ok.. at the beginning of the school year i was known as a good person, nothing bad was said about me.. im a cheerleader-so a good bit of people knew me. ok to the main thing. my best friend (well call her amiga).. well weve been friends since around the middle of the year. we both ride horses and now we share one. lately, people have been talking about me.. not in a good way. i havent done anything wrong. the thing is, amiga.. didnt have the best reputation when we started being friends.. and now her reputation has rubbed off on me. i dont like being hated or talked about in a bad way. i like being good with everybody.. my other friends are kind of being distant towards me now and i hate it. i dont want to lose all of my friends and be left with one. "amiga" is always sarcastic and can be really mean at times. everytime someone gets mad at me, she always has something to do with it. i really want to start hanging out with my other friends more and kind of backing away from 'amiga'. i still want to be friends with her but just not best friends- how can i kind of back away from her?? PLEASE help me
<3 -- doesnt want to be hated
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Relationships category? Maybe give some free advice about: Friendship? shortiebebe021 answered Friday May 27 2005, 10:08 am: well just stop going to her house as much, like without hurting her feelings you could give her a little "lie" about this family thing or whatever. and don't talk to her AS MUCH anymore, like still talk to her but not as bffs that much. once people sort of see you back away from amiga, they might start talking to you again and you might make new friends. then you'll get a better reputation. ok yeah..it's not that easy. if amiga follows you everywhere and is like "attached" to you, you could say you have to go somewhere and she can't come and you could talk to other people too, if you can. i'm sorry that wasn't really a lot of help, but that's pretty much all you can really do..good luck! :) [ shortiebebe021's advice column | Ask shortiebebe021 A Question ]
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