|
humorist-workshop
Degrading best friend.
I am a thirteen year old girl and I have a best friend. She is very beautiful, she has a lot of friends and quite a few boys 'like' her. I know she is prettier than me and so does she, people have even admitted it. I can just about deal with that, the thing I can't cope with is how she complains about herself. She will stand in front of a mirror and go on about how her legs are horrible, how she's fat, how she's ugly and things like that. It's so degrading for me because her whole appearence is better than mine, if hers is bad then mine must be off the scale. I have tried talking to her about it but she just said that all her complaints about her appearence are true. It's got so bad that I just constantly feel terrible. I have always had a low self confidence but now I don't have any at all. I like her a lot but this is really starting to affect me.
[ ]
Want to answer more questions in the Relationships category?
Maybe give some free advice about: Friendship?
I know a few people that are similar to your best friend. I hate it when some of my certain friends complain about their weight, when they are pratically skinny and I just ignore it but I still go along with what they have to say. The only thing that I can think of at this moment that may help your best friend stop complaining about herself when you are around her is to just tell her off, well not tell her off but just tell her that she needs to stop complaining about things that shouldn't be complained about, the next time she says something about herself. If that doesn't work, then just walk away and if she asks why you did that, then tell her how you feel. If she's your best friend, she should take in consideration about the way you feel about when she complains about her herself. I have complained about myself for a while a few years back and my friends just told me off and it worked. Your best friend will eventually stop complaining, once she realizes that she has nothing to complain about.
]
More Questions: |