So, I recently moved out of my parents house and am on my own. My friends, live either far from me or I barely see them. I know we are all busy with our jobs and our lives but, I want to expand my circle to more than two friends I d known from high school. Mind you, I was very shy in high school and I literally only made like four friends and stayed friends with two. Back in high school, it seemed so easy but, now, it feels a bit weird to just randomly strike up a conversation. Makes me feel a bit like a creep.

So today at lunch me and my friend had our plans to smoke at lunch just me and her and this girl we know but barley talk to starts talking to my friend alot and followed me and my friend at lunch and my friend said so when we gonna smoke? And the girl said lets just do it afterschool which they know i cant so i said its cool u guys can smoke and after lunch i didnt hang out with my friend for the rest of the day and they had next class together so they left but they never really talk... Is this girl trying to ruin my friendship?

I had people bully me before or try to but how i dealt with it was by not dealing with it or caring. I had my own life, was out with my friends all the time, was always just out trying to have fun and when people noticed and saw that i had a life and didnt care, they basically stopped. SOme people tried to continue bullying me, saying things or making fun of me, but they eventually gave up n stopped because i was always out with friends and didnt care with they said. They eventually saw that they were losers i guess that needed to get a life. That was my solution, hang out with friends, have fun, and not care. Im just like you want to sit there talking trash, okay, go ahead, have fun, im going out, bye.

college has been tough for many reasons but a main reason is the fact that I lost a friendship that was really important to me. Ik that throughout life friendships fade away, & it's happened before but this particular one really affected me. This person and myself go to different colleges which is a reason y our friendship began to fade. I felt/saw the signs of it fading, and it really hurt bc this friend was really important to me, I felt like I was bothering them whenever I contacted/texted them bc I didn't want to be clingy. Towards the end of the friendship I was the only one that was putting in effort to keep it alive , even though it hurt me that I Was the only one to start the convo or check up on them. I decided to stop contacting them earlier this year bc I felt like a bother, and we haven't talked since then. It hurt me when I realized that I didn't mean as much to someone who meant so much to me, someone I considered family. I fell into a depressed state bc I felt that I wasn't good enough, and didn't know why. My hair started to fall out bc of it, and I was having suicidal thoughts too. I knew that i had to move on from this person bc it was hurting me too much, and still am in the process of fully letting go. Should I ask this person to meet one last time so I can express my feelings? Or should I get over it like I have been trying for the last couple of months? I've held this in for so long, so I think that expressing myself to them would help me fully move on.

Social anxiety has made me regret all the things I could have done in life such as making new friends and stuff like that and it has ruined my life . Ppl always say I'm too quiet and I wish I could try to talk to them to show them I'm not what they think I am but I could never.I literally can't even make a conversation with someone because I am way too awkward or I say stupid stuff. I only have 3 friends and I feel like they don't even feel comfortable around me and they pick on me and even though I know they're just joking I still get sad and overthink things. I know the title is too much but sometimes I just can't take it anymore cuz if I can't even make relationships with ppl then what good am I to be here?i just wish I had more friends or atleast ppl who talk to me but hardly anyone does which is sad and I feel like it's mostky my fault since I don't really try and I want to it's just I don't know how to:(

there's a girl with whom i've been best friends with for a year now, but i can't tell if i should sever ties with her. we get along nicely most of the time (when it doesn't come to work), as we support each other and cheer each other on in all that we do. the problem is that she is heavily invested in politics within my school, and it takes up most of her life. she knows that that is her #1 priority. when she's dealing with politics, she's like a totally different person - no sympathy and strictly professional. they say politics and friendship don't go well together, and I know they don't, but i had pitched an idea to the student gov. she was heading a while back, only to find that now, after all the work i've put in researching and reaching out to people, i've been kind of pushed to the wayside and she's taken credit for it. to be honest, that's the long and the short of it - she also doesn't have a sense of humor and sometimes it feels like all we talk about is school-oriented politics? i don't know what to say, because i feel like confronting her about this would just cause a falling out - to her, politics is everything, and i feel like she can't leave that out of our friendship. (thank you to anyone who is still reading this; advice on what to do would be much appreciated!)

so this kid has been bullying me for 6 years and at first I thought if I ignore it its not affecting my life until my gf cheated on me coz of the way he made me seem and my friends all joined him, I wanna **** his whole game up now before I go one step further and hurt him, how do I do it

My name is Oscar and me and this girl had been talking for 2 weeks. We go to school together, She would constantly be texting me and she really liked me, but on Tuesday everything ended (long story short) something was happening and she even deleted me on Facebook. I feel like sending her a text too check up on her, is that a good idea????? I wont see her at school for a week sooo I really wanna send her a casual text

I have a very close friend group and I can say confidently they're the best thing to have ever happened to me this year and entire life. I did something stupid and bipolar yesterday which was leaving the friend group yesterday because I felt as if no one cared about me and my loss of my grandmother. Everyone knows family is of the most upmost importance to me and how close I was to my grandmother. It was my friend's birthday yesterday and I can't believe I ruined it completely for her. Everyone texted me saying how selfish I was and thinking about it for the entire day today, I really am. I begged for forgiveness the moment I left and realized the damage I had done. Everyone in that group hates me and I broke their trust so quickly and simply begged for it. I didn't think about how negative and stupid and bipolar and annoying I am to be in there for them. What I'm asking is, do I take time to better myself and wait for them or see this as an experience of never committing the same mistake and not talking to them ever again? I don't feel like I will ever deserve to be around them again, they're all the greatest human beings ever and I'm simply scum. Even after bettering myself, I won't ever feel the same. Crying is no use but I love them and I miss them so badly. I messed up and everyone messaged me saying I was the worst thing to happen to them. I don't know how I'm supposed to go from here on out. Please help

Hi guys. I recently made a new friend who is very nice to me in person. Let's call this friend of mine B. We talk all the time and have similar interests. We text as well. I like to make close friendships with people I vibe well with. But I guess we don't click very well. I ask for my friend's Instagram and very happily B gives it to me. Then I never get a follow back. So I see my notifications from those I follow and I notice B is following a lot of other accounts and liking posts but chooses to ignore me. I feel disappointed by this since it is common friends follow each other back, even so-so friends follow each other back. you know what i'm saying? i feel like even though I thought, maybe we do not click well as I believe. And so even though I am a kind person and never want to be rude, I unfollow. B also does not answer my questions like I say how are you or ask about something in text and takes days to respond. Are these signs this person does not really enjoy my company? it is okay, by the way. I have other friends. But it kind of hurt my feelings. And I do not want to be that person run into trouble by addressing it. please excuse my English is not perfect. Oh and to add, I even liked B's posts on Instagram and I get completely ignored. You think this is rude behavior? Right? If not, why? Tell me please.

This friend I have is constantly lashing out at me and the others in my group. She'll get angry when we try to help her, or blame us on stuff we didn't do. She often storms off, throws things or gets aggressive, or sits with other people and comes back like nothing happened. We had this issue a few years ago, and she ending up leaving our group as we couldn't deal with it. She returned two years later like nothing had happened. We haven't done anything to provoke her and have asked what's wrong and tried our best to remain calm, but it's getting to the point we can't handle it anymore. What should we do?

IKAN FARTALOT? Is this the worst name you ever heard? How about Dick Harder or Ben Eatonpassie

I was laid off and had a hard time finding another job. A friend recommend me to his friend who hired me. My new boss turned out to be a real nice guy but he warned me that I would be the only woman in the office and wanted to know if that would be a problem for me. I told him no but I was worried about being the only woman working there. As it turned out all the guys were very nice to me and trained me to do the job. I thought they were just being friendly. However one of the guys told me that the boss had told the guys that if any guy hit on me, the next day they would be working for me. I would be their boss. Do you think that is why they are being so nice?

Not saying all white people are the same but I find that a huge majority can be extremely rude when things don't go their way. They tend to be "nice" at first but if they don't like people doing things, why won't they just say sorry kindly reject people instead of being annoyed while letting people do things out of "kindness". I mean they say to share but do they really want to. I of course am not white but I find that I try to avoid white people as much as possible because it's hard to ask them things because they seem to judge you and when you do one thing wrong they treat you differently.Does anyone else feel the same?

She's more a friend of a friend but we've been hanging out more and I do value our friendship but she's really hot and don't think it would be awkward.

SO one the inside I am an outgoing person who does whatever they want, but one the outside I don't I'm shy and weird, and have trouble making friends because I tend not to care about things and I don't know why, but I want to be more like the, me on the inside but I'm so used to acting differently around people, except my closest friends. Any ideas on how to help me out?

I met this girl through her friend but she knew me before this. At first she never really talked to me didn't pay any attention to me. Well her friend started laughing at my jokes and flirting with me asking me to repeat a joke to her then does something to tease me after she to my attention. Her friend started finding any reason to talk to me, got red, didn't look me in the eyes, hides her face and smiles. Well at first she asked me to be around them. The friend had an attitude but found any way to talk to me. They took turns with taking selfies next to me at first it was her then her friend. After that her friend asked me to get closer to her and be in between us. Her friend has to sit between us in pictures and have me close to her. Well behind her friend's back she asks me to be around them. When her friend is around won't talk to me but does it when she isn't around. Seems to flirt with me like she'll laugh at stuff I say. Tries to get me around her and her friend. Then says stuff like "You've been really inappropriate recently". When it was completely unnecessary she offered me a ride home. Then when we had square dancing said we'd be partners. She goes and finds out information about me. She'll go as far as asking someone about me. She's more confident then her friend her friend is shy. At first she didn't do anything it was just me and her friend then she started making bold moves. She walks like me they tells me she is. Then goes "Hes 6' tall with long legs

I recently started college as a freshman. I've always been a quiet person, especially in large groups of people. It takes me a while to get used to people before I start to open up, but once I am used to them, I'm usually pretty funny, easy-going, etc. My roommate is very social, and I tried to keep up with him by going to everything he did at the start of the school year. A couple months in, I can't do it anymore. I find myself more and more declining to go out in favor of staying in the dorm room. I've been going home practically every weekend (I've stayed once so far) and I feel like he is getting frustrated. I've been going home because I feel like I can be myself around my parents and high school friends. Obviously I would like to be more comfortable around my college friends, but it's been tough for me. Even around him, I feel like I'm not completely open and I'm hiding my personality because of my shyness and social anxiety. I don't want him to start to dislike me though, because he's a really good guy and has been patient so far. How should I approach this situation?

I was working when a man with no clothes on came into the store. I stood there with a big smile on my face and said hi how my i help you. My co worker asked him to leave while my manager called the police. Was i wrong? I ment "how may i help u"

I think my best friend is having something with our math teacher, he always stays after class and laughs with her. They are acting weird and secretive, also he doesn't hang out as much as before. He says he's busy, the other day she was wearing his necklace. I noticed, I don't know about the others but I know my best friend. The teacher is not old, shes a fine woman, looks very attractive but that could be his aunt or even older cousin. She's really young. But I am mad at the fact that he isn't telling me, should I personally ask him or wait for him to tell me?

I get along well with my roommate, but since we do occupy the same space I don't think it's going to go well if we hang out 24/7 too. she just moved here from a different state and only socializes with me and my friends. she's welcome to join us, but i just really wish she had a few friends of her own to do things with sometimes. i feel like i'm responsible for her whole social life, and it's too much. i think it's for her own good too. she can't use me as a social support raft if she wants to have her own life. she makes no effort to meet other people or to join any clubs or organizations. she even jokes about how "all my friends are your friends" or about how she hasn't meet anybody that i haven't introduced her too. what can i do? it's really not just because it's annoying (although it's part of it- i don't want the annoyance to build and blow up on her) but i also really think it's for her own good.

Hey guys, this is so embarressing for me, never in my life has someone told me I smelled badl, I take a lot of care when it comes to my hygiene and I usually smell good but at work I wear a uniform that I usually just leave at work and I'm a bit guilty because I got lazy this past month and I didn't put it in the laundry or wore the replacement one, I know I don't smell bad but when that person told me that, I was shocked and I feel so embarressed and I'm afraid that person told others, that day I took my uniform and shoved in the washing machine and prepared a new one for next day, I even went out to find the best cologne and perfume there, how do you think I should deal with the person who told me that? I don't want seem insecure about the comment neither do I want people to have that idea about me that I smell, that's the worst reputation for me, I take about my appearance a lot & I do get compliments so when someone tells me I smell , it really shuts down my confidence. Thanks excuse my bad grammar!!

She sits near me in music and her name's Dylan(I just love it) and today she kissed my cheek when we was in gym (by mistake ;c ) but mentioned I had a cute smile... She into me or naw? -Nekros (Yes that's my real name) Update to update: She also liked my blue eyes..I said: "I have blue eyes bae?"Then I told her sorry for that and put my hood on. Please kill me for updating but her friend from 5th (Even though I met her in 1st)seems to like her and sticks to her like Velcro. What tf?

Director: hey so so, I totally forgot next week was fall break, and it would be unfair to you to have you shadow a volunteer on Wednesday. So we will just reschedule you the following week after the break. Thank you. Me: Aw, is there no way I can do next Wednesday? Haha, just to get it done. Plus, it's my birthday so it would be the best gift to give to me. If not, no problem. Site leader: unfortunately, we don't have anyone assign for that day for you to shadow. Me: oh okay, no problem. Thanks for letting me know. Note: me and the director are friends, but I didn't know that my site leader was in the group text. So do you feel my response was childish? My intention was to be humorous (still working on it), but now that I was reading it from another viewpoint, I feel its immature. Me and the director aren't close friends, just casual friends if that make sense.

So I have been friends with this guy since the 6th grade, we did everything together throughout middle school and high school. When we went to different colleges we stayed in touch and would find ways to get together on a weekend if we weren't working. However, over the past 2 years our friendship has say gone downhill. We haven't fought, we have just lost communication. I have always been the one to reach out to him, he has never reached out to me. Then he tells me how sorry he is for being a s*itty friend and that he should text me more. We finally got together for lunch a couple months ago after not hanging out for a year. We were supposed to do something for labor day and then he told me "Sorry bro I'm just not feeling it today, I'm so sorry" I texted back "That's fine" and haven't talked or texted him since, to be honest I'm sick of the one always reaching out to him and him never reaching out to me. It has been a month and he hasn't texted or anything, I understand he is busy but it takes 5 seconds to send a quick text to see how someone is doing. I am seriously considering ending the friendship, should I?