Yesterday, my best friend started giving me the silent treatment out of nowhere. I'm not sure what I did- I think she's upset because I was being a bit closed off last night. She kept asking me what I was doing on my laptop, and I lied and said I was doing HW (I was actually doing something personal/medical related that I didn't want to share) and she accused me of lying and I just laughed it off. I can't be 100% sure if this is why she's not talking to me, because SHE WON'T TELL ME. This is the only reason I can think of though, and it's not even a big deal? This is not the first time she's done the silent treatment, and she's told me before that she likes to use it to make people feel bad. She's also very stubborn, so I know she won't talk to me. I'm honestly sick of her behavior and I am considering ignoring her back. But at the same time, I know someone will have to be the bigger person and the chances of that being her are slim. What should I do? I also explained why I was being closed off/withdrawn and she's still ignoring me. I'm fairly certain this was the reason because she was super chatty before I lied about what I was doing, so why tf is she still not talking to me?

There's a girl in my fourth hour and my lunch that thinks that we're best friends even though I cannot stand her. She constantly invites herself into my plans that I have with hanging out with my friends. She constantly lies about what she likes (for example, I wore a Warrior Cats shirt and she pretended to read it so she could start a conversation), and once she finds out that someone finds something funny, she repeats it over and over again until it's not funny at all. This is mainly the case with slightly funny Vines. I am afraid to tell her to leave me alone because she will report me to the counselor for harassment (as she's threatened to do it to someone before.) I am also friends with her sister and don't want to ruin that. She never does her work but somehow finds a way to shove herself into group projects. I got a C on a project because she didn't do her homework twice for the project. How do I tell her to leave me alone without making her report me for harassment/bullying, as well as ruining my friendship with her sister? "" I wore a Warrior Cats shirt and she pretended to read it so she could start a conversation)," - This is called being nice and social." It was flat-out dumb for her to pretend to read the entire series. She proceeded to give me false information and correct me on actual statements from the books because "she's read more of the books than I have". ""once she finds out that someone finds something funny, she repeats it over and over again until it's not funny at all." True, that people can make jokes, but it's honestly annoying when she's screeching about the same thing for multiple days in a row non-stop. It's not just jokes that she repeats, for example, she proceeded to SCREAM my political views to the entire hallway. I was having a small conversation with my friend when she decided to run up between my friend and I and begin to yell my opinion on transgenders/the "more than two genders" idea, possibly offending multiple other students.

I m 17 and my best friend 19 is the only person who s been there for me and she s always helping me. I think she feels pity for me because I have alot of health issues . But last week I bought a pink hair dye (flamingo pink by ion just for reference) and I have a grayish brown as my natural hair color; and I was so excited to show her and when I did, she looked at me like she were mad at me. I was thrown off by this; she then said she didn t think it would give a good image about me to others. She made a fuss about it all and took the hair dye from my hands and called my mom over in a bossy way. I had already told my mom I was gonna dye it and she was excited and happy for me. First of all my mom didn t like how she was acting towards me. 2) my mom told me at that same moment that my skin looked pretty when I blushed; she asked my friend if she thought so too and she said "well yeah I guess" 3) she wouldn t give me my hair dye back which started to upset me as well. There s this really popular guy who was talking to me; and she didn t want me to get near him. So im just wondering if u guys agree with my mom and sister in law... If you re wondering what end up happening, my mom told her to give me my dye back in an extremely polite way and she did. But when I was dying it she wouldn t stop making a deal about it all. I genuinely love her and all, but I don t think that having a person drain me this way emotionally is something I need. Thanks for reading☺️

I was participating in a specialized MMA match against this other kid, Mike. This guy I am friends with, Noah, occasionally plays softball and basketball and his younger brother, Cody, do the exact same. Yet, Noah likes to harass Mike and belittle him, with Cody there at his side, and they do this in front of a bunch of cheer-leaders at our school. Whenever I witness this happening, I am always sure to call them out on it and stop it. However, me and Mike were put against each other in a caged fight, with me winning the first few rounds, but he had superior grappling skills, and had managed to use his choke-holds which caused me to tap-out, but people were watching and Noah became angry that I lost. Later on, he told me not to worry about it because he was planning on jumping Mike, along with Cody, just to show him "who the actual men are." While I appreciate my friends were sticking up for me, how do I get them to understand that this wasn't personal? Me and Mike are still cool, even after my loss. We always are sure to fist-bump whenever we see each other, but how do I stop this? Should I notify the police or is that the pussy thing to do?

First off my parents are super strict I'm barely allowed to hang out with any of my friends and i get yelled at for the smallest things. I'm allowed to hang out with some of my friends but I'm not allowed to hangout with guys which the majority of my friends are guys so that's hard for me. The only way I can hang with them is if I sneak around so that sucks. Also school feels like it's ruining my life so many people absolutely hate me or call me a names because I supposedly "hoe around" (I don't) so I have the pressure of trying to get my reputation back up as well. I have many passions that I want to pursue but it's hard for me because of how my life is right now. I'm only 15. It seems like my life won't really start until I turn at least 18 if even that and I really don't want to wait that long just to start living. I'm trying to make the best out of my situation now but I'm slowly starting to just give up because this is so awful I really cannot stand my life anymore

No this isn't just someone I can get away from. I am in an abusive relationship with my sister (platonically of course) she'll ask me why she wasn't the last person I texted she often makes remarks about things she knows I'm sensitive about. She knows a guy I like and doesn't miss an opportunity to tell me I have no chance (even when she's "being nice" to me) we are on and off on our friendship (if you can even call it that) I live in a tiny town it's actually a village and she has made all my friends dislike me I don't know how to make friends I can't speak up as I have social anxiety. On top of that I'm afraid when we were 7 for about 3 years she would beat me until I was unconscious leaving me with severe paranoia. No one wants to be my friend yet I depend on a companion she is all I have and I fear without her pulling the strings I will be just like a puppet without a puppeteer, useless

Sometimes I feel really depressed and sad. Okay, a lot of times. Like what if your friends secretly hate you or they're just using you? And I feel ugly a lot. Like I think I'm pretty until I see how pretty everyone else is. And a lotta times my friends compliment my other friends by saying they're pretty unless they see me looking their way and they're like "Oh yeah you're pretty too." That makes me feel so ugly and really sad. Also, I'm in eighth grade and I'm still barely curvy unlike every other girl. My family isn't the nicest either. My parents are fine but instead of my sisters and I being best friends, we all hate each other. Whatever my sisters(younger than me) say to me, it's either an insult or they're yelling at me for no reason. Everyone in my town is Hispanic, I'm the only white person and I'm never racist but everyone says how ugly and stupid white people are, even my friends. I feel depressed a lot now, I can't think positive. I know barely anyone will answer but please can someone help me? .-.

if you had a friend who rarely said yes to going out would you end up just not inviting them anymore

My bf & I are both 25 & have been together for 6 months. Lately, we've been spending all our time together besides work. He's been saying & doing little stuff to me like: "this is one song I want played at my wedding" "you look like a house wife" Singing the song marry you by Bruno Mars Getting on one knee thanking me for dinner

I have these two friends who seem to be getting pretty close, possibly romantically. I like one of them, and I think the other one is really great, but I'm definitely not jealous because I don't believe in monogamy. But whenever I see them I always get really sad about it and I don't know why. Anyone know what this might be?

my friends dont like how my boy friend talks to me, and other poeple, and some things he does. why wont they talk to him about it instead of complaining to me? they just sit back, and let him do what he does . I dont get it, they seem so worried for me, but wont intervene at all.

I said hello to a friend on facebook that I thought was a pretty good friend but he did not say hi back and it has been about a week...he has seen it and has been on facebook and has found time to sa hi to others. This is not the first time it has happened with him either..does it sound like he does not want to be friends with me anymore?? should I take a hint? Thanks for honest replies and will choose a best answer

My friend is saying that she feels detached. She's also saying that in previous friendships they're very short lived. She said this is a general thing and it's about everyone. What do I say to this as I'm a good friend of hers?

which kind of dating profile would sound better to you? 1) a standard profile where she is looking for romance and nothing else 2) a profile that says that you can start as friends and see where it goes 3) a profile where she says you can start as friends/activity buddies and see where it goes and she also mentions that she has attractive single female friends too and if you dont hit it off with each other after spending time together that you might hit it off with one of them ...she is just happy to have a new friend. which profile would attract you the most..1,2 or 3? thanks for honesty and I will choose a best answer. thanks for the responses so far...very interesting..by the way, for anybody that answers that is not single please just answer with the mindset that you a single..thanks:)

So, we've been friends since elementary school, and now we're almost 20... And recently I get hurt by her a lot, and it makes me question just how much of good friends we really are. You know, there is this thing that's called unhealthy relationship, and I'm starting to think if my friendship with her is unhealthy too. Because, what an unhealthy relationship is? A relationship that isn't good for you, but you're too afraid to break up and be alone. I mean, this is what you're used to, you decide settling for okay, and afraid of being alone. The thing is that I don't have many friends. I don't want to lose a friend, and she's someone I'm used to, we know each other. But I feel like our lives are taking different paths, that we're drifting apart, and that she replaces me with other people... I feel like she doesn't care about me the way I care about her, that I've done for her so much more that she's done for me all those years. I just feel... like she doesn't appreciate me enough? Like I'm just another friend? We work in the same place, and when I spend breaks with her, she talks more to her new friends... And at first I was like, okay, she should make new friends, no problem. But come on, forgeting about me? Not calling me for lunch anymore? All I think is she doesn't care if I'm there or not-and she probably doesn't. She looks so much happier with her new friends anyway... And I sent her a text that I'm hurt by her, and that she's being weird... What do you think?

when I was 10-13 I would always go to my best friends house after school and her dad was always home, my friend really loved her dad and still does which is sort of the problem, when he would play with us outside or when we would make up a game and she went in a different room or looked away he would put his hands underneath my shirt on my chest or in my pants in my underwear, at first I didn't really think it was a big deal I was only 10 and I didn't even really know what sexual abuse or molestation was. It started happening more often and sometimes he would pull me against his you know and he would also try to pull my hands to touch him I would always try to kick him and push him away. One day he pulled me into the bathroom with the lights off and pulled his pants down and made me touch him. After that I told my friend what he did and what he had been doing, I used to watch the news when I was little and at the time there were a lot of sexual assault cases being talked about so I told my friend that what he was doing to me was sexual assault and that he might go to jail if someone knew, she told me that when he made me touch his thing that I was wrong and that she didn't want to lose her dad so I kept quiet. It kept going on for a bit but not as often. I'm 14 now, I haven't seen him for about a year and I sorta don't see the reason to tell because its not happening now also I don't want to tell cause she is my best friend and I don't want to take her dad away from her.

So I am a university student and I am currently very frustrated with one of my flatmates. We had an argument earlier in the year and from then on we tended to avoid each other, which is fine by me. Although we rarely see each other we do have to share a bathroom. I genuinely wouldn't care much if these issues were a one time thing but it is a repeated process. I have had to wipe multiple crap stains from the toilet seat as well as menstraul blood from the toilet seat. She repeatedly doesn't flush the toilet and it's honestly just frustrating. I went into the toilet this morning and the entire toilet was covered in blood and hadn't been flushed. I calmly messaged her saying could you please in future flush the toilet and wipe down the toilet. She apologised claiming she was embarrassed and that she would make sure she cleaned every time she went. I later went to have a shower and there was a used sanitary towel wrapped In toilet paper left on the toilet seat. I had just spoken to her about being clean and hygienic yet she left a used sanitary towel there. The sanitary towel is still there and hasn't been moved. I don't know what to say to her since it's starting to get really frustrating. I shouldn't have to tell a 20 year old to flush the toilet or to be aware that other people are here. I would be mortified if I had left a crap in the toilet. I feel like no matter what I say she will repeatedly do things like this.

Me and my friends are super close we tell each other everything. But lately it's not like that. I feel so distant and I feel like an outcast around them. They're too busy with my other friends about what they're into when I am not. All they do is talk about weight, how much they lost, how much they gained. And it bothers me because I just don't feel close to them anymore. It's like our friendship is fading away. I like them all they are all so nice. But I just don't feel close to them anymore

Me and one of my closest friends ever decided that we should end our friendship after I told her how I really felt that our friendship wasn't going well. However I'm not feeling sad like I have in the past. I had a friendship breakup with a friend of 2 years (just as long as this) who I was just as close with and I bawled my eyes out for days. But despite the friendship feeling just as strong as then, I don't feel sad about this. Does that make me a bad person?

My friend and I were arguing (nothing serious, no hard feelings). He interrupted me, so I told him to shut up. I know that neither of us were in good form in this case, but was one of us worse? What are some better ways to respond to being interrupted?

My best friend is bossy, mean and very rude. But they have weird pics of me and stuff and know my secrets. They telll people other people's secrets if there no longer friends. I know they willl try and expose me. What do I do?

My friend uses my phone to text people all the time(which gets very annoying) because they aren't alowed to have their phone for a long time during the day. And some old boyfriend of hers now calls me a ***** and **** because they think I catfished them but it was my friend. All their friends are now calling me a catfish. My friend says if you say what I did I'm never talking to you again. I don't understand what I do in this situation?

They tell me to shut up all the time and call me a *****. They call me gay or lesbian when other people are around for no reason. They try to start fights for no reason. Leave me on open and just ignore me. They have to always be right and boss me around. I have to end up stepping up and saying sorry when they started a fight. They are only like my best friend when it's just the two of us but when someone else is their depending on who they become a total jerk to me.

My friend told his gf about the situation too and I m not the only one that told my friend others did too and is it really my fault or what because the guy feels some typed of way about it but he never really talked to his gf alot at all just my other friend and him PLEASE HELP