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i'm falling for my best friend

my friend dates boys i like

my best friend is bisexual

i'm christian but my friend has no idea who god is

my friend has been drinking and doing lots of drugs

i just moved and i have no life

my friend is homophobic.

i told my friend she's fat

my friends think my boyfriend is ugly

how can i show him that he's being racist?

i am a perpetual liar...

my mom uses me to get closer to my sister...

my friend is a freeloader...

she's conceited and it's driving me nuts...

her singing voice sucks...

my two best friends don't get along

how do i stand up to a "mean girl"?

my friend is the biggest flirt.

My friend is the biggest flirt.

i saw my friend's bf cheating on her...

i don't want to share clothes...

my friend uses her ADD as an excuse

my friend's stealing my stuff

me and my best friend have been drifting apart...

My friend is competing with me

my best friend has a new best friend

my friends tease me for being skinny

my friend thinks i'm the girl of his dreams

both sides want me to choose between them

my two closest friends just started going out with each other

all my friend talks about is her new guy

my friend's mom keeps interfering in our business

my friend makes rude comments about my weight

my friend's a perfectionist

my friends are playing tug-of-war with me!

i want people to stop making fun of me...

she's saying things behind my back...

cheap and thoughtful bday present ideas?

i feel like i'm losing my best friend...

my friend's step-dad just died...

i think she's interested in me...

my best friend's mom hates me.

my friend is very homophobic.

my best friend likes my ex-boyfriend.

my best friend ignores me when she has a boyfriend.

i called my friend 'nasty' for not using a condom.

my best friend is in love with a complete loser.

what makes a good best friend?

my best friend is slowly changing.

my friend is constantly putting me down.

i get upset when i see my crush and my best friend together.

my best friend's mom thinks i'm a TOTAL druggie!

my best friend chose her boyfriend over me.

none of my friends take me seriously.

my best friend slept with my other best friend's boyfriend.

I'm noticing annoying things about my best friend that never used to be annoying before.

i don't think i'll have any friends when i go back to school

i don't trust my best friend's boyfriend.

i told my friend i'm bisexual; now she's acting different around me.

i received an email from an old friend who hasn't spoken to me in years.

i'm starting to like my friend but he's gay. what should i do?

i like this guy, but now my best friend feels like a third wheel.

my friend is extremely clingy. how do i get her to leave me alone?

my best friend went off to college and i feel like she doesn't care about our friendship anymore.

i'm afraid to tell my friends i'm bisexual. what should i do?

my best friend smokes weed every day. i'm worried, but she won't listen.

my best friend wants to read my diary. how do i keep my private writing private?

my friend just told me she has cancer, but she won't talk about it.

i made out with my best friend and now i feel awkward around her.

my friend got jumped and i want to get back at the girl who did it.

my friend's boyfriend broke up with her for my other friend and i'm stuck in the middle.

i made a comment about barack obama and now my friend thinks i'm racist.


My two closest friends were together, then out of nowhere, my guy friend broke up with my girl friend for no reason. I'm trying to help both of them, but each one tells me not to hang out with the other or not to talk to the other person. I really want them to be friends again, but they're playing tug-of-war with me. What do I do?

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    Don't choose a side
    The SAME THING happened to me, like a year ago, and the best thing to do is not do nothing at all! They both want you to choose a side, but you are friends with both. When I chose a side, one of them was against me. I had to change sides several times and no one was happy, especially me. So, stay out of the problem. You can listen to both, but don't let their opinion influence you. They will get over it with time...
    --Posted by beautifullybroken
    11:15PM EST 12/14/05


    
    Give it to them straight!
    They are being TOTALLY immature and selfish. I think you should say those exact words to them, and add, "I thought you respected me much more than this. If you were really my friends you wouldn't treat me this way". It's harsh, but it's true.
    --Posted by martinamartina
    02:29PM EST 12/13/05


    
    Here's what I would do
    I think that if the occasion ever occurs where both of your friends want to hang out with you, then you should invite both of them to wherever you wanna go (but don't tell them the other one is coming). Then don't show up or show up late then explain to them that you don't appreciate them playing tug of war with you and your emotions. I hope everthing works out.
    --Posted by im2sexy08
    10:14AM EST 12/13/05


    
    
    The smartest thing to do is not get involved. If you get involved, you could wind up losing two important friends. Instead, let the two of them work it out themselves. Ask someone, (mom, dad, counselor) if they can help you with this situation. Don't spread rumors or anything...just act like nothing is going on and don't say anything. Or else it will all fire back at you.
    --Posted by pixie_dust
    08:45PM EST 12/12/05


    
    Toughie
    They can't expect you to just drop one of them. They didn't do anything to you so you shouldn't not talk to them. Just explain that this is their problem and to just leave you out of it.
    --Posted by salley
    07:13PM EST 12/10/05



    
    
    Leaving them to solve their problems ain't gonna work. Unfortunately there is no way out of this. I was in your same situation a month ago. A month ago I had two best friends--now I only have one.
    --Posted by beautifulimage
    01:21PM EST 12/10/05


    
    
    I think you should just leave your two friends alone until they solve their own problems. You can't make them friends again. So just leave it alone...trust me.
    --Posted by babii-69
    10:37AM EST 12/09/05


    
    
    You can't MAKE them be friends again, but you can hang out with them both. If one tells you not to see the other person, tell them that they are supposed to be a friend, and you like your friends for who they are, not who they hang out with. Then say, you don't like being involved in their fights, because it hurts you as much as it hurts them. It's not your fight, and there's no reason for you to feel like it's your duty to fix things, because you can't. Just be honest, loyal and don't pick sides because these things eventually blow over. How you handle it now decides whether or not you have both those friends a year from now.
    --Posted by famouspennylane6
    09:07AM EST 12/09/05

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