I am a 16 year old girl entering my junior year in High School. The thing is, I have no friends. I have a few people here and there that I can have casual conversation with, but that's all. I am just looking for tips to make friends. What I am finding hard is that I have been with the same people in my school since 6th grade, so about 5 years. Everyone already knows each other and has already established friends. Everyone sees me as the "weird shy girl" I think. I used to have friends from about 4th - 8th grade but when we entered high school they didn't talk to me anymore. I am very shy because I am really self - conscious and I find it hard to talk about common interests with people since I don't engage in the interests that are common for people my age. I just want to enter this school year and make friends so I am not paranoid when we have to have partners in class, etc. And I am tired of being lonely and seeing everyone else out with their friends and making plans and meanwhile I am always by myself. I haven't hanged out with someone for about 2 years. It would be easier in an environment where I could make a first impression that is not "extremely shy", but I think that is what most people see me as so they avoid talking to me. I'm tired of being shy and lonely. Any tips would be appreciated. I am going to try to join clubs and be more social but I don't know what else to do.

So I DO have friends I'm 15 and I do go out every now and Then when I'm in the mood, it's like some people my age go to sleepovers every weekend and just are CONSTANTLY with friends and I wonder if it's ok to not be quite like that. Like I'll get some time to myself then recharge THEN I want to see friends. and then after being with them for hours on end I get bored and drained, sleepovers just aren't my thing it's loud and obnoxious yea but I can have a good time if it's like going out a couple hours every now and then. I just don't feel cool enough and am I weird or not normal etc.?

She's 16 years old and has confided in me that she's pregnant. I consoled her and told her that's amazing news and that this is an amazing time in her life and she should be thrilled. She got really upset with me by my reaction. I tried to be very supportive and tried telling her that this is a special time in her life and she called me stupid and left angrily. What was her problem? pregnancy is a beautiful thing that everyone should be thrilled about

Hello, I am turning 25 in October and I planned a trip to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. I am planning with one friend from college because her birthday is also in October. I sent an open invitation to many people that I am cool with, but I didn't invite this particular friend that I sometimes hang with, because she is very self-centered. Everytime I invite her to meet with other people, guys and girls say that she is "too much" due to her very energetic personality, but she also makes everything about HER, about what she wants to do and when she is ready to leave, everyone is supposed to follow. Which I am not cool with at all. I dont want her to try to have control on MY birthday trip. And if she isnt interested in an activity, then I am supposed to accomodate to her or something. So from all the people I invited, there is a mutual friend that we have, that told her about my trip. I shouldn't even have invited that mutual person, because I knew she wouldn't have made it since she as 2 infants/toddlers. So now this unwanted friend texted me randomly out of no where asking if I had any trips planned. I know the mutual friend told her. So what should I say in response? I kind of dont want her to come, but then many people I invited cant make it. I dont care about the numbers really, but I dont know. What should I text back and when she asks me why I didnt invite her?

I visit my boyfriend at his house which he shares with a roommate at least a few times a week to hangout. I don't always see his roommate when I'm there, but we're both quiet people so we don't really say anything whenever we do see each other. I'm a really shy person and find it hard to talk to people I don't really know. I never mean to come off rude whenever I'm shy or quiet. My boyfriend said his roommate has been getting pretty mad and thinks I'm rude because I neglect to say hi to him whenever I come over and happen to see him. I feel bad because I never intended to be rude in anyway. If anything, I want his roommate to be cool with me since they're best friends. So I apologized to my boyfriend and told him I'd apologize to his roommate next time I see him along with making sure to at least say hello from now on. I guess I don't really understand why his roommate got so angry. He's also a quiet person and never really says anything to me either. How can I make this situation better? I'm afraid things will be awkward now.

My friend looooves Jurassic Park, so I got him a poster of it for his birthday. The thing is, I had gone into photoshop and made it say, "An adventure 69 million years in the making." Instead of 65 million years. He hasn't noticed, and hung it up in his living room, saying "it really brings the room together." He is confused when people laugh at it. How do I tell him what I did?

I have an older friend that's jealous of another older friend. We'll call the friend that's jealous, Friend A, of the other friend, Friend B. I'm 25 and Friend A is 43 and Friend B is 46. So, Friend A and I hang out a lot. We hang out every day at her house and she always likes the fact that I treat her special and nicely. I take care of her when she's hurt and sick. I also write her letters and cook for her and often times, I'll bake her favorite pastry. I found out she has a boyfriend and so I kinda just felt sad. I met another woman at a store and we began hanging out. I started doing all those nice things to her too. We hang out a lot too. Friend A, who has a boyfriend who doesn't pay any attention to her and just causes fights with her, got jealous and told me that she was jealous. I told her she has a boyfriend and when I asked why she was jealous, she said it was because she was also older and she felt threatened. Does she like me? She always refers to me as her best friend and she's always trying to be with her boyfriend, but he ends up hurting her and I end up making her smile.

My best friend, L, has a boyfriend, B, whom she's been with for about two years. A month ago, B was partying hard and was all over another girl. He was being very inappropriate, and several of her friends, including myself, got involved to try to get him to stop. Instead, he lashed out and raised his voice at us, and said something especially hurtful to me that put me into tears. He huffed off and later sent me a text telling me to stay out of his life. After a raucous fight and a threat to change the locks on their doors, the boyfriend finally calmed down, and B and L decided to try to make things work. I respect their choice, but B has still not spoken to me in a month. As time goes on and planned group outings creep closer and closer, I've prodded L about a resolution to this situation, and she doesn't seem to see its urgency. "Just don't worry about him," she says. I've told her that I'm still very hurt and honestly a little afraid of his temper, and "not worrying about him" simply isn't an option. "I'll work on it," she said. I'm very concerned. I'm hosting a party next weekend, and I want to give L an ultimatum and tell her that he needs to apologize or else he's not welcome. Though, I'm afraid that being this firm might damage our friendship. But…it might be necessary. Is it? Is it me? Am I being too sensitive? Is an ultimatum too firm? Or does L need to learn how to confront uncomfortable situations? I left out details primarily because of length. Some pertinent info: - When I say "partying hard," I'm referring to B's cocaine addiction. He was very high at the time. The "raucous fight" and "threats to change the locks" came the next day, after he hadn't slept in 72 hours. - In this incident, he was sitting within earshot of L saying rather unflattering things about her TO the other girl. I was only one of three other bystanders who stepped in and called him out after L burst into tears. - B also sent a text to L's other best friend, who also spoke up, similarly telling her to stay out of his life. You're all focusing on the apology, as if it's somehow a childish request. It's not even an apology that I want. I just don't want it to happen again. The things he said to me that day were deeply hurtful. I'm torn between wanting to save my friendship and making sure I don't get hurt again. If I need to back off of the both of them in order to preserve my emotional wellbeing, then so be it. There's no need to be so rude.

This is the conversation I had with a friend of mine......I saw my crush at a restaurant he knew I would be at.....he wasn't being mean to me at all. My friends were trash talking about him. Made fun of his hair, clothes, how he looks gay, threatened to beat him up, called him an A$$hole, I deserve better. He NEVER did anything wrong and they never met him. I told my friend what they were saying made me feel awkward and uncomfortable I told her next time just say she doesn't like him then change the subject. It was very awkward and uncomfortable. I asked her if she could do that for me and she told me she's going to speak her mind. I feel she won't respect my feelings and I deserve better from a friend. Should I stop being friends with her? I don't support violence, violence NEVER the answer.....junior high sh*t talk makes me uncomfortable and annoyed.

We are not in a relationship I decided to break it off with my friends with benefits. I told him I found someone else. And he asked me why I was telling him. And that It's my personal business to keep it to myself. Then he told me to go suck on other men. I don't get it he talks to other women. So why did he get upset?

he is just a huge idiot. my idiot father also thinks I can't do anything and I always need my idiot brothers help. today I had to reset internet router. he came angry and threatened me he will beat me up and why did you reset the router. I told my father it's your fault that I don't have my own internet. there are two routers and one is mine. but you two idiots told me one internet is enough. then my father said you agreed with having one internet. total liar. I told them many many times that I need my own internet. look at that tplink modem. its mine and I once had my very own internet on my very own line. now you two idiots bullying me? but he takes my brother's side always. he is just a huge idiot bully. I knew from the very very first that I needed my own line and my own modem and my own internet otherwise he will bully me and argue on just a internet and simple modem reset. he is lazy and does nothing. he just knows how to argue and bully. just a huge idiot. he chocked me before because I didn't give him my laptop. he is soooo lazy that I went to a far place and bought him a laptop. he forcefully used my laptop before. doesn't even make an effort to buy himself a laptop but he knows how to choke me and how to beat me and break windows. see? he didn't even make an effort to buy his own laptop. my father takes his side because he is bigger than me. I am 19 but I look like a kid to them. just think someone take your laptop. fill the drive to the point you can't install anything then choke you for not giving him your laptop. even that he can buy laptop online without moving his ***. how did you react?

My friend is really pissed off and salty over a prank I pulled on him where I sent him a fake antivirus program called Navashield and made him install it on his laptop. Admittedly I did give his computer a mild virus that opened up websites that he probably didn't want to see. But he's taking things out of proportion now trying to sue me. It's also sorta his fault for being too stupid to uninstall the program. I don't want to pay for his replacement

My partner, of three years, and I have recently hit a stumped in our relationship. I will be attending my chosen college this year and with that being said, they're aren't to happy about it. Not because I"m going to college and leaving them but, because I was their transportation back and forth to work, school, the store, and anywhere really. I've tried to help them numerous times with ideas on how to get a car or how to get some temporary transportation but they weren't really listening or was too stubborn to settle for a rundown used vehicle. My issue is that i'm tired of this whole situation and their life issues. I'll feel like a jerk if I leave them for something that isn't their fault but at the same time, I feel like I won't be able to focus like I want to because I know at the end of the day, they'll probably wont have a job anymore. Whenever something bad happens to them, they get upset/depressed about it and just want it to go away instead of fighting, I've always been by their side, through it all, to help push them through and carry on with life. I can only do so much pushing before I start falling back behind but I don't know when to give up or if I ever should? I honesty don't know what to do or if my reasons for wanting to leave them is selfish or not, statements or answers anyone?

Actually I don't think I want to be friends with her anymore because I feel like she's too busy for me and she told me that we're best friends forever but I don't know anymore and I don't know how she would react if I were to end the friendship between me and her. I feel trapped in this friendship. I do feel like I need her though like I said because I don't have a lot of friends and I feel like without her I would be lonely. I'm starting to feel like she's just a person I can talk to so I wom't be lonely and it's hard for me to make new friends so what should I do?

Hi, so I am turning 16 in December, but I live in Florida so the temperature can range from 75 - (rarely) 50 degrees. I also live in the Orlando area, but please do not advise me to 1) sugar factory, 2) a party. I am planning on inviting my close group of friends, 4-8 people. I do not have a budget, and was considering an amusement park but I am unsure about the group rates, and how that will work out. I am sure that I wish to have some sort of sleep over aspect after (hotel if 1-2 hours away), but I am unsure if I invite guys and girls if they would take offense to not staying over. Thanks to whoever reads this far!

In the past we've gotten each other necklaces, bracelets, gift cards, photo frame with pics of us in it, bath bombs, and stuff like that. I can't remember everything that we've gotten each other but it's items like that. I'm looking for something unique that is relatively lightweight and easy to ship a far distance, but is still meaningful.

So one of my best friends are confiding in me about her relationship. She tells me she's with a partner of 6+ years and her partner doesn't want to get married. and another thing is they have a roommate and whenever my friend and their roommate bump heads her partner seems to always take the roommates side. I want to tell her to either get relationship counseling or break up. How to properly give her advice on this? Do I even have a right to tell her that she should be more on her partner's side?

I asked a friend why he bothers with me because I have alot of insecurity issues that I talk about with him and he replied by saying that he can relate to my feelings and that is why he deals with me. He then proceeded to say that he cant think of any other reason why he deals with me and then "jokingly" said he has nobody else to talk to. am i being over-senstive? or am I right to feel insulted? thanks in advance for any thoughts on this. will choose a best answer