For example: In high school I was the loner that nobody really like to be around. I wasn't the most popular athlete or person in high school. And I was the kid that did not hang out with the popular crowd. Now Fast forward 7 years later and I'm more successful than they are. I actually have true friends, and is still rising to the top of the success pyramid. The popular kids that I went to high school went are not quite as successful as I am today. So does time humble people because I now believe those "Popular" kids 7 years ago are now humble and realize that life is not what they expected ???

I've been going through a big bout of depression over the past few years, and it's been very draining for me. I realized a lot of it is because I'm not able to get over some things that happened in the past, and I don't know how to move on from it. It'd be nice to make some friends again, but it's hard to when I feel so drained inside. How do I let go of the past?

This will be my first time going to prom and I don't expect to have a date. My cousin and I are best friends and she lives an hour away. Would it be lame if I took her as a friendly date?

I don't mean to sound jealous but it makes me feel like she doesn't value our time together & would have rather been w her instead

She forgot to blocked me on iMessage but it's only been 3 days since blocking me. How long should I wait before trying to reestablish communication again? She said she needed a break from me. And I exuasted her. Since I know shaving didn't block me on iMessage I'm so tempted to text But I know I need to give her space. But how much is reasonable time for her to become less annoyed and rational ?

Last night my very close guy friend and I stayed up till 5 am talking on the phone. He began asking me questions like, what my dream husband is, and what a perfect date looks like to me. Could he possibly be interested in me?

Im 37 and just about there almost if people dont improve somehow. The same things seemed to have been going on and its all a toxic cycle. Ashame since these are faces im familiar with. Human race in a whole has lost my interest to the point where monkeys may be our superior.

So I left my old pub job a few months ago for new job - I go in all the time to see my work mates & have lunch. They all were off with me when I left but okay.. I was close with my boss and have remained friends. I'm also friends with old customers from there.. the other day I went to my old work mates house, her boyfriend & his mate were there, we did cocaine & got drunk and I had sex with her boyfriends mate. I'm 17, it happened. I have been sleeping around- I have issues I won't get into. Today I happily went into the pub to see everyone.. my ex boss came to me and said 'I need a word, iv heard when you have been up too, sleeping around, I think it's disgusting and I hear anything else- I will ask you to not come into the pub anymore' this hurts so bad, I left and cried my eyes out. She said customers have complained to her about it.. the only people I told are the people I have trusted massively. Many old customers iv been catching up with now iv left. I feel so hurt inside that someone has told my ex boss. She hates me now and I don't know what to do :(

How would you know if a neighbour is secretly stalking you? And what makes them dangerous/angry??

If I dont enjoy spending time with someone and feel it is a chore or I have so much anxiety from their behavior I cannot be around them, why should I remain friends with them? And why do the same people who do this, I observe them not enjoying interactions with rude, negative people either?

And it has not happened one time, but since few days.. I am getting the feeling as if I am being ignored :(

I have crazy insecuritys I can't even go out in the day time anymore I just wanna know if I genuinely look as bad as people treat me

My mom thinks it's sinful to live with a guy whom I'm not married to. He's not even my boyfriend, we're JUST friends who need somewhere to stay while in college. Previously, I was going to share an apartment with my friend and three other friends, however, I'm roommates now with the said friend, and she and I are not compatible in terms of living together. My guy friend and I share similar cleaning habits, so, I think we'll be ok if we share an apartment (on campus) together. My mom really doesn't want me to, even though I'm 20. So, my question is, what's so bad about living with a guy?

I asked a guy out randomly for dinner and drink and he told me he wasn't prepared that I would ask him out just like that as he said he need mentally prepared and need to make sure he is in best form then he meets me. Hmm... it is just a casual meeting and why is he behaving this way like as though he needs a complete make over, he told me he felt shitty today as in his dressing and everything so he plans to meet me 2 days later so he has time to mentally prepared and then meet me? He is a grown up man not teenagers or what!! What say you?

I've started my freshman year as a music therapy major and I love the music school but the people in my major are awful. I made a group of friends and became a trio with a guy and a girl. The guy and girl friends started dating recently and I have been supportive of them but they don't believe me at all. The guy now thinks I like him which has never been true since I've been acting "weird" and have been told to stop staring at him. I'm really hurt by this because I trusted them but now I'm uncomfortable. I have other friends but this bugs me especially. What should I do to fix this? Should I leave them behind?

My best friend, shes a really good friend at times, but people say she treats me bad, and i thought that for a long time, she only calls me to talk about how there is 5 guys talking to her and whenever i compliment her she goes, i know or calls herself a queen, i talked behind her back and said some stuff i regret, she found out and confronted me on a call, she was so angry and harsh about it, i started balling my eyes out and apolagising, my mum is worried about me, what do i do?? :( she also said we arent friends anymore, and i dont expect anything less, so we arent friends anymore i just dont know how to deal with the guilt

everyone told me she treated me bad, and i thought so for a while too, i had never talked about her in the 2 years of being her friend, and it all just got bottled up inside me so i let it all out to another person. i cried for 3 hours and i cried again tonight, i am so anxious and i dont know what to do i am a 14 yr old girl, i cant deal with it all

My best friend, shes a really good friend at times, but people say she treats me bad, and i thought that for a long time, she only calls me to talk about how there is 5 guys talking to her and whenever i compliment her she goes, i know or calls herself a queen, i talked behind her back and said some stuff i regret, she found out and confronted me on a call, she was so angry and harsh about it, i started balling my eyes out and apolagising, my mum is worried about me, what do i do?? :( she also said we arent friends anymore, and i dont expect anything less, so we arent friends anymore i just dont know how to deal with the guilt

my best friend is misty, who i love with all my heart, annoys me sometimes, when she calls me its only about the boys crushing on her, and she usually likes talking to boys and says "all you need in highschool is your best friend, and a group of boys" but i dont like that, and said she is leaving the friendship group with another one of our friends, which kind of hurt. i talked behind her back to a friend and said some pretty mean stuff, i regret it all and she found out, she got so angry. i cried for hours on end, my mum didnt even want to leave me alone because she was worried, i got a call from my best friend and she confronted me and was very angry and i was crying on the phone apolagizing and i said to her i know you dont want to be friends right now but i just want to say sorry and she kept going, and i know i deserve this and she has the right to get angry. but it was just too much for me i am 14 and a girl, i cant handle it and im thinking bad thoughts

people are acting strange these days? should I move somewhere else? I have a neighbor. he is an old man aged around 70. he used to have a wife but I dont think I see her around lately (like almost 6 months). last night, I saw him leaving his house with his car at 12:15 PM in the middle of the night alone. where is he going that late? not being nosy but it is just not the right time for a senior to be going somewhere that late. correction 12:15 AM midnight

I have been back home from university for 2 yrs now and...I have yet to make any real friends. (I am male cis-gender) ALL of my high school buddies have moved away. Most of my co-workers are female ...so most 'work related' social events are still heavily female dominated....and I already have a girlfriend ...so that's not what I am looking for. What I am looking for is some buddies to ...have a drink with..go fishing...catch a game, I never imagined that adult life after university could be so lonely UPDATE: I guess the reason I have been holding back is...I was kinda hoping by now that some of my old friends would have graduated by now and come back home. I'm reluctant to make new friends bcuz....I feel like they will only see more for the man in the suit...the professional that I am now...but if they got to know my dorky less professional self...they would find me less cool...

I recently hung out with an old friend and she kept saying she thinks I should get my drivers license. I live in the city and have tried in the past so I'm taking a break from that. She was also saying I should be a waitress and that it would get me out of my shell and saying I need to get out of my shell and calling me a prude because I don't want to go to a strip club for her birthday . I regret hanging out with her. I told her that's just not something I would enjoy and I don't enjoy being around a lot of people. I just don't understand why some people always try to push their suggestions on what you should do or how you should be.

or are they so selfishly into their own lives they dont even realize it? i always wondered if they think its a game and it makes them feel more powerful the more people they can hurt. do they push people away to keep their own feelings safe and from getting involved too much? like for example by planning a date and then they ignore your text. do they do this on purpose to make the girl more interested? i understand that people are busy but if its a pattern.

My friends that are popular always complain that he/she have "fake" friends in which they don't hang out as often, but they have a huge social group, and they wish that they have a little bit of friends. I, on the other hand, have a little bit of friends and wish to expand my social group. What is really better?

I have family and a wife. No children. But I often feel terribly lonely. In part because of mental illness, and in part because of their lack of understanding or selfishness, I've had some heated disagreements with some family members that aren't totally resolved. I can make new friends, but I badly need my space at times and will create some distance. Even still, I need to feel loved like everyone else and would like to have people call me or write. I do this for them, but they don't reciprocate. What strategy should I take? What course should I follow?

My friend (We'll call her V) messaged me that she went to a park with a high schooler and they engaged in some sexual stuff. They didn't have sex, but she told me they're planning to do it next week. Not only that, but he's providing her with vape pods and other stuff like that. She also knows that he doesn't care about her, but it doesn't really bother her. V is also really depressed, and she's told me that this is a kind of coping mechanism for her (Which doesn't make it any better, of course.) The problem is, I know if I told someone, she wouldn't change. I know that when someone finds out about the things she does and she gets punished, she doesn't stop. Do I risk my friendship with her and say something (even if she doesn't change), or do I keep quiet? They're both minors, just to clarify.

since when and why is it so important? how is in our instinct to socialize? because I grew up with no friends and my parents and my dog were the only people i talked to and i thought i was okay with having no friends and did not really care but after i moved away for college i felt so depressed and lonely and suicidal just for not having any friends.. is it normal? i even got a fish just so that i can have some living thing to talk to.. and then i started wanting to meet more people which i never thought i would want to do because i hate and i always avoid social interaction.. but even a simple hello how are you made my day so much better.. and i mean now i have friends and realized how important it is because without them i might have committed suicide..

Let say i had 3 old friends grew up with turn round yeld at me for being annoying for no reason andone girl told other person how mean i am and others so who i might think add me on there fake account on instagram should i let them see my page?

Okay, so I have this girl who I don't wanna be friends with. Wanna know why? Because she's gross, bossy, and mean. She dated a 19 year old and she's 14 . And I'm 13. and she talks very disgusting, like she says stuff like this "I wonder what she was doing in the bathroom?" I said "using it?" And she said no that's not how I'm thinking FYI she was talking about sex. Which is gross. And she is a hoe. She dated a 19 year old and a girl (which I don't know how old). And she's grown like she acts like shes 20. She's a bad romodel. When I was hugging my friend she said "okay calm down." And then she starts to hug my friend. LIKE WHAT THE FREAK? I WAS JUST HUGGING MY FRIEND. Then she starts to hug her.she got mad when I said I wanted to turn her boybest friend into mine too. She Is probably jealous of me? And I don't want my family around her. But it seems like my sister really likes her as a friend. I don't want her in my house no more but she keeps coming when I make up stuff like my parents not wanting her here. But my sister wants her here. How do I stop her from coming to the house? Try to say no? I think she won't listen to me and will still come if I say no. How do I not be her friend anymore? SHE IS SUPER TALLER THAN ME. She has a big stomach where literally all her fat goes to. So help ME WITH NOT BEING HER FRIEND AND IDEAS TO MAKE HER NOT COME BY THE HOUSE? SHE USED TO NOT ASK AND JUST RANDOMLY COME BY. BUT NOW I HAVE TO SAY NO. IM A GIRL. OH AND SHE CALLED ME UGLY

Usually I part my hair on the side but today I tried doing it in the middle, and all I've been told is that it looks horrible and I should switch it back to the side. But... I genuinely like the middle. I think it looks better and it's more organized, more easy to comb and more easy to keep in the same place all day. Should I switch it back to the side?