so my best friend aubry and i have been best friends since 6th grade (were freshman now) and 6th grade was great, we had tons of fun! like we learned about eachother so much. 7th grade was really rocky we fought so much, i would finally forgive her, we'd catch up, and a little while later i'd do something to screw it up and she'd get mad at me. but we still had fun, lots of it. 8th grade we didnt see to much of eachother (we were on different teams for school, no classes together,and eventually our lunch room got so bad they made us sit by teams so she was far from me,) we would still talk, we are good at reading body language and each others lips so thats how we communicated in lunch. this year we have 6th period together, gym and health and we had study last semester but this year she sort of shows off, not bragging (shes never like that) shes just loud and needs to joke around, we dont get to talk much, actually (she plays hardcore sotball and practices every day after school) then her boyfriend takes up whatever time she does have (like phone at night which used to be our thing since 7th grade) then when we do talk in class, i try to figure stuff out, like what were doing that friday and she needs to make a scene (which she kinda yells at me for doing) (i also like to cuddle and talk for hours, when we have a night just to ourselves i would just like to lay on the couch fooling around talking. she doesnt, she used to but not anymore)
i just miss the good times, and if i try to talk to her, she doesnt see to much wrong (i think its cause she has an awesome social life, always talking to someone, never home on a friday but me, i have her and thats really its a few other people.) i just want to me as important in her life (and feel it) as i did back then when people KNEW i was her best friend. what can i do?
Additional info, added Monday March 31 2008, 8:45 pm: just to add...before i got any of your responses, aubry and i had health today, it started as normal, i walk from upstairs to her locker me her and her bf walk to the end of the hall,kiss, and we walk to class(kinda a far walk) and just kinda tell a story. we get to class, sit down, start talking, disagree on something stupid(today it was about how long it takes for one of our friends to get to m house) (these arent serious and last maybe 5 minutes at the most) but we were working on making posters so we sat facing each other, and we had a real talk like the important stuff. and she concluded that shes kinda taken this girl jen as her good friend(who i have nothing against, i love her) because she feels like if she tells me what her and her bf of like a year and a half do then im not gonna agree with her choices and throw a fit. i wouldnt agree with her but like id be there for her and i kept telling her that, she says like every girl wants a best friend to like share material things with, she cant share clothes with me cause she has like a really athletic build, shes like 5'6" and im tiny, im 4'11" haha so yeah pants and shirts are out. so her and jen can do that, we both decided that we would like to have her and i then jen and kayla(jens best friend for a little while) in like a little group and thats it. so it was nice talking to her, i know now that i need to gain her trust...a lot and not express my opinions so strongly like i do now, tomorrow we have study so im sure we can text since were down the hall from eachother. any tips on gaining her trust?. Want to answer more questions in the Relationships category? Maybe give some free advice about: Friendship? Hitoast answered Monday March 31 2008, 5:52 pm: I'm actually having that problem now. However, you have to remember, people aren't the same in highschool as they are in middle school. In fact, they change alot. It's just part of growing, and it sounds to me like she's just trying to find out who she is. Don't worry about it to much, but talk to her. Let her know what's going on. If you to still aren't working out, just move on. It's ok to make new friends too :] i'm sure you could find a new best friend that shares your same interests :] goodluck! [ Hitoast's advice column | Ask Hitoast A Question ]
ADDiCT3DTOHiMx answered Monday March 31 2008, 3:22 pm: I'm actually facing a similar problem. I've had a best friend since 6th grade too. Now that we are in high school, a lot of things changed. We aren't nearly as close as we used to be, considering she changed a lot. Sometimes there's no easy fix for things like this. Your not always going to stay best friends with a person. The only thing you can do is talk to her. Tell her you feel like your kind of getting pushed aside. I'm sure she will understand. [ ADDiCT3DTOHiMx's advice column | Ask ADDiCT3DTOHiMx A Question ]
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