basically i was friends with this girl and we were super close and then we got in a fight and we don't talk anymore. she had a boyfriend and i was also friends with him. shortly after we stopped being friends, they broke up but him and i stayed friends. now i like him. like a lot. he told me that she still likes him but he doesn't like her. absolutely no one knows that i like him. even though her and i aren't friends anymore, i know it would hurt her a lot and i don't want her to hate me more than she already does. am i a terrible person for liking him? what do i do about this problematic situation i have found myself in? someone help.

All of my friends have girlfriends except me. That is by design. I want to be single as I have other priorities (I own a small business, go to the gym, hobbies like golfing & reading, etc.) and therefore no time (and frankly no interest) in dating. But whenever I see my friends, their girlfriends always start with "Oh, I have a friend who would be perfect for you. Why don't you let me introduce you?" or the famous "Let me make you a nice Tinder profile" No matter how much I insist I'm perfectly happy, they insist on trying to find me someone. In fairness, their intentions are good, but it gets annoying. Will they eventually lay off? Or is this my new normal?

Last summer, I became friends with two Brazilian boys who moved here to New York City. At first it was only my neighbors, but today I consider them to be my best friends, but this is crazy because I am 25 years old, but I was very happy that my best friends are two boys of 09 years.

There is an event coming up (late July) that my friend and I were planing on going to. It is about 2 months away. We were chatting about it and he mentioned that he isn't able to go anymore because he will "probably" be spending the weekend with his new(ish) girlfriend. No plans in particular. Just hanging out. I asked him why not bring her along then? He responded "maybe." Am I wrong to be a bit hurt/offended that he is ditching me and an event that we were going to go to, for no plans in particular, just to hang out with someone that he can see any old time?

I've been lying about where I was born for almost two years now and it's making me fell really stressed out and guilty. And the bad thing is that the people I lied to are my close friends. I don't know what to do!! Should I just keep lying forever or should I come clean one day? And how should I confess if I ever have to?

I'm a guy in my early 20s. I went out with a girl a few times in the fall. A girl I worked with. She became "busy" after two dates. She now has a boyfriend, but wants to be friends with me. Do I want that? Seems kinda painful but she's inviting me to hang with them and she's friending me on social media. I have feeling for her. But she's taken. I certainly can't be buying her food.

I had sex with a guy friend and I told him I was going to leave him some pictures of me from a lingerie photoshoot I did (I'm not nude in the pictures). And then I changed my mind telling him that I didn't think he would want them. And he said he does so is he still interested? And when I say interested I mean still interested in having sex with me I don't mean a relationship.

Or do you just think he doesn't know what he wants? Long story short, my friends and I thought this guy was interested in me, so we hung out a few times, and ended up hooking up. Then he stopped texting me, and when I reached out to him (asking to hangout) he denied because he was busy. So I thought that he got what he wanted and left. To be reasonable, it was a very busy time for him when I had asked to hangout. I asked him what was he looking for and he said, "I didn't really know, I should've communicated that better... I won't be around much for the summer, so it would be hard to start a romantic thing, but I wouldn't mind getting to know you better." And I replied with "ok". He hasn't texted me since then and one of my male friends said that maybe my response was "cold" to him. Should I have said something other than "ok"?

I'm in high-school. I don't have a large amount of friends, but a small group of 5. We all hang out and are pretty close to each other. Over the years, I've gradually started to hate one of them. She is loud, thinks she better than everybody else, interrupts, acts immature, and just an annoyance to be around. I could get way more into detail, but it would take too long. The problem is all of my other friends like her. I'm the only one and I would look like the bad guy if I ditched her. Because of my friend groups size and pure coincidence, we sit next to each other in classes and I could never get away from her if I tried. My friends would never pick sides, so it'll be a back in forth with them. This is why I feel like I can't talk to her about it. I just can't wait to graduate and move away. Help?

It's so hard to forget when someone gave you so much to remember and I can't forget all the memories me and my friends had. I have had a history with heartbreak and I'm so used to crying it feels as if I am numb. I feel that there is something wrong with me and that no one wants to hang out with a toxic person like me.

I am a single mom working in an office of 9 people. I am the only woman in the office. My coworkers are the greatest guys ever and I love them dearly. They are always available to help me when I need help. I trust them completely. If I have to take time off for a school event or to take my child to a dr. appointment, they will cover for me. On the few occasions I have unexpectedly had to work late, one of them who my daughter has met will pick up my child from school, take her to a restaurant for a meal and then take her to my home and stay with her until I get there. They will not take any money for doing these things for me. I was telling my female friends that I strongly believe in equal treatment of women in the workplace and that is what happens at my place of work. All pay and promotions are based on merit. They pointed out to me that all the things my fellow employees are doing for me looks to them like they are doing it because I am a woman. They asked me if I had ever done anything similar for the guys and the answer was no. Am I getting special treatment because I am a woman or is it because I am a single mom?

I'm not mentally challenged, I'm not ugly, and I'm not deformed. But for some reason I have never been able to make friends. In high school, I made 2 friends. One of them ignored me during my senior year and ever since then when has never spoken to me again. My other friend got to where she would just call me when she needed me to do something for her but when I called her she acted like i was bothering her so I finally stopped calling her and I stopped returning her calls when she left messages on my answer machine. So there you have it, since I was in 6th grade I have mainly had 1 friend who would call me and i could call her(up until she just called when she wanted something) and who I could go eat lunch with and go visit and go to the mall with, etc. I've tried making friends in college and with people who were my age in church groups and even at work but it never worked. So I've always went to the mall by myself and went out to eat by myself. Nobody ever calls me. Why did I end up with so much bad luck when it comes to making friends? Other people are able to make lots of friends but I was never able to make friends. Can somebody explain why I sucked at making friends???

Next month is my college graduation my family will be attending the ceremony and they would want to meet my friends. The thing is I don't really have any friends I managed to make 3 friends whom I hanged out with during our break time but nothing more than that. Out of the 3 maybe one will be attending the graduation. Do you think my family will feel sorry for me cause I don't have any friends?

I am 16, male and a time ago I went by my mother's friend to collect something who had a 4 year old daughter which I saw for the first time after that she is telling my mom to tell me Hi for her and she still knows my name. (Creepy thing is she even tell my mom to send kisses for her, the friendly kind, but still creepy.) HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? Wasn't the kid supposed to forget I mean we only saw each other once.

Now, i know what you are thinking after you read my question.. Why cant you just be friends with her? And I'll answer that right now… So, first of all, I'll let y all know what kind of situation we are in… We have both known each other since the fourth year of elementary, and we ve stayed best friends until we arrived at middle school where we sadly both went to different schools… After the end of elementary, i confessed my feelings for her (which at the time couldnt be concidered true love since we where too young). She rejected me since she thought we where better as friends. Fast forwards 2 years later, and we meet up irl for the first time since we departed elementary, and i realise the feelings i had for her during elementary did not leave, but expanded to proportions i didnt expect them to… Being just friends has been growing harder and harder, earlier this week i came over to her place and we had the BEST night ever.. I felt as if something happened between us, only to realise that feeling was not apparent to her.. That absolutely destroyed me, i honestly thought we had a moment together and when i realised nothing had changed i felt lost and incredibly sad.. I have been trying to get over my feelings for her, but part of me thinks maybe they cant be dealt with.. I mean, if these feeling survived 2 years of negligence maybe she is the one im meant to be with? Im honestly desperate.. What should i do?

Yeah you know I always eat lunch at work with my boy Barry. His dad Barry Sr. came to visit, and they didn't invite me to come to McDonalds with them. Barry always loans me $20 for lunch, but he wasn't there. They should have invited me to eat with them.

I went to pick up my girlfriend Betty for our date and she was not ready so I talked to her 13 year old sister Amy. Amy told me she was having trouble with her math homework and ask me to help her until her sister was ready. I agreed to do that. I did this for several weeks and Amy raised her grade to A. I also became good friends with Amy. She was happy and so was her mother with the improvement in her grades. Betty decided she wanted to date someone else which was fine with me. However Amy wanted me to continue to help her with her math homework which was also fine with me. I like to help people when I can. I don't know Betty's new boyfriend so I have no way of knowing if he would have a problem with me being their helping her sister. However Betty did not want me there when her new boyfriend was there. I told Betty, Amy, and their mother they needed to work this out as I did not want to cause any problems with any of them. Amy's solution was for me to help her with her homework in her room with the door closed so Betty's boyfriend would not know I was there. I had previously helped Amy in her kitchen. Her mom was OK with this as she said she trusted me completely. I am not sure I am comfortable doing that. For the record I HAVE NO ROMANTIC INTEREST IN AMY or any 13 year old girl. I am 18. Please give me some advice on what I should do so I don't cause ANYONE a problem.

It was my birthday turning 17 and everything was going great. One of my friends was a girl whom I have been friends for a long time since junior high(went to same highschool) and I invited her to my party cause she kept asking me about it. She said she had a birthday surprise for me so before the party in front of everybody she said to close my eyes and gave me a kiss on the lips it was embarrassing but great at the same time. Ugh now everyone knows....help

I get bullied but i do believe that i'm all of these things. I do have a group of friends who say that i get bullied and made fun of for not looking good, and having a weird walking and behaving style. And they love to take interest in the fact that people keep making fun of me. They do say that me liking my looks is because of my ego and not everyone the way i see myself.

I work in an office with 31 other people, mostly women. Most of us are single moms. We got a new boss 6 months ago who was only 27 and single. He has proved to be a great boss. Our old boss was fat, ugly, married and hit on every female that worked for him married or not. We were so happy to see him go. We had a going away party AFTER he left. We have all been working very hard on a project for the last month. It involved a lot of overtime at nights and weekends. We completed the project on time and everyone was happy. Our new boss told us the company could not give us a raise but he converted a room to a beauty salon. It is open at noon, after work hours and on Saturday and everything was FREE for the employees. It was something we all very much appreciated, especially us single moms. It will save us a lot of money and is so convenient. We were very surprised as who would have thought a 27 year old single guy would know how much we gals would appreciate this. The two guys in the office complained that we gals were getting better treatment than they were. The boss told them they could use the beauty shop if they wanted to. Us gals think the guys just like to complain. What do you think? Also do you think we have the best boss in the world?

How do you know if it is just them being the bipolar kid and kinda like disliking you but in reality they like you vs. they act like they dislike you because they really do? There is a bipolar kid and he has a hard time showing how he feels kind of and like I know he doesn't hate me but idk if he actuallly like is giving messages that he wants away from me or he actually does care. (he is a dude and we are in highschool so it is hard to get him to admit this sort of stuff)

So I'm the lead singer/guitarist of my band, and recently the other 3 members have been becoming increasingly problematic. The drummer, let's call him Mark, especially. No matter what ideas I have he seems to enjoy disagreeing and it's almost like he's trying to make things harder for me. The guitarist and him have become good friends, so he goes along with whatever Mark says. The bassist and guitarist have been friends since middle school so they will stick by each other no matter what. I just feel incredibly disrespected... it's not like I just don't like their ideas, they don't give new ideas, they just shoot down everything I want to say. And another thing is they NEVER ANSWER MY TEXTS unless they are saying no/delivering bad news. It's so incredibly difficult to plan anything because they never answer ESPECIALLY THE GUITARIST. I have no one else to play with.... Should I fire them or put up with it? And how would I go about it? Thanks

I'm bullied on a daily basis,every single day I have to go through this.They beat me down so bad all the time that it's to the point to where I hate to leave my house because when I do I have to deal with these bullies.I can't get away from them,they know where I live.I haven't done anything to anyone and I understand why they hate me so much.Everyday I have headaches and stomaches from this,there's no friends for me to talk to about this because I don't have any. What's the point of living anymore if I'm going to be tormented every single day of my life? I have thought about killing myself I mean why not,no one would care if I did because I don't matter to anyone,I know for sure it would make the bullies happy if I did kill myself.Yes I've tried talking to my mom about it but I get nowhere with her. I feel so alone,unwanted and trapped and I'm tired of feeling the way I feel. I don't know what to do anymore.Any advice? Please no mean or rude answers.

My friend has been cooking a Filipino dessert treat named kutsinta ("coo-cheen-tah") lately and some batches when finished, each piece has a round divot in the surface, like a nickel had been placed there. Other times, they come out "normal" (meaning it slopes toward the center from the outside, but there's no drop off). Has anyone else experienced this or know why this happens?

people think that I'm really annoying except for popular people wtf is that even supposed to mean

I am in a fight with two of my friends at the moment (about two separate things) and for both of them I'm just honestly shocked at how they reacted, I know I am not completely in the right but they are both ignoring me and continuing to say rude things behind my back to my friends. I want to still be friends with them but I'm so sick of the stupid drama they create out of such a small issue even if I apologise multiple times.

People only respect me for being in a relationship or having some friends, otherwise people tend to make mean jokes or say mean things. Apparently that my face is very uneven, and it really pisses me off. I didn't choose to have an uneven face, that I look like a monkey, they should find someone more suitable for a portrait, and they were lookinh at some young lady wondering if they should ask her. It's my mother's fault for encouraging me to do these things, I like modelling but I know my face doesnt look good in every possible angle. They re fine at the start, then they become rude suddenly, should I just change the way I react to them? I ended up getting pissed off and wanting to leave mainly because that all happened at ojce, and my mum was being dramatic at me for telling her I got offended and prefered leaving. I should've just not allowed them to take photos of me all together after that, but I didn't even know if they meant it, they didnt say it directly to me, they were usually mumbling to themselves or making jokes between them. I felt like crap tho, my whole mood was ruined until the photoshoot ended and I met up with a friend that actually made me feel ok. But whoever doesnt know me tends to become rude. Ugh. And I swear I dont know how to react, I have no control whatsoever over what im feeling, no social masks, its just awful to live with myself. I'm 19, a girl, i'm already tired of life.

Okay so I have this friend (he uses the site so lets call him Anakin) who I have known on and off for about 12 years. We were friends when we were really young and then he moved away for a good long time and we reconnected about 2 years ago. So the issue I have is that he is a huge conservative nut (mostly due to his parents) which is his right and that's fine. Of course i'm not i'm pretty left leaning. The issue is that his politics have forced me into a wall where I feel I need to choose between friends. So while I have known him for 12 years he hasn't been a huge part of my life. My two other friends Sara and Elise have been, so much so that I consider them my sisters I even call them my sisters. Well they are a couple and that makes Anakin super uncomfortable. Tomorrow i'm set to graduate college and I definitely want all my family there including Sara, Elise, and Anakin. Well the moment Anakin found out they were to be there he canceled and made up some excuse. Well for the past two days I have tried to talk to him only to have him be super distant and not really wanting to talk. He swears nothing is wrong but I feel like he wants me to choose to hang with him and drop my sisters because they go "against his politics and beliefs". I'm so conflicted and confused and upset. The thing is my sisters are just that like my sisters. If I had to choose i feel I would choose them but I don't want to be forced to choose. Please help me?????

whenever my friend needs to talk i don't just have time to talk i make the time to talk to her. i make sure that she is okay and can talk to me whenever. but it's not the same back to her. i have to talk about something with her and it's either "later" "tomorrow" "i'll try to find the time", it's not a time to hangout it's simply me asking my best friend for an ear to listen. should i be upset? i'm i not worthy of time because she gives all the time in the world to listen to her boyfriend when he has a problem, but not me... her BEST friend

weeks ago, a friend asked me for a favor where I would go pick her up while her car was being fixed for a couple hours and then drive her home, where we'll hang out for a hours and then I'll drive her back to the shop so she could pick up her car. The following day, i was commuting back from my college by public transportation, and I told her I might be about 10 minutes late because I have to stop back my house to get my work clothes since I worked at 5. She was annoyed by that, but I told her that I would try my best. Unfortunately, my dad ended up needing the car, so he drove me to my mom's work to borrow hers. I had to go home and get my work clothes and by the time I started driving to where my friend was, it was 1:50 and I was supposed to pick her up at 2. I was in a rush so I didn't text her in advance I was going to be even later than intended which was a bad mistake looking back with hindsight. There was also traffic so I ended up arriving there at 2:30. I gave her a call when I arrived and she didn't pick up. I saw there were a bunch of messages from her asking where I was and then she saying she was never going to ask me for anything again and she left with an Uber. I dont know what to feel. I felt frustrated because I had wasted time driving all the way there, but I also felt bad for wasting her time. I know I did something wrong but I can't help but feel a bit angry towards her too. I'm confused with how I'm feeling and want to hear what other people think.

My boss just randomly came over to me and said "jake, you're ugly!". and then a coworker said "and your mother dresses you funny. And all these insults hurt because i have self esteem issues and i think i want to quit the job now. It sucks because they said this in front of everyone. And i have a crush on this girl at work and she heard it and she probably not even going to talk to me anymore because she is young and a bit immature.

In great with girls in person, but my texts suck. They always make me sound old and they are too long. Or I sound desperate. And I'll lose the girl all because my texts suck. I'm 21.

im a 16 yr old girl and i live in a small town in maryland, i dont go to school due to mental health issues and **** but i have no friends all of my friends dropped me and told everyone lies about me. so now i dont know what to do. how can i meet people in real life? my mom wont let me meet people online in real life so im screwed. help???

What does it mean when my girlfriend wants to pay together? She goes let's take turns when it comes to paying for stuff when we're out. She said I'll pay half time and you'll pay half time for both of us. I said no and that I am happy to continue to pay separately. We have been dating for 5 months.