well im new at my school and thanks to my friend (at another school) i started talking to this girl whos cool and popular and stuff. now i have the chance to be friends with her and be cool and popular but i dont want to do bad stuff. like she and i were talking about parties and how shes going partying this weekend and how some of her friends do drugs and how everyone at the parties drink and stuff. now i want to be cool and popular and be friends with these people but is that possible to do without partying, doing drugs, and drinking? or will they think im a loser if i dont do these things. i want to be friends with everyone and be nice and just not do the bad stuff but is that like a requirement lol and i wont do them even if it means not being "cool" cause that stuff isnt cool to me so please dont lecture...i just need some advice. i want to be friends with her and her friends and i want to be considered cool and popular (in the good way) so should i hang with these people and talk to them and stuff and just not go to the parties or drink and stuff? thanks so much :):)
You're a teenager so you are going to be exposed to these kinds of things. It's really only to be expected. If you really like this girl, then hang out with her. You can party without getting trashed. From my personal experience, it's a lot funner just to watch other people get wasted. Quite entertaining. Just be warned that once you are in a situation like that, giving into temptation and peer pressure is easy. I doubt that they will call you uncool if you choose not to do these things. Just tell them something like, "My parents are really weird about this stuff. I could get in serious trouble for it." Or if you work, "I get drug tested at work, so I can't" Or you can keep it simple and just say "No, thanks" or "Not tonight"
Also, if there is going to be a lot of people, the police may get involoved. If they see there are underage drinking and drug abuse, everyone could get in serious trouble. So if I were you, beat it if there is excessive use of any of these things, or a lot of people there. If your parents are very strict about letting you out of the house, or about these kinds of situations, it's best not to get yourself in a bad one. So stay clean.
You can hang out with her regardless of what kind of lifestyle she's into. Just don't let her pressure you into something you aren't okay with. [ Melody's advice column | Ask Melody A Question ]
xospbabiiexo answered Wednesday August 20 2008, 11:46 pm: well since you got a chance at being popular with people who does drugs,I don't think you should be chillin with them because you might not know if they're gonna pressure you to do drugs with them. or sometimes popular people are only friends with other people just to use them. that's how popular people are. they act fake but it depends on the personality of them whether they're cool,good,nice popular people or the opposite. so would you be friends with popular people who does drugs?think about it. plus even if they think you're a loser cuz you won't do drugs with them, you know that you did the right thing by walking away.is being popular worth giving up your life by doing drugs?think about it .
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