I have this friend and we have been friends since we were 4 years old. We are now both 13. Well, last year was our first year at middle school. We both met a lot of new people and I made some new friends and she made some new friends. Well last year, we dicided that we didn't want to be best friends anymore and to just be friends. We still were talking, hanging out and spending the night at each others houses so it was kinda like we were still best friends. Well this year in 8th grade we kinda faded away. We never talk and if we do its like, 1 little sentance. Well at the end of this summer (summer 2006), my mom, dad and I took her on a little trip for 3 days. I could invite anyone I wanted and I chose her because I thought we were still friends and thought it would be fun. Well, like I said earlier, we just started 8th grade this year and she now treats me like crap. She never talks to me, always ignores me and thinks she is all that and only she and her *new* best friend are the only important ones. HELP!!! I really don't know what to do. I've tried talking to her and she just makes rude coments. What I also forgot to say was that she gets mad over the STUPIDEST things. I really am not sure what to do. Should I just ignore her or be mean back? Thanks everyone!
ignore your friend like she does to you just go by her dont say a thing it will soon get her to feeling bad or get on her nerves but thats good after she starts talkin a little just sit her down and talk...
orphans answered Wednesday August 30 2006, 8:34 pm: trust me, i know exactly what you're talking about. same thing happened to me with my friend. being mean back is definitely not that answer, it always comes back to haunt you and things turn out much worse. just stop talking to her and if she says mean things to you, just ignore her. pay attention to your real friends and continue to make more. there's no point in trying to get this girl to like you again if she's gonna be rude. just concentrate on your new friends.
xOxsurfbabexOx answered Wednesday August 30 2006, 6:08 pm: oh my gosh, that exact thing happened to me when I started my first year of middle school. now, I fought with her A LOT, but eventually I just gave up on her, because she was my best friend and (same as your story) she got new friends, and she thought she was ALL THAT too, so I just started to ignore her because if she wants to act that way, then she is a snob, and whoever is friends with her is really stupid, because ..yeah. so if I were you I would just not be friends with her anymore, and just ignore her, and if she makes a stupid comment about you, just do the same! [ xOxsurfbabexOx's advice column | Ask xOxsurfbabexOx A Question ]
BitsandPieces answered Wednesday August 30 2006, 5:44 pm: Sounds like she is trying to be cool at your expense, which is a dead giveaway that she is NOT cool. That is a bummer that she is so insecure about herself that she thinks she has to treat people badly in order to feel superior. No one is really impressed by that kind of mental stratedgy, unless they are also dull like she is. Ignore her, ignore her, ignore her! She is not even worth fighting with or stooping to her level of rudeness. Concentrate on making lots of new real friends. Eventually, you will not even blink when you pass her by, because you will be too busy having fun with your true friends. [ BitsandPieces's advice column | Ask BitsandPieces A Question ]
Cux answered Wednesday August 30 2006, 5:41 pm: Hey-
No, you should not be mean back to her.. it will only come back to bite you in the butt...
Either you should just ignore your "friend" or you could try to sit down and talk to her..
Tell her that you don't appreciate what she is doing to you.. and you just want it to be the way it was before.. you two being best friends..
If she is mean and rude to you while you are talking.. then she probably isn't worth trying to remain friends with..
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