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Q: errg. im so fuking pissed. my best friend abby is friends with this chick kenzee again and i hate kenzee and kenzee IMed me accusing me of stealing her dumb ass graphics and i didnt. then kenzee went on my sn and said something like "why am i on ur buddy list?" and i was like "u probably added urself" and then i thought - i remembered abby was hanging out with kenzee today. abby gave kenzee my password that bitch. lol so im just so pissed.

i dont know what to do.
first calm your ass down then go tell your best friend to stop being so damn immature and then ya both get over it. and in the mean time find some tru friends that wont stab ya in the back. as for kenzee let it go and let your bff be friends with her if shes really your bff then she will come back to you always. dont be selfish if you can help it.

>>Sare

p.s. id be pissed to

Q: my best friend who i love like a sister ran away today to MY house! i told her to go back. but she wouldnt. finally i got her to call her dad and then a police officer came to pick her up and bring her home. now her mom and dad hate me because they think i told her to come to my house. i wasnt expecting her at all!! one minute i was talking to her on AIM then her away message said out. wont be back any time soon. then i heard a knock. but how can i get *especially her mom* to like me again? HELP! any useless answers will recieve a 1. any good answers will recieve a 5.
well good news would be it isnt that big of a deal. my bff ran away half way across the country. i knew about the plan and her father knows i knew about it but he deosnt hate me or anything. tell youre 'stupid friend' to make sure her parents know that you werent in on it and that you were just a safe place to go and that you convinced her to go back home. but you shouldnt worry. nothing should be able to stop love like a sister whether her parents like you or not. there are ways around it.

sarah

Q: My best friend and I have been friends for about 8 years and we go together like pb and j. Now I'm starting to feel jealous of her because she's got a lot more friends than me and I think she's a lot prettier and skinnier and funnier and all that. I KNOW she won't abandon me no matter how many other friends she has, but I just hate being jealous.
hey yea well i have had the same problem. i hate to admit it but i am very jealous of a couple of my long time best friends. both are prettier and cooler than me. its a pretty bad feeling. you may have already heard this but im sure your friend is jealous about something that you have that she deosnt have. And i know its hard with her having more friends but its a good way for you to meet knew people and make a lot of friends. but what is important is knowing that she will be your friend forever. its much more important to have at least one best friend then to have a million good friends.

~*~SaReBeAr~*~

Q: well my friend to,d me the other day that she tried cutting and she showed me the scar. i told her it was bad and everything..i was like yelling at her not to do it again and what it could do to a person. she told me she would never do it again and so far she hasnt i made her let me see her wrists..and i know there are other places that she could cut too like her stomach and stuff..but im not going ot do a full body search on her everyday and im really worried about her. she made me promise not to tell anyone else..but i told my other really good friend i know she won't tell because i know she would be worried about her too. i really dont want to do and i dont know if shes lying and is still cutting..and i don't want to tell anyone because it was just one time and if she really stopped i would feel bad she would be really mad if i told on her. she would never tell me anything else again and im scared i will loose her friendship. im really worried about her please help me i rate high**

--michelle
well heres the thing. she did it once for a reason. since she hasnt had help unless shes found another way to cope with whatever made her cut then she is sadly likely to do it again. checking her and sticking with her is definatley a good start to helping her. i know wha tyou mean when you said you dont wanna lose her friendship. my best friend cut and i had to make the same decision. you and i both know its not easy but you really do need to tell someone. it could really help your friend and it will ease your worry. think about who you and your friend both trust. an adult that you both trust or at least have respect for. that is probably your best bet. it could be a teacher, her mom, your mom, some other school official, a counselor, anyone who would be willing to take it to the next level. if you do it righ tand find the right person there is a chance your friend will never know you told. slim but theres a chance. in the end she should be grateful. but be prepared sometimes when you tell about this nothing happens. your friend deosnt get help if her mother or father wont follow through. or if she has the wrong additude and isnt willing. it wont happen overnight. its a major letdown but its happened to me. just stick with her and itll all work out. if you do tell and she does find out and she is upset keep taling to her. do your best o get her to understand how you saw it and why you did what you did. dont let her walk away form you. youre an awesome friend and it sounds like she really needs you. im sorry this is so long. i tend to have a lot to say when it comes to this since ive been here a million times unfortunaltely. good luck to you and your friend.
oh and first before your do anything see if she did this for attention. there is help for that too.
~*~Sarie~*~

Q: Ok, well i've been best friends with this boy since like the beginning of this year, which might not sound long, but we're really close. So anyway, i liked him at the beginning of the year before we were friends, but i stopped before anything happened. Then we became best friends, because he found out and we started talking more. So then just a few days ago, Friday actually, I wasnt at school, because i went to Maryland, so i left him a comment on his xanga that said, I'm gonna miss you today :-) im sorry i couldnt come to you LAST baseball game, i REALLY wanted to.
wow. okay ill take it one thing at a time. first of all guys are really hard to get. i dont even think guys get themselves. anyway he might not have seemed bothered because he might like you. or he just doesnt care that people are runnin their mouths. and there really isnt a way to stop a rumor. i know thats not what you wanted to hear. all i can say about that is that they tend to not last long. people get bored and knew gossip starts.just keep denying it and try not to get in any fights over it. its not worth that. now everyone probably thinks you like him because you guys are so close. its hard to hide a really good friendship. and when the really good friendship is between a guy and a girl its usually mistaken for being something more. sometimes it is. the last question seemes like the easiest to answer. i think you actually already know and just dont want to admit it. i think that maybe you do like him more than a friend if hes all you can think about and you seem to care about him an awful lot. but thats really confusing trying to draw the line. ill warn you though that if you do get together with him just remember that of you guys break up it will never be the same and you might never be as close. some people are better to have as friends forever rather than boyfriend for a little while. only you can decide that. im sure you will make the right choice even if it means hiding your true feelings, at least for now. you sound like a very bright girl. email me again or IM me if you need anymore thoughts. or let me know how it works out.

Q: There's this girl that me n my friends can't stand that hang out with us her names Kaytee! Well she was sitting with us at lunch one day, and my friend Lisa came over and sat with me and then left, and Kaytee then said, I was shaking because she was around, there was a rumor that Lisa was a lesbian, but she's my best friend, and I know her more then anyone and she ISN'T! Kaytee is totally against gay people, and all the people of whom I hang out with are don't mind if someone's gay! She assumes from rumors that people are lesbian and homosexual, and then pretends that she's scared of them. Without being totally mean to Kaytee, but getting it across that some people that she thinks aren't gay. What can I tell her?
well you could start with not everything you hear is tru. especially at school. If Lisa isnt gay then you need to just tell kaytee. prove your point by telling kaytee that lisa has never done anything with a girl and has never had a crush on a girl. that would make her not gay. im assuming she hasnt done any of those things. if lisa is a bit wild and has you can lie this one time. tell her that being afraid of gay people isnt very smart. especailly if youve known them for a long time before they come out. their personalities stay the same and some gays are really cool to be around. theres nothing to be afraid of. and you can tell lisa that i feel for her because the rumor going around that youre gay when youre not sucks. its happened to me. and im not gay by the way.

Q: okay..well my friend is going out with this guy that i like..i thought that i was doing the right thing by telling her this..i know it wasnt the best move..but i also said that i couldnt be bestfriends with someone who i like((this was all in an e-mail))..well a few days later her boyfriend told me online that she showed him the e-mail! i was so mad! i started crying..and i was on the phone with one of my friends and she couldnt believe it either...i cant believe my best friends judgement..we have been in arguments for awhile adn i think that i should draw the line here..what do you think? i really dont wanna be friends with someone who betrayed me like that..i just dont! and she has done things like this before...i really dont want to talk to her again..but our families are very close..i jsut dont know what to do..PLEASE help me!!

..sorry for the length!!
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Alright heres the secret... a best friend deosnt do that to you. If she betrays you once she will do it again. its unfortunate but true. Obviously your trust deosnt mean that much to her. As far as your families go just get along with her when you have to otherwise your friendship with her deosnt really concern them. As much as it would hurt i would have to draw the line. Its the only way to make her see how much she hurt you and that best friends dont do that to each other. Its just against the rules. betrayment(is that a word?) is just against the law and your friend should suffer the consequences.

Q: we'll call her leslie...we used to be best friends, until this year, i made a ton of new friends(being involved in a lot of stuff helps) and well she doesnt get involved in anything, and she complains about people all the time and talks trash about people, and is obsessed with really retarded things, like TPing is like her favorite thing and she keeps asking me to go TPing or spray painting with her, and well shes kinda childish...we're both 16 but im the only one who has the liscense and if we hang out i always have to drive and gas is really expensive, and overall shes just really annoying. how should i let her know that we're not really best friends anymore?
well if you ignore her and avoid her calls and make excuses for not going and doing anything with her than she should get it.

If she deosnt get it then just come straight out and tell her what you just told us. Who knows... it could help her get it together and go do something with her life....if shes got any smarts at all.

Q: Ok, I have this friend that was my friend since K-gartin. Now, she was great up until 2nd grade, then she started acting mean, selfish, dumb and she just wasn't really fun anymore. So the last couple years I have been trying to 'break up with her' but she is trying to be realy tight with me like in the olden days. Last week she was saying that I had problems and I was mean. I got mad at her and she knows I was mad at her, but now she wants me to forgive her. This is the position that I always wanted to be in so that I could totaly 'ditch' her. But, I don't want to make her tell her mom and cry like she did in 3rd grade when I 'ditched' her. We had a long talk and she got her way. I don't want that to happen again. Can you tell me how to ditch her without her getting sad and angry and everything that she was in 3rd grade?!? That would be a BIG help! Thanks,

-Desprate for a break
well i would like to know how old you girls are now. there really isnt a good way to 'ditch' a friend especailly one that wants to be your friend. im sorry thats probably not want you want to hear. well make sure you're ditching hre for good reasons and not selfish ones. and i wouldn't worry about the girls mother. She has nothing to do with you. but a real friend deosnt doesnt tell you that youre mean and have problems. i would just do it gradually like hang out with her less and less. get her to make other friends and just go your seperate ways. dont be mean about it. there are just some people in the world that you just have to let them get what they want but theyre never satisfied. you just have to go with them and keep your dirty thoughts to yourself.

Q: ok, here's the story: i liked this guy (let's call him Bob) and my friend likes (or liked) this other guy (let's call him Bill). well, we told each other during spring break about who we liked. and we promised not to tell. and neither of us did.
But now i don't like Bob and i think she still likes Bill, because it's really obvious (she flirts with him and stuff), but now that i say i don't like Bob, she acts like she doens't like Bill and if i tell her it's really obvious, she threatens to say that i still like Bob to one of the school's blabbermouths.
i know she still likes Bill and i'm getting sick of agreeing that she doesn't like him.
(by the way, we're only in junior high)
well listen there are better things in life to argue about. just try not to bring up her liking bill or you not liking bob. if it comes up change the subject. if one of the blabbermouths find out i hope bob is hot.

Q: I have a "friend" that is sort of mean to my other friends. She excludes them and is very posesive of me. She gets angry when me and my 2 other friends do things together, without her. My other friends basically hate her, but i don't want to break the friendship off because i don't want to make an enemy. I hat being stuck in the middle!!!
~Stuck
yea basically this does suck but look tell your friend that no matter who you hang with you'll still be her friend and just as close. i dont know why some girls have this problem. it puzzles me to this day. Try to get her to understand and make sure your other friends dont piss her off. She may think that they hate her and maybe thats why she excludes them. if she deosnt understand or try to understand that you can have other friends then she isnt a "friend"

Q: Alright i have a few friends that are awesome to hang out with and everything but now they are telling me that they cut...not always but once in a while i guess i was too scared to really ask...and now i dont know what to do...i dont want to make it serious because i dont want one of my friends to hate me...but they might just call me stupid and stuff because i never dont anything like that. i'm very scared and i dont know what to do. if you can please help me because i dont know if i can handle seeing them tomorrow without breaking down in tears because i'm so scared. Thank you so much.
hey i been there with my best friend. look let them know you care. they wont hate you for it. try to understand why they do it. talk about it with them. and dont judge. and find someone you trust(an adult) like in your school and quietly let them kno. your friends need help. you know that. just let them know youre there for them. look out if its being done for attention. if theyre really hurting inside then u really need to tell somebody. i know its the hardest thing to do. but its the best.it will all be alright

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