They live 4 min away from my house so not that far but at the same time I don't feel like I shuld have to do this when they can print their hw out at school. Idk is this something friends should do for one another??

There's this woman that I met in college years ago. We only had 1 class together & only hung out @ a few parties bc I was friends with 1 of her roommates & I knew her other roommates. We became friends on social media, but I don't really communicate w/her. I've noticed that for a brief period she lived near me. She came up on a dating app, but we didn't match. I thought about contacting her around this time to see if she wanted to grab a drink, but it seemed like less than 2 months from moving to the area, she was moving away. About a week ago, she came up in my social media account saying it was her birthday. There were some other people that I'm connected with that had same birthdays. I figured, I would send all of them a happy birthday & that way she would see that I was just writing my connections. Over the past few weeks, I've written other people (but not everyone) happy birthday, so she will see that I'm not just writing her. The next day after writing her happy birthday, she was the only one of my connections who responded. She liked what I wrote & responded by saying thanks & my name. None of the other people did that. She also didn't do that to everyone who wrote her a birthday message (however, mine was at the top of the list). I was thrown back by this as I wasn't expecting a response at all. I thought about writing her back, but because of distance and I didn't want to seem like I was hitting on her, I didn't. Should I write her now or just forget about it?

My childhood best friend reached out to me. We were estranged for about 10 years. Fyi, we were more like sisters than best friends. I moved away 10 years ago to partially get away from her and also i couldn't take her manipulation games, alcoholism and drug abuse, among other things. So, she found me on FB and sent me a message about 1 month ago. We reconnected (which was nice to see how she was doing) but asked me to come up to her family reunion this summer for about 5 days in June. Also, her brother is dying of cancer. I agreed to go because she seemed different and also i thought it would be good to see her brother and the rest of her family. I agreed to go for the 5 days. But over the past 2 weeks since i have agreed to go, she is starting her little manipulative ways again. I have decided that i am going to cancel this trip and i just want to know the best way to break it to her. One thing you need to know is that she is obsessed with me as a friend (its kind of hard to explain because its really different). She is more obsessed with me than her own children, her other family members, and everyone else she has ever known. Her obsession with me makes me feel claustrophobic. I want to cancel. should i just send her a message that i am canceling? We haven't actually spoken on the phone yet...just messaging each other only. I should mention that i cannot simply tell her that something else has come up. She is really smart. She will want to know what has come up and also will want to know of another time we can get together.

When I first met my friend she was great, we made plans together all the time and I enjoyed her company. After a while we moved in together with another two friends. This is where the problems began, she was very inconsiderate of living with other people and we were finding her to be quite narcissistic. We spoke to her, cleared the air and everything was good again. I really felt like we were very close and decided me and her would get a flat together and the other two flat mates would also get their own place. There are a number of times where she makes negative remarks about things I own or my personality. It is really starting to get to me now. I constantly feel like I'm being spoken at rather than being able to pitch in or even talk about myself in anyway. Additionally, there have been a number of times where she has left the flat for a weekend and just left her mess everywhere (spilt talcum powder all over the bathroom) and didn't bother to clean it up. I asked her politely if we could both ensure to be helping out around the house and all I get is a snarky remark and no apology. I'm at a loss with what to do, do I continue to be friends with this person or should I speak with her and tell her how she's making me feel? I really feel as though she is making me lose confidence in myself and it's making me feel extremely down and anxious. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

He goes over to friends house then gets drunk and hits me recently he stopped drinking for 3 weeks and today he wanted to go to friends and I got mad now he's saying I'm trying to run his life and take away his manhood but I'm scared he will drink again.im constantly stressed out worried one day the same thing will happen again

I'm usually a happy person. I mean i'm very outgoing so it comes out to the point where I seem annoying. I have a best friend and she has lately been very rude to me and ignores most of my texts. I think I just started to annoy her. I have anxiety to talk to her and that's not normal. She makes me feel like **** about myself. She used me to get closer to my other best friend. Back in November I used to complain a lot to her. I don't complain at all anymore. I don't know if that has something to do with it, she just been very shady lately. I want to talk to her about it but God knows what will happen. If i'm sad I don't want my other friends to feel sad and I try not to show it. If i'm upset I don't want my friends to feel like i'm a negative impact. I want to talk to my best friend but if she's in a good mood and I try talking to her about it , maybe she will be upset and i'll ruin her day. I sent her a message saying i'm sorry if I came off as annoying and that I am happy that we're friends, she just ignored it and didn't say anything. I don't know. I'm very depressed and i'm trying to hide it but I don't know what's happening lately.

So I have a best friend. We used to be very close and she used to want to hang out all the time and want me to invite her to stuff and now she couldn't care less. I'm in a group of three people , Me Her and another girl. I think she used me to get closer to the other person. I don't know what I did. I didn't say anything wrong, I didn't say anything rude. I think she got to used to me and we were always around each other so she just doesn't want to talk. I talk a lot and i'm always happy and cheery and outgoing and that can come off as annoying. I think she got annoyed of me. She was being rude to me last week. On friday night I sent her a long message saying i'm sorry if I said something and I said how much she means to me and she just opened it and didn't respond. She never responds to me. I know she might be going through a lot but that's not a reason to avoid me. She's also jealous that i'm best friends with the other people in our group. I have school tomorrow and I don't know what to say to her. I will be hanging out with the "squad" I guess you can call it but she will probably just be annoyed with me. I need to talk to her about this because I even have a hard time breathing when I talk to her because she stresses me out and she's bipolar so that affects. Someone Can you help me please. I'm 15 by the way, I know my grammar still isn't the best.

The girls my age are so much drama, I'm tired of it. Younger people seem so much more fun. Besides, I join basketball programs and gymnastics where I socialize with kids my age. For those of you who think I'm making it up, I'm not from America so they keep kids up to 8th grade with the smaller ones.

I have two groups of friends, and recently they've wanted me to do things with both of them at the same time, causing me to choose. The first group was of my best friend (but we got in a fight not-too long ago and are now pretty close friends) and two other girls, but one of the two girls decided to just suddenly leave and join the opposing friend group. Their friend group is now trying to get me to join them. So let me go into detail about each group (I'll call them groups 1 and 2)- Group one consists now of my friend (who now we actually are pretty close friends again) and another good friend. I like being around them but sometimes we all get into arguments, and they have other close friends too who just randomly join in and I get left out a lot. Group two absolutely HATES my friend (like I said we are pretty close now though) and have been trying to get me to turn on her. They're pretty nice and friendly people, but they love to complain and do it a LOT. I get that they are trying to help out of their best interests, but they can get pretty controlling and nosy a lot of the time. But they are pretty good friends as well and try to keep me included a lot of the time. My real question is how and who should I choose?? I would choose them both but I know it won't work out especially with both the groups hating each other.

I got a call from my friend Alice who wanted to meet me for lunch. She had a problem she wanted my advice on. At lunch, she told me her son in law (her daughter's husband) wanted her to loan him some money. She had already made him 3 loans and he had not paid any of those 3 loans back. She wanted to know if she should make him a 4th loan. I told her this is a VERY TOUGH situation. She should probably consider the 3 pervious loans as gifts as the odds are VERY LOW they will be paid back. I told her I think the best approach would be to tell him that after he paid back the previous loans, she would consider making him a new loan. I told her to be prepared from a bad reaction from him and also possibly from her daughter. If there are grand children involved, be prepared to hear you will not see your grand children again. I told Alice to think very carefully what she wanted to do. I predict if she made another loan, there will be a request for a 5th loan in the future. I hope I gave her good advice. Do you think I did?

I have two groups of friends, and recently they've wanted me to do things with both of them at the same time, causing me to choose. The first group was of my best friend (but we got in a fight not-too long ago and are now pretty close friends) and two other girls, but one of the two girls decided to just suddenly leave and join the opposing friend group. Their friend group is now trying to get me to join them. So let me go into detail about each group (I'll call them groups 1 and 2)- Group one consists now of my friend (who now we actually are pretty close friends again) and another good friend. I like being around them but sometimes we all get into arguments, and they have other close friends too who just randomly join in and I get left out a lot. Group two absolutely HATES my friend (like I said we are pretty close now though) and have been trying to get me to turn on her. They're pretty nice and friendly people, but they love to complain and do it a LOT. I get that they are trying to help out of their best interests, but they can get pretty controlling and nosy a lot of the time. But they are pretty good friends as well and try to keep me included a lot of the time. My real question is how and who should I choose?? I would choose them both but I know it won't work out especially with both the groups hating each other.

Whenever we together she always say "I wish I was dead" so casually like its not a big deal then she just goes on like she never said anything. She never talk about killing herself but im still worried her. She always having fun with others & she have a loving family. Is something wrong with her?

Back in my high school days, I can't say I was popular but I felt like I was liked by a fair amount of people, and I remember actually enjoying the... "art" of conversing. Now, almost 4 years later and after dealing with depression and social anxiety, I've kind of went into a rut as I tried to pay off my classes from my first year of college. Most of my friends have moved on, while I've found myself isolating myself a lot of the time. I'm at the point where I go out I don't really feel anxious, but I just dont have an urge to hold conversations anymore. I've become alright with replying with "alright.." after a stranger asks me how my day was, without asking them anything back. Perhaps I'm just so tired of trying to make friends and failing, that I've kind of just given up? I couldn't tell you the countless of times I've tried. It feels like I don't care for making new friends or small talk anymore, but at the same time I crave deeper connections and fun conversations. I miss the old spark I felt when speaking to people. How do I reawaken my old self, without mentally beating myself up for the next year for feeling like I've said the wrong thing?

I like being around these two girls (A and S) a lot but not with other people around who they sit with. The other people make me feel left out because Im not that interested in their conversations. My other friend (M)doesn't want me to sit there because she hates one of those girls (S), but all M does is call me stupid and push me around physically, so I try not to listen to her. Me and A+S talk a lot after school and hangout together which is really fun, and I'm comfortable around them and you've known them for longer. The other group are nice people, but they are very controlling and call me stipid, push me around, because they don't want me to be friends with S and hate her too for the stupidest reasons. They think S is evil but she really cares about me. They are pretty inclusive and friendly but all they talk about is complaining and how much they hate S and A bringing up the past and fights. M wants me to sit there but I don't talk to her much and she hurts me a lot. It's really awkward between me and one of the girls in this group (Q) because she also thinks I'm making a mistake and wants me to stop being friends with S and A, along with everyone else in the group. Me S A and Q used to sit together but Q left the other day saying she wasn't having fun anymore and told me to go with her. I don't know where to sit or what to do any ideas?

So my friend has been acting so strange lately. She said she was going to delete social media, which is no problem really, but she's still posting on it? Like it makes no sense to me. Also she's been kinda distant too and idk why. She's been acting so rude too. I just don't know what's wrong with her and I really hope she's ok

From 1965 to 1971, I attended the third to the eighth grade with someone in suburban Detroit. In 1971, our family moved to Florida, and we have not had any contact since then. He was a friend/acquaintance during the time we knew each other. We have had absolutely no contact since 1971. Recently, I happened to come across some information about him, including his current address, and also his father's obituary,who died in 2012. I never knew the father. What are the pros and cons of dropping him a note to say hi, express sympathy at the loss of his father, and to hope that everything is going well for him and family?

Me and this girl became very close late last year and all of this year. I consider her one of my best friends. We are both sophomoeenin college. She had a very hard time last year because she's from abroad(lives on an an army base is Germany. So she IS American but her family Is stationed in gerrmnay) and was homesick. We bonded over both being from far away, missing home, being introverted, etc. she made no friends really, but I at least had plenty of friends. So I introduced her to some this year and now I feel like her life is intertwined in mine. She has none of her own unique set of friends so I feel like I see her too much. and I feel like she forgets sometimes that I introduced her to the people who she considers her friends, and sometimes makes me feel left out. She joined the same sorority as me, and I feel like she ONLY joined because I did. She doesn't participate in any of the events unless I do, and doesn't even talk to her own big.I recently got a sorority little, and ALREADY, this girl has my little added on every social media and likes all her posts. I've barely gotten to know my little yet! I don't know, I feel like everyone I meet she just automaticslly tries to befriend but won't make friends on her own. She has no problem meeting up with boys on tinder but has a very hard time making friends and is very closed off. Opinions?

Woke up in the morning with sex noises coming from my roommate's side. Could clearly hear the girl moaning in pleasure. I just couldn't go back to sleep as i was extremely bothered. Is it normal to feel this way? And why's that?

I have a cousin I love her but she is nasty a$$ hell. Like she be having sex with other men while they have a girlfriend or a wife. Because I'm not a fan of things like that. I want to tell her that's not cool. He have a gf and you thinks it is funny to go out and have sex with this man and he has a girlfriend. Like, her ex bf he was sleeping around with another woman and she was still having sex with this man. I'm sorry I'm not that girl. I understand that you didn't know that about what he but you did. I want to ask her want is the purpose for you to have sex with men and they have a gfs or wife's. Yeah man are dogs and they do nasty sh!t but you can't be sticking your penis in people vaginas and that's not cool at all... I feel that the dude nasty too. Will it be wrong to ask her what is the purpose of this? Like okay oh your vagina good I get that I have man drooling over me too so stop that... but I understand that she got rape in the past...

one of m close friend acts so differently around the boys. its like she turns into this ***** who ignores the group. she stopped inviting me and my 3 friends to her house so the boys could go instead. she's perfect fine when its just the girls and it pisses me off. why?

She tries to convince me that many girls are cuter and prettier than me And i am not the kind of a person who is jealous i am not jealous of anyone so i cant understand why she tries so hard to convince me that i am a big zero

first of all don t say be yourself. Ive Tried that. Second I m the only boy in the class who has no friends. I always get bullied for this. Please help

I went roller skating tonight with a friend (we are 14). So she went to go get a water and I was skating around the rink and this boy (probably like 16ish) was with his friends (also around 16) and called me over to where they were while I was skating past and the one kid is like "yo" and I m like "what do u want" and he pointed at his friend and said "he wants to hookup with u". I was embarrassed and didn't want to know (again I'm 14) and said "uh no thank you" and the kid is like "but" and I'm like oh buck off (legit said that) and skated away. I wasn't wearing anything bad, I was wearing leggings, a long shirt, and had my hair in a ponytail. Anyways, was I in the wrong by saying that? What would you had said? Was I technically catcalled?

I'm not a stalker. I'm looking for an old friend that I haven't hear from in like six years and I can't remember his last name for the life of me. I know where he worked and at least two areas he lived in - one being a town and another being a county (I'm not sure which town in it though). I'm pretty sure he grew up in that county. His name is Derek. Is there anyway that I can find a search engine like White Pages that will let me view every Derek who ever lived in that county ? A lot of times, those search engines also show other places they've lived, so if I see the other town, I'll know it's him and then I can find him on facebook or twitter or whatever. Yes, I am willing to pay if I have to, but the trouble is that the vast majority of those search engines force you to have a last name and they won't just show you every Derek in a certain county. Hence, why I'm screwed... I used to visit Derek all the time at the place he worked and we'd talk a lot and got along so well ( I was a really frequent customer there), but there was a time I ended up not going to that store for like three months and when I returned, he was gone and they wouldn't tell me where he went due to some company policy or whatever. So, if you were going to suggest going back there and asking the manager, it's out of the question. I really want to find him. Is there anyway that I can? Please help. I really miss him and want to find him again.

So I feel like the situation that I talked about in the last question is worse. I really want my best friend back. I miss her. Any suggestions on what to do???

Being myself has no benefits, sure I'm comfortable but it will only leave me excluded from people. I just have to conform if that's what it takes for me to happy talking to others, I enjoy socializing. But I just have to conform, so it's okay right.. I'm only 17.