My Best Friend And I Like The Same Guy!

I really like this guy; so does my best friend. I'm not sure if this guy likes me, but he always looks at me. My friend always flirts really hard with him and I feel very jealous. I know it's wrong to fight with my friend for a guy, but I really like him and I've heard rumours about him having a crush on me. There are a lot of problems here. What should I do? - Larinda, 12, Singapore

"Hey, Larinda!'" You seem to like this guy a lot, am I right? Let's assume I am correct about you really liking this guy, it's never really happened to me so let's hope some of this stuff will be the right thing to do. You are right about it being stupid to give up a good friendship for a guy so let's try and figure out a way to work with this scenario.

A good way to help you with your problem would be to talk about it with your friend. See if she's really into him or if she's just playing around. I guess you hope she's only playing around right?!? You might also want to let the guy decide who he likes and who he doesn't. If he likes you then that's great right? And if he likes your friend instead of you then get over it! I mean he's not the only guy at your school, right?