I have this one friend, but she gets really annoying sometimes. She'll talk on and on, and i never get a chance to say anything, and im not the quiet type. She always dominates the conversation, and is always being bossy. Most of my friends think she's annoying too, but i dont want her to have no friends, but also dont want to be her friend out of pitty. what can i do?
dancinqueen08 answered Thursday December 16 2004, 4:30 pm: Tell her. Not bluntly or anything, but whe nshe starts getting bossy set her straight or if she's not letting you speak point it out to her. You can also subtly add it in a conversation. You can say something like I hate it when people boss me around or something where you aren't directly refrencing to her, but it's brought to her attention. It's good that you are thinking of her, but if it gets to the point where you can't be her friend anymore, it might actually help her. It might help her make more friends or stop her from losing them, if you tell her what she's doing. She probably doesn't even realize that she's doing anything wrong. [ dancinqueen08's advice column | Ask dancinqueen08 A Question ]
bff4eva answered Wednesday December 15 2004, 8:07 pm: Maybe try and get her stopped talking for a minute and explain to her that it's getting on your nerves. Ask her to calm down a little and give others a chance to talk. I hope I helped!! [ bff4eva's advice column | Ask bff4eva A Question ]
Berri answered Wednesday December 15 2004, 7:47 pm: Be an awesome friend and break the news to her. It'll probably hurt her feelings a little, but tell her it's in her best interest. And don't be completely rude about it. Be...humorous about it, if you can. For instance, if she starts rambling, just be like, "Gosh girl..Take a breather...*fake chuckle, fake chuckle.* Cuz' it's gonna' hurt her feelings, and you've got to make her feel better about it but still help her with her problem. [ Berri's advice column | Ask Berri A Question ]
Stephanie4lchs answered Wednesday December 15 2004, 7:02 pm: Tell her how you feel & if she gets mad about it, then it's her problem. When she sees that nobody likes her for these reasons, maybe she'll come around. If that doesn't work, just tell her to shut the fuck up & be done with it. If you dont like her, then forget about it. Keep on stepping. If I were you I wouldnt lose any sleep over it because it's her problem, not yours.
bAhAmAmA0250 answered Wednesday December 15 2004, 6:46 pm: Well I would just say you talk to much... lol and go from there she might take it as a joke most people would but if you said it enough and others said it enough she'd begin to believe it you know? [ bAhAmAmA0250's advice column | Ask bAhAmAmA0250 A Question ]
JJbear answered Wednesday December 15 2004, 6:26 pm: you need ot tell her ot stop. tell her by writting her a letter or just ask her to nto talk as much. try ot start the conversations youreslf.to her before she starts talking. [ JJbear's advice column | Ask JJbear A Question ]
sExY_LiL_BoO_BeCkY answered Wednesday December 15 2004, 4:49 pm: Tell her how you feel, and ask her if you can put a word in edgewise..tell me how it goes! I know it will be hard because yea I had to go through that...hope I helped!
exyweetee99 answered Wednesday December 15 2004, 1:43 pm: well it is not fair to you or her that you and your friends are being her friend out of pitty. so i think that you should tell her how you all feel and see if maybe she will change and then if she doesnt the screw her. i would think she would respect youralls opinion. [ exyweetee99's advice column | Ask exyweetee99 A Question ]
bad_gurl559 answered Wednesday December 15 2004, 10:30 am: If she's controling and bossy she doesnt deserve friends. Don't hang w/her because she won't have if u don't. Eventually she'll realize that she needs to change [ bad_gurl559's advice column | Ask bad_gurl559 A Question ]
NikNik answered Wednesday December 15 2004, 2:24 am: talk to her about it and tell her that you want to talk just as much as she does...and tell her that you hardly ever get to talk and if she takes it the wrong way then shes not a true friend to you...and if she bosses you around then shes not worth haveing your friendship...i'm sorry if this is being Harsh but its the truth...she should show the same amount of respect to you as you show to her...i hope i helped!-Nikki [ NikNik's advice column | Ask NikNik A Question ]
lyDia_LoU answered Tuesday December 14 2004, 11:02 pm: I don't know how easy it is to make a joke about someone for you guys but you could just joke about and be like "No wait! Me first!" or something like that! So she'll laugh about it but maybe get what you're saying. [ lyDia_LoU's advice column | Ask lyDia_LoU A Question ]
jewishqt answered Tuesday December 14 2004, 11:00 pm: I think that you should try to talk to her. Tell how you want to be her frien but you think that she should improve on some things ans then she can tell you soem things you could improve on...Hope that helps :) [ jewishqt's advice column | Ask jewishqt A Question ]
LlamaGal answered Tuesday December 14 2004, 10:37 pm: When she's done talking, just be like, oh, hey, i wanted to say somethin, or be like, shhhh, im trying to do sumthin..., or if u dont wanna hurt anyone's feelings, tune her out and just nod alot. if none of that works, just tell her she talk too much, but say it nicely. Hope it works out! [ LlamaGal's advice column | Ask LlamaGal A Question ]
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