Hello. I am a 14/m. A few months ago I made a REALLY bad choice and it got me arrested. :-\ Now everyone of my friends parents hate me.... except for two. Those are the two who have met me. The ones who have met me like me. All the others hate me for no reason at all. Half of them have never even seen me and they hate me. They won't even give me a chance. I regret what I did. But i think I deserve a chance. It just pisses me off so much. Is there anything I can do?
LoveNJstyle answered Friday December 30 2005, 5:03 pm: Well, i can see whay it would matter right now, but don't dwell on it. Some people are just going to dislike you no matter what you do. It's happened to me and I'm sure it's happened to a lot of people. Just be good for now on, do good things in front of their faces every now and then. If they don't see that you are a good person, they're not worth trying to please.
ideas on good things to do: go to service (if you belong to an organized religion), do some community service, help someone when they need you, send their family a christmas card even if they hate you, send thank you cards if they help you out..be good. <3 [ LoveNJstyle's advice column | Ask LoveNJstyle A Question ]
Kizlode answered Friday December 30 2005, 6:19 am: It all comes down to trust. Your friends parents don't trust you because they think you might get their kids into the same kind of trouble you got into to. Trust has to be earned and it's harder to earn the trust of people who know you have done something wrong in the past, the only way you can really prove to them that they can trust you is by your actions from now on. You could also try getting the parents of friends that do still like you to try talking to the others to explain that you're not as bad as they fear.
I hope it all works out for you, try not to let it get you down and remember this (as a parent myself) you can't always like everyone that your kids like that's just the way it goes sometimes.
missmissgurl answered Friday December 30 2005, 1:41 am: Well if I were you I would explain to them that you are trying to clean up your act and to give you a second change, and if they still hate you their not worth it. If they don't even take the time to know you but just judge you I wouldnt even waste my time on them. I would just laugh about it and see how shallow they are. hope it all works out [ missmissgurl's advice column | Ask missmissgurl A Question ]
Askme247 answered Friday December 30 2005, 1:20 am: OK... well i think that if you really want to change the way they think then you have to show them to their faces that your differnt than what they think.. When you go over to your friends house be polit to there parents and ask them how they are.. shake tha dads hand if you want you caneven start a conversation with them....And if the police thing comes up tell them it was a bad misake but you changed the way you act...If you be poliet to one parent they will tell the other parents that you are a poliet man and mabey they will think different about you and the things they heard... Tell your friends to tell there parents good things about you and noice things youve done so when you meet them they will think good of you
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