She also wears braces and glasses, is 45 pounds overweight, she constantly asks questions to the point to where people get a little annoyed with her, she doesn't seem to learn as fast as the other kids in her high school class, she isn't a fast runner, she isn't well disciplined, she gets food stuck in her braces a lot, she has had many challenges in life, she isn't on the honor roll like her brother, she has 3 C's, 2 D's (biology and history), and a B in Algebra. She has a D in biology from not submitting a recent PowerPoint project, and she refuses to tell me about history. All of her school work is online for the rest of the year and she's in the 9th grade.She also claims that some of the cheerleaders cyber bully her and I tell her to block them but I guess she isn't listening to me or that she is lying because blocking people prevents them from bothering her. She has gorgeous blue eyes but still struggles to put on mascara and her skin is clear but she refuses to wear foundation. How do I get her to make straight A's, enjoy being skinny, enjoy make up, and to stop her from being annoying?

She and I knew each other since ''09, since we were 10, we're 20 now so what 11 years? our freindship had run it's course sadly, she's loud, ghetto, so not classy, and disrespectful. She thinks she better than everyone else, I've told her numerous times stop judigng people, she hangs around the wrong slutty crowd, and they don't like me, I've come to find out she is racist agaisnt mexican ppl and White ppl, Idk why she would hate mexican ppl, Everytime we go out she says racial slurs and ppl give us dirty looks, especially the tourist.

I grew up in a very conservative family and wasn't allowed to have any close friends really until I was an adult. I did a lot of work opening myself up to people and make new friends very easily. I got pretty burnt out a few years ago. I felt like I was surrounded by a lot of people that didn't hold space for me. They considered me their friend bc I would be there for them, but ignorant of the fact that they don't do the same for me and really don't know me. So I spent this last year kind of cutting ties with people that didn't hold space for me. I do actually still have a lot of close friends. People who have held space for me in the past and truly care about me but I can't escape the feeling that I am all alone. And when I say alone, I don't mean needing someone next to me. I actually love spending time by myself but I continually find partners and people in my life that aren't there for me when I need and because of that I find myself wanting to push everyone away, even people close to me. I have this deep desire to just cut everyone out of my life, even tho the feeling of not having anyone to lean on breaks my heart and is the one thing that hurts me the most right now. And I don't know what to do. I don't know how to escape this feeling. I have people who care and check up on me and say they love me but I just feel so alone. I don't know what's wrong with me or how to do any internal work so I don't feel this way. :(

I fell for a girl at first sight. She was a sort of waitress in the restaurant I went to. But she didn't look like the typical one. As she went through thr tables I fell for her. She only brought the cutlery at our table (this was long ago before the lockdown). Anyway, I was so into her I kept turning to look at her. I was with a friend of mine and was unable to talk to him due to my attention for her, he was tired too so we didn't speak much. At the end she took our plates, never ever making eye contact. As I looked at her, she noticed and looked away. She was so cute, innocent and different. Had a long brown braid that day. I fell for her. Maybe wasn't the typical popular girl, but some kind of thing about her made me fall. as she was cleaning, I asked if she was new there, she made a face and eyebrows weird, and said yes, kept cleaning. Then I asked her where she was from, as I thought she was foreign, she spoke an eastern european accent as the other staff. she paused a bit, then said 'why?? I am working. I'm not supposed to talk about my own business. Why do you ask anyway? Where are YOU from?' She got so upset and that made me so nervous. She kept cleaning the damn table in the meantime. Like I was disturbing her. I said I was sorry, I didn't mean to sound rude. I was just curious. Then she said, I'm curious about things too, but I don't bother asking people personal questions'. I understood it and felt so ashamed. Then I was like, I was just... I wanted to talk to you. This was an excuse to talk. Then she had a really mean expression and said 'go talk to some girl from your own country, leave me alone. I am an extracomunitatian!. And she spelled it so slow to upset me. Is it weird to say I am into her even more adter this? Gosh, what a stubborn girl. Then a guy from the staff screamed her name to tell her to set some tables and she went away. Was she angry at me for somethinf? Why did she react this way? It is cause brexit???

My BF said he will not leave me for the small things. He said "I will only leave when things are very bad". I asked him what are those turn offs and he said "Sorry I don't want to talk about this right now. Focus on the present"

Is it wrong to want to be with someone because you feel that the person can provide stability and security? 

I was friends with this guy for over 12 years, and he was more like an enemy than a friend. He was jealous when anything went right for me even though I celebrated his successes. He was only interested in women when he thought I was interested in them. A few years ago we went to a bar and we spent the entire evening with two women. At the end of the night as we were leaving, I went to restroom and he left with the woman that I had talked to all night. The woman that he talked to all evening said that when I went to the bathroom, he told them I was married and was recovering from a drug addiction. None of that was true, but it was enough for him to leave with the woman that I met. It became a pattern of him pretending to be interested in women that I was shooting for, and when I backed off so he could have them, he would lose interest in them. It seemed like he always tried to sabotage anything that was important to me. Even though only speak once a year now, I am still learning about dishonest things that he has done. DJ, I want to thank you for responding with such a well thought out answer.  

My girlfriend has twin 15 years old sisters. When I go to pick her up for a date the twins usually ask me to help them with their homework. I am happy to do that as they are both very nice people. I do help them some with their homework but what they really want to do is talk about school, sporting events, movies they want to see or boys they think are cute. They just want to be my buddy. After we are done talking and my helping them with their homework, they always thank me and give me a hug. They sometimes call me asking for homework help when I don't have a date with their older sister Pam. Pam recently told me I should stop helping them. When I asked why, she said I was so nice to them that they will develop a crush me and that would cause them problems. The next time they ask me for help I told the twins what Pam said, they were really mad at her. They said good friends was all we would ever be and they begged me to continue to help them. I find it very hard to turn down someone that ask me for help. Can someone give me a suggestion on how I can get out of this mess without causing a problem for either Pam or her sisters? THANKS

I have big ears and its my biggest insecurity. I haven't shown anyone my ears except my family. Even my best friend who I've known for 10 years doesn't know. So I'm going to college next year and will be dorming with another one of my friends who ive known for about 3 years. Idk how I should reveal it... like should I tell her I have big ears and then show her or should I just tie my hair up and hope she doesn't ask about it?? Since im basically going to live with her, Id need to tie up my hair when its hot and stuff.

My name is Isabel, and i have a close friend named Ryan.  But ive noticed a big change in Ryan Recently.   So a while ago he used to have feelings over this girl, and they were friends.  The girl was married but eventually she began having feelings for him so she cut him out of his life. I noticed my friend was really upset about that.  Its been 9 months but deep down Ryan still misses her.   Hes changed alot because of her.  Ryan avoids places where she might be, hes attitude has changed so much and he began drinking more.    He doesn't feel comfortable seeing her.. what happened to him????? Hes never been like this,  Ryan's always had a strong attitude and known as a player

I'm a senior going into college (hopefully, if corona leaves) and my best friend, I love her and all but some things are starting to become like idk weird to me. I say I wanna major in Biology and suddenly she wants to do the same thing or if I say I plan on applying to PA school she says she was thinking the same thing. Lately she's been asking me when corona is over that we should do everything together. She asked to volunteer with her at the hospital or that we should study abroad together, and join the same clubs. Trust me, as her best friend it sounds great, but a part of me is very competitive and I feel that is doing EVERYTHING the same in college towards the same goal is not gonna work out. I want to succeed and do things on my own so should I just distance myself a little or talk to her about it? I am usually not like this, I think it's different bc I'm really competitive when it comes to my future and me and her would be competing for Club Officer Titles and good shadowing interning opportunities. Maybe I am over thinking things?? Idk I just needed to let it out , LOL I prob sound crazy but yes she's my best friend but we've been super competitive our whole lives , we always try to one up each other but not in a rude way? But we both know what we're doing. Any advice? 

I left the other day and he sent out this email including the entire team thanking me for my work. I didn't respond. Then we had a conference call as a team and he asked if I could stay on the call with him and another team member and we discussed some loose ends and he wished me well again. Why, he bullied me for most of the project