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
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Relationships category? Maybe give some free advice about: Friendship? Crazy_E_Fish answered Wednesday April 20 2005, 9:42 am: Um, well first of all try to play with them the same amount. You shouldn't hang out with one cuz the other friends might get mad or sumthing and leave you. Now if you decide to play with the more friends and leave the "friend" behind, she is the girl that sounds like a bully to me so I wouldn't do that. If you have already tried making all of your friends like eachother again then I would try the switch off playing with your friends.
xy0urperfectflaw answered Tuesday April 19 2005, 8:13 pm: i had a friend exactly like that.. just talk to her and try to tell her you wont leave her for other friends but you need space and that shes not your only friend.. if she gets mad shes not a true friend to you [ xy0urperfectflaw's advice column | Ask xy0urperfectflaw A Question ]
xXsarahlizXx answered Tuesday April 19 2005, 6:39 pm: 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" [ xXsarahlizXx's advice column | Ask xXsarahlizXx A Question ]
LiLJaZzY answered Tuesday April 19 2005, 5:17 pm: haha she sounds gay and i think shes just doing that because your her only friend and she doesnt want to lose you? i guess i dont know just tell her stop acting like you own me.. x0ox [ LiLJaZzY's advice column | Ask LiLJaZzY A Question ]
mrs_radcliffe answered Tuesday April 19 2005, 1:51 pm: Talk to her, tell her that shes been very mean and seems very upset if you want to do somethings with your other mates and not including her. If she doesnt like that you'll have to tell her that she cant be friends with you lot if shes that annoying.
xoXCoNfUdLeDXox answered Tuesday April 19 2005, 1:11 pm: I say you talk to that friend and tell her to be so aggressive torwards your other friends. It's not a big deal that you do things with your other friends. It's not like there going to replace you or something. But if she really doesn't listen be serious and tell her you guys need some tme apart.Good luck!
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poopiepantsgirly answered Tuesday April 19 2005, 8:44 am: Dear stuck,
I think that your friend who is really mean to your other friends is kind of obsessed with you because she/he wants you all to herself and wants to do everything with you. Maybe you should tell her about it and spend some time alone without seeing each other until things get settled down. [ poopiepantsgirly's advice column | Ask poopiepantsgirly A Question ]
mapetiteodette answered Tuesday April 19 2005, 6:49 am: This "friend" probably is acting this way because she feels left out and sad. You need to go and have a talk with her about why she's acting this way and why she is being so possessive of you. This way you can figure out the problem and help her solve it, and maybe the four of you can become great friends. [ mapetiteodette's advice column | Ask mapetiteodette A Question ]
sadf16 answered Tuesday April 19 2005, 1:15 am: I haven't experience that but my sister was in the same situation last time. I told her that you should talk to your possessive friend that you are not hers so she shouldn't act like that. Try saying that to your friend and let her understand that you don't want to have enemies but she is too possessive. [ sadf16's advice column | Ask sadf16 A Question ]
karenR answered Tuesday April 19 2005, 12:37 am: Then refuse to be. You can't be a referee all the time. If the one friend can't at least try to get along with the others and vice versa then pick who you want to hang with. My bet is that the possessive one will come to her senses as soon as she finds out you mean business. Talk to them as a grouop or seperatley but tell them all you've had enough. :) [ karenR's advice column | Ask karenR A Question ]
MeLi<3 answered Monday April 18 2005, 11:47 pm: Well this is a very tough answer because i would say don't be friends with her any more but that might make things worse.. it's very risky but i think you should sit down and have a talk with her about the problems and try to sort things out between you and her.. [ MeLi<3's advice column | Ask MeLi<3 A Question ]
SakuraSong answered Monday April 18 2005, 10:41 pm: This is difficult to answer. Your friend, if she is not just using you (which I'm sure she's not, hopefully), is possesive of you because you are probably her only friend (due to her possesivness), and she is feeling very insecure. Heh, I've been through that stage too >.<
Try to get her to be more involved into other people, and make her feel secure enough to let go a bit. But if all this is not true in any way, then she is probably just possesive and doe'ns't like to share. [ SakuraSong's advice column | Ask SakuraSong A Question ]
xOxHOLLiSTERxOx answered Monday April 18 2005, 10:38 pm: tell her she shouldn`t do that to you! i understand why your friends hate her! she should understand that you have lots of other friends and you wanna hang out with them too. she isn`t really a friend if she only wants you to be with her and not with anyone else ♥ [ xOxHOLLiSTERxOx's advice column | Ask xOxHOLLiSTERxOx A Question ]
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