A friend has been making jokes occasionally about having sex with my husband for awhile now. I have told her once the joke is getting old and that I don't appreciate it but it still happens once in awhile. Is it disrespectful or am I being too sensitive? What would you do? Same question goes for someone saying the same thing about ones wife.

Well, once upon a time, my friends and I were really close and we'd go everywhere together and stick with each other and share food and secrets, but now, they kind of just ignore me. Like sometimes, they would invite each other to each other's home and "forget" to invite me, or they would inform me about going with them somewhere at last minute notice. One of my friends just celebrated her birthday recently. She is one of my best friends and we've known each other since forever. I got her a box of donuts and she hugged me, told me that I was the best, gave the donuts away and just continued not noticing me. I feel really hurt and jealous of those who have super close friends. What should I do? I really like these people and don't want to hurt them or leave them :( .

So I met another boy at school, and we became friends. But I quickly started realizing that I was getting feelings for him. He is not gay. But regardless, it made me act in ways that I normally wouldn't around friends that I don't have any type of attraction to. So we started getting into arguments, because I started becoming too...intrusive I guess would be a good word. I would say a lot of things that made him uncomfortable. Not even because I wanted to, but because I was acting on the way I felt. So lately I've been apologizing and saying stuff like "oh, I just wanted to be your friend", which is true, but he's not having it. He doesn't know that I feel this way about him. I don't like feeling this way about him, because I know I shouldn't. But regardless, the feeling is there, and if that's how genetics has programmed me, then there's really not much I can do about that. And I am attracted to girls too, but I find myself attracted to guys more often. But anyways, I feel like the only possible way that I can save this friendship, is to be straight forward and honest with him. To tell him how I really feel, but let him know that I now fully see where he stands, and that I would like to continue the friendship without this being a factor anymore. But it scares to do that. What if it backfires on me? What if he tells everyone? I have never told anyone this before. It is my deepest, darkest secret, and if it got out, I don't know what I'd do. Should I tell him?

She said she feels like nobody wants to be her friend, she got dumped, feels lonesome and has gone to the doctor for depression. I don't know what to do. She is upset and I don't know what to do. It's been three days and she has not talked to me since we last talked. I'm starting to get worried. I'm use to talking to her all the time. I even wait for her to get off work. I tell her I care all the time but it's like nothing I say she believes anymore. Shouldn't I wait for her to come back. What if she tries to hurt herself. I'll blame myself because she was so sad and I didn't get to talk to her.

I am a 14 year old boy. My friend from first grade recently started to be kind of mean to me, we are in 8th grade now. He calls me out on my mistakes and is really annoying sometimes. I am a pretty optimistic person and try to avoid starting any fights, cause drama etc. I just want to know how all of a sudden he is mean, he turned most of my friends against me excluding two that i m closer to now than ever. Seth is one of my friends that i talk to whenever i can. I haven t told my parents or teachers about the issue, but i am always asking myself why i haven t. I play an online game called league of legends, some of you may know it. He turned my online friends against me too, but he always says that i suck at the game and that none of my friends want to play it with me. I don t really care about any of that but recently i ve been feeling isolated. I m facing depression and i don t do anything about it. It has built up so much that i want to cry but i tell myself not too.

I'm 17 years old and in grade 11. Throughout this school year my friends have stopped talking to me, even though we didn't fight or anything. They all became better friends with each other and subsequently stopped caring about me. I spend every weekend alone and don't text anybody, and had to begin eating alone at lunch. Anyway, being alone all the time has made me hate talking. I don't know what to say when I talk. I feel like I'll be ignored even if I do say something. I dislike the sound of my voice. I used to love talking, a total chatterbox, but now I keep headphones in all the time. The friend thing bugs me, but what I'm mostly concerned about is the not wanting to talk. Has anyone had this situation before? How can I get back to normal and not hate talking?

okay so most of you know that spring break is over sadly ): anyway when it was spring break my sister an i went shopping for some clothes i wanted to buy white vans because my sister has them and she makes them look cute anyway this was the first time i wore white vans in my class and i try to keep them as clean as i can and then it is 6 period and i tell people not to step on them and they listened but my so called "friend" playfully stepped on my vans AND HER SHOES WERE SO DIRTY AND NASTY i started to cry because i just got them and they were like 50 dollars and you know she tried to help to clean them but it didn't help and i just tried to do my work and i couldn't cause i was crying too much i couldn't even breathe and i felt like barfing and my so called "friend"sits with me in that class and she knew i was crying AND SHE DIDN'T EVEN FREAKING SAY SORRY and when class was over she was talking to her friends and she was laughing and stuff like that i was so pissed and i still am and now they are dirty oh and not only that but she continuously plays with me like i am doll she one time put hand sanitizer in my hair because she had to much oh boohoo she should of used all of it all because God only knows what she does with her hands and she hits me I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE DOES THIS ALL I DO IS GIVE AND GIVE TO HER AND ALL SHE DOES IS TREAT ME LIKE HER DOLL IS THIS A TRUE FRIEND WHY DOES SHE ACT LIKE THIS AND IF YOU KNOW HOW TO CLEAN WHITE VANS PLEASE TELL ME thank you ):

Sooo... I m going on anime & manga themed camp in summer. I ve already been on that camp 2 times, but this time I probably won t know anyone. Of course I have some pals that I ve met back then but most of them comes with friends, so I m a little concerned, that I ll be "a third wheel" if I hang out with them. I was always going along with my friend, but she s not coming with me this year. And I know that I should just talk to people, so I d make new friends and stuff, but I m not really good at that tbh. I m not a shy person, but well... I don t trust people easily and I always feel awkward making the first move (but honestly, I am good at hiding it). And besides I when I met that certain friend, it was basically a coincidence and SHE was the one who made the 1st move, so it was easy. But this time will be different and that makes me somewhat worried :T

So this girl sent me a picture a couple months ago and I have her for my year long classes. I told my best friend she sent me a pic. Now my best friend decides to be an asshole and tries this little prank out that ***** me over big time because he told her what I told him about the picture. She's a nice girl and all but I don't know what to say because she's right about what I said on some parts. We've been friends for about this whole school year. Please help

So I'm going on a one day trip with my friends, but my other friend, lets call her B, who does not know any of them, wants to tag along. I don't want B to come because I cant hang out with my other friends a lot because they live far. But B keeps pushing to come. I keep coming up with excuses so she cant come, but she keeps coming up with ways to come. How do I tell her that I don't really want her to come?

To sum it all down without being too elaborate, the four words I said were, "But that's a lie." When he said he had other plans to hang out with other people because I thought he was lying, as simple as that. He however, took this as a challenge to hang out with everyone else besides me to prove a point (not entirely sure what point that is). I am very aware that he has other friends, he is a very sociable person. However, he refuses to talk to me and does not acknowledge my presence. This is our first conflict with each other and it hurts me to not know the exact reason as to why he is upset.

me and my friends want to go on a camping or caravaning holiday local to dorset but we are only 14, and in most places you have to be 21 or over, any ideas on where we can go. (and dont come up with all that "camp in your back garden" bs because thats not what we want. we want a week away from our families and to all be together and prove to our parents that we are trust worthy and independent)

So I'm kinda popular my friend is not. However he is stating to be popular and I don't want him to since he is really rude. How do I stop him from being popular?

My roommate has been dating this girl for 3 months and since the beginning she stays over 4-6 days at a time then goes home for 2 days then she's back again. It has changed how I live in my own home, how I get ready for work in the morning, etc. I tried to talk to my roommate/friend about it and he always argues with me about how many days she is actually there, insisting that its more like 2 days at a time instead of 5 or 6. She gets there Thursday after work then stays until Monday, and sometimes will even come back after work Monday night thru Tuesday then is back only 2 days later on Thursday! They are couch potatoes and are constantly in the apartment, making messes and not cleaning, hogging the living room, so I can never have people over or just lounge out in my living room by myself. Place is too crowded. They have sex constantly and make a ton of noise like there is no one else in the place, so when they go to bed at night I have to turn my TV way up so I dont have to hear it, and I have dreams about the crap that's on CNN while I am sleeping ( I usually dont sleep with the TV on ). I feel like I am a guest in their home. I dont know what to do because I dont want to come off as the bad guy, any advice?

So last friday at school I was walking at the hallway & the girl I like was there & I was looking at her but then I looked away then later when we walk past each other again I turn around to look at her but she hide behind her friend. Then later when she came to class I was looking at her but then I looked away. Then later she went over to talk to her friend & I was looking at her but then I stopped. But then later I saw her at the back of the class & she was looking at me. But then later she left class early.

One girl told my friend she'd go if I asked her, but I don't want to go with anyone I just want to go alone. I also got invited to after party so I don't know what happens their. I'm friends with everyone like I can just speak with anyone but im afraid of slow songs!!!

it to him to eat and im not sure if he is gay the other they my friend massaged his back and he moaned

I've been friends with this person since the 1st grade even though we went to different schools. We go to the same high school now. (And still friends) Every year she has a new set a friends who to illegal things or are just bad influences and ditches me. When she and the other people aren't friends anymore she'll come back. Now she's ditching me for this guy who she likes (but he doesn't like her) she drives everywhere and hangs out with him all the time. I asked her to hangout today she told she had to do chores and was busy At home But on her snapchat she's out with a friend. What's the best way to approach this situation

He asked me do I think I would ever date him..is this a good sign or am I putting too much thought into what he said?

So I go to a private, Catholic school and I have 13 kids people in my class (I am in 8th grade and 12 of my classmates are boys, the other one is a girl) (im a boy) and everyone of them are my friends, like not just friends, very goid friends most are my best friends as I have gone here with them since kindergarden. But a few can be kind of d***s. There is one who is smart but has to be smarter and right about everything over anyone, we are friends but he gets on my nerves sometimes and has to bragg, then there is this annoying kid who is known by many but many get annoyed of him like me. He must bring up stuff just to be cool and get attention like he always says stuff to me and brings up stuff from the past, then he will look at the cool and my great friend (This kid is also known over the schools, he is very funny and cool and one of my best friends), and he always looks at him (the cool one) and tries to make him "impressed". I am going to high school with them all but do I just ignore the annoying one and not always talk to the smart one? And I get depressed sometimes about this so what do I do (not even close to having to leave the school or tell principle or teacher or parent)? I play video games mainly Fallout and Tropico and talk to my friends to escape depression.

I have three roommates, two of them and myself are working hard to pay for rent and living expenses, plus we are all finishing up our college degrees. My third roommate, the one I share a room with and one of my (at least previously) best friends, got a job working for an insurance company. It was clear to everyone but her and her boyfriend that this job was a scam. She was told she would make at least $50k a year, but the job is all commission, and she is supposed to make 100 calls everyday and set up like 20 meeting with people a week. They didn't pay her for training and she hasn't made any sales, so it has been like a month of her not getting paid. I have been trying to gently suggest to her from the beginning that this job is unrealistic and she needs to get a different one, but her boyfriend has her convinced that they need this money and she can actually make over $50k a year with no degree or job experience. Rent is due in 3 days, so two nights ago I asked what she was going to do about rent and she said she didn't want to think about it because it gives her anxiety.

My best friend had zero interest in drinking and partying until a few months ago. She's been drinking and partying every weekend and sometimes gets into trouble because she drinks way too much. She had unprotected sex with a guy she didn't even like, which isn't something I'd ever expect her to do. She gets drunk nervous breakdowns where she cries and screams and it's hard to calm her down. Even when she's sober, she seems different. The language she uses in text messages is different than before. She doesn't seem extremely happy or extremely down when she's sober, though, and I don't think she has any problems at work or with family or friends. It's been worrying me though, because I've never seen her like this before and she seems to be another person all of a sudden. Should I try to talk to her? I'm afraid I'm making it bigger than it is, but I've never seen such a huge change in personality/interests in someone before, especially not a close friend. I'm 24 and she's 25.

this one kid i go to school with is cool he listens to techno and is very liberal political vegan and the most liked kid at our school he keeps telling me he will give me 20 bucks if i let him hit my bare balls with a hammer as hard as he wants oh i forgot to mention he also promise me a better deal. he give me 50 bucks if he can do it in front of my whole class after school

I had surgery Monday on the 21st of March. Another friend also had surgery on the 22nd a day after mine. Both were one day surgeries and we both were discharged the same day of our surgery. My friend of over 10 years went to see the other friend at homduring her recovery process but she didn't come to see me ...don't get me wrong there's nothing wrong with a text or a call but a face to face greeting means more to a person than anything. It shows that you took the time and consideration to stop by and see how I'm doing...but what troubles me the most is that we are only blocks apart from each other. You have to pass my street first to get to the other friends street. Do you think I am over exaggerating this situation or blowing it out of proportion...or do you think I have a legitimate reason to be upset. I thought we were friends but her actions showed different.

I do not like gossip, but someone recently talked to me about another person behind their back. Is it better to tell that person because they deserve to know what's being said about them, or is it better to keep it to myself in order not to hurt them and make waves? Personally I would want to know if someone I trusted was saying hurtful things about me, but I'm not sure if that's a general opinion. What do you think?

So, i've got a group of friends with 5 people. We've known each other along time, but suddenly 2 of the guys in the group got other friends and left us. Now we're 3, and it's been okay for some time. But then my friend was invited to join one of the people who left the group and some others for a trip. He became very friendly with this one annoying piece of sh*t. I didn't know him much, but i remembered him always saying "shut the f*ck up" to me, and calling me a ****** some years ago, when we were in the same class. He liked to copy Pewdipie, and that's all he talks about. He's 16, and all he does is copy Pewdipie and say sh*t to me. He pisses me off. Then the other guy in the group moved, so it was just 2 people in our group. So the other guy started hanging alot with that annoying guy and his friends, and i hate it, because he's very clingy to my friend and all he does to me is talk sh*t. Every time me and my friend do stuff, he has to join, and if i join them doing stuff he like say "What are YOU doing here?", or just interrupt me every time i talk. I tried to just get other friends, because i couldn't hang with my friend without that annoying f*ck, but it's hard for me because i'm bullied and hated at my school. Everyone calls me ****** so it's hard to get friends, and that's why i just stick with my one friend. But it's so hard, i have nobody to hang with, because that guy asks me to leave or just interrupt me... and he always invite my friend to stuff without me...

I have this guy friend, who keeps sending me pics of himself naked in the shower. He knows the pictures make me uncomfortable,( and has even said he tries to make people uncomfortable sometimes,) but won't stop sending them. I want to have a friendship with him, so I don't want to rudely cut him off. I don't know if he's looking for an ego boost, or just wants sex. Thanks

I'm 27, marine corps veteran, and am back in college now that I am out. I go to a private university and am around a bunch of 18 year olds that I really just can't seem to click with. I literally have no friends and it is very lonely. I hear people talking about the good times they are having and it makes me sad. I had a gf for a bit but she left me as soon as she made popular friends and realized I didn't quite fit in with them. It's a lonely thing going back to school. Being a commuter and working full time as well doesn't help because I have no time to sit around the school and accidentally make friends. I'm in the middle of my senior year and I'm stuck, sad, and have absolutely no social life. I don't Even know who I am anymore.. I need some advise. And I know the whole join a club and blah blah but I just don't have the time...

Well me and my guy friend has been talking about his friend how he hits him for no reason and how his friends uses girls honestly that made me mad that his friend does that to my guy friend. He tell me a lot of stuff I just feel bed. And he also told me not to say anything to him. I don't get why he's so mean to my guy friend. I care about my guy friend I love him. So today he told me I'll protect you and also from the ball when we were playing dodgeball with other friends. He said I'll protect you sofia isn't that so sweet. Gosh he's great. So what do you think about all this. Please answer soon as possible thank you.

I feel so terrible about this. I was really pissed at my friend because he reminded the teacher he had his homework that I didn't do that I avoided him for the rest of the day. Eventually at the end of the day he caught up to me yelled my name and said what's wrong? At that point I just wanted him to back off and leave me alone. He kept trying to talk to me and I was getting really annoyed and just wanted space. Eventually we were passing this mud hole and I was really annoyed that i shoved him face first into the mud pit. He lifted his face out of the mud and said what was that for? I just ignored him and just stared at him covered him mud and I began to laugh and snicker a little. He wiped his eyes and asked why he deserved to be pushed into mud. I told him I'm sorry and that I was just having a bad day and I was pissed he reminded about the homework. He said "is it really that bad that you have to push me into a mud hole? I'm covered in mud and this is one of my favorite sweatshirts." I just said I'm sorry and walked away. Looking back on it though I feel really bad he's a really good and kind friend and I really hurt him over something stupid. Is there a way I can make him feel better and forgive me?

I really dislike small talk especially when texting and the replies are "Okay" "Lol" "Idk. I sent him :"Not to be rude, but can we quit with the small talk? Play 20 questions or something? Rules: No one-worded, small answers. You have to tell me why this is your favorite song or movie, the meaning behind this and that, could be personal, it's judgement-free zone. I want to get to know you. So, tell me about you (: you in? "

I'm 29 and I had sex with a 42 year old almost year ago. He and I live in different states (but we are not in a long distance relationship). I wanted to see him again while I was in his state two weeks ago. I sent him a text letting him know I was in town and he asked me for the address. I told him I would contact him once I got to the hotel. When I got to the hotel I asked him to come see me. He told me he was out of town but that he would be back the next day. I believe he said that because he had to work. Yet earlier that day he and I saw each other at the park. It wasn't planned we just so happened to be at the park at the same time. We walked right past each other and didn't speak then when he got far away he stopped and turned around he knew it was me. I was upset because he said he wouldn't meet me and he started calling me nonstop but I ignored his calls. Then I got drunk and wen off on him in text messages he called me again but I didn't answer. I think maybe he would have came to see me if I hadn't of acted the way I did. I would like to go back and see him this summer.

There is this girl who I have all my classes with and sometimes she says negative things about people behind their backs and I know she's said some stuff about me. I can't avoid her because I have to go to school and she sits and talks to me a lot and I don't want to be rude and ignore her. Whenever she makes remarks about people, I try and say "That was rude." or "They're not that bad." and then change the subject but today she brought up another girl in our class. This girl makes fun of the way people look and their weight sometimes. She can be really nice, but she's rude sometimes too. I said that I feel like she'll be nice to me to my face and then talk about me behind my back. I feel like I shouldn't have said said because the girl who I was talking to is kinda the same way... It's just that I'm overweight and I feel like she probably makes fun of me. I also said that the girl is really rude sometimes. I just feel like I'm so rude and fake. I don't know what to do.

I have been a slave to a couple for about a year now and I have always done what they said and they always let me have my free time with my friends and do whatever i want but now they are giving me only 2 days a week to hang out with friends and I have an 11:30 curfew...This seems unfair to me. They are doing it because I have been out too much and not telling the truth about where I am and who I'm with. Should I listen and respect there rules or argue it?

well, i have a friend of mine, and she always tells everyone she has depression and she hates life. she says everyone calls her emo even though no one has ever called her that and she says that everyone hates her and that she has no friends at all. like girl, im right here. she says shes sad everyday but in school she acts like some crazy monkey and laughs all the time and stuff, youll never see her frown. she has had a history of copying people, when we were younger, she changed her whole appearance to hang out with the popular people. i dont really know whats going on with her. is she really faking her depression?

So I've known this church girl for like all my life but tbh didn't really talk to her when I was younger. We are definitely friendly with each other however now though I'd love to talk more often as I like like her ;) Now I see her in youth group once a week, as well as a camp for a week annually, and she really seems to like like me there. Her eyes kinda sparkle and she is constantly laughing, and I sometimes catch her looking at me and we have cute eye contact haha etc however I'm still get shy when I try and have a one-on-one conversation so we mainly talk when we're in groups. We're both quite shy to start with. The thing is we rarely text and it's kinda confusing, when we do text sometimes we have a very good convo with jokes etc, she asks questions and quick responses so she seems to wanna talk to me, but other times when we text for some reason she takes ages to respond and doesn't seem that interested at all. Recently she popped up to me because my dad's just be told he's got cancer and she's been through a similar situation, so she said she'd be happy to chat when I need to about that, but apart from that she hasn't ever popped up to me. I would looove to text her more but never do because I'm afraid I might be annoying or it'll be awkward since we don't see each other that much and I don't have anything in particular to message her about. Do you think I should text her more? Do you think she could like me? Or should I leave it?

I'm 29 and I had sex with a 42 year old almost year ago. He and I live in different states (but we are not in a long distance relationship). I wanted to see him again while I was in his state two weeks ago. I sent him a text letting him know I was in town and he asked me for the address. I told him I would contact him once I got to the hotel. When I got to the hotel I asked him to come see me. He told me he was out of town but that he would be back the next day. I believe he said that because he had to work. Yet earlier that day he and I saw each other at the park. It wasn't planned we just so happened to be at the park at the same time. We walked right past each other and didn't speak then when he got far away he stopped and turned around he knew it was me. I was upset because he said he wouldn't meet me and he started calling me nonstop but I ignored his calls. Then I got drunk and wen off on him in text messages he called me again but I didn't answer. I think maybe he would have came to see me if I hadn't of acted the way I did. I would like to go back and see him this summer.

When I talko to my friends I almost always have to be the one to start it. I asked them if I am annoying or something and they all say they like when I send them the messege. It is kind of annoying me right now.

The reason why I get along great with the few friends I have is that there is mutual respect. There is no competition, we are honest with each other, and encourage the good. It seems clichy and it's not as cheesy as it sounds. If there's a free workout in town, we let each other know. I wish it was like this with everyone but sadly, it's not. With my boyfriend's family, the women are the exact opposite. They all don't have close friendships (aunts, his mom, cousins) and they're own family is clique with a pecking order. Being the "new" person a few years back, I got the "mean girls" treatment. I was friends with one of his cousins but she ended up being a frenemy. His sister - i tried to be very nice to her despite her trying to break us up (at one point) but my self respect is important. I am cordial at best. I just find that she doesn't have that "conduct" you have with other women - she's very selfish, tactless, warrior mode "i win, i beat you" attitude all the time. I have learned that the women in his family may not have the highest self esteem. If they're constantly one-upping each other/competing, there's no positivity. I also notice that there's no use in developing friendships because there's no mutual respect - I can't explain it. I don't want to resort to saying "jealousy" bc it sounds petty but do you know what I'm talking about? It's where their attitude changes around you. They don't know how to start small talk or give compliments. They stare at you funny bc you happen to have something they want or you happen to dress cute that day, or you're just in a good mood (not perky, just confident). Their whole demeanor just changes when you're in each other's presence. In their minds you know they're thinking, "you're not better than me", so it's hard to have a good relationship/friendship. There's just no respect, like I mentioned with my friends (if you know what I mean). The dialogue they're capable of having is talking sht about others and gossiping

i love my friends but they are so boring. we are a group of 8, but the 2 guys always hang out with their other friend group (i dont blame them) and one of the girls is desperate to be popular so she always ditches us for more popular people when given the chance. another one of the girls is a total goody two shoes and so shy so shes not that fun. another one is a goody two shoes too and whenever we hang out she just sits with her bf the whole time. the other girl is SO uptight its ridiculous. she acts like shes 30 years old and always complains about people when they r just having fun and is completely antisocial when i bring her to parties. and her "fun" ideas r just going to a museum or something. and anyway most of them are always on their phones when we hang out. but theres one girl friend that i actually love and she has the potential to be fun and shes done fun stuff with me before but my uptight friend always tries to influence her into thinking parties and concerts arent going to be fun. but idk what to do because im more of a party girl and my friends are more like stay at home and do nothing kind of people. and i cant just drop my friends cuz 1. im close with them but they just arent fun and 2. ill have no one until i find a new group and idk when that will be. like i want to have fun and stuff but they all are boring and never wanna do anything fun. the only other fun friends i have live like an hour away. ugh

I feel like my communication skills are declining the more that I stay at home and don't meet people. I'm in my mid 20s and still live with my parents. Most of the time I'm with them and don't see anyone else.... However, I find that talking about things is getting harder. Even a couple of days ago I was hanging out with my best friend and most of the time I was silent. It was great seeking him but at the same time it was very awkward. How do I get comfortable talking to people again? In middle school & high school, I didn't have this problem. I was very confident in putting myself out there.....

So I had a crush on a good friend of mine (we talked about it and agreed to being good friends) and she does this wierd thing to me. She has ended our conversations whenever she was with either a good friend of hers or her roommates, but whenever I pull her aside to talk to her, she really seems to enjoy spending time with me and having me with her. I find this odd because 1) why would she be happy around me alone yet try to stop talking when she is with friends? And 2) we recently talked about how I had a thing for her and we agreed on being close friends, does this affect anything at all? Anyone know what to think of this? If it helps, she is a senior in college and I am a junior in college. Thanks in advance!

We are both still In high school but after freshman year I moved and we lost touch. Recently I have been trying to contact his number but he doesnt answer so I think he has a different number now. have tried to find him on social media but to no avail. I miss my friends pl help thx

I have been friends with this guy for a little bit...and we are just friends but our friends keep making jokes about us being together which makes the girl he likes uncomfortable. And he doesnt want our friendship to change because it's been great...so we plan to tell our friends to stop joking because we are just friends...but will he and I have to change how we act towards one another and how we text and call one another so things with our group and who he likes isn't awkward? He's became one of my best friends.

Hi im A 14 year old girl im going to be 15 June 24th and I live in Tampa Florida and time flys bye really fast im going to be 18 really soon and I need a roommate or someone to live with to help with a lot of things or I will be homeless when im 18 cause my family is kicking out as soon as i turn 18 they wont let me stay with them until I can get on my feet this is really bothering me I am really sad I dont wanna be homeless I dont know what to do I need help I need a friend im all alone in this I have no friends or close family that I can live with I live with my grandma at the moment cause me and my mom dont get along and shes kicking me out when im 18 my mom already told me she dont want anything to do with me I have nobody... Please help me I dont want to be homeless and if you are willing to help me can you give me a way to contact you so we can stay in touch. Thank You.

I am a female and it is just a face picture. I sent him one last week btw

I have a friend of mine, and he and I mostly communicate via email. Sometimes I ask him questions that he just ignores on purpose. They can be important questions, too. When I ask him why he didn't respond or answer, he'll just say "oh, I was still thinking about it," or "I didn't know what to say." I think this is very rude and insensitive. If someone asks you a questions, you answer it. Not answering is as rude as ignoring me in person if I asked a question, in my opinion. I am beginning to wonder if such a friendship is worth my time, I would never ignore someone's question. Just in the last few weeks, he's ignored questions repeatedly. This friendship is not one at all, if certain important questions I ask are not worth his time or respect. Any opinions on this?

my friend from japan came to America to visit me this week, and i was so excited. like why not??? So, she arrives and she's all quiet some reason and only toward me. so, i feel insecure and just said some random stuff. she still is quiet and it created this damp air feeling in the room. so, that went on for a while, and we went to my bff's home for a sleepover on Saturday and i was so happy because i haven't seen here for months because she goes to a different school now and she's in 8th grade and im in 9th grade. so, at first it was awesome, but again, the damp air. and the next day they started to completely make me seem like my stories were dumb. when they talked they would laugh and stuff but with me only one would go ahahaha.... so i comepletely thought at one point that my japanese friend was hogging her from me or telling her bad things that aren't true about me or something. i felt sad and cried today. what am i to do???

There is this friend of mine named Steve. I get along with him fine but none of my other friends can stand him. He's real socially awkward but also can come across as very rude and disrespectful. I had to stop inviting him to my parties or other social gatherings with other people because every time Steve is there drama starts and usually ends with Steve getting cursed out or slapped around. For example the final straw was when out of nowhere Steve told this dude " No offence, but your Sister is a skank". The dude pretended he didn't hear it at first but Steve wouldn't shut up and ended up getting shoved to the ground by the dude. The dude tried to get Steve outside to settle it but Steve refused and the other dude acted like the bigger man and ended up leaving because he was gonna really hurt Steve if he stayed. Steve literally acted like he did nothing wrong and acted like the other dude was just a bully. I even tried sitting him down a few times to explain to him how he can't be doing that kind of stuff and he acted like it was funny. he kept saying " I just tell it how it is" or "That's me, i'm an asshole haha". It's like he thinks it makes him look confident or something because he is really insecure. He has even told me how insecure he is. He was never like this in high school. He was real awkward and dorky but was really respectful and nice up until right after graduation. we are in our early 20's now and since graduation about 3 times a year he ends up getting a black eye from someone. He is turning 21 in a few weeks and I really don't want to go because it will end in a bar fight. Well at least someone punching steve I also noticed how he can make jokes about people all he wants but if someone says one to him it's " how dare you". Like one time he made a joke about my buddy's girlfriend being overweight so The other dude made a joke about Steve being a virgin and Steve got all offended. Steve didn't say anything and walked home and sent this huge text demanding an apology @N if you read the whole question you would know I already did that.

I'm 29 and I had sex with a 42 year old almost year ago. He and I live in different states (but we are not in a long distance relationship). I wanted to see him again while I was in his state two weeks ago. I sent him a text letting him know I was in town and he asked me for the address. I told him I would contact him once I got to the hotel. When I got to the hotel I asked him to come see me. He told me he was out of town but that he would be back the next day. I believe he said that because he had to work. Yet earlier that day he and I saw each other at the park. It wasn't planned we just so happened to be at the park at the same time. We walked right past each other and didn't speak then when he got far away he stopped and turned around he knew it was me. I was upset because he said he wouldn't meet me and he started calling me nonstop but I ignored his calls. Then I got drunk and wen off on him in text messages he called me again but I didn't answer. I think maybe he would have came to see me if I hadn't of acted the way I did. I would like to go back and see him this summer.

I've shut everyone out and I have never been so lonely in my entire life. I've been through a rough patch. How can I get them all back? They wouldn't understand my situation

I was chatting online with a friend. I was telling him something personal. I've told him before at one point I felt like taking my own life at one point in the past. Then when I was online, I told him that someone actually told me whom I had issues with that if I made an attempt to do so, to make sure I do it right. He replied back saying "I don't know how to reply to that, but just know I'm here for you." What exactly was meant by that?

Please state your ideas. I don't want to do something very expensive but want to gift something that stays with them for a long time.

I recently got a job as a high school guidance counselor. This may take a while. You need to whole story to answer the question. I'm a counselor for freshman, or 9th graders. There was a girl (whose name I won't say) who I had to see every Tuesday during her study hall. She was held back, she was supposed to be in 10th grade. I had to see her because she was troubled, like she never did her HW, she was always getting into fights with peers and her teachers, she cut herself, etc. The last counselor (who retired) and her teachers were always telling me to "beware", how she was a hard person to be around. I didn't believe it. There's never a child who doesn't want to be loved. I met her and at first, she come off very hostile, but after a while she softened up and we could actually talk. She wasn't mean or any of the things that anyone had said, she was just misunderstood. She had a lot to say, but no one who to say it all to. She always told me I was the only person who liked her and actually wanted to be around her, and I always told her not to say that because it wasn't true. I got very disturbed when she just kept saying it because maybe she actually meant it. One day, we were just talking about random things and the conversation turned to abortion. I told her how I didn't believe in it, and she said she didn't other but that she had one. I was kind of disturbed now and asked her if she didn't support it why did she get one. She said it wasn't her choice, she was forced to get it. I didn't know what to say so I changed the topic. The last time I saw her, she gave me a card and a chocolate bar. It was sweet but random so I asked her why she gave me this. She said I was the only person who was ever nice to her, I was the only one who talked to her, and that I was the only person who wanted to understand her. She wanted me "to have a piece of her forever". I was very confused, and then she asked me not to open the card until 8 later on the night. So at home, at 8:30 I opened the card and it was a thank you card and a suicide note mixed into one. She said she will shoot herself and knew if she told me I'd call the cops so she would do it earlier and wanted me to find out later so I know where she was and what happened since I cared about her. I FREAKED OUT and I did call the cops. They went over to her house but it was too late. She had apparently shot herself in the chest at 6. The cops did some investigating and they found out that her father was physically and sexually abusing her. When she said she had been forced to get an abortion, it was because her dad had raped her and she got pregnant, so he made her get an abortion to cover it up. She had been getting excluded at school and she no real friends. Her teachers weren't giving her an easy time either. She didn't go to church or anything like that, so she couldn't get religious help or whatever. She had it pretty bad, and now I saw why she was so depressed. I cried for days. I felt like I should have known all of these things that were going on in her life since she trusted me and talked to me. I felt like I've failed at doing my job and that I'm responsible for her death. She dropped hints, like the abortion thing. Everyone is telling me it wasn't my fault, but I've been carrying this guilt and I can't let it go. I really feel like the whole thing is my fault. I should have stopped her. Now I don't know what to do and if I should even keep this job. Was it my fault?

Today in freshman computers class we had to make a picture on the computers my teacher said that we have to vote for our favorite picture and whoever gets the most votes gets extra credit. My friend and I wanted to know if we could vote for our own. So I asked her if we could. she said "you can but the mature adult thing to do is pick someone else's" I said "but I'm not an adult I'm under 18" she then said " we can all be inconsiderate spoiled brats like Katie (me) but we all arent used to getting what we want". I looked away and didn't say anything. So she started yelling and said " can you look at me or are you too embarrassed about this" (this whole conversation was in front of the whole class) can she call me those names and say that? I mean I know i did kinda correct her and say that I'm not an adult and stuff but I don't think it would give her the right to call me that. And I wasn't even trying to be a brat.