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| I have a BFF that I have had for ten years. Lately, she has gone a little wild and I haven't. I focus on school and she focuses on partying. I love her to death but when we go out or anything I never want to do the same type of things. When I say no to going out she blames me and takes it personally. What do I do? – Layla, 15, USA |
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| Since 3rd grade I have had trust issues. I haven't told any of my friends my secrets until now. I told my friends who I liked the day before school was out. I found out yesterday that my friends told their moms who I liked, after I made them promise not to tell anyone. Then to make matters worse my friend's mom told my crush's dad (they know each other). Now I don't know if I should trust them enough to tell any more secrets. – Sarah, 13, USA (PenPal #14986) |
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| My friend and I love the Twilight Saga. Ever since she started reading it, all of a sudden she paints her nails black and thinks every song with emotions are emo or Goth. She also started reading books about vampires and picking out books with the titles that she so calls "Goth" or "emo". It gets on my nerves because she’s like all moody, melodramatic, and rude at the same time. She used to be fun, bubbly and nice. Now she is acting like a witch. What do I do, it’s only getting worse. – Arielle, 13, USA |
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| I started 9th grade in the fall at a public school after being home schooled my whole life. It was a pretty hard change, and it didn't help that I didn't know ANYONE at the school. I'm okay now, but I have a problem. The first person that talked to me on the first day I sort of latched onto, and now I'm regretting it. "Karen" is really clingy! She knows most people, because she's always gone to with them, but she's not very 'cool': she's got an eye condition where she's mostly blind, she doesn't brush her teeth, she feels the need to embrace me every time she sees me (no matter where we are), frequently talks 'baby talk', and she's really overweight and socially awkward. I don't mind being her friend, I don't care that she's not popular, but I feel really restricted because she expects me to always hang out with her, eat lunch with her, and pouts if I talk to anyone else. I've met some other people at achool, but if I hang out with them before school/after school/at lunch, Karen will make me feel like I'm abandoning her! I'm starting to get tired of her, which makes me feel really mean, because she considers me her best friend (I can't really say the same about her, I have other friends) But I feel really stuck! Help! – Becca, 14, USA |
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| In my gym class there is a girl who doesn’t have special needs, but she is a little slower than most people. I’m the only person who will be her friend and her partner when we do activities. It’s not that I mind being her partner. I actually like it. Even though I get great grades people still think I’m stupid and a loner, so I never have a partner anyway. It's just that other people think I’m like her and they are really mean to her and sometimes me. How can I get them to stop making fun of us (especially her)? It’s not fair because she is really nice fun and caring. How can I keep a good name for myself while still being a good friend? – Tiffany, 12, Virginia |
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| I joined our little trio about a year and a half ago, and my friend Sam was friends with my other best friend Kelly for a while before then. Sam was originally peppy and outgoing. Sam thought that Kelly was a tomboy, so she kind of copied her and tried to be a tomboy too. When my friend told her she should be herself, she said "But I don't like the way I really am." So she stayed like that for a while. A few months after I became friends with them, she turned Goth. Again, we told her she should be herself. She was like this for about four or five months before she started dressing in her normally peppy clothes. But we realized that she is really snobby now. She always brags and lashes out at us if we interrupt her or anything like that. She insults us constantly but is too ignorant to understand she's doing it. What should we do? – Caroline, 12, New York (PenPal #16085) |
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| I am best friends with this girl named Kay. She is outgoing and sweet and funny. Nothing is wrong except that we are nothing alike! She listens to pop and country and around that kind of music, and I listen to Alternative Rock, Screamo, and Emo. She ALMOST ALWAYS wears pink, and I wear dark colors. People kinda hate us because they say we shouldn't be friends. I don't know what to do, because we have been friends since like kindergarten! I don't want to lose her, but I don't want to be beat up by the popular groups either. I need help! – Alondra, 12, USA |
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| My friend has been getting on my nerves. She wants to be popular, so she makes fun of people. She is always rude to me when I see her, but when I confront her about it, she yells at me that I am making things up. She is being really mean, and I wish that she would stop making fun of me. She also tries getting into all of the attention. She tells me that friends don't like her. She always gets into my business. She is so rude that if I do one thing that she doesn't like, she ignores me, and gets everyone on her side. She also acts like her world is hard. She makes up half of it to be a showoff. She is so rude to the point I hide in the bathroom, and cry. She is really rude to me when I do something she was going to do. She always calls me a goody goody because I get good grades. She always wants what I have. She always makes my friends do it her way, and go against me. I don't know if I should keep this so called "friendship" or not. Help! – Bella, 13, Maryland |
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| I have known this friend since kindergarten. She has every thing better than me. She has a bigger house. I have an old DS, she has a PSP and a phone, and so on. I used to like this guy in first grade and she would always be like why do you like him he's a dork. She always makes comments about me, like why do you play basketball when you suck at it? I always say I don't care but I do. And now she is texting that guy I liked. He told her that he likes her. I said I didn't care but he was the only guy I could ever be real around. And she's always talking about how fun he is to be around and how great he is. But she said that she doesn’t like him, but I don't know. I have moved on but I still like this guy a little. Please help! – Rachel, 11, USA |
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| My best friend came over for a sleepover one night. When I was asleep she went through my stuff and read my diary. She found out all my darkest secrets, my loves, regrets, even things I can't mention. I don't even know what to say to her. It was such an invasion of privacy. Help? – Talishia, 14, Australia |
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