im a freshmen and i made varsity soccer, im the only freshmen on the team and im loving it. But, my friends are all on JV and my two closets friends are "jelous" of me as i hear, yet they all seem like they are having a great time with out me... and they always seem to ignore me when im around... they say that im getting to close wiht the upper classmen who drink and smoke and that im not really good enough to be on varsity. I dont understand whats wiht alla this... theyve never acted this way before...they say there reason is that they think im all in to smoking at stuff... but im not... im still the same old brat i always am... how can i prove to them that im not doin this stuff... i really wanna be friends wiht them still
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Health & Fitness category? Maybe give some free advice about: Sports? Ask_Anything answered Sunday October 10 2004, 8:47 pm: congrats on making the varsity team! well it's understandable that your friends might be jealous. they are acting like they're having a great time because they dont want to seem jealous- even if they are. jealousy is HUGE with girls, and boy oh boy does it suck. they might also be worried you are going to only be with the upper classmen and ditch them, becoming "too cool" ... which is prob. unlikely. well obviously they cant say you arent good enough to be on the varsity team because well... ehhem.. you DID get picked for it fair in square right? so from what you've said i kind of think they are not only jealous, but feel like they might be losing their friendship with you now that you're "in" with the upper classmen. you might want to spend some extra time with them, do something really special with all of them so they understand you still are their friend. and most importantly.. TALK TO THEM face to face and tell them you'd never do that stupid smoking and drug stuff. if they were understanding, they'd forgive you for whatever feelings they had. it's not your fault you got into this, you just had what it took to be on a high ranking soccer team. congrats on the placement, and best of luck on your friends- whom i bet will get over this silly situation. =] -ask_anything [ Ask_Anything's advice column | Ask Ask_Anything A Question ]
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