I go to a small, private catholic school and I absolutely hate it there. I only have one friend who i'm close with and we fell out and we haven't spoken. I live 45 minutes away from the school so all my friends are together and my parents don't let me hang out with any of them. I want to go to the public school down the road because all my friends go there, I would have a much better sleep schedule and the academics are amazing there. Everytime I try to talk to my parents, they immediately shut it down. What do I do?

This guy who I met at work decided he wanted to be friends (and only friends) with me. We've known each other a month and have hung out once. He asked to hang out another time, and I told him that I have a graduate level online class that I'm taking and this past week was too busy to hang out. He told me that was no problem —— and that it seemed to him I didn't feel he was significant (to make time for). I ended up relenting and saying this upcoming week we could hang out sometime but didn't settle on a day. I'm not sure I made the right choice. He's both blunt and is seeing things from his point of view , it seems, only. I can want to be friends with him but also not be able to hang out with him for several weeks, not because I don't like him but because I have work to do. This jab is making me dislike him. I don't know what to do or if I should put my foot down. It also has been made clear he needs someone to drive him places or else he has to ride the bus. Should I agree with him and tell him if he is going to continue to manipulate, that he can move on and not be part or my life? —-shy but fed up with being a doormat

I'm 22 years old and i like to hangout with my 5 year old best friend! we play fortnite on the ps4! Is it okay or it is strange to hang out with him?

I met a guy at a church wide event for students. After I added him on social media. Let me clarify that he is not the only one I added. Some people I met added me as well. I was out and saw some people who are his friends (recognized them from the event). And I heard them whisper and say stuff like "is that her", "should we call and tell him that we saw her" and other stuff like that. I never spoke to them but during the event every time I would walk past they would smile and check me out and try their best to not make eye contact. In your own opinion why do you think that happened?

I work at a bank. theirs a girl on my team I dont like. shes rude and thinks shes always right. There was a time that she asked me if i was going to do this adjusment via skype i told her i didnt know, then we had a team meeting and she asked me again infront of the whole team and our manager. which i thought was unneccesary. another time she wanted me to process something for but I couldnt because my manager wanted me to do something else. which I told her and she proceeded to say "its literally two entries". I told my manager shes hard to work with his solution was talking her to go get coffee which cearly not going to do. What should I do to fix this? she really p*sses me off and i dont want to be like this at work.

So, both him and I work part time jobs. I work almost 40 hours a week. And her probably works around 20. He was talking a couple weeks ago about getting another part time job. I'm currently looking for another job, and he told me that his boss is looking for someone to work. I said I was intrested, but in my mind I was pretty sure it wasnt going to work out with my schedule. (Its too complicated to explain why). I was gonna talk to my voc rehab counselor to see if she could think of a way I could fit it into my schedule. A way I didnt see. Well I called her, and she didnt answer. Well, it was a day or 2 later, and my friend told me that he took the job, and that hes sorry, and he didnt meen to (whatever that means). I was kinda mad at first, but than I started thinking that he works less than me, and he might need it a little more. I kinda feel like he should have talked to me about it first.

As in, is growing apart, drifting apart, going your separate ways, losing touch with childhood friends during the teenage years or after high school, is it a normal, common part of life? Just asking, because it happened to me, I want to know if this is not an unusual situation at all, do the majority of childhood friends not last into adulthood?

if a man seemed to first be interested in dating you and then claimed to like you as his good friend and emailed you and seemed truly interested in being friends for 3 years and then you found out his only interest all along was to try and have sex with you...would this hurt your feelings? and if so, how badly? will give a best answer

I'm going to be a freshmen and I'm pretty nervous. I want to be a popular girl, and by popular I'm NOT meaning I want to be rude, preppy, rich, ditzy, or sterotypical popular girl things, I just want to have friends and be invited to stuff. I want people to know who I am, but the thing is I'm awkward and I'm afraid I wont find friends. I am on a sports team so I know a few people, but I want a lot of friends that I can have a good time with. I'm nervous I won't find anyone and I'm afraid of being alone. Tips?

I've been talking to this girl for a little over a month now online and we've hung out every weekend since then except one. She says she's not talking to other guys and I believe her because she doesn't seem very outgoing at all. The only reason I'm talking to her is because she liked one of my posts on Facebook and I decided to wave to her and then she waved back and we've been talking ever since. She doesn't really flirt or do anything to give me the impression she likes me but when I stop flirting with her or I try to pull back she gets upset. Like when I had her picture as my lock screen and then took it off then asked her for a new selfie to put on there she normally doesn't send me selfies but she did so I could have it as my lockscreen again. I also told her I wasn't going to send good morning or goodnight messages any more because she didn't seem to like them but she said "did I ever say that" and I told her I would still send them and she says "Good!". She seems very shy to me when we hang out but so am I so I haven't made any moves on her yet. I told her I wanted to rest my head on her and she said it would make her uncomfortable and after the 2nd day of hanging out she said she wanted to hug me but she hasn't said it since. I asked if she would date me a while ago and she said let's go slow and then she said on another conversation that she's being very picky over who she dates next. How do I get her to be mine and commit? I'm only 16 so going on a date isn't really an option right now. We hangout because we don't know what else to do. We thought about going to the movies together but there's never time. By the time we have time alone away from my parents it's time for her to go home.

After I told this guy my parents like him and that I think they want me to date him. This is what he replied with below. (He got the impression that I wanted to be more than friends. But that's not true at all I don't want to be more than friends I just want to have sex. Which is what I replied with). R.L: Yeah I know obviously but that's not the question. I still want to hook up and have sex with him. I don't want to be in a relationship with him. He and I agreed to be friends with benefits before we even had sex. So please don't assume something that you don't even know.

After I told this guy my parents like him and that I think they want me to date him. This is what he replied with below. (He got the impression that I wanted to be more than friends. But that's not true at all I don't want to be more than friends I just want to have sex. Which is what I replied with). I only told him about my parents in case if they see him where he works. Sometimes they see him at the store where he works when they go to shop. I just wanted him to be prepared in case they address him in a certain way. Caroline: Well, you obviously can't read did you not read where he said that he will always accept my pictures with grateful open arms? Apparently not.

I had sex with this guy once (before we actually had sex I asked him if he wanted to be friends with benefits. And he said yes because he had always been into me). Recently I told him that my parents like him and that I think they want me to date him. I basically told him everything that my parents have been saying etc. How my mom was glad that he and I had finally gone out. Below is the message he replied with I then replied telling him that all I want is sex and nothing more. And that I hope we can work things out because I still want to see him. The only reason why I told him about my parents and what they have been saying. Is because I don't want him to be caught off guard in case if they addressed him in a certain way. Sometimes my parents see and talk to him at the store where he works.

So, I started usually this certain social media website at the ripe age of 11. I was (and am) really secretive with my personal info, because why wouldn't I be? Eventually, I made a group of really close friends. And like, they knew nothing (and still don't) about me. But one day, I was at a relative's high school graduation, and I shared it with one of my friends. And she was shocked. She said something along the lines of "wow! You were in high school this whole time? I can't believe it!". I didn't want to reveal anything, so I lied. Lied and played along. In fact, I was actually quite proud of my decision at first?... Proud that people would now perceive me as a mature adult. But that wasn't mature. It was quite the opposite, really. And now, a year later, I'm just ashamed. And you might be thinking "well, yeah, lying is bad, but why do you care so much all of a sudden?" Well, my main complaint is that thanks to my stupid mistake, I'm missing out on so much. For example, my friends voice chat constantly. And I can never join in because I don't quite sound like my fictional age. Another thing is I'll probably never be able to meet them irl, so that really blows. I know I brought this upon myself, and I'm a lying scumbag, but I'd really appreciate some help... I don't know what to do? How can you tell someone you're actually 14 when you've been lying about being 19 for more than a year? Any suggestions?...

So I bought tickets to a concert with a couple of my friends and we were talking about it one day at football practice and another one of my friends who overheard us talking about it decided to start asking me about details about the concert and everything and then later that day he asks if he should buy tickets because his mom said that he can go so then I'm like if you want to but you'll need to find a ride because he wasn't invited to go with us but I didn't want to tell him that straight up and then he started asking like oh why can't I go with you guys and then he started going into detail about how we should get there and stuff like that and then he bought tickets but he's not invited to go with us... how do I tell him he's not coming with us? Keep in mind that the people I'm going with don't really like him that much so they aren't gonna want him to come. Somebody please help!

I have friends and I have fun with them at school but no one ever asks me to hang out outside of school. Sometimes me and one of my friends will play games together online but when one of her newer friends usually logs on and she kinda ditches me without saying anything. I consider her to be my best friend but i feel like she doesn't really like me. And as for my other friends 2 of them are kinda full of themselves and hard to talk to without them inserting themselves into everyone's problems and lives by telling their story of a similar situation that we were talking about at that moment. But I can't drop them because the only other friend I have is someone who is still close friends with someone who started hating me and I'm not sure why but we had a nice friend group but that girl started hating me and kinda turned those friends on me. I'm going into 7th grade next year and I'm scared that my best friend (?) or other friends will forget about me and I can't make friends easily. I just need some advice im really worried I'll be alone

I have a friend who wants to do more partner cosplay, they have already confirmed doing 1 with my other friend and now wants to do some with me. When they described the cosplays they were thinking of I had either: a) not watched the show or b) wasn't that into the idea. The con has 4 days total, I like to do 2 cosplays so that I can wear each twice and put them to use for more than a day. My friend likes to do a new cosplay each day, so 4 total. I have already bought the stuff for 1 of my cosplays with leaves 1 slot open. I don't want to make them feel bad in any way, but I'm simply not interested and don't want to spend my money on a cosplay I don't even really want to do. I don't want to do something because of peer pressure, but at the same time don't want to make them feel bad. They are kind of sensitive and they have depression and anxiety and I don't want to activate any of these by saying no. I am also in high school and so money is a bit of an issue since I don't quite have a job yet and would rather not spend my money on a cosplay I would never wear again or don't care about. I'm sorry for rambling but I'm just trying to explain my situation. Help me out fellow cosplays and humans, feedback would be much appreciated! Thank you!

So we hang out a lot I use to own a place she would bring her boyfriend and friends over I mean it kinda feels like home for her so it's fair for us to share the cost of the apartment and her financial situation is better than me so I wanna tell her to pay her share but without being to obvious

When we were 5 or 6, my friend's mom used to pull in the driveway from running an errand or whatever and her daughter used to always jump on the hood of the car when her mom would pull in. Her mom didn't care, and would drive really slow so she obviously wouldn't fall off. One day us neighborhood kids were playing at her house and the mom pulled in and we all jumped on the hood when she was driving into the carport and the mom didn't care. My mom was mad about it when she later heard about it. Do you think this was okay?

Unfortunately, I developed knee pain in my right leg, so I have to start using a cane now. Is it something that would invoke mockery? What would you think if you saw a 20 year old guy walking with one?

Had my mate over the other week to watch the world cup final. Early morning, got some coffees and snacks. Sweet as. Anyway, I noticed part way through the game he was giving his dick a little rub. Kinda just assumed he was having a scratch or an adjust as we all do, but next time I looked over, he was doing it again. And I noticed at multiple points through the morning Admittedly he wasn't going to town or anything, he was totally fixed on the tv even when we were chatting. But definitely looked like he was hard or at least mostly there. I know when I'm getting comfortable I'll sorta chill with it in hand or a cheeky hand in my pants, but I got the impression he was basically having a slow wa.nk. We've been friends for like 3 years and tbh, it didn't bother me, but it did seem a bit random. So thoughts? Was he? Should I have said something?

so i'm a guy and my whole life throughout school and work, it's always girls who strike conversation and befriend me. i'm not super attractive or anything and there's nothing wrong with girl friends, i love my female friends and actually my best friend is a girl. but the male friends i do have, we aren't that close. sure there's been guys i'd hang out with but never to the point where i really trusted him. it seems everywhere i go, girls always want to talk to me as opposed to guys. why could that be? maybe it has to do with me growing up with just my mom and sister so i understand how girls can be? i have always been a sensitive person

My friend has autism. He was fascinated with my foot and was holding it and my leg while we were playing soccer when I took my socks off. My feet were muddy. He also touched my thigh during a conversation. He asked me if I wanted a foot massage. All these things made me uncomfortable and I confronted him about it. He said sorry it was his autism. Should I believe that or stop hanging out with him? He's 22 years old, and I'm 29 (is that weird that I'm hanging out with a 22 year old?) By the way he was there for me during a very stressful time in my life and is also very religious.

Me and my Bestfriend gets into lil arguments and fights but every time me and her do have a lil disagreement she's so quick to replace me with another Bestfriend it really hurts my feelings I know I can be stubborn and have my bad ways sometimes but I had never tried to replace her when we get into an argument because I feel like true friends will have arguments some point and no matter what I'll always be here because nobody else will should I end the friendship completely because I am tired of her trying to easily replace me that makes me feel like you didn't really wanna be my friend from the start and also we are not talking right now because she is trying to replace me again

I haven't seen this girl for over 15 years a month ago I was in jail and she found me wrote me letters saying she wants to be there for me and thinking of me she also put money on my books is this girl a crazy person..