She's 14 and she and 3 of her friends decided to send threatening emails about how they are in a gang to my great aunt which is her great-great-aunt and she also decided to cyberbully a 13-year-old girl. She bullied an 8th grader while she is in the 9th grade and she is a junior varsity cheerleader. She started to bully this girl since she made the cheer squad. For her punishment, I called her friends parents and made them pick up the girls and canceled then sleepover for tonight and I took away any technology privileges and instead she will write a 5 paragraph essay on why cyberbullying is wrong in her own words and she will read the essay/letter to the girl and send her an apology video. Her parents are out of the country until next Friday for an anniversary trip. The friends also helped cyberbully the girl. My niece was a sweet kid until she made the cheer team and those girls helped her get on the team. They bully a girl that wears glasses and is a star math student. 

I really need help. I've been homeschooled my whole life resulting in me not getting to know any kids my age. I'm currently going on to my senior year in high school and figured enough is enough. I hang out with my close cousins as friends. But when they have plans with their own friends, I end up staying home feeling lonely. I know people think homeschoolers are "weird" but it's just I've been cooped up in my house all my life. What can I do to make friends? What can I do to meet people? Please help. I wanna experience going out and having plans with friends.

At times , new people who I have just met , will initiate an interest to spend time with me. We proceed with setting a day or time . But then they cancel and ask to reschedule . Due to their " Boss asking them to stay longer " than their scheduled shift. Or they tell me " I got a flat tire." Or " sorry I fell asleep." After the second time or second excuse . I end my friendship with these people and ask them not to contact me anymore. Because now I assume that they are too busy to see me . Or they are playing games , and not serious About our friendship.

So it happens sometimes that my friend Andie and I eat together and sometimes as we're eating (and we're alone) she fork feeds me like a mother would do with her child. Plus last night I was watching a movie with her and at one point she went for a shower and said ' In the mean time you can watch this' and she made me watch a video about the simpsons,which she knows I like. When she came back I told her ' you know Andie,I like the simpsons,but you could've instead made me see some hot girls' joking. and she responded ' No way you're gonna watch such things'... she wasn't serious,she told me that joking. This last thing is actually nothing but the thing that she feeds me with the fork or spoon really confuses me. Why do you girls do that? Do you do this if you're just friends with a guy?

i use "gamer" for close friends but its starting to annoy jo what other fun terms can i use

Hello. Both me and my friend are in our forties and both single. Last night she invited me for a coffee and I gladly went. However we bumped into another group of people we know and she insisted that we sit with them. I said I'd rather not and they did not invite us to sit with them but she went ahead and invited her self into their group. Then after they left she stayed for a few minutes more and said she had to go. I thought it all strange. A month ago when we met for coffee again she said she prefers we meet during the morning or afternoon hours. I know she is single and not meeting any boyfriend at night. I feel that for some reason she is avoiding hanging out with me at night for a drink or something and it makes me feel that maybe she is bored of me or ashamed of me and the way I look. I don't know what to make of this. She is the one that invited me out. Any thoughts?

I don't have transportation and I don't live near public transportation so I can't go to a regular job.  I may be able to get a ride to the flea market every other weekend to sell something but what can I sell... I recently got my house forclosed and all my stuff is gone that I could sell.  Any ideas for ways to make money with no transportation?.? I've already tried work from home jobs they never pan out and I'm not going to be a prostitute.

I stopped being friends with this one girl because she got really weird. We did really fun stuff together the first year I was with her then she got weird. She started hitting me, wanting no part of me like doing fun stuff. She did kept asking me to hang out but then kept on canceling on me that day. She didn't even introduce me to her friends. I  have a part time and it's also full time during busy hours and I do really well in school and I'm graduating soon. Her and her friends keep getting fired and failing and haven't graduated yet. Her parents hated me and both of her parents got fired from there jobs as well. How come she had a problem with me? She is 24 years old and still trying to get her associates degree. 

I have a good long time friend Lisa who recently got married. She introduced me to her new husband Sam, I became friends with Sam. Their house needed some repairs and Sam asked me if I could replace the cooktop, repair some of the plumbing leaks, and install new light fixtures. I did this one day when they were both at work. Sam paid me in cash and asked me not to say anything about it to Lisa as he wanted to surprise her. About a week later I was at a social meeting and Lisa was there. She was telling people how handy around the house her new husband was. She said he had taken a day off from work and replaced the cooktop, repaired some of the plumbing leaks, and installed new light fixtures. My first reaction was to say "Sam didn't do that, I did". But I had second thoughts and didn't say anything. If she wants people to think Sam is handy around the house, I don't think I should be the one to tell her that he isn't. Did I do the right thing by keeping my mouth shut?

Hi, I have a coworker that is quite a few years older than me but acts very immature and is very annoying. Although a nice person really, they are very attention seeking, can be very selfish, and very unorganised making them hard to work with. They do have some mental health problems so I've tried to support and it is starting to tire me out. We began working together 2 years ago, and they always ask if we can meet outside of work as I am their "best friend". I really only consider them a colleague. I feel I've been worn down and manipulated. I've said I don't want to meet outside of work as we work together and I like having a professional boundary. They said that's fine but they can't wait until we stop working together so we can meet up. I've said no about 10 times, with the same comments. A few times they have non-stop text me over the weekends trying to be manipulative saying "they understand, we will keep it professional as I don't like them" etc etc then we go back to normal and get on well at work. There's a friend of theirs that they said is travelling atm but we are very much alike and can't wait for us to meet one day. After the last time I said I didn't want to meet, my coworker then said, "OK, sorry for asking. That friend I know is coming back next week just for the weekend, would you at least meet them with me?" I felt bad and said yes, but I really have no interest and no it will make things worse. What can I do? I'm really drained from dealing with it. Bit more info: It's quite critical we get on well for our job as it's just me and them working on a project. If I say no to things they get upset and cry and I can handle these situations well but after 2 years you do start to become tired and I really feel manipulated where I can't really say no to outside of work socialising.

Basically me and this girl (lets call her Gab) met in the start of high school and quickly became best friends. There was also two other girls in our group (lets call them Cat and Nat). Me, Gab and Nat were the closest and Cat was kind of tagging along. But me and Gab decided to break friends with Nat because she started turning mean (not going to go into that). After that it was me and Gab, sometimes Cat tagging along if she wasn't hanging out with Nat. This was when I began getting to know Cat properly. She is a really nice person, so I wanted to hang out with her more. However, Gab didn't like this.  One mood she had was when I sat on the bus with Cat (usually sit with Gab) and we were watching NETFLIX together and laughing. After that I airdropped Gab a moment, she declined it, which was weird to me because I always airdrop her things. I messaged her and she left me on seen. I decided to leave it because I assumed she wanted to be left alone. However, when I get home I receive a HUGE text saying that she "wanted to sit with me on the bus" (I mostly sit with her?!) and that she heard us "talking and laughing" and that "we don't do that anymore." I asked my parents for advice, because in the past I just apologised and made a fuss of her. They said she was being jealous and I shouldn't let her control me. These ridiculous moods have become a weekly thing, and they really put me down. I don't even want to be her friend anymore because of this! What should I do?

He tried initiating sex on the 2nd/3rd dates but I only wanted to make out and not go further. Then 2 weeks ago when we were at his place, he asked why I kiss him but don't want to do it. I was just silent. He hasn't tried initiating since. Then recently I wanted to remind him that I'm not into hookups and that I'm serious. His replied something like, "Ok what am I doing with you? Did I ask you for sex or did sex?" Does this mean he initially wanted to hookup but now wants more? He said we are more than friends.

Every time we had an argument, I always think that we have broken up. He however thinks differently. He would ask "did we split up?" and "why do you always say that" (referring to me thinking that we have broken up). Why is it that men are more chill? Anyways, I also asked him "I hope it doesn't happen, but can you let me know if it is not working out?" His reply was "No answer. So negative." Does this mean he hopes it won't turn bad too?

Is someone a real friend if they they say they are better than you and say they got more for them than I do?

I have a friend who I used to work with. He's very flirty and we've flirted, but I'm happily engaged.  My friend may or may not have tried to kill himself Sunday night or at least that's what almost happened. He has undiagnosed depression and deals with it by drinking. He got so drunk (and took pills) that had he not been found in time, he could've died. Supposedly, he's in rehab now, but his roommate is getting a restraining order and basically wants nothing to do with him and she doesn't even know if he's okay or anything.  I sent him a message saying I hope he's okay and that I'm worried about him. Do you think he'll get the wrong idea when he sees it? In hindsight, that part really doesn't matter. I just hope he's okay. He hasn't been online since that night and the last thing he posted was a photo of him with a pill in his mouth, but it was later deleted. 

We've been dating for 3 months (about 13 dates) and recently I asked him "see you tomorrow around 7pm?" He said "Around 8pm" and so I asked "In downtown?" He then said "Let you know tomorrow." I then tried asking "What do you want to do tomorrow?" and his reply was, "Nothing just normal meeting." What does this even mean?

First of she's 30 years old and lives with her mom and step dad. Before yall judge, she has mental problems and is a bit "slower" than "normal" folks. Her step dad is a disgusting, evil person!!! He makes perverted comments on her breasts and calls her names like "a**hole, stupid, b****, slut... And lots more. She sends me voice recordings of him when he gets like that. He has spat on her and steady comes into her room taunting her while her 7 year old daughter watches in tears. He tries to turn her little girl against her and rewards her when she throws tantrums because he sees how it stresses my friend out. My friend was bullied in school for how she looks and now she has to go through this with him EVERYDAY. Her mom is the worst!!! She takes the step dad's side and chooses to lock herself in her room while her "boyfriend" abuses her daughter. Thats her "escape." Ive tried to go to the police but my friend told me no & got upset when i did this. What should i do? She says she would have nowhere to go if i told. She cant drive and would depended on him for rides. I try to take her around whenever i can but i work so much. He says he refuses to take her anywhere anymore. 

This coming fall I will be receiving up to three housemates of various ages, genders, ethnicities, and interests. What is a good gift I can give all of them to make them feel welcome, and maybe even like me?  For instance, within my larp company we gift each other handmade items; hand-knit scarves, handmade diningware, jewerly, clothes, metalwork items, etc. Would gifting everyone a plate I threw myself be weird? Or should I go with the basics, food, glass cups, wine etc, even if it may not be their thing. I feel weird getting anything that signifies drinking, as not everyone does that, but diningware is universal in that regard. Note, I mean each individual will receive one (1) of the item chosen. Meaning if I choose plates, everyone will get their own plate, not that three people are gifted a single plate to share.

I feel like my friends make accommodations for themselves and others in my friend group when its convenient for them and leave me hanging out to dry.

So I have a friend who knows a friend Wich isnt my friend but I guess you can say he's a mutual friend idk him well anyways well let's say theoretically what would happen if he said he had a very expensive sports car and he's had it for a few months left his phone at is house so his cellphone wouldn't be traced to the scene he leaves his car at a parking lot at a grocery store has a spare key made his friend takes his car he apparently can't find it happenely forgets his phone uses a strangers phone calls the police files a insurance claim gets paid out for it and his friend takes the engine and trans out swaps it to his friends project car and sells the rest of the car online for pieces what would happen if they got caught  asking for a friend I'm sure this happens manny times what usually happens in this theory 

I recently became friends with my neighbor of 3 years. We started to hang out, and she comes over all the time. As soon as my boyfriend found out who she was, he told me that they had a past. About 5 years ago they used to mess around, and it was never anything serious. He just said at the time he felt "cool" because she is older than us but that's all. After that he started telling me all these bad things about her, and saying she wasn't a good influence for me and he couldn't believe I hang out with her. She knows who I'm dating, and never mentioned anything at all to me..but being in her shoes I know it's not something easy to bring up. I don't know if I should stop talking to her because now I feel weird. My boyfriend wants me to cut her off. I don't know what to do, or if I should bring it up to her?