called me so many times, she couldn't afford pizza herself that day so needed someone else to get it for her!!!!!!! I don't know if i'm being paranoid---- when she lived in our house she did used to steal a roll of tissue for herself every time someone bought a pack for the loo But maybe it's not THAT bad what she did i mean she's going to pay me back??? Also I guess it's more "loaded" if she said to me "Ahhh Bob can I BORROW some money I have no money to buy food!" but I wouldn't have minded???? I just dont know if she used me or not all the evidence says hmmm yes and makes me paranoid i know she does like me as a friend but this of course puts the paranoia in my mind I'm just someone to use ://// what do u think???????? And what should I do about it??? We have a laugh together but I notice her do bad things sometimes....

I have two groups of friends but the main one consists of 4 girls including myself. 2 out of them (the main group) are constantly talking sh*t about other girls and then pretending to be their friend to their face, once one of them even made an insulting joke about one of my friends from the other group infront of me but I called her out on it. They also keep being overly nice to people who've done me wrong even if they act like they don't like them to my face. How do I deal with this, I don't know if I want to stop being friends with them because making new friends is hard but how do I remain emotionally distant and avoid getting attatched to them just in case they fvck me over and because I don't plan on being friends with them once highschool is done (in 3 semesters)

I do not gossip about others - if I do, it's only for a short period of time. I try to help others out as much as I can. I'm always there for my friends if they ever need me, and I always let them know that. I do not have an attitude, I'm able to take criticism easily. If I EVER notice that my friend looks sad, then I try to uplift them. I do not brag or boast about myself. I'm not a negative person, at all. I smile and laugh a lot and I like to crack jokes.... Regardless, I'm still lonely. I still go to the dining hall by myself for lunch and dinner. My "friends" seem to be separating from me. It's like if I'm having a bad day, there's no one I can go to to talk about it with. When my grandma died, no one was around. I have never done anything exciting with friends during spring break. And IDK I just feel very lonely. How can I alter my personality so that people can stop leaving and hurting me....?

Know her for 5 years and we talk a lot in college. I don't like texting and she doesn't like talking on phone (in general) so I have no choice but to text. I want to get closer to her now. I tried texting her yesterday but she was at the fair with her best friend (its a girl) and she was low on battery and told me to text her later. I didn't because the fair ends at 10:30 and I texted her at 8:30 so I figured she stay till it closed (its a really, really big fair, South Florida Youth Fair) and I also thought she'd be tired. I want to text her now but I know she is going to her friend's party but I don't know if I should text her know because I may be a bother. And I don't know if I should do it tomorrow because I don't know what plans she has (its her day off so she could be doing anything that may keep her busy). So when should I text her?

I have friends who add their friends to the group Skype call and I don't really like them so I don't want to join and then leave with them knowing. Any way to tell?

Im a freshman in highschool and im feeling super lonely. Iv lost touch with my friends from the first semester and im lost. Completley lost. There are so many cliques at my school & i dont kniw where to go. Im so lonely and just need a few good friends. If anyone can give me advice id appreciate it soo much thanks. Is qnyone else like this rheir freshman year of highschool?

I'm 15 years old. I have a twin sister who is a cheerleader and she has been invited to more parties than me. She has been invited to 3 sweet 16s and other parties. I have only been to a cast party and have been invited to a quince. My sister also always gets complimented by guys over social media, but rarely in person. I have been complimented only a few times by guys mostly in person. I don't want to change myself. But I can't help but compare her to me. I don't understand what makes people gravitate to her more than me. I do put myself out there. I perform. I'm open minded and will pretty much accept anyone for who they are.

Well I don't hate her or anything, we get along great it's just she is literally the opposite of me, appearance wise. She so thin and pretty, clear skin, straight and tamed hair, and she's just SO much better than I am, I'm not exaggerating when I say I'm fat and ugly, trust me when I say that. No guy has ever liked me but almost every guy I know likes her, and she ALWAYS lowers my self esteem. It's not her fault, but Everytime I suggest having a sleepover I always end up hating myself even more and idk how I'm gonna get through today and partially tomorrow. What can I do to get through this sleepover? I hate being around her it makes me feel awful :( and no motivation words help at all, so please don't try that. Help??

My friend keeps saying mean things about my other friend when he's not around. I really like both of them. Everything the first friend says about the other is true but I like him anyway. I always say things like, "don't be rude" when he talks about him, but he just laughs. I don't want to say anything too mean because I like him so much. I have wondered if he's so mean because he likes me too and he knows I made out with the second guy once, but that's just a thought. Either way, how can I get him to stop talking like this without being too harsh?

Alright, well last night my friend and I (we're both 15, female). Wanted a couple of friendsto come over. They're both 15, male. We told Her mom that we were having them over she said that's fine and left. We were home alone and her grandma showed up and said it was totally against the law. We werent doing anything besides talking. She made a huge scene about it. And see lectured us and told us we were going to end up in prison if we repeated our actions. She called us ingratful and said we should be ashamed. It was very embarassing. So, is she overreacting or??? Help!

Hi um I'm not really good at this but...I really want to get my message out there that everyone is perfect and they are not alone in the world! Everything I write about is from experience and I want people to know that I will always be willing to talk and give advice....life hurts and people need someone to give them a polite shove and get them back on track and I hope my stories do that <3 my username is ------> Squishy_Tho <----- If you do follow me thank you and please spread my name cause I really want people to understand that they are not and will never be alone

I've known this girl for 7 almost 8 years, I used to call her close to me. Last month she promised to go visit me during her spring break, but I have not received a text from her all last week. But now I see pictures on facebook, and supposedly she DID come to my university, except she went to see two other friends (including a girl whom I used to be friends with until she did some terrible things to me) and went to party with them. This happened last winter break and over the summer too. I feel veryyyy irritable right now (PMS issues lol and just having a bad day). I already unfollowed her on Instagram and I reallyyy feel like confronting her. But should I be mad?

I remember saying that you can babysit with parents permission so how do I do this? My friend Karen and I really need a job to pay for our tai chi lessons. Help? (were both 13)

Ever since I was in Elementary school I have been teased about being held back twice. I am honest about my age because I'm not ashamed of it. It's just others base me off of my grade and not my age. I'm constantly getting comments like "you're so immature because you're 16 and you're a freshman" to others treating me like a little kid. I have told them repeatedly that age and grade should not be the reason not to be someones friend. Yet, they still base me off of this. For the longest time I was not allowed to date people my age because recently I found out my own mother thought "I was too immature" I had to date people younger than me. The boys my own age or at least a year older didn't want to date me because once they found out my grade they automatically classified me as "stupid, ugly, little kid, immature, freak." and much more names. The beginning of this year (my freshman year" I started to become depressed. I even started to begin thinking I was a freak and that I am stupid. My maturity level is any normal 16 year olds maturity level. Yes, I do get that none of this should bother me but it has been going on since my second grade year. This has even made me become tired of going to school. The problem is if I drop out of school I can't be a great success. In all honesty I have wanted to drop out this year because no one my age likes me. They all hate me all because of a stupid grade. I won't be graduating until I am in my 20's.

One of my close guy friends has been talking to me about how stressed out and overwhelmed he is. With school and his family and people getting the wrong impression of him, I feel really bad for him. I know he really likes the band Three Day Grace a lot so I'm considering getting him a vinyl of their album The X. Do you think this will cheer him up? Do you think he might like it? (I'm not good at shopping for guys) I just want to get him something to make him feel better.

my price maximum is £40ish? please comment any ideas it's for her 15th birthday