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I have gone from younggrandma to just yg. Now,
I am using my real name.
I don't think anyone who knows me will have trouble figuring out who that is!


I have been gone a while dealing with things in my own life. I am back now to help once again. Do not expect answers from me that just tell you what you want to hear. Life is to short for nonsense. :)
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I have this friend that censures people 24/7 and she thinks it's hilarious but I do not. Recently, she saw my mom, my mom has a small cyst on her face and she made fun of her. It really offended me. She keeps telling me that her whole family criticizes people (as always, she thinks its funny), and I don't know how she can be proud of that. It just shows how immature her family is, and turned her into the immature child she is now. We had an obstacle course test in PE a few days ago (I'm the most unfit skinny person you might ever know) and we had the longest running time cause I'm not used to physical activities and all my groupmates are mad at me including the one that made fun of me, and she has this attitude where you tick her off just a little bit, she ignores you for a really long time. What should I do? I really dont want to go back to cutting myself with shards. (link)
Well, whatever you decide to do with your friendship, cutting won't fix it. So, don't go back to that regardless!

You need to ask yourself why this person is your friend. She sounds like a real piece of work in your question to us, but, its easy to make one sound like they have no redeeming qualities when you are upset with them. :)

If she is really so bad that she is unable to take other peoples feelings into account, then I wouldn't hang out with her or be her friend any more. Does she make fun of YOU all the time? If so, that's even more reason to find a new friend. You need friends who are nice and make you feel good about yourself. Not one who is negative and has to belittle others to make themselves feel good.

So, my advice will be to find a new friend or friends. Just say you have decided it is best for you to find positive people to be friends with. If she wants to make fun of you for that, let her. You will be better off in the long run. Negative people tend to make you negative too. Nobody needs that.

I know it may seem like a hard thing to do but it will work out fine. I am betting there are others who will want to be friends simply because she isn't hanging around with you any more.

And no cutting! Ignore any crap she throws your way. Don't let her win by cutting yourself. Get rid of ALL negative things. :)


Rating: 5
It's been a year since I posted this, I didn't have time to reply. Thanks by the way! Btw I haven't cut anything other than my hair. :3




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