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And check out some past questions here in The Archive:

I Want to Keep My Friend!
Why Do the Friendships End With the Project?

How Do I Tell Her I'm Back to Reality Now?
What Can I Do About My Weepy Friend?
I'm So Jealous of My Talented Friend!
Are My Cousin and I Still Friends?

What Do I Get the Mean Girl For Christmas?
A New School But No New
Friends!
My Friend Is Sooo Emotional!

She Flipped Out Over A Boy I'm Not Dating!
My Friend's Parents Are Divorcing; What Can I Do to Help Her?
Am I Losing My Friend?
Will My Friend Ever Believe Me?
What Should I Do About My Lying Friend?

Should I Make Friends With a Mean Girl?

Which One of Us Is Wrong?
My Best Friend Kissed the Boy I Like!
She Thinks She's Too Good For Me Now!
She Hurts My Feelings and Just Won't Listen!
I Just Have to Know!
How Can I Get My Friend to Myself?

I Don't Want My Friend To Get Hurt!
Are We Friends or Enemies?
I Want Her For a New Best Friend!
How Good a Friend Is She?
I Want Back In!
I Want To Be Like Her...
I Think I Lost Her
No One Likes Me
I Want Some More Friends!
We're Drifting Apart!
My Friend is Getting Weird Over a Boy!
My Friend Has Had It Really Bad!
She Hit Me; Should We Stay Friends?
We Just Keep Arguing!
Can I Tell My Best Friend to Just Hush Up?
She Brags Too Much!

Should I?/ Where'd She Go?
I Want to Get the Two Sides To Talk! / I Want to Go But..!

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This column was posted on 5/9/2008. Check back next week to see another "Between Friends!" question and answer. It could be yours!

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She Has To Choose?

This girl has been dissing me and my other friends for years. All of a sudden my bff wants to be her bff. We're not saying she can't be friends with her. We're just saying we're not hanging out with her. Now my bff is in the worst spot because she thinks she has to make a choice between us and the other girl. Help me, I’m Desperate. What should I Do? – Rachel, 11, New Hampshire


Hey Rachel! Your friend can have more than one bff. This girl doesn’t have to choose. She can hang out with anyone because its her choice. But why would your friend want to hang out with her? If she’s mean to you and disses you, then obliviously she isn’t a good friend. Your friend needs to talk to her and say "I don’t like it when you diss my friends. I want to be friends with them too. If you don’t stop, than I wont be your friend anymore." Hopefully, that mean girl will get the picture and will stop. Hoped I helped! – Haley, 11, Arizona

Dear Rachel, I'm wondering why your friend wants to be friends with her if she is always mean. My advice would be to ask her why she wants to be friends with her. Maybe she has changed. Give her a chance. If this does not work out, a way to solve this might be to hang out with her when the other girl is not around. If she has a different lunch time, hang out with her then or if you are in a different class that would work. This would be my advice to you. Best of luck. – Nava, 12, Oregon

Rachel, being friends is work. You have to feed a friendship, just like you have to water a plant. Talk to your friend. Tell her that you’re always going to be her friend, no matter who else she’s friends with. But also make it clear to her that you don’t want to be friends with the other girl. Work out a schedule with her if you have to. Just make sure you make time for your friend. Also, don’t be so closed off to the idea of the other girl as a friend. Maybe all she needs is a good influence, like you and your group. Good luck! – Jordan, 14, Canada


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